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Archive for July 17, 2008

saturday matinee

last saturday was a movie holiday.

the only happening theatre in ‘downtown’ chennai :) satyam’s – website wasnt working for a week n when we dropped by on friday night, all we could manage to get was ‘hancock’ … so sunday morning saw hancock. its about an ordinary disliked guy hancock (will smith),  with supernatural powers gone the wrong way. then a PR consultant whose life he saves, sees a friend in him and grroms him to be the modern superman who helps cops, performs useful stunts etc and is suddenly and idol of the country. hancock learns that the PR consultant’s wife, who dislikes him always, is extra ordinary oo like hancock but kept the fact a secret. some masala and some more masala.

all in all doesnt bore you, decent movie.

in the last hour of hancock, shuchita called asking if we could join them for jaane tu ya jaane na at 3 pm in the evening, as she had a way to get tickets, and we went to this theatre called ‘melody’ that reminded me of ‘mehul’, ‘deep mandir’ back when i was schooling.. smaller theatres that attracted audiences before the multiplexes..

saw aamir khan’s ‘jaane tu ya jaane na’. it was a differently creative movie. not the typical kind generally made to launch newcomers.

theres a group of college friends. bubbly n all. story revolves around them. all the characters in the movie are well etched out. especially the genelia’s brother. makes things look more real and less boring :)

imraan khan the male lead, is really good.  he knows what he wants, and the chilled out non-macho image is a welcome change. genelia adds some effervescence to the whole story.

you might end up feeling you are getting old ;) due to the large amount of teenagers who flock the theatre for this one!

saw angelina jolie’s wanted. pls dont watch it. fullstop.