I would prefer this movie any day over Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na. Simple, light story well shown. Probably the most interactive and useful use of animations in any Bollywood flick. Rishi Kapoor = Morgan Freeman. The story seemed to be an amalgamation of different Hollywood movies.

My rating : 4/5
One of the most sensible movie to have rolled out from Bollywood.

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Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na – The movie everyone’s going crazy over. Atleast a dozen people I met told me what a splendid movie it was. But somehow, I had this gut feeling that the movie is just pure hype and nothing more. And I must say my gut does a real fine job of prediction!!

The movie is just watchable. The director tries real hard in the first half to try and differentiate the movie but somehow the magic doesn’t work for me. Unlike the others, I found the first half boring, loaded with unneeded songs. There was a direction to the story but it still seemed incomplete. You know, the kind of feeling you get when you’re running for the examination hall and you fear you might have just forgotten your admit card.

The cast was fresh, young and really talented. The two leads, Genelia D’Souza and Maamoo Jaan ka baccha, Imran Khan did justice to their roles to quite an extent. The female must really work on her dialogue delivery – it’s not cute, it’s IRRITATING. The only other newcomer that manages to impress me is Prateik Babbar. For me, he was the finest actor in the movie amongst the newbies. His expressions, his dialogues… everything was very amusing and didn’t fail to impress the audience which was in spilts whenever he said a word. On top of that, he looked very handsome – better than Imran Khan in my opinion. Imran Khan looks a tad bit too sissy. But, that’s the way he is supposed to look in the movie I guess.

Naseeruddin Shah, Arbaaaz Khan, Sohail Khan and Paresh Rawal went about their work in an impeccable manner. Ratna Pathak Shah was also good in her role as Imran’s mother.

The movie does not fail in the acting department. It fails in the storytelling department. Somehow, I could not relate to the movie. The characters, the environment and the situations seemed unreal to me. Even though the way the actors were made to dress up, the way they looked was very real. They did not look like a million bucks all the time. In fact, some of them were down right ugly.

The music is also not really something to cheer about. Only two songs, the Aditi one and the Pappu one have some life. But even they don’t seem to be from A.R. Rahman. They sounded more like Vishal and Shekhar or Pritam compositions.

The story seemed strange and weird in the first half to me. Everything went about too fast. It was like some random stuff pieced together. The second half, even though slow made more sense. It had a definite direction. One more thing to be commented upon is the chemistry between the lead couple. Genelia and Imran look good together. They look young, spunky and bubbly. The depiction of two doting best friends was perfect.

The movie is a good enough effort for a first time director with an almost inexperienced cast. I would give the movie before the interval 2 out of 5. This rating increases by another point by the time the movie is over. So, my final rating would be 3/5.

Last but not the least, don’t go to the theatre expecting another Rang De Basanti or Jab We Met. Expect a movie which has a clichéd theme which is shown in a new avatar. Expect nothing more. Does not live up to the hype for me.

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Oh my God!! This is so epic! They are actually screening a preview of that uber cool sci-fi-love-dance-etc-etc bollywood flick – Love Story 2050!!

Now seriously, have they lost it or what?! I mean, who would actually go and pay to see a “PREVIEW” of a movie which seems to be total crap?

Here’s the email I got from Fun Cinemas :

So, for those of you eagerly awaiting the release of this movie (God help you), go book your tickets. Some like me, have plenty of reasons to stay away from this piece of shit.

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…and every Indian is celebrating as if they won a lottery.

So India finally did it!! Against all odds, India finally managed to win the Twenty20 World Cup. Yes, a World Cup… that’s quite an achievement for our team. Sreesanth probably took the most memorable catch of his life. Harbhajan bowled one of the worst overs ever. Joginder Sharma was his normal crappy self as always. But we won.

The whole of Chandigarh celebrated. People dancing. Roads jammed… guys on roof of cars… dancing… the police failing miserably to control them. Rickshaw pullers, daily wagers on their bicycles… howling. Foreigners busy clicking pictures of kids sitting on the windows of their cars. TV reporters following insane fans on scooters. This was the scene in Chandigarh.

