Spidey is back but..

Sam Raimi has gone bonkers! This movie is a mess. Spidey 3 is one sequel too many. The moment Sam Raimi brought the symbiote graphics into the main titles somehow I felt something is not right.



There are a handful of new characters and none with enough characterization. Nothing seemed new and there were almost no moments that you remember after the show ends. More villains, another leading lady, larger scale, more action sequences but in the end it is one big mess, nothing new. Plus there is no Danny Elfman, so the score is very amatuerish. I can't believe Raimi let go off Elfman.

The movie is not going to generate repeat audiences, starting next week movie is going to slide at the box office, what with Shrek 3 and Pirates releasing in subsequent weeks.

We went to a night show on friday, sis, bro-in-law, mom and me. At 1 AM in the morning, when we all came out of the theatre, all of us had just one question, 'why?'!

Nevertheless, the movie has grossed close to 650 million $ worldwide! Thats a hell lot of money. I wouldnt recommend the movie to anybody though.

Tonight I dined in Hell with 300 Spartans!!

300

Whoa! What a movie!! It just overwhelmed me!! It’s the kind of experience that you go through once in a few years! A visceral assault is what it is! By the time I came out of the movie hall, I felt like a Spartan myself! Cinema at its stunning best!

They were 300 Spartans against a million! No prizes for guessing who would win. But it was the sacrifice of those 300 Spartan Warriors that inspired whole of Greece to fight and eventually win against the Persian Empire!

The film boasts of Visuals that one has never witnessed, war sequences that are spectacular and outrageous but so very believable! Violence like you have never seen! Heads, arms and limbs fly in the air, torsos without heads fall to the ground in slow motion, gallons and gallons of blood splashing around, definitely not for the weak of heart! 300 is a war poem on celluloid.

Exaggerated heroism is made believable by some really good acting and some splendid action choreography!

300 is Zack Snyder's second movie, Dawn of the Dead (one of best modern day Zombie movies) is his first! This movie is based on Frank Miller's GRAPHIC (note the capital letters, it is that graphic!!)Comic book and the movie is loyal to the comic book, it is a very difficult comic book to adapt but Snyder has done it and has done it in style!

Gerard Butler breaks into the A list of actors with this movie, a star has arrived! What a convincing performance as King Leonidas! All the other Spartans and the Queen are played really well! The Persian King xerxes is a bit oddly characterized but passable!

Zack Snyder has arrived and how! Hats off!! This is an Movie experience worth undergoing, a battlefield epic that is just spectacular.

Memorable Quotes

"We Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death in the battlefield is the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. Spartans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known." – Dilios


"A new age has begun, an age of freedom. And all will know that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it." - Leonidas

Warning

But before going to watch 300, you need set your expectations right, this movie has tons and tons of violence, outrageous action sequences and a loud retro soundtrack! This is not everybody’s cup of tea, there is just too much violence, lot of people might get offended, bored or will miss the point. Be forewarned; understand what you are getting into before going for this movie!

Cool albums

Sivaji - The Boss

Well, what can I say, AR Rahman strikes back!! Sivaji soundtrack is just awesome!! Can't believe they are releasing the soundtrack so close to the movie! This is the sort of tracks that would be chartbusters for a long long time!



Of late AR Rahman had become like Sachin Tendulkar, lack of form, coming up with very average stuff but this one is good, true AR Rahman! Incredible! Im so happy!

If you haven't heard it already, you can download it from the internet but remember piracy is a crime, so if you are downloading, at your own risk! Come on, be good, don't download stuff of the internet like me, buy them! Don't click on the below links!! :-)
http://tamilbeat.com/tamilsongs/newreleases/Sivaji/
http://gyanguru.org/download-sivaji-cd-rip-320-kbps-vbr-tamil-2007/

Life in a Metro



Well, this soundtrack is good, Pritam-Anurag Basu combination again! Some real good soulful tracks in the movie. You can check them out in mp3yug.com but do remember, piracy is a crime so if you are downloading, at your own risk! :-)