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Bad Sequels - Drishyam 2 & Nobody 2
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 229
These were both a complete and utter waste of time. "Drishyam 2" was about the cops reopening the investigation into events 7 years prior. Again, portrayed as corrupt and bungling, but a clever Inspector General thinks he has Vijay only to discover that Vijay, yet again, for an uneducated theatre owner has picked up a surprising number of tricks from the movies he watches.
Funny, how they break from speaking in Hindi to sarcastically utter in perfect English a phrase that obviously everyone knows.
And "Nobody 2" - I mean, if you went to see it you probably enjoyed it, but - again, a pretty hard "NO", just a little too silly. 1 was 1 too many, two is two too many.
Wild Beaver/Beaver Bombing
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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The Good-News link of the day; Wild Beaver returns to Norfolk.
It's been so long since I've seen a beaver it's not funny, and this made me tear up a bit. Especially the bit about "Beaver-Bombing".
I need a beaver bomb.
KPARTISTRY.CA
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Other
- Hits: 187
A new one to me, and rare in that I admired her technique, heavy impasto acrylic on boards, painted flowers, thick, like bad Italian Porcelain designed to catch dust and be dusted.
I know it sounds bad, but actually I'm a bit impressed, and it takes a lot to impress me. Not that I'd own it, but - if ownership were ever a thing again, maybe, just maybe I might...
Link: Kpartistry.ca
Drishyam
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 227
So this, the recommendation of the people I work for.
Interesting, in that it has a focus on "family values" no longer extent in the west, and that the issues the "hero" - the nondescript everyman who realizes or drives the plot from scenes that he's seen in movies - an expert in all things watched previously on TV in his little "Mirage" cable outlet.
And interesting in the crime that drives the plot, the perception of police (bumbling corrupt fat idiots who - while putting together what happened, don't get their resolution), the crime of honour, the "everyman" who has no education vs his wife who got to grade 4, the relatively comfortable life they're both living...
On the surface, the same, but lift the stones and it's an entirely different world. Entertaining, I'd give it 4 stars, most of that for the insight into other worlds...Now watching Drishyam 2. Which has already started with the Meta, so I'm seeing the promise...
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