We moved into a new apartment. We had to take day off from work to shift. It was one of the most hectic days in our life. We never knew our house had so much stuff. We had to shift because we were staying with a friend of ours and since our lady is coming we cannot stay with him anymore. It had been a wonderful year or so. Ever since we realized that we are coming here, we never thought of having anyone else as roommate. It was discussed and planned. But it had to end some point. Now since he is getting married and our lady is coming here. We sadly have to, wait... Are we making it sound like ending a relationship? We did not have that intention.
Moving stuff from one house to another is very tiring business boss. We never thought it will be so tiring and hectic. We had stopped cooking and for the first time in Amrika we had outside food continuously for a week. We usually prefer homemade (read Self made) food. And our roommate has got a TV which alone is like Ramesh Powar is girth and weight. Plus regular things to move and it took us more than three hours. We had to clean the previous house as well before leaving as they can fine us in case they don’t find it as neat as they had given it. So one week of irregular cleaning and one day of bloody moving and we have decided we will not be going to Gym for a month. We did have help from another friend of ours who recently moved to Charlotte. Apart from helping shift, he also bought a PlayStation3. Now that’s more than regular help you have to admit.
By the way, this is long weekend and since our friends are in production support daytime oncall business, we had decided we will be spending it at home. We thought we will watch three movies three nights. All three were sequels. All were supposed to be fun. Two of them had mixed reviews. So we decided to skip one. Ever since the movie business spawned, movie fanatics have been asking one question. No. Not what has happened to Ram Gopal Varma. Nor How can south Indian heroes get such pretty heroines. Its about is it worth it to make sequels to successful movies? Some agree some don’t. We are in the middle. To add another story line is very difficult work indeed. You need to give surprises. Make sure audience doesn’t get bored and leave. In that way both the movies succeed. Here is our review of two movies.
The last movie we saw was Hangover 2. We liked the first part and thought it was pretty innovative story telling. This is where doubts about sequels come. It’s a wonderful premise and very difficult to repeat. And we were right with the doubts. The second part tries hard and fails to emulate the effect. Its funny at parts. We agree. But overall the movie is just flat. Its more vulgar and crass than the first part. We never could understand the point of full frontal nudity in movies. We firmly believe it is just for getting more male audience. When someone says it’s absolutely necessary for the movie, understand that they are lying. (But hey we are not against it… We do enjoy it occasionally). In this movie there are generous display of male genitals. We have no idea why and we do not know who thought it would be funny. It was not. It was just plain vulgar and obscene. Overall, we would not advise to watch this movie. You have not missed anything if you don’t watch it. Ignore the hype. Its crass and not good.
The second movie we saw, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The fourth installment built solely to let us know how important Johnny Depp is to the POTC franchise. It has a predictable story and weak action sequences. Its about Jack Sparrow’s journey to get the fountain of youth and his entanglement with his former flame Angelica.. How he faces threat from Spanish and a fellow pirate, Blackbeard. There is another thread of second love story. Between mermaid and missionary doesn’t hold firm either. The movie is visually good. But that’s pretty much it if you are not a fan of Johnny Depp. But we are. We are a huge fan and we do not know how he has not won an Oscar yet. He carries this entire movie. There are only two good things about this movie. One is Johnny Depp and other is no Orlando Bloom/Keira Knightly. Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane are wonderful actors and they have done justice to their roles. Although you do feel that Rush has overdone it a little. Penelope Cruz as Blackbeard’s daughter Angelica is an eye candy and nothing much else.
Now comes the best one and sadly this was the first one we saw and weekend steadily went worse in terms of movies. Kung Fu Panda two. Ever since we saw the first one, we had added it to our favourite animation movie lists. That’s one movie we strongly recommend. We recommend this one too. Adding a new plot to KFP doesn’t seem an easy task. This story is about how Po defeats the evil peacock, Lord Shen who is out to end Kung Fu. As usual we will not reveal the story details. But we will tell you that the movie was full of fun. Most scenes were as expected. But the dialogues were not. It’s the dialogues which keep you entertained throughout. But we will not take anything away from the story and animation. The movie is a delight to watch. The animation is better and story is good too. But having said that, we admit that it was not the best animated movie we saw. (That would still be “Up”). But this is a good way to spend 90 minutes. We also recommend 2D. We do not like 3D and we are not a fan of that technology. The only complaint we had about the movie was Master Shifu gets very less screen time.
We definitely recommend POTC and KFP. Agreed that they are not the best movies. But definitely worth the money. You can forget about everything else and have a good time watching them. You can skip Hangover two. It is not for the family nor it is good fun. Unless you are that kind of guy who thinks the show of genitals in a comedy movie is funny. Well, in that case, we are sorry. We do not like you.
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