The Auto of Death

7:00 P.M show. Toy Story 3 at Sathyam. Awe-freakin'-some. My brother and I are standing outside our building, waiting for an auto at 6:15 P.M. You see, I'm a stickler for punctuality in every situation except when it comes to classes. Anyway, after haggling with about 5 auto-rickshaw wallas, the 6th one agreed to transport us for a measly price of 90 Rupees only(Saligramam to Sathyam...yeah yeah I know I got ripped off!).



Auto no. 6 looked like all other autos, except it wasn't. We knew that the auto-rickshaw driver was a big fan of the movie Aethiree the moment he started driving. Remember how the comedian Vivekh, an auto-rickshaw driver in the movie, does all kinds of stunts with the auto? I couldn't find a video online, so just imagine an auto on a roller coaster circuit. While watching the movie, I did laugh at that silly scene. But ladies and gentlemen, sitting in such an auto takes away all the laughter from you. I guarantee that.

The driver kept humming and whistling Annamalai songs. No problem. The driver had Rajnikanth photos covering the entire inner surface area of the auto-rickshaw. Still, no problem. The driver starts driving like a drunk crazy monkey and screams obscenities at others, ie, sane people. Problem. At one point, he missed a Swift by an inch. It was so close my brother thought he'd end up on top of the Swift. Or under it. After 25 torture filled minutes, we jumped out of the auto and paid the guy. Oh, and when he was driving away...sorry, RASH DRIVING away, we noticed that the number on the number plate read "6666" which is almost as good as "666". Coincidence? I think not!


The movie made up for the auto ride though. Toy Story 3 was awesome! Seriously, the second sequel of most series end up being damp squibs. But this one was brilliant. The plot is simple. Andy is going to college. He has to decide what to do with all his toys. He decides to put them in the attic. However, his mother donates the toys to daycare by-mistake. Though Woody wants to come back and be there for Andy, the other toys decide that it would be better to stay at a place where they'll be played with and loved. After Woody leaves to unite with Andy, the toys realize that there may be more than meets the eye when it comes to the other "friendly" toys at the daycare center.

Superb storyline, amazing animation, and lots of laughs - Toy Story 3 is a thoroughly enjoyable watch.

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What I did Yesterday + A Review Of Singam

7:00 A.M.:
Dad(speaking at a volume so low that even bats wouldn't hear him): Wake up...Wake up...
Me: ZZZ
7:10 A.M.:
Dad: Wake up...Wake up...
Me: ZZZ
Mom comes into the room and in one swift motion pulls the blanket off my head.
Me(sitting bolt upright and screaming) : I'm awake I'm awake!
7:15 A.M.:
Me(still sleepy and nearly slurring): Zo why are allofus up so *yawn* early anyway?
Grandfather, Grandmother, Dad, Mom: In my day, if we slept till 7, we were reprimanded.
Me(talking to myself): Really?! In my day, we never even use the word "reprimanded"...

You see....I'm not really a morning person until I've had my tea/coffee.

7:20 A.M.(After Tea):
Dad: Get dressed. We're going for a movie.
Me: Wha..?!
Dad(proudly waving 6 tickets): We're watching Singam!
Me: *Groan*

You see....the last few Tamil movies that I watched caused me so much pain that I thought I was suffering from brain hemorrhage.
The last one I watched was Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya. I could bring myself to watch only half the movie.


The movie that I saw before VTV, was *sob sob* Villu. In the theatre. In Tirunelveli. After paying 70 Rupees for a ticket. Biggest. Mistake. Ever.


(P.S.: Click on the pictures...not clear enough this way...)

So you will agree that I had a good reason to be apprehensive. But no amount of reasoning could get me out of this.

8:15 A.M.:
The movie "Singam" starts.

8: 20 A.M.:
We enter the theatre. Late. By this time, Surya is bashing up men, men, and men. Oh, and also two women who are actually men but are dressed like women. Weird.

8: 25 A.M.:
We find our seats. Surya saves the day after beating the crap out of everybody.

In the movie, Surya is a gunda-beating, khakhi chattai-loving Sub Inspector. The movie is pretty much like any other movie after that. Surya beats everyone. Surya meets girl. Girl likes Surya. Surya likes girl. Surya beats everyone. Surya hates Prakash Raj, who is a don. Prakash Raj hates Surya. Surya beats everyone.

By the interval, we knew what Surya had to accomplish. Two major things:
1) Marry the girl.
2) Beat up Prakash Raj

The funny thing is, though it was predictable, I liked the movie. Vivekh's comedy was funny at places, but there was the ever-present glitch that all Tamil movies have when it comes to comedy; the movie and the comedy scenes weren't related. I've always thought they shoot the comedy track separately and just merge them with the movie at any point of time. Hmmm.

Surya was hot. No, wait. Surya was HAWT. He has acted pretty well and I liked him much more in this movie, when compared to Ayan. The heroine, Anushka, was fine. She did act(surprisingly) and she didn't look all that bad. Her character in the movie was a pretty strong one, which is what I liked. She was modern, unabashed and open about her feelings. And she even dressed up as a lion at one point in the film. Prakash Raj was good, as usual. But I'm really getting tired of seeing him in these "Don" roles. He is getting stereotyped. And that's bad, because he is an actor of great calibre.

The songs were horrible. At one point I thought my ears would start sprouting out blood. The lyrics for one of the rap sequences(background music) actually went like this :

You cannot stop him, yo!
He is the human Bolero!

The fight sequences were total crap. What really bothered me was everyone time a fight sequence would start, Surya would actually morph into a lion(singam). It was just for a second or two, but it was pretty dumb.

On the whole, the movie was fine. Not bad, not great. But loads better than any other Tamil movie I've seen for a LONG time.