Bang Bang (2014, a remake) is better than the original Knight & Day (2010)

Bang Bang (2014, a remake) is better than the original Knight & Day (2010)

Bang Bang remains, to this day, my favourite modern day bollywood film. I LOVED this film as a kid and was a little put off when someone told me that it’s a remake of a Tom Cruise film Knight & Day. I decided to watch Knight and Day and found that Bang Bang was far more entertaining than the original.

Maybe that’s because I’m Indian and the Indian setting was something I could relate to more. But the film, direction, music; it’s all so so good.

I also really liked The Gentleman (With Siddharth Malhotra & Jaqueline) alot.

Glamorous spy action films with good plots are SUCH a vibe.

I wish bollywood got out of their wannabe R&AW rogue agent spy genre and started making more creative action films

u/aristuurtle — 3 days ago
▲ 44 r/BITSAT

taking one for the team & withdrawing ‼️

got MnC at pilani at 323 (i filled that as my first preference because i wanna break into quant & mnc is better suited for it, therefore no CSE)

BUT i’ve decided to go to the university of melbourne because i got a pretty great scholarship there

i honestly only gave bitsat because i thought my crush would get into pilani as well and we would go together but he got waitlisted and i heard that he bitched about me so 🤷🏻‍♀️ bhaad me jaaye

ANYWAYS i will be withdrawing ‼️ i hope cutoffs get lowered and all of you get the branches you want yippieeee

idk what flair to use for this lmao

u/aristuurtle — 7 days ago

can my brother get something at 266 rank?

what the text says

ugee cut offs are SO SO weird man. there’s barely any information anywhere

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u/aristuurtle — 10 days ago
▲ 4 r/iiit

help pick please: UNSW Sydney/ IIIT Hyderabad/ BITS Pilani

CS + maths at UNSW, CND at IIITH and CS at BITS; these are all the options i have so please help me decide which one is the best suited for me

my ultimate goal is to do a PhD from a top 20 university and money isn’t an issue because i have a scholarship at UNSW and parents can manage the fees for IIITH and BITS

i also wanna know what the research culture for undergrads is like at IIITH. are the first three years of the dual degree like normal BTech CS degree or are they more research focused?

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u/aristuurtle — 14 days ago

where should i go: UNSW sydney or IIIT Hyderabad or BITS

i’m getting CS in all 3; CS at UNSW, CS with linguistics at IITH and CS at bits

i eventually want to do a phd at a t20 US university so my choice should reflect on that

money isn’t an issue because i have a scholarship at UNSW and my parents can afford the BITS/IIITH fees

my_qualifications

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u/aristuurtle — 15 days ago
▲ 59 r/unsw

why are international students so hated?

i'll be joining term 3 and i was really excited about it till i came across this subreddit

most people on here seem to really hate the uni, CS students and international students so now i'm worried i won't find any friends

i fucked up one of my fm math A-level modules real bad and probably won't make my offer for imperial, kcl & ucl, my other choices are manchester & warwick and i don't wanna go there + i really like sydney as a city so UNSW it is & from what i've heard outside of reddit, UNSW is great for CS

i'll be doing advanced comp sci. i don't plan on finding a job in australia because i wanna do a masters & phd in europe later on. i'm not antisocial, can hold a conversation, know english

so if i'm all these things + an international student? will i still be disliked?

one of my friends goes to usyd and she thinks that all australian unis are really hard to find friends in because people already have their social circles set from high school, how true is that?

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u/aristuurtle — 24 days ago

might be a hot take but-

some readers forgive rapist & murderer mmcs but draw the line at cheater mmcs

what sort of a moral compass is this lmao?

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

my cousin’s bf can’t marry her because she doesn’t have a mom, what the hell?

my cousin (27f) has been dating her bf (32m) for the past 4 years. they have been discussing settling down together since the past two years.

a month back, they both introduced each other to their families. my cousin took him to dinner with her dad and my parents because her mom passed away when she was 4 and my mom is her main maternal figure. my family loved him because he’s well spoken, polite and matches my sister in calibre so they instantly warmed up to him.

a week after the dinner with my family, he took her to meet his parents. according to my cousin, the dinner went really well and his parents were really sweet to her. but after a few days, her bf dropped a bomb on her and said that he cannot marry her because she doesn’t come from a “gharelu khandaan” ?????? and this is because she doesn’t have a mother.

