Sooper Se Ooper

To Vir Das I would like to say this – Having been a stand-up comedian for the time that you have been, one would have guessed that you would understand the fine line between a really bad script and an acceptable comedy.  Why then would you justify your choice of actually doing a movie that was as bad a script that it could have been.

Mickey Virus

For the rest of the week, I will be catching up with reviews that are horribly delayed thanks to a really tough 3 weeks.  But now that I have the time, we will have a minor flurry of them starting with a decent movie called Mickey Virus that I had the opportunity to catch up with on my way back from Pilani in the capital a couple of weeks back.

Huff! - It's Too Much

There is a dialogue in the trailer of Huff! - It's Too Much that goes something like this, “Agar mujhe girna hi hai toh mein pyaar mein kyun giroon? Chocolate mein kyun nahin”? (If I have to fall, why should I fall in love? Why not into Chocolate?).  Unfortunately for me, I saw the trailer after I had booked my tickets for the show.  I had a choice, mind you, to not go for the show but my curiosity got the better of me.

Free Birds

And after all kinds of animals have been utilized and probably even done to death, it had to be the turn of the humble Turkey (the bird) to be part of an animation.  And with Thanksgiving somewhere in the near future (28^th November 2013 in the US) and in the not so distant past (14^th October 2013 in Canada), it was an opportune time to release a Turkey animation movie.

Thor : The Dark World

In my review of Thor (http://kartikr.blogspot.in/2011/05/thor.html), around 2.5 years back, I had gushed and gushed and if that wasn’t sufficient, gushed even more about my love for Natalie Portman.  I must say that she still makes me go weak in my legs but the “love” has moved on.  Sorry Natalie – I couldn’t get myself to wait for you indefinitely ;).

Satya 2

This was my write up about The Attacks of 26/11 http://kartikr.blogspot.in/2013/03/the-attacks-of-2611.html.  Notice the part where I state, “But of late, RGV's intense movies are restricted to those to study the History of Cinema. With little or no production value”.  Unfortunately with Satya 2, RGV breaks new ground.  He gives you a masterpiece that will be used in film schools for a long time to come.

Krrish 3

Let me be honest at the very outset. I walked into Krish 3 expecting a disaster. In fact I was hoping that it would be a disaster. So much that I am beginning to believe in that dialogue from Om Shanti Om, "agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho toh poori kayanat usse tumse milani ki koshish mein lag jaati hai" (if u sincerely wish for something then the universe conspires to ensure that you get it).

Fandry

My year started with a bang thanks to a wonderful piece of Marathi Cinema.  It then went onto a couple of good pieces of work and then kind of petered out.  Despite that, I did believe that the buzz that went around about Marathi Cinema having come of age was kind of true.  Fandry only helped me seal that notion.  Marathi cinema has DEFINITELY & FIRMLY come of age.

Shahid

Firstly, the movie is called SHAAHID (like Afridi – for lack of any other comparison) not SHAHEED (as in martyr).  Just to ensure that there is no confusion on the pronunciation.  Shahid is based on the life and times of one Shahid Azmi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_Azmi) – a human rights lawyer who defended several people wrongfully accused of terrorism or related activities.

Escape Plan

Now tell me the truth.  How many of you have been desperately waiting for Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger sharing a significant amount of screen time together.  Not just an excuse with a corny dialogue thrown in (read Expendables) but one where these two cult figures have major lead roles.  So much that the Tamil remake is being called “Kedi Rambo Killaadi Arnold” – I couldn’t stop laughing!!!