HAIRSPRAY!

Hairspray has a very positive beat to it, which I enjoy deeply. The characters are not perfect, yet they do not allow their imperfections to hinder their dreams...at least that's the case with Nikki Blonsky's Tracy who embodies the very meaning of joy. She is happy, confident, a good dancer...and fat. Do you know what would make her an EVEN better dancer?? If she lost some weight. I am not even kidding, when I lost a pound, I all of a sudden had much more endurance, because whenever I put a step down I didn't have to support the same amount of weight as I had to earlier. I guess the charm is that she IS fat, but in reality, what's the harm of being more healthy and LOSING a few pounds???? BUT if I sit here and criticize the point of the movie, which is to be yourself and dance to your own beat, then I am a loser and a fun-sucker. I do not wish to be that, so I will give this movie a high rating because it was overall enjoyable. I mean the songs even included insight on integration and hope, how cool is that?  

Watching John Travolta as the mother was a unique experience, and I loved it... in particular the love song between him and Christopher Walken ("her" hubby). It was cool to see that, and Travolta carries charisma- being a good dancer himself and having been the hottie (which Zac Efron is in this movie) in Saturday Night Fever and Grease. 

If you like musicals, fun, color, and corniness, Hairspray is the right movie for you! 

ROCK ON!

"Rock On" is very unique for a Hindi film: it is not afraid to be slow-paced. 

And it does have a nice realistic touch to it. 

For those of you who don't know: Rock On is about a hindi rock band (although the songs are more like "pop"). It's not based on a real music group. The hindi rock band consists of credible actors ranging from Arjun Rampal to Farhan Akhtar. It's about how they break up and reunite, and although it might seem like a formulaic soppy cliche dissembled as a hard core music-band movie, Rock On! is nice because it shows different sides to what success is and how it can be ruined by ego. It is also believable: you can believe that the dismantling of the band was through the altercation between two of its players. You can believe, that Farhan was broken because of the failure of his band and so made compromises for the rest of his life to move on and never return (although it is odd that he became a successful businessman in nine years out of workaholism and sadness- I would think drinking would have been a more realistic route). You can believe that Arjun Rampal's passion was dying because his wife was pressuring him to take up another job. You can believe that two of the players who weren't involved in the eventual break up of the band were slowly getting interested in bringing it back...

The movie's not bad. Not wildly entertaining, but nice to see...The ending is very touching, and it makes you believe that life should have a balance...and winning is not everything....

Kal Ho Na Ho

Sharukh Khan is quite the charmer in the hit emotional drama “Kal Ho Naa Ho” directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Karan Johar. In this deeply likable movie, the characters are confronted with situations challenging their true feelings. It is sad, happy, and at times, funny. Overall it is simply heartwarming. So do I really have any gripes about it? Well, a few: but they are quite arbitrary. 

The idea of Sharukh being perfect for the situation and improving EVERYONE'S life is quite unrealistic and sometimes weary to watch... ALSO At the end, he avers through pits of solemn knowingness that Naina was truly his through every single lifetime, and it makes you wonder how a person who isn't charmed by Sharukh could possibly endure that level of corniness....

 However, Sharukh Khan IS very charming in the movie. He is the only actor I can think of that can pull this emotional crap off (except MAYBE  Amir Khan). He has a charisma that can jerk tears out of virtually every teenage Indian girl on the planet thus he is perfect for the role of the perfect sweet funny guy. 

My sister and I agree that Sharukh is great when he is going after girls and showing his vulnerabilities...In other words: when he is lovable. That's why I disliked him in Don and I don't like him at ALL in items where he tries to be hot....

I am sorry....

Movie Reviews

So...I like watching movies, and I have been writing reviews for a while. This is just a website open to all who are interested in knowing my opinion about particular movies I have seen in the past. 

Enjoy!!! 

~Shalini