15 Movies That Were Made Especially For Adventure Junkies. How Many Have You Seen?

There are times when we want to leave everything behind and just start a new adventure. Travel to an unknown location, meet new people and experience life. However, that's not always possible. For the moments when you are looking for a new adventure but can't get embark on one, here are some movies you must watch to make yourself feel a tad better:

1. Into The Wild

Top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless leaves all his worldly possessions behind (including $24000 in savings which he gives to charity) adopts the name Alexander Super-Tramp and sets off to live in the beautiful yet remote tundra of Alaska. He embarks on a journey to rediscover himself and through his travels meets a number of quaint yet memorable characters.

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2. Little Miss Sunshine

What happens when a dysfunctional family decides to travel across the country in their Volkswagen van for a beauty pageant ? Well, you will have to see the movie to find to out.

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3. Up In The Air

All that George Clooney does in this movie (apart from looking smoking hot) is travel from one state to another, collecting frequent flier miles and firing people. This movie basically glamorized 'living out of a suitcase.'

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4. Hit The Road: India

This is a documentary of two friends who travel to India to participate in the 12 day Rickshaw Rally from Chennai to Mumbai. Only 80 minutes, this movie is short, sweet and entertaining.

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5. The Darjeeling Limited

After the death of their father, three brothers travel to Darjeeling by train to try and save their relationship and find their mother. The movie beautifully captures how three  estranged bothers, who haven't spoken to each other for over a year,  fight to revive their bond! Of course, the fact that their journey is set against the backdrop of India'smost beautiful locales makes this film a must watch for every traveller.

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6. Cast Away 

Long before Lost was released, Tom Hanks popularized the whole "stranded on an island" routine. He literally lives everyone's worst nightmare; survives a plane crash, gets washed up on an island, and lives like a cave man for over 4 years before reconnecting with civilization.

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7. The Straight Story

Relationships are important. So important that even if you have to travel hundreds of miles to be with a loved one and all you have  is a tractor, you won't think twice and undertake the  journey nonetheless. Well, that's exactly the plot of this one.

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8. Seven Years In Tibet

Based on a true story, Seven Years In Tibet documents how Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber befriends the great Dalai Lama during the time when China was taking over Tibet. Spoiler Alert: It's awesome to see how Heinrich teaches the followers of Dalai Lama to ice-skate.

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9. The Beach

Richard, a twenty something traveller finds a strange map while exploring Thailand. The map has directions to a place that's rumored to be a hidden tropical paradise. Intrigued, he sets on a mission to find it!

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10. Interstellar

Travel beyond space and time in a completely different dimension. If you thought Gravity had visuals that were literally out of this world, then Interstellar's visual representation is definitely from a different galaxy (no pun intended).

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11. Eight Below

Set in Antarctica, Eight Below is about a group of sledge dogs and how they survive a  snow storm. Two explorers are forced to leave their dogs behind and the dogs have no choice but to fend for themselves. This is one is a real heart warmer.

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12. Life of Pi

A young man survives a disaster at sea. He gets stuck on a boat with another survivor, who just so happens to be a Royal Bengal Tiger. He forms a special bond with the animal as they bear incredible odds to survive.


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13. The Motorcycle Diaries 

This movie is based on the motorcycle trip Che Guevara took in his younger days that shaped his world view and led him to discover his life's calling. It was the suffering of the common people that Che witnessed which made him fight for others and bring revolution to South America.

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14. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

What happens when a lawyer and a journalist travel across the west coast of USA with a bag full of drugs in a red convertible? Chaos! Johnny Depp's portrayal of famed gonzo journalist hunter S Thompson will blow you away.

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15. The Hangover

Four guys travel to Sin City, Las Vegas to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of their best friend. And lose that very friend after a night that they'll never, no wait, just can't remember. The movie is all about them trying to re-trace their steps and find the lost groom.

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Comedy at its best--The Bean Scene

Whats the best comedy show according to you???? well if u ask me the only show which comes to my mind when it comes to comedy is Mr.Bean!! Rowan Atkinson is the King of Comedy according to me and this post is dedicated to Atkinson..... :)

Who is Rowan Atkinson?
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. Bean. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.




Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born in Consett, County Durham in 1955. His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and his wife Ella May (née Bambridge), who had married on 29 June 1945. His elder brother, Rodney Atkinson, is a eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000. Atkinson was raised Anglican. He was educated at Durham Choristers School, followed by St Bees School, and studied electrical engineering atNewcastle University. He continued with an MSc at The Queen's College, Oxford, first achieving notice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1976. At Oxford, he also acted and performed early sketches for the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), the Oxford Revue and the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC), meeting writer Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he would continue to collaborate during his career.[more...]

The Bean Scene

Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Rowan Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The self-titled first episode was broadcast on 1 January 1990, with the final episode, "Goodnight, Mr. Bean", on 31 October 1995 Based on a character developed by Rowan Atkinson at university, the series followed the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. During its five year run the series gained large UK audience figures, including 18.74 million for the 1992 episode "The Trouble With Mr Bean", which was the recipient of a number of international awards, including the Rose d'Or, and has had an enduring effect on popular culture. The show has been sold in over 200 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films and an animated cartoon spin-off.

Bean's show has four major characters :-
Mr.Bean

The title character, played by Rowan Atkinson, is a slow-witted, sometimes ingenious, selfish and generally likable buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and connivances to everyday tasks. He lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, North London, and is almost always seen in hisgenerally only a few mumbled words. His first name (he names himself "Bean" to others) and profession, if any, are never trademark tweed jacket and skinny red tie. Mr. Bean rarely speaks, and when he does it is mentioned, though he has been shown in the first episode to have a strong knowledge of trigonometry. (In the first film adaptation, on his passport "Mr." appears under the "first name" field and he is shown employed as a guard at London's National Gallery. In Mr. Bean's Holiday, "Rowan" is seen on his passport name field. Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, redecorating or taking an exam. The humour largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to any problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness, and occasional malevolence.[more...]

Teddy

Teddy is Mr. Bean's teddy bear, generally regarded as Mr. Bean's best friend. Although inanimate, the bear is often privy to Mr. Bean's various schemes and doubles as a good dish cloth or paint brush in an emergency. The bear is a dark brown, knitted oddity with button eyes and sausage-shaped limbs, invariably ending up broken in half or in various other states of destruction and disfiguration. Occasionally, Bean pretends Teddy is animate. For example, when Mr. Bean hypnotizes Teddy, he snaps his fingers and the bear's head falls backwards as if it has fallen asleep instantly (Bean used his finger to prop Teddy's head up). Certainly, Bean behaves as if the bear is real, buying it a Christmas present or trying not to wake it in the mornings. Mr. Bean seems to have a supply of Teddy bears, as his bear was decapitated ("Mr. Bean in Room 426") and shrunken in the wash ("Tee Off, Mr. Bean"), and has been revived in later episodes.

Mr.Bean's Mini

Mr. Bean's car, a late 1970s MK IV British Leyland Mini 1000, developed a character of sorts. At first, an orange 1969 Morris Mini MK II was Mr. Bean's vehicle of choice, but this was destroyed in a crash at the end of the first episode. From then on, the car was a 1977 model , luminous lime green in colour with a black bonnet. It made its first appearance in "The Curse of Mr. Bean".

The Mini was central to several antics, such as Mr. Bean getting dressed in it while driving or steering it while sitting in an armchair strapped to the roof. It also had a number of innovative security measures; Mr. Bean fitted the door with a bolt-latch and padlock, rather than use the lock fitted on the car, and he always removed the steering wheel instead of the key, which formed a running joke in several episodes, at one point deterring a car thief. The car, confused with another demonstration car of the exact same model , was crushed by a tank in "Back to School, Mr. Bean", but returned in later episodes, perhaps having actually been the identical demonstration car from that point on.[more...]

