Past week saw an unprecedented statistic. I saw three new movies within a week. Two of them had my favourite stars and one of them was pretty bad albeit funny.
First one was Source Code. A time travel sci fi stuff. It was Jake Gyllenhall and Vera Farmiga. About a dead soldier whose partly functioning brain is used to track a train blast. Source code is the system which can be used to send the brain to cover last eight minutes of another person's body. Pretty cool, huh? Jake and Vera Farmiga have done a good job. The ending seems incredible but when you think about it, it does not make any sense. One cannot change the what has happened without any consequences. Here everything seems to have gone well. The loophole reminds you of Back To the Future movies. but whatever it is, it is worth a dekko.
Second one was Your Highness. A totally senseless and mindless movie. It has James Franco (who looks as interested in this movie as he was in Oscars) and Danny McBride as brothers. Zooey Deschanel, the very pretty and talented actress, has been limited to show cleavage and kiss Franco at every opportunity possible. Natalie Portman, the best actress of her generation so far, has it even worse. She is supposed to be a fighter who finally falls in love with, yes, McBride. She tries but is unable to save the movie from the disappointment that it is. There are far more cuss words and vulgar moments than needed. Even though It has some funny moments, its really not worth the money. Skip it. You can watch the trailer instead. That pretty much has all the good bits.
Third and final movie of the week turned out to be the best. Rango, the story of a lizard becoming the hero, is made of stuff everyone likes. (not THAT stuff... the story and acting I mean). Johnny Depp voices a pet lizard who accidentally reaches a desert town, aptly named Dirt (If you heard dirt and imagined Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston kissing, you are more mature than I thought). The lizard by few coincidences/luck and his loud mouth, becomes the town hero and sheriif. The town is facing acute water shortage and how Rango solves it while facing his inner turmoil is the story. Johnny Depp, can be forgiven now for making the Tourist. He carries this movie wonderfully well. Rest chip in. But this movie belongs to Depp. Even though it is an animated fixture, this is not just for the kids. It has intelligent humour and great fun to watch. Definitely worth the money.
In other news, Anna Hazare has ended his fast. Finally the lazy Government decided to wake up before the citizens spanked it like what Max Mosley got in his "films". It is a huge victory for the fight against corruption and it feels good as a citizen. Lets just hope it goes the right way. And Kapil Sibal, the charmer that he is, is claimed to have said that it is due to generosity by Soniaji madam and Mr Singh. I am not sure what he smokes but it may be pretty strong. But it doesn't matter. People have stopped taking him seriously anyway. First Diggi Raja, Now Sibal, where do they find these people anyway. Talking about such people, Yeddi has decided to give the World Cup winners 25 Lakhs instead of plots. All plots in Bangalore are pretty much the Yeddi/Katta property. I wonder what happened all of a sudden.
Also, IPL started. One excitement hardly over, another begins. Anyway, Kochi Tuskers Kerala played their first match in their Orange/purple Jersey (snigger...) and lost. KKR started their IPL campaign as expected by pretty much everyone. They lost. Kings XI and Delhi just bent over and let the other team do whatever they want. Is it getting interesting? It better be. The world cup just ended. If you don't want IPL to feel like an overdose, you better put up a pretty good show. The opening ceremony was not as spectacular as expected. Lalit Modi might have been laughing, like the Joker from that batman movie, watching the way it unfolded.
P.S: I have finally found the one. The car I mean. I was whining about lack of the cars few days back. Finally I found one. Its a 2004 Honda Civic LX Coupe. Silver. (No smileys here. Just imagine the grinning me... sporting sunglasses and a Dev Anand style cap. Yep. Cool..)
First one was Source Code. A time travel sci fi stuff. It was Jake Gyllenhall and Vera Farmiga. About a dead soldier whose partly functioning brain is used to track a train blast. Source code is the system which can be used to send the brain to cover last eight minutes of another person's body. Pretty cool, huh? Jake and Vera Farmiga have done a good job. The ending seems incredible but when you think about it, it does not make any sense. One cannot change the what has happened without any consequences. Here everything seems to have gone well. The loophole reminds you of Back To the Future movies. but whatever it is, it is worth a dekko.
Second one was Your Highness. A totally senseless and mindless movie. It has James Franco (who looks as interested in this movie as he was in Oscars) and Danny McBride as brothers. Zooey Deschanel, the very pretty and talented actress, has been limited to show cleavage and kiss Franco at every opportunity possible. Natalie Portman, the best actress of her generation so far, has it even worse. She is supposed to be a fighter who finally falls in love with, yes, McBride. She tries but is unable to save the movie from the disappointment that it is. There are far more cuss words and vulgar moments than needed. Even though It has some funny moments, its really not worth the money. Skip it. You can watch the trailer instead. That pretty much has all the good bits.
Third and final movie of the week turned out to be the best. Rango, the story of a lizard becoming the hero, is made of stuff everyone likes. (not THAT stuff... the story and acting I mean). Johnny Depp voices a pet lizard who accidentally reaches a desert town, aptly named Dirt (If you heard dirt and imagined Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston kissing, you are more mature than I thought). The lizard by few coincidences/luck and his loud mouth, becomes the town hero and sheriif. The town is facing acute water shortage and how Rango solves it while facing his inner turmoil is the story. Johnny Depp, can be forgiven now for making the Tourist. He carries this movie wonderfully well. Rest chip in. But this movie belongs to Depp. Even though it is an animated fixture, this is not just for the kids. It has intelligent humour and great fun to watch. Definitely worth the money.
In other news, Anna Hazare has ended his fast. Finally the lazy Government decided to wake up before the citizens spanked it like what Max Mosley got in his "films". It is a huge victory for the fight against corruption and it feels good as a citizen. Lets just hope it goes the right way. And Kapil Sibal, the charmer that he is, is claimed to have said that it is due to generosity by Soniaji madam and Mr Singh. I am not sure what he smokes but it may be pretty strong. But it doesn't matter. People have stopped taking him seriously anyway. First Diggi Raja, Now Sibal, where do they find these people anyway. Talking about such people, Yeddi has decided to give the World Cup winners 25 Lakhs instead of plots. All plots in Bangalore are pretty much the Yeddi/Katta property. I wonder what happened all of a sudden.
Also, IPL started. One excitement hardly over, another begins. Anyway, Kochi Tuskers Kerala played their first match in their Orange/purple Jersey (snigger...) and lost. KKR started their IPL campaign as expected by pretty much everyone. They lost. Kings XI and Delhi just bent over and let the other team do whatever they want. Is it getting interesting? It better be. The world cup just ended. If you don't want IPL to feel like an overdose, you better put up a pretty good show. The opening ceremony was not as spectacular as expected. Lalit Modi might have been laughing, like the Joker from that batman movie, watching the way it unfolded.
P.S: I have finally found the one. The car I mean. I was whining about lack of the cars few days back. Finally I found one. Its a 2004 Honda Civic LX Coupe. Silver. (No smileys here. Just imagine the grinning me... sporting sunglasses and a Dev Anand style cap. Yep. Cool..)
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