Movie Review - Azhagai irukkira bayama irukku...

I understand one part of the title. The "bayama irukku" part. Enakku bayama irukku. Thamizh cinemavoda nilamaya nenacha rombavey bayama irukku. Now the azhagai irukka part....who exactly are the movie's makers referring to here? Well, i dont want to sound too bitchy, i'll rest my case.

AIBI (the popular acronym for the movie) starts out as a convoluted love rectangle (ha! you didnt see that one coming did ya). Just when you wrap your tired mind around the rectangle concept, the script writers zap you with another twist in the tale. Its not a snazzy new rectangle concept, its just another jaded love triangle subject.

The director tries to handle the story differently - by adding call-outs and animated cartoons. If you hated the stupid CGI parrot in Main prem ki diwani hoon, do not even attempt watching AIBI.

Bharath is good. He is no longer the gawky Boyz teenager, and his performance has the right mix of vulnerability and playfulness.

Yuvan Shankar Raja's music is one of the high points of the movie. Its different, refreshing and very much like the new Chennai...I am still clinging on to the old Madras and Yuvan's dad's slow songs, so it will take a while for his music to grown on me.

The first half of the movie is actually a little watchable, if you try and ignore the heroine - Mallika Kapoor. Everything goes downhill when the Ooty flashback starts, with "coimbatorelendhu ootyku CARliyey polam" - fame Renuka.

I can tolerate an over acting heroine or an over acting mother. Throw both of them into the same movie...and make them yell a LOT...and you begin to see why even the movie's writers included the cautionary term "bayama irukku" in the title.

What now?

Last night, I started watching Sex and the city on WB. I then realized a shocking truth - i cannot watch it anymore. I have watched every single episode 50 times. I have now truly reached the point where I know every single dialogue and can even recall every dress Carrie wore. For the past year, SATC was my great escapist tool. Now, what do I do? Can there be life after SATC?

Well, maybe yes. I just spent all of sunday catching up on episodes of Big Love (on HBO) and the Mind of Mencia (on comedy central). Big Love is about this polygamist family living in Utah and its pretty interesting (like all other HBO series).

The Godfather

I saw Godfather again last night, for the 30th time. People think only guys dig the Godfather. There is something so incredibly powerful about this movie, and Brando and Pacino give the best performances that Hollywood has ever seen.

In You've got mail, Tom Hanks tells this to Meg Ryan ... "The Godfather is the i-ching; the Godfather is the sum of all wisdom". That is so true! Everything you need to learn from life, you can learn from the Godfather!

So, here are my favorite quotes; They are profound!

"...and if I ever need any guidance, who's a better consiglieri than my father?"

"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again."

"Leave the gun...take the Canoli"

"Its not personal..its business"

Back to blogging (for the nth time!)

I stopped writing for a while, for various reasons. However, Without blogging, I feel like a part of myself is missing, or rather, deafeningly silent. Afterall, is there a better forum for me to rant about bad airline service or worship The King? (do I even need to mention that I am referring to Ilayaraja?)

So here I am, back to my favorite old blogspot. I do not know how long this new renewed zeal for blogging will last, but I already have five different articles queued up in my mind. So my faithful readers (or rather Mom and Sis!).. Rejoice! The lazyblogger is back!!