The Rise of Skywalker ... the last in the nine movie series of the Star Wars saga ... a saga that began in the '70s when I was still in school. Haven't really followed the new movies as they came out, but caught up with a few over the summer because of my daughter, who is an avid fan ... and went with her for this last one, more out of nostalgia than anything. Okay watch ... the ending was really stretched ... giving Bollywood a run for its money!!!
Knives Out - great fun watch ... one of the best movies of the year. A whodunit in the old Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot style ... kept me guessing till about halfway through ... and was a totally fun watch all through. Acting top notch ... with some old favorites, including an almost unrecognizeable Christopher Plummer, a savvy Jamie Lee Curtis, an ageing! (sadly!) Daniel Craig ... and a really cute Latino heroine, whose name should be more familiar than it is!
Also watched the first few episodes of the YHM spinoff, Yeh Hain Chaahatein ... supposedly about a single mother, but was amused to note that the single mother is not actually a single mother, she is just raising her dead sister's child. I suppose that is progressive enough for SP ... to actually have a single mother would be too much for them ... although a divorced dad was acceptable. Acting is quite bad ... screenplay is weak and very crass ... no subtlety at all. Doubt I will watch this.
Mere Dad Ki Dulhan ... still watching this ... the show has improved as has Ambar Sharma's temperament ... Nia seems very dependent on her dad, but he is actually slowly breaking away and interacting more sensibly with Guneet, Dr Pandey and his staff. Even his interactions with his boss's son, Randeep are more restrained than I would have expected. The story regarding the breaking of relations with his wife's sister and family needs to be more fleshed out still ... but I'm reminded again of why I like Varun Badola so much as an actor. And I am loving Shweta Tiwari as Guneet ... liked her in Parvarish, but she was quite loud and crass there ... here her character is evolving nicely, and I am becoming her fan.
The younger hero, Randeep, needs to tone down a bit ... though he seems to be getting more comfortable with his character ... and I actually like his back story as well ... not just a spoiled rich brat of an indulgent father, but a young man actually trying to make his own name independent of his father, with little success ... still quite spoiled ... but he now has a solid reason to actually work hard and make the travel agency turn around. Wonder if Nia will go back to the US, or will leave her job and stay back. Now that Randeep is firmly in India for at least six months, either could happen. Again I liked the way her boss Kabir quite firmly told her that she has to go back, as she doesn't have a job here any longer. That probably means that she leaves her job and training, and decides to work with Randeep at the agency ... I will be sorry if that happens ... I wish she could complete her training, but two years is a long time for the show to run without her!
Also watching Tara From Satara ... total time pass.
Knives Out - great fun watch ... one of the best movies of the year. A whodunit in the old Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot style ... kept me guessing till about halfway through ... and was a totally fun watch all through. Acting top notch ... with some old favorites, including an almost unrecognizeable Christopher Plummer, a savvy Jamie Lee Curtis, an ageing! (sadly!) Daniel Craig ... and a really cute Latino heroine, whose name should be more familiar than it is!
Also watched the first few episodes of the YHM spinoff, Yeh Hain Chaahatein ... supposedly about a single mother, but was amused to note that the single mother is not actually a single mother, she is just raising her dead sister's child. I suppose that is progressive enough for SP ... to actually have a single mother would be too much for them ... although a divorced dad was acceptable. Acting is quite bad ... screenplay is weak and very crass ... no subtlety at all. Doubt I will watch this.
Mere Dad Ki Dulhan ... still watching this ... the show has improved as has Ambar Sharma's temperament ... Nia seems very dependent on her dad, but he is actually slowly breaking away and interacting more sensibly with Guneet, Dr Pandey and his staff. Even his interactions with his boss's son, Randeep are more restrained than I would have expected. The story regarding the breaking of relations with his wife's sister and family needs to be more fleshed out still ... but I'm reminded again of why I like Varun Badola so much as an actor. And I am loving Shweta Tiwari as Guneet ... liked her in Parvarish, but she was quite loud and crass there ... here her character is evolving nicely, and I am becoming her fan.
The younger hero, Randeep, needs to tone down a bit ... though he seems to be getting more comfortable with his character ... and I actually like his back story as well ... not just a spoiled rich brat of an indulgent father, but a young man actually trying to make his own name independent of his father, with little success ... still quite spoiled ... but he now has a solid reason to actually work hard and make the travel agency turn around. Wonder if Nia will go back to the US, or will leave her job and stay back. Now that Randeep is firmly in India for at least six months, either could happen. Again I liked the way her boss Kabir quite firmly told her that she has to go back, as she doesn't have a job here any longer. That probably means that she leaves her job and training, and decides to work with Randeep at the agency ... I will be sorry if that happens ... I wish she could complete her training, but two years is a long time for the show to run without her!
Also watching Tara From Satara ... total time pass.
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