Take my word.. Dont watch this movie unless you don't have a choice.
My few words for this movie:
- Not so great
- Seems to remake DON somewhere
- Its completely Mithya :)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
A Wednesday!
Well its Sunday and quite a few days since I watched A Wednesday! Really a great movie to watch. Time and again veteran actors like Anupam Kher and Naserruddin Shah have proved that they can act to perfection given great scripts and they have not faltered again.
The movie is excellent and does not slip even at one place. Clearly echoes the sentiments of me, you or any average Indian going through the life of a Metro under threat.
One word I have is that we must all stop watching the stupid polls on the news channels, and watch this movie. Who cares knowing 81% of Indians of a crappy survey of just 1428 people are scared. Watch this movie and tell who is not worried and scared of whats happening nowadays.
Rajdeep, you need to learn something from this movie leaving all the surveys behind for something, at least once listen to what Rajeev Masand says ;)
My Rating for A Wednesday: 4*
Well its Sunday and quite a few days since I watched A Wednesday! Really a great movie to watch. Time and again veteran actors like Anupam Kher and Naserruddin Shah have proved that they can act to perfection given great scripts and they have not faltered again.
The movie is excellent and does not slip even at one place. Clearly echoes the sentiments of me, you or any average Indian going through the life of a Metro under threat.
One word I have is that we must all stop watching the stupid polls on the news channels, and watch this movie. Who cares knowing 81% of Indians of a crappy survey of just 1428 people are scared. Watch this movie and tell who is not worried and scared of whats happening nowadays.
Rajdeep, you need to learn something from this movie leaving all the surveys behind for something, at least once listen to what Rajeev Masand says ;)
My Rating for A Wednesday: 4*
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Auto-Magic!
You are brave, You are rich... Well that's what I can tell if you are traveling in auto rickshaws in Bangalore. Either you are super rich or dont give a damn for the money :)
Last week I had to travel to office thrice by Auto as I missed the 8AM 63 from VJN. Believe me 3 out of 4 autos said they wont come to the city center and demanded 80-100 bucks right in the morning!!! Well in the end I had to cough up 70 bucks for an auto with a faulty meter though! Who cares for the law - this is India!
Come evening its still horrible. You either need to leave office at half past five or cough up a huge sum just to travel over 8 kilometers! and listen to all unnecessary gaali's :(. Why can we all not use auto rickshaws for a day and teach those buggers a lesson?
Yesterday I had to travel to Mysore by the 6:15 train, for a distance of 3kms, autos asked for as much as 100 bucks! Given my principles I said **** off guys and settled for the good old BMTC, to land in majestic at half past six, to travel by a volvo paying 225 bucks!!! (The good old Chamundi Express just costs my 43 bucks + auto). All for a lousy half litre packaged drinking water bottle.
Chuck this story. I just wanted to make these points from this post
You are brave, You are rich... Well that's what I can tell if you are traveling in auto rickshaws in Bangalore. Either you are super rich or dont give a damn for the money :)
Last week I had to travel to office thrice by Auto as I missed the 8AM 63 from VJN. Believe me 3 out of 4 autos said they wont come to the city center and demanded 80-100 bucks right in the morning!!! Well in the end I had to cough up 70 bucks for an auto with a faulty meter though! Who cares for the law - this is India!
Come evening its still horrible. You either need to leave office at half past five or cough up a huge sum just to travel over 8 kilometers! and listen to all unnecessary gaali's :(. Why can we all not use auto rickshaws for a day and teach those buggers a lesson?
Yesterday I had to travel to Mysore by the 6:15 train, for a distance of 3kms, autos asked for as much as 100 bucks! Given my principles I said **** off guys and settled for the good old BMTC, to land in majestic at half past six, to travel by a volvo paying 225 bucks!!! (The good old Chamundi Express just costs my 43 bucks + auto). All for a lousy half litre packaged drinking water bottle.
Chuck this story. I just wanted to make these points from this post
- Report autos with faulty meter to the nearest police and make them take action. Meters have magic in them and they run faster than Tyson Gay!
- Avoid these buggers unless its an emergency. BMTC has better Suvarna and Vajra services now a days
- Stop sympathising with them, they are the rule breakers and they are the traffic blockers. Have autos off the road!!!
- Avoid autos emitting excess smoke!
Another Weekend!!!
Another great weekend! For just one reason I love these weekends - I am away from Bangalore - the city of gardens (er... read garbage, nowadays). It gives me a great pleasure to talk of the city of my birth. Of course, I am criticized by almost everyone for enforcing Brand Mysooru forcefully on them!!!
