While I generally like movies of the thriller genre, the ones with super-confusing stories are my favourites. If you have seen Sabse Bada Khiladi, you will have a vague idea of what I am talking about.
The Butterfly Effect is one such movie. No, actually it's in a league of its own. Throughout its length, it will keep you at the edge of your seat, and you will have to remember a lot and pay a lot of attention to the story, to keep up with all the twists and turns.
Evan is a guy who inherits an ability from his father, using which he can go back in time and change his future. Now because one future has already happened, whatever he does in the past creates an alternate future. Yeah, yeah, I know the way I am describing it, it sounds like the Steven Spielberg Trilogy of 'Back to the Future'. Well, it's all of that... and more excitement, more thrill and at a much faster pace.
To change one not-so-good event of the past, Evan goes back and forth multiple times, creating new alternate futures in the process, each one worse than the previous one. During one such effort, he almost loses his 'medium' of time-travel, and the movie ends with him barely managing to create a future that he would love to.
Very fast-paced and gripping. Leaves you thinking a lot after the movie is over. And a bit more violent and sexually explicit as compared to the usual Hollywood stories. Overall, a great one-time watch!
And if you have enjoyed watching the Back to the Future Trilogy, Memento, Paycheck, etc. you will love this one too.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday, October 27, 2008
Happy Diwali!!!
Hope this Diwali lightens up the darkness in which the consumer is often taken for a ride.
Here's lighting that one diya.
Happy Diwali!!!!!!!
Here's lighting that one diya.
Happy Diwali!!!!!!!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thinking within the box!
Whoever coined the term 'Think outside the box' is desparately wanted here. A credit co-operative society called 'Loyal' gets 'inspired' by the logo of HDFC and does a very similar logo for itself.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Down-sizing!
This pic is actually clicked almost a year back.
Given a preference, I would eat only Wrigley's Orbit chewing gums, that too, the pellets. I say 'given a preference' because as a policy, I would eat any chewing gum that is offered for free.
So it was one of the days when I had bought a couple of Orbit's packs. And I was about to pop one of them in my mouth when I noticed the other pack. Here it is for you.
In case you didn't notice, one of the pellets in the centre is only half the usual size. And the entire pack was as sealed and unopened as any other pack that would come out its factories.
A new way to down-sizing, is it?
Given a preference, I would eat only Wrigley's Orbit chewing gums, that too, the pellets. I say 'given a preference' because as a policy, I would eat any chewing gum that is offered for free.
So it was one of the days when I had bought a couple of Orbit's packs. And I was about to pop one of them in my mouth when I noticed the other pack. Here it is for you.
In case you didn't notice, one of the pellets in the centre is only half the usual size. And the entire pack was as sealed and unopened as any other pack that would come out its factories.
A new way to down-sizing, is it?
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It's Showtime, folks!
Got to see a lot of movies in the past few days. A short review for each of them:
Hancock
I don't know what to say to a movie like that. Will Smith (Hancock) is a super hero who is hated by everyone because of the trouble he causes everytime he saves lives. That's because everytime he comes for help, he ends up damaging a lot of property. And people have taken him for granted, for all the good work that he does. Life changes when he saves the life of a Public Relations executive. And then life goes bad when he realises that he is not the only superhero on this planet. Some absolutely crappy logic follows, trying to put logic into the existence of 2 superheroes on the planet. The movie also ends very abruptly.
Overall, if you like movies about superheroes with a dark side, you might just like this one. If you are a big time Will Smith fan, it might just disappoint you. But if you are anyone else, I don't know why you should watch this movie.
Bhoothnath
A family of three - Shah Rukh Khan (forgettable), Juhi Chawla (Anjali) and Aman Siddiqui (Banku) - rent a bungalow in Goa, not knowing that it is haunted by Kailash Nath's (Amitabh Bachchan) spirit. The kid is the first to know about him, and they become friends. Mom ignores the kid's stories about the ghost as his pranks. But later, when Kailash Nath's son tries to sell the bungalow, the ghost scares the buyers away. And at this point, the confusion starts.
