Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: Hip-MO-tized!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hip-MO-tized!

Not long ago it would have been hard for me to imagine myself finding one of Babubhai Mistry's Bollywood fantasy films to be sort of rote and uninvolving -- that I'd be all like, "Yeah, Helen on a flying carpet. YAWN." But I have to admit to feeling that way a little bit about Sunehri Nagin (probably because no dinosaurs. Grrrr.) Still, I did enjoy this one very special special effects sequence in which villain Anwar Hussain puts the whammy on Helen:

4 comments:

Prof. Grewbeard said...: he's obviously completely absorbed his paperback copy of "Getting Women Through Hypnosis"...; August 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Beth Loves Bollywood said...: Professor, now that you say that, it does completely remind me of the ads in the back of comic books! I know I'm never going to look at Anwar Hussain in the eyes again! Better safe than sorry.; August 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM
memsaab said...: Did he go to all that trouble just to put her to sleep?; August 2, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Todd said...: You know, Memsaab, I honestly don't remember what happened after this scene -- which means that Anwar's "roofy vision" must have put the whammy on me as well.; August 2, 2009 at 8:52 AM