Johnny English Re-born - A disaster

It was much awaited movie for the fans of Rowan Atkinson. But the movie turned out to be a serious, boring and extremely dragging experience. there was nothing funny about the movie. Story was inspired by Pink panther series and director was more keen on setting up a true bond styled extravaganza, forgetting the fact that what he had in his hand was Rowan Atkinson, not Pierce Brendan Brosnan. 'Bean' guy's not young any more and it surely reflects in the movie. Most of the scenes were those we had already seen and all those blonds, brown hairs,  creamy thighs, ruthless killer grannies, never ending wheel chair races,  had nothing to offer to improve our experience. If you expect a hilarious time like which Rowan produced with 'Bean the movie', or 'Johnny English- part 1', this would disappoint you. So, lets admit; 'Johnny English' is not reborn, and he would never! 

Thus Spoke Mia-Thustra Vol-1

*Baby Bear and the Snake

A baby Bear was playing alone.  A big Snake came that way.

 Snake caught the little Bear and tried to eat him. Little Bear was so scared and started crying.

 Mother Bear came running.

But Snake was not afraid at all.

Then Mother Bear called Papa Bear.

He was so big and strong.

He took a knife and cut the snake into two pieces.

Mother Bear was so happy.

“Very good” , said she;

and drew two stars on Papa Bear’s hand.

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*(An attempt to capture the imagination of my 3 year old: She told me this story few months back)

'Children of heaven', 'Boot polish' and the magic called 'children'!

 'Boot Polish' and 'Children of Heaven' do have something in common. But It was mere coincidence that I saw both in the same week..Both  these movies, talk about the magic that only children can create, like seven million wonders they find in the world they live ,where mere mortal adults (a-dull-ts) manage to find only seven of them. Both the movies are about poverty, pride and self respect and also the amazing love and care the little siblings share. Boot Polish, a 1954 Hindi movie, produced by Rajkapoor and directed by Prakash Arora cannot be compared to Majid Majidi's brilliant Iranian  work of 1997 ,'Children heaven', in terms of Cinematic Qualities or which ever ingredients that make a good Cinema. Indian mainstream Cinema of 1950's was often plagued by hyper-melodrama, extreme low budgets and their nondetachable mainstream theater influence. Of course, there was one 'Pather Panjali', from the great Satyaji Ray which was released in the same period. But, its unfair to weigh Ray and Arora on the same balance. Neverthless, Boot polish was nominated for Palm d'Or at Cannes. Coming back to Children of Heaven; Its absolute magic. A beautiful tale of Innocence and dreams on the backdrop of a pair of old shoes that was lost. Majidi's Camera is so beautiful and realistic that, You would love to see few shots, even when they are repeated umpteenth times.Children here in both the movies lives in poverty here but refuses to beg, live wiht what they got, and never fail to dream. Though the movie was nominated for best foreign film oscar in the year 1998 it lost to another foriegn movie; the italian classic, 'Life is beautiful'; another all time favorite of mine. The way Majidi ends his movie is another thing to note; which is another magical shot, which might be his way to tell us , 'things don't get better that fast'; where his Indian counterpart had to be contented with that typical Indian All-Present-All-smiling-Group-photo ending.