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The plot seems to be splendid. Waiting to watch a movie made out of this book 'The Endurance'
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Gangster
Gangster
Some shots were stylishly done in this movie, lots of Hollywood influence but who cares as long as they are good. But some parts in this movie were really silly. For example, one could see the entire crew in the back-side of the rear view mirror of Emraan Hashmi's bike when he drops Kangna Ranaut( shot in Seoul), to me somehow it seems horribly silly work. And Kangna looks good, but doesnt seem to fit her character in this movie and the garish make-up also is to be blamed for that. The movie hardly moves, it is an extremely slow one, worst part is that the story is also bad. Shiney Ahuja is the best part in this movie, he seems to be good.
Some shots were stylishly done in this movie, lots of Hollywood influence but who cares as long as they are good. But some parts in this movie were really silly. For example, one could see the entire crew in the back-side of the rear view mirror of Emraan Hashmi's bike when he drops Kangna Ranaut( shot in Seoul), to me somehow it seems horribly silly work. And Kangna looks good, but doesnt seem to fit her character in this movie and the garish make-up also is to be blamed for that. The movie hardly moves, it is an extremely slow one, worst part is that the story is also bad. Shiney Ahuja is the best part in this movie, he seems to be good.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Hitchcock by Weekend
Dial M for Murder:
This movie was similar to stage plays with its perfectly well-timed dialogues.
It was in the same mould as a Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie novel.
The plot of this movie was lifted and was internalised for the movie 'The Perfect Murder' which had Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglous in the lead.
Psycho, Strangers on a train :
Yet(both) another Hitchcock movie, which I could not really appreciate much cause I have already seen countless movies which are of the same-genre i.e thriller, killings, multiple personality disorder, etc.,
It is widely conceived that Hitchcock is the father of all such thriller-dramas etc,. genre of movies, but sadly I find quite happy to watch those cover-versions of Hitchcock movies than the original cause the cover-versions were able to build-well on the basement already provided by Hitchcock.
Guess, the same logic also applies to all those remixes I get to hear, particularly those old hindi classics. Somehow, the same remixes of English pop-songs really get me irritated, cause I could not digest the remix of something that I knew already. I get to enjoy the remix as long as that song is new to me.
Vertigo:
Good movie.
This has to be the best Hitchcock movie I have seen. The plot was refreshing and the pregnant silences also made up nice viewing. This movie was based on a French book. Remember Kubrick also makes movies based on novels mostly. Guess, making movie out of novels must be an easy task i.e since the director knows the plot in-and-out and also difficult at the same time, cause they have to bring the words in the book alive on screen.
I feel Manoj Night Shyamalan must have derived lots of inspiration from Hitchcock climax style, where the protagonist tries to recapture all the events that had happened and finds the solution. Shyamalan's movies are classy i.e 'The Sixth Sense', 'Unbreakable'(my favourite), 'The Village' (forget 'The Signs' - the worst), thanks to their novel way of allowing the viewer to understand all the missing pieces of puzzle that they were exposed to for atleast 3/4ths of the movie and finally in the last 15 or 20 minutes of the movie, the 'reason' is provided alongwith clips of past-events which supports this reasoning.
The Longest Yard:
Bad movie.
Not the usual Adam Sandler movie one gets to see, with mindless fun. In this Adam Sandler takes himself a bit too seriously, which actually doesnt suit him. And the movie is full of cliches and extremely boring and you also know what is going to happen for sure in the climax. Hardly any surprises in this movie.
This movie was similar to stage plays with its perfectly well-timed dialogues.
It was in the same mould as a Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie novel.
The plot of this movie was lifted and was internalised for the movie 'The Perfect Murder' which had Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglous in the lead.
Psycho, Strangers on a train :
Yet(both) another Hitchcock movie, which I could not really appreciate much cause I have already seen countless movies which are of the same-genre i.e thriller, killings, multiple personality disorder, etc.,
It is widely conceived that Hitchcock is the father of all such thriller-dramas etc,. genre of movies, but sadly I find quite happy to watch those cover-versions of Hitchcock movies than the original cause the cover-versions were able to build-well on the basement already provided by Hitchcock.
Guess, the same logic also applies to all those remixes I get to hear, particularly those old hindi classics. Somehow, the same remixes of English pop-songs really get me irritated, cause I could not digest the remix of something that I knew already. I get to enjoy the remix as long as that song is new to me.
Vertigo:
Good movie.
This has to be the best Hitchcock movie I have seen. The plot was refreshing and the pregnant silences also made up nice viewing. This movie was based on a French book. Remember Kubrick also makes movies based on novels mostly. Guess, making movie out of novels must be an easy task i.e since the director knows the plot in-and-out and also difficult at the same time, cause they have to bring the words in the book alive on screen.
I feel Manoj Night Shyamalan must have derived lots of inspiration from Hitchcock climax style, where the protagonist tries to recapture all the events that had happened and finds the solution. Shyamalan's movies are classy i.e 'The Sixth Sense', 'Unbreakable'(my favourite), 'The Village' (forget 'The Signs' - the worst), thanks to their novel way of allowing the viewer to understand all the missing pieces of puzzle that they were exposed to for atleast 3/4ths of the movie and finally in the last 15 or 20 minutes of the movie, the 'reason' is provided alongwith clips of past-events which supports this reasoning.
