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30
Dec

3 Idiots – Mixture of Highs and Lows

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3 Idiots

On Thursday, 24th of December 2009, I received a call from my friend regarding this movie. He had somehow managed to lay his hands on the tickets of the premier show of 3 Idiots, the much hyped movie starring Amir Khan and crew (as usual, almost everyone else has a role much less important than his own). Having nothing better to do, I went to the movie with them.

3 Idiots is a surprisingly good movie. All the talk about the similarities with 5 Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat proved to be stretched so much that Young would have had an heart attack. The movie bears some resemblance with the book, but is nothing like it most of the times. The disparities were very much welcome. Contrary to popular public opinion, I don’t like the book very much. Plus one to 3 Idiots. Plus one to Rajkumar Hirani for writing a story with brilliant dialogs and quick witty humor. [Read more →]

29
Dec

Notorious – A Hitchcock Masterpiece

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Notorious - Hitchcock

When I first read the synopsis of this movie on imdb, nothing stirred up inside me. The synopsis seemed strangely familiar to me. After few minutes of pondering suddenly a name flashed in my head. Mission Impossible 2. This would have pretty much sealed off the deal for me, but I had heard a LOT about Hitchcock’s movies from everyone, so I decided to give it a go.

I was exuberant that I did not decide not to watch the movie. Hitchcock, as usual, rocks in this movie as well. The movie is brilliant. Mission Impossible 2, though similar, is nowhere close to this movie. I am not going to compare the 2 movies here. This is just a recollection of the old memories stirred up inside when I watched another classic from Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca a few days ago. So, I decided to start with this movie as it introduced Bergman to me. [Read more →]

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