Phoonk

What exactly was Ram Gopal Varma thinking when he made this movie? If challenging the public for Rs. 5 L in order to sit through the movie without being spooked is his idea of evading tax.. then he's doing a very good job of it...

Phoonk is a sad remake of Bhooth.. Same story with mild differences... slowly paced (you can catch yourself screaming for some action!) bad calibre actors.. (even the crow's no good - all it does is sit on a tree!) some stiffling sound effects... gory laughter which just makes you laugh as well instead of being scared...

He has tried evolving the movie around the age old controversy of science vs. religious beliefs and superstitions.. but has done a bad job of it! If he thinks two dream sequences with some startling sounds here and there... all actresses with dark kajal filled wide eyes.. two bones and some lemons and chillies constitute a horror movie... then I guess it's time for him to revisit the actual meaning of horror & thrills and in future, try not to under estimate the audience's intelligence!

Simple put... its more of a comedy than a horror show! I wouldnt suggest you take the risk of going alone.. lest you fall asleep as a result of boredom.. If RGV's claim that a guy who took up his bet.. lost it within the first 15 minutes of the movie.. he ought to be kidding himself.. There is no substance in the movie.. let alone until the intreval.. not even unto the end! RGV seems to be losing his credibility of a decent film maker..

Those still intrested in pursuing this one... Hapyy laughing! :)

The Pursuit of Happyness

This is one movie that I had to write about.. I have watched a lot of movies and enjoyed most of them.. some of them have moved me deeply too... but this seems to stand a class apart...

As the tittle says... All we can do is 'pursue' happiness... in comparison to real life, that is but true.. humans always tend to pursue things which they 'believe' and 'hope' will give them happiness... but we fail to realize that happiness lies in being able to truly appreciate and enjoy all that we already have....

I had heard good and bad comments about the movie.. I missed out on going for it with my class... and finally one day, after lectures since I had quite sometime on hand.. I decided to watch the movie online.. I had no expectations from the movie and was watching it to merely spend time... However, the movie took me by surprise.. I do not wish to go into the movie details.. but, there is a lot in the story that every individual can actually relate to.. the desperateness you feel when everything around you seems to go wrong and you are so intent on pursuing any little thing that can fill your life with joy..

Kudos to Will Smith and Jaden Smith (Will's son in the movie as well as real life) for so neatly articulating human emotions in the movie...