The Longest Yard:
Bad movie.
Not the usual Adam Sandler movie one gets to see, with mindless fun. In this Adam Sandler takes himself a bit too seriously, which actually doesnt suit him. And the movie is full of cliches and extremely boring and you also know what is going to happen for sure in the climax. Hardly any surprises in this movie.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
S J Surya - My GOD
Lately heard this song titled 'eno kangal un mugame ketkirathe...". That song really made up good listening, I was not sure regarding the name of the movie, but instantly liked that song thanks to yuvan and sadhana sargham. Yuvan's music was stylish in this song, with a generous mix of rap and reggae. And then, got to know via a friend Raman of The Raman Empire about S J Surya acting well in the video for this song. That was something I could not digest. Imagine, S J Surya has been my god for a while and I did not know that this song is from SJ Surya's movie. I saw his interview in Doordarshan on Jan 1 2006(New Year special programme). As most people reading this post know that it is not often that DD(read Podhigai) shows good programme for its viewers. During the interview I was too pulled into SJ Surya's quotes and actions.
SJ Surya said, all his movies have message(no not massage). And said Kushi had one important message for young people, "NO EGO". Damn, I remember seeing Kushi, but really missed out this important life-safing message. At that moment, I promised to see all SJ Surya movies one after the another, but somehow that promise is still not implemented :-) !
But it s not often that I miss out SJ Surya spoofs. One has to see 'Lollu Sabha' in Vijay TV. These guys(Santhanam used to be in this programme before he saw greener pastures), have super sense of humour and they go to any limits of abusing the originals to enthuse their audience. I am a huge fan of spoofs from the factories of Adam Sandler, Jim Carey, Leslie Nielson(the KING), Mike Myers, Lollu Sabha team, SunTV top 10 team and Venniradai Murthy's "Meendum Meendum Sirippu". And I got to saw "anbe aaruyire"'s spoof in Lollu and I could hardly blink my eyes all through the show. And I made another resolution on that day, i.e not to miss any more SJ Surya originals, cause that will rob the fun I can have while watching the spoofs!
Nevertheless, now coming back to where we started. I really have to thank Mohan Kumar's for allowing me the privilege of downloading the video song of "eno kangal...". If not for Mohan Kumar's imagine what might have happened to the Tamil movie industry! The video had SJ Surya coming up with incredible foot-steps, super duper make up and really fantastic facial expressions. And of course his hand movement were quite awesome, one has to see it to enjoy it.
I think this song will be placed in the all-time best moments of Tamil movie industry alongwith Vijaykanth's incredible typing ability over Windows Media player in Ramana. Poor guy Bill Gates fainted while seeing that. Enga captain yaarunnu nenaichenga? And of course, the incredible close ups in Narasimha which revealed to us super-contacts that are available in the market and finally those incredible dialogues like 'WE WILL MEET, WILL MEET, MEET' in Vallarasu.
Captain beware, SJ Surya is going to break all the records you created!
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Movies by May Day and Karl Marx Day
Matador:
A very unlikely Pierce Brosnan movie. Movie was a drab all the way.
Hot Chicks:
Good movie, in the class of 'Van Wilder' or 'American Pie' ..
Fun at the expense of rich white girls who have nothing to worry except for trivial stuff like the 'page-3' stuff was super stuff. All the girls listening to Venessa Carlton's song 'a thousand miles' while on car and getting emotional about the song made up nice viewing. One another segment in which the girls look into the picture of 'starving African people' get upset by their skinny bodies and wondering when these girls can have such kind of physique was really enjoyable scene. Also, the sequences in which Ivory Waynes comes across as a person who thinks that he is one among the white-rich folks is also good fun to watch at.
Mughal e azam:
The songs in this movie was classy. The movie was interesting maybe for atleast 2 hours but soon became a drab with war-sequences coming in.
12 Angry Men:
Good movie. The dialogues were great fun to listen to. Dont think one will get to see such dramas anymore. Henry Fonda helps the movie unfold all the way which made up spectacular viewing.
Hostage:
Ordinary movie. Bruce Willis has tried an encore of 'Die Hard' style typical thriller. The movie went along nicely in typical thriller style, but soon lost its way when it reached the climax.
FreedomLand:
Bad movie. The movie kind of went along in similar lines as 'Forgotten' which was also an awful movie. But this movie is even worse than 'Forgotten' thanks to its pathetic plot.
Shall We Dance:
Good movie. The movie's climax was fantastic. Richard Gere hides some of his activities from his wife Susan Sarandon, who soon finds out what his husband is upto and shows her regret to her husband on this. Richard Gere is stuck by guilt and soon gets reprieve by devoting his time for Susan Sarandon and comes out of his infatuation for Jeniffer Lopez.
