Movies by Weekend

Irreversible:

This movie was novel in the reverse way of telling story and the picturisation.
I think it is quite impossible to pick up such a simple subject and explore it so superbly. Remember seeing Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin i.e 'This night has no morning' and this movie was similar to that in telling the story as to what happened in one night.
And the way each scene starts, with concentric circles it reminds me of old tamil/hindi movies where circles go in tortoise fashion to remind us that this is a 'flashback' scene.

Abre Los Lojos or Open Your Eyes:

The cover-version of this movie happens to Cameron Crowe's 'Vanilla Sky'. Quite disappointing to find that Vanilla Sky was a scene-by-scene retake of this movie. The visuals of Alexandro Amenebar's 'Abre Los Lojos' was kind of Hollywoodish and not the usual European cinema-like, maybe the story-line would have prompted major studios to pitch-in and make it a global hit. The dream and reality also kind of reminded me of David Lynch's movies.

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios or Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown:

Pedro Almodovar's movie. Antonoio Banderas comes in a young kid role. The movie was a fast-paced one and it reminded me of the usual Crazy Mohan kind of plots.

¡Átame! or Tie me up Tie me Down:

This movie has to be the original of the tamil movie 'Guna' which had Kamal in the lead role. I think Kamal had customized this role to suit his audience's tastes. This Pedro Almodovar's movie was fast-paced and enjoyable fare, of course the ending was more of a feel-good kind, which was a bit not along the expected lines had one seen 'Guna' earlier.

Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Director's Cut:

Most importantly, this album has the 'Pink floyd' style in the songs, the video picturisation, the interviews. The footages related to Moon, Earth, Pompeii and other outer space footages(thanks to BBC, NASA, ESA etc.,) which were shown with the Pink Floyd's songs playing in the background, brought in a sense of abstraction that only Pink Floyd is capable of! As David Gilmour said in the interview, only they could pull off such a thing.

Scooby Doo 1, Scooby Doo 2:

Movies had nothing much to offer and thought I enjoyed the animation series in TV a lot better than this! Scooby Doo 2 had lots to offer interms of advise to viewers: 'dont forget past', 'enjoy your work not for fame/money but for the fun of it', 'try to be yourself' and more such punch-lines. Guess, a good start for 2006 in terms of listening to punch lines ;-)