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Housefull Review: Decent Movie; Don’t Believe the Critics

 Bollywood  13 Responses »
Apr 302010
 
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Don’t believe the critics, whaddya mean?

Schmuck, we mean don’t believe the other critics.

Entertaining Nonsense
Folks, Akshay Kumar’s new movie Housefull is Total Nonsense but Fairly Entertaining Nonsense.

After reading several Indian critics, we were a little wary whether our money and time were being flushed down the loo this time too.

Thank heavens, No.

For sure, Housefull is no masterpiece but a gazillion times better than Akshay’s recent movies like Chandni Chowk, Kambhakkt Ishq et al.

Housefull is a nice  slapstick comedy with all the illogical, wild nonsense that the genre entails.

The nonsense includes a slapping and boxing match between Akshay Kumar and an Italian monkey, a black baby for an Indian couple, deliberate suggestions of homosexuality, a full-grown tiger on the sofa et al.

By the way, no marks for guessing who’s the winner in the battle between Akshay and the Italian monkey. ;)

The movie opens with Akshay Kumar employed as a jinx or Jonah at the Venetian casino in Macau (looks so like the Venetian in Vegas). When the casino sees a gambler with a winning streak, they trot out Arush (Akshay Kumar) whose presence at the table breaks the good luck of the players and boosts the casino’s profits/reduces losses.

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The man is said to be so unlucky that Friday the 13th is just no match for his birthday.

So unlucky that we even have a song He’s such a loser.

Dejected when his proposal is rejected, he’s off to London to stay with his buddy Babu Rao a.k.a. Bob (Riteish Deshmukh). No sooner does he arrive in London, things begin to collapse at Bob’s place much to the irritation of Bob’s wife Hetal (Lara Dutta).

Before you know it, Arush is married to Devika Khan (Jiah Khan) daughter of casino moghul Kishore Samtani (played by Randhir Kapoor), who’s also boss of Bob and Hetal).

What a delight to see Randhir Kapoor on the screen. The geezer was good in the short role. Old certainly is Gold.

Confusion Galore, Delight Galore
The marriage is when the confusion and nonsense get into full gear, particularly when we see the newly wedded bride smooching a white guy Benny on the beach. Continue reading »

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On the Road to Housefull

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Apr 302010
 
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Quick note via iPhone from a rest area by the highway.

Update:

Back home.

Housefull Review: Decent Movie; Don’t Believe the Critics

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Critics Bugger Akshay Kumar’s Housefull

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Apr 302010
 
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Poor Akshay Kumar.

Bollywood movie critics have lately made a sport of buggering the fellow’s films with glee.

Akshay’s new movie Houseful released today and the critics tore into the movie.

Here’s what a sample of critics had to say on Houseful:

NDTV:

There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of.

Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings, serve to create a low-IQ comedy.

…. the writing in Housefull is too mediocre and the film is, at best, a below average entertainer. Keep your expectations low and see it if you must.

Rediff:

There is tacky, there is trashy and then there is a whole new depth of shamelessness that can be found in a film that ends with footage of its producer’s birthday party.

That’s right, the closing credits of Sajid Khan’s [ Images ] latest film Housefull feature video from Sajid Nadiadwala’s birthday party, complete with shots of cake, cast and crew assembled grinningly around the producer. It’s an unbelievable new low, and trust Sajid Khan to hit it before anyone else does.

The film itself is just as distasteful.

…..On the Akshay Kumar filmography, this film deserves pride of place right between Chandni Chowk To China and Kambakkht Ishq. Kumar’s paid dozens of crores for this shtick, but what’s your excuse for watching?

India Today:

What can you say for a movie where Arjun Rampal is the most distinguished cast member, making former superstar Akhsay Kumar look like an approximation of the monkey he slaps? Not much except wonder how Akshay Kumar is planning his career.

Sure, these critics may also have had a nice thing or two to say about the film but for the most part they are not happy.


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Movie Critics Spit on Vijay’s Sura

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Apr 302010
 
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Film critics have spoken and the verdict is that Tamil movie star Vijay’s 50th film Sura is garbage.

Here’s a sample of reviews of Sura:

Behindwoods:

(T)here is no variety in the film and it happens to be a usual Vijay fare. The script seems to be a combination from his earlier ventures.

…There are umpteen numbers of irrational scenes in the film that has even the Vijay fans squirm in their seats with dissatisfaction. The classic example is when the actor lights up the stove with the flip of his fingers.

….The negative aspects of Sura are no doubt the music, illogical, if not slow screenplay, gravity defying stunts, slow moving scenes.

OneIndia:

But there are few actors, like Vijay, still living in the world of myths and not ashamed for giving half baked films like Kuruvi, Villu, Vettaikkaran, Sura and cheating the so called die hard fans continuously.

Sura, the 50th film of Vijay is surely a disaster in his 19 years old career. The story is as old as hills and the sequences are stale and repeated. Vadivelu is the only plus point in this two and half hour horrible experience. Another important point is, S P Rajkumar, who always made some B grade films, wasted a golden opportunity to establish himself as a front line entertainment filmmaker.

….Nothing special to mention in Vijay’s action, stunts and even his comical scenes irritate a lot. Continue reading »

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Sura Review – Colossus of Nonsense

 Tamil Movies  21 Responses »
Apr 302010
 
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Trust Tamil movie star Joseph Vijay to conjure up a sui generis way of thanking legions of fans for standing by him for 49 films over nearly two decades.

For his 50th film Sura, Vijay gathered all the saliva in his mouth and in one merciless, swift swoop spat square on the face of millions of Tamils who supported him all these years.

That’s gratitude, Vijay a.k.a. Punnaku Pandi style. :(

Colossus of Nonsense
Folks, Sura is not your usual crappy Vijay film.

Au contraire, it’s a colossus of nonsense, easily one of the worst Tamil movies the bozo has featured in.

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Cast as a fisherman with a heart that beats only for his fellow fishermen/slum dwellers on the beach, Vijay is the eponymous Sura of the movie. There’s a bad politician who tries to grab the land on which the poor fishermen have their huts and Sura stops him, first by beating his henchmen to a pulp, then by stealing his money and finally by dispatching him to his maker.

That’s all there is to this shitty movie.  We swear, guys. We swear on Ilaya Thalapathy (Vijay.)

Tu. Tu (we’re returning the favor, Vijay). Continue reading »

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Sura First Half – Total Nonsense

 Tamil Movies  5 Responses »
Apr 292010
 
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(via iPhone)

Thank God for the intermission.

Sick, boring shit after 1-hour 3-minutes.

It’s 9.25PM, here on the East Coast.

Folks, the first half of Sura is total garbage.

Our eponymous hero Sura is a fisherman. There’s a minister, who is also a nasty character.

The paths of Sura and the minister have yet to cross.

We’ve gone past two songs, both not in the least entertaining.

The story so far is non- existent.

Vadivelu is irritating, not one bit funny. His antics are beyond stupid.

Doubt the second half can salvage the film.

Update:
We’re back home and will have the full review up soon.

God, the second half of Sura was as bad if not worse.

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