Tuesday, June 07, 2005

movie mania 8

kingdom of heaven- this is one hell of a movie to watch!a nice reinterpretation of history which shows the muslim conqueror of jerusalem in a new light...hitherto, salahuddin, more commonly known in the west as saladin had been painted as a villain in history, even to the extent of calling him the antichrist, but this movie shows him as a kind, tolerant and intelligent ruler and general...also has some pretty nice views on god and holiness...must watch...
bunty aur bubli- new concept for indian cinema...should do well on that basis and for the fact that it pits together the amazing father and son duo of amitabh and abhishake bachchan...the movie is entertaining and good timepass...the song kajrare is a fun song with aish makin a special appearance and big and small b dancing away to glory together...
naina- nicely made movie...but somehow it fails to scare you despite the visuals and sounds...maybe there is too less of thrills in the movie and perhaps the ending is too hackneyed...
thats all for now...more later...

religion of the civilised world...

"When we hear the ancient bells growling on a Sunday morning we ask ourselves: Is it really possible! This, for a jew, crucified two thousand years ago, who said he was God's son? The proof of such a claim is lacking. Certainly the Christian religion is an antiquity projected into our times from remote prehistory; and the fact that the claim is believed - whereas one is otherwise so strict in examining pretensions - is perhaps the most ancient piece of this heritage. A god who begets children with a mortal woman; a sage who bids men work no more, have no more courts, but look for the signs of the impending end of the world; a justice that accepts the innocent as a vicarious sacrifice; someone who orders his disciples to drink his blood; prayers for miraculous interventions; sins perpetrated against a god, atoned for by a god; fear of a beyond to which death is the portal; the form of the cross as a symbol in a time that no longer knows the function and ignominy of the cross -- how ghoulishly all this touches us, as if from the tomb of a primeval past! Can one believe that such things are still believed?"

Nietzsche, 'Human,All too Human'