Saw Wanted over the weekend. Good movie. Great action sequences. But very violent and gory. Not for the weak-hearted.
There is so much violence in the movie that I was numb by the end of it. Also since a friend had warned me about the movie, was able to take it without shock.
James McAvoy has done a wonderful job. Angelina was great, but she looked very sick. Seemed anaroxeic. Hope she is ok.
Overall, a good action movie for the strong-hearted audience.
Caught this commercial on TV and was rolling on the floor laughing.. What can I say? Only in America!
Check it out..
Watched Kung Fu Panda today. Full-length fun! The theatre had lots of kids. It was fun seeing/hearing all their reactions for the silly jokes. Husband loved it too. He prefers action based comedy to dialogue based.
The movie is well made. The action sequences are beautifully animated. Star-studded voice-overs. It is a treat to watch. Some of the scenes reminded us of star wars and Lord of the rings. It was cute!
Overall a feel-good fun movie! Or as the Panda would say ,”AWESOME”!
Saw Dasavatharam today. Enjoyed the movie. Pretty good movie! It shouldn’t be a surprise that I like this movie since I had decided to like the movie for what it is and decided not to expect anything monumental just because Kamal is in it. Sure Kamal didn’t disappoint me.
The 12th century scenes were done wonderfully. The plot was pretty good. The movie keeps your interest for the most part of the 3 hour. The chases are awesome. The fights are great. Especially the climax one. Also the Japanese girl’s fight sequence with Fletcher. The background music was pretty good. The songs were very much part of the movie. So did not stand out. No duet non-sense. Kallai Mattum and Mukundha Mukundha are a treat to watch. Though Mukundha Mukundha kept reminding me of Konjum Mainakkale from Kandukondein Kandukondein. Wish Kamal had gone with AR Rahman.
12th century Nambi, Balram Nadiu, Govind, Japanese guy, Paatti and Poovaragan have done a wonderful job in that order. Nambi was phenomenal. Made me wish a for a full-length period movie from Kamal. It is a shame that Marudha Nayakam got dropped. Balram Naidu was very funny. Nicely done. Govind being his usualy self with an American accent. That is as expected. Japanese Guy the make up was awesome. Paatti did a wonderful job. Poovaragan was pretty good since Kamal is so versatile with his accents.
So overall loved the movie. Now to answer some questions!
Is it a must see? Yes it is.
Now do I think 10 Kamals were needed for this storyline? Nope. Avtar Singh, Bush, Tall Kamal,Poovaragan, Paatti, Nambi were not needed for this story line. I wish Kamal had chosen a storyline that required 10 important roles just like Shivaji played Navarathiri. It would have been more enjoyable.
Do I think the makeup was great? Yes and No. Make up for Balram Naidu, Poovaragan, Paatti, Japanese guy, Govind(They had made Kamal look youngish), Nambi, Avtar Singh were awesome. Nope for Fletcher, Tall kamal, Bush! I wish they had toned down the makeup. Bush was ok since he was in for a few scenes. I wish they had made a good job out of Fletcher since he is in the entire movie. Tall Kamal though the face was not good, makes you wonder how they achieved it.
What about graphics? For a Tamil movie, it might be great. But could have done better. Wish they had taken some of the movie from makeup and the Audio release and used it for the graphics especially for the 12th century bit and Tsunami. Hmm.. I guess the hindsight is always 20-20
Did anything irritate you? Yes. Asin. She was pretty good as Nambi’s wife. She did a pretty good job in the first half of the movie. But started irritating me in the second half with her high pitched hyper-active acting. Wish she had toned it down a little.
Again is it a must see? Yes it is, at least once.
All said and done, it was a good entertainer. Had lot of fun. Still having fun talking about it. Overall Kamal did a wonderful job.
