Self explanatory title - a movie about the Bees.
Barry, the bee, a new graduate to work in the honey factory is about to make the most important decision in his life - the job of the lifetime. He realises if he becomes the stirrer or the whatever in the honey factory, his life is just that. He feels unsure and takes a trip to the outside world with the pollinators.
He comes really close to being dead, but Vanessa saves him and he feels obligated to thank her. In this, they develop a great friendship. Eventually, she takes him shopping and he is shocked to find bottles and bottles of honey with fake people and their names on it. He is enraged and vows to get to the bottom. He discovers bees are bred in captivity and their honey taken from them.
He engages in a lawsuit with Vanessa's help and the world is amazed to see a talking bee, and eventually wins the case. No more honey stealing!
But over time, Vanessa's florist business goes down. The world looks like a dump, without plants and the bees seem to have nothing to do. Barry realises it is all his fault, but he finds an idea to get it all back. Vanessa and Barry attend the flower show and steal away a truck full of flowers and bring it on the plane. On the way back, when Barry tries to talk to the pilots, they become pilot-less and Barry's hive friends help him land the plane and the pollen is thrown around again and in a few days time, the balance is restored.
Again, one of the cute movies with focus on animals and insects and their life. It almost makes me think about how delicately nature is balanced over little things that all of us are supposed to do and this, the earth functions in a perfect balance. In the name of respect and equal rights to all, if we keep challenging routines, things do get a little crazy and off balance. Definitely worth a watch.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
namnaadu
Starring Sharath Kumar and Nayanthara, the movie is about an orphan journalist, who takes revenge on society's evils.
Sharath and Nayanthara are colleagues working with a newspaper organization. Sharath is (annoyingly) bright, gets on Nayanthara's nerves, but treats the editor as his own father. The newspaper publishes revolutionary items that bring about social awakening. They discover that one of the cool drinks company is being set on a site that already has water problems and how the government is receiving bribes to let the factory be set up. This is published and as a result, the editor and his daughter are killed. Yet, Sharath takes over the responsibility and runs the press. His colleagues are attacked and finally he is 'legally' arrested.
After escaping from a plot where the police try to kill him, he returns to take revenge. He disguises himself and gets a job at the same factory and starts collecting evidence against the owner. Eventually, the truth is brought about after lots of muscle flexing and hard to believe hero saviour timings,etc.
One of those sappy patriotic movies that you can figure out the plot and ending even before the movie has headed halfway and then forgotten within the first half hour after the ending. This was probably one of the political movies of Sharath and it was drenched with it. Like I said, Sharath was trying to be very youthful, to the point of annoying, cause he didn't look youthful at all - more like an adult with midlife crisis throwing tantrums and attracting attention. Nayanthara was nothing more than a doll. Even Vadivelu's humour was void of its usual punch. Definitely good to skip this.
Sharath and Nayanthara are colleagues working with a newspaper organization. Sharath is (annoyingly) bright, gets on Nayanthara's nerves, but treats the editor as his own father. The newspaper publishes revolutionary items that bring about social awakening. They discover that one of the cool drinks company is being set on a site that already has water problems and how the government is receiving bribes to let the factory be set up. This is published and as a result, the editor and his daughter are killed. Yet, Sharath takes over the responsibility and runs the press. His colleagues are attacked and finally he is 'legally' arrested.
After escaping from a plot where the police try to kill him, he returns to take revenge. He disguises himself and gets a job at the same factory and starts collecting evidence against the owner. Eventually, the truth is brought about after lots of muscle flexing and hard to believe hero saviour timings,etc.
One of those sappy patriotic movies that you can figure out the plot and ending even before the movie has headed halfway and then forgotten within the first half hour after the ending. This was probably one of the political movies of Sharath and it was drenched with it. Like I said, Sharath was trying to be very youthful, to the point of annoying, cause he didn't look youthful at all - more like an adult with midlife crisis throwing tantrums and attracting attention. Nayanthara was nothing more than a doll. Even Vadivelu's humour was void of its usual punch. Definitely good to skip this.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
panam padaithavan
Starring MGR, Sowcar and K.R.Vijaya, the movie is about how ladies should not be.
MGR is an awesome athlete and he is taken to Calcutta as part of a sports meet and wins again. He helps a drunkard to his home and falls in love with his daughter, Vijaya. He also meets a rich man and his daughter, Sowcar, who takes an instant liking towards him. When visiting Sowcar's house, MGR discovers Vijaya works in the same household. Sowcar is a rich man's daughter, who goes to horse races, clubbing and parties, and MGR is averted by her behaviour yet keeps her company for courtesy sake. Meanwhile, his brother, Nagesh and Sowcar's sister fall in love.