Irma Gobb

Mr. Bean's "girlfriend" Irma Gobb, played by Matilda Ziegler, appeared in a number of episodes. episodes). The character later appeared in the animated series. She is treated relatively inconsiderately by Bean, who appears to regard her more as a friend and companion than a love interest. However, he does become jealous when she dances with another man at a disco in "Mr. Bean Goes to Town", and she certainly expects him to propose to her on Christmas Day in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean", with his failure to do so resulting in her leaving him for good (she does not appear in any subsequent The spin-off book Mr. Bean's Diary (1993) states that Mr. Bean met Irma Gobb at a local library.
Production n Broadcast

The programme was produced by Tiger Television, later renamed Tiger Aspect network by , for the ITVThames Television from 1990 to 1992 and then by Central from 1993 to 1995. After its original run it has been shown repeatedly on satellite channels such as Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy 2 , and internationally.

The record selling UK videos were withdrawn shortly before the release of the Bean movie and DVDs are being released on an annual basis as of 2004.

Awards

The first episode won the prestigious Golden Rose, as well as two other major prizes at the 1991 Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival in Montreux. In the UK, the episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean" was nominated for a number of BAFTA awards; "Best Light Entertainment Programme" in 1991, "Best Comedy" (Programme or Series) in 1992, and Rowan Atkinson was nominated three times for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" in 1991, 1992 and 1994. "Mr. Bean" also won the Norwegian comedy award "Tidleg Sædavgang".

Bean Movie Adaptations

Mr.Bean(1997)

Directed by Mel Smith ,the movie grossed over USD$230 million globally on a budget estimated at $22 million

Mr.Bean's Holiday(2004)

The film followed the character on an eventful journey across France for a holiday in the French Riviera, which after a number of misfortunes culminates in an unscheduled screening of his video diary at the Cannes Film Festival. It was directed by Steve Bendelack and according to Atkinson is probably the last appearance of the character.

The Animated Series

Mr. Bean was revived in a 2002 animated cartoon series, again featuring little actual dialogue, with most being either little soundbites or mumbling.


External links
Official site -Mr.Bean

Review of Mr.Bean's Holiday @ imdb

Episode Guide,Photos,Videos,Cast n Crew

Get ur copy of Mr.Beans Holiday here

Mr.Bean Themes for mobiles

Youtube playlist

Here are some torrent links for Downloads of Mr.Bean
Complete Mr.Bean on one DVD

Complete Set of Episodes

Mr.Bean's Holiday (avi) --> Download here

Top 10 Chinese Movies

Martial Arts--the very mention of it raises our nerves. The likes of Bruce Lees, The Jet lis, The Jackie Chans have just made it more exiting n thrilling. The fight sequences , The maneuvers, The agility --They are just simply awesome on eye! So here is a post in fact a list of the top 10 Chinese films..

The Chinese Connection, 1972 or Fist of Fury

Directed by Lo Wei and starring Bruce Lee. Original title: Fist of Fury.
This movie is Bruce Lee's classic. This had to be there!! right at the top.
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Enter the Dragon, 1973Directed by Robert Clouse and starring Bruce Lee.
This is Bruce Lee's most popular movie.its one of my all time Favorites!Plot: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover
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Drunken Master, 1979

Directed by Yuen Woo-Ping and starring Jackie Chan.
This movie made Jackie Chan a star. It is an entertaining film, yet not too violent.
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The Shaolin Temple, 1982Directed by Chang Hsin-Yen and starring Jet Li.
This is Jet Li's first film. Jet Li was the all-round wushu champion (martial arts) at that time (about 1982). Thus want to see the real thing, see Jet Li in this movie.
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Snake in the Monkey's Shadow, 1982Directed by Sum Cheung and starring John Chang.
The best martial arts movie on the monkey style, snake style, and drunken style.
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Shaolin Master Killer, 1983Directed by Lau Kar-Leung and starring Gordon Liu.
"One of the most revered martial arts films of all time, this is the story of a young man who joins the Shaolin Temple when the Manchus kill his family." -- Movie Summary
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Supercop, 1992Directed by Stanley Tong and starring Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh.
"The film displays Chan's dual mastery of physical comedy and martial arts while also showcasing his notorious predilection for handling his own stunts." -- Movie Summary
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Fist of Legend, 1994Directed by Gordon Chan and starring Jet Li.
Fist of Legend is the best movie by Jet Li. This is a remake of Bruce Lee's The Chinese Connection
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The Legend of Drunken Master, 1994Directed by Lau Kar-Leung and starring Jackie Chan.
This is probably the best martial arts movie by Jackie Chan. 'Chan employs the hilarious but effective style of kung fu known as the "drunken" style. The movie is a true action masterpiece featuring some of the most intense fighting sequences ever filmed.' -- Movie Summary
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 1999Directed by Ang Lee and starring Michelle Khan, Chang Chen, Zhang Ziyi, Chow Yun-Fat.
The film is based on a novel by Wang Du Lu. It is one of the 73rd Annual Academy Award winners, honored as the best in Foreign Language, Music (Score), Art Direction and Cinematography.
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10 Best Movie Posters of 2008

