Sunday, July 10, 2005

Bas!

honest word of caution. dont watch DUS. not been able to find a reason why that movie was made in the first place. it seems the director anubhav sinha used to make music videos before this. probably he should've stuck to that. i for one would've never bothered to find out about him or his works. can they make hindi movies so predictable!? ok. its a suspense movie. a suspense where you know that if a not-so-popular actor is staring at you for more than 2 seconds, there will be a bullet through him at the third. a suspense where the 'secret agent' placed in canada is murdered and substituted by a vamp in front of the audience. extreme edge-of-the-seat action this.

not to miss the heavy use of electric guitars for EVERYTHING. someone told the music director there isnt any other instrument ever made. feels like you are sitting through a linkin' park concert. of course, its quite a treat to find the visual effects go overboard. suddenly, for no apparent reason the frame zeroes in on the eyes of one character and slides out. a new found graphics effect that the director wanted to flaunt. what a waste of a 70mm frame! and a la X-Files, they HAVE to tell you the location of every scene. rather gripping.

Q. what do you do if there's an engagement in the morning and you have a flight to catch at night?
A. keep singing and dancing till its time for your flight.

Q. how do you add a twist in the tale, when all you have to do is see off our brave duo at the airport?
A. make the newly engaged go onto a lonely trail. that way they get kidnapped by terrorists.

NBA pros can take a tip or two in slam dunk from our stunt masters. hero 1 passes grenade to hero 2. hero 2 in turn catches it, removes pin and throws to hero 3, who happens to be airborne on his bike. hero 3 catches the grenade mid air, right at the spot when he's above villain's sun roof. hole in one! score!

if all four heroes leave the same house and reach the same stadium at the same time, why arrive in four different cars, all parked out of line, one behind the other? and looks like Ford expects movies like these to help it earn brownie points the way james bond did for aston martin. cant even say ha!

so why would anyone want to watch this movie? well, they would if they didnt have a prior booking for any other movie and have driven 30kms out of the city with the purpose of watching a movie come what may!

Bas!!

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:47 PM

    :))!! this post comes just in time!

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  2. Hey, am sure its not such a bad deal! :) Atleast the promos look enticing enough.

    But, will keep this in mind...even while watching the flick! :)

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  3. thats what the whole movie looks like too. a 3hr promo of FX for no rhyme or reason :-)

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  4. Oh tarnations!!!! and i just booked my tickets for tomorrow!!!
    Please add a 'subscribe to my blog' feature!!

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  5. he he heee :) enjoy the fx man... i forgot to mention there's a matrixesque fight scene where shilpa shetty thinks she's trinity. wachowski bros liked granite pillars, anubhav sinha likes concrete pillars :))

    as for the subscription, dont think i have that many followers ;-) thinking of an atom feed tho.

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