Thanks to Sun TV, have been regularly watching the old Tamil movies. In olden days, the tamil movie industry was more creative than today. No doubt. All the movies had a well-defined story line. Was watching Chandralekha. What a beautiful movie! It was cute listening to the tamil spoken during that time. Since the movie was made around 1947, most of the technicians in the movie were British. Tamil movie industry has indeed come a long way in the past 75 years as far as technology goes! If only they start casting movies based on the story line instead of having a heroine, songs, item number, fights,etc since that is what everyone does! There are always exceptions. It will be great if the exceptions become the norm.
Another interesting movie I saw was Nalla Thambi with NS Krishnan, TA Madhuram and Banumathy in the lead. Though Sun TV had kind of butchered the movie trying to fit it in the time slot, it was still nice watching it. Saw Ethir Neechachl last week. What a wonderful movie. Each and everyone of the character had done a wonderful job . How can anyone who loves Tamil movie ever forget “Aduthathu Ambujaththa paathala” Pattu/Kittu Maami combo!
Finally saw Kalaththur Kannamma. Nice movie. Kamalhassan was wonderful! Such a natural! All the black and white movies have a nice charm about them. Looking forward to catch up with many of them!! Waiting for them to air commedy classics like Bhama Vijayam, Kasi Yathirai, Bommalaattam, etc.
Movie: Kannum Kannum
Cast: Prasanna, Udhayathara
Director: G. Marimuthu
Verdict: Decent movie. Not bad.
Plus: Prasanna, The plot
Minus: Vadivelu’s comedy track(Totally separate from the movie track. Very distracting), Lengthy climax
Pet Peeve: In the end when Prasanna leaves with the house, he leaves with a suitcase and a bag. Then he goes inside to talk to the heroine. When he leaves again he leaves only with the bag. The suitcase was left on the stairs never to be picked up.
We went on a camping trip last week with UTBT family to Camp Wishon part of Sequoia National Forest. It was a short trip. We left on Saturday morning and were back Sunday evening. But it was great trip since I got to witness UTBT’s Chula and Meija’s reaction to Camping.
Camp Wishon is a very picturesque place but a little difficult to find. You need to play around with the intersection in Google Maps to get to the place. We saw some beautiful hiking trails on the way to the camp site, we didn’t do any big hikes since it was a short trip and we had Chula and Meija.
Did some exploring around the campsite. Spent some time by the banks of the Tule river. It was a beautiful place and all you could hear was an occassional bird and the roar of the river. Chula and Meija had fun pretending to catch fish. Here is a sample picture of the river.
It was fun figuring out the tent and pitching it. We had 2 campsites among us. Had lot of fun cooking our dinner and the breakfast the following morning. Menu included: Bhel Puri, Mac’n Cheese, Noodles, Upma. It was fun overall. The night got a bit cold. But other wise it was great!
There are many fruit orchards on the way to the campsite. Pomegranate, Peaches, Cherries, Organges to name a few. Had fun on shopping for fruits on the way. They do test much better than the store bought ones. A place worth visiting if you love nature and quiet.
Overall it was great weekend. Want to make a trip again sometime to explore the hiking trails!
Music has a beautiful way of changing my mood! I am sure it does the same to most people. I was listening to Tera Bina from Guru on the way to work yesterday and it just made my day! What a beautiful song! Hats off to Rahman. That made me appreciate how much the music directors and playback singers have enriched my life! I cannot sing even if my life depended on it. But I sure can enjoy them!
A couple of songs that I have never gotten tired of in the recent past
Tera Bina from Guru
Uruguthey from Veyil
Note to self: Should start playing more music at home!
Thanks to my husband as I had mentioned in my earlier post, we have IPL Cricket subscribed in our home. It is not a sport I tell you. It is a major production.
It is a production indeed! My belief that cricket matches are fixed is getting stronger by the day due to these productions!
But one thing, I have to agree is, some of the matches are thrilling and worth watching when comparted to the lousy movies that are shown in the TV.
Update:
Today’s Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth incident proved all my points true. It is a broaday production only!!
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The letter ” R “
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And she dances to their tune
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