I don’t wish to write anymore. I have my exam tomorrow and I haven’t studied a word. I’ll leave you with a video of people celebrating inside (and outside) Café Coffee Day, Sector 35, Chandigarh. Truly amazing. Wonder what’s there in cricket that unites every Indian. Maybe it was the fact that we beat Pakistan!! JAI HIND!!

EDIT : Check out the condensation and water droplets falling from the AC vents. Might give you an idea of how hot (and crowded) it was in there!! Fun, nevertheless… better than watching at the stadium.

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This has to be the best review of Dhoom 2.

Check it out.

• Waste some buck only if you are a avid Hritik Fan or if you want to see the sexy Aish

And in case IMDB ever removes it, here it is :

So grand, so stylish, so ostentatious the cinematography and stunts are, but alas Dhoom 2 can be considered as the most dim-witted sequels in Bollywood this year. From the first scene where the dashing Hritik (Mr. A) makes his classy entry and steals the priceless crown of the Queen, somewhere mid way in a desert until the last scene where Mr. Jr. Bacchan says “The bar is open”, you just sit and wonder when your Paisa Wasool would happen. Mr. Sanjayji, when you can spend so much on the stunts and gadgets, have some time to sit and spend some buck for a good script. You just can’t use Dhoom 1 as a cash cow to make some profit from Dhoom 2, especially with such a disastrous story line.

Let me review this movie a bit differently. How about stars speaking themselves about the movie? Won’t that be fun? Let’s try doing it. Over to the star cast

Hritik:- I’m a clever thief Mr. A, who always love to steel priceless things around the world, though neither do I know nor does the director know what I do with those loot. I love to use futuristic sci-fi gadgets in all my operations, But please don’t sit and wonder where I get funded for it. Well the story of the movie is “Humnnnn……AAAAAAA…Actually it’s……..Humnnnnn……….Wait I’ll ask the director, probably he would be knowing it”

Abhishek:- Well I loved the movie, Coz Ash loved it. As far as my role goes, I’m a intelligent cop whose job is to stop Mr. A and arrest him. I have some super natural powers where in I can stay for hours together under water in a Water glider and then pop out of water from no where and kill all the Roughs. I also have to take care of my pregnant wife, Oh no, I’m not speaking of Ash, it’s too early to think of that, Rather I was speaking of Rimi sen who plays the role of exasperating spouse of mine in the movie.

Uday Chopra:- I’m a portraying a role of a assistant cop who is guaranteed to irk you with his deadly PJ’s and broken English. I have put every effort to act well, and I have faith that one day I’ll act like Sharukh Khan (The Interviewer Faints). Till then daddy please give me roles in your movies. Bolo Papaji Ki Jai.

Aishwarya:- So like I play the role of Sunaihri, a supposedly wise and ultra sexy thief to whom even a stud like Hritik can drool for. Like, I loved acting with Abhishek. Like I wear all this micro mini skirts, long enough to cover my overacting and short enough to avoid obstructing you guys perverted views. Like, you guys will forget your popcorn looking at my Ultra gorgeous 36-24-36 curves, just the way I forgot how to act, in this movie. Also I smooch in the movie along with Hrithik, to check out how much green Abhishek can get.

Bipasha:- Hi I’m Bipasha Basu. Bule tho Nahin Mujhe. Nobody has a clue what I’m doing in this movie. Even John Abraham is trying to figure it out, and in the process of finding it out he’s losing all his Hairs. My role in the movie is to wear a two piece (Bikini) and walk along the shores of Brazilian Sea, and make Uday dream of him having kids with me.

Well that was a exclusive interview by the star cast of Dhoom2 for IMDb.

Well on a serious note: the movie does try to introduce some good Hollywood stunt sequences in Indian Movies. But Holy cow, why do they have to exaggerate so much in every stunt sequence. With such an exaggeration none of the stunt sequence appears to be realistic. Also none of the songs except for the title track is worth hearing, and some songs are just a torture to sit and watch in a 70mm screen.

The only part of the movie that rocks and makes you still feel better after spending a hefty buck watching it at Multiplexes is the Ultra cool, the absolute stud Hritik with his remarkable acting and fantastic styles. Also for guys, it’s watching the elegant, beautiful, sexy Shetty Gal Aishwarya Rai in her Minis. Also the cinematography of the movie is grand and can be watch able. Apart from this I can’t think of the reason why you have to watch this movie in a theater.

