Ten minutes into the movie and arjun says, 'Amma, see EXIT is there......lets GO!!'
Obviously my 'I-am-a-Salman-Khan-fan' genes haven't been passed on.
Secretly relieved!! ;p
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Movie Mania!
Been movie watching to my heart's delight, thanks to the new membership with a dvd rental place. Obviously am catching up but still thought i should share my deep and insightful reviews about the movies i have watched...so here goes :
Maqbool : Still kicking my self for not having watched it earlier. Brilliant.
Kaminey : Watched it with subtitles and all but still think maqbool is way better.
Star Trek : Awesome. Felt just like meeting old friends :)
Wolverine : X Men Origins : Loved it too...but maybe just a little less than star trek.
The Ugly truth : I was prepared for it to be gross but it totally lost its integrity by becoming a sappy rom com as it ends. Not even very funny
Ghosts of girlfriends past : Tolerable especially if you are watching it after The Ugly Truth
Duplicity : Disappointing.
State of Play : Not bad at all. Definitely better than Duplicity.
Harry Potter and the half blood prince : Very nice ... but movies that dont quite end when they end leave me slightly unhappy.
Arundhathi (telugu) : Amazing, considering the stereotype you have of a telugu movie in your head (ok, my head) but its not exactly a happy movie and had too many toe curling moments. Technically i guess its quite outstanding.
The Reader : Over rated
Revolutionary Road : Brilliant!! Loved it.
17 again : Yaaawwwnnnn....snoorrrrrrrrrrre
Angels and Demons : Too much left out from the book...i guess if you havent read the book its an ok movie. But felt a little disappointed for sure.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen : OK, so we are suckers for action movies.... even if they show the same thing over and over again :p
The Bucket List : Really really nice, sweet, tender and teary
That does it for now.
Over and out from the really old movie review specialist :)
ps : old refers to the movie and NOT to the specialist. Just in case... you know...!
Maqbool : Still kicking my self for not having watched it earlier. Brilliant.
Kaminey : Watched it with subtitles and all but still think maqbool is way better.
Star Trek : Awesome. Felt just like meeting old friends :)
Wolverine : X Men Origins : Loved it too...but maybe just a little less than star trek.
The Ugly truth : I was prepared for it to be gross but it totally lost its integrity by becoming a sappy rom com as it ends. Not even very funny
Ghosts of girlfriends past : Tolerable especially if you are watching it after The Ugly Truth
Duplicity : Disappointing.
State of Play : Not bad at all. Definitely better than Duplicity.
Harry Potter and the half blood prince : Very nice ... but movies that dont quite end when they end leave me slightly unhappy.
Arundhathi (telugu) : Amazing, considering the stereotype you have of a telugu movie in your head (ok, my head) but its not exactly a happy movie and had too many toe curling moments. Technically i guess its quite outstanding.
The Reader : Over rated
Revolutionary Road : Brilliant!! Loved it.
17 again : Yaaawwwnnnn....snoorrrrrrrrrrre
Angels and Demons : Too much left out from the book...i guess if you havent read the book its an ok movie. But felt a little disappointed for sure.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen : OK, so we are suckers for action movies.... even if they show the same thing over and over again :p
The Bucket List : Really really nice, sweet, tender and teary
That does it for now.
Over and out from the really old movie review specialist :)
ps : old refers to the movie and NOT to the specialist. Just in case... you know...!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dirty Dancing :)
And then there are some days when all you want to do is go dancing!!
Most probably the only thing that comes close to being something i am passionate about, dancing and me go a long way. I will always remember my first performance. I must have been around six years old when there was a wedding in the family. Hordes of cousins landed up at my grand father's house and somebody let it slip that i didnt think twice about dancing. Suddenly, there were clamours all around for a dance.
I insisted that all the doors be closed. (It didnt matter that everybody was already inside the 'performance room' !) And then i sang and danced - 'I am a disco dancer..ta na na na" My aunt felt the need to explain my 'steps' ocassionaly like - oh, she is shifting the 'mike' from hand to hand' which would always be followed by an 'ohhhh' that went around the room. I was least bothered by this continuous explanation because in my mind, i was right next to mithun chakraborthy, matching him step for step. Needless to say, i got thunderous applause that evening and relentless torture for the rest of my life as the cruel cousins would remember my performance and publicly describe it every time we met.
