Movie Time
Had two full free days. Exams finished on Monday and classes do not start till thursday. This I guess is the first time I had so much free time on my hand after coming to IIML . So saw a few movies "Full Metal Jacket" - The first half was quite good, especially a foul-mouthed marine instructor. The second half drags a bit, it is the same old Vietnam quagmire.
Another movie was Ijazaat. a brilliant Gulzar movie. Most of the screenplay takes place in a spartan railway waiting room in a God-forsaken station. It is about the meeting of a divorced couple Naseer and Rekha and about the complications of married life. Amazing songs like "katra katra" and "mera kuch samaan" and superb acting from the protagonists. Cameo appearances by the Kapoor brothers.
Another movie was the Dreamworks cartoon Madagascar, average stuff. But entertaining. It is about four New York zoo animals, who get marooned in Madagascar. The voice overs given by Ben Stiller(Lion) and David Schwimmer(Giraffe). The plus points are the native animals the Lemurs and their king Julian the 13th with an hilarious Indian accent, there is one ludicrous Mtv grind style rollicking dance scene, with catchy music. There are some puns on other movies like the Bo Derek bikini scene, with the hippo coming out in a bikini made up of crabs.and the deadly penguin gang who hijack the ship and take it to antartica to have cold sushi for breakfast, a spalding football from the tom hanks movie castaway.
The name Madagascar is appealing it surely has an exotic touch to it. It is one of the
least explored places in the world. Would like to see some documentary on it on Nat Geo or Discovery.
Have a few more movies lined up in the next two days.