Pink Fire Pointer October 2010


"What Movies Mean To Me"?

"What Movies Mean To Me"? >>>> As shared in Tom Cruise's blog >> http://www.tomcruise.com/blog/

It's the Silver screen with Golden dreams, etched either in poetic master-pieces of showmanship or the thunderous arrival of block-bust-ing epics. Having waxed eloquent about Movies - the gift that they are to the mankind, it also represents the best of us. Why? As every film under the sun or shade, is inevitably and ultimately the aggregate output of a team. The best brought out by Unity, in Variety!! " Cinema - thy name is wonderment! ~ v.vijai anto"

kollywood spoof

There are only 842 Girls left for every 1000 Boyz in the world. Save Girls! We can save Tigers later. Puli kutti venuma? (Pulla)kutty Venuma? Yosinga pa !!!

That was a status message in my friend's fb page, which I and many others shared and it inspired in me a cool Kollywood story:

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Vijai Anto V i hear they're even gonna make a movie on dis subject : puliya pillaiya! :P ;)
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Vijai Anto V latest update ::: actor ajith interested in dis touching n social reforming subject!! await further news!
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Vijai Anto V hah! done deal: ajith's next masala entertainer on dis subject wit a twist in d plot : Puliyin pillai !! .. no points for guessin d plot! :P :D
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Vijai Anto V omg!! dis is blowing up big time! now even actor Vijay wants a piece of d action! will ajith relent?? will we see the 1st vijay-ajith starrer ??
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AAAAwesome breaking fantabulous news!! ajith relents! on his part, Vijay forgoes 3 idiots shootin, much 2 amir khan's relief! Shankar meanwhile hits d jackpot of shooting da 1st Ajith-Vijay starrer/thriller/drama/social message/masala enter...tainer !!!
official title : PULIYA PILLAIYA KUTTIYASee More
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psssssssssstt: top secret breaking news 4m shankar's office:: plot sketch revealed !! " 20 yrs into da future no more tigers as mankind opts to save womankind. Ajith is a scientist who's created a robotic-tigers to reserve ecology but tiger...s start to think n attack civilization in huge nos. hence in a desperate attempt to recreate the lost tigers ajith embarks on an epic adventure to meet the Son of the last surviving tiger - Vijay, who's puliyin pillai!! but ajith's gf is attracted during the course to vijay. who'll get d girl ? scientist/tigerboy/another tiger ?"

28 Days (2000)

28 DAYS  4 / 5


[your rating for the movie]

  A big thanks to Pix for playing this gem. Never thought this could be a great one but it's there! I can't be honestly objective in this movie as it did touch me personally. Having said it, I can't seem to place it : seems like a chick-flick but it ain't; seems like film-noir but it blossoms with spring and sunshine too; seems simplistic and light for the subject discussed yet manages to delve well into the psyche... honestly, it's an intersection of sea-biscuit and one flew over the cuckoo's nest - possessing none of the grandness of either.

Film's weaknesses are few and far between, that one thinks there might have been just a little more complexity, emotion, darkness, and just a little more grandness? Maybe it doesn't require it. Maybe it's just a good movie that doesn't pretend to be great and therein innately so. I am surprised to find the director Betty White's recent venture was the Alvin and chipmunks squeakquel! She's been doing the rounds of comedy, chick-flicks and rom-coms in regular fashion! This movie stands out as the odd one in her resume. The style does show in the shots and scenes, yet the comedy and romantic angles mesh well with the narrative.

Sandra Bullock was never my favorite actress except in Speed, and after this, I am taking a 180 degree turn. She carries the plot, almost solely in many places and does it so fittingly. Sandra's Gwen is insensitive yet with her heart on the sleeve, flaky yet intelligent, witty yet incredibly stupid. The 28 days of her growth in Rehab is well done when one considers the incredibly short running time for the movie on such a subject. Even without such considerations Gwen will stay in your thoughts. All supporting casts are well-etched! Unforgettable are Eddie the pitcher (Viggo Mortensen)and the overly sensitive homosexual. In fact, the latter is quite endearing after a time!

Like the movie, this blog-review will be short! Why a movie from 2000 A.D you ask? I say, some are timeless and are as new as tomorrow!
" ... you can control the little things in you."

4/5