SIDEWAYS!

I went to Pondicherry last weekend, and had some great fun! We went to Auroville and to another friend’s private beach there. The whole point of we driving there was because my bro’s bro in law said that we could pick up DVD’s for 35 bucks!

And the drive was in no vain. We picked up a lot of movies and my collection now stands at 128 titles!!! The drive was good also keep in mind it was pouring all over Chennai and also Pondi last week. I was on wheels all the time, playing some creed and 70’s&80’s glitter rock on the way.

A very unusual drive for me…

Getting married, Out of being a rebellious youth, Matured… I don’t know, so unusual, did not cross 100 KMPH! Those of me who know me well, remember I’ve done a 55 minute drive from Pondi to Chennai.

The other thing I wanted to post was that I kinda really like this guy called Charles Bronson, the 70’s super star. I watched about 7 of his movies till now and am looking for more DVD’s. Man… that guy is so cool. And the best part of it was most of the Tamil movies, the action ones especially, including a Rajinikant block buster were all stolen from his movies!!! That is acceptable, but they have stolen the BGM too…

Yeah, now why did I open blogger now? Yes, I was watching this movie called “SIDEWAYS” and thought I would recommend it to all of you. It’s a very nice movie. Its about a guy(Miles), an 8th grade English teacher, and a divorcee, wants to quit his job and graduate to next level, To publish a book!

A total pessimist. He goes on a wine tasting trip around California, along with his best friend(Jack), who is just about getting married in a week. They go wine tasting and during this trip is when a lot of things happen in Miles life. He hears that his book is not going to be published, his EX is remarried (keep in mind he stills loves her…that’s painful!!!) and pregnant, his friend(Jack) sleeps around with women week before his marriage and he couldn’t do much about it, plus he falls in love with another girl(Maya)!

The movie, directed by Payne (director of Jack Nicholson’s ‘About Schmidt’). As always he gives so much life to the movie. I like this director and I’ve also seen his another movie called ‘Election’.

The cool thing about director Alexander Payne is how he acknowledges the existence of an America is not just New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago. It's really refreshing the places he shoots his movies. The suburbs, the free ways, the vineyards… you should see it guys.

The people in SIDEWAYS are genuine, and, while the relationships are funny, they are all believable. As our middle-age lads Jack and Miles relive their youth, touring the picturesque highway in a red out dated convertible, we are there vicariously with them, reliving our own youth. Definitely a great watch!

I still have a 100 Unseen titles to watch!