Fever

Running a bit of a temperature. And every time I say Fever, I feel the “Fever-fever” run in my head from the gLambert song (written with Lady Gaga). Keeps playing on radio everywhere.

I’m sick of laying down alone
With this fever, fever, yeah

Such poignant lyrics, oh my god, whoever thought of them? But I digress. I had much hope from Adam Lambert. Much more than this. I was quite smitten with his rendition of ‘Mad World’ and ‘Born to be wild‘. In a way, despite his predictable loss to clean-cut and oh-so-christian Kris Allen, I was expecting much more from Lambert. Nothing less than a revival of the Glam Rock genre, thanks to him (and Lady Gaga perhaps, who does the glam part of it very well). But now that’s gone. Now what we get is mish-mash of techno, electronica, dance-pop in the glam rock garb. It’s a pity, because I really thought he had potential to be the next Bowie, or Prince. Not that I am a huge glam rock fan, but one could use a change from the three-chord bands and lot of other stuff that’s doing the rounds. Either way-

Here, FOTC doing Bowie:

And perhaps my favourite Bowie track from Ziggy Stardust.

It ain’t easy to get to heaven when you’re going down.

Why am I writing this? I don’t know. Perhaps to give you my f-f-fever my f-fever, give you my f-f-fever my f-fever

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Don’t get me wrong-  it’s a wonderful story . And Brad Pitt and his make-up are both absolutely fantastic in their roles – they should both be jointly awarded the Oscar.

But a movie about making the most of our time the should be terse.

165 mins, really.

Kkaba D

The Kkaba D idea has quite a few takers, it already has rave reviews. Unfortunately, Kollywood got to it first. The K Konnection, you reckon? Check the rediff review, and read the original idea (which was a collaborative effort):

The riveting screenplay is supposedly based on a true story.

and

Our heroes number seven, the principal of them being K Marimuthu (Vishnu), a gangly, scruffy lad who loses his father at a young age, and is put to work as a goat-herd to the village’s landlord.

and

Movie does manage to have its own special flavour, as our boys slowly go from being under-dogs to a force to contend with.

So: True story – check. Romance – check. Country bumpkin – check. Trouble with coach – check. Underdog story – check. Oh lord, I swear I didn’t plagiarize.

Now what? Have a high budget remake with Saif Khan in the lead – first he’ll be sent packing his abs, while we count. No, abs have already reached the max ab limit. Think of the next body part Bollywood will obsess over. I bet on the butt.

Maybe I should find a job as a scriptwriter.
Kollywood calling?