I never review movies etc on my blog, but have to say Summer 2007 is a good watch. (So is Jaane tu...., while Thoda Pyar.... is sooo cliched and Love Story 2050 is so not watchable:P) The reason I say so for Summer 2007 despite an almost unknown cast and not the best direction in the world is the story and a not bad at all acting by at least Gul Panag and Ashutosh Rana, and even though the movie could do with some editing in the beginning (too many sub plots) and a tighter control on the script that would help develop each of the five main characters properly. In a lot of technical ways and norms of movie-making then, it is just about there, but not quite. Each of the five characters undergo a catharsis and reach a Rang de Basanti types awakening in the end, which albeit a fresher option than miraculous healing and closure of the entire problem, but the characters are so poorly developed you almost miss that catharsis and awakening at the individual level. Most of the rest of the cast looks promising, but again, more like getting there. The title is weird, it so doesn' resonate with the essence of the movie.
But still, I maintain it's a good watch because it's effective so far as its core issue is concerned. It manages to look real and disturbing and does not adhere to stereotypes (one of the villains is a modern, karate-knowing, slick, sexy, English-speaking female police inspector) And the movie almost made me jump and run and want to do something concrete, something helpful.
Ok, enough of this. I'm sure I'm not good at reviewing etc. Moving from summer of 2007 to summer of 2008, that is the here and the now, life is getting, or at least, feeling more pleasant lately, as I said in the last post. At least as much as it could get in boring vacations. It's the time of the year when my life is entirely dictated by the inertia of rest. I don't do anything hence I can't hence I don't. :P :P
But I like the nothingness sometimes, anyway. The rains, the pakoras, the slow pace of work, the gossip, the movies, the walks, the games. Not thinking is cool, I say. Very cool. :D
But still, I maintain it's a good watch because it's effective so far as its core issue is concerned. It manages to look real and disturbing and does not adhere to stereotypes (one of the villains is a modern, karate-knowing, slick, sexy, English-speaking female police inspector) And the movie almost made me jump and run and want to do something concrete, something helpful.
Ok, enough of this. I'm sure I'm not good at reviewing etc. Moving from summer of 2007 to summer of 2008, that is the here and the now, life is getting, or at least, feeling more pleasant lately, as I said in the last post. At least as much as it could get in boring vacations. It's the time of the year when my life is entirely dictated by the inertia of rest. I don't do anything hence I can't hence I don't. :P :P
But I like the nothingness sometimes, anyway. The rains, the pakoras, the slow pace of work, the gossip, the movies, the walks, the games. Not thinking is cool, I say. Very cool. :D
11 comments:
Ahh....can I borrow some of your boring holidays?
maybe you should take a trip and attend a friend's wedding :P
so many movies you've seen !!
Yes, Summer 2007 is wonderful. Unlike most movies that talk about 'issues', it doesn't dramatize the disturbing part.. it shows it the way it almost is.. real yet shocking. Most often I find the bollywood ways of showing troubled places/times absurd. Not in this.
So many movies....
:))
[vibhav]
Hmm...ok, but grass is always greener on the other side. Fir se questions?
[justso]
:P
Invite to karo :P
[pooja, chakoli]
Nope, although infinitely more than my usual. Wela time yar...havent seen jane tu yet...wondering whether to see it in theatre or on my lappy.
[vik]
Yeah, exactly my claim. It doesn't play up the dramatization, doesn't seem unreal and doesn't offer solutions and heroic closures. It just shows things, and says what it tagline does...There's a war waging...it's only a matter of time before it gets to you too.
Trust me Angel, not-thinking is amazing! Come to think of it, I haven´t thought more than five minutes in the past few months and it´s been bliss!!
Hey you good in review writing as well!
Trust me :D
So may be I wil try to dig out sometime for this one as well ;)
But dont you think u watch too many movies :P :P
Typical IITian :P ;)
[akshay]
wow, I like being called Angel.
And hey, game for brain transplant, KoolKid??
[geetika]
Hehe..it's good it's good..
and i am not watchin too many movies, not even IITian average by a long shot...ive only seen two of the four i named in the post, one i see tomorrow, but basically honey, i havent seen practically any movies in the last four yrs because i saved them up for the last yr, to kill time :P
So many movies and so little time. I am curious to see how the junior Kher performed and of course for the beautiful Gul Panag. Another one to add to my must watch was De Taali. Despite being trashed by reviws, I somehow cannot write Ayesha Takia off so easily.
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