WALL-E

SUPERB !!!

If you havent watched it yet, what are you waiting for ? Just go ahead and do it (wait a min, that sounds like Nike ... what the hell).

Never mind - its the freshest and most fun-filled movie in a long time. And Wall.E is just adorable ..

And watch out for that Japanese-type cleaning robot (I think his name is Mo or something)

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Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day

A wonderful romantic comedy about the adventures of a down-in-the-dumps governess over one single day as she attempts to find her feet in upper crest of London life ...

The the two main protagonists - Frances McDormand and Amy Adams are adorable - and the entire movie very light and frothy. And the british accent is just perfect ...

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Mumbai Meri Jaan

A very well made movie intertwining five different stories - in the buildup and aftermath of the Mumbai train blasts.

The director has chosen very interesting premises instead of regular-joe characters - a policeman about to retire in seven days, a environmentally conscious corporate warrior who chooses to travel by train instead of a car, a rising TV reporter, a bottom-of-the-pyramid coffee seller and a muslim-hating out-of-work youth.

Needless to say each of them are impacted by the blasts - but the director has very cleverly varied the WAY each of the characters has been affected. And his take on the ridiculousness of news channels provides a welcome humorous break

In the end, all the different stories' come together meaningfully and when it finished, the audience decided to give it a big ovation - but I dont agree. I think its a good movie - there is nothing obviously wrong about it, but then there is nothing that makes it a great or a memorable one either. I felt that emotional impact was missing - like its soul wasnt strong enough ...


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Bachna Ae Haseeno

Pretty cheesy movie - shot in excellent locales and a very good looking cast. If you like romantic movies, you will like it - otherwise, there are better ways to spend your money.

Among the pairs, Ranbir and Deepika kind of disappoint - their story in the end is the weakest point in the whole movie. Songs are very hummable. Bipasha looks hot (though its become her ONLY look nowadays) and Ranbir looks good too. Cant decide on Minisha Lamba and Deepika was looking good, but I felt as if she was a little soulless ...

Kunal Kapoor puts in a very good cameo - made me think that he CAN act ...
The scene stealer was Ranbir's buddy Hiten Paintal though ... provided some great laughs

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Singh is Kinng

You can sum up the movie like this -
"you goto a swish party - but instead of the expected spicy cocktails, you get served plain water instead :)"

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Caramel

Honest Lebanese attempt at Sex n The City - and in my opinion, better than the actual movie :) The bonding was more realistic - and the girls (esp Layale) were much better looking :D

The movie confused me a little about Lebanon though - I confess I do not know much of the cultural composition of Lebanon other than the fact that its the most forward of the Arabic states and it has a healthy mix of Muslim and Christian followers. The movie has quite a few dialogues in French and Christian names are liberally used ... hardly found anything arabic in the movie ...

But the highlight of the movie is Mimi - a crazy hag living across the street from the salon where the girls work. She gets generous screen time and talks such ridiculous things that she had the entire audience in splits :)


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The Mummy : Tomb of The Dragon Emperor

Lets say it wasnt the best movie of the Mummy trilogy. Actually thats being too polite - the movie sucked ! It has Brendan Fraser playing a dad to a 25 year old son (who is too cocky to be likeable - unlike the sidekicks in the Crystal Skull or Die Hard 4) - and lets face it, Brendan Fraser hardly looks 40 - how can he have a 25 year old son ? And as wifey points out Brendan was himself too self assured - he didnt have any of the goofiness that made him so endearing in the earlier movies or in Bedazzled.

The only laughs of the movie come from Brendan's brother-in-law Jonathan - and some of the mummy soldier antics in the final war. Rest of the movie is just trash - with no semblance of any sense or entertainment.

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