i'm on such a high! i saw three movies in the last two days! now i gotta tell u, in case u already don't know - i just love the movies. LOVE! i would watch anything once. but sometimes u see such fantastic stuff that's so right, carries the beat so well, that u get high on it. and when u see three in a row, u can't miss right? something's gonna work out!
yesterday was slumdog millionaire. if you have not watched it already, i strongly recommend that you do so now. before you read on any further. u have been warned - spoiler alert!!!!! that said, i could not believe this movie was not made by an indian, it was so indian. being from india, i pretty much have to wriggle and sigh my way through a lot of stereotypes about my country in hollywood movies, but this one rocked! i loved it! i didn't cringe once, except for the way they portrayed 'who wants to be a millionaire'. they touched on so many issues, so many many issues that we, real indians living in india now, are concerned with and dealing with right now - terrorism, the underworld, police brutality, religious riots, poverty, child abuse - and it was all so subtly done that u'd never guess it wasn't a straightforward movie about the life of the central character if u didn't know the context! for instance, did u realize that the anti-muslim riots in mumbai that killed jamal's mom were probably the awful riots post babri masjid demolition in '91? awesome how many levels this movie has. and it was soooo bollywood, in such a good way, in a way acceptable to young indians who love bollywood. i loved that! they even had a song and dance routine at the end, with good choreo, not snarky bullshit with people running around trees! people in an all-white audience in norway (and boy, u do not get more white than scandinavian white) clapped at the end of the movie! i felt like i was back home in india! brilliant effort guys. but i would like to say, u really dumped on 'who wants to be a millionaire' for no reason. they always have the politest hosts, no host has any stake in the winnings or losses of the contestants, you don't have to decide whether or not you're gonna carry on playing before even hearing the next question, and they definitely never, ever go into an ad break before the participant has answered a question (though they may before they tell u if he's right). it's a huge phenomenon in india, loved by all. seriously, if u ain't been there, u can't fathom it. i mean, they got amitabh bachchan to host it, for crying out loud! there's people building actual temples for that guy and worshipping him, he's that much of a god! (seriously, it was in the news, there's actually a temple in india dedicated to the big B). well, anyway, i'm not nuts, i know it's just a movie, and who wants to be a millionaire (or kbc - kaun banega crorepati - as we lovingly call it in india) is just a show, i can take a lil playing around with that concept. bottom line - this movie rocks!!! it's the kind of movie that makes u regret that there aren't more like it, that makes u feel depressed that such a fantastically indian movie wasn't made by an indian, that leaves u on a high that goes on for days! go watch it, guys.
the second movie we saw was zach and miri make a porno. well, obviously, nowhere in the same genre or anything hehe, to put it mildly. apart from scatological references - watching people getting covered in shit (actual shit) two nights in a row is a bit much for me, i think i'm done with that for the rest of my life, thanks guys. but apart from that, it was not as bad as expected, not as funny as expected, but pretty much a cute chick flick that u could sit thru once. quite formulaic though, which was unexpected, considering the title. my advice? go watch slumdog millionaire.
the third, phew, was annie hall. i love diane keaton, have done for years, and this is THE definitive diane keaton movie, right? made for her, around her, about her, who could ask for more diane keaton in a movie? a lil bit much on the talking tho, and a lil dated now with all the taking yourself so seriously and the philosophy and the marijuana and the psycho-analysis, but still quite delightful so far. that's all i'm gonna say about it cos i haven't finished it yet cos my hubby fell asleep half-way hehe. woody doesn't work late friday night after watching zach and miri make a porno till 11:30 p.m.! no offence, woody. see u tomorrow night!
hubby registers a protest against the falling asleep midway remark. well alright, so he did find out about the movie and locate it and download it so we could watch it. and he does make a lot of effort reading reviews on imdb to find more stuff to download. and the stuff he downloads is always interesting. but he still fell asleep midway right? i mean, i'm just stating a fact :D
finished annie hall, original impressions remain intact.
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