Long week end and movies

I was on leave from December 30th until January 3rd. That was quite a long break with a long week end thrown in.

For the first time in 6 years, S and I watched 2 movies in theatre in a span of 5 days and made up for not watching any over last 6 years.

We watched Avatar (3D) and 3 Idiots. Here are some reviews:

Avataar (3D)

* Movie is awesome
* I liked Neytiri's character and the Na'vi tribe
* Loved those animals - would possibly like to ride one of them - the one that flies ;)
* I loved the forest created on Pandora - Given a choice, I would go live on Pandora (which incidentally is the name of the moon earthlings choose to invade for mineral rock.
* The 3D glasses were not of good quality. Hence did not truly give the effect one would expect
* Loved all the action and special effects
* Watching the movie in a multiplex was worth all the money

3 Idiots

 * 50% straight lift from Chetan Bhagat's book - Five Point Someone - what not to do in IIT - though Aamir Khan and Vidhu Vinod Chopra have openly disagreed - I have read this book and watched the movie
* Lovely movie over all - amazing to note the ease with which Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sraman Joshi portray the characters of 3 college going dudes. They truly don't look their age
* You will LOVE Boman Irani as Viru Sahasrabuddhi (VIRUS) :)
* Kareena's role is good
* Mona Kapoor was the surprise but (un)wanted package. Actually they could have "lifted" the last piece from Chetan's novel and that would have made a better ending to the "restication" story
* Talented actor - Javed Jaffery is wasted. They could have got somebody else to do that role
* Loved Chatur and his speech - hilarious and apt
* Ending was very surprising and nice.
* Word of Caution - This movie is highly infectious. Watch at your own risk