Random Thoughts

Ha… watched Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix . Loved every bit of it, though non-Harry Potter fans might not find it interesting. I simply liked the way the director gets to the story without so much as bothering to introduce the wizard community or any earlier versions. Liked the final 20 minutes of the movie, though the ending was a little disappointing. I mean, it was not like that of the book. But you can take only so much in the given two and half hours!!!!! I could not believe I was so excited about it. For the past one and half day, I spoke nothing but Harry Potter, Harry Potter and Harry Potter. Dreamt about it as well :). Whether this movie creates any new records or not, the movie is a must watch for every Harry Potter fan, and I shall watch it again, if only to see the last half hour. The highlights of the movie apart from Radcliffe’s action was the fire works of Fred and George and the sinister teacher Professor Dolores Umbridge’s steely smile and her chuckle. Radclif...

Awesome… simply awesome… a little unfortunate for Nadal… If it wasn’t one Roger Federer at the other end, I would have said that the play was even. But now I have to say that Federer was made to earn this accolade… Obviously, breaking the record of one of the tennis greats should be nerve shattering, else it would not seem such a great achievement! I decided it would not be worth watching the match, since the victory is tiresomely predictable. Especially with Harry Potter being aired on TV the same day, it really was not worth watching even the Wimbledon final when it is Federer on court :). But with the flick of a lazy hand, I switched to see if it can be called a Grand Slam final. And yes, it was!!! Savage, fast-paced, brilliant and thrilling. Fabulous display of lightning tennis all round. Nadal looked deadly. But Federer charmed his magic again … wrote a script yet again that matched none but his own and inched closer to the record of all time tennis great Pete Sampras. (“It take...