That, however, did not douse my passion one bit. Fast forward to sometime when i was in the seventh or eigth standard. Most of the dancing i got to see was in the movies. I knew i was not pretty enough to be the heroine but i was quite sure i looked better than all those ladies behind her who also danced when she did. So i did not think twice. I walked up to my dad and said, "Daddy, i want to join the movies and be a dancer" My dad, being the sensible person he is, did not react at all. He just nodded and smiled. But that very summer, my dad called somebody who called somebody who called somebody and who called somebody else and it was all arranged. We were going to see 'movie shootings'. I was so excited, i could hardly breathe.
Since we were living in Andhra Pradesh then as well, i got to see a few south indian movies being shot. I saw Venkatesh at his prime doing a fight sequence. I saw Amala and Srividya and just missed rajnikanth in a movie they were doing together. And finally, we got to see a dance sequence - one which i will never forget. It was the actress called Ramya Krishnan dressed in something like a bharathanatyam costume but minus the sleeves and a whole lot of other parts. So, ok, i swallowed a bit. And then, in the forty five minutes that we watched them, they did a small 5 second step over and over and over again. Which was also ok. But the last straw was that between each practice, this small, dark, hairy man would walk up to the actress and actually wipe her sweat off her back.
My movie aspirations came to a grinding halt.
I still love to dance though and have gone for a class or two and had the best time of my life. Jun and i freak out quite often in our living room while maddy wonders why he couldnt have married some nice quiet girl who will just cook and look nice for him. Luckily in this one respect, Jun totally takes after me. Amazing energy and fun but slightly lacking in the talent department.
But when did THAT ever stop a dancer ? ;p
Most probably the only thing that comes close to being something i am passionate about, dancing and me go a long way. I will always remember my first performance. I must have been around six years old when there was a wedding in the family. Hordes of cousins landed up at my grand father's house and somebody let it slip that i didnt think twice about dancing. Suddenly, there were clamours all around for a dance.
I insisted that all the doors be closed. (It didnt matter that everybody was already inside the 'performance room' !) And then i sang and danced - 'I am a disco dancer..ta na na na" My aunt felt the need to explain my 'steps' ocassionaly like - oh, she is shifting the 'mike' from hand to hand' which would always be followed by an 'ohhhh' that went around the room. I was least bothered by this continuous explanation because in my mind, i was right next to mithun chakraborthy, matching him step for step. Needless to say, i got thunderous applause that evening and relentless torture for the rest of my life as the cruel cousins would remember my performance and publicly describe it every time we met.
That, however, did not douse my passion one bit. Fast forward to sometime when i was in the seventh or eigth standard. Most of the dancing i got to see was in the movies. I knew i was not pretty enough to be the heroine but i was quite sure i looked better than all those ladies behind her who also danced when she did. So i did not think twice. I walked up to my dad and said, "Daddy, i want to join the movies and be a dancer" My dad, being the sensible person he is, did not react at all. He just nodded and smiled. But that very summer, my dad called somebody who called somebody who called somebody and who called somebody else and it was all arranged. We were going to see 'movie shootings'. I was so excited, i could hardly breathe.
Since we were living in Andhra Pradesh then as well, i got to see a few south indian movies being shot. I saw Venkatesh at his prime doing a fight sequence. I saw Amala and Srividya and just missed rajnikanth in a movie they were doing together. And finally, we got to see a dance sequence - one which i will never forget. It was the actress called Ramya Krishnan dressed in something like a bharathanatyam costume but minus the sleeves and a whole lot of other parts. So, ok, i swallowed a bit. And then, in the forty five minutes that we watched them, they did a small 5 second step over and over and over again. Which was also ok. But the last straw was that between each practice, this small, dark, hairy man would walk up to the actress and actually wipe her sweat off her back.
My movie aspirations came to a grinding halt.
