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i was going to see ram shrasta on the big screen last night , but before that i stopped into my video store to rent some movies .
luckily , my video guy was in the middle or recording ram shrasta !
i knew it was going to be a bad print with only half - faces and poor sound quality , but i could n't help myself .
. .
i got it .
well , after watching it ( it indeed was a bad print )
i was glad i did n't dish out $ 7 to waste three hours of my time sitting in a bad theatre watching a bad movie .
this movie really sucks .
it had so many inconsistencies it was driving me crazy ! !
for example , how can jackie shroff grow two feet of hair in just three or four days ?
jackie shroff looked really stupid with his steven seagal ponytail .
the songs are bad , the acting is bad
( especially deepti bhatnagar 's ) , and the direction is the worst of all .
the comedy scenes with jagdish and johnny lever
just made me want to throw up .
i did n't even finish the movie . . .
i could n't take it anymore . note : but if anyone out there liked aatish ( by the same director ) , i guess you 'd like this movie .
it 's practically the same except that sanjay dutt is replaced with jackie shroff .
aditya panscholi is the sidekick again .
( i was going to give it a zero , but i personally like jackie shroff , so i loosened up a little .
he looked fresh , wore good clothes ( as always ) , and his performance , even though
it was n't his best
, was the only saving grace of the movie )
N

miramax " disinvited " on - line media from press screenings of scream 3 .
they ostensibly feared that folks like me would write spoiler - filled reviews and post them prior to the film 's february 4th release date - unsound reasoning .
you see , ' net critics established enough to be on any sort of vip list are
professionals - miramax surely knows the difference between a member of the on - line film critics society ( ofcs ) and the type of fanboy who posts spy reports at ai n't it cool news .
no , the ? mini major ' was afraid we 'd let a bigger cat out of the bag than whodunit , that scream 3 is a dismal conclusion to the beloved ( by this writer , at least ) franchise .
something smells rotten in the state of california right from the get - go
:
cotton weary ( liev schrieber ) , the former lover and would - be killer of maureen prescott , sidney 's mother , is juggling phone calls in his luxury car .
( once considered a danger to society , weary now hosts his own talk show , " 100 % cotton " , a clever , if dated , jab at american pop culture . )
of course , a new ghostface dials him up , and , with memories of scream 's unbearably suspenseful prologue in mind , we immediately wonder , where is the killer ?
the backseat ?
the next car ?
thrilling prospects , to be sure , but actually , ghostface is at the weary residence , waiting for cotton 's girlfriend ( kelly rutheford ) to finishing showering .
what 's missing from this sequence , and indeed scream 3 's remaining frights ( most disappointingly , the moment when an ingenue is forced to hide in a wardrobe room filled with ghostface costumes , one of which might spring to life ) , is an elaborate and attenuated payoff .
our other surviving regulars have become estranged .
sidney ( campbell ) is living a paranoid existence of electronic gates and password - protected locks , while dewey ( arquette ) acts as technical advisor on the second sequel to scream 2 's movie - within - a - movie , " stab 3 " , and gale weathers ( cox arquette ) headlines a gossipy news program .
murder reunites them , as knife - wielding ghostface stalks the set of " stab 3 " , imitating its sadistic screenplay - and his / her / their own personal draft climaxes with sidney 's death .
the appeal of ghostface 's villainy is that he /
she
/ they could be your boyfriend , your classmate , your next door neighbour . . . or a combination of people .
scream was the first of its kind : a slasher mystery , with the guessing game not only entailing who will be next , but also who is /
are the perpetrator ( s ) and
what is / are his / her / their motive .
ironic self - reflection aside
, parts one and two stand out in a crowd that includes umpteen friday the 13th and halloween flicks because there 's at last articulate human beings behind the iconic costume .
with scream 3 , the novelty of ghostface 's ever - mutating identity has worn off some , but the character remains conceptually potent .
conceptually .
