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Saturday, April 16, 2005
Mumbai Express - are you kidding me???
First, the traditional "suck-up" part where i explain at great length how I have always been a huge Kamal Hassan fan and how I have always admired his innovation and "out-of-the-reel" type of film-making. And as you read this part, you realise that I am a Kamal Hassan fan who has been sorely disappointed by his latest offering - Mumbai Express.
So lets just pretend that I have said all of those things
Just like Kamal likes to pretend that he has made a good movie.
Ok, I'm gonna keep this REAL short (considering people of our generation have the attention span of a goldfish... AND since my FULL reviews will appear on another site anyways) so I'll cut to the proverbial chase:
- The movie is HILARIOUS for all of 20 minutes of screen time. The remaining 5 hours and 34 minutes (cuz it really did feel that long) are so stupid, that you wont believe that this is the same Kamal Hassan who gave us Nayagan, Mahanadhi... and those awesome laugh-riots MMKR and Kadhala Kadhala
- Kamal needs an intensive course on how to shoot using digital media... i've seen home videos that have better picture quality than MXpress. ("The screenplay is very bad da machan!!") Learn from this guy
- Pasupathy is an awesome actor and should not be wasted in stuff like this!!!
- Ditto Nasser.
- Ramesh Arvind looks absolutely hilarious!! One of the few good things this movie had going for itself.
- What is with the airplanes flying by every 20 seconds... ok, so they're near the airport, I GET IT... can we get on with the movie now?
- A movie does not always NEED mummy-daddy sentiment...what it DOES need, is a coherent plot. A sexy dance by Jessica Alba never hurt anyone either
- Manisha Koirala still looks gorgeous as ever! But its probably not the best idea to close up on her face when someone is holding her neck thereby highlighting her neck-cellulite (double-chin fetishers may take note)
Now that i have spoken my peace, let me also say that MXpress is a decent crime-caper comedy for the brain dead. The phrase "leave your brain at the door" with respect to Indian cinema these days pretty much sums up the ideal way to enjoy them. But in this case, make sure your brain is locked away safely in your freezer and fitted with 2 layers of the best mithril money can buy... and you may just enjoy this movie. (2.5 out of 5)