I still love to dance though and have gone for a class or two and had the best time of my life. Jun and i freak out quite often in our living room while maddy wonders why he couldnt have married some nice quiet girl who will just cook and look nice for him. Luckily in this one respect, Jun totally takes after me. Amazing energy and fun but slightly lacking in the talent department.
But when did THAT ever stop a dancer ? ;p
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Movie Weekend
I was in the theatre watching the opening credits of 'Kuselan'when i got a call from my sibling.
'Whats up?' she said
'I am in the theatre watching Kuselan', said moi
Oh you poor thing! she said
That should have told me what to expect. But hey, i was about to have the 'rajini' experience on day 3 of a movie release!! nothing could dampen my enthusiasm.
waaaaah. 3 hrs of my life spent in total boredom, waiting for the 'fantastic' last twenty minutes of the movie... which turned out to be, well, not all that fantastic and certainly not worth tolerating the oh-so-gross antics of vadivel for the better part of three hours. Maddy ofcourse thought that nayanthara played an important role in the film and the (totally unnecessary) rain number was, he felt, a turning point, nay a 'curving' point in the movie :)
So finally,nothing dampened my enthusiasm for the movie except for the movie itself. sigh.
Cut to Jaane tu - i watched this before watching Kuselan, and it now became a fantastic movie from a nice, simple, sweet movie. The best part of this one was that every character makes an impression. really. And THAT i think is no easy task. The new Khan had nothing going against him. And the pedigree couldnt hurt either. Genelia didnt have much to say...and was therefore surprisingly tolerable. The other Khans were ridiculous and charmingly so. Rathna Pathak Shah is what i think i will be when arjun is older. Naseerudin Shah has obviously had a blast playing his role. All the other cameos make a distinct impression and somehow, have all in their own way, made this story come together. Over all a lovely movie with lots of things that will make you smile and maybe even guffaw. Would prescribe it as an antidote to the K movie anyday!!
Arjun's take - watched jaane tu fully and slept off half way through Kuselan.
I rest my case.
'Whats up?' she said
'I am in the theatre watching Kuselan', said moi
Oh you poor thing! she said
That should have told me what to expect. But hey, i was about to have the 'rajini' experience on day 3 of a movie release!! nothing could dampen my enthusiasm.
waaaaah. 3 hrs of my life spent in total boredom, waiting for the 'fantastic' last twenty minutes of the movie... which turned out to be, well, not all that fantastic and certainly not worth tolerating the oh-so-gross antics of vadivel for the better part of three hours. Maddy ofcourse thought that nayanthara played an important role in the film and the (totally unnecessary) rain number was, he felt, a turning point, nay a 'curving' point in the movie :)
So finally,nothing dampened my enthusiasm for the movie except for the movie itself. sigh.
Cut to Jaane tu - i watched this before watching Kuselan, and it now became a fantastic movie from a nice, simple, sweet movie. The best part of this one was that every character makes an impression. really. And THAT i think is no easy task. The new Khan had nothing going against him. And the pedigree couldnt hurt either. Genelia didnt have much to say...and was therefore surprisingly tolerable. The other Khans were ridiculous and charmingly so. Rathna Pathak Shah is what i think i will be when arjun is older. Naseerudin Shah has obviously had a blast playing his role. All the other cameos make a distinct impression and somehow, have all in their own way, made this story come together. Over all a lovely movie with lots of things that will make you smile and maybe even guffaw. Would prescribe it as an antidote to the K movie anyday!!
Arjun's take - watched jaane tu fully and slept off half way through Kuselan.
I rest my case.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Taaren Zameen Par
I Bawled through taaren zameen par.
Now, i am no expert on movie making but i do believe that any movie that can actually make you feel you are able to relate to just about all the characters, is truly great. And i loved every minute of it. Every word, every scene and every song. First half, second half and well..even the middle half.
My mom used to tell me that to get your message across in simple language is more challenging than using big, bombastic language with long words and complicated sentences. I do believe the same challenge applies to movies as well. Aamir Khan (may his tribe increase) , in his simplicity, has achieved greatness. And i for one, totally love him now.
