Movies

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

17 January 2012 By Avinash Meetoo Leave a Comment

Yeah. I know. Nothing beats the original. But this prequel (done 43 years after) is not bad at all. We watched Rise of the Planet of the ApesÂ two days ago and we’ve been talking about the movie since.

The original was about earth being controlled by apes. This prequel explains how apes became more intelligent than humans and why (most) humans died.Â The apes look terrific. And credible (most of the time).

Character development could have been better: some of the actors and actresses did not contribute a lot to the storytelling and could have been edited out…

All in all, I give the movie a solid 7/10.

Midnight in Paris

12 January 2012 By Avinash Meetoo 1 Comment

Christina, the kids and I watched Midnight in Paris today and I like it a lot. Woody Allen is a great writer and a story teller. And, of course, his humour is contagious…

Update: I forgot to rate the movie. I give it 8/10.

Visiting Los Angeles and Hollywood

18 April 2011 By Avinash Meetoo Leave a Comment

During our stay in Los Angeles, we opted for a hotel in Hollywood for obvious reasons.

We are all movie buffs and we were delighted to be at Hollywood, the world capital of (occidental) actors, directors, producers and studios. Speaking of studios, we couldn’t prevent ourselves from spending the whole of two days at Universal Studios Theme Park.

The kids (as well as ourselves) were amazed to be able to take pictures with all their favourite comic characters…

… from the inoffensive (?) Bart and Homer to the more lethal (yet friendly) Bumblebee.

Anya, 8, and Kyan, 6, are, of course, huge fans of Scooby-Doo and they were ecstatic to have their pictures taken with Scooby, Daphne and Samy. Naturally, we were ecstatic too.

Universal Studios, being the home ground of Steven Speilberg, naturally features a quite magnificent Jurassic Park ride through rivers infested with dangerous dinosaurs.