Sanity Insanity and Moi

A friend of mine once said, when you are watching the movie ‘Partner’, leave your logic at home and the movie is entertaining. So it follows that, at times when my friends invite me to watch a Hindi movie, i just pack-off my logic to a holiday at the Bahamas. It applies to all mindless comedies that have come out in the name of entertainment. Some makes it through, but some just fail.

Of late Akshay has had a string of comedy movies under his belt and most of them were with the gorgeous Katrina Kaif. Singh is Kinng is no different, but there is something fresh about the comedy and it really makes sense.

Lets just say that the movie does justice to itself. Its a very simple story of Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar), who would just do anything to help you out.Happy is there to help you if you need it or not. But there is a problem, he has got a negative ‘Midas touche’. He leaves a trail of destruction when he sets out to help someone. Its his golden heart that wins him other’s hearts. Rangeela (Om Puri) and the rest of the villagers like Happy, but Happy’s helping hand is now everyone’s headache.

Then there is Lucky Singh(Sonu Sood) a.k.a King, who is a Don in Australia. King has had many close calls on his life. One fine day when King’s dad fall sick, Rangeela makes a plan to get rid of Happy by sending him to Australia to get King, but finds himself having to join Happy. With some sudden turn of events Happy and Rangeela find themselves in Egypt, where he meets Sonia (Katrina Kaif).

What follows is some nicely scripted comedy and the events that make Happy to be the new King! Nothing more to add to the spoilers, so guys enjoy Happy’s journey to Australia. It will sure tickle you to the bones.

Things to watch out for (or rather not to watch) :

Uff!!!! Katrina, she is gorgeous, she is damn sexy, but she is there just to fit in the role of a heroine. Neha Dupia still gets a fair amount of scenes and dialogues. Katrina’s dialogue is still half-Hindi and half-British and never runs more than half-a-page, even if every line was put together. Even after so many movies, her expressions remind me of the Hollywood actor Steven Segal. With Steven Segal you cant make out what his expression is - he kills, shoots, kisses, cries - all with the same constipated look. With Katrina, oh god, its always the Vogue-cover-model look. Damn it even when she is crying, its the same!

The fun part of the movie is, most of the actors who has been the regular villains and the serious characters, playing a comical role. Ranvir Shorey still pays the unfortunate lover. The song with Snoop Dogg would have been better if the Hindi rap part was done by, say Hard Kaur or Bombay Rockers or somebody else.

Highlights of the Movie :

• Katrina’s gorgeous looks (again and again and again)
• The opening scene of Akshay
• Neha Dupia - all sizzling
• The Hindi version of ‘corn-flakes’ - LOL
• The scene where all of them get to discuss on Happy and Sonia - ROTFLOL
  
• Javed Jaffery

Pritam has come up with some real good songs that have been packed really well, just like the icing on top of the cake. The title track has already made a mark.

ENOUGH! - i wont misguide you any more or get you misguided by the high minded critics in town who fail to appreciate simple things in life and movies, who look for reasons under the earth and beyond the sky to say bad things about any and every movie ever made unless they are paid well enough to say otherwise OR unless they are member of the ‘Bollywood’s Mutual Admiration Society’ or ‘Star Power Sucker’s Club’, and before you fall victim of the vicious process of letting someone else decide what film you should and shouldn’t watch…let me tell you, - Watch the movie without fail! Full Paisa Vasool!

Singh is Kinng!!!

(Cross-posted here)

“An unstoppable force hitting an immovable object !!! ”

Yes its a Batman movie and Christian Bale delivers another laudable performance. But still, the ‘hero’ of the movie is Heath Ledger, playing The Joker. Its one of those performances that will make you give a standing ovation at the end of the movie.

If Iron Man was entertaining, then this movie is way beyond that. This is no ordinary superhero movie. Its not for kids and way beyond the league of an average movie goer, expecting an action flick Hollywood movie. If Batman Begins captured the emotional turmoil of a superhero cursed to live a normal life and caught within the mask, The Dark Knight takes you on a stroll through the dark allies of a ruthless and demonic villain. Heath Ledger delivers a character that is going to be the scale with which future villains will be measured. The perfect villain. Striking fear, each time The Joker makes an appearance on screen.

There is noting much that i can comment on the movie. Just go enjoy the movie…

It deserves a 10/10

Not sure how many of you out there know about the Malayali comedian named Salim Kumar. But this was one a hell of an album video that got everyone tickling to the bones.

Enjoy

And at times there is a movie like Iron Man. Its just made to entertain with no unnecessary detail and you feel, ‘WOW!!!’ and talk about it with your friends for days.

I bet that, Iron Man is a must watch movie for all movie buffs. There has been a lot of Superhero stuffs made into movies, but i can bet that this one is different. There was a feeling of freshness all though the movie. The jokes were no mere gimmicks to make people laugh, they were well woven into the movie and into the character.

Robert Downey Jr. has done absolute justice to his character. He plays Tony Stark / Iron Man. He doesn’t behave like the way you expect the character to do in any other movie. The character is close to being perfect in all ways. And is funny in its own ways.

Tony Stark reminds me of all the IT employees out there. Lost in their own world, personal relationships are in a mess, doesn’t care the way them money is spend and at the end of the day someone else reaps the fruits of their toil.