Dyslexia is really one of the more minor disorders children suffer. I must at this point, introduce my neighbours. Seven year old V has an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and S, who must be around nine, is classically autistic. Now this is where real life happily deviates from the movie. I have never seen parents who are so focussed, patient and persevering, so full of hope that some day soon their children will be like the others. The energy and patience they need to handle their children is immense. I once heard S's mother call him more than 28 times just to get his attention. Not once did her tone vary. It was the same insistent, affectionate tone over and over again.
Arjun's eczema, which for us, was the worst thing that could happen to any child, pales in comparison to the problems that these children and parents face. Frequent trips to NIMHANS, special schools, being pulled up by teachers over and over for being violent with other children, the social stigma, the inlaws, so many factors they have to juggle wth and still go on with the hope that some day, it will all be worth it.
It does seem true that these children have a special gift. S who is autistic, sings like an angel and plays the keyboard and mouth organ by ear! V has one of the most vivid rolls of imagination i have ever seen in any child. He once threatened to turn me into a rabbit if i dont let him play with arjun a little longer (i suspect Maddy and he became good friends after that particular incident)
Whether they have something they are good at or not, i think Aamir Khan got it right. Every child is special. And anyone who can see that is special too.
Now, i am no expert on movie making but i do believe that any movie that can actually make you feel you are able to relate to just about all the characters, is truly great. And i loved every minute of it. Every word, every scene and every song. First half, second half and well..even the middle half.
My mom used to tell me that to get your message across in simple language is more challenging than using big, bombastic language with long words and complicated sentences. I do believe the same challenge applies to movies as well. Aamir Khan (may his tribe increase) , in his simplicity, has achieved greatness. And i for one, totally love him now.
Dyslexia is really one of the more minor disorders children suffer. I must at this point, introduce my neighbours. Seven year old V has an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and S, who must be around nine, is classically autistic. Now this is where real life happily deviates from the movie. I have never seen parents who are so focussed, patient and persevering, so full of hope that some day soon their children will be like the others. The energy and patience they need to handle their children is immense. I once heard S's mother call him more than 28 times just to get his attention. Not once did her tone vary. It was the same insistent, affectionate tone over and over again.
Arjun's eczema, which for us, was the worst thing that could happen to any child, pales in comparison to the problems that these children and parents face. Frequent trips to NIMHANS, special schools, being pulled up by teachers over and over for being violent with other children, the social stigma, the inlaws, so many factors they have to juggle wth and still go on with the hope that some day, it will all be worth it.
It does seem true that these children have a special gift. S who is autistic, sings like an angel and plays the keyboard and mouth organ by ear! V has one of the most vivid rolls of imagination i have ever seen in any child. He once threatened to turn me into a rabbit if i dont let him play with arjun a little longer (i suspect Maddy and he became good friends after that particular incident)
Whether they have something they are good at or not, i think Aamir Khan got it right. Every child is special. And anyone who can see that is special too.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Bond
Father and Son bonding exercise - watching James Bond Movies together.
I know for a fact that arjun loves the car chases. I prefer not to think of what maddy likes but its hilarious to see him frantically trying to distract arjun during certain parts of the movie.
This is going to be fun :)
I know for a fact that arjun loves the car chases. I prefer not to think of what maddy likes but its hilarious to see him frantically trying to distract arjun during certain parts of the movie.
This is going to be fun :)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Dhoom II
Want to make him eat properly, play Dhoom II
Want him to do something, promise to play Dhoom II
Want him to stop doing something, threaten NOT to play Dhoom II.
Want to make him happy, say he looks just like 'rithi roshan' in Dhoom II
Want to make him dance, play the title track of Dhoom II
Maddy and I are planning to present the idea of playing it in a loop to the army. It works very effectively as a form of torture and leaves no physical scars.
Want him to do something, promise to play Dhoom II
Want him to stop doing something, threaten NOT to play Dhoom II.
Want to make him happy, say he looks just like 'rithi roshan' in Dhoom II
Want to make him dance, play the title track of Dhoom II
Maddy and I are planning to present the idea of playing it in a loop to the army. It works very effectively as a form of torture and leaves no physical scars.
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