From now, its only Movies

Just Now: Letters from Iwo Jima
Brilliant!

Full marks for direction and cinematography. Watanbe impresses with his act as a tenacious general, but Kazunari Ninomiya shines as Saigo, the survivor. In the end, its all about who is alive and goes back to the family and the final shot of Saigo watching the sun go down into the pacific in essence captures the point of it all - or the lack of the point of it all.

Eastwood is not preachy here, but manages to capture some endearing moments in what is otherwise a savage time. He develops multiple characters with subtlety and juxtaposes them to etch a common story.

This is a must watch.

Last Night: 10,000 BC

Total wreck. Ice Age, Deserts, Tropical forests, Big Ostriches(or some huge creatures), fcuking huge tiger, not to mention hairy mammoths, one Hero dude(who is not sure why he is the Hero dude throughout the movie), pyramids, Nile.......WTF!!!

On the other hand, big time paisa vasool!

Day Before: In the Valley of Elah

Good!
I've always like Tommy Lee Jones. He's always been the underdog performer. Has this gritty, no-nonsense thing about him. No surprise that he got nominated for best actor (Academy-In the Valley of Elah) and best supporting actor (BAFTA-No Country for Old Men).

In 'Elah TLJ delivers another powerful performance. Even in the last shot, where he looks up to the American Flag and sighs with his eyes closed. Made me wince.

Aside from the political message Paul Haggis tries to get across, the film itself is structured well. The story is tight and the casting perfect(alteast the main protagonists). Charlize Theron --- man, this chick is something! She's worth all the money and praise she's getting. Susan Sarandon - she gets you with that one scene where she stares back at a MP officer and says 'You don't have a child, do you.....do you?'

Mark Isham has done a good job with the background score. Editing and screenplay could have been slicker, but its solid package nevertheless.

A good watch - this one...Bad that TLJ missed out on the Oscar (but its to Danny Day Lewis, so maybe we can call it square, if there is something like that)