Remember me getting disturbed when I get some information on them only from someone else and not from horse's mouth. It s so irritating if you feel you are very important to that someone, but that someone feels it's okay to neglect you.
American History X:
Ordinary movie. Cant figure out why the title is 'American History X'. Thought this movie will deal with variety of topics like 'Black movements' or 'KKK', but somehow this movie could not deal with any topic in full. So, it comes across as an ordinary film, though it could have been a super movie.
Just Like Heaven:
Reese Witherspoon movie. Lots of stereotypical 'young white rich female' mannerisms and the cliched humour - makes this movie real ordinary.
Lolita:
What a class movie!
I think the story was fantastic. Have not read the Nabukov book though.
Stanley Kubrick really has the knack of picking up good novels which are movie-material.
And Kubrick's innocent/ignorant man who tries his hand in 'not-so-usual' stuff and then suffers with guilt and finally gets his fingers burnt can be found in this movie as well.
Surprised, as to why Kubrick has not shown any 'bed scenes' between Lolita and Humbert. Maybe the book itself didnt have any bed-scene sequence or maybe the censors might have clipped it.
The ending could not have been any better!
Annie Hall:
Good movie!
Really enjoyed watching the self-derogatory pattern of speech by Woody Allen.
Guess Woody Allen's description as a 'short-spectacled-jew-leftist' was real fun to hear.
Also, the intellect is really there for all to see in his dialogues, one might feel like one is actually watching a good-old drama(stage) or maybe some good-old-movie(of 50s or 60s) with good dialogues.
About a Boy:
Nice feel-good movie.
I think I am a sucker to most narrative-style movies. I think they really give you a better insight into the head of the protagonist than most other movies.
A very unlikely Pierce Brosnan movie. Movie was a drab all the way.
Hot Chicks:
Good movie, in the class of 'Van Wilder' or 'American Pie' ..
Fun at the expense of rich white girls who have nothing to worry except for trivial stuff like the 'page-3' stuff was super stuff. All the girls listening to Venessa Carlton's song 'a thousand miles' while on car and getting emotional about the song made up nice viewing. One another segment in which the girls look into the picture of 'starving African people' get upset by their skinny bodies and wondering when these girls can have such kind of physique was really enjoyable scene. Also, the sequences in which Ivory Waynes comes across as a person who thinks that he is one among the white-rich folks is also good fun to watch at.
Mughal e azam:
The songs in this movie was classy. The movie was interesting maybe for atleast 2 hours but soon became a drab with war-sequences coming in.
12 Angry Men:
Good movie. The dialogues were great fun to listen to. Dont think one will get to see such dramas anymore. Henry Fonda helps the movie unfold all the way which made up spectacular viewing.
Hostage:
Ordinary movie. Bruce Willis has tried an encore of 'Die Hard' style typical thriller. The movie went along nicely in typical thriller style, but soon lost its way when it reached the climax.
FreedomLand:
Bad movie. The movie kind of went along in similar lines as 'Forgotten' which was also an awful movie. But this movie is even worse than 'Forgotten' thanks to its pathetic plot.
Shall We Dance:
Good movie. The movie's climax was fantastic. Richard Gere hides some of his activities from his wife Susan Sarandon, who soon finds out what his husband is upto and shows her regret to her husband on this. Richard Gere is stuck by guilt and soon gets reprieve by devoting his time for Susan Sarandon and comes out of his infatuation for Jeniffer Lopez.
Remember me getting disturbed when I get some information on them only from someone else and not from horse's mouth. It s so irritating if you feel you are very important to that someone, but that someone feels it's okay to neglect you.
American History X:
Ordinary movie. Cant figure out why the title is 'American History X'. Thought this movie will deal with variety of topics like 'Black movements' or 'KKK', but somehow this movie could not deal with any topic in full. So, it comes across as an ordinary film, though it could have been a super movie.
Just Like Heaven:
Reese Witherspoon movie. Lots of stereotypical 'young white rich female' mannerisms and the cliched humour - makes this movie real ordinary.
Lolita:
What a class movie!
I think the story was fantastic. Have not read the Nabukov book though.
Stanley Kubrick really has the knack of picking up good novels which are movie-material.
And Kubrick's innocent/ignorant man who tries his hand in 'not-so-usual' stuff and then suffers with guilt and finally gets his fingers burnt can be found in this movie as well.
Surprised, as to why Kubrick has not shown any 'bed scenes' between Lolita and Humbert. Maybe the book itself didnt have any bed-scene sequence or maybe the censors might have clipped it.
The ending could not have been any better!
Annie Hall:
Good movie!
Really enjoyed watching the self-derogatory pattern of speech by Woody Allen.
Guess Woody Allen's description as a 'short-spectacled-jew-leftist' was real fun to hear.
Also, the intellect is really there for all to see in his dialogues, one might feel like one is actually watching a good-old drama(stage) or maybe some good-old-movie(of 50s or 60s) with good dialogues.
About a Boy:
Nice feel-good movie.
I think I am a sucker to most narrative-style movies. I think they really give you a better insight into the head of the protagonist than most other movies.
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