the execution of ghostface 's master plan this time around is creaky , because screenwriter ehren kruger has invented a new mythology for the world of sidney prescott far afield from what we 'd come to understand in scream and scream 2 .
the movie gets in the silly habit of saying " all bets are off ! " in reference to the " rules " of a trilogy 's third act , but there 's a difference between rule breaking and cheating .
with the departure of kevin williamson , who authored the previous screams as well as a tidy outline for scream 3 ( that , for reasons incomprehensible to me , was ignored , save the notion of " stab 3 " ) , kruger needed to be reined in tighter , and by wes craven .
craven 's direction of scream 3 is lazy in most respects .
how else to explain the jay and silent bob cameo ( the slacker duo of kevin smith movies ) , akin to seeing mickey mouse pop up in mulan and more distracting than funny .
it pains me to write this , but scream 3 's comedy is generally laughless , with the exception of well - timed performances by josh pais ( as a police detective possessed of the same personality he had as a persnickety teacher in craven 's music of the heart ) , jamie kennedy ( resurrecting film geek randy for the sendoff he was denied in scream 2 ) , and parker posey ( through sheer force of will as a b - actress ) .
the visuals are much weaker in part three , as well - the occasional sweeping gesture of peter deming 's camera is a pale imitation of the stalking steadicam craven gave us twice before .
( aside : in the wake of columbine , craven toned down the violence significantly for scream 3-why the sanctimony , when scream and scream 2 are still readily available on video store shelves ? )
finally , marco beltrami 's music cues the suspense too blatantly
- do you recall the tense chase at the college radio station in scream 2 ?
it 's mostly silent .
sting notes are a whole lot more effective if they spring from nowhere ; here ,
they act as the crescendos of an incessantly nerve - jangling score .
i look at scream 3 as coming from an alternative universe , the same place that birthed the godfather part iii and superman
iii - woefully out of synch with its prequels , scream 3 is a nightmare instead of nightmarish , and will likely put the horror genre back in mothballs .
the film unintentionally follows the unspoken rule of a trilogy to a t : ?
part three must disappoint ' .
N

is it just me , or have disney films gradually lost their appeal
?
i was almost stunned by the quality of " who framed roger rabbit ? " , a fun , unique look at a world where cartoons and people lived together .
"
the little mermaid " harkened back to , and perhaps surpassed , the classic disney animations from the first half of the century .
however , the endless stream of " the little mermaid " wanna - be 's is getting to me .
you know the spiel :
a lame plot recycled from some well - known story , colorful , almost psychedelic animation , the lead character who learns a valuable moral lesson , the comedic sidekick / sidekicks , the seemingly unattainable love interest , a few catchy songs , a few in - jokes for adults , and the occasional out of place warner - brothers - coyote - fall - off - the - cliff type joke .
it 's a formula , and like any formula , it gets tiresome .
that 's
why i 'm delighted to hear that disney recently picked up the international distribution rights to the works of ghibli , a japanese cartoon studio .
from what i 've seen of their movies ( " kiki 's delivery service " and the already english - dubbed and american- distributed " my neighbor totoro " ) , foreign audiences are in for a treat .
these movies , particularly " kiki 's delivery service , " are wonderfully original and entertaining .
" kiki 's delivery service
" starts with an unusual premise : kiki , upon hearing forecasts of clear skies , decides it is time for her to leave home .
this is unusual because kiki is n't a college student or a young adult making her start on the world , but a thirteen year old girl eager to begin her training as a witch .
her mother is also a witch , and as thirteen is the obligatory age for such training , her parents treat her leaving understandingly and put up only token resistance .
just the idea of a witch heroine may scare away some audiences , but no mention is made of the occult , and the subject is dealt with harmlessly throughout the movie : kiki 's mother acts as a village doctor , and kiki is able to do no more than fly on a broom .