Call it a total Entertainer…

In my previous post, where i reviewed HITMAN, the movie, i had stated that -

47 being a completely focussed assassin, is seen in the movie making love… By the time the movie ends you feel like somebody just fast forwarded all the games right in front of you eyes.

and Phienyx outrightly refuted that. And i jumped in to say i was right and then he replied .. yada yada yada ..

So the fact is - Phienyx was right!!! I watched the movie in a theater and the whole scene was censored. Last day i saw the ‘uncut’ version of the movie and what he said was right. Agent 47 was indeed emotion less.

Apologies for the wrong statement in the review…

Bollywood has become like a blood-sucking leech. It feeds on the creativity of others. Earns on their blood. There are far less original works that what it used to be.  At times we are creative in making the worst movies ever. We steal plots, dialogues, music and everything possible and shamelessly portray it as one’s own without even crediting the original maker.

Rakesh Roshan’s Krazzy 4 punished under the law for plagiarizing, was beyond any doubt a happy moment for me. It was brave enough for Mr. Sampath to fight for the cause. Partner lifted off Hitch’s plot and Sony came on heavy on the producers. But what happened after that is still a mystery. People among us came outright and told that they don’t care even if the Partner plot was lifted because it was entertaining.

Last day i was mentioning to my friend that the trailers looks like its a remake of an old the Malayalam movie. And guess what i was right. Wikipedia states that it is a remake of the late 1980’s malayalam movie “Mukkilla Rajyathu“. Embarrasingly enough malayalis had got into the business of plagiarism long before bollywood. The movie was lifted off the 1989 English movie The Dream Team.

All we can debate when a movie comes out is that which actor is better than the other? The gossips surrounding the heroines. But do we really care if the movie or the song is lifted off from some unsuspecting individual. Apparently the music director Anu Malik, the self proclaimed Mozart of the East, would go bankrupt if people start approaching the law for the tunes that he has lifted.

I don’t understand, what do they lose if they credit someone of the original plot? Least said 90% of the indian movie goers dont care where the plot came from originally.

Thought i already reviewed the Movie… But as it turns out i reviewed it only in my head (like everything else it was in my head… which includes my secret love for this girl in office…) and i forgot to post it here.

I Am Legend, the first half of the movie was totally Will Smith and his dog. He is a talented actor beyond any questioning and he kept me right at the seat’s edge. But the later half turned out to be sort of a disappointment. The makers of the movie just seemed to run out of money and they just finished the movie in a click. Just like that. The only thing that stood apart was the theme and Smith’s acting.

This review by my friend Arun (simply sophisticated) will explain the rest. Clearly he wasnt pleased by the whole thing.

I am legend ??

The movie opens with a news clip showing a mad scientist boasting of finding a cure to cancer by “reprogramming a virus” (how lame could that be… but wait the movie gets lamer every minute)… haan so where were we… yeah she grins all the time expecting a Nobel for her miracle virus. Fast forward 3 years… every human is dead except for our MAN… Willy is the only dude alive on this planet !!!! … (read on …)

While reading Sanjukta’s post onTaare Zameen Par | Review Rip Off, it struck me that critics generally dont do justice to a persons work. (and thats why we call them Critics.. moron..). Though a lifetimes work might have gone into a creation, let that be the movie, songs, art, nothing escapes the critics noose.

Critics are necessary to build something of artistic value by pointing areas of improvement. But these days Critics have become art destroyers. They pointlessly rip apart a movie/art, like a sex maniac on a rape rampage, and goes on to publish their work for the bitter enjoyment of the masses as an accomplishment…

In the movie Ratatouille(2007), Anton Ego is a mean Food Critic, but at the end of the movie he goes on to give this critique :

…In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new… (read more)

This i say, every critic should read and understand before they wake up the rampaging art rapist in them.

Music of the movie “Of the People”(Malayalam), the third and hopefully the final movie in the series started by Jayaraj is out. Well i’m not a big fan of Malayalam movies these days coz of the pointless stories and larger than life depiction of characters, with Mohanlal leading the run. Music on the other side has enticed and caught my attention every now and then.

I have a uncanny linking for funky tunes and music with a difference. So when Jassie Gift came out with the music of “4:The People“(the first of the series by Jayaraj) the music was fresh and the song “Lajjavathiye” went on to become a hit. Even it got dubbed in 4 languages. I dont rememberany songs in particular from the movie, “By The People” (second in series).

But this one, “Of The People”, has got the feeling that it could spell some success with music. The song “Undu Undu” in particular. Its a nice song to listen to and the beat is also good.

Listen and Enjoy !!

I’m a huge fan of Agent 47 and the Hitman Series of games. Being so the movie was like facing the firing squad, firing needles at you. You die a rather painful death with thousands of needs piercing you. You dont die in the first 2 shots. They keep on firing till they make sure that you are dead. Its a slow and painful death. But i clearly understand that saying so is a total understatement for the whole ordeal of watching the movie.

The only point where the movie scores is in the way some scenes made me feel like i was seeing Agent 47. But i still dont agree to the notion of having Timothy Olyphant playing Agent 47. I would have rather preferred Jason Statham to play the role.

47 being a completely focussed assassin, is seen in the movie making love… By the time the movie ends you feel like somebody just fast forwarded all the games right in front of you eyes.

Certain scenes are classic ripoff of the game, not game-play, but scenes of game. The scenes where he is sitting against a red-neon board on top of a building, sniping, 47 standing on top a building with the gun raised and many more scenes.

See the movie and you will know that your fav desktop wallpaper is a scene from the movie or the movie is what your desktop is ..

The real 47 wins …