Ok! I have had many discussions (and I truly enjoyed all of them) on how do I rate a movie. How do I say that a movie is good, bad or ugly (it fails !). Here it goes my marking scheme.
1. Content (50 marks)
This one area can make or break a movie. Now, people might have different expectations on what exactly the content means. Content is based on the following 4 sub-parameters:
- The Story - 25 marks (and yes ... it includes a proper ending)
- Justice to the movie's Genre - 10 marks (I don't want to see a horror movie when the expectation set by promos is that of a comedy)
- The Basics - 10 marks (For heaven's sake, we are in the 21st century ... let the past go ... I simple won't appreciate movies that don't live up to the times that we are living in)
- The Songs - 5 marks (Wondering why such less weightage to this one? ... Don't want to be unfair to English movies)
2. The Presentation (30 marks)
I have always maintained (unlike people who say that content is what that matters) that it takes a good presentation to take you to the content. If your presentation is not good, no one will bother to see the content. Here is what will go into the presentation.
- The pace of the movie (has to be right) - 5 marks
- The set design - 5 marks
- The costumes - 5 marks
- The packaging - 5 marks (Yes ... promos do make an impression)
- The look and the feel of the movie - 10 marks (I am allowed to be arbit at times :) )
3. The Actors - 20 marks
Need I say more !
Ok ... All this is fine .. but how would i describe a movie .. depending on the marks ...
<33 - Well ... this is fail even in board examinations .. do I have a choice
33-50 - Below Expectations
51-75 - Met Expecatations
>75 - Exceeds Expecatations
Yes! Accenture has a huge rub off on me .... Lets start rating movies now !
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
The three biggest gifts of my life ...
Our life is a mix of a few good things ... and the other bad ones that happen to us. This particular blog is just to thank God and acknowledge the presence / happening of these few good things, which are also the biggest gifts given to me by God ....
1. 22nd November, 1986
This was the day when God gifted me my baby brother. Till that time I was so dependent on others, for playing, for emotional support. Papa mummy tell me that there were two twins called Sonu Monu who were my life (kind of). Even if they were back home at 11 in the evening I had to visit them before I went of to sleep. And then Dhiraj came ...
I remember ... Dhiraj had jaundice when he was born .. and hence he was kept in an incubator. I used to visit mummy and Dhiraj in hospital. But since I could not visit Dhiraj, I used to play with another new born kid (somehow he was within my reach, as he was on one of the lower cradles) and come back home .. happy and contented. Since that day .. Sonu and Monu lost their importance in my life ... and Dhiraj took it all. When Dhiraj was finally brought home .. I was the first one to take him in my lap ....
21 years later, he is still my best friend ... Of course we fight .. there is a difference of opinion many of times ... but I dont think that underlying emotions have changed ... hope it will always remain the same ....
2. June, 2001 (Don't remember exact dates)
This was the day when DCE's result was out. I knew I was going to DCE that day ..... Somehow, I can't say that I had a great time at DCE. May be i was too tight assed at that time (and I have no qualms in accepting that). But it was a life changing good thing that happened to me. I knew I had a secure job at the end of four years ... Yes, many a times those four years seemed like a torture. Dhiraj will vouch how much I used to crib about DCE. But I still say that it was a good thing that happened to me for two reasons. DCE was a stepping stone for another great event in my life and of course I owe to DCE friends like Shounak, Yuvraj, Harman and Devender ..... Four years ... Four friends ... does it seem like a raw deal? You bet not ...
3. April, 2005
When we are young ... a small incident can change our life ... however as we grow older .. it takes a lot (of good things at least) to make even a small change to the kind of person you are. But this particular incident .. changed my life ... completely. Remember those mixers used for mixing cement... out side buildings where construction is taking place? It was like I was taken suddenly in one of those mixers ... and what came out was that ready to serve... cement. IIM Lucknow happened to me ..
I have changed ... I believe for the good. IIML does that to you. I have become more assertive, more progressive but maybe somewhere I have also lost something .... it is very difficult to express that in words .. so let it be .. and anyways this blog is about good things ... like Manish Peter ..... two years .... one friend .... (ok .. I can count Avichal also) ... I would still say I couldn't get a better deal ....
1. 22nd November, 1986
This was the day when God gifted me my baby brother. Till that time I was so dependent on others, for playing, for emotional support. Papa mummy tell me that there were two twins called Sonu Monu who were my life (kind of). Even if they were back home at 11 in the evening I had to visit them before I went of to sleep. And then Dhiraj came ...
I remember ... Dhiraj had jaundice when he was born .. and hence he was kept in an incubator. I used to visit mummy and Dhiraj in hospital. But since I could not visit Dhiraj, I used to play with another new born kid (somehow he was within my reach, as he was on one of the lower cradles) and come back home .. happy and contented. Since that day .. Sonu and Monu lost their importance in my life ... and Dhiraj took it all. When Dhiraj was finally brought home .. I was the first one to take him in my lap ....
21 years later, he is still my best friend ... Of course we fight .. there is a difference of opinion many of times ... but I dont think that underlying emotions have changed ... hope it will always remain the same ....
2. June, 2001 (Don't remember exact dates)
This was the day when DCE's result was out. I knew I was going to DCE that day ..... Somehow, I can't say that I had a great time at DCE. May be i was too tight assed at that time (and I have no qualms in accepting that). But it was a life changing good thing that happened to me. I knew I had a secure job at the end of four years ... Yes, many a times those four years seemed like a torture. Dhiraj will vouch how much I used to crib about DCE. But I still say that it was a good thing that happened to me for two reasons. DCE was a stepping stone for another great event in my life and of course I owe to DCE friends like Shounak, Yuvraj, Harman and Devender ..... Four years ... Four friends ... does it seem like a raw deal? You bet not ...
3. April, 2005
When we are young ... a small incident can change our life ... however as we grow older .. it takes a lot (of good things at least) to make even a small change to the kind of person you are. But this particular incident .. changed my life ... completely. Remember those mixers used for mixing cement... out side buildings where construction is taking place? It was like I was taken suddenly in one of those mixers ... and what came out was that ready to serve... cement. IIM Lucknow happened to me ..
I have changed ... I believe for the good. IIML does that to you. I have become more assertive, more progressive but maybe somewhere I have also lost something .... it is very difficult to express that in words .. so let it be .. and anyways this blog is about good things ... like Manish Peter ..... two years .... one friend .... (ok .. I can count Avichal also) ... I would still say I couldn't get a better deal ....
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