Happy Diwali

One of my favorite Indian festivals. Wish you all a very Happy Diwali

W

Watched W movie this evening. It's a good movie. But didn't see anything new about W, except that he and his staff has to pray after every meeting.

Being a avid watcher of PBS frontline, I watched/read all about Cheney, Rumsfield, Wolfowitz & Rove. For me it's like watching a movie based on a novel which I read.

But, I've to say that Oliver Stone is back in form. I made a choice not to watch his last two movies Alexander and World Trade Center. I immensely liked his two president biographies, JFK(yeah, I was 22 then) and Nixon. He didn't take any liberties in script this time. Everything is factual and well documented. Stone potrayed issues between HW and W in very effective way. It's pretty much clear for all of us that W always looks up for God and Reagan for direction, rather than his old man. There's a clear angst in him to prove that he is better than his dad.

Colin Powell's role is well written. And movie clearly shows how Powell tried to stop W from going into war and how he failed. Casting is very good, specially Thandie Newton as Condi and Richard Dreyfuss as Cheney. Josh Brolin is amazing as W.

In a way this movie is like a Deja Vu. Back in '04 I was cheering for Fahrenheit 9/11. Movie made good money but failed to change the verdict. That movie addressed my angst against war in a a better way. W is the 4th movie this weekend in Box office collections. I hope, at least this movie will change few voter's minds.

As Oliver Stone said, Bush made an enormous impact on USA and whole world in the last eight years. We all know that it's not a good thing, but we've to live with it. (We can blame it on Karl Rove, Katherine, Harris, Ralph Nader ...). All the visitors of this blog knows me as a Bush basher. But last two years, my hatred and despise of Bush simmered down and increased on these 4 evil people. Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfield and Rove.

Even though we can't blame Bush solely for the Iraq war, History wouldn't treat him right. All I can wish is that 4 evil people will be served justice.

Peace

Here's the Roger Ebert's review
Watch PBS coverage on Bush's war, on Frontline

when i say ‘obama’ you say ‘ayers’...

SNL was awesome last night

Amy Poehler rapped for our fav bimbo....err Sarah Palin.
For those who missed it last night...




and here's the lyric

my name is sarah palin you all know me
vice president nominee of the gop
gonna need your vote in the next election
can i get a ‘what what’ from the senior section
mccain got experience, mccain got style
but don’t let him freak you out when he tries to smile
cause that smile be creepy
but when i be vp
all the leaders in the world gonna finally meet me

how’s it go eskimo
eskimos
tell me what you know eskimo
eskimos
how you feel eskimo
ice cold
tell me tell me what you feel eskimo
super cold

i’m jeremiah wright cause tonight i’m the preacha
i got a bookish look and you’re all hot for teacha
todd lookin fine on his snow machine
so hot boy gonna need a go between
in wasilla we just chill baby chilla
but when i see oil lets drill baby drill

my country tis a thee
from my porch i can see
russia and such

all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up

when i say ‘obama’ you say ‘ayers’
obama. ayers. obama. ayers.
i built me a bridge - it ain’t goin’ nowhere.
[ohhh]

mccain, palin, gonna put the nail in the coffin
of the media elite
she likes red meat
shoot a mull humpin moose, eight days of the week

[three gunshots]
now ya dead, now ya dead,
cause i’m an animal, and i’m bigger than you
holdin a shotgun walk in the pub
everybody party, we’re goin on a hunt
la la la la la la la la
[six gunshots]

yo palin, i’m out!

sarah palin

I was thinking about right words to describe sarah palin. Yeah, she's a bimbo.... But that ain't enough.

Last Friday, Dana Gould coined this word on 'Real Time with Bill Maher'.

Evangelical Dominatrix !!
This would sum up her whole appearance, folksiness, stupid ignorance, darn rights, you betchas...

Here's the clip.



and the money line from Bill Maher "She is with out the gene, which tells you that you should be embarrassed"

Peace

What a moron !

Please watch this



Rape or incest victims, she wants to counsel them. No, abortion ain't right for them.

She's OK with morning after pill, oh wait she is not endorsing that contraceptive!

Just think about this Moron being the next VP. As if Dick Cheney isn't evil enough.

Gosh, what's she talking about!!

Chintakayala Ravi - Movie review

Just watched chintakayala ravi. In simple words, this is a typical venky film. It's a routine film with good comedy. The audio wasn't an instant success, but the songs looked a lot better on screen.

Most of the film is shot in the US, almost the entire first half and half of the second half. The first half of the film is pretty good with nice comedy. The only real emotional/sentimental scenes are in the last 15 minutes of the first half. All the three songs are pretty good. They are not different from the usual venky style songs.

The second half of the movie moves at a fast pace initially and all the remaining 3 songs are over within the first 45 minutes. The last 30 minutes moves to India and is pretty predictable, but not as heavy as you would imagine. Overall, the second half is good too.

I somehow don't digg venky's get up so much. But on the whole, its a tailor made film for Venky and he is as usual at ease. Anushka and Mamata Mohandas are good. Jr.NTR's guest appearance is okay. He looked very good, and its nice to see venky and Jr.NTR on the screen together. Overall, chintakayala ravi is not a great movie, but it's a timepass movie, definitely worth a watch.