Checkin out the Quantum of Solace

So yesterday Roshan, Ami and a couple of their friends and I headed to Mangalore to watch the new James Bond flick , The Quantum of Solace .

Egads thats one great movie. I mean sure it isnt as amazing as The Dark Knight or Ironman, but it holds its ground. Starts off with a nice car chase getting you into the gritty action right away.

Daniel Craig is by far, the toughest James Bond yet, and this movie is filled with rough fight scenes and him getting beat up at every turn. The movie is very raw with a sense of relentless revenge that Bond is seeking after.

I had high expectations for this movie after Casino Royale’s big band and twisty plot. But without spoiling anything, in this movie, Bond is a lone man on a mission and no one can stop him. Its so hectic that you keep trying to piece things together, and at the end of it you keep thinking that there should be more. I was a little dissapointed with the story. It didn’t really satisfy me completely, yes, but is it worth watching ? Hell yeah !

Its worth it just to see Craig’s fully-formed Bond: angry, icily unsentimental, and fleetingly borderline psychotic at the close.

Its definitely not as bad as people are making it out to be. But I do agree with the Bourne-new-Bond comparisons. This movie takes Bond in the same direction as the books so they were just following it afterall. There's no typical James Bond gadgets or cars that shoot missles and what not. There's no Q. Just all Bond.

Still liked it though. I cant believe how Daniel Craig made it out of that movie alive, after doing all those stunts himself.

I went to the movie with Ami, Roshan and a friend of theirs who's name I forgot as soon as they introduced me. You cant expect much more of me really :P

Uday was nice enough to take us in his car. We all chipped in for petrol ofcause.

And as usual, wherever there's Uday, there's his faithful sidekick Vishal :

Ah. Fun times.

We ended up being an hour early for the show (Srsly how often does that happen?) so we basically walked around the Bharat Mall in Mangalore mindlessly to waste time.

Here's Ami and Roshan being crazy in a Sports Store :

After we conquered every shop in the Mall, we headed to the top floor to check out the food court.

Now THIS is a food court ! Makes the one in Manipal look so boring. There was Chinese food, Indian food, Junk food, you name it. All slightly overpriced at Food court prices but that wasnt very surprising anyway. The Food Court over at the Empire Mall in Mangalore is way bigger and pricier and even has a very KFC-ish restaurant in there somewhere.

There was even a restaurant who's sole purpose was Soda-Floats. They had this very cool vintage lookin Pepsi Float Machine :

Ah those were the days eh ?

After all this I came across the name and logo of the Food Court. Its called "Timeout" which is a pretty aite name (they could have done a lot worse), but the funny thing is it has a random picture of a basketball as its logo.

Looks like they expect you to related the "court" part of "Food Court" to a "Basketball Court".

Do you get it now ? Ah it took me a while too.

By then it was time to watch the movie, after which it was pretty late in the evening. The guys all wanted to go to the Liquid Lounge bar to get piss drunk, and since they were my ride, I tagged along to watch the fun.

Vishal had a really good time getting drunk :

Didnt take long for that beer to hit base though :

Meanwhile, lil'ol sober me was quite content with my Gatorade. ITS THE SPORTS DRINK YOU KNOW YOU WANT !

Ofcause eventually the Gatorade got to me :

Freakkin out maaaaaan.

Here's another pic of Ami, Roshan and me being dazzled by the camera's flash :

Sigh. Good times. We finally left the place at about 11:30 pm after Vishal had a brief homosexual encounter with a stranger. Ah that Vishal.

I think I'm getting too old to partay nowadays. Or maybe I was just way too tired that day because it was my first "day out" since my Malaria spell. Meh. The big two-three approaches ! I'm so not ready for it.

Eeeeek !