Movies by Weekend

"Rumor has it..":
Nice start for the movie i.e 'The Graduate' connection, but otherwise the movie was a bit ordinary..Shirley Maclaine's role was entertaining!

"Guns of Navrone":
Did not like this movie much, maybe because I had seen better war movie-thrillers.

"Sing in the Rain":
Good movie. Enjoyed watching this movie. All credits of course goes to Vadivelu for popularising this title song 'Sing in the rain... I am sing in the rain...". Cosmo(real name: David O'Connor)'s dancing was simply awesome and fun to watch. The man who plays the role of a producer in this movie has some striking similarity to the way 'Ranga Rao' would have played in any tamil movie adaptation of this. And Cosmo has some striking similarity to Nagesh or Chandrababu.

"Tin Tin":
Saw a few Tin Tin episodes lately (Red Rackham's treasure and The Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun). Not sure whether I really enjoyed watching those episodes again, but noticed 'Blistering Barnacles, Thundering Storms, Greats Snakes' all too well that I might use these phrases often :)

"Who is afraid of Virginia Woolfe?":
Absorbing drama. Initially thought this movie was really going nowhere with the slander between the husband and wife going-on-and-on, but was hoping that climax would be interesting after all the real redundant slander. And found the climax to be quite good, not the violent one that I had anticipated which might have introduced blood bath into the plot.

"Lost Highway":
One of those really confusing David Lynch movies, but not as confusing as the 'Mullholland Dr.'. Nevertheless enjoyed getting confused with the plot that this movie had to offer.

"The Italian Job"(the original):
This movie was fun to watch, not the action-packed-thriller that had Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg which had no comedy whatsoever(maybe that's its plus). This movie had Michael Caine in the lead role and one would really enjoy watching the 'Lord' Noel Coward as Mr. Bridger who finances the loot. The movie had decent action sequences as well, but having seen better action sequences one would really not get moved with these action sequences. Mr. Bridger's antics are enjoyable, but surprisingly Benny Hill's antics are not really all that rollicking.

Some Trivia on Michael Caine: For all soccer addicts who got to watch the documentary-style matches(episode produced by FIFA themselves) of previous FIFA world cups, the narrator in the background is none other than Michael Caine himself!

"Basic Instinct 2":
Total disastor of a movie. Really bad sequel for the original.

"Shadow of a Doubt":
Good Hitchcock movie this. The movie did not have much of a dull moment. Hitchcock is really a master of making-thrillers!