I'm Sure Everyone's Watching the Oscars, But...

[thedeadlyhook]

It's Birthday Time!

A Very Happy Birthday to asta77, Belated Very Happy Birthdays to paratti, girlpire, and constance_b, and Happy Birthday (tomorrow) to crackers4jenn!!!

I've no real patience for award shows myself, but I was pleased to note in passing when checking IMDB on the cast of the weirdo sci-fi film I rented for this evening (Space Truckers, with Dennis Hopper, and not too bad zero-grav effects for a cheesy B-film) that A.R. Rahman picked up the musical score award for Slumdog Millionaire, and while I can't say I've been following his career closely, I have been aware of him as a composer since I saw a Bollywood film called Muthu, the Dancing Maharaja, which did indeed have fantastic music. Aw, and now I see from IMDB that he's known as the John Williams of Indian cinema. Good show.

(Sorry for the randomness, but I'm really trying to make myself use LJ as more of a note pad. If I hold out for the carefully thought-out post every time... well, you see how often that's come up lately. Not.)

And to continue on in the cheesy B-movie vein - you're getting bored with all the "quality" films by now, aren't you? - I highly recommend a movie called Netherbeast Incorporated, about corporate vampires (sort of). Don't bother looking for the trailer online - it's terrible. But the movie is a damn good time. Sort of Shaun of the Dead crossed with Office Space. With cannibalism. Yeah, that's about right.

Comments

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Yay, Penn won for Milk. That makes me strangely happy, because normally I don't care.

I finally got Essential Avengers #1. Aw, it's so sweet. :) They were a prickly bunch from the beginning... yet they're always heaping servile praise on each other too, heh.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mate:)

[asta77.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[monkey-junkey.livejournal.com]

I still remember one of the musical numbers in Muthu very vividly! That's pretty good for a movie I saw once like seven years ago.

Netherbeast Incorporated sounds awesome, I'll have to check it out.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

The short that was adapted for the full-length Netherbeast is on Youtube, and it's great. I can't wait to see the feature.

[constance-b.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had a good, though internetless, day.