rab ne bana di jodi . zoom. remember the titans

the easiness of the film in the beginning was shocking for me. none of the hyper camerawork, loud background score, overtreated stuff of dhoom or even the sickly sweetness of dilwale or mohabbatein. instead all everyday sweetness and silences of lonely breakfast tables and scooter rides in the inner city of amritsar. and in the first half the film was complex as hell about movies and identification with them – so much more so than the self indulgent screech of om shanti om. that scene where he talks to the mannequin was fantastic. shah rukh khan is back to being my favourite khan; and the new girl is lovely. nice film even though in the second half it does get completely sentimental and yash raj and they ‘rab dikhta hain’ too much.

on christmas day superhero comedy ‘zoom’. stupid badly made not very funny film in which tim allen plays faded superhero called upon to train a new breed of superkids as they prepare to save the planet.

how come in all hollywood sports real life inspired dramas the world so easily falls into nice slots predecided by cookie cutters. real people are turned into stereotypes with such ease. or is it the other way around? is everyone in america turned into stereotypes thorugh rigourous training in high school locker rooms and suburban houses? as an important aside, also can denzel washington stop looking so self important and smug?