Both the parents decide to become relations and propose marriage, but MGR refuses to marry Sowcar, since he is not at all fond of her. When MGR's parents propose only Nagesh's marriage to the younger one, their father refuses. A love struck Nagesh becomes worse and worse in health, finally forcing MGR to marry Sowcar for the benefit of all.
Even though Vijaya allows him to pursue the marriage, she attempts suicide and MGR rushes to her side, even though Sowcar is against it and this creates a rift in their marriage. In return for her husband's thoughtlessness, she plans to leave the house at the same time of night for a male friend, Manohar. Even though MGR discourages, she still insists. After meeting Manohar, she starts getting uncomfortable and tries to return, but he stops her and tries to take advantage of her. A typical Kollywood entry of the hero rescuing his wife, MGR jumps in and fights for her, but in the end, Sowcar is killed by his gun. The movie ends with Vijaya and MGR marrying one another.
One of my favourite songs, kann pona pokkilae, is from this movie and is filled with rich learning in simple lyrics. An OK movie, with typical hero worship elements and actions to set the right path for the viewers. Although we claim that movies show much bad things today, it is hard to sit through a movie where the hero does nothing but good - it is almost unbelievable. Any practical human these days, is bound to hurt someone and do something evil, else survival is hard. Moreover for those, who know what is right and wrong and know that movies are not life, the altruist is a useless character, as he doesn't exist. But for the masses who watch this movie mindlessly, might have been attracted to his goodness and done good themselves - a grey area indeed!
MGR is an awesome athlete and he is taken to Calcutta as part of a sports meet and wins again. He helps a drunkard to his home and falls in love with his daughter, Vijaya. He also meets a rich man and his daughter, Sowcar, who takes an instant liking towards him. When visiting Sowcar's house, MGR discovers Vijaya works in the same household. Sowcar is a rich man's daughter, who goes to horse races, clubbing and parties, and MGR is averted by her behaviour yet keeps her company for courtesy sake. Meanwhile, his brother, Nagesh and Sowcar's sister fall in love.
Both the parents decide to become relations and propose marriage, but MGR refuses to marry Sowcar, since he is not at all fond of her. When MGR's parents propose only Nagesh's marriage to the younger one, their father refuses. A love struck Nagesh becomes worse and worse in health, finally forcing MGR to marry Sowcar for the benefit of all.
Even though Vijaya allows him to pursue the marriage, she attempts suicide and MGR rushes to her side, even though Sowcar is against it and this creates a rift in their marriage. In return for her husband's thoughtlessness, she plans to leave the house at the same time of night for a male friend, Manohar. Even though MGR discourages, she still insists. After meeting Manohar, she starts getting uncomfortable and tries to return, but he stops her and tries to take advantage of her. A typical Kollywood entry of the hero rescuing his wife, MGR jumps in and fights for her, but in the end, Sowcar is killed by his gun. The movie ends with Vijaya and MGR marrying one another.
One of my favourite songs, kann pona pokkilae, is from this movie and is filled with rich learning in simple lyrics. An OK movie, with typical hero worship elements and actions to set the right path for the viewers. Although we claim that movies show much bad things today, it is hard to sit through a movie where the hero does nothing but good - it is almost unbelievable. Any practical human these days, is bound to hurt someone and do something evil, else survival is hard. Moreover for those, who know what is right and wrong and know that movies are not life, the altruist is a useless character, as he doesn't exist. But for the masses who watch this movie mindlessly, might have been attracted to his goodness and done good themselves - a grey area indeed!
The Golden Compass
This was a very abstract themed movie with lots of special effects. It might take a few watches before the story is captured.
Lyra lives a parallel universe where the souls of humans live in their accompanying animals called the demons. She plays a lot with the street children and is lives at free will. There are Gobblers at loose, who are responsible for the disappearance of many children.
Lord Asriel, her uncle comes by to the college, she lives by. She saves him from a killing attempt by the Magesterium - which is the local organization controlling everyone to impose their ideas on the people. Asriel is about to propose the existence of Dust and parallel universe, which is a theory the Magesterium wants to discourage. But Asriel manages to get the funds and leaves.
