Eclipse Shines Over Hollywood!

The fans of vampires in India had to wait a little more than their foreign counterparts for the release of the Twilight saga Eclipse. As the Indian Twilight fans are ready to swarm into the theatres, here is a glimpse of what they can expect in the silver screen.

Plot
It is only common that a movie adaptation of a novel won’t satisfy the expectations of a reader. However Melissa Rosenberg has done a good job in script writing as she had depicted Stephanie Meyer’s Eclipse with utmost justice.

The movie begins with the young man named Riley from Forks attacked by mysterious forces on his way back to home. The movie then concentrates back to the never ending romance between the vampire hero Edward and Bella. However, this time the romance is interrupted by Jacob Black with whom Bella had shared a close bond during Edward’s absence.

As the movie progresses Bella dangles between her love towards Edward and Jacob’s forced attempts to win her back. During these confusions, Bella graduates and her graduation party is interrupted by Alice’s (Edward’s sister and a Vampire) vision on an oncoming attack from an army of newborn Vampires.

A war evolves round Bella, as Edward and his family of vampires and Jacob’s pack of werewolves prepares to protect her. In the meanwhile Rosalie and Jasper narrate their human lives to Bella and how painful it is to live as vampires. It becomes clear to Bella through a dream vision that Victoria is behind the attacks and she has turned Riley into a vampire.

Victoria lures Riley to lead an army of vampires to Forks in an attempt to eradicate Bella and the Cullens. The war turns out in favor of Cullens and werewolves. Victoria and Riley locate Bella and Edward at the hilltop only to get killed by Edward.

Jacob gets hurt during the war and he realizes that Bella will never accept him as her life mate. The movie ends with Bella and Edward in the romantic scenario.

Plus
• Xavier Samuel comes as promise through his role as Riley in the movie.

• The dialogues rendered between Edward and Jacob has already moved the readers. In the movie depiction, the viewers are drawn to abandon allies for each of them and convinced of their love toward Bella through that two-minute conversation.

• The choreography and soundtrack are excellent to give the full effect for the movie.

Drawbacks
• It is sad to watch that an actor like Robert Pattinson doesn’t have much to do in the movie due to his limited role.

• Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner have done a comparatively good job, though viewers expect much more from them.

• I couldn’t help laughing when Bella urges Jacob to kiss her and later turn to face Edward. I just wondered how the character has twisted from the helpless lover into a modern girl who turns her love into a weapon to control a werewolf!

• Bryce Dallas Howard’s replacement of Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria fails at many times. Bryce somehow couldn’t bring the cold expression of a vampire onto her manners.

There is no doubt that the movie will entertain not only the Twilight fans but others who love adventurous romance. I would strongly suggest a bite from this movie....

Do These Stars Really Glitter?

It was the grand finale of one of the umpteen realty shows that dominate the television channels these days. Being the only reality show for which I’m a regular viewer, I was ready to spare the long hours through which Asianet conducted the grand finale of “Idea Star Singer Season 4.” As I sat in front of the television watching the never ending advertisements and one or two songs that telecasted in between, I was just wondering on the journey of this reality show over the past five years.

Except for one episode I hadn’t watched the Idea Star Singer telecasted in 2006. As per the viewer’s reports, the show had high standard. I am ignorant to comment about that part since, the only episode that I’ve seen was the one in which Chithra Iyer tried to quit the show in favor of her contestants.

Idea Star Singer 2007 changed the lives of so many singers, judges like M.G. Sreekumar, Sarath, Usha Uthup and most importantly that of anchor Renjini Haridas. The music reality show was a huge success and brought many families back to the routine of watching television. People started choosing their own favourite contestants and the mobile service provider Idea expanded their branches with the nourishment of music.

There was no doubt as the contestants eliminated in each stage. Though there were controversies on the elimination of Varun Thilak, it was clear as light that there were better contestants to prove their talents. At a point, there arose remarks that contestants like Rithwik and Sannidhanandan are going up on the stage through SMS from sympathy line. Those rumours put out as Rithwik got out at a correct juncture and Sannidhanandan himself accepted his limitations to choose to be out from the show. Though some contestants again tried to go ahead with their influences, the real talent chopped their path.

The viewers were so enthusiastic to watch the show by the time of finale and it went well with the appropriate judgment as the rightful contestants matched their skill in the final stage. There was no doubt as Najim Arshad won the title of Idea star Singer 2007.

Then Idea Star singer 2008 came, which saw a decline in the viewer reports. The2008 contestatnts didn’t rise to the expectations of viewers who were so accustomed to the competent talents of Idea Star Singer 2007. The ever changing judges and the low competence of contestants reduced the popularity of the show to a considerable degree. Some people were really shocked as some singers rose to the higher platform through SMS support. In this show, sympathy votes really started to play their game.

(As a personal opinion, I was shocked to see a finalist in that stage. Then, I realized that people are with her through sympathy line. To put my mother’s words here-“She doesn’t have a home. So let her get the villa.”)

Now, here is the finale of Idea Star Singer Season 4. Even I felt sympathy for two contestants like Shikha and Nayana as they got eliminated from the final stage. It was a pity to watch a singer with lesser talent sang to his limits and I chose that time to type this blog. Sreenath and Preethy were two mighty singers none would have objected to be crowned as Idea Star Singer Season 4. AS the final result came out, there was the ultimate shock, as Joby John won the title !

It is so sad to know that the winner is selected mainly on the basis of SMS support. I seriously wish to know on what basis people are supporting a contestant. Is it on the basis of talent or on the personal life? I feel that it is the second criteria that dominated Idea Star Singer Season4. People may be of the opinion that singers with talents can survive by their own, but who don’t have it should be supported!

The Idea Star Singer Season 5 is due to start very soon. There are talented singers who are there with the glittering hopes. However if the winners going to get selected on factors other than music, is it better to change the name into Idea Star Person that Idea Star Singer?