Oh my god they made Jet Li cry!
They even tried to make him emote.
"The past is behind you.
The future is what lies ahead"
Hohohohoh! Okay, I reallly need to understand why I do this to myself. Why the f__k do I have to spoil the awesome after-taste of a perfect movie with a pathetic one. 2 movies in 2 nights, one the pinaccle of powerful cinema delivery, the other the heights of hindi masala, english style.
The second movie first: Danny the Dog.
I should have stopped this movie at the titles itself. I mean, jus cuz the filename was "untitled.avi" and curiosity led me to open it doesn't mean I go through the ordeal of watching the damn thing! Anyway, so Danny the Dog is Jet Li with a metal collar - you take it out he kills, you keep it on he emotes. Wow. Somewhere along the line the emoting part starts to get serious and he goes on to say the word "piano", this after gazing for hours on end at an alphabet book which has waaay too gay words assigned for each letter. How does "K for kiss","L for love", "M for milk" and "P for piano" sound? A sexually explicit alphabet book thats how! :| Moving on, Danny beats up more ppls and ze master realizes he can make some big dosh by letting him kick some butt in an arena. They get the dosh, twist in the tale and Danny ends up at nice blind black man's house. The same guy who showed the Dog a piano. Morgan Freeman in a role which makes his nose look bigger than ever - its the glasses I believe.
Danny the robotic Aibo(redundancy intended), gets in touch with his inner self - much like all the celebrities of his time...with help from a(yes you guessed it) FEMALE LEAD ACTRESS! Lil known actress in the role of Victoria - a girl with braces who finds the Dog cute. How perfecto. Movie drawls for 45 mins, Danny gets human. Old master not dead(duh), finds Danny. Bloodshed begins again, 40 mins too late if you ask me. Major bloodshed, Danny gets onto "protecting his family". The torture ends with big burly Master and Danny in a showdown in a setting similar to the death of his mother (oh yeah, there's a character I forgot to mention). Blind black man and bracesgirl watch from the closet as their good ole Danny beats the living crap out of Master. More crappy dialogues follow.
"You're a dog. You're my dog. I fed you. I trained you. I own you.And I should kill you. Like any responsible owner would do to a dog."
Yeah baby! Fight-le-grande ends with Big-nose Freeman teaching Danny some principles on NOT KILLING! 'cuz killing would make him an animal. Uh ok, Danny the Dog. Victoria gets senti, gives off show with piano in big concert. Stupid joke about collar in the end. Movie done. Me thinking - why the f__k did I have to watch? To be fair, atleast the movie stayed away from the arbit nekkidness scene which is compulsory in this genre. Wow again. Yeah yeah, the fight scenes kicked solid arse. :|
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The first movie second: Requiem for a Dream.
I'm sure that title rings a bell for many reading this. A movie I'd promised myself I'd watch a zillion years ago but never got around to. Well, I finally did. Damn, am I grateful. :) P o w e r f u l. This here is a movie which doesn't fucking mince anything. In spite of the extremely explicit nature of the sequences in the movie, I never felt that they were there just for the heck of it. The very fact that I'm kinda falling short of words to describe the movie means that its good. Payne can blabber when he hates, Old Jungle saying.
Goldfarb is a family of two - mom and son. Son, druggy. Mom, innocent aged loving mother. Black guy, son's partner in crime. Green-eyed girl, female lead (Jeniffer Conelly in a stunning performance). From the titles to the credits, the movie gives one NO friggin' breather. Following Harry's journey into doom with dope and Sarah Goldfarb's obsession with television leading to her to the abyss, the movie grips you by the balls and leaves you fucked up. The different emotions portrayed are so real and yet so surreal in the context.
From the loneliness of the mom who has noone left by her anymore to the love of the son for his mom, the "romance from the next dimension" of the lead pair, from hope to despair, from pain to happiness. As if the storyline and the way it plays out weren't riveting enough, you have the haunting soundtrack which makes sure the movie will never leave your back - even after Danny the Dog.
