Director: Not anyone you should know
Year: Who cares? really?
I didn't bother looking for a photo
I was feeling a bit under the weather & needed to curl up in bed with some ice cream & a chick-flick. Unfortunately, there was no ice cream, & "P.S. I Love You" is probably a disgrace, even to the much forgiving genre of chick-flicks. I read the plot & expected something sad & sweet, maybe not worth much, but still just what you need when you feel a certain way. There's this woman whose husband dies, & then she keeps getting these letter he had written before he had died, to get her life going once again. But what it turns out to be is a romantic tragi-comedy, which is neither romantic, not comic, nor too tragic. There is no chemistry between the lead pair, they start the movie by yelling at each other for some reason you barely understand, then pouncing around in their bed for a while, cut to the next scene, he's dead, she looks sexy, their friends drink & dance & flirt at a bar, which is supposed to be a memorial service or something. Then she goes back home & is really sad for a while, you do feel a bit sad for her & just when you think you should go get the tissues, the inaneness hits you full force. She starts getting these letters, he was the only person who understood her & only he could get her back on her feet, blah, blah etc. And he gets her back on her feet by sending her to sing Karaoke, & to Ireland, where she sleeps with his best friend (eeeew!!!) She comes back & finds that her calling in life is to design shoes, all thanks to his letters of course. Then he urges her to fall in love again, & she kisses whoever is available & immediately after the kiss she realizes that she doesn't love this guy, (of course, we knew it all along, coz he's just not the lovable type) she decides to wait for a better deal.
I have a few unanswered questions though...
Firstly, do all Irish men wear truckloads of jewelery?
Secondly, if he knew he could help her find her calling, why didn't he do so in the 10 years that they were married & could only do it, after he was dead, through a single letter?
There are several more, but i there's no use asking, it's just a silly movie. Bollywood "complete entertainment" flicks are probably a better way to spend your time than watch stuff like this. 'Nuff said.
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1. The Incredible Hulk:
An incredible torture of a movie. I went for this movie only because i believed in Edward Norton, i believed he could do no wrong, any movie he stars in was destined to be worth watching. But i was oh so wrong!
There is of course nothing new to the plot. The first half & hour or so, when Banner is hiding in Brazil is watchable, the first fight sequence is also well shot, but what follows is almost another hour or so of the same stuff, the same old fights, the military going in all guns blazing, of course the Hulk thrashes them all. And then there is Liv Tyler! She wears the same dazed expression all through the movie, it's almost funny when she tries to emote. The movie ends, as is anyone's guess, making ground for the sequel, but I sure wont be waiting with baited breath.
It gave me such a bad taste in my mouth that I had to watch another movie when i got home (Woody Allen's "Scoop" which was in fact quite good) to get rid of it. Don't waste your money.
2. Get Smart:
This one was fun. And to be frank, this was the one we were cynical about at first. You know, the same old spy comedy, Johnny English style, been there, done that. But we were pleasantly surprised. Very soon we were laughing out loud & enjoying every moment of it. Anne Hathaway was lovely as usual. And the plot isn't that much predictable actually, even if it is in some places, it still manages to be funny. And the "glory to the underdog" tendency isn't that prominent either. Overall, nothing much to write about, but a good film to watch if you are looking for some light fun.
3. Via Darjeeling:
I admit i didn't get this one, but i wonder if there is actually anything to understand.
Firstly KK Menon is wasted opposite Sonali Kulkarni who hams her way to glory. She is completely unwatchable. Secondly Sandhya Mridul is wasted in a role that keeps her in the background most of the time. The ending is abrupt, I like movies that leave things upto the viewers imagination, but this is not the way it is done. The dubbing is just terrible. The only good thing that i can say about this movie, is that the score is nice, the two songs are rather good, it's one of the few movies where you are glad for the songs. I cannot write anything more about it, because i'd have to understand it first & i don't think that can happen even if i watch it a second time, which of course i wont. Avoidable, to say the least.
An incredible torture of a movie. I went for this movie only because i believed in Edward Norton, i believed he could do no wrong, any movie he stars in was destined to be worth watching. But i was oh so wrong!
There is of course nothing new to the plot. The first half & hour or so, when Banner is hiding in Brazil is watchable, the first fight sequence is also well shot, but what follows is almost another hour or so of the same stuff, the same old fights, the military going in all guns blazing, of course the Hulk thrashes them all. And then there is Liv Tyler! She wears the same dazed expression all through the movie, it's almost funny when she tries to emote. The movie ends, as is anyone's guess, making ground for the sequel, but I sure wont be waiting with baited breath.
It gave me such a bad taste in my mouth that I had to watch another movie when i got home (Woody Allen's "Scoop" which was in fact quite good) to get rid of it. Don't waste your money.
2. Get Smart:
This one was fun. And to be frank, this was the one we were cynical about at first. You know, the same old spy comedy, Johnny English style, been there, done that. But we were pleasantly surprised. Very soon we were laughing out loud & enjoying every moment of it. Anne Hathaway was lovely as usual. And the plot isn't that much predictable actually, even if it is in some places, it still manages to be funny. And the "glory to the underdog" tendency isn't that prominent either. Overall, nothing much to write about, but a good film to watch if you are looking for some light fun.
3. Via Darjeeling:
I admit i didn't get this one, but i wonder if there is actually anything to understand.
Firstly KK Menon is wasted opposite Sonali Kulkarni who hams her way to glory. She is completely unwatchable. Secondly Sandhya Mridul is wasted in a role that keeps her in the background most of the time. The ending is abrupt, I like movies that leave things upto the viewers imagination, but this is not the way it is done. The dubbing is just terrible. The only good thing that i can say about this movie, is that the score is nice, the two songs are rather good, it's one of the few movies where you are glad for the songs. I cannot write anything more about it, because i'd have to understand it first & i don't think that can happen even if i watch it a second time, which of course i wont. Avoidable, to say the least.
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