Saw “Transfomers 2” over the weekend (last Wednesday, when it was released in Oman). I found it unnecessarily long (150 mins!!) and much ado about nothing. The special effects were good and as expected but I couldn’t relate to the story or feel for the characters like I did with the first part. Go watch it though but don’t hope for much. Seems there’s a “Transformers 3” too slated for 2011 or so, and that’s going to be darker than the prequels. In the words of Shia Le Bouf (as said in some interview I saw on TV) “someone’s going to die …” *gasp*
We also saw the Nicholas Cage starrer “Knowing”. From the name I thought it would be something like his earlier movie “Next”, which was mindblowing! But “Knowing” is nothing like that. “Next” was a keep-you-on-the-edge thriller, but “Knowing” is part thriller, part sci-fi, part drama, part boring. Still, I liked the movie in some way, so would recommend it.
I must also mention that “Knowing” has some good special effects. The director likes to elaborately portray all the plane and train and other crashes, sweeping through them with plenty of detail. Makes you feel for the scene.
Yesterday we saw the Malayalam movie “Passenger”. Its different, unlike usual Malayalam movies, but I wasn’t as impressed as every other reviewer on the Internet. “Passenger” is a thriller, but I feel it would have been much more thrilling had they cut the movie time by atleast half and put some good twists and suspense into it. As it stands, you are treated to silly suspense scenes such as Sreenivasan carrying the video in a cellphone and the policeman going to check it, etc. Couldn’t really see why the policeman would do that and what the big deal is.
Nevertheless, “Passenger” too can be checked out. Maybe you’ll like it. Like I said, every other reviewer is full of praise for it, so I’m the odd one out. :)
Lastly, we also saw “Angels and Demons”. Its well taken, and it was a treat seeing all those Churches and stuff. I liked the book better coz “Angels and Demons” (and “Da Vinci Code” before that) is about the information more than suspense, and for that the printed medium is more effective.
