Thursday, May 31, 2007

Life in a metro

Back from watching Life in a Metro.Wouldn't call it a disaster.Disaster is something I would reserve for a movie called Namestay London, after which i suffered uncontrollable diarrhea for a week.LIAM would come pretty close to achieving that dubious distinction.
After hearing unreserved praises for LIAM and with my inability to find tickets during the weekends I decided to make a dash for it today.Booked the tickets for the 10 pm show and today also being the last day before the mandatory helmet rule being enforced in Chennai I had to stuff my head into one of those contraptions before leaving.
On reaching Satyam I saw a red carpet rolled out and flashes popping and I was thinking this movie must really rock.It was only when I produced my ticket was I to know that the red carpet was rolled out for Pirates of the Caribbean,rest of the moviegoers were supposed to slink into their respective halls in ignomity.
Characters in LIAM do everything what people in a metro should not be doing like married women chasing divorced men,married bosses having dalliances with unmarried subordinates,nonagenarians having sex etc etc.First half was bearable with some pretty good music,attempted suicides,gays getting busted and by the time its the interval you come to terms with the fact that there is no real story but more of attempts to shock and awe with instances of moral corruption but you still hold hopes that there might be better in store.
Second half was torture with a failed love scene between Shilpa Shetty and her paramour which invited catcalls from the delinquents seated in front of me.There was also a successful love making scene between 120 years old Dharmendra and 102 years old Nafisa Ali which will surely haunt me for the rest of my life.(where are these censor boards when you need them).Dharmpaaji also decides to announce,for a whole minute,that he made a mistake in leaving hot and happening Nafisa Ali, a century back,to pursue his dreams.More madness follows and I am clawing at my seat begging for redemption.
Finally the cast of characters flashes, and I leave for home at the highest speed I could attain.

2 comments:

Ajith Prasad Balakrishnan said...

How did u complete such a movie :) ?

jakethesnake said...

cause i had wanted to see the sad ending of their pathetic lives:-)