dum maro dum . wild grass . the assasination of jesse james by the coward... rio . shor in the city . i am . charlie chan and the curse of the dragon queen . gone in 60 seconds . thor .
'dum maro dum' is all cool boredom. goa is made drug capital in an oversaturated piss yellow tint. deepika padukone sizzles for a short while in a short skirt- but most of the time the twists in the tale are predictable and abhishek's expression vacillated intermittently between a smirk and sneer. alain resnais' 'wild grass' was gorgeously shot but tried to make profound the story of an encounter between a woman pilot who lost her purse and the aging eccentric who found it. lightweight arty. i fell for the epic conceits of 'the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford'. unashamedly long and slow. the landscape of frontier homes and desolate landscapes beautiful. the train robbery in the night was exquisite. now new hollywood- 'rio' in 3d- besides the great renderings of the barrios in rio in that wild chase sequence- nothing unusual. run of the mill american animation. 'thor' did more with kenneth branagh tapping the inherent silliness of a god walking the earth. the actor looks like a god and natalie portman is duly impressed. then the two alt-indie (somehwhat) films released last week- 'i am' and 'shor in the city'. while 'i am' travels to kolkata for the surrogate pregnancy story, kashmir for the kashmiri pundit story and bangalore for the child abuse story it has to return to mumbai for corrupt cops and rahul bose kissing arjun in a car. which other city has the best corrupt policemen? i wish he hadn't fallen for the cliche in the end. but otherwise warm. more clichés in 'shor in the city' where the only 'normal' people in mumbai are the desi american returning trying to make it in maximum city; and the telugu boy wanting to be a cricketer. around them are stereotypes of gangsters, corrupt policemen (again), poititians and goondas (with or without a good heart). nothing surprises or moves- except for that one shot of the ghatkopar slums. breathtaking. tv movies: 'surrogates' with bruce willis in a sci-fi future where we live out lives through a mirror image of us. great premise devolved into hollywood action drama with a twist so predictable it made me wince. 'gone in 60 seconds': angelina jolie plays very pointless sidekick to nicholas cage as he steals 50 cars in a few days. you cant believe that anyone could take this seriously. i hope not- and finally, 'charlie chan and the curse of the dragon queen'-a relief to see a 80s murder mystery that new it was silly.
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