Day 25 & 26: Out of Shape

I am really out of shape. I realized this when I started feeling dizzy after a little walking. However, in my defense, I walked only for a continuous 55 minutes under a very bright sun. Oh, I also had a heavy bag carrying my laptop and my lunch box in one hand.

Well, still, I feel that I need a little fitness regime... but I can't focus enough to break my laziness barrier. That's the problem with me, I can only deal with one issue at a time... and there are quite a few in the queue before my Feng Shui tummy.

By the way, I didn't write yesterday because I didn't have anything sharable... I don't want people to get the idea that I am a workaholic. Because, I hate being workaholic.

Anyway... time for a little review, people.

I hope you like Simon Pegg, because today I am going to suggest - Hot Fuzz. It's a cop movie with gory murder mystery, but the heart of the story is the comedy.

Simon Pegg stars as Nicholas Angel, an overachiever London cop, who is forcefully transferred to a peaceful small town as his efficiency made other officers look bad. But being an extremely alert and sincere policeman, he starts sniffing mystery in the town, which nobody is ready to believe in. In the process, he befriends a local cop Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), who is overweight, naive and under pressure to carry the honor of his father, who is the seniormost policeman in the county. Is there really a mystery or is Nicholas just cannot stand the absolute peace? Watch the movie to join the weird pairs in a ride of their lifetime.

The movie has a lot of gore and action, but the fun part is how the makes fun of itself, in a similar way Elijiah Wood's "The Faculty" did. Also, there are a lot of funny guest appearances to add to the list.


Well... moving ahead to my next flick for the day... I am going to pick a slightly different movie - Ghost Town.

As I have already mentioned, I am fan of Ricky Gervais, I would have a heartache if his movie isn't loved enough by you guys. So let me dress up the stage a bit.

Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a grumpy cynical dentist, who wants to be just left alone. He doesn't care who's sitting next or who's just got a little baby or who needs a little help with the luggage... He just doesn't care for anybody. Things get worse, when after a little "technical problem" in a surgery... he starts seeing ghosts. The ghosts realize that he is the only one who could help them and make his life hell, unintentionally.

Amongst all that misery, he sees a ray of light when an opportunist ghost Frank (Greg Kinnear) makes a deal with him to help his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni) by making her break up with her current well-to-do boyfriend. But, it isn't going to be very easy for Dr. Pincus, as Gwen lives in the same building and he has already been rude to her a lot of times. The movie follows Dr. Pincus on his path of love and realization of the meaningless life he has been living till now.

A funny, yet strongly emotional story of people, in both sides of life. Must watch!

I must warn you though, that this movie isn't about haunting and it isn't even a little scary. The tag-line will give you an idea.. how non-scary this movie is going to be - He sees dead people, and they ANNOY him.

Well.... that's a treat of movies right there! Enjoy....

Day 20 & 21: Paul is the Man!

Wow, Paul is an overnight star! (Wish he was a starfish, then I could have made a lame pun about it!)

Well, so one guy comes and tells everybody that Paul here is no ordinary octopuss, and besides handling all those potentially tangle-able tentacles smoothly, he knows astrology and stuff!! Everybody goes crazy and starts worshiping him... but now that Germany loses, people are all threatening poor Paul of frying and turning into a sea-food cuisine!

Gosh, guys! If its anybody's fault, its the guy who discovered Paul! He made him the big Nastradamus... poor Paul doesn't even know what football is, let alone the fact that he is deciding the future of Soccer teams in a jiff! Show some logic, guys!

Anyway, I had a bit too much work yesterday so couldn't come into the blog. So lets compensate for that. Lets get on with the movie section.

Today's 1st movie - The Invention of Lying.
I always liked Ricky Gervais, he seemed very natural with his comedy and always added some thought to it. His last movie Ghost Town was my favorite, so when this one released, I didn't wait even for a day... and it was completely satisfying!

The movie is about a world, which is as modern as we are at present, but with one big difference. They don't lie. Its not like they practice self-control... they are completely oblivious of the fact that lieing is always an option while speaking. Compelled to speak the truth, they don't flirt or flatter or indulge into any other positive humane forms of lying, turning them into a bitter race.
Our hero Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais), is always at the receiving end of these bitter truths, until one day he miraculously says something that's not true. Not knowing what lying is, people believe his lies without hesitation and he starts using it to his benefits, sometimes helping others too, since he is a nice guy. The rest of the story follows that how his lies complicate just not his own life but the world culture and how he creates some common myths that we in our world follow.

If you can take the movie in a light spirit and don't consider it as blasphemy, its a wonderful movie with heavy emotions. Of course, our funny man had based the movie on his comedy. Good watch for a weekend.

Today's 2nd movie - Identity.

This one is slightly older and belongs to a completely different genre. The movie starts as a typical murder mystery plot, where 11 strangers are forced to take shelter in a deserted motel due to a heavy storm. And as obvious as it is, people start dying one by one in the most surprising manners. The killer, Malcolm Rivers (name was revealed at the beginning so I am not really killing the suspense), is being awaited in a different place where his punishment would be decided after going through the whole incident details. But what appears to be a regular slasher psycho wrecking havoc after letting loose from some asylum, is not what can anybody imagine... not until the very last 10 minutes of the movie.

Without giving away more about this John Cusack movie, I can assure you that this will be a treat if you are in for some smashing twists. However, please don't go for if you just want to watch a slasher movie.

Well... have used up all of my internet time today...
so signing off!

Hope you enjoy the movies!