My favourite of the year

The films that according to me, made for an awesome experience
1. The Dark Knight

One word, Devastating. Seen this movie 5 times (ya, feel awkward that 1 billion dollars has a small miniscule contribution by me too) and yet can't get over the awesomeness of the movie. For superhero worshippers this movie made their day from the time they heard that hideos laughter in the teaser trailer. I can like see Tilda Swinton declare Heath ledger's name and whole of Hollywood standing up for him at the Oscars. But for a Christian Bale fan like me this movie is a mindboggling cinematic cult act. Face it that dude for me still stole the show, no matter how much the world hams about the joker act. And if they are at all getting Johnny Depp to play Riddler in the next one, God alone knows the new Batman will kick some ass.

2. Wall EAnd I thought Dory from Finding Nemo was the superbest cartoon ever. A robot wriggled me out of that perception. And Peter Gabriel's 'Down to earth' is the track of the year (ya judge me for making a pop number the song of the year). its weird how much sense a cartoon movie makes so much sense in a nonsensical way whereas Al Gore's hamming for 2 hours made me sleep with all that sense pouring.

3. Speed Racer

Somewhere 10 minutes into the movie you think this is so high school. By half time you are jumping like one. By the end of the movie you just wish we never grew up. The madness of the movie was just as good as madness gets. And you judged the Wachowski brothers for making people disappear into phones and machine-human mojo wars. Balls, this movie is the deal. Half my friends thought its a stupid movie but then these guys put Simpsons in the same league of Scrootch McDuck.

4. TahaanI fell for this movie for 2 reasons, The donkey's name was Birbal and it was Santosh Sivan who I think is some dude of a moviemaker. By the time I was done with the movie I was shocked not just by the film but I finally figured why those nutwits are fighting over Kashmir!! That place is too damn beautiful, the way it was captured is brilliant and then a cast like Anupam Kher, Victor Banerjee, Rahul Bose and Khanna and Sarika along with this kid I can't recall the name of made for some crazy watching.

5. Slumdog MillionaireBollywood bow in shame. Some hollywood guy captures Mumbai this cruelly well and then tells an entire story 'that' maddeningly, you wish Ray and Fellini were still alive doing their thing, that guy just deserves the credit. The world's talking about it have to accpet one of the few movies i watched on a sorry camera print just out fo desperation to watch it.

6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This movie took my brain for a spin. Brad Pitt (Finally acting and minus the Jolie litter), Cate Blanchett.............. period. The concept was so shady cool, I bet some enterprising Indian director is sure to pick it up and make Shah Rukh or Salman and make it a mockery.

7. Milk

Sean Penn this cool, someone hand him the Oscar. His turn as gay activist Harvey Milk (and here my friends will go all smirking, FO for that) is far better than his Mystic river or I am Sam. For all I care I fell for the trailer itself.

8. Oye Lucky Lucky Oye FINALLY!!!! A movie that went beyond punjabi women dancing to some molested version of an anglised Mahive or Soniye. For an outsider it made me look at 90's Delhi without actually making an effort in either over the top production design (hear hear Farah Khan) or loud accents. And the accents!!!!!! Dipaker Banerjee does an exceptional work. The film stinks of Delhi Punjabis. And Abhay Deol's choice of movies makes me applaud (can't wait for Dev D now and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's reaction to this new Devdas)

9. Burn after reading

What's not to like: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malcovich, A phenomenal Francis McDermond, Tilda Swinton, J. K. Simmons (minus the spidey shit) and the Coen Brothers for the movie I kept going 'what the fuck' in every fucking minute. The movie has so many stupid moments it was funny just because of that. Imagine a Chair cum cycle cum dildo jack-in-the-box contraption being a discrete basement invention or blackmailing the FBI in return for cosmetic surgery. Hideous.

10. Body of Lies/ Iron Man

Stop Talking. Start watching. Awe-fucking-some movies. Leonardo.......... thats a five star rating enough. And Ironman was just a cool flick to watch. Watched it just because Shaurya Kashyap went hamming for hours about it. But actually liked it.

Ghajini : Elephantile wastage

Why I managed to go for this movie twice is something I still can't figure, but learnt a lesson. If somehow you manage to convince yourself that the first time was worth it with some effort, don't dare go for it the next time. Ghajini is one of those flicks you watch, love and then conveniently forget till the next time you see it on television (doubt even that happening).
The intention superb, the packaging nice and the clincher, its star Aamir Khan's devastating 'proposal of love' on the bus single handedly made everyone in the hall go smiling without the cliched awwww (proposals I hadn't seen in an age).
Aamir Khan owns this movie from the word go. 'Look'wise I accept he sold himself completely, the mad acting, impressive(the scene where he pounces on the police officer reading his stuff is a killer) and the balance of his 2 roles is spellbounding and perhaps the movies biggest selling point and also its biggest mistake. I mean why on earth were those 2 years never shown, his transition from the suave to the sadist. I still couldnt figure how the tattoes came and honestly wanted to know how the puzzle (the whole mojo from the wash basin to the foot tattoo) was set up for him by him.
Rehman is awesome with those numerous numbers which you don't like the first time and slowly love it after you have seen the flick. The movie's sleekest number sadly is murdered to a point its absurd. The heart wrenching "Kaise Mujhe" played awesome till Khan takes the flight and then again insanely is completed when they sit on a park bench when the camera switches so many times between Asin and Amir Khan that u want to just slap the director to just stop and roll the credits.
And probably that wraps anything good about the movie, Asin is screechy to a point I felt she would choke on her own voice. And the whole holier than thou image being mixed with her naughty side is so done to death its not funny. Jiah Khan is so stupid she needs an applause. And the villain had an accent I still haven't figured. What the f was it??!!!! How confusing is it when the four cars driving out of Air voice towers have the meticulously detailed numbers from 1111 to 4111 and then you overlook fundamental details like accent! Mr Murugadoss please train with Dibaker Banerjee or Vishal Bharadwaj. I mean how difficult was it to get a Pankaj Kapoor for this role!!!!
I am no expert in film making but appreciate Aamir Khan's assessment that this movie would pretty much sink if he didn't pull strange ass (read boring) marketing stunts like the 'barbers' day out' (which every news channel from here to timbuktu carried on that day) sooner. Its sucks when you realise the only viable actor of this generation I rate in the league of Pankaj Kapoor and Kamal Hassan (no Bacchan and Rajnikant and even SRK take a bow, these are the sensible Indian movie goers' top 2) somehow screws up so badly like Ghajini. Elephantile waste i say!

The last line made me think........ imagine a movie with Aamir Khan and Konkana Sen....... shit some powerful movie that would be!!!!

Finally

Have been blogging for a year or so now anonymously, but then no one among the people I most victimised my verbal diarrhoea with ever read them. Partly because one of the blogs interacts with sex workers and NGO volunteers who work with them (ya ya serious stuff) and the other is about sex goof ups ('Typical', half my friends are breathing that word right now) so ya am a little embarrassed declaring them. If any time you have encountered those blogs (I doubt you have) don't even mention it to me. This blog solely is about movies, food, books, articles, plays and general day to day stuff I encounter which I have an opinion about (anyone who knows me knows I excel in this :) ) or think I can hold a conversation about. So welcome, enjoy and feel free to leave an impression.