Big Willy Weekend

This weekend was the Big Willy Weekend. With my family, I watched 3 Will Smith movies on the trot.

The movies being:

1. Hitch.
2. I Am Legend.
3. The Pursuit of Happyness. ( Yeah, Happiness with a 'y', that is how its spelt in the movie).

The three movies touch upon three different views of life and all three are different genres of movie.

Its wonderful to see Will Smith portray three different characters with such finesse.

The first I saw, Hitch, portrays him as a date doctor, helping people (mostly men) with their problems in approaching the opposite sex. And how some idiot thinks that Will Smiths character is there to help him with his "Wham Bham, Thank You M'am" approach to life. In the idiots own words, "Get In, Get Off, Get Out". But in fact Will Smiths character is out there to help people who are genuinely interested in the opposite sex. The Bollywood rip off, "Partner" is a cheap imitation.

The next one I saw, I Am Legend, shows him as Dr. Robert Neville. An acclaimed scientist working on a cure for the virus that has already killed a 90% of Earths population, and converted a large percent of the surviving populace into bloodthirsty mutants. Some of the moments in that movie, especially the ones that convey his loneliness in view of the death of his canine friend are depicted wonderfully.

And last but not the least, The Pursuit Of Happyness, that shows him as a loving father who succeeds in achieving his goals despite all odds. This is one hell of a movie. You almost want to go and help him looking at him struggling through his life.

All the movies so different and so entertaining, and yet I never felt heavy after watching them. Compare that to a usual SRK melodrama, boy oh boy, I am waiting to get myself admitted to hospital to check out on the status of my health. I am not a SRK baiter,  but I just cant seem to digest his last offering Om Shanti Om. If not for the songs, except Dard-E-Disco, the movie is a total sucker.

Never mind, It felt wonderful watching these three movies. Hope, Will Smith keeps acting in such wonderful movies.

TZP

I recently watched Taare Zameen Par, the directorial debut by Aamir Khan. I am at loss of words to speak about the movie. Brilliant would be an understatement. The way the story has been handled speaks volumes about Aamir's caliber as a director. The movie doesn't indulge in any over the top melodramatic display of emotions. The emotions are portrayed subtly, with every character well defined. All the actors have delivered terrific performances.

There are moments in the first half where I felt that Darsheel's character has something in common with Calvin from the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon series. Overall a wonderful movie. I completely enjoyed it. Compared to another movie I had seen, Om Shanti Om, this in my opinion is miles ahead in its execution, story and direction.