tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post5819357121879345598..comments2023-10-24T20:47:13.885+05:30Comments on The Spaniard In The Works: Inappropriate Laughter: DasvidaniyaSpace Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-23937372435302216392008-11-18T21:03:00.000+05:302008-11-18T21:03:00.000+05:30km: If it's any consolation, I totally wasn't prep...km: If it's any consolation, I totally wasn't prepared for the test either; had never heard of the film. <BR/><BR/>Then again, I wouldn't have, would I? So it's more like being in eleventh grade biology class and thinking "Biology? Wait I'm commerce stream!"Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-20308280340745012482008-11-18T20:47:00.000+05:302008-11-18T20:47:00.000+05:30cat: oh, yikes, no! bite your tongue! (glad a re-r...cat: oh, yikes, no! bite your tongue! (glad a re-reading sorted that out, though).<BR/><BR/>lekhni: well, maybe a little. at least we all *were* laughing. i think aunty-lady was indignant about the cavalier manner in which the younger generation was treating a film about death.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-9628727124913874052008-11-18T20:04:00.000+05:302008-11-18T20:04:00.000+05:30The sideshow was somewhat funny, no? I'd have laug...The sideshow was somewhat funny, no? I'd have laughed too at auntie-lady's outrage at bunking work :)<BR/><BR/>Is it even possible to bunk work anymore? Even if we aren't at the office, work follows us around anywhere there's a cellphone/ blackberry. And as for her puzzlement as to why one would one get work calls on a day off - Auntie lady is quaint, don't you think? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-29894609425633546162008-11-18T19:57:00.000+05:302008-11-18T19:57:00.000+05:30"Topping the list of Things To Do Before I Die is ..."Topping the list of Things To Do Before I Die is (1) Car, followed by (2) Foreign Travel and only at (3) Neha."<BR/><BR/>Until I re-read the post, I thought this was <I>your</I> list. Which was puzzling. And interesting.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-79287133944588660032008-11-18T18:55:00.000+05:302008-11-18T18:55:00.000+05:30ritu: oh i don't know. suppose you like it???!: si...ritu: oh i don't know. suppose you like it?<BR/><BR/>??!: sigh. is it? i'm glad i haven't seen that one then.<BR/><BR/>km: oops! :D ok, the skinny - if you haven't already gathered - is it's about this 37 year old guy, average doormat mama's boy, who's told he has stomach cancer and who makes a list of things he wants to do before he dies, does them and dies. there you go.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-63249359774851441172008-11-18T18:21:00.000+05:302008-11-18T18:21:00.000+05:30I'm assuming by now that everyone knows what Dasvi...<I>I'm assuming by now that everyone knows what Dasvidaniya is about</I><BR/><BR/>Woah. Easy. It suddenly felt like I am back in tenth grade biology class and I am the only kid who's not ready for the test.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-85968219494958567382008-11-18T13:58:00.000+05:302008-11-18T13:58:00.000+05:30LOL on the review. Now I wont see the movie. The...LOL on the review. Now I wont see the movie. There is nothing worse than sitting through a movie not made with conviction. Am still recovering from KarzzzzzzzzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-37442541443694827532008-11-18T13:50:00.000+05:302008-11-18T13:50:00.000+05:30Falstaff's right (and how many times has the Inter...Falstaff's right (and how many times has the Internet heard <I>that</I>? (stop grinning, you aggravating man!)), this sounds suspiciously like 'The Bucket List'. Indianised, of course, but TBL nevertheless.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-18015737436570225382008-11-18T13:36:00.000+05:302008-11-18T13:36:00.000+05:30LOL on the review. Now I wont see the movie. The...LOL on the review. Now I wont see the movie. There is nothing worse than sitting through a movie not made with conviction. Am still recovering from KarzzzzzzzzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-83340872909835994662008-11-18T05:56:00.000+05:302008-11-18T05:56:00.000+05:30falsie: i feel there's an xkcd in that somewhere (...falsie: i feel there's an xkcd in that somewhere (the taking the internet down. not dasvidaniya as bucket list). no?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-26992455648084327062008-11-17T22:51:00.000+05:302008-11-17T22:51:00.000+05:30SB: Ya, I figured. From your description, it sound...SB: Ya, I figured. From your description, it sounds a lot more like they watched <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825232/" REL="nofollow">The Bucket List</A> than Ikiru.<BR/><BR/>I would take umbrage at Jai's comment, except that I kind of like the idea of being able to singlehandedly bring down the Internet. Is this how Randall Munroe feels 24/7?Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-18627867372722095802008-11-17T20:44:00.000+05:302008-11-17T20:44:00.000+05:30jai: they probably watched ikiru until the dvd jum...jai: they probably watched ikiru until the dvd jumped and very possibly even then. it might account for what's missing in the fim.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-55604634736210802912008-11-17T20:32:00.000+05:302008-11-17T20:32:00.000+05:30Falsie beat me to it: how about Ikiru? (But I do a...Falsie beat me to it: how about <I>Ikiru</I>? (But I do agree that you mustn't change a post because of a Falstaff comment - if everyone did that the Internet would come to a swift end.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-5892700261456022212008-11-17T19:17:00.000+05:302008-11-17T19:17:00.000+05:30falsie: no, of course it's not. what i meant to sa...falsie: no, of course it's not. what i meant to say was, how does one 'successfully' do all that. it takes a certain kind of filmic skill to pull that off, which the director of this film didn't have. but i didn't make that distinction clear enough and now that you've pointed it out, of course i'm not going to change the post.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-74174928444730291742008-11-17T19:14:00.000+05:302008-11-17T19:14:00.000+05:30How does a filmmaker start the film with bad news ...<I>How does a filmmaker start the film with bad news without having spent any time making the audience care for the character?</I><BR/><BR/>It's not that uncommon, surely. There's Cleo from 5 to 7, and Mike Nichols' Wit, and (as I remember it, at least) Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares. In all of those cases, the bad news simply sets the scene - the empathy comes afterwards, as we learn more about the character.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.com