Poovula Kaadhu (ear in flowers)

There is a phrase in Tamizh "Kaadhula poo" which means "flowers wrapped around your ears" which is the equivalent of "someone spinning a yarn".

This phrase comes in handy when describing outlandish movies where you have to leave your brains at the door to continue watching.

Recently watched one such movie and loved it. It was "Wanted"...

Liked the yarn so much that I hunted down Timur Bekmambetov's (wow, I got that spelling right on the first try)Nightwatch and Daywatch in sequence on our Blockbuster online queue.

Nightwatch for some reason, did not have the original Russian languade audio and I had to listen to the English dubbed dialogues. It was a bad experience, what with me trying to understand the concept behind the movie. Told San that I could not understand the movie although the special effects, editing and cinematography were impressive.

Watched Daywatch next. San's original order was to just return it without watching. It would have been a mistake. Now that the "kaadhu already had poo in it", and the concept of good people, "others" and bad vampires, the daywatchers, nightwatchers, gloom, etc. were "well" defined in the previous movie.... Daywatch became a treat to watch.

Interesting.. very interesting way of showing how a simple decision made by an average man has such serious consequences!! Consequences that go across two movies!!

Nightwatch, should watch, but Daywatch is a must watch!

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WANTED - updated

Instant review :

WOW !!!

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Now that the movie hangover is gone, more words!
Went to the movie without knowing anything about it. Originally was going to watch the PIXAR movie. Then a last minute change and watched "Wanted". The cousins had already read the reviews of the european release and told me that it was a "good action movie". Knowing nothing else about the movie was actually a plus.

It was a really well made movie. I am tempted to draw parallels with Dasavatharam, but will refrain from doing so.

Assuming that :

Bullets can curve,
Weavers figured out Boolean algebra and boolean representation of the english alphabet a thousand years ago,
the heart can go 400 beats/second (apparently hummingbirds go 1200 and a humans can go 220!)
James McAvoy can be cast as an accountant turned assasin
Angelina can still rock ...

well wait, that last one was not an assumption!, the movie is total entertainment! Keeps you on the edge of your seat, especially after Angelina shows up. The plot, twists given the assumptions are not bad.

There was a certain unique style of displaying everything in this movie (Unique along the lines of Matrix, Sin City, Amelie, etc.) and it was self consistant within the framework of the movie. The director did not violate his own rules, something I always appreciate in a movie. Let me explain. If you are making a movie about flying pigs, and a certain pig is doing sorties, it is within the framework of the movie, because there is a baseline assumption that pigs fly!

This movie has some amazing fight sequences, chases, special effects, and style, and style and more style!

All said and done, came out thinking

a. worth the ticket price
b. If this is an indicator of the summer movies this year, will be watching a lot of good movies.

WallE, Get Smart, Hancock are already on the growing list!

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