Sunday Chronicles

Perhaps this is the firsts of many first things that I’ve been doing over the past two years in Uttar Pradesh to be precise. Uttar Pradesh – Noida for me is a state full of dust, state of the art auto rickshaws, and crisis. No where in this planet, you get to travel along a Kareena Kapoor and a Katrina Kaif, at every dawn and dusk in the auto rickshaw. I am referring to their king size snapshots. Perhaps this is one similarity, which almost every auto rickshaw has in Noida. Some do have Preity Zinta as well :). Coming back to the day, I set off to watch ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and then instantly sat again for “Fast 5’. Both are amazing flicks. At one end, you have Po, joining forces with his group of kung fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon. In the other end of the spectrum, you have Dominic and his crew joining forces to pull one last job together, which is worth a $100 million. Both the movies began from where they ended last time and as anticipated, had loads and loads of stunt sequences. “Fast 5’, was perhaps the best of its kind so far. ‘Rock’ against ‘Vin Diesel’ was almost similar to the ‘Rock’ against ‘Austin’ at the Backlash or Wrestle Mania. Nostalgia! "Fast Five" is a movie about tactless materialism, masculine sentimentality, and acute violence, all of them exaggerated to the point of caricature. However, Kung Kung Fu Panda 2 has been set in such a way to answer and cover up a loop hole that existed in the first sequence; the goose being the father of a panda. The main story is compelling, an account about Po's journey of self discovery and his efforts to make peace with himself, but there is also plenty of humor, which sets nicely off the strong characters. I am not sure, if Fast 5 will have another sequel to it, but Po seems to have another one in the loop already. I guess, it will be worth a wait.