back from hiatus with a banger known as Dhoom 3

Sorry for the long break everyone who is kind enough to read my blog, with school consuming my life its hard to make time for movies, but I come back from a long hiatus with something I feel passion towards. Sooooo what can I say about Dhoom 3.... not my cup of "chai" to say the least but lets get into the knitty gritty about it so I can help you avoid the torture I went through. Now most of India and the Indian population around the world may have enjoyed this action movie, but lets be real here, it was as flawed as flawed can be. Lets start from the very beginning shall we. The Great Indian Circus is the central plot to the film, however, I'm pretty sure a circus consists of circus animals, clowns... actually here is the wikipedia definition of a circus "A circus is a company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists." I only witnessed one magic trick, some aerialists, and a whole lot of dancing to love songs. You cant call that a circus... thats considered a bollywood stage show -_- FLAW #1. My personal pet peeves include starting an Indian movie off with a song and dance squence and/or having a song and dance sequence RIGHT after an important dramatic scene, this movie was quickly turning sour for me... Aamir Khan is undoubtedly the greatest classic bollywood actor there is, there is no denying that, his acting was outstanding, however, right after he "heists" a bank which didnt include stealing the money but rather making it rain money in Chicago... HE STARTED RANDOMLY DANCING OUT OF NOWHERE, it makes it rather unrealistic that you flee the scene of a crime and then when you are back home you just start dancing with your own backup dancers... FLAW # 2. Lets mosey on over to the intermission which was more predictable than the ball dropping in Time Square in New York CIty on New Years Eve. I dont want to give any major plot points away just in case you decide to watch but lets just say there were continuity mistakes that I can consider another pet peeve. How can one scene show Aamir Khan acting normally but after intermission he isn't anymore?! I'll let you decifer that one on your own. That can be FLAW# 3. Now for the end... spoiler alert*** Abishek Bachchan gets pinned under a motorcycle... he can't get up to fight off Aamir Khan because he is pinned under his bike, then explain to me how magically THE VERY NEXT SCENE

he is chasing Aamir Khan on his bike FLAW # 4 -_________- like WTFFF do Indian directors have a brain... how stupid can you be to make SUCH AN UNREALISTIC FILM!!!! The entire time I contemplated taking a nap because I couldn't bear to watch. I have nothing positive to say about this movie other than the fact that shitty actress Katrina Kaif--who only has her beauty going for her-- didnt really have a major acting part which I considered as a late Christmas gift to myself. 

This concludes my rant on Dhoom 3, the movie I so passionately hated. 

Till next time... :)

What to Expect When You're Expecting wasn't what I was expecting...

I saw the trailer for this movie couple months ago and thought to myself that I had to see this movie. Months have now gone by and today I see the commercial On Demand. My immediate thought was $4.99? OH HELL YEAA!!!! I was expecting it not to be so cheesy but of course any romantic comedy that somehow connects all the characters like "News Years Eve" and "Valentine's Day" has to be cheesy!! An outright amazing cast including, Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, and Jennifer Lopez, minus whoever the hell Ben Falcone is, I know your Melissa McCarthy's husband and all but your wife is daa shit, we all saw her in Bridesmaids, but not only that, she was awesome even in her beginning days in Samantha Who. You however Mr. cannot pass as Elizabeth Banks husband, in my opinion they should've casted someone better known and with a better personality. This Falcone fellow also did a terrible job being "pissed off" at his dad (Dennis Quaid) for competing in everything... pretty sure this was the  plot for Kicking and Screaming where Robert Duvall and the one and only Will Ferrell did a freaking amazing job. Elizabeth Banks is an awesome actress, she was hysterical, loved her! Hottie tottie Chace Crawford was looking hotter than his usual Gossip Girl persona but his character was absolutely useless since SPOILER ALERT he wasn't expecting -___- but I definitely don't mind him being eye candy in the movie!!! Another useless character was True Blood hottie Joe Manganiello, but by all means if you need hot men to fill up your movie time, I will gladly watch! It had numerous comedic parts which I enjoyed but the cheesiness outweighed the comedy. 3 out of 5 stars for this bad boy!

Colombiana!

I was never a fan of action movies till I saw this one... and Colombiana isn't a very known movie compared to movies such as Mission Impossible 4 but the fact that it swayed my movie genre preferences means that this movie was EPIC!!! I started watching it so I could kill time in between classes but as the movie progressed, my determination to go to class digressed, so sad I had to miss class that day :/ I've never watched a Zoe Saldana movie before, but I really enjoyed her acting; she is quite gifted and she's super hot too [no homo]. She was the only notable one in the film, but the rest of the cast was decent. I would totally watch that movie again if I had to, I was interested the entire time and a movie that doesn't bore me is a winner!! I especially liked about the first hour, thats what really had me saying, "It's only 50 minutes, I don't need to go to class, i'll probably just go on amazon anyway" -________- BUT IT WAS SOOOOOO WORTH IT because the rest of the movie was awesome too!!!! This movie is leading me down an action movie spiral and I'm freaking loving the ride!!!

Batman Blew my Mind!

