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Life Of Pi :Bedazzling and Equally Frustating

I always had my questions about the book Mr Martel had written. This, however, is not the forum to discuss what I did not like in the book, but the movie. Mr Lee had made. Technically this movie is a visual delight. Right from the beginning you get the glimpse of brilliant and matter of fact 3D usage. In other films technician try to do something that would look awesome in three dimensions. Here it becomes a part of you never difficult on eyes and accepted. The music in opening credit is soulful (though not exactly with good pronunciation) the acting is wonderful apart from the guy who is seeking the story from Irfan (he looks disjoint and not interested) and the screenplay is apt. The technical brilliance is unseen before and here is where film falters This is one of the most striking cases I've ever seen of the craftsmanship of a film being at total odds with the text itself.  I love how the film tells the story, but I don't like the story.  It is almost purely metaphoric...

Putting The Lipstick On The Pig

I am in my attempt to look out for business schools in India and some websites are plain and dull and some tend to present themselves real smart. I generally like those plain and dull websites where they say something once and for all. No hidden ideas or agendas. It is so true with the marketing world today. They convey same messages in different languages or verbatim. I often tend to scream why not keep it simple. No matter whether you put a lipstick or a denim or a tuxedo or a perfume a pig would remain a pig. The cold, harsh truth is that the person who does not take the responsibility for the words they choose present themselves as unprofessional,lacking self belief, self control and self discipline. They usually lose the respect  of the people they deal with.  But we in India normally live with "Chalta Hai" attitude most of the things are just under the belt of "workable" tag. We tend to live more on the philosophy of if certain thing will work rather t...