Showing posts with label Dhoom 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dhoom 3. Show all posts

Sunday, 29 December 2013

MOVIE REVIEW - DHOOM 3

Recipe: Take Uday Chopra's dad's money, call some Hollywood stunt experts, spend hours copying scenes from the best action movies, and oh! ensure Aamir, and his carbon copy, and voila! Dhishoom....no....Dhoom 3.

Gone in 60 seconds, The Dark Knight, Bad Boys 2, and the latest episode of Cops are what you get to see in this movie, mixed with desi masala. In fact, the BMW and its modifications are impressive, but compared to The Dark Knight, the bike looks like Hot Wheels. Tamils are made fun of again, with the scene introducing Yash and Abhishek Bachchan. He goes through walls punching criminals, like his father did, trying to be the angry young man of the 70s again. But, for some reason, the makers decided to do a wheelie in a Bajaj auto, and even drive it on rooftops, like Will Smith did in Bad Boys 2, in a jhakhaas yellow Hummer. This scene however, is just jackass.

Yes, your girlfriend can drool over Aamir, you over Katrina and your mum over Jackie Shroff. The circus acts remind you of Cirque du soleil. The role played by the child artist Siddharth Nigam is just endearing. Pritam has given good music, and some scenes the background score is just perfect. The makers have done a good move by moving to BMW, instead of the usual Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha. How on Earth did they manage to pull off the surprise character of Aamir Khan and the twist in the story is anybody's guess. But, it is a job well done. Dhoom 3 is a must watch just for this, Aamir, or do we say Aamirs, at their villainous best.

But some things never change, as my co-critic pointed out. The police always show up late, even when they go abroad, they oogle at firangi girls, nothing happens to them even when a dozen bullets are fired, and they never miss their mark, even when dangling from a helicopter. Salaam Indian Police!
Also, the Transformers type scene, where the bike turns into a wave runner, is nice, but hard to believe. But, its an Indian masala entertainment; so, just scratch your head and leave it at that. Even America's finest are scratching their heads, figuring out how they lost so many squad cars, while Abhishek and Uday dodge them, without wearing helmets, on their bikes.

Is the movie worth your time and money? Yes, absolutely. Period. Kudos to Aamir for promoting helmets and riding gear. No points for Abhishek and Uday for clowning around, both in dialogues, acting and bike safety.

Friday, 27 September 2013

RAHUL BABA KO GUSSA KYUN AATA HAI?

Like Superman making an appearance at the SuperBowl, or Bane turning the stadium into a cereal bowl, Rahul Baba made an impromptu appearance at a Press Conference today. He took the media persons by surprise, and even made Arnab Goswami to start the bashing from afternoon.
Here in Mysore, temperature's were already soaring, when i switched on the news and saw Rahul declaring the Ordinance to be nonsense. He added that it should be torn and thrown. WOOHOO! finally someone spoke to the point and used language which the youth understand.
I liked the fact that Rahul showed up with a beard, and finally, he bit Manmohan Singh's pinky finger. Its about time 'the angry young man' brand is launched again. Can't expect that from Abhishek Bachhan's Dhoom. But that is another matter.
Ah! the Ordinance. This enables our politicians to win elections from his air conditioned jail cell. Instead of raping women in his home, he can have his own brothel at this cell, and then pass a bill on Child Safety the next day. We thought the Congress government was all about women, money, Swiss banks and Audi.
Sushma Swaraj might be mighty pleased. The scion of Congress has actually supported BJP's stand, though Modi (the Gujrati guy, with a beard too) might run his hands through his hair in dismay and dropped the theplas to the ground. Rahul Baba has captured the nation's attention in five, that's right, FIVE minutes! He came, he saw, he spoke, he conquered and he went away.
That a young party president has spoken in rebellion against the Prime Minister of a nuclear empowered democracy, in his absence, has sent tongues wagging and sent tails behind legs. The young brigade of the Congress has risen in rebellion, along with a nation tired of paying more for onions. Rahul has got the pulse of the nation, and is all set to cure its illness.
So, for today, and for a few more days to come, the IPL Modi has to wait for his chance on the News Hour. For now, its the spokesperson of various parties, and pretty young news anchors, and of course, Arnab clueless on getting caught off guard.
Finally, i'm glad that Rahul Baba ko gussa aaya!