What makes a Poster so special? and when it comes to the movie posters there's a lot that goes into making them!!
A mere poster tells you what the film is all about and with the advent of exceptional Photo editing and image development soft wares they are just getting better and better. The other day when I was looking for some technical poster I found this website which carried a post about the best posters of 08. I picked 10 Best posters {Its my fav. choice of 10} among them which I would like to share here, however do visit the site and you may like the others as well... :)











The Choice is open! Its just my top 10 list, yours can be entirely different and I don't stop you from drawing your favorite list :p !! Do share your top 10 list!!

BlogBusters of BollyWood

Who says Bollywood stars are an insulated lot? Not their fans at least. Ever since the baap of all actors, Amitabh Bachchan publicly announced that he has started blogging on Bigb.bigadda.com, his blog is inundated with messages from thousands of fans. Bloggers have found the perfect medium to bridge the gap and stay tuned into updates on their favourite icons’ lives. Fans believe this is an intimate form of communication, almost like an entry into the star’s inner world.

No wonder star blogs have become hopelessly addictive. This caused the entry of the word 'blogbuster' into bollywood rhyming with the word 'blockbuster'. Be it aamirkhan.com ormynameiskaran.com (Karan Johar) or duskadum.blogspot.com (Salman Khan), orrgvvarma.spaces.live.com (Ram, Gopal Varma)…Bollywood personalities are hooked to this medium as they find it a personal canvas to vent their emotions and express opinions.

***Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently on his Unforgettable tour in the US, has been blogging at all odd hours every single day. Sometimes his entries are short and crisp and he’s instantly apologetic about lack of time. There are other days where he finds it hard to conceal his elation at the response to the tour. His childlike glee is evident in an excerpt from his blog:

Day 95

LOS ANGELES!! LOS ANGELES!! LOS OF ANGELES!!

What an audience! What a show! What response! Simply incredible!

It has been the best ever for me. And all the credit goes to the utterly fantastic fans and audience at the LA Sports Arena, that packed the venue right up to the rafters and just egged and shouted and screamed us into a performance that all of us will remember for a lifetime.

I popped every antibiotic available, every energiser around, prayed as hard as I could and gave it all I had. I don’t know how it all happened, but it happened. I stand up in salutation to the people at the venue, to the people of Los Angeles, to all the fans and well-wishers. You did it! And I humbly bow down to you with the deepest respect and love. Thank you!!

We need your prayers and wishes

***Aamir the 'ace' Khan is one of the first blogbusters. Continuing his habit of working and making films that propel the viewer to sit through the movie watching with awe the blunt newness he exudes, the ace khan has really done a flurry of interesting and funny posts until now. Here's an excerpt:

Confession Time

I’ve begun smoking again.

I know you guys are going to kick the shit out of me, my family is already doing that.

In fact that’s one of the reasons I haven’t posted for so long, I mean because of my smoking. I didn’t know how to face all of you. I’d want to write about something interesting, but I’d broken my promise to y’all so I’d not know how to get around that, and then I’d just shut my comp.

So I thought let me start by coming clean, and expose my human frailties.

I don’t smoke in front of kids, and I don’t smoke in the presence of people who get disturbed with it. Small mercies, I know. But what to do? I get really stressed when any of my films is about to release. I know the music is doing really well and most of you will tell me there is nothing to worry about but it doesn’t work like that. Bear with me folks, I’ll give up once Jaane Tu releases.

