Reliance Big TV Experience so far....

As I'm nearing completion of 1 year with Big TV, I felt like giving a proper review now would be better. After the initial euphoria over getting DTH package and getting quality television programming, finally I opened my eyes to reality. Even though, the audio/video quality of regular cable television may not match the that of DTH, the ground reality is that the regular cable offers better programming content than DTH at a better value for money. Cable television I personally feel is more useful for regional viewers. For example, I getting almost all the telugu channels that are on air on regular cable but almost one third of those channels with Big TV

Watched Slumdog Millionaire ....

Finally, watched the movie "Slumdog Millionaire". It's an awesome movie. I really loved the movie and great acting by everybody including the child artists. Great direction and the director did justice to the script. 

Great soundtrack by A R Rehman and truly deserves the Golden Globe. Now, since he's now nominated for the Oscars, all the best to him. Hope he brings home the Oscar for India. He has done India really proud. 

I would recommend everybody to watch the movie. I'm now tempted to read the book from which the script has been adapted. 

Watched New Bond Movie "Quantum of Solace"

Yesterday, finally watched the new James Bond 007 movie "Quantum of Solace". The movie is a sequel to the previous 007 instalment "Casino Royale" and starts right within hours of where it ended. Bond is once again portrayed by Daniel Craig and who has done a pretty good job as 007. The movie is about Bond taking revenge for killing of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale. The vengence with which he accomplishes his revenge reminded me of the tagline for another Bond movie "License to Kill", which was "His Dark Side is a Dangerous Place to be".

In comparison to Casino Royale, the movie doesn't seem that intense and not upto it's level in terms of story and screenplay, but it makes it up with the speactacular action sequences which have been such an integral part of Bond movies. Also, the use of technology in the movie is absolutely stunning, especially the giant Microsoft-Surface style table with multi-touch which M and other MI6 agents use with ease, simultaneously. The scene where one of the Bond girls is shown killed by completed painted in Crude resembling the iconic scene from Goldfinger, is truly representative today's present world, where Crude has replaced Gold as the most precious commodity. 

What I missed most in the movie was the presence of Q who has been such a regular part of Bond movies.  Also, missed the quintessential Bond dialogue "Bond, James Bond", which was never uttered in the movie. Maybe the director felt that the dialogue was not needed in context of the story. But still I hope that it comes back in the next edition. 

But overall, I like the direction in which the Bond series is moving keeping in touch with the comtemporary world. But at the same time, I would like to see the quitessential Bond back. I will recommend you to go watch at least for the action sequences in the movie.