I watched 'Snow White and the Huntsman' this weekend (on TV) and Chris Hemsworth consistently reminded me of Heath Ledger. Not the Joker, but the boy from A Knight's Tale. By the by, A Knight's Tale is one of my all time favourite movies, a simple story, but showing how the tournaments were like modern sport in their time. With people being painted in the colour of their favourite knight etc.. Maybe it was the period costumes, or the way they spoke, but the resemblance has stuck with me, and apparently I'm not the only one. A key difference though, is that while Heath Ledger was a few years younger than me, Chris Hemsworth is several years younger than me.
What I find weird though, is that it's just a resemblance, but it makes me fear for Chris Hemsworth. Like this resemblance is going to influence the way his life goes. He is a young man and has a brain I assume, so should be well able to take care of himself. Yet, I find myself slightly nervous, like he's heading inevitably to a state of unbalance.
I also watched Ra.One this weekend (end to end, something I've not managed before) and feel we must give credit to Akon. I'm sure he was paid well, but Shahrukh Khan struggled with his 'pretend' Tamil lines, while Akon has perfect diction in Chamak Challo. That shows a certain commitment to his craft, which I have to appreciate.
I also pondered about why we have very few disaster movies in India. In Ra.One, a train crashes into CST/VT, destroying the structure. We have several such iconic structures in the country, but as a culture, are we too superstitious to make movies about them being destroyed? Is it that our idea of entertainment does not involve doomsday scenarios? Is it possible that the ethos of the subcontinent does not include a doomsday? I'd say it's not, because all the main religions in the region (I don't know enough about Buddhism, Sikhism or Jainism) include the concept of the world ending. So why don't we have it in movies?
What I find weird though, is that it's just a resemblance, but it makes me fear for Chris Hemsworth. Like this resemblance is going to influence the way his life goes. He is a young man and has a brain I assume, so should be well able to take care of himself. Yet, I find myself slightly nervous, like he's heading inevitably to a state of unbalance.
I also watched Ra.One this weekend (end to end, something I've not managed before) and feel we must give credit to Akon. I'm sure he was paid well, but Shahrukh Khan struggled with his 'pretend' Tamil lines, while Akon has perfect diction in Chamak Challo. That shows a certain commitment to his craft, which I have to appreciate.
I also pondered about why we have very few disaster movies in India. In Ra.One, a train crashes into CST/VT, destroying the structure. We have several such iconic structures in the country, but as a culture, are we too superstitious to make movies about them being destroyed? Is it that our idea of entertainment does not involve doomsday scenarios? Is it possible that the ethos of the subcontinent does not include a doomsday? I'd say it's not, because all the main religions in the region (I don't know enough about Buddhism, Sikhism or Jainism) include the concept of the world ending. So why don't we have it in movies?
