Movies Galore

Its been a long time since i posted in this place and so, i wanted to be "back with a bang" like the saying goes!!!..

So here i am, starting a new post and breaking the new trend of posting reminisces of the last year. Summer has started and this is the time it is going to peak (agni nakshatram has already started you know). This summer, most movies coming up are absolutely fantastic and a must-see for all. But, i still wanted to post this so that everyone can get an idea of what some of the greatest movies releasing this summer are all about.

This idea struck me a long time back but today morning's metro plus issue made me prepare this post. So, lets get to the actual post:

This summer, hollywood has got a huge treat for us. It all started with the much awaited Spiderman 3. And as expected, it has exceeded all grossings of previous hollywood movies in India and not without a reason as shreyas pointed out.

The other movies looked forward to are:

1) Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End :
One hell of a much awaited movie. Everybody is just waiting to see Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow. The trailer was shown before Spiderman 3 started in the theatres and i must say this - it was AWESOME!!!.

I am not gonna waste my time explaining the first two movies but i must say that you must watch them cause this final package of the trilogy is said to be heavily based on the first two. So what is the third instalment all about?

At the conclusion of part 2, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and company find refuge with Tia Dalma, who offers them the opportunity to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. She says they will need a captain, "who knows those waters," prompting the reappearance of Captain Barbossa, killed by Jack Sparrow in the first film and who has been resurrected.

In the third film, the crew travel to Singapore to steal a navigational chart from the Chinese pirate Sao Feng, which will lead them to the World's End. They journey through a frozen ocean before sailing over an enormous waterfall and into Davy Jones' Locker (seems idiotic, doesnt it???... but believe me, once you see the movie, you will forget all about the idiocity of the storyline). While imprisoned there, Jack Sparrow is confronted with the many facets of his character before being rescued by Will, Elizabeth and the crew. Despite their mutual animosity and distrust, Sparrow and Barbossa form an alliance when they discover a more sinister threat has arisen; Cutler Buckett, who now possesses the heart of Davy Jones, has begun purging piracy with the commanded assistance of Jones and the Flying Dutchman. The world's pirates gather for a meeting known as the Brethren of the Coast, consisting of nine pirate lords, including Sao Feng, as the stage is set for a climactic battle between pirates, Davy Jones and his henchmen, the Royal Navy, and the East India Trading Company at an enormous whirlpool.

2) Shrek 3 :
One wonderful movie for children. Shrek 1 & 2 have been a mix-up of all of the greatest fairy tale characters in a mixed-up common tale in which all of them play a part.



Shrek 1 & 2 were huge grossers for animated films and though the storyline is crap (you HAVE to agree with me on this), the movie is wonderful with mix of comedy and action and emotion in a very well-packed bundle. So, what is the latest shrek all about?

Shrek the Third has Shrek and Fiona watching over their kingdom of Far, Far Away, now that King Harold is a frog, yet Shrek feels that he never cares about his friends. When King Harold falls ill and is dying, Shrek and Fiona determine that if they can find a suitable heir to the throne of Far Far Away and bring him back, they can leave their current lifestyles behind and return to their swamp. The most promising candidate for the position of king is Fiona's cousin, Arthur (Artie) who proves to be much more of a problem than Shrek, Donkey, and Puss had bargained for.

While Shrek is away, Prince Charming attempts to take the throne of Far Far Away. To do that, he heads to the Poison Apple Bar and assembles a coup d'etat made up of Captain Hook (of Peter Pan fame), The Wicked Queen (i think this one is of the fame of Alice of Wonderland, i dont know, though), a Cyclops, RumpelStiltskin, and Mabel the Ugly Stepsister as well as an army of black knights, witches and walking trees. The pregnant Fiona, her mother, Queen Lillian, and Doris the Ugly Stepsister recruit four of Fiona's closest princess friends, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Cinderella to help them hold off Prince Charming's quest for the throne, with added help from Shrek's friends, Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf, Suzie Cassidy, the Blind mice, and the Gingerbread Man.

Like i told you, its a mixed tale of the most famous of fairy tale characters.

3) Spiderman 3 :

Need i say more after shre's post. NAH!!!!...

4) Fantastic Four 2 : Rise of the Silver Surfer :

The second Super-hero movie releasing this summer. As this is only the second part, let me briefly explain what happened in the first part :

Reed Richards is a scientist who does experiments. In one of them, his company's boss's secretary, brother-in-law and friend get exposed to cosmic rays and become super-heroes (actually mutants). Each of them gets different powers using which they defeat Dr.Victor Von Doom who has a body of organic metal which can manipulate energy from his surroundings and help him use them. When he uses these against Reed blaming him for the failure of his company, the four get together and destroy him with the help of Johnny's pyrokinetic powers (simply : his ability to produce flame from any part of his body at will). The movie actually wasn't quite a hit as most super-hero movies are and was subjected to much criticism.

The second part is hopefully better. Heres something about the second part:

In the second part, Susan and Reed are trying to marry in the early parts. Enter, Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer actually has his own history:

Galactus was originally Galan of Planet Taa in the universe which existed prior to the present Marvel Universe. Galan was a space explorer and when the radiation that was to wipe out that universe in a periodic phenomenon known as "Big Crunch" attacked the Planet Taa, Galan tried to escape. But finding no way out, he went towards again to the centre of the Big Crunch in order to meet his doom. But to his surprise, he saw the Cosmic Egg from which the next universe was to arise. There, he was fused against his own will witht the Sentience of the Universe and was born as Galactus in the next Universe.

Galactus, the great alien with god-like cosmic powers and who is considered as one of the 5 essential entities for the current Marvel Universe to exist along with Eternity, Death, Infinity and Oblivion, once wanted to devour the planet of Zenn-La to feed his insatiable hunger. In order to save his planet, the young astronomer of the planet, Norrin Radd agreed to serve as herald to Galactus. So, Galactus granted him enormous powers (including the all powerful power of Power Cosmic, the greatest power in the Marvel Universe which encompasses all other powers and which only Galactus holds and can wield in full power) but also made him forget his past. Hence was born Silver Surfer who travelled the cosmos searching for planets that Galactus can devour for his hunger.

Our story revolves around the part when Silver Surfer visits earth in one of his visits to planets for galactus to devour. But there he sees that the beings are quite similar to that on his own planet and his memory starts coming back. The actual storyline though has supposedly undergone lots of modifications but the part where Silver Surfer betrays Galactus is still retained. The film promises to be a great hit although its prequel's failure is against it.

5 ) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix :

I am not gonna write a review on this as almost all of you are HP fans and know the story line to the most trivial part. But i must say that this is one of the most awaited movies of the year.

So, this summer seems to be a treat for movie-lovers. Whether it be the magical world of Harry Potter or the fictitious world of Captain Jack Sparrow, this summer, hollywood promises to give us a very very big treat. Hoping that all the movies are as good as the reviews promise,

Signing off,

Rapster