But the deal-clincher is this>>> This is one movie which has the power to deliver the toughest message - drugs do not pay. They take away pretty much everythin in return for that trip. This movie is a trip by itself. Its fucking depressing at times and the truly shocking at other times. Scary too, very. Sorrow, shock and horror, perfect carriers for the message.
Watch this movie. Please. If you do not like it, you are either stoned or you are Danny the Dog (redundancy again).
Sara Goldfarb: "In the end it's all nice. "
Payne
How can a Payne post end without a pic?
I call this one - Loneliness
Late edit: 30,000 hits. Uh, whoa. I shall write big thank you post soon, for now I gotta go crap. Whoa.
Current Music: Clint Mansell - The party
6 Nov 2005, 2:31pm
Nice pic. :D
And the title of the second movie (which I haven't heard of) made me laugh. Reminded me of someone.
7 Nov 2005, 4:17pm
uh.
ok Aran.
ok drIp.
{look! a bazooka!}
syko :-"
8 Nov 2005, 8:35am
Danny the Dog...its been a while since i watched that movie. I think i liked it, the action was good....the concept of bringing someone back to life,society...to himself was nice. Imagine what would his life be like otherwise. I would recom Naked weapon Assins...this movie kinda deals with the same concept...emotions and behavior....maybe you will appreciate the later a bit ..may be!
8 Nov 2005, 9:30am
Oh! its was not danny the dog...the title of the moview was UNLEASHED!....yea that's what i was wondering about ...it sounded weird in the first place.
8 Nov 2005, 11:41am
I havent read all that you have so painstakingly typed.
I can see you have been bitten by the shutter-bug too.....the shots are like OK except the fireworks/night shots....they are tough anyway.
Dont bother responding...wont be around!
9 Nov 2005, 9:45pm
ok. i cant see how you've been bitten by bugs or watevr.
but yes. i dont think i've read wat you've typed either. painstakingly or otherwise.
or maybe i did.
sue_me_
syko :-"
10 Nov 2005, 10:05am
hmmm.. your lingo rocks.. and the flow n stuff.. but you need more content n all da...
10 Nov 2005, 10:54am
yes DA. you need to be more tamilian awlso DA.
yes machan. yes thambi. YES!
engui_irrekei? 8-}
syko :-"
PS: seriously. your flow. THAT is wat we're proud of. YES.
PPS: if you should find yerself in need of more free sarcasm, please give me free hits at http://whistler.fullhydblogs.com
PPS: i say things like DA and machan all the time. just so you kno :-"
10 Nov 2005, 11:46pm
alright. WHOA!
@Aran: as always innit now? :D n yes, Daani the Dog...hohohoho...=))
@syko, syko n more syko: balls to thee.
@Twigrl: BIG comment..but it mentions that you liked DtD or Unleashed..so umm... :D
@nayantara: praises acknowledged n all...now you have to teach me how to track down ppls to orkut through blogs...:-s
yes da.
Payne
18 Nov 2005, 6:27am
watched the movie requiem for a dream...liked the message they wanted to portray, not the unnecesary nude scenes it had....it could have been done without as opposed to drp saying it was essential to the plot...nudity is NEVER essential to any plot unless it is to attract guys to the movie...
19 Nov 2005, 11:25pm
if you was strolling down the street in the chennai heat, would you say it would be a prime example of "the_scene_demanding_nudity"?
WOULD YOU? :-L
coz i'm tellin ya.
it's_gettin_hot_in_herrrrre .
syko :-"
ps: glad i can help with my as-s-tute observations :{D
19 Nov 2005, 11:39pm
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19 Nov 2005, 11:41pm
wait wait WAIT!
hold it JUST A MINUTE there buddy_boys!
are YOu sayin you watched the movie for its MESSAGE?! and not for its...uh...you know {shy is coming} :-s
syko :-"