What's so good about Charlie's Angles

I mean not just Charlie's Angles, but every other pop-corn movie that is normally released in summer. Mr. & Mrs. Smith is the latest one in the series. I would not say genre, because some of my friends will come at me with all the ingredients required to define and employ the the dreaded word, some of them with definitive etymology. Such is the pain of being surrounded by wise. So I accepting my ignorance in advance, shall stay away from making qualified statements.

Why I like Charlie's Angles? Its fun. I walk in with very low (read non-existent) expectations and I walk-out happy and delighted. Walk-in is just a metaphor here. Most of the time I watch them for free from the public library. I am not a first-day-first-show kind of person. I am not even fourth-week-nothing-better-todo-sunday-show kind of a person. Actually, I am not a cinema person. DVD-era is a bliss, even if I heavily depend on our 10 buck VCR. Our because it was acquired in partnership and though I did not make any capital investments, yet I spent lot of time managing it.

By the time DVD (and VHS) is released, much has been said about the movie. And by the time our library gets it, almost everyone in the civilized world has already watched it or has decided to stay away from it. That is my time to go for the kill . It might sound like scavenging but trust me its not. It has lost none of its flavor.

Let us not digress. The best thing about Charlie's Angles is, it never disappoints you. Have you ever taken an opinion poll with choices like (i) agree, (ii) disagree and (iii) no opinion. I am always amazed (and disappointed) that some people actually voted for the third choice. I like Charlie's Angles because the don't have an opinion and they do not take the vote. Actually thats very smart thing to do. I call it conscious abstinence, but let us not digress again. Charlie's Angles always have chic moments. And some hilariously bad one's. When the bad guy shoots at Dylan, the bullet moves very slow. It had moved only a couple of inches from the barrel and bad had guy has already blinked and changed few face expressions. She could surely dodge such a slow bullet (she did). For pure academic reasons, I think they should show wake of the bullet than shock-waves around it, whenever using slow motions.

The chics always very tight suits. Its not breathtaking (can be for the chics who wear them), but its feel-good. Angelina Jolie might have an Oscar for Girl Interrupted, but she looked much better in Tomb Raider and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They have lots of (raunchy, which is better than slapstick) humor . They always (can I put that in capitals) have well resolved climaxes. No mystery is left for the audience to trouble. Bad guys are killed, good guys and gals get married, all the secret files are back in safe, the nuclear bombs are secured and world saved, once again. Everything is so cool.

If we take a look at more serious flicks, which many of my friends vouch for. They leave a lot of unanswered questions behind. Was it true? Which side of truth it was? Is there some more untold truth? Was it how director interpreted the truth? Most of the Abbas Kiarostami movies are that way. I don't mean they are unintelligible, undecipherable or boring. I have lot of respect for the guy. But these movies are like heat sinks. They consume lot of energy. I don't remember the last time I walked-out (metaphor again) fresh from a Kiarostami flick.

All I remember is "Good Morning Angles" and very delightful time later.