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I used to be humming a tune for sometime when ever i work or just move around in my office. It’s like ‘When everything’s  made to be broken, i just want you to know who I am’……… At least this is all i could remeber from the chorus of the song by goo goo dolls called ‘Iris‘. I got the mp3 and i was in full swing…………..learned all the lyrics and was singing it loud and clear.

Then i got interested in the movie and was able to get a copy of ‘City Of Angels’ from a friend.

Saturday night….after some office work……..i started watching it, and it was worth. I am a fan of Nicolas Cage and felt he was briliant..but i loved the way a human  (Dr Maggie Rice) fell in love with an Angel…………..i mean…….it was so natural……..

Apart from Iris by Goo goo dolls I also liked the track ‘Uninvited‘ by Alanis Morisette………which was played towards the end of the movie.  

I suggest you read memorable quotes section in imdb to have an idea of what i am talking about and also listen to these songs, and hopefully watch the movie.

I watched it on ITN something like 4 -5 years back, but i had heard about this movie even before that. This is a movie I thought i should have a copy for myself. I love movies, but I’m still not into seriously collecting these things as yet. (……..even though i might start doing it now). I was even hunting for this when i was in Canada a few months back, but in vain.

The Bridges of Madison County, the story of Robert Kincaid (A photogragher from the National Geographic Magazine according to the plot…………Incidentally, National Geographic web site is something which i visit at least once a week  )and Fransesca Johnson’s love story, is a novel by Robert James Waller.

I wont say anything further as i strongly encourage any one of you to watch this classic.

One of my Very Good friends - ‘Rajive’ just rang me and asked whether i want it…………Needless to say…………i was ecstatic.

I was even considering of buying this through Amazon.com when this happened………..

Have a look at Madison County here.

For me, the most illfated decision made by Hitler during the Second world war was Operation Barbarossa or the invasion of Soviet Russia. Simple maths will prove that it takes virtually millions of soldiers to invade Russia due to her sheer size. But Hiltler went ahead with his plans and the rest is history.

The Gernman attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad is a bit of history itself as hundreds and thousands of both Germans and Russians lost their lives. A briliant movie on a Russian Snipper "Enemy at the Gates" is based on this Stalingrad siege.

But this is not the story…………..

Russian Leader Joseph Stalin had a Son serving in the Red Army at that Time ‘Jakov Djugahvili‘ who was a Senior Lieutenant. He was caught by the Germans during battle.

German Field Marshal Paulus who surrendered to the Red Army in the battle of Stalingrad was in the custody of the Russians. Hiltler suggested a prisoner exchange, Jakov for Paulus. Afterall its Joseph Stalin’s (Russian Leader) Son for a German Field Marshal.

Stalin’s reply for this proposal was………..

"A marshal would not be exchanged for  lieutenant"

Yesterday after work I went to Liberty Cinema for MI3. It was definitely better than MI2. (I can’t comment on MI1 since I have’nt watched it.) Even though there was no story as such it was not short of Action. Will be interesting to know what DHL’s part in the movie. The International Courier and Parcel service provider earned good publicity i guess. Maybe Kodak……………………….
Finally what was Rabits Foot?

silicon.com was carring a news on the 1st of April (unless it is a joke) that Bill Gates will be appearing
in Doctor Who. The article further says that Gates will be ‘ revealed as an alien who had been living undercover on Earth with a secret mission to take over the planet with a line of ubiquitous software’.

Now how different is this Gates from the real one………………………………………………………

I did not have any frequent opertunities to watch movies when I was schooling. But since then, when ever I found some spare time, I was quite eager to watch one or two good hollywood movies.

Here’s a list of my favourites in descending order………

1. The Bridges of Madison County. Director- Clint Eastwood, Starring- Clint, Merryl Streap
2. Dances With Wolves. Director- Keven Costner , Starring- Kevin Costner
3. The Patriot Director - Roland Emmerich Starring - Mel Gibson
4. Million Dollar Baby. Director- Clint Eastwood, Starring- Clint, Hillary Swank
5.A Beautiful Mind Director-Ron Howard, Starring Russel Crowe, Jennifer Connelly
6. Forrest Gump Director-Robert Zemeckis, Starring
Tom Hanks

There are some more, and hope to add here soon. Any way, The Bridges Of Madison County, for me is the epic. It is based on a novel and is still my most favourite movie on romance and love. Also in this list
most of my favourite actors are there, including Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson………..