A movie that starts out as a timepass-fun movie, suddenly becomes preachy about how to take care of your parents, and becomes all emotional, that too, not in a good way. And it ends abruptly when the ghost is sent to heaven by just doing a shraadh. And even then, apparently, the ghost is still very much there. See? I told you - confused.
While Amitabh Bachchan is not as bad as Khalid Mohmad said in his review, but yes, he is nowhere close to his best. Juhi Chawla's acting reminds you time and again of Farida Jalal in the typical comic roles. Banku, played by Aman Siddiqui, is a hit. I loved him. He carries off a lot of emotions very well. Overall, avoid the movie, and if forced, watch only till the interval.
Be Kind Rewind
This movie is about a VHS casette movie rental shop run by an old man and his employee. One day, the employee's friend gets magnetized because of some accident, and when he comes into this shop, all casettes are erased. To same themselves, they re-shoot a 20-min version of a movie and rent it off as the original. When the customers come to know about it, they ask more movies like that, and these guys start running a business of renting out 'sweded' (re-shot) movies. Trouble starts when one day, people from movie studios come and sue them for piracy.
In my opinion, the movie is just amazing. It starts out as a complete comedy, and ends on an emotional note, representing how tough life can get sometimes. But through out its length, it is very involving, and your heart goes to the people when they are struck by the tragedy of it all. It ends on a realistic, and a very positive note. Don't know much about the actors so no comments there.
Chasing Amy
This is actually an old movie, released in 1997. Holden and Banky are comic book artists. They go for a comic book exhibition-cum-signing event when they meet another comic book artist, Alyssa. Holden falls for Alyssa, only to realise later that she's a lesbian. And that's just the start of the movie. Later, Alyssa reveals that she was just trying to find the right person, and didn't want to restrict it to only men. After meeting Holden, she too falls in love with him. When it is just about to get all ok, Holden discovers that Alyssa has a very wild history, and him being a very conservative guy, he is not able to take it.
Again, another movie that's very involving. It is very verbose and hard hitting at times, never a timepass watch. Very thought-provoking too. Has a lot of discussions about the mentality and attitudes of homosexuals, and also those who hate homosexuals. It is of course, worth a watch for those who watch movies not just for entertainment.
Meet The Spartans
If you love the war-movie '300', you would absolutely hate this movie. Why? Because it's a spoof of that movie. Total timepass movie, but at times, very gross. Makes fun of a lot of things - Transformers, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Deal or No Deal, Paris Hilton, everyone. Watch it whenever you want a wicked laugh, and point a finger at someone and giggle.
Spiderman 3
After watching the first 2 movies, I wanted to watch this one badly. But it all came to nought when I finally watched it on HBO a couple of days back. It is almost a Hindi movie. Peter Parker becomes very self-centred because of all the attention that he gets as Spiderman. Meanwhile, Mary Jane Watson loses her Broadway musical play, and is back as a singing waitress in a bar. The movie overall is very boring, inspite of 3 villians in this one, instead of just one each in the previous movies. Avoid it as far as possible.
Ratatouille
I watched it quite some time back and loved it thoroughly. What happens when a rat has an ambition of becoming the world's greatest chef? The answer is a brilliant movie called Ratatouille. All I would say is, go watch it whenever you can. It's worth watching over and over again too.
Next on the list:
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Johnny English
Kung Fu Panda
Persepolis
Charlie Bartlett
Hancock
I don't know what to say to a movie like that. Will Smith (Hancock) is a super hero who is hated by everyone because of the trouble he causes everytime he saves lives. That's because everytime he comes for help, he ends up damaging a lot of property. And people have taken him for granted, for all the good work that he does. Life changes when he saves the life of a Public Relations executive. And then life goes bad when he realises that he is not the only superhero on this planet. Some absolutely crappy logic follows, trying to put logic into the existence of 2 superheroes on the planet. The movie also ends very abruptly.
