Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[Anban]

enna category-nu clear-a specify panniyaachu.. neengalum antha category-aa saami ?

[kid-glove]

Naan rendu category'layum illa.. neeyum illa. Unakku category'lam pOda mudiyumma?

[ajaybaskar]

Ice Age 4

Slowly it's getting predictable. They can put a full stop to the franchise.

The Dictator

Funny in parts. Wondering how Edward Norton and Megan Fox agreed to do that cameos. Dhilluthaan..

[geno]

"Woman of Straw" on TV. Sean Connery in a negative role is excellent and understated. Gina L as Maria Marcello gets the meaty role however. She had to walk a pretty tightrope between displaying her aversion to the monstruous charles richmond, later turning in to genuine affection , and her attraction towards sean's Anthony character and the Passion she wants to show by being "Fair" to both Uncle and the nephew....phew! And when she realises Anthony's treachery and breaks down, she is so credible.

[geno]

Oh!

Well, i saw some scenes of Gangs of Wasseypur and happened to read this interview by Anurag Kashyap:

I breathe because of Tamil Cinema: Anurag Kashyap

http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...g-kashyap-film

The celebrated filmmaker of Dev D and That Girl in Yellow Boots, hailed as a poster boy of the Indian New Wave Cinema, made absolutely no bones about how instrumental Tamil films have been in shaping his evolution as a director.

So much so that the opening credits of his forthcoming film, Gangs of Wasseypur, pays homage to the 'Madurai Triumvirate of Bala, Ameer and Sasikumar.' The amicable auteur beamed with cheer as he opened up about his fixation with Kollywood films.

"Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India. I remember the first time I saw Bala's film Sethu, starring Vikram. I knew something had been set off in me as I watched the movie unfold. My obsession with films from this region continued with Kaadhal Kondein, Paruthiveeran and Subramaniapuram among others. No one has filmed Banaras the way it's been captured in Naan Kadavul," says Anurag, who has lived in those parts during his formative years.

He adds, "These films have formed an indelible impression on my mind and they inspired me to go back to my roots." The director's ravenous appetite for films comes forth as he confesses to watching Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai and Kalavani without English subtitles.

Ask him about the one Tamil film that took his breath away and pat comes his answer, "No two ways about it - Aaranya Kaandam (AK). I was literally blown away by what Kumararaja did with his film. It's become such a rage in Mumbai's film circuit. Bejoy Nambiar, the director of Shaitan was inspired by the feature and we used to have marathons of viewing AK in our office. The staff would be rolling on the floors laughing at the scalpelsharp one-liners and dialogues while I'd be prodding them to tell me the meaning of the lines. I even have an uncut version of the film."

Balu Mahendra's proteges have made him proud and shown the world what an auteur he is, and who represents thamizh kalai, thirai and padaippu!

[app_engine]

nAduvAzhikaL (Mohanlal / Roobini, directed by Joshy)...somehow missed to see this in theater those days...mukkAl vAsi quite interesting!

(Shyam BGM mahA kodumai, much like New Delhi and other Joshy movies)

[Senareb]

Watched Dookudu...

story is ok bt extraordinary screenplay...i dint get bore even a single scene...
10%luv+40%comedy+25% action+25% senti...all r properly mixed without overdose...
usually i dont lik Brahmanandha comedies...bt in tis movie, he made me as his fan...comedies'na movie'la nalla eduthirukkanga...
Reality show... Brahmananda nd another comedian (future hero) nt only did comedy bt also they r part of the story..
tats engaging the screenplay which did nt get bore me...

samanatha...as usual, telugu'la mattum thaaralam ...aanastu intha padam paartha, raththam kothichiduvaar ...
lip to lip vera...aanastu, pls note tis...chellathai, telugu'la nadikka venam sollunga (via twitter )..

Prakashraj is the only actor who is doing important role in all south indian movies...only PR is fossible ...
Nasser intha padathula, comedy role (sirippu police) koduthuttaanga..
movie is running almost 3 hrs..bt time ponathe therila.. athu'thaan nalla movie'kku thevai...
it is usual masala movie thaan...bt worth to watch to kill ur time..

(PS : once again thx. to ajay for giving the link.. )

[selvakumar]

The name of the other comedian in Dookudu is "M.S.Narayana".Dookudu lengthy padam than. Interval varum pothu naan appadiyae shock aayittaen. Actual ah 2 part ah vanthirukka vendiya padam. But as you mentioned, it wasn't boring at all. Brahmi Atuvum antha face reaction koduppar oru scene la. Chancey illa!

[MADDY]

last film i watched "where did my posts go?"

though the film initially promised some action with fiery discussions and view into how external factors decide cinema fanaticism, it later collapsed into a pretty mundane film..........the protagonists MODs just went through the motions and erased the uneasy questions raised by the antagonists without offering any explanation.......probably that was the right thing to do but sometimes, we miss some important things under the framework of right and wrong.....

[geno]

last film i watched "where did my posts go?"

though the film initially promised some action with fiery discussions and view into how external factors decide cinema fanaticism, it later collapsed into a pretty mundane film..........the protagonists MODs just went through the motions and erased the uneasy questions raised by the antagonists without offering any explanation.......probably that was the right thing to do but sometimes, we miss some important things under the framework of right and wrong.....

idhukkum vaan kozhikaLukkum ethaavathu thodarbu irukkumO?