After his departure, Marisa comes to the college and takes Lyra as her assistant for a trip to the north. Before leaving, Lyra is given an alethiometer (which is the last ever, since Magesterium doesn't want anyone to use it) by a member of the college. Although she is unable to use it, she takes it with her. When Marisa delays their trip, Lyra finds out that Marisa is part of the Gobblers and begins defiance. She runs away from them and just before getting caught, she is caught by the Gyptians who are on the lookout for their lost children. She travels with them over sea and meets the Serafina, queen of the witch clan.
When they stop by at a port, Lyra befriends an aeronaut Lee, who tells her to get the help of a polar bear in exile, Iorek. The bear has strong armour, which was trickingly taken away from him. Lyra finds the armour using her alethiometer and Iorek agrees to help her. Now she heads to Billy, with the instrument's help and finds him disoriented. During the stay, the tribe gets attacked by Samoyeds, Lyra is captured and taken to Ragnar, king of the polar armoured bears. Lyra tricks Ragnar into fighting with Iorek. Iorek wins the fight. Iorek carries Lyra to the research centre, but gets separated from her. Pretending she is lost, she walks into the centre and alerts Roger to prepare everyone to escape. She gets caught eavesdropping on the scientists' conversation to separate the demon from the child to stop dust from affecting the children. Just as the scientists are about to separate her demon, Marisa walks in and stops the whole thing. Marisa confesses that Lyra is her daughter and Lord Asriel, her father. Lyra also finds out that her father is further north and people have been sent to kill him. Lyra injures Marisa temporarily and escapes. She destroys the machinery leading to explosions and brings the children out of the centre. A battle follows, where the children are saved and the good side wins. Lyra then continues journey to the north to save her father.
An interesting movie with lots of special effects. The best was probably Dakota Richards' (Lyra's) defiance. Although in the beginning the acting was to be appreciated, after a while, she just seemed like a brat, but that's what the character needed to do good. I found the story pretty abstract, but apparently it was a good film for those who had read the book and thus, knew what the story was going to be about.
Lyra lives a parallel universe where the souls of humans live in their accompanying animals called the demons. She plays a lot with the street children and is lives at free will. There are Gobblers at loose, who are responsible for the disappearance of many children.
Lord Asriel, her uncle comes by to the college, she lives by. She saves him from a killing attempt by the Magesterium - which is the local organization controlling everyone to impose their ideas on the people. Asriel is about to propose the existence of Dust and parallel universe, which is a theory the Magesterium wants to discourage. But Asriel manages to get the funds and leaves.
After his departure, Marisa comes to the college and takes Lyra as her assistant for a trip to the north. Before leaving, Lyra is given an alethiometer (which is the last ever, since Magesterium doesn't want anyone to use it) by a member of the college. Although she is unable to use it, she takes it with her. When Marisa delays their trip, Lyra finds out that Marisa is part of the Gobblers and begins defiance. She runs away from them and just before getting caught, she is caught by the Gyptians who are on the lookout for their lost children. She travels with them over sea and meets the Serafina, queen of the witch clan.
When they stop by at a port, Lyra befriends an aeronaut Lee, who tells her to get the help of a polar bear in exile, Iorek. The bear has strong armour, which was trickingly taken away from him. Lyra finds the armour using her alethiometer and Iorek agrees to help her. Now she heads to Billy, with the instrument's help and finds him disoriented. During the stay, the tribe gets attacked by Samoyeds, Lyra is captured and taken to Ragnar, king of the polar armoured bears. Lyra tricks Ragnar into fighting with Iorek. Iorek wins the fight. Iorek carries Lyra to the research centre, but gets separated from her. Pretending she is lost, she walks into the centre and alerts Roger to prepare everyone to escape. She gets caught eavesdropping on the scientists' conversation to separate the demon from the child to stop dust from affecting the children. Just as the scientists are about to separate her demon, Marisa walks in and stops the whole thing. Marisa confesses that Lyra is her daughter and Lord Asriel, her father. Lyra also finds out that her father is further north and people have been sent to kill him. Lyra injures Marisa temporarily and escapes. She destroys the machinery leading to explosions and brings the children out of the centre. A battle follows, where the children are saved and the good side wins. Lyra then continues journey to the north to save her father.
An interesting movie with lots of special effects. The best was probably Dakota Richards' (Lyra's) defiance. Although in the beginning the acting was to be appreciated, after a while, she just seemed like a brat, but that's what the character needed to do good. I found the story pretty abstract, but apparently it was a good film for those who had read the book and thus, knew what the story was going to be about.
Enchanted
Mixing animation and real characters, the movie is about a bunch of fairy tale characters traveling through time to a modern American city.