Mysore is fast changing. Had gone to meet good old Shiva, bilmey it took two hours to return back home!!! Well I presumed its because of the so called Dusshera rush! I am back now to the pristine ring road greenery at Hebbal, enjoying the view from the top of my house :)
Was looking forward to watch Milana - a kannada movie released after a year, but dropped due to lack of company. Its supposed to be a good movie with excellent music composition by Mano Moorthy.
Anyway this seems to be a plain, simple and beautiful weekend at home and at times serving as my mom's chauffer cum PA. Just trying to enjoy my new weekend role!
Another great weekend! For just one reason I love these weekends - I am away from Bangalore - the city of gardens (er... read garbage, nowadays). It gives me a great pleasure to talk of the city of my birth. Of course, I am criticized by almost everyone for enforcing Brand Mysooru forcefully on them!!!
Mysore is fast changing. Had gone to meet good old Shiva, bilmey it took two hours to return back home!!! Well I presumed its because of the so called Dusshera rush! I am back now to the pristine ring road greenery at Hebbal, enjoying the view from the top of my house :)
Was looking forward to watch Milana - a kannada movie released after a year, but dropped due to lack of company. Its supposed to be a good movie with excellent music composition by Mano Moorthy.
Anyway this seems to be a plain, simple and beautiful weekend at home and at times serving as my mom's chauffer cum PA. Just trying to enjoy my new weekend role!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Reviews: Rock ON!!!!
Back home for the weekend! Whew! A tiring week and its been a long time we caught up. The whole gang has broken up and no one in Mysore to watch the movie!!!
Well to re-create the MAGIC... me and Aj started off towards Skyline., the oldest multiplex in Karnataka (an old theater with two screens ;)). Probably its been the most economical movie for us this year given the theater we watched it in.
We were skeptical about entering the theater. It was hidden behind the so called majestic sterling. The seats were better and the crowd was decent!!! There was a small queue and Aj managed to get the tickets without any hassles. We had planned to watch this movie finally after finding the right theater where it was being screened after three weeks!
Now to some real movie stuffs!
My Rating: ***
The movie is well planned and executed at the first look. More of a hit because of our Generation Rock and a little because of Farhan Akthar's voice ;).
The movie stands out because it has all the elements of a good movie, something that we have missed in most of the other releases this year. It starts off with a great song, but slips in the first half. The first half takes you through the past and present of the four members of a rock band, Adi, Joe, Rob n KD, messed up in their current lives. No acting skills are required for these believe me! You have Farhan's wife who feels that their life can be more happier with a reunion of the band. So on and so forth... Looks and Sounds more of a documentary...
The movie starts pacing up in the second half. The band re-unites and decides to go for a concert at a Talent Hunt... Until... one of its band members Rob, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, the show must still go on, with Joe (Arjun Rampal) facing issues with his family not behind him for the re-creation of their band - Magic. Little do they realize that it cannot be the same magic without all four of them!
Finally a mix of emotions when the Magic minus Joe perform a song that Joe dedicates to his wifey - Debby. Thats when she realises Joe's real worth for the band and he reaches on time to give another final performance as the lead guitarist of Magic. Its here where the film starts ROCKING.... with two good back to back songs that make you hum along.
The film has everything that you need - drama, emotion, music and to some extent a good singer in Farhan Akthar :). Hopefully its launched another genre of music - The Indian Rock!
Back home for the weekend! Whew! A tiring week and its been a long time we caught up. The whole gang has broken up and no one in Mysore to watch the movie!!!
Well to re-create the MAGIC... me and Aj started off towards Skyline., the oldest multiplex in Karnataka (an old theater with two screens ;)). Probably its been the most economical movie for us this year given the theater we watched it in.
We were skeptical about entering the theater. It was hidden behind the so called majestic sterling. The seats were better and the crowd was decent!!! There was a small queue and Aj managed to get the tickets without any hassles. We had planned to watch this movie finally after finding the right theater where it was being screened after three weeks!
Now to some real movie stuffs!
My Rating: ***
The movie is well planned and executed at the first look. More of a hit because of our Generation Rock and a little because of Farhan Akthar's voice ;).
