Loves me, loves me not

I would think Audrey Tautou loves hallucinating, first in Amelie and then here! They sure did not spend much money making this movie. The first half is simply an edited version of the second. The story is about this young woman, Audrey Tautou, a budding artist by profession,who is completely in love with this cardiologist. He happens to be the neighbour of the home that she is working as a concierge. However time and again she is let down by this cardio doc. Why ? Watch it. If you thought Amelie and Run lola run were good movies, then you may just like this one.
And yes, watch it only if you dont mind "reading" a movie. It's a french movie with english subtitles.

The Wedding Date

A typical M&B tale. Debra Messing separates with her longtime boyfriend, well HE brings about the break-up. She still does not know why. Her sister played by Amy Adams, is getting married shortly and Debra needs to be there at the wedding as her brides maid. To prevent people from not feeling bad for her (break-up) she decides to hire a boyfriend, none other than Dermot Mulroney (who has previously been seen in My best friend's wedding and Must Love Dogs). Everyone in the family just loves him (the hunk that he is!), and what happens next is anybody's guess.
Watch it when you feel Mills & Boonish :)

Derailed

I would give this one a 4 on 5. A movie with a great twist !
The story begins with a young girl suffering from type 1 diabetes, on kidney dialysis, and her folks working hard to make sure they can afford the treatment the kid deserves. The father, Clive Owen, who plays Charles Schine, a commercial executive working with an advertising firm gets involved with Lucinda Harris, played by Jennifer Aniston, who works at a Financial org. She too is married to a stock broker, and has a kid.. The story takes an ugly turn when the two get blackmailed as they don't divulge their affair to their respective spouse. What happens next ? Although I am tempted to tell, it would really leave the movie insipid.
Watch it and let me know if you agree.

Open Water

Directed by Chris Kentis the gripping thriller Open Water, is based on a true story. Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and Daniel (Daniel Travis) are a married couple, so busy that they dont get time for vacations, easily. When they finally manage some holidays together they end up on an island vacation, since at such short notice no other holiday is doable. They board a vessel called the Reef Explorer with a group of other scuba divers, traveling 15 miles out to sea. Since they are certified to dive in open waters, the couple breaks off from the group to go exploring. The Reef Explorer accidentally leaves without a proper head count, leaving them stranded in shark-infested waters. Kentis and producer wife Laura Lau did all the filming themselves in the actual ocean without extraneous special effects, while the actors wore special steel-mesh under their wetsuits in the scenes where actual sharks were involved. Open Water was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the American Spectrum competition.
....do they survive ? While the husband gets attacked by the sharks, and finally gives in, the wife continues to stay adrift till she selects her end "submerge (in the waters) or submit(to the sharks)". She chooses to let go and submerge.

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

Poor Karan (Johar) received a lot of flak from his loyal audience. How could someone who has always made movies about family values, being together...etc, actually propagate any ema (extra-marital affair)
I beg to differ. Infact this, I thought, was one of his better movies, which called a spade a spade. A maturely handled ema. His mistake - how could he bring out in the open, a well practiced social taboo in the country. Is he nuts?!

The 2 most touching and unforgettable moments in the movie were, one, the old aging, winning horse, of Bollywood cinema lying helplessly on this death bed while delivering the dialogue "Mohabbat aur mauth, yeh dono hi bin bulaye mehmaan hain". Those soulful eyes convey every bit of emotion followed by "tum ussey chod do, kyonki tum ussey pyar nahin karti, aur tum ussey kisi aur ke pyar se door kar rahe ho"......how true!

The other, was when the betraying pair tell their respective spouse of their love interest. Their mates handle it in the most mature manner....no family drama or commotion (a la balaji telefilms). They accept it and move on. They are not shown as "demi Gods!"....nor are they shown as emotional wrecks.

A well told tale which says - "Live a relationship.....don't just survive it"