Fast Five- Furious it is...

Hellos after a long time!!

Back with another review of mine after a long time though since the last post.

Just came back after watching Fast Five in IMAX with Shishir Goswami. Met my other buddy Venkat after the movie ended.For someone who hasn't watched the previous movies(except Tokyo Drift a long long time back and don't remember anything), it was a nice enjoyable movie for someone who enjoys action movies.

The plot is thin where Dominic Toretto is helped escape prison and he along with his sister and Ex-CIA agent turned Thief Brian O’Conner plan a heist of $100 Mn from the local drug mafia boss. They assemble their team comprising of various characters appeared in previous instalments plan it. To foil their plans, FBI agent Luke Knobbs from the USA came in and starts hunting for them. Whether they are successful and if yes, how forms the rest of the plot.

Performance wise Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster were good. The rest of the crew have played their part well. Giesel Yashar looks good and she can act too. She and Sung Kang seem to have a great chemistry. Tyrese Gibson can definitely talk and provides the fun quotient to the movie. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a welcome addition to the crew and he was great in his limited role in this movie. He has come a long way since Scorpion Kind and seems to be the only one who has successfully transitioned from in ring competition(WWE) to the silverscreen while the others are still finding their feet. Whether it is a Disney movie like the Gameplan or an action movie like this, he has covered it all.

This is a transition movie as the franchise itself is moving away from only being a Street Racing oriented movie into an Action movie. You see all of it in it, Fast cars, Gun fights, Fist Fights, $100Mn heist etc. Action is first rate. Couple of sequences worth mentioning are Chase sequence over the roof tops, Fist fight between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel was realistic and cool. The climax chase scene where they pull the vault using the two cars is a highlight too.

The scene in the climax sets up the plot for the next instalment and it is definitely worth looking forward to since that will see Dwayne Johnson coming back to reprise his role.

Verdict: 3.5/5

Aadukalam Review...

Pongal releases are here and this is my first of them. When you have the team of Dhanush, Vetrimaran(Dir), Kishore, Velraj(Cinematography) coming back together after a gap of three years when they gave an amazing movie, Polladhavan(2007), expectations are bound to be sky high. And these guys along with the girls Taapsee(breath of fresh air in Tamil Cinema) and Sindhu Menon did not disappoint at all. It is a heart touching movie. Much like Polladhavan, the movie shows you a couple of scenes happening now and then it cuts back to the past showing you how it reached the current situation.

Rathinavel and Pettaikaran are two seasoned cock fighters, with Rathinavel being a well to do police inspector still indulges in it as its his family game played since generations and Pettaikaran who has been and still is the only one to always defeat Rathinavel. A lot of enmity ensues between these groups because of this as Rathinavel is desperate to get a win. Karuppu is Pettaikaran's prodigy and learns all the tricks from him staying most of the time at his place. Durai is the unofficial financer of this group running a bar in Madurai. There happens a police raid during one of these fights and every one in the Pettaikaran group suspects of Rathinavel doing this as he cannot defeat Pettaikaran. With that suspicion, they refuse to further participate or to play against Rathinavel. And while everyone was running, one associate of Rathinavel steals one of Pettaikaran's roosters, in search of which Karuppu goes and meets Ireene. This leads to him falling in love with her. Rathinavel using his police brain tries to pursuade Pettaikaran to play against him which Pettaikaran refuses bluntly. This leads to the death of one of Pettaikaran's close associates after whose death he wants to hold a tourney to raise funds where the prodigy defies the mentor and goes against his wishes planting the seeds of jealousy in his mentor... What happens next? Does this situation become better or worse, Does he get love of his life? Answers at a nearest theater...

Overall, the movie is brilliantly shot but we do have a couple of complaints, especially with the way the climax is handled, It leaves a person in a confused state of mind. You will get those questions too when you watch the movie. Also, the character of Rathinavel isn't seen in a single shot in the second half.

Technically, brilliant cinematography, background music, yathe yathe song, porkalam song aptly timed in the movie. Dhanush puts in yet another brilliant performance. Last time we saw a six pack performance from Dhanush in a Vetrimaran movie, here he completely steals the show with his innocence, honesty and has played his part to perfection. Taapsee as I mentioned already, is a fresh breath of air in Tamil Cinema, she is very cute, and has played her part well looking every bit of the Anglo girl she was to look very comfortably. She's got a great future ahead. Kishore, as we know is a very good actor and he hasn't disappointed. Another person worth mentioning is Jayabalan, who plays Pettaikaran. He's played the role of a jealous mentor very nicely.

Well, this is one of those few movies I heard claps(including mine during the intermission). Except for the climax, I liked the whole movie. Climax left me wanting for more, may be Aadukalam-2, what say???

Verdict: 3.75/5

Our 2010 holiday gift guide: Texting Santa - GSMArena.com

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Eighteen years back...

Today's a very special day... Eighteen years back, on 25th Nov, 1992, I distributed chocolates in school for the first and only time during my entire school days(because my birthday was during the summer holidays) to celebrate a very important addition to our family. It was my bro, Aadhavan Sundaram... Well, we’ve had our ups and downs in life but I still love him dearly…  A lot of things have happened in our lives, right from me hating him for taking away my share of attention during childhood when I was the only kid to me breaking his tooth with a punch to crying when he was lost for a little time in a movie theater in Nasik to playing wrestling at home to the more recent times of going to movies and me scolding him for not studying to having mature conversations about our lives and future. Wanted to post this before his special day ends but not to be.

A very happy birthday li’l bro and keep rocking… At all points in life, you’ll find me standing there for you for any guidance…

Love,

Anna

All you need to know about Windows phone 7...

Hello People,

Today marks the debut of Windows phone 7. There were huge expectations from this OS.

Along with it, major cellphone manufacturers introduced their offerings working on Windows Phone 7. Let's go deep down and see if it lived up to those.

Click to know more: Windows Phone 7 review

First Windows Phone 7 Phones:

Dell: WP7 Dell Lightning goes official, renamed to Venue Pro

HTC: HTC goes all in with 7 Surround, HD7, 7 Trophy, and 7 Mozart

Samsung: Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 and Focus join the WP7 arena

               

LG: LG unveils the Optimus 7 and the QWERTY-fied Optimus 7Q

Review for one of the phones:

Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 review: A whole new galaxy

Will check out for more updates and let you know about the same... Keep coming back...

Chao...

N8 rocks...

Hey people, this is my first post... Hope you'll like it...

Yesterday, had a chance to check out the Nokia N8 live... Felt really nice in the hands with the new all new anodized metallic body(love the metallic touch unlike others which have a plastic build)... New Symbian^3 OS feels much faster and snappier than the earlier ones... Brilliant camera, nice sound from the phone... the qwerty keypad could've been a li'l more responsive, but that was probably my inexperience of working on a touch keypad... kinetic scrolling is good... and the ovi store apps keep growing in number all the time... and GPS turn by turn navigation is free for life without data charges... So all in all, a good phone... price is 25k... So, Nokia loyalists, here is a phone that can make you love nokia more... And I am certainly looking forward to it...