Way beyond the Ordinar-E

So I promised to write more frequently. Did anyone really expect it?

This Oscar season brings a lot of debate and a lot of people going out of their way to hate Slumdog Millionaire (which I thought was a decent movie). There are a lot of people saying that it is not a true representation of our country, poverty porn and what not. Well everyone is entitled to their opinion. BUT where I lose my temper is when a Priyadarshan or a Shilpa Shetty or any other dumbass related to Bollywood says that this industry makes movies which represent India better. Hell no. They make movies about 2 % of the population (not even those are accurate) and thrust it down everyone’s throats and then come up with this shit? Hell No.

Anyway, coming to the point. I did not think Slumdog was the best movie this year. The best one was not even nominated in the Oscar best picture category. And no I am not talking about The Dark Knight. I am talking about Pixar’s WALL-E.

If I had to describe the movie in one word, I would say -Art. Sheer poetry in motion. Now don’t get me wrong. It is also immensely enjoyable. The movie has trademark animation/Pixar characters. Adorable. And this is not just the lead characters, but even the side ones (MO!!) What is wonderful about this movie is the way it establishes WALL-E and EVE in the first half an hour of the movie without using dialogues. And anyway most of the dialogues in the movie are “Eve?” and Wall-e?” with different expressions and stresses.

The story is your basic love story. Between robots , of course.What makes the movie so marvelous is how EVE and WALL-E are so different and yet so perfect for each other. Now most movies try to do this and fail miserably. The animation and graphics are of course brilliant. And how can I not mention that ethereal dance scene in the space. Ah, perfection!

I don’t care if it was preachy or if it didn’t seem real enough to some people. No major movie stars, minimal dialogue, a story about robots( I absolutely HATE sci-fi.) But I still found the movie stupendous. And if years of Bollywood haven’t killed the soul inside you/ haven’t turned you into a cynic, so will you.

PS: Oh and I also thought Kung –fu Panda was cute. One of Dreamwork’s best, in fact. But who could have guessed Pixar would outdo themselves.