Today I would like to post something new. Something that is very close to me. Me and my friends are kind of movie freaks. So, we had planned to shoot a movie (trailer to be precise). Before the shooting, my friend asked me to compose a music for the movie. I am not a good musician, but I do compose music using the software called Fruity Loops. So I thought why not? Even though the movie didn’t go through, I did make the music and I am posting that music for your listening pleasure. I am calling it chaos because the main theme of the movie was chaos. Do tell me what you think of it.
Quad bikes. The desert bikes. There are two things that every one and anyone who visits the UAE should try, and they are Desert Safari and Quad biking. I haven’t tried desert safari yet, so it’s still in my bucket list. Quad biking, on the other hand I have tried.
Now I don’t remember the name of the adventure park which provided this service, mainly because it’s in such a bad condition. But thank god the quad bikes was in perfect condition. Just like Jet ski, this is a easy to operate vehicle and there is only a rare chance that you will fall from it, considering it has four wheels unlike two wheels in a bike. I must say it was really fun to drive it and I was hoping the allotted one hour time would not end. The only issue with quad biking is that the tires will get stuck in the sand and we will have to lift the rear of it to be able to drive again, and it’s really irritating.
Trying to lift the quad bike after it got stuck in the sand
Big Hero 6, the new animated movie from Walt Disney was released in the GCC on 6th November 2014 with a General rating from the UAE Censor Board.
THE STORY
Hiro, a 14 year old genious in robotics, has to form a group of heroes to find out and stop the person behind the mask, because of whom his brother died and his invention was stolen and used for some evil purpose.
THE GOOD
Well made characters
Heart warming and fun movie from start to end
Good story
BAYMAX (The huggable, lovely and adorable robot. You can’t resist how cute he is)
THE BAD & THE UGLY
Seriously, I don’t know and I really don’t care. BAYMAX rules
I love Walt Disney animated movies (yes even now). When the trailer of this movie was released I knew this one will be one hilarious movie, and I was not disappointed. I enjoyed this movie from the very beginning till the end. The main spot light obviously belongs to the sweet robot BAYMAX. There is no way anyone can resist his character. Do watch it. No matter what your age is just watch the movie.
The highly anticipated Christopher Nolan Sci-fi movie was released in the GCC on 6th November 2014 with a PG-13 rating from the UAE Censor Board.
THE STORY
Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) an ex-pilot must work with a secret NASA project to find potential habitable planets by passing through a black hole, since the Earth is nearing its extinction.
THE GOOD
Visually Amazing
Sound Effects are amazing
Good performances
THE BAD
Complicated story line (confusing as hell especially with all the scientific mumbo jumbos. P.S: I am not a very smart man)
A few plot holes
Few questions unanswered (I can’t state the questions since it contains spoliers)
THE UGLY
Ain’t got one
I am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan movies (who isn’t?). He is one of the directors who want their movie to be very realistic (yes even if the story won’t be), and I really like that in a movie. Interstellar is no doubt a good movie. Great? I wouldn’t say that. I can’t talk much about this movie because then I will have to reveal the suspense of the movie, which I do not want to, but I do recommend everyone to watch this movie for its visually stunning and clever presentation. But if you wish to really understand the movie then I recommend waiting for its DVD to release.
Released on 23rd October 2014 in the GCC with a 15+ rating by the UAE censor board, Fury is one of the best Hollywood movie to release in 2014.
STORY
Set around the World War 2 period, where five American army men sets forth to fight the war against the Nazi army in Germany in a tank nick named “Fury”.They are outnumbered by the Nazis when their tank gets busted and have to face them with limited supply of ammunition.
THE GOOD
Outstanding performances by each and every one of the cast
Great presentation
Appropriate gory scenes (why did you think it was given a 15+ rating??)
Mind blowing sound effects
THE BAD
Simple plot
THE UGLY
Can’t think of any
This is one of the best movies of 2014 (I know I said this at the beginning also) and I highly recommend every one to go watch this movie. I usually don’t like war movies but this is an amazing movie.
Happy New Year, considered to be the biggest Bollywood movie to release during the Diwali (Indian Festival), was released in the GCC on 23rd Oct 2014 with a PG 13 rating from the UAE censor board.
STORY
Charlie (Shahrukh Khan), the son of a has been well known safe maker who was framed for a crime that was committed by Jackie Sharoff (whose character name I forgot), sets out to take revenge by teaming up with a hacker, a safe cracker, a bomb specialist, a duplicate and a dancer by robbing diamonds and framing it on Jackie Sharoff. But for that, they have to participate in the World Dancing Competition.
THE GOOD
Shahrukh Khan is in his usual charming seld (and not to mention he has eight packs)
Every actor has given a good performance
A good entertaining movie for all ages
THE BAD
Many useless scenes are inserted in to the movie because of which the movie runs for more than three hours
There are the usual patriotic songs and dialogues to capture the hearts of NRIs (don’t believe me? just listen to the “Indiawaale” song. It’s just the beginning)
The story is very much predictable
THE UGLY
Some characters forgets their character traits to the end of the movie
Logical reasoning is obviously out of the question
The heroes of the movie are actually the villains of the movie. I am not going to explain it here because of, you know, SPOILERS
I am going to be very frank here. I am not a Shahrukh Khan fan, but I am not going to give a biased review because of that. It is a one time watchable movie and a must watch for every Shahrukh Khan fans (duh!).
So, the upcoming Shahrukh Khan movie Happy New Year is set to release next week, 23rd Oct 2014, in GCC and one of the best cinemas in the UAE has come up with a contest, in which you will have to compete and win to meet with the cast of Happy New Year in Atlantis. Here’s what you have to do:
If you are a fashion lover and you are in Dubai, just head down to the Mall of Emirates to catch Harper’s Bazaar World of Fashion which will last ill 31st October 2014. I happened to catch the fashion show by Kate Spade. Below is the video and pictures for your viewing pleasure.
There’s nothing much to say about Jet skiing. Everyone knows about it. We have seen it in movies and I’m pretty sure I speak for everyone when I say that everyone has wanted to ride a jet ski.
As usual, me and my colleague purchased a coupon for jet skiing and went to Mamzar Beach in Sharjah. On arriving near the beach itself, we got to see a lot of people canvassing potential clients into riding a jet ski, and there were a lot of tents setup which was into this business. We had a hard time figuring out in which tent we were supposed to show our coupon, but eventually we found it.
My colleague was asked to sign a term and condition form and then we were given life jackets to put on. Since, the handle of a jet ski looks similar to that of a bike, I assumed the acceleration mechanism will be the same too. I was wrong. It is very easy to operate a jet ski and I am pretty sure it is very rare for someone to fall from it. But I did see some people fall from it. Don’t believe me? Look at the main picture I uploaded for the post. There are two people in the water next to the jet ski in which they rode, behind me. Till this moment I have no idea how they fell.
It was a good experience, but it could have been better if we were allowed to ride a wider area. But for safety reasons, we weren’t allowed to and it would cost us about AED 500 (I think) if we violate it, as per the terms and condition that we had signed.
We created a video, for a competition, that would have won us a GoPro Hero 3+, but sadly we didn’t win. Anyhow, below is the video for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.