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My Top 3 Movies of 2006; and the Worst…

I guess it’s sort of late for this post, but then with the Oscars coming up I’d like to make clear what my choices are…

  • Mission Impossible 3: You thought I wasn’t going to mention this, huh? 😛 Well, you were wrong! How can anyone ignore the best MI ever! Paramount has made a BIG mistake by dropping Tom Cruise. So WHAT if he jumped on Oprah’s couch, she’s got enough cash to afford good laundry services. I don’t think with Brad Pitt in MI4 it’ll be any good.

  • The Departed: It was seriously good, but Martin went over the top in the first few minutes trying to use abuses and get the message out ‘This is an R rated film’. After that, the amazing storyline takes over, and I must say the actors were good, especially Matt and Leo. My only complaint – Martin just blew it in the end, and destroyed his his storyline with the ‘everybody must get killed’ ending; for me, it just gave a bitter taste to a real good movie. Oh, and I hope that Eeshan Chatterjee is still having cranberry juice like he did the other day, or he’ll start getting mood swings. LMAO.

  • Happy Feet: Ending on a fun note, I just love penguins, especially when they don’t get cuddlier and tap-dancier than Mumble! Sheesh, Mumble was CUTE!!!

And then, the movies I’d like to throw rotten tomatoes at…

  • Casino Royale: Somehow, I just can’t stop hating this Neanderthal
  • Da Vinci Code: Audrey Tatou? Who’s even heard of her? And with Tom Hanks, one of the best making a superhuman effort to act stupid, and puppetish, it wasn’t good.

And the ones I missed…

  • Saw 3: I liked the earlier two, but I’ve heard this one ain’t that good. Still I wanted to see it, but as far as I know, LionsGate never did a theatrical release here. Correct me if I’m wrong…
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Snap previews

I like this idea. There’s this (startup?) called that I came across on Ankit Sud’s Blog, called Snap.com which provides snapshots of the websites when you hover your mouse over a link. Personally, I think this is a brilliant idea, as this can allow users to get a feel of what the link holds in store for them even before visiting it. I just hope though that they keep on updating their index, or people may get discontented.

Then there’s the fact that some sites haven’t been crawled yet, but I’m not complaining, new services should be given a relaxation period.

What I like most is the user interface it provides. Basically, the idea is like that on Yahoo! News, which gives snap results on clicking purple links. Yahoo! does provide a GreaseMonkey script to implement that on any page you want. Keep and eye on this one, and buy it out Yahoo, its going to be a real big thing I feel.

GQB now features snap previews on all links courtesy Snap.com