The 21st Century Techno Kidd: December 2013

Monday 23 December 2013

Dhoom 3 - Movie Review

All my friends and neighbors kept saying "Dhoom 3 is a must watch !" so I decided to go and watch it.
I shall be specific with my words and give out no spoilers.
The movie is pretty good but the duration of the movie could have been reduced. They dragged a few parts and it got really bugging.
Amir Khan and Sidharth Nigam acted brilliantly in the movie.
The plot of the movie is really good but there should have been more depth to the story. A father who loved his children and his Circus suicides when the Bank of Chicago takes away the circus . The children 10 years later want to take revenge on the bank. So they steal or destroy the branches of that bank in Chicago one by one. They also reopen their father's circus-The Great Indian Circus. Katrina Kaif is there just as the circus needed a main woman act. The circus acts are really nice and vibrant but its more like a Broadway musical Bollywood style than a circus ! Abhishek Bachan and Uday Chopra are just there for the sake of being there . The climax is brilliant and punches you in the face ! But the ending was very unexpected and sad.
The things I loved about the movie - the action, the attires of Amir Khan and Katrina Kaif, the climax and the songs !
Downside of the movie- The duration of the movie, the unwanted love, Ali(Uday Singh) , repetition of the same scenes again and again.
Its a great movie and I recommend to watch it in the theater :)

~_~Quirky Cobra

The Hunger Games- Catching Fire movie.

While I hate most movies based on books, I loved this one. Although, there are a few scenes missing, this movie, based on the second book of the series "The Hunger Games", written by Suzanne Collins, is sensational.
I hate to say this, but I am glad that the director of the first movie was changed. No offense.This movie stars Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine, Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, and Woody Harrelson as the epic character, Haymitch Abernathy.

Each of the actors play their characters very well. I especially liked Effie Trinket, played by Elizabeth Banks. The movie also stars Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland and Willow Shields. The actors have done an exceptional job.( Spoiler Alert ...)

The movie, and the book alike, is about the life of the people of the future world, and to be precise, future North America. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, we know from the first book and movie, return from the capitol, together, as victors, along with their mentor, and only other victor, Haymitch Abernathy.

Peeta has realized that what was going on between Katniss and himself was only drama, so they could survive the games, and he grows farther apart from Katniss. When they go on their victory tour, Peeta promises that he will give the families of the tributes of Distrist 11, Rue and Thresh, half their earnings from the games, for the rest their lives, not knowing that this in itself was an act of rebellion, which, President Snow, my favorite villain of all time, would not forgive.

After they come back, Haymitch and Katniss decide that the only way to convince the President, and the people of the districts that it was love that made Peeta and Katniss take out the berries, and thus save their families, was to make Peeta propose to Katniss publicly.
Just as they are planning their wedding, President Snow announces about the 75th Annual Hunger Games, or the 3rd Quarter Quell, and he informs them that the tributes for the games were going to be reaped out from the exsisting number of victors.
When Effie calls out Katniss's name along with Haymitch's, Peeta volunteers in place of Haymitch.

That way, Peeta and Katniss enter the games again, but this time, not even getting a chance of saying goodbye to their family. The interview ends up to be mind blowing. I must say that Stanley Tucci played Caesar Flickerman's very well.
Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen reenter the arena along with fellow tributes, some of them being Finnick Odair (played by Sam Claflin), Mags (played by Lynn Cohen), and Johanna Mason (played by Jenna Malone).
The movie ends with a bang. The ending of the movie, and Jennifer Lawrence's last expression is really good. I can't wait for the next two movies...

Divergent- Book report

Divergent.

This book features Beatrice Prior, the brave and selfless Divergent girl. The book, the first in an exciting trilogy, is set in a city where factions or small groups of people whose beliefs are the same, divide people and make some of them hate the others. After a war referred continually, in the book, as the "Purity War", the population divided according to what they believed was the cause of this war. The people who believed that selfishness was the cause of the war formed Abnegation, the people who believed that ignorance was the cause of the war formed Erudite, the people who believed that dishonesty was the cause formed Candor, those who believed that cowardice was the cause formed Dauntless and those who believed that violence was the cause formed Amity.

The heroine, Beatrice or later referred to as Tris, is courageous, selfless and very hard- working. But she is confused. When her aptitude tests end up inconclusive, she knows not what she is, and how dangerous she is to her father's enemy, Jeanine Matthews. The Erudite start publishing false articles about the Abnegation, who are the leaders because they are believed to be incorruptible. Jeanine seems to want power, and seems to be ready to do anything to get it. When Tris sees that her brother has some hidden qualities that she has never seen before, and secrets he has never told her before, she grieves. She then realizes that she needs to choose. Choose between bravery and selflessness. "It will require great selflessness to choose Abnegation, and great courage to choose Dauntless." Are the lines she uses. She ends up brave, and selfish.

Then she meets Four- smart, brave and very handsome. He is her hard and ruthless instructor. And he keeps taunting and scolding her. She makes three transfer friends, Christina, Will, and Al, and some more Dauntless born friends, Uriah, Marlene, Lynn. But more importantly, she makes some dangerous enemies, including some other jealous transfers, like Peter, Drew and Molly. By the time the second stage of her initiation is over, Peter seems to have realized that Tris is more than she looks. She is a huge threat. He, along with Drew, and her own best friend, Al, hang her ovr the chasm, to scare her. Four, as always, comes to Tris's rescue.