" My big exception towards Black is the fact that a child with severe difficulties is shown being illtreated instead of being treated with love, care and understanding. I simply cannot come to terms with that no matter what the writer and director say in defence. I thought I was watching a rip off of Taming Of The Shrew!!! I take great exception to this kind of behaviour towards children being glorified and propagated through a popular mass medium as the way to deal with children with or without difficulties. I, without any hesitation, strongly condemn this kind of cinema no matter who is involved with the film, and that includes me if I ever have in the past, present or future made such an error of judgement. My creative differences with Mr Bansali are unimportant. I believe he has the potential to make a good film and I look forward to seeing his latest film SAWARIA. "

***The web page of director Karan Johar’s blog offer a visual treat for fans who get to see Hrithik and AB in conversation, Jaya and AB sharing an intimate moment, SRK and his daughter Suhana in a tight clinch. Here’s an excerpt:

Reel Reminiscing

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
12:47:04 PM

The other day at home sifting through piles of memories, I came across some pictures that instantly transported me to a time in my life that meant so many things to me, and the people surrounding me. The making of my second film, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was a larger than life experience. The scale and opulence of the film has been talked about for years, but in truth, the film had a cast that we may never see together on screen again. The characters had lives that were unabashed and indulgent, and my actors played that with confidence. Most importantly, it was the film of mine that my father loved the most.

***Bollywood super brat Salman Khan seems to have a one-point agenda. His blog has largely been used to clear conceptions about himself. And going by the controversies the star seems to be involved in, it is a full-time job.

While enough has been written and televised about the famous feud between Sallu and SRK on Katrina Kaif’s birthday bash at Olive in Mumbai, our stud of a star wanted to have the last word. And what better way to express his anger than the blog. Here’s a recent update:

Day 37 - 10 Ka Dum

Friday, July 25, 2008

For the next few days you will hear and read a lot of shit about me, a lot of it. Keep on reading it…but don’t react to it. I don’t. Like sometimes when you are travelling in a fast car and you find a dog chasing your car…barking away. You don’t stop the car and start reacting to the dog…u don’t…there’s no point. I don't wish to react. I don’t have the time for it. Besides, I don’t understand the language of dogs, except for my two — Myson and Myjaan.

Unfortunately, in our industry the developing trend is not to celebrate others’ success… every time another person is successful there will be someone trying to pull him down. You don't increase your own efforts to become successful but try to always decrease someone else’s success… that’s the mantra of the industry.

I chose to remain silent. I do not have the time to spend reacting. But even silence speaks. Silence makes more noise than thunder. …Bandar sher ko chidhata hai…. Sirf aawaaz kar sakta hai... Kabhi sher ko maar sakta hai?He can’t do anything. But when the lion roars, a whole pack of monkeys fall from trees!

So keep on reading…read all the negatives…read till they get tired of writing. Everyone goes through this…but not for long. I say just look good, feel good and do good, that's it. I love you all.

***Ram Gopal Varma claims that he is not net-savvy but believes that blogging is the medium of the future. "This is the perfect way for celebrities to represent facts correctly. I believe that anyone who is interested in personal and first-hand information gets it straight from the horse’s mouth," he says. Here’s an excerpt from the director’s blog:

Ram Gopal Varma

Reactions to reactions:

Instead of reviewing reviews of Contract I decided to do that on my series of reactions henceforth. If the idea is to react to the reactions of various people on my thoughts and works, then why should I give special attention to the Khalids and the Deepas of the world? I find more juicier, bitchier and insightful comments coming from others. Come on guys. Let’s have fun!

But what about the allegation that stars use blogs to hit out at critics? "At the end of the day, a blog reflects the actor’s personality. Something in my blog that some perceive as rude could appear funny to others. It is a matter of perspective. At any rate I’m not as articulate as Mr Bachchan and what I express are my random thoughts," he says.

Actor Akshay Kumar is all set to start his blog but has admitted in a televised interview that he will not use the medium to take pot-shots at his colleagues.

While all star blogs are accessible, one has to create a special user name and password in order to gain entry to Aamir Khan’s blog. This is a new development. Wonder why Khan feels the need to make his netizens compulsorily create an ID. Perhaps the info on his blog is exclusive and the finicky Khan wants to ensure that only die-hard fans log onto his blog. Will the rest of the Bollywood fraternity follow this trend? Let’s wait and watch.

Source: Deccan Chronicle