So please Sanjayji, next time if you plan to come up with another sequel to Dhoom, don’t you make it such a disaster.

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And I thought Shadi Se Pehle and Zindagi Rocks were stupid movies…!!

This flick, Dhoom 2, is one shitty flick. I’m so exhausted after watching this that I can’t even think what to write about it. Fake stunts, fake characters, super fake story… I mean, what were they thinking when they made this movie?! The only thing worth looking at – Hrithik Roshan. No, I’m not gay!! The ladies in the movie sucked. Plain and simple.

And this is how we felt… at 8.15 PM, sitting inside a local bus, cold and tired… and totally bored.

If you go watch this movie, you are Doomed (yes, doom, not dhoom). And those who actually liked the movie, well… congratulations… you guys have enormous patience and mental strength.

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I went to see Zindagi Rocks on the 7th of October with friends. Its an absolutely sucky flick. Avoid it at any cost. I wanted to bang my head against the wall of something. And in that frustrated mood, I fought with you-know-who.

Sushmita Sen was awful, awful. Her dialouge delivery was pathetic… with that trademark latka style of hers. She overacted a lot. Shiny Ahuja sucked big time too. And I was sleepy throughout the movie. The only four people who enjoyed the movie were the two couples… Ritima & Ankit… Jaskiran & Arjun. Kaminon… tum toh date marte rahe, saalon hum pakk gaye. Pranshu was pissed with someone for some obvious reasons. Sharma and I had some fun before the movie started. Both of us wore sunglasses inside the audi. We looked like freaks, sitting like some secret service agents or bodyguards on either side of Ritima.

Obviously… I look better ! Sharma… dude you look hideous!!

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Shadi Se Pehle.

Simply ridiculous.

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I saw the movie day before yesterday. Quite frankly, I liked it. I hadn’t seen any favourable reviews on the net. Everybody told me that I wouldn’t understand the movie until I read the book.

But I understood it. A lot of it was in French with subtitles. Even then I understood it. Acting was average. Only Paul Bettany (Silas) was worth watching. OK, Audrey Tautou ain’t a bomb but she looked kinda cute. Tom Hanks looked silly.

The only thing is that you have to concentrate hard if you haven’t read the book otherwise you’ll miss a lot of things.

I say go and watch this movie even if you didn’t like the book.

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I was awfully bored since the last couple of days. I had decided I would download all the three Godfather movies and all the three parts of Cruel Intentions.

Although I’ve seen ‘em all before but they are great flicks.

Its 2.45AM and I just finished watching the first Cruel Intentions. Reese Witherspoon looked sucky. Her husband (real-life not reel-life), Ryan Phillippe looked good. Sarah Michelle Gellar….oh so sexy!!
I’m watching this movie for the fifth time and I can still see it again.

This will continue till I have watched all the six flicks. Keep watching this space…

Update :
The carnival is over people. Mum & Dad are back. Deleting the six flicks!!

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I finally saw the movie, two years after it was released on HBO yesterday !

But seriously, every minute was worth it. The acting, cinematography everything aws perfect. I didn’t want to leave my seat for a minute even though the fucking mosquitoes were biting me here, there & everywhere!

Brad Pitt (Achilles) and Eric Bana (Hector) were outstanding. Diane Kruger (Helen) seriously looked beautiful. If she was my wife, even I would’ve waged a war for her!!

Orlando Bloom (Paris) sucked as usual. I seriously don’t like the guy. He sucked in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and he sucked in Troy too. He looked like a sucker in front of Johnny Depp and again, he looked like a sucker in front of everyone in Troy, especially Brad Pitt and Eric Bana. A complete Gay!! Had nothing manly about him.

The love making scene between Rose Byrne (Briseis) and Brad Pitt (Achilles) was outstanding.

All-in-all, a great movie.

One day, when I have my own Home Theatre, I’m gonna buy me a DVD of this movie and watch it day & night.
But one question still remains unanswered – Why the fuck didn’t I go to the movie hall to watch this film? Dumb!!

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