Monday, December 31, 2007

Five of the best from my 2007

Movies: Taare Zameen Par, Ratatouille, The Rules of the Game, Knocked Up, Grindhouse

Books: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Mahabharatha: A Modern Rendering, From Hell

Happy New Year, everyone.
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15 comments:

  1. bijeshDecember 31, 2007 at 5:03 AM

    What.. no Superbad? Is From Hell a book from which a movie of the same name was made with Johnny Depp and Heather Graham?

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  2. madhavDecember 31, 2007 at 5:06 AM

    Haven't watched Superbad, sorry to say. Also on the haven't watched list: No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno and many more.

    Yes, From Hell was made into a movie with Depp and Graham. However, I've heard it stinks and has very little in common with the book.

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  3. bijeshDecember 31, 2007 at 6:01 AM

    Ah yes. I've seen From Hell. It was pretty unremarkable.

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  4. psasidharDecember 31, 2007 at 1:54 PM

    Renoir's Rules of the Game?? :-/

    If you are a fan of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, try "Conversations with other women," if you haven't yet, and let me know what you think - particularly the split screen technique.

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  5. dustybooksDecember 31, 2007 at 6:55 PM

    I love that you refer to it as "your" 2007. I do a similar list that includes movies old and new, I'm so going to use that (if it's all right with you). It's so much easier than saying MY FAVORITE MOVIES I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 07 YALL.

    I'm disappointed at how many critics seem to have forgotten Ratatouille already.

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  6. madhavDecember 31, 2007 at 8:31 PM

    Yes, Renoir's. Hadn't watched it earlier.

    I've not seen Conversations, will look it up. Thanks!

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  7. madhavDecember 31, 2007 at 8:34 PM

    Heh, yeah. Of course it's alright.

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  8. psasidharDecember 31, 2007 at 10:52 PM

    And.. wish you a happy new year!!

    TCM is showing 4 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies tonight as a new years special. :) Recording them all.

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  9. psasidharDecember 31, 2007 at 10:53 PM

    I'm curious what you liked so much about The Rules of the Game!

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  10. madhavJanuary 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM

    Thanks, wish you the same. Enjoy the Astaire/Rogers show.

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  11. madhavJanuary 1, 2008 at 12:03 AM

    Pretty much everything, actually - the direction, script and the way it depicts French society. The animal hunt sequence is brilliant.

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  12. vibharajJanuary 1, 2008 at 4:47 AM

    HAppy New Year !!!

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  13. madhavJanuary 1, 2008 at 11:37 AM

    Thanks, wish you the same.

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  14. serioussamJanuary 7, 2008 at 1:26 AM

    If I had to boil my list down to five, I don't think Taare Zameen Par would make it. I love it and all, but all the same, I think there was a Bollywood film made with a more sure hand at direction - Johnny Gaddar. Recommended if you haven't seen yet.

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  15. madhavJanuary 7, 2008 at 7:52 AM

    I've seen Johnny Gaddaar and liked it a lot, too. However, I still think I'd prefer the five I've named, at least from an overall cinema-experience point of view.

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