Giselle lives in Andulasia - the perfect fairy tale world, where love blooms by sharing heart songs and animals and birds talk to each other. On one such day, when she is singing around about her true love, she gets caught by a troll and rescued by Prince Edward. They fall in love and are about to marry, when his stepmother Queen Narissa, tricks Giselle to fall into a bottomless pit throwing her in the way of Robert in New York City. Robert is a divorce lawyer, living with his 6-year old daughter and is soon to be married to Nancy. He takes Giselle to their apartment for his daughter. The next morning, Giselle calls all kinds of animals and pests to their house to clean up their house. Unknown to Andulasia's customs, Robert tries to shoo everything away and in the process trips together with Giselle, right when Nancy steps into the house. Thinking the worst, Nancy leaves. Robert takes Giselle to take her back to where she came from. At work, his colleagues aren't able to find the place she came from. And she starts messing around with Robert's divorce clients. Losing his patience, he asks her to leave, but realises she is too innocent to make it by herself and ends up taking a walk along with her.
Right after Giselle, Edward follows her through, followed by Nathaniel, who is the Queen's henchman and also her pet - Pip - a squirrel. All of them are searching for Giselle. Nathan finds her first, while she is walking with Robert and offers her a poisoned apple, but she escapes from eating it, with a huge musical. She reconciles Nancy and Robert with a flower bouquet and tickets to a ball.
Nathan tries to poison her again, when Robert takes her on a date, but fails again. The Queen gets agitated and joins them at New York. Giselle and Robert realise they are falling in love. The next morning, Edward manages to find her. Edward agrees to a date with Giselle, on her request. Both the couples meet at the ball, when the Queen tries to offer Giselle the poisoned apple and succeeds. Seeing her dead, Edward tries to give her the true loves kiss before midnight, but fails and prompts Robert to give her one. It works and the Queen turns herself into a dragon and vows to kill Giselle, but Robert intervenes and gets seized by her. In the end, the Queen dies, Robert and Giselle unite, while Edward and Nancy return to Andulasia with Pip. Nathan remains behind becoming a famous personality writing his book.
An OK movie, but very predictable story line. The music was good and worth listening to and Dempsey was worth watching :P. Also part of the cast were Amy Adams, James Marsden (Cyclops from X-Men), Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter 3 and 4).
Giselle lives in Andulasia - the perfect fairy tale world, where love blooms by sharing heart songs and animals and birds talk to each other. On one such day, when she is singing around about her true love, she gets caught by a troll and rescued by Prince Edward. They fall in love and are about to marry, when his stepmother Queen Narissa, tricks Giselle to fall into a bottomless pit throwing her in the way of Robert in New York City. Robert is a divorce lawyer, living with his 6-year old daughter and is soon to be married to Nancy. He takes Giselle to their apartment for his daughter. The next morning, Giselle calls all kinds of animals and pests to their house to clean up their house. Unknown to Andulasia's customs, Robert tries to shoo everything away and in the process trips together with Giselle, right when Nancy steps into the house. Thinking the worst, Nancy leaves. Robert takes Giselle to take her back to where she came from. At work, his colleagues aren't able to find the place she came from. And she starts messing around with Robert's divorce clients. Losing his patience, he asks her to leave, but realises she is too innocent to make it by herself and ends up taking a walk along with her.
Right after Giselle, Edward follows her through, followed by Nathaniel, who is the Queen's henchman and also her pet - Pip - a squirrel. All of them are searching for Giselle. Nathan finds her first, while she is walking with Robert and offers her a poisoned apple, but she escapes from eating it, with a huge musical. She reconciles Nancy and Robert with a flower bouquet and tickets to a ball.
Nathan tries to poison her again, when Robert takes her on a date, but fails again. The Queen gets agitated and joins them at New York. Giselle and Robert realise they are falling in love. The next morning, Edward manages to find her. Edward agrees to a date with Giselle, on her request. Both the couples meet at the ball, when the Queen tries to offer Giselle the poisoned apple and succeeds. Seeing her dead, Edward tries to give her the true loves kiss before midnight, but fails and prompts Robert to give her one. It works and the Queen turns herself into a dragon and vows to kill Giselle, but Robert intervenes and gets seized by her. In the end, the Queen dies, Robert and Giselle unite, while Edward and Nancy return to Andulasia with Pip. Nathan remains behind becoming a famous personality writing his book.
An OK movie, but very predictable story line. The music was good and worth listening to and Dempsey was worth watching :P. Also part of the cast were Amy Adams, James Marsden (Cyclops from X-Men), Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter 3 and 4).
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