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To me, Heat is essentially two scenes. One comes in the middle, the other at the end. Together, they represent what the movie is about. The big one is the conversation between Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) the thief and Joseph Hanna (Al Pacino) the cop over coffee at a diner. This is one of…
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Was the working title of this movie Thirty nine progressively excruciating ways to embarass oneself? Most of the running time is devoted to Renee Zellweger moving from one embarassing situation to another, while a love triangle and assorted eccentric Brits hover in the background. Some of those moments work quite well, others not so much.…
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Most people remember Col. Kilgore’s line: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. That scene stands out as my favourite, but the thing I remember most is not that line but the one following it. The entire exchange reads as follows: Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?Lance: What?Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing in the…
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The opening scene in The Untouchables shows Al Capone giving a newspaper reporter an interview while he is getting a shave. At one point, the barber makes a mistake and nicks Capone, annoying the latter. It’s a tense moment, for he knows (and we do, thanks to a title card in the beginning, in case…
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There are movies that tickle the funny bone. There are movies that gently tug at your heartstrings and tickle the funny bone at the same time. And then there are movies so delightful that you can’t stop smiling for a long time after you see them. And then, there’s Amelie. Here is a movie constructed…
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The thing that stands out for me in all of Kill Bill is the dialogue. Not the spectacular geysers of blood in the first volume, or even the brilliant segment with Pei Mei in the second. Which is why I found it immensely satisfying when the final confrontation with Bill was mostly just the two…
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The problem with Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is simply this: it never really takes flight. It is well conceived and occasionally well written. There’s much warmth and sexiness on display. And it’s far more interesting than the other honeymoon movie that came out around the same time – Just Married. But somehow, it just doesn’t…
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It looks like a penchant for humor runs in the family. Jason, son of Ivan Ghostbusters Reitman, makes his feature debut with Thank you for smoking, a satire aimed at lobbyists in general and tobacco lobbyists in particular. I haven’t chuckled this often during a movie in a while. What’s interesting is how he trusts…
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In my quest for concordant absurdity in the blogosphere, I came across a couple of amazing blogs, both of which feature reviews of AKS. I strongly recommend that you read the rest of their posts as well: both people have so much more to offer. Doing jalsa and showing jilpa: For most Tamilians with a…
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When you think about it, the tango scene in Scent of a Woman isn’t really essential. You have a blind colonel and a young student having dinner at a posh restaurant. They come across a beautiful young woman who is waiting for her fiancé. And while they wait, the old colonel dances the tango with…
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