The Avengers: The 'Super' Movie with a Sense of humour

The Avengers is basically the usual kick ass Hollywood Action Adventure where plot, story, script, narration, characters, performances do not matter at all. What matter is CGI graphics, Over the top action sequences, Aliens, Super heroes, Larger than life disgusting aliens and yes, not to mention  the usual ‘end of the world’ premise. Add to that Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Fury and not the forget The Incredible Hulk. Throw in some one liners and not expected witty scenes and you have a total paisa vasool entertainer Hollywood ishtyle. Though the plot is very confusing and you’re like why can’t the super heroes end the villain in the first 20 minutes only, but hey if I am spending 300 rs on the ticket I am definitely not going to complain about the extra 2 hours of action  right? Another most important element which other super hero flicks miss is the 'humour'. The movie has a sense of humour and is definitely very funny. Recommended if you loved any of the above mentioned superheroes or even remotely liked the Michael Bay-ish Masala sans Transformers.  And yes, Leave the Girlfriend back ;)

As far as the plot is concerned, Basically, a dude called Loki (Yes, I laughed at the name too) who's basically Thor's cousin or step brother or something wants to take over the earth by transporting aliens from his planet to earth through a shiny cube, which is a inter universe-transporter/door AND an abundant source of energy. He steals the cube and goes on with his plan. Fury (Samuel L Jackson) calls all the super heroes from different parts of the world to stop him to 'end the world as we know it'.. So they come together, fight each other, one man dies and they get 'united' and take on Loki. And Save the world in process.Not that any of it matters anyways right?

Well, As already written above, the movie is from the transformers genre with aliens and guns and action sequences and cities getting destroyed etc etc. but what appealed to me the most was NOT the action sequences but the witty way the super heroes have been dealt with. They are all super heroes with a sense of humour. Just when you are getting bored of all that ho halla and seem to get lost in the 'story' as to what's happening or why it's happening etc, the movie suddenly provides a funny sequence with a crazy one liner and  you forget all that and burst out laughing. THIS is something i've not seen earlier except in the Iron Man franchise may be. For e.g.Okay, let's leave the example. It'll spoil the fun. Go and watch and you'll realize what scenes i'm talking about.

I also loved the nok jhoks between the super heroes. Especially Iron Man Vs Thor and later Hulk Vs Loki. Seems like nobody is a fan of hammer happy Thor and his Shakespearean Outfit. Robert Downey steals the show majorly because the best lines go to him. The Hulk comes in second and well, the rest don't really matter to be honest.

Overall, A Kick Ass Action Adventure with a Sense of Humour. A Definite Watch if you've seen any of the super hero movies or even transformers and liked it.

Feel-O-Meter: 9/10 (Yes, I didn't care about the story or the lack of it, What I cared about, was there ;) )

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Housefull2: Confusion-tainment

I have always maintained that one should have a very clear understanding of one’s expectation from a movie while booking the tickets and you will not be disappointed. Same is the case with Housefull 2. When you have seen the promos, you know what you are going for and what your expecations are? You expect the movie to be utter brainless comedy with tons of slapstick and gags, right? And that’s exactly what you get from this as well. The movie is actually hilarious if you don’t get into the logic of things. Most of the scenes are actually quite entertaining and though it’s almost 3 hour long, it doesn’t seem to bore you throughout most of it’s length.  Recommended if you are just looking for some brainless humour and entertainment out of the boring everyday life.

The movie revolves around one word : Confusion.  Jai wants to marry X (I forgot the character’s name). Jai’s father goes to fix his shaadi with Henna who is Rishi Kapoor’s daughter who’s Randhir Kapoor’s step brother who has a daughter called Bobby. Rishi doesn’t like Jai’s rishta and Jai’s father suffers a heart attach. Jai wants to take revenge and sends Max as Jolly, the billionaire JD’s son to marry Henna who gets confused and falls for Bobby. Then Jai and Jolly send Sunny who is Max’s ex-best friend to pataofy Henna. Also, Jolly loves J-Lo but is scared of his dad JD. Well, then they all land up at JD’s house and then enters X and her Father who is incidentally JD’s old friend and they had fixed X and Jolly’s marriage during their childhood. Okay, so basically all over a dozen characters are at the same place and all 4 Sasurs and Bahus think one of the four dulhas to be the real Jolly. Confused? Wait till you watch the movie. The confusion goes on and on and on but in a very fun filled and entertaining way.

Performance wise Akshay has been given the maximum footage and he is the pick of the lot too. Nothing award winning from any one but no body seemed awkward or pathetic. Even the girls seem to have done their jobs. Looking pretty and all that you see. Except Zarine Khan who is paired opposite Riteish Deshmukh for some reason! May be that’s to do with her weight/size that she just seemed a big misfit in the whole cast. Almost every one is funny where they are supposed to.

The script and dialogues take the cake here, no matter how confusing the plot becomes. Sajid Khan has managed to pull a close one and through his tribute to 70s cinema and Ranjeet-ism, doesn’t let you bore in most of the length. As soon as the movie goes down, he puts a gag somewhere and you are back on track. It’s amazing how he managed to hold the audience’s attention in a slapstick for almost 3 hours.

Overall, an entertaining, fun filled, slapstick which though definitely is not one of the best comedies you would have seen, but still is entertaining enough so that you don’t feel disappointed.

Feel-O-Meter : 7/10