according to his mom, girls who grow up without mother figures are too outspoken and liberal and they don’t have much sense of being wifely because they haven’t seen their mothers being domestic.

my cousin was obviously really mad and to add to her anger, her boyfriend kept agreeing with his mother.

he comes from a very rich orthodox family and according to him, as his wife, my cousin would have to take lots of leaves to organise parties and dinners and a girl like her wouldn’t be down for it? mind you he’s SO rich, he can literally hire an event manager for even small house parties

my cousin obviously broke up with him but she’s really hurt because he was her first everything. and she was his first nothing. she keeps feeling like going back to him. the only thing stopping her is my sister & i because we keep holding her back from texting him

what does she even do? she had everything planned out with this dude

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

would you read a realistic romance?

like a romance with normal occupations like a consultant fmc and a pilot mmc

modern dating, accidental pregnancy, rushed marriage, cheating, divorce, finding true love after marriage, co-parenting

well written with realistic characters and development

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

what are some tropes that instantly make you skip a book?

mine are:

- multi couple books (the ones where 4 brothers are married to 4 girls and they act like the shittiest husbands ever; it’s like watching a serial)

- professor x student: why just WHY

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

would it be crazy to pick EE over CS?

i got 323 in S1 and 304 in S2. i’ll most likely get CS at pilani

i know it’s sort of the norm that CS is the superior branch almost everywhere but i don’t think i would like it

i did AP computer science this year and absolutely hated it. i’m good for a beginner (according to my cousin who’s a cs grad) but i find coding boring asf

maybe i have a wrong impression of it so if that’s the case, then please help me change my mind

i wanna work in chip designing and maybe robotics and automation but at the same time i wanna keep the door open for swe roles and quant. in short; i’m just an indecisive bitch

i think EE would be better for me but i’m confused

please help a girl out 🙏🏻

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago
▲ 0 r/unsw

my friend has met the SAT condition for the course she wants but her IB score lesser than the listed entry requirement, will her offer get taken away?

my friend (spanish international) has a 1550 on the SAT and she has an offer for psychology for term 1 2027. she recently gave her ib exams and they didn't go well so she might not be able to get the 36 she needs to meet the entry requirement.

her offer only says that she needs to show proof of high school completion. it doesn't mention obtaining a certain mark in the ib.

if she submits a lower ib score than the entry requirements, will her offer get taken away? or is her offer unconditional because she has already met the SAT requirement?

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/unsw

laptop recs + some questions for advanced cs

i'll be studying advanced cs, starting in june this year so i want laptop recommendations. i don't like to game or anything so i'll only be using it for coding and coursework. i'd prefer a macbook because i've been using one since the past 4 years so i'm used to it.

and can someone studying advanced cs please tell me some topics, coding languages i can study beforehand to get a bit ahead? i'm a dumbfuck and i know i'll end up wasting the first few months so it's better i get some studying done beforehand

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

first desi wattpad book i’ve liked in MONTHS [ a review & rant ]

on the sane side of wattpad now🙏🏻 thank you god

this book is SO SO SO beautiful guys and i hate the fact that it has such less views while sick, pedophilic books like “Sold to the Thakurs” have MILLIONS of views

here’s a small summary:

the book follows Noor Qamar, a girl who’s been through way too much in her life.

Azran Afsal marries Noor to protect her but they’re separated because he goes to study abroad and she goes to a boarding school.

When he returns, he finds that she ran away so he starts looking for her.

the book is about healing, pure, genuine love and overcoming fear and trauma. it’s so so so beautiful with such proper representation.

the ML is SUCH a beautiful, kind, powerful man.

I HATE IT SO MUCH WHEN GOOD BOOKS DON’T GET RECOGNITION AND CRAP LIKE SHIVANYA: HER RANA SA’S OBSESSION GETS READ BY CRORES OF PEOPLE

if you like:
- self made CEO MLs who are not growly alphas but genuinely GOOD men.
- broken fmcs turning strong

this book is for you🙏🏻

u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago

why didn't the ALLEN owners' sons use their institute to get into IITs?

i have alot of free time rn so i was googling the maheswari family and saw that their sons studied CS at BITS, Dubai.

if they were gonna do engineering only, why didn't they utilise their own jee program? it sends an odd message.

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u/aristuurtle — 1 month ago