Happy New Year (unless of course you are looking and hoping for a job or play the markets or just about have to do anything ordinary).Something or the other is bound to screw everyone this year…either the economy, or a bullet…or maybe expect a collective screw if there’s a war.
Gas(Petrol) prices coming down though…marnewale ko gangajal?…
Whatever.
Have you seen Ghajini? If you haven’t, its not really worth it anyway.
Now one mistake I made was that I went for it keeping Memento in mind. 10 minutes into the movie and I had convinced myself not to compare it to memento. 15 minutes, and I was watching it without any presumptions.
But its a disappointment anyway. I guess the core of the movie revolved around a man with short term memory loss who is out to avenge his girlfriend;s murder. The avenge part is all that the movie is about. The condition as such….it just serves as another prop in the movie.
Comparing it to Memento…there is nothing to compare really. Except the tattoos on Aamir’s chest, there is nothing similar. Ghajini is like a tremendously watered-down version of the original Nolan flick. There’s no complexity…and there are no great moments like the one in which Carrie-Ann Moss hides all the pens and then abuses Pearce and goes out…and returns 10 minutes later to find him clueless again. Or the “Why am I running? Am i chasing him or is he chasing me” scene with Dodd. After the great TZP, I was expecting a bit too much from Aamir Khan I guess.
If you can, check out The Good, The Bad and The Ugly….amazing movie.
Downloaded On the Waterfront today…1954 flick with Marlon Brando. B&W bliss!
and a new header too…gotta love neon 