kiki must choose a city to move to , and what she chooses is the co - star of the movie : a german seaport town , far removed from the country life she has been used to .
initially lost in the impersonal hugeness of her surrounding , she 's discouraged , and unable to support herself though her rudimentary skills as a witch .
on the verge of leaving for a new town , she uses her power of flight to deliver a pacifier to a baby who dropped it .
the favor eventually blossoms into her working as a courier , a one - persons delivery service .
this is where the movie becomes shockingly good .
kiki 's job is a catalyst for her realizing the beauty of the city and the world around her .
the townspeople she is put in contact possess an inner worth that does n't seem forced or artificial , but merely derived from looking at ordinary people in a different light .
they 're three- dimensional , impossible to quickly evaluate , possessing of faults , and understandably reserving in kindness towards a strange girl .
however , each one has something about them , some interest or trait , that makes them interesting and unique .
the personal beauty of the citizens is complimented by the beauty of the surroundings : the seaport town genuinely looks impressive , capturing the european charm of a medieval city adapted to the more modern needs of the 1950 's .
this beauty is beauty with depth ; for every detail left in , dozens are only hinted at .
i could probably go on all day , but i wo n't ; suffice it to say that many of these minor details could have been the highlight of the movie .
some of my favorites are kiki 's relationship with the baker 's husband : although he 's quiet , never shown speaking to kiki throughout the movie , and he initially scares her , his kindness wins her friendship .
in the garage of a deliveree 's house can be found a vintage model
t.
two old ladies have a relationship evolving from master - servant to friend - friend .
such details gives the impression that the beauty shown in the movie is only the tip of the iceberg .
added on top of this is a lesson on the importance of self - worth .
kiki initially seems to derive much of her self - worth from the beauty of her surroundings and the people around her , but an encounter with a rude girl crashes down her bewonderment , making her question the importance of such beauty .
this causes kiki to lose faith in herself .
however , kiki comes to realize not only the beauty of her surroundings , but the innate beauty inside her .
seeing kiki regain faith in herself is marvelous , and the principal device used to do it is so sublime that i do n't even want to hint at it .
the ending of the movie has a subtle charm combined with a sense of awe and , ironically , the most disney - esque moment i 've ever seen ; if you do n't hold your breath in wonder you might want to get medical attention .
the movie steers free of many of the disney conventions : there is no violence , however cartoonish , no song - and - dance number , and kiki 's pet cat jiji is more a friend than a comedic sidekick , although jiji is given many funny lines and scenes .
however , i would be surprised if disney does n't give jiji more jokes , or at least the voice of some comedian .
refreshingly enough , the moral lesson of the movie is not self - contradicted , a habit disney movies have gotten into .
" beauty and the beast " 's beautiful belle , for instance , learned that beauty was derived from a person 's inside , and was then rewarded by having the beast turn into a handsome prince in snazzy clothing .
kiki , on the other hand , learns to separate her wardrobe from her self - image , and nothing more is made of her early desires for better clothing than illustrating her increased maturity at the end of the film .
another difference with disney movies is in the style of animation for " kiki 's delivery service " : not as colorful and dynamic as disney animation can be , but with a greater attention to realism and detail , it fits the movie to a t.
this is particularly true with scenes of kiki 's flights .
the extreme realism of the birds in flight near kiki is magnificent to behold , and helps these scenes capture the wonder of flight better than any other film i 've ever seen .
i 'm not sure when or how this movie will be released in the united states .
disney tentatively plans a theater release of " monoko hime " shortly following the summer ' 97 japanese release , and should start releasing the other ghibli films after that .
i 'd guess that some will be released on video and some will be theatrically released in peak seasons with no competing disney release .
although the wait is unfortunate , it 's good to know that it 's being released at all , for
" kiki 's delivery service " is definitely a movie worthy of widespread promotion and release .
watch this movie .
along with " man bites dog , " and perhaps something by woody allen
, this is the best movie i 've ever seen .

P