Just as a "prayashchitham" (can't remember the exact word in English) for y'day's 3 hours crap in the name of movie, I went on to watch that one movie I've been wanting to watch since the day I discovered Dustin Hoffman .. "Kramer vs Kramer". No words are enough for this film or the man. He is a truly a wizard ., and he keeps you spell bound when he is on screen. I've often caught myself gaping at the screen forgetting to blink.
It was "Tootsie" that introduced me to his artistry. (Yep the hollywood avvai shanmughi along with Mrs.Doubtfire ). You have to watch him for just the ease in which he flip flops between the male and female characters and the dead pan humour. Classic !!
And then of course , "The Rainman". How interesting could you make a character that can feel no emotions?? No laughter,no tears, no anger..nothing.Just a smile once in a while, ohhh..and still you could watch him for 120 mins without even realizing it.
And now, Kramer vs Kramer. Don't have the words. Just watch the 2 silent scenes where the kid and Dustin make breakfast and eat it without a word. Pure poetry :-)
I must remember these when I watch crap and wonder why they call movie making an art and actors as artists !!
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Rajneeti - as messy as politics
okay, just completed a marathon viewing of Rajneeti on one of those zillion websites which apparently put up fantastic copies of movies on the day of release. stop, please dont give me the moral sermon that I'm single handedly bringing down the movie industry..blah,blah. Here I am as close to the arctic as one can get in Finland (lovely country, no complaints) where ,forget about Hindi, even listening to English is as rare as darkness in summer (yes it doesnt get dark at all. its 1 am and the sky looks like 6 pm in India !!! ).
Anyway,enough of my stories, lets get to the movie. I was tempted into this by the trailers and I now feel that the trailers had the best parts of the movie (like most other movies !) ! No really !!
I mean , if you arrive 5 mins late in the theatre, then that is how much Naseeruddin Shah's screen time is . Why the hell have a promo for him ?? I really feel conned .
And why so much "shudh hindi" ?? I don't know if people really speak like this in hindi "heartlands" as they are called, but spare a thought for the "aam aadmi" my dear director. It took me 15 mins into the movie to get my mind and ears used to it.
NanaPatekar looks and sounds so good without his trademark ranting and shouting. Ajay Devgan broods,stares and delivers dialogues as he has done in 100 other romantic,action,emotional characters. God knows what people find in him. If all you want is a wooden performance make a tree stand and dub for it the next time. Manoj Bajpai acts and overacts. Ranbir Kapoor sleepwalks through the movie. I even spotted his eyes being half closed in the climax murder scene. (no he was not fainting !! )
The best performances were from Arjun Rampal and surprise,surprise Katrina Kaif. Arjun was really natural as the brash politician and Katrina's was the only character that had a proper graph and she really has made good use of it. And her own voice sounds so much better than those stupid sweet voices she is given in other films.
The story is Mahabharatha and Godfather put in a blender with some desi sentiments and songs added. The first half was all right, thanks to the uncountable number of characters and each one's introduction keeps the story moving. But once the director runs out of any more characters, he runs out of the story as well. I mean how bad can you direct a scene of Kunti revealing to Karna that he is her eldest son?? The scene just fizzled out like a can of opened diet coke. Neither fizz nor punch ! I can still remember how beautifully Maniratnam had done it in Thalapathy with Rajnikanth and Srividya. It still gives me goose bumps.
Anyway, I don't want to go on and on about every scene. Just felt like giving out about this epic s**t.
PS: This is what happens when your read and watch those numerous film reviews!! By the way the * in the last word are not my ratings ;-)
Anyway,enough of my stories, lets get to the movie. I was tempted into this by the trailers and I now feel that the trailers had the best parts of the movie (like most other movies !) ! No really !!
I mean , if you arrive 5 mins late in the theatre, then that is how much Naseeruddin Shah's screen time is . Why the hell have a promo for him ?? I really feel conned .
And why so much "shudh hindi" ?? I don't know if people really speak like this in hindi "heartlands" as they are called, but spare a thought for the "aam aadmi" my dear director. It took me 15 mins into the movie to get my mind and ears used to it.
NanaPatekar looks and sounds so good without his trademark ranting and shouting. Ajay Devgan broods,stares and delivers dialogues as he has done in 100 other romantic,action,emotional characters. God knows what people find in him. If all you want is a wooden performance make a tree stand and dub for it the next time. Manoj Bajpai acts and overacts. Ranbir Kapoor sleepwalks through the movie. I even spotted his eyes being half closed in the climax murder scene. (no he was not fainting !! )
The best performances were from Arjun Rampal and surprise,surprise Katrina Kaif. Arjun was really natural as the brash politician and Katrina's was the only character that had a proper graph and she really has made good use of it. And her own voice sounds so much better than those stupid sweet voices she is given in other films.
The story is Mahabharatha and Godfather put in a blender with some desi sentiments and songs added. The first half was all right, thanks to the uncountable number of characters and each one's introduction keeps the story moving. But once the director runs out of any more characters, he runs out of the story as well. I mean how bad can you direct a scene of Kunti revealing to Karna that he is her eldest son?? The scene just fizzled out like a can of opened diet coke. Neither fizz nor punch ! I can still remember how beautifully Maniratnam had done it in Thalapathy with Rajnikanth and Srividya. It still gives me goose bumps.
Anyway, I don't want to go on and on about every scene. Just felt like giving out about this epic s**t.
PS: This is what happens when your read and watch those numerous film reviews!! By the way the * in the last word are not my ratings ;-)
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