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Oscars @ home

Yes, I am feeling exactly this at the moment.

As I mentioned already in my last post, work pressure is not much these days at office so I started feeling a little too idle to spend time when you’re all alone in a new city. Moreover, there is not much to discover in and around Pune, or maybe I’m just not interested. I’ve already visited the city landmarks.

Then it came to my mind, let’s watch movies & spend some quality time. Let me confess in advance that I’ve very little knowledge & exposure to movies. I know that doesn’t make me a lesser audience but I mentioned it just to make sure you’re not surprised about my selection, pick of movies.

Actually, I was thinking how to get information about a movie relating to its cast, plot, ratings, reviews & other credentials. I stumbled upon these 4 major resources :

Usually, I watch one movie in say 1-2 months, but now as I’ve got enough time; I watched a little more during this time, namely :

Planning to watch some more, I’ve got - The Thin Red Line, The Shawshank Redemption, Children of Men, The Illusionist, The Pursuit of Happyness, Music and Lyrics.

I also found certain other resources offering movies’ scripts and subtitles as well - DivXMovies, IMSDB etc. which are quite useful when you’re a little more interested in a particular movie.

Any resource you feel is worthy to improve the experience of selecting or watching a movie, be it Reviews, Storyline, Cast, Subtitles or Scripts then please contribute.

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