Sunday, January 03, 2010

Of 3 Idiots. And one more.

The brat, mamma and pappa went to watch 3 Idiots over the weekend. The brat's concept of the movie was the Aaall Iz Well song. The lyrics and movements to which he has down pat. In fact during his recent tryst with fever, mamma and pappa rushed him to the doctor one evening when all medicine wasn't bringing the fever down and he was scarily sluggish. One shot later, in the car on the way back the above mentioned song found airtime. And the brat, hitherto slumped against mamma, jumped up and did the bouncing chest tapping hands in the air movement with such gusto that mamma and pappa collapsed into laughter.
Therefore from the time the seats were sat on, the whine began. "Wen d aalleezvel song will come?" Soon, soon. Mamma patted him down like the bounding puppy he became. Then came the song. Which had him standing, open mouthed, leaning on the seat ahead, breathing heavily on the bald pate of the unfortunate occupying said seat. The song, followed unfortunately by a suicide scene. Which lead to long theosophical queries by the enquiring young mind as to how Joe went to Jai Jai Jezuz in d sky when dey pud him in a box in the ground an den pud mud on top of him. If he has to go in d sky dey mus pud him in a rocket. Folks behind us keener on the dialogues they paid to hear shushed us ruthlessly.
Then this was followed by another attempted suicide. And the questions piped up again. Why he jumpt from d window? He thought he wuz Superman? He dint put a costuum how he could fly. Mamma took this opportunity to point out pertinent relevant fact considering we live in premises 15 storeys off ground level and with four full glass sliding windows and balconies that this was not, repeat, not a stunt to be repeated under any circumstances.
And the coup de grace was the birthing scene with animated diagrams and ingenious use of vacuum cleaners to pull d baby out wid his head. This led to an instant lifting of mammas top to check if she had a baby concealed on the premises. Mamma thinks a parental discretion advised would have been a good idea given the content of said scenes. She's still trying to explain the exit point of the baby in an age appropriate way.

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8 opinions:

R's Mom said...

heheheeheh :) The suicide scene was quite disturbing...but the movie was amazing :)

Neelum said...

At our end Aadi was very eager to see the movie, and called (still calls) himself the 4th idiot !!
The Joe's suicide scene was too much for him, as after that he went off to sleep. We were quite surprised coz he is the one who pushed us to get tickets ASAP, and he knew all the songs etc 'give me the sunshine' being the most favourite.
Later when we were home, he told me..'mumma why did they press Joe's neck with the rope? he was just singing a nice song'...how can they do this to him? the police pressed his neck with rope na mumma?'
I was seriously searching for words...

Cantaloupes.Amma (CA) said...

As much as I liked the movie ... the birthing scene was totally unnecessary in my opinion.
My 5 year old daughter is convinced that the tummy is cut open and the baby taken out. Given that I had 2 C-secs, I think she has got 50% right.

Ron said...

The birthing scene was quite ridiculous though I loved the movie overall. My love for the pint sized Khan..it grows :P

There was this little kid behind us who had some very specific questions during the birthing scene. Boy! Did we feel sorry for the parents trying to answer them. Has Krish forgotten the scene and his queries yet? Parental guidance advisory would have been a very good idea.

karmickids said...

R's Mom: The movie was wonderful. Total paisa vasool. I only wish I hadnt taken krish for it.

Neelum: Yup. Two suicides and one birth. Too much for children me thinks.

CA: CHildren are so smart these days. I still believed the babies were to be chosen at the hospital till I reached 13.

Ron: Yes, this movie didnt need such a detailed birthing scene if they had a U certification. A six year old could do with some time to learn how a baby emerges.

Ron said...

My 11 year old cousin is now very curious to know what balatkar means. She came back from school one day with exam results and informed her mom that while she has done very well in English A and English B its a total balatkar!!! My aunt didnt quite know how to react to this information.

Ron said...

My 11 year old cousin is now very curious to know what balatkar means. She came back from school one day with exam results and informed her mom that while she has done very well in English A and English B its a total balatkar!!! My aunt didnt quite know how to react to this information.

Reflections said...

LOL I usually answer something inane in 1 sentence and then point to the sky and say dramatically "Hark look at that bird" ;-D
I'm chicken I knw but dont want to deal with it just yet;-P

P.s: U've been awarded:-))!!!!