The Joy of X

This is a bit overdue. My apologies, I don’t seem to be able to write on time these days. There’s a pileup of Fillets now, so I’ll try to be regular.

Anyway, I saw X2 with Shiven last Saturday.

Getting the X2 tickets was an experience in itself. As I mentioned in an earlier Fillet, I had tried for tickets at Priya, but found that they weren’t playing X2. The next day I went to PVR-Anupam.

Or rather, I tried to go to Anupam. I caught a Saket bus, but alas, it was one of those Saket buses which don’t pass PVR, but zip by it in a parallel lane. I was feeling slightly tired, so I didn’t really notice this until I reached Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, where I disembarked in some haste.

So. I thought I would walk to PVR. After all, how far could it be? It was a simple matter of walking about two kilometres across Pushp Vihar.

Actually, it wasn’t suite so simple.

See, Pushp Vihar is one of those government colonies that’s divided up into sectors and flats, all of which look exactly alike. This gives it a certain fractal nature. And like other fractals, Pushp Vihar also seems to have the property that though it has a finite and bounded area, any path through that area will turn out to be infinite.

I walked and walked and walked, and Pushp Vihar seemed never to end. Fortunately, there was no blazing sunshine that particular day, but it was hot. Quite hot. And eventually, Pushp Vihar did come to an end, and I broke on to the Saket Road at long last.

After that, it was a much more pleasant walk underneath shadier trees through Saket, and I reached Anupam eventually. Once there, I immediately headed for Nirula’s and free water. After getting water inside me, I got the tickets, and then proceeded to hang. With myself. Yes, that’s pathetic. Thank you. I’m waiting for y’all to give me a call so we can go out together.

Cafe Coffee Day, in conjunction with Levi’s has introduced this coffee called 6 inches below. It looks very interesting- it’s got the works, all arranged in layers, and is supposed to be a culinary expression of a tank top, a navel, and low rise jeans (ahem). Alas, I couldn’t afford it, so I settled for the Frozen Eskimo.

Speaking of coffee bars, I’ve realised something that should be saved for another Fillet. Remind me to write about it sometime.

Coming on to the whole point of the fillet- the movie- me and Shiven both reached Anupam the next day without any bothersome diversions. Shiven, I was pleased to note, is even skinnier than I am right now.

And the movie? Sorry, I’ll come to that.

Yeah. The movie was very cool. If you hate the very idea of comic book movies, it’s not going to change your mind, but if you’re open to an arbit action movie with lots of action, great FX, and a storyline that doesn’t take itself to seriously, X2 is good, yes.

I’m an X-Men fan otherwise, and I loved how they treated the ensemble cast. Each of the mutants gets just enough treatment to develop his or her character, without any one character getting more or less attention. Even so, Nightcrawler was soooooooo cool. Arnab‘s right, though, the hairstyles are hideous.

And what is up with Jean Grey dying!

Oops. Sorry for the spoiler.

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