By the time Tris reaches the last stage of initiation, the fear landscape, she finds out more and more about Four. His real name, the reason behind his constant refusal of becoming a Dauntless leader, and the reason why he was Dauntless.

Tris bravely faces her fears in the last stage of her initiation, and she even overcomes one of her fears by the time the banquet begins.

At the completion of her fear landscape, Eric injects her with a colored serum. When the banquet is over, she realizes what the serum was supposed to do. She tries to find Four, but she can't find him because of the crowd in the hallway. She thinks about telling him the next day, without realizing that there wouldn't be a next day.

The book has a beautiful climax, and ends in a thrilling cliffhanger. All throughout, the reader wants to know what happens next. When I was reading it, I couldn't wait to turn the page. Especially, the ending is nice. Although I cried a lot while reading the book, I would recommend this book to any kid who reads a lot, and is above twelve years of age.

Thursday 5 December 2013

Shazam - App Review

I recently downloaded this app on my android based phone called Shazam. Its really cool ! It's an app related to music. If a song you like is playing on the radio, in a store or a mall etc... is playing and you want to download it but do not know it's name you Shazam it and it identifies the song for you. Its a free app that you can download.

Its range and genres of songs it can identify is vast but its not always correct . I tried Shazaming a Indian Classical song my mother was listening to, It got the song right but not the artist.... But it was made in London so I think its Ok.
You can even share what you shazamed on your facebook or twitter page. But sharing it directly through the app to Google Plus is yet to come...
I think it is really amazing and you should get it if you listen to music on the radio often....
You can download it through
Google Play store :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android&hl=en
I tunes :
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/shazam/id284993459

~_~QuirkyCobra

Amazing songs with beautiful Lyrics !

The variety of music we get nowadays is so vast. But most of the songs artists / composers make sound amazing but the lyrics make no sense. A few songs by artists or bands like Imagine Dragons, Lorde, One Republic, Avicii and may more make brilliant music with beautiful lyrics which touch your heart !

Here are the top 10 songs under this category!

1. Counting Stars - One Republic

~Said no more counting dollars we'll be counting stars

~Take that money watch it burn , Sink in the river the lessons are learnt

2. Demons - Imagine Dragons

~No matter what we breed

We still are made of greed

This is my kingdom come

~When you feel my heat

Look into my eyes

It’s where my demons hide

3. Royals - Lorde

Shocking Fact : Lorde is only 16 years old ! ~ But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,

We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.

But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

~And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood,

That kind of luxe just ain't for us.We crave a different kind of buzz.

4.Monster - Imagine Dragons

~I'm only a man with a candle to guide me,

I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me.

A monster, a monster,

I've turned into a monster,

A monster, a monster,

And it keeps getting stronger.

5.Hey Brother - Avicii ft. Alison Krauss

I love Avicii but he doesn't always gives credit to the singer , so I did a little research! The singer is Alison Krauss.

Fun Fact - Avicii means the lowest level of hell in Buddhism !

~Hey brother, there’s an endless road to re-discover.

Hey sister, know the water's sweet but blood is thicker.

Oh if the sky comes falling down, for you, there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

6.On top of the world - Imagine Dragons

~I’ve had the highest mountains

I’ve had the deepest rivers

You can have it all but life keeps moving

~‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ay

I’m on top of the world, ‘ay

Waiting on this for a while now

Paying my dues to the dirt

I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay

Been holding it in for a while, ‘ay

Take you with me if I can

Been dreaming of this since a child

I’m on top of the world.

7.Wake me up - Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc

~Feeling my way through the darkness

Guided by a beating heart

I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start

~So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself

And I didn't know I was lost

8. Roar - Katy Perry

~I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

9. I need a dollar - Aloe Blacc

The video which is present is not the original but an amazing

cover by Tom Thum which I enjoy more than the original. Click Here for the Original by Aloe Blacc

~And I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need

And if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me

Well I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground

Cause everything around me is crumbling down

And all I want is for someone to help me

10. Same Love - Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert

This song by Mackelmore talks about LGBT and how we should not treat them like untouchables

~ And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

My love

~No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it

~_~ QuirkyCobra

Sunday 1 December 2013

Brilliant youtube covers/ medlies of Original songs

We know there are awesome artistes and awesome songs, but there are also some more awesome people who make amazing versions of the awesome songs we knew. Here are some amazing youtubers who make amazing covers !

Here they are :

1. Pentatonix

Daft Punk Medley

Royals - Lorde

Thrift Shop - Mackelmore

Can't Hold Us- Mackelmore

2.Peter Hollens

Jai Ho - Slum Dog Millionare

Some Nights - Fun

3.Piano Guys

Titanium - David Guetta ft. Sia

EDM-meets-classical mashup

Without you - David Guetta ft. Usher

3. Mike Tompkins

Starships - Niki Minaj

Taylor swift and Justin Bieber Trouble medley

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

4.Alex Goot

22 - Taylor Swift

Beauty and a Beat - Justin Bieber
This video feautures Kurt Hugo Schneider who makes music and produces a lot of videos ! He's really amazing !