I walked into Batman not expecting much because 1)I had just walked out of Magic Mike and obviously hot strippers were going to be on my mind for the rest of the night and 2)it is a 2 hour 50 minute film. The movie started off introducing Cat Woman played by Anne Hathaway who I think is just a phenomenal actress but I could just be biased since Princess Diaries is probably one of my favorite movies. Then Bruce Wayne came into the picture, overall the beginning was some what slow. Then one by one the cast of Inception came onto the scene. If u haven't seen  the exceptional acting by Joseph Gordon Levitt, Marion Cottiard, and Tom Hardy in Inception, well you are in luck because they do it again! As Chris Nolan always does it, he made another mindfuck flick. The movie progressively gets better as it goes on and by the end it is absolute greatness! By the end you will be telling yourself "this is the greatest movie ever!!!" I highly suggest watching it in IMAX because that is a whole experience of its own. Also expect a sequel of a certain side-kick in the possible future. For a movie made on a budget of $250 million, an earnings of $899,761,725 world wide it made a nice comfortable profit. I could say the only complaints I had was the choice of Batman-I never was a fan of Christian Bale playing the caped crusader from the start-but his Batman voice is always raspy and also very unnecessary. Also it's pretty hard to understand Tom Hardy AKA Bane because of his mask but the way he talks is very villianesque. GO WATCH THIS ALL MOVIE GOERS!!!!! IT'S A MUST :D

Magic Mike was Truly Magical

oh man what can I say about Magic Mike?!?! It was truly a great experience. Words cannot describe the spectacular we witnessed before us. So many hot guys... half naked... dancing up on what I believe are the luckiest extras in the world!!! The plot however was a major fail but who cares about a plot when Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello and the always shirtless Matthew McConaughey are stripping right in front of your eyes. Alex Pettyfer was alright in my opinion, his body wasn't as great as the others and his wild behavior took away from me watching what I went to the movies for in the first place... STRIPPERS! Cody Horn seemed like she was inspired by Blake Lively because she had the exact same expression on her face for the whole two hours -__- My only concern about watching this movie was the fact that my friends and I were surrounded by middle aged women o_O Other than that, I would give this movie the highest rating ever, even if I have to make one up. Its a must watch for all women out there :)

Saturday's Double Feature!

For the first time in six months I finally decided to end my Bollywood movie hiatus and take that leap with Cocktail. After endless disappoints with Indian movies, this film wasn't all that bad. I knew within the first 45 minutes what the entire movie would consist of but all Bollywood flicks are pretty predictable. Although I'm more of an Aamir Khan fan, Saif Ali Khan did a decent job being a comedian before the interval, I think Kareena Kapoor would be proud of her beau. Deepika Padukone I think did a great job portraying a "live in the moment, party hard" type girl! Plus she's from the same place where most of my family live in India and speaks the same language as my family so obviously I wouldn't have anything bad to say about her. Newcomer Diana Penty was alright in my book, she was kind of annoying after the interval when the "I love you but please forget about me" story line went on for about the last hour. WHY CAN'T FILM MAKERS JUST STOP THE UNNECESSARY RUBBERBAND STRETCH?!?!?! Just end the movie already... pleaseeee!!!! In my opinion if they had spent less time showing how to resist the love and spent more time embracing it the movie would be a lot more better, but unfortunately they didn't do that so I give the movie a 3 out 5. The songs were good except for a few they just DID NOT need to have. I'd recommend this movie for it's external shots of London and Cape Town but for actual plot it was pretty mediocre.

Onto my next Indian flick, Kahaani. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FILM!!!! Of all the Bollywood movies I've seen throughout my life I can honestly say that my top three are 3 Deewarein, Aankhen and now Kahaani. I'm not a huge fan of random breaks of song and dance, it ruins the seriousness of the movie, but this film had none which I really appreciated. I was on the edge of my seat from beginning to end and Vidya Balan is a phenomenal actress. The movie really only consisted of her being the only "famous" actor but that didn't take away from the film. There are not many Indian movies like this one so definitely watch it and pay attention throughout because events that take place in the beginning are important till the very end. For a movie made on a very tight budget, it did well for itself in box offices and I'm not surprised because the plot was so unique. And for once the setting did not take place in Mumbai or out of the country, the director finally took advantage of his own country and gave the audience a taste of Kolkata. I'd give this movie a 6 out of 5 rating and that's rare coming from me for an Indian movie. Expect remakes in different languages and a sequel in the future :)

Trip Down Olympic Lane

LONDON!!!!

The London Olympics are slowly approaching and what better way to celebrate all the nations coming together to compete for the gold, silver, and bronze than taking a trip down memory lane all the way to Beijing. Whoever saw the opening ceremonies in 2008 can agree that it was by far one of the best spectaculars ever!! I was lucky enough to go to the Olympic Park one year later. Now in 2012 it was all about London. Although it was still under construction and didn't compare to the crazy creations in China, it was still pretty nifty! If anyone decides to go, there is a Westfield mall right across so I highly suggest you go there, their Forever 21 and H&M are insane!!! I also recommend a Mexican restaurant called Wahaca, food's awesome and they give you chili seeds at the end of your meal! Here is a look at the London Olympic Park even before the media got a hold of it!

Michael Phelps's home away from home; Water Cube!

The one and only Birds Nest!