Monday 5 December 2011

Puss in Boots

His best friend as a child was Humpty Alexander Dumpty (Zach Galifanakis). By the way…did you know that Humpty Dumpty had a middle name?!?!?!? It would seem he does . And it would seem he had a troubled childhood where the other children in the orphanage would boo him to near death. And trouble him and trouble him and trouble him till he would run away to his den of sorts where he stashes away the beans he has collected for the day. Thanks to his fascination with Andy Beanstalk aka Jack who killed the giant and then stashed away the magic beans somewhere no one could find it. But Humpty knew or rather knows that these beans actually exist. But no one believes him. In fact they ridicule him for believing in a fantasy. Poor Humpty had no friend at all. None till “he” showed up in a basket.

He is all of 2 ft short… oops tall (6 inches at the time of adoption). Loves his milk and doesn’t drink alocohol. He is Rebel, a lover. He makes the fairer of the species particularly weak in their knees. He was all of 2 months old when adopted. Actually abandoned and therefore adopted by his mother of today, Imelda (Constance Marie). He first made his appearance around 7 years back with our green ogre friend and created quite a sensation. This is the story of where this 2 foot swordsman came into existence and the adventure that forces him to move out of his adopted village of San Ricardo. We have been speaking about the Pocket Rocket (I am beginning to seriously like this phrase) – Presenting – Antonio Banderas in and as Puss in Boots!!!!

The race for the final 5 for the Oscars is seriously heating up. I don’t think there are any other animation movies releasing this year as far as I know. While Puss in Boots would not come close to Cars 2 or Tintin, it definitely has it in it to make it to the top 5 for the year. The other 2 being Rango and Kung Fu Panda 2. But do animation movies have 5 nominations or 3. Someone please let me know. Coz Puss In Boots definitely deserves a nomination. Chris Miller (of Shrek The Third fame) gives us a wonderful blend of a classic storyline with the latest special effects through Dreamworks Animation which is just getting better and better by the day. So Pixar is not going to be feeling too lonely at the top I can assure you.

The choice of voice overs is superb. While we were aware of Banderas doing the voice of Puss in Shrek 2, the natural choice for Kitty Softpaws cold not have been anyone other than Salma Hayek. Billy Bob Thornton and the not so well known Amy Sedaris are superb in the voices of the legendary robbers Jack and Hill. The 3D quality as always doesn’t amaze me. I am not much of a fan but then the good news is that PVR has finally cracked a lighter solution for glassed. Super relief with movies releasing so often in the format these days. Enjoyable affair this story of a maverick cat. Do catch up. 7 on 10 is my verdict.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1870831129/

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