The movie stands out because it has all the elements of a good movie, something that we have missed in most of the other releases this year. It starts off with a great song, but slips in the first half. The first half takes you through the past and present of the four members of a rock band, Adi, Joe, Rob n KD, messed up in their current lives. No acting skills are required for these believe me! You have Farhan's wife who feels that their life can be more happier with a reunion of the band. So on and so forth... Looks and Sounds more of a documentary...
The movie starts pacing up in the second half. The band re-unites and decides to go for a concert at a Talent Hunt... Until... one of its band members Rob, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, the show must still go on, with Joe (Arjun Rampal) facing issues with his family not behind him for the re-creation of their band - Magic. Little do they realize that it cannot be the same magic without all four of them!
Finally a mix of emotions when the Magic minus Joe perform a song that Joe dedicates to his wifey - Debby. Thats when she realises Joe's real worth for the band and he reaches on time to give another final performance as the lead guitarist of Magic. Its here where the film starts ROCKING.... with two good back to back songs that make you hum along.
The film has everything that you need - drama, emotion, music and to some extent a good singer in Farhan Akthar :). Hopefully its launched another genre of music - The Indian Rock!
Reviews: Bachna Ae Haseeno
My Rating: 1.5*
Bachna Ae Hasino... with all expectations of a hyped up movie, I landed up for a first day show in the theater and it did not betray me after all. It was really quite surprising to see a crowd come out on a long weekend morning, in such large numbers. Independence day was no reason to miss this movie!!!
It was decided that the movie is just going to entertain me and my friends for three hours and nothing more. This worked fine and seriously speaking it met the expected goal clearly. There was nothing much to expect.
Ranbir Kapoor, looks like he takes off for the Yash Raj from where Sharukh Khan has left as their chocolate boy into more matured roles. He is cute throughout the movie and has ensure that his talent and capabilities do not go unnoticed. Minisha Lamba has put in a cent per cent performance. Be it Kunar Kapoor adding a little Glamour to her role in the end or not, her performance has been good and keeps you glued to your seat. No comments on Bipasha Basu's performance. She has been the best of the killer's trio. Rather I would like to add a point that her presence has rendered a third of the movie more watchable.
The only major weak link is the film slips in the second half and slides down the same slopes of the Swiss Alps it portrays in the first half. Deepika Padukone lacks screen space in the film and there are no crunchy dialogues or acting scenes to prove her mettle. Forgive her... Probably she got more space in after-shoots on the various channels with her beau. Her role though quite significant appears insignificant until the end of the movie!
Another role worth mentioning is that of the Paintal's. As Raj's (Ranbir) friend Sachin, he provides all the comedy that can be expected out of the film and is quite impressive. Other than its star cast the film boasts of exotic locals which make it worth watching. But yes, if you have high expectation based on the promos, forgive me, I beg to differ. As of now it looks like the movie can become a success pulling the draught hit Yash Raj movies out of their recent flops.
My Rating: 1.5*
Bachna Ae Hasino... with all expectations of a hyped up movie, I landed up for a first day show in the theater and it did not betray me after all. It was really quite surprising to see a crowd come out on a long weekend morning, in such large numbers. Independence day was no reason to miss this movie!!!
It was decided that the movie is just going to entertain me and my friends for three hours and nothing more. This worked fine and seriously speaking it met the expected goal clearly. There was nothing much to expect.
Ranbir Kapoor, looks like he takes off for the Yash Raj from where Sharukh Khan has left as their chocolate boy into more matured roles. He is cute throughout the movie and has ensure that his talent and capabilities do not go unnoticed. Minisha Lamba has put in a cent per cent performance. Be it Kunar Kapoor adding a little Glamour to her role in the end or not, her performance has been good and keeps you glued to your seat. No comments on Bipasha Basu's performance. She has been the best of the killer's trio. Rather I would like to add a point that her presence has rendered a third of the movie more watchable.
The only major weak link is the film slips in the second half and slides down the same slopes of the Swiss Alps it portrays in the first half. Deepika Padukone lacks screen space in the film and there are no crunchy dialogues or acting scenes to prove her mettle. Forgive her... Probably she got more space in after-shoots on the various channels with her beau. Her role though quite significant appears insignificant until the end of the movie!
Another role worth mentioning is that of the Paintal's. As Raj's (Ranbir) friend Sachin, he provides all the comedy that can be expected out of the film and is quite impressive. Other than its star cast the film boasts of exotic locals which make it worth watching. But yes, if you have high expectation based on the promos, forgive me, I beg to differ. As of now it looks like the movie can become a success pulling the draught hit Yash Raj movies out of their recent flops.
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