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Startup.com (2001)
A MUST SEE FOR ENTREPRENEURS!
I am an entrepreneurship student at Carnegie Mellon. I have studied raising money, valuation, and the technical aspects of a startup business. However, nothing can compare to seeing the actual events take place in person. Only a real life documentary can show you the highs and lows of creating your own business, the friendships that break over the course of the business, and the fundamental issue of revenue. Nowadays, without revenue and a working product no VC will even look at you, and it is fascinating to see how these dot-com's had little revenue but valuation OVER 100 MILLION!! valuation today is around 2-3 million, and the VC has the upper hand!! this movie is excellent, a must see, you must see it, and then study their mistakes!!
ABCD (1999)
SEE THIS MOVIE!!
ok. first of all, yes, the movie is called "ABCD (american born confused desi), AND, they are not born here. oh well. The girl's character is quite odd: she is overly stubborn and slutty, but at the same time she is nice to this FOB that comes over to the US. I guess the director wanted to show how she actually had the ability to be compassionate within her, but im not sure. HOWEVER, this movie is WORTH seeing!! It raises some issues that my generation has become all too familiar with and almost annoyed with trying to explain to everyone. You can only take the whole "oh, im indian, but im also american" mantra so far before people will get annoyed. american desi, ABCD, and american chai, all deal with the issue of parents wanting us to be indian, and kids wanting to do "american" things, or marry white people, or ignore indian culture, whatever. this movie is worth seeing and then talking about to see what issues indian kids born in the US have to deal with.
The Time Machine (2002)
don't listen to the critics!
I just came back from seeing this movie, and I must admit that I was surprisingly entertained. the critics gave this movie a bad rating, but i actually thought it was pretty good. the implications of this movie (HG Wells' book), are interesting to ponder, and the action is also fun to see. The critics also gave Count of Monte Cristo a bad rating, but i also enjoyed that. (and they gave Gosford Park, a movie which was BO-RING but had an voyeuristic type approach to giving the audience a view of "the basement" and the "main floor" people, but in essence was a very boring movie. It's funny, the time machine also deals with above the ground and below the ground people. I would recommend seeing this movie for a nice movie.. or maybe even wait till rental, its a good one to see!