Move-ies

Movies that moved me, made me sit up, made me think, showed me new things, made a difference... Good movies, great movies, enjoyable movies, fun movies. Views, Reviews

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Friday, May 26, 2006

The Gods must be Crazy!!

Hilarious movie.

Set in the Kalahari Desert of Africa. It is a comedy-of-errors.

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Freddie's Dead!! (The friend you wish you never wished for)

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Lemony Snicket's : A Series of Unfortunate Events

"Something to Invent, Something to Read, Something to Bite..."

Starring Jim Carrey as the Villian and the superb Emily Browning as the lead actress.
It is adapted from a series of small books where the characters move from one unfortunate event to another, keeping just a step ahead... The film uses only 3-4 of the events in the book series.

A bit like 'Jumanji', but here the dangers are more psychic so-to-say than physical. The sense of hair-raising (without the raising...) when you feel a prickling sensation...Anyway, it's not a horror movie just a suspense one.
The whole movie is shot like a dream, surrealistic. The kinda dream you wake up from with a bit of a shiver but still there's a fascination and a sense of immediacy. There's something the dream is trying to tell me...

Initially you feel that it's black and white until you realise that there Are colours in the
movie... The feeling that you get is the one when you get up at 4-5 AM in the morning and the light is kind weak but good enough to see in. The air is fresh and cool but still and hanging
around you. There is silence everywhere and where every small creak is clearly audible.That's the kinda feeling you get. The sense of expectation as to what's going to happen
next.

Lemony Snicket () is the storyteller and the story is about 3 children.
A girl who likes to invent, A boy who likes to read, and a baby who crawls and bites
everything. The character of the Banker is especially evocative as it shows the callousness of the Keepers of the System. Form not function is the keword.
Family is shown for what it is - a shelter for light and happiness.

This is not a story of the conventional mould. It's about imagination, fantasy, fear and
bravery. The gift that makes each one of us special. About finding that gift and using it.
It's how bad things bring out the best in you.
No matter what the situation there's always "Something to Invent, Something to Read, Something to Bite...".

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Friday, May 12, 2006

Big Fish (English)

A fantastic movie with Ewen McGreggor playing the lead role of a travelling salesman who tells wonderful tales, anecdotes and makes lots of Strange and Exotic friends.

Also the story of a son disappointed in his father after the initial awe.

How the two threads of the story converge on the father's death-bed.

Its a tale of wonder and amazement with surrealistic characters vivid with color and all wanting to include you in their own tales.

A must watch.

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