Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:35 PM PST

"Please don't look for any complications in 'Pyaar Impossible' because there aren't any," Priyanka said.

She has essayed a complex character in "Fashion" and 12 roles in "What's Your Raashee?" and that's why Priyanka wants to make it clear that her next is just a breezy romantic comedy.

"It's not necessary that all love stories have to be complicated. So many times it is the simplicity factor that comes out trumps and 'Pyaar Impossible' is one such film."
"Please don't start hunting for a classic tale a la 'Mughal-e-Azam' here because that was never the intent," Priyanka said.

"We wanted to make a feel good fun film that can be identified by the teens and youth and tells their story while keeping the entertainment value intact. One should just enter the theatre with a bag full of popcorn and enjoy those couple of hours," she added.

She is paired opposite Uday Chopra, for whom "Pyaar Impossible" is a comeback of sorts. The actor, who made his debut nine years ago with "Mohabbatein" (2000), was last seen in "Dhoom 2" (2006).

"Pyaar Impossible" is produced by him under the Yash Raj Films banner and directed by Jugal Hansraj.

'Pyaar Impossible' is the story of a geek called Abhay (Uday), who falls in love with the most beautiful girl in the campus, Alisha (Priyanka). While most people believe this love story would be impossible, some also wonder if fate would get the two together and if this 'pyaar' would indeed turn out to be 'possible'.

"That's where the real sweet elements about the film come in because the girl truly believes that geek or no geek; it's the intrinsic good qualities of one's own self that make people fall in love with you. On the other hand, the boy believes that good looks do matter. This is what kick starts the entire point of view of possibility of love in contrasting individuals," Priyanka explained.

This is why she is particularly fond of the title song where she is dressed as a geek in a manner similar to that of Uday's character in the film. With spectacles on, unkempt hair, loose T-Shirt and baggy shorts, she follows the geek look to the T, as instructed by Uday who challenges her that she can never find a guy looking like a geek.

"I take this challenge while being quite sure that men would look deeper into me than just the looks. All of this is conveyed through the title song which has been picturised in such a sweet manner. Do I eventually get a guy for myself? Well, watch out for that in the film," she said.

Also starring Dino Morea in a special appearance along with Anupam Kher, "Pyaar Impossible" is set to release in January.

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Avatar, a Mr. E Movie Review - Elites TV

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:56 PM PST

Avatar, a Mr. E Movie Review
(Run time: 161 min. – Directed by: James Cameron – Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver)
James Cameron's Avatar is an awesomely engrossing, visually astounding, masterpiece of a motion picture. If you do one thing for yourself see Avatar in digital 3-D and if possible try to see it in IMAX 3-D! After only a few short minutes you will find yourself lost in this one-of-a-kind world.
When Jake Sully's brother Tony is killed during a robbery Jake, played by Sam Worthington, is asked to replace his twin brother on Pandora as the "driver" of his personally grown "Avatar" of which a lot of time and money has gone into creating and only someone genetically linked to it can operate. His only professional skills are that he was formerly a Marine. Unfortunately he was paralyzed from the waist down while on duty on Earth.
Pandora is one of the moons of a planet called Alpha Centauri A. In 2154, the humans are trying to colonize the moon after finding that it is rich in a mineral called Unobtanium. Standing between the humans and this valuable mineral is the moon's native people the Na'vi. The Na'vi are creatures that stand 9 feet tall, have tails, and sparkling blue skin. These indigenous people have an almost network-type oneness with Pandora's other creatures, plants, and even the planet itself.
After traveling over 4 light years Jake arrives on Pandora. He is quickly thrown into his Avatar and taken out into the jungle. Suddenly an accident causes Jake to be lost in the forest and about to be in a danger situation as night falls. That is until Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldana, finds and rescue's him from a wild pack of alien wolf-like animals.
Will Jake follow orders and help the humans get the Unobtanium or will he become engulfed among the Na'vi people? Will the humans greed destroy the natives or will the environment itself not allow for the ravaging of its natural resources?
Everyone is, and will be, talking about the techniques James Cameron created to capture the live action from his actors. The result is CGI that is so right on the money you really believe what your seeing. On top of that, the world and creatures Cameron's created are so uniquely original that you might find yourself looking to the sky wondering if somewhere out there could they really exist.
Sam Worthington is great as the lead. He has a nice charisma that compliments his wheelchair bound Marine/boundary breaking Avatar character. After the job he did here you might just see a lot of new roles going his way in the near future.
Zoe Saldana has proven herself again. Breaking out of her "Uhura" role and taking her Na'vi character Neytiri to a very realistic and savage level. Zoe is a hot new talent that too is sure to be burning up the big screen for years to come.
Another actress proving herself again is Sigourney Weaver. She has the classic presence of a leading actress that just elevates every scene she's in. Her supporting role in Avatar, both as an Avatar Na'vi or as the lead scientist, is top shelf. While finally, Stephen Lang's portrayal of Colonel Miles Quaritch is not only right on the money but everything about him right down to his battle wounds is as militant and warmonger-ish as you can get. And that's exactly what Cameron was going for!
As a movie going experience Avatar is going to be one of the best time's you've ever had. Just about every sense you have is going to be bombarded with amazement, in a good way. Young and old alike are sure to find themselves enjoying this breakthrough film.