Overall, if you like movies about superheroes with a dark side, you might just like this one. If you are a big time Will Smith fan, it might just disappoint you. But if you are anyone else, I don't know why you should watch this movie.
Bhoothnath
A family of three - Shah Rukh Khan (forgettable), Juhi Chawla (Anjali) and Aman Siddiqui (Banku) - rent a bungalow in Goa, not knowing that it is haunted by Kailash Nath's (Amitabh Bachchan) spirit. The kid is the first to know about him, and they become friends. Mom ignores the kid's stories about the ghost as his pranks. But later, when Kailash Nath's son tries to sell the bungalow, the ghost scares the buyers away. And at this point, the confusion starts.
A movie that starts out as a timepass-fun movie, suddenly becomes preachy about how to take care of your parents, and becomes all emotional, that too, not in a good way. And it ends abruptly when the ghost is sent to heaven by just doing a shraadh. And even then, apparently, the ghost is still very much there. See? I told you - confused.
While Amitabh Bachchan is not as bad as Khalid Mohmad said in his review, but yes, he is nowhere close to his best. Juhi Chawla's acting reminds you time and again of Farida Jalal in the typical comic roles. Banku, played by Aman Siddiqui, is a hit. I loved him. He carries off a lot of emotions very well. Overall, avoid the movie, and if forced, watch only till the interval.
Be Kind Rewind
This movie is about a VHS casette movie rental shop run by an old man and his employee. One day, the employee's friend gets magnetized because of some accident, and when he comes into this shop, all casettes are erased. To same themselves, they re-shoot a 20-min version of a movie and rent it off as the original. When the customers come to know about it, they ask more movies like that, and these guys start running a business of renting out 'sweded' (re-shot) movies. Trouble starts when one day, people from movie studios come and sue them for piracy.
In my opinion, the movie is just amazing. It starts out as a complete comedy, and ends on an emotional note, representing how tough life can get sometimes. But through out its length, it is very involving, and your heart goes to the people when they are struck by the tragedy of it all. It ends on a realistic, and a very positive note. Don't know much about the actors so no comments there.
Chasing Amy
This is actually an old movie, released in 1997. Holden and Banky are comic book artists. They go for a comic book exhibition-cum-signing event when they meet another comic book artist, Alyssa. Holden falls for Alyssa, only to realise later that she's a lesbian. And that's just the start of the movie. Later, Alyssa reveals that she was just trying to find the right person, and didn't want to restrict it to only men. After meeting Holden, she too falls in love with him. When it is just about to get all ok, Holden discovers that Alyssa has a very wild history, and him being a very conservative guy, he is not able to take it.
Again, another movie that's very involving. It is very verbose and hard hitting at times, never a timepass watch. Very thought-provoking too. Has a lot of discussions about the mentality and attitudes of homosexuals, and also those who hate homosexuals. It is of course, worth a watch for those who watch movies not just for entertainment.
Meet The Spartans
If you love the war-movie '300', you would absolutely hate this movie. Why? Because it's a spoof of that movie. Total timepass movie, but at times, very gross. Makes fun of a lot of things - Transformers, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Deal or No Deal, Paris Hilton, everyone. Watch it whenever you want a wicked laugh, and point a finger at someone and giggle.
Spiderman 3
After watching the first 2 movies, I wanted to watch this one badly. But it all came to nought when I finally watched it on HBO a couple of days back. It is almost a Hindi movie. Peter Parker becomes very self-centred because of all the attention that he gets as Spiderman. Meanwhile, Mary Jane Watson loses her Broadway musical play, and is back as a singing waitress in a bar. The movie overall is very boring, inspite of 3 villians in this one, instead of just one each in the previous movies. Avoid it as far as possible.
Ratatouille
I watched it quite some time back and loved it thoroughly. What happens when a rat has an ambition of becoming the world's greatest chef? The answer is a brilliant movie called Ratatouille. All I would say is, go watch it whenever you can. It's worth watching over and over again too.
Next on the list:
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Johnny English
Kung Fu Panda
Persepolis
Charlie Bartlett
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