thats it. after a long, hard struggle i've finally given up trying to become a film snob. my computer was plotting to kill me after i put it through movies like Z, rashomon, to kill a mockingbird, following. i even saw the start of an orson welles movie called the trial. turned out to be the best over the counter soporific you can order for me.in its defense i watched it after a slightly heavy meal. and so it was that i landed upon chennai 600028.
the movie and its characters are out to have some fun and do so without taking themselves too seriously. there is not much of a story. team a loses to team b in the beginning and then wins over them in the end. in between, you meet team a. the screenplay is what makes the difference. nothing path breaking but some regular scenes get treated in a way that made watching them quite enjoyable. there are some that use old music in a different context - in particular a retake of a song from manvasanai. the cricket commentary had me in guffaws.
i'd only recently been tricked into taking up cricket for a day. i thought it was a tennis ball match but was asked to wear the full gear and face the cherry. watching this movie after that match was quite enjoyable. it scored close to 100 considering my recent watch list. me, i scored 3 and came home limping on a really stiff knee. i think i'm also giving up on my dream to make it into the US cricket team.
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Couple of my phone calls... thats about it...
well my phone has a built in mokkai-alert..it automatically skips those calls ;)
watch this and watch it fully :
http://lollu-sabha.blogspot.com/2007/05/vettaiyadu-vilaiyaadu-starring.html
mokkai-alert... ah what has become of me, my wife seems to agree with the comment...
Yeah. Mandavelli is a damn good movie. Especially after Veyyil, Parutheeveeran.
ur comment highlights the wonderful effect of scale.. when compared to those two flix, 28 was way more fun..maybe they were "good" movies technically and all that..but both sucked to watch
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