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Sarah & Hugh Get Funny In ‘Did You Hear About The Morgans’ Movie ... - OnTheFlix

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:24 PM PST

Sarah & Hugh get funny in 'Did You Hear About The Morgans' movie trailer. Columbia Pictures is releasing its new Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant comedy flick this weekend entitled, "Did You Hear About The Morgans ?" The movie trailer looks pretty good,and has some pretty funny moments in it. It also stars : Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly,and Wilford Brimley.

"Did You Hear About The Morgans ?" revolves around a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant). Their lives seem perfect,but really their marriage is in turmoil.

However, their marriage problems will seem very small after they witness a murder,which makes them become a target of a contract killer. So, the Feds put them in a witness-protection program,which sends them to a small town in Wyoming. Their marriage looks to surely end at this point unless they can find a way to rekindle their passion in the small town

"Did You Hear About The Morgans ?" movie hits theaters this weekend on December 18.

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Are movie directors overrated? - Everett Herald

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

"Directing a movie is a very overrated job, we all know it. You just have to say yes or no. What else do you do? Nothing. 'Maestro, should this be red?' Yes. 'Green?' No. 'More extras?' Yes. 'More lipstick?' No. Yes. No. Yes. No. That's directing."

Thus speaks an acerbic costume designer played by Judi Dench in "Nine," an upcoming musical about an addled movie director played by Daniel Day-Lewis. The film, based on the Broadway musical, is about many things: men, women, sex, guilt, life, death. But it's also about the complicated meaning of the two words "Directed by."

We know when a movie's been well directed, right? It's been well directed when it works. When it looks great, sounds great, captures actors at their peak performances, leaves the audience feeling satisfied.

But wait: We liked the story and that dialogue was hilarious. Doesn't that mean the movie was well written? And that actress we love: She's good in everything. The director didn't design the costumes. She didn't operate the camera for that unbelievably cool tracking shot. She didn't write that lush musical score or invent the sound effects.

Maybe Dame Judi is on to something; maybe directors are overrated.

Er, not so fast wardrobe lady. Yes and no sound easy enough, until you say no when you should say yes. Or say yes to the wrong thing. "A director makes a thousand binary decisions a day," said Jason Reitman, who directed "Thank You for Smoking," "Juno" and, most recently, "Up in the Air," starring George Clooney.

"Now, let's say I get one of those questions wrong. It wouldn't be a big deal. Even if I got 5 percent wrong, it'll probably fly by.

"But let's say I got half of it wrong," Reitman said. "What if this was a really intimate scene and it didn't feel intimate because the location seemed too modern? Or the background actors brought too much attention upon themselves?

"All of a sudden enough questions come up that, for whatever reason, you've stopped believing in the reality of this movie. ... And all of a sudden the movie is poorly directed.

"Directing is tone," he concluded. "And tone is the hardest thing to explain to someone. It's like how you know you're in love with somebody."

The most important quality of a director might be invisibility. When viewers are transported by a movie, when they've entered an entirely new world, immersed themselves fully in its milieu and mood and characters, they're in a sort of trance. If at any point the director's presence is felt — in a too-fancy shot, for example, or a showy piece of editing — the spell is broken.

But if the audience emerges from a movie collectively rubbing their eyes and asking where they just went, they've just been taken on a journey led by a good director.

Even before a director gets to the set, she has been spending months in preproduction, hiring costume designers, production designers, a cinematographer and the heads of countless technical departments. She's scouted locations, taken photographs or created storyboards, and held script meetings.

She's hired a casting director to hold auditions, okaying or nixing every hire. Once filming gets under way, she's the go-to person for every single question on the film, from where to lay a troublesome cable to how to get a temperamental actor out of his trailer.

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