Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Movie Review : Traffic (2000)







The opening sequence of Traffic pretty much sets up the psychological tenors for the rest of the movie. Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro) and Manolo Sanchez (Jacob Vargas), two Mexican State Police officers, ambush and arrest a truck driver who not only offers to 'buy a permit' for illegally traversing a private road along the border but is found with kilos of coke stashed in the back of the rusted truck. Minutes after the arrest, however, Javier's van finds itself surrounded by an intimidating convoy of SUVs. The convoy is led by General Salazar(Thomas Milian), a top-ranked Mexican official, whose men assume charge of the temporary prisoners and have their weapons trained on Javier, while Salazar approaches the helpless van, leans over and inquires :

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Twitterature of The Godfather, Part I



Here's what I think The Godfather would sound like, if retold (parodied) through the tweets of Michael Corleone.The prototype of the expressions used is that of a regular tweeter.
[Assuming, of course, you have either seen the movie or read the novel (preferably both). If neither, you can safely be termed a major loser.]

@MikeCorleone :

Reality check .. I’m the shortest Corleone. Even Connie’s taller. Damn,@KAYADAMS is taller. Everybody thinks I’m a kid..sucks.