I like to move it, move it...

I saw Madagascar yesterday. It is, as I am sure all of you would know, an animated kids' film; the kind that is watched by 7 year-olds in huge groups on class-outings. I, as a result, loved it. It is by far the funniest movie I have seen in a long, long time, and the best animated film I've seen since Finding Nemo. And I should know; being an avid follower of animated movies. They, I think, go well with my intellectual level.
The movie was full of colourful and amazingly well thought-out characters. I personally found the lemurs and the penguins pretty cool, but the best of the lot were the monkeys. They had delightful English accents, and an uncanny tendency to come up with absolutely brilliant lines like, "Of course we're going to throw poo at him."

I also saw Raincoat at a film-festival at Siri Fort a couple of days back. It was a nice movie. The story, loosely based on 'The Gift of The Magi', by O Henry, was expectedly good, but the direction could have been a lot better. The movie also tended to drag a bit in the middle, although not for a very long period of time. The most interesting and entertaining aspect of the movie, however, were the English sub-titles. English subtitles in Hindi movies are always rather shabbily done, but it was amazing just to what extent the sub-titlers had messed up in Raincoat. Bhabhi was translated as Madam, and khichdi as pulp (??). The cake, however, along with pretty much all else, was taken by the sentence that appeared on screen during a scene that had Ajay Devgan shouting at Annu Kapoor, who was playing Ms. Rai's landlord. "Aap to bade hi bekaar kism ke aadmi hain.", yelled Mr. Devgan, which was very unceremoniously, if somewhat erroneously, shortened to, "You asshole!"

And then there were these two kids who were sitting next to me during the movie. As usually happens when two kids between the ages of 4 and 8 converse, one of them was playing the role of the all-knowing, all-powerful stud, while the other was playing the reverent and meek disciple, hoping that some of the stud's gyaan would rub-off on him, and he too, one day, would have his own legion of adherents.
"Yaar, yeh picture khatam kab hogi?", asked the disciple, with suitable obsequiousness.
"Tu ye bata, ki picture shuru kab hui thi?", boomed the stud, playing his part to perfection.
"Teen baje, yaar.", replied the disciple, making sure he kept his voice low.
"To phir chheh baje khatam hogi, bewakoof. Tujhko itna bhi nahi pata. Cinema hall mein saari picturein fixed time par chalti hain. Yeh waali teen se chheh. Phir chheh se nau. Phir nau se baarah. Phir raat ke show; baarah se teen aur teen se chheh. Phir subah ko chheh se nau, nau se baarah, baarah se teen, aur phir phirse teen se chheh. Log saara time baith kar picturein dekhte rehte hain. Samajh aaya bewakoof?", said the stud, surprised by the extent of his companion's ignorance.
"To kyaa hall mein chaubees ghante picturein hi chalti rehti hain?", asked the disciple, now awed beyond comprehension.
"Aur kyaa.", said the stud, now clearly trying to recall why he had agreed to sit with this dufus in the first place.
"To phir, yaar, yeh cinema hall waale log sote kab hain?", asked the disciple, with much anticipation.
With infinite simplicity, the stud replied, "Arre bewakoof!! (He was, very evidently, in love with the word 'bewakoof'.) Saturday aur Sunday ko sote hain naa."
The disciple was too overwhelmed with the simplicity of it all to continue the conversation.

Before I leave, I would like to post some lyrics. They are from a most delightful song, probably one of the best ever. Download the song, and sing along. Dance, if you can. Jump up and down, and wave your arms around. You'll love it all, I assure you.

I Like To Move It Move It
-- Sacha Baron Cohen

(Chorus)

I Like To Move It Move It
I Like To Move It Move It
I Like To Move It Move It
Ya Like To (MOVE IT!)

All Girls All Over The World
Original King Julian Pon Ya Case Man!
I Love How All The Girls A Move Their Body
And When Ya Move Ya Body
Uno Move It
Nice And Sweet And Sexy Alright!
Woman Ya Cute And You Don’t Need No Make-Up
Original Cute Body You A Mek Man Mud Up
Woman Ya Cute And You Don’t Need No Make-Up
Original Cute Body You A Mek Man Mud Up
Woman! Physically Fit
Physically Fit
Physically
Physically
Physically
Woman! Physically Fit
Physically Fit
Physically
Physically
Physically
Physically

Woman! Ya nice
Sweet Fantastic
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic
Woman! Ya Nice Sweet Energetic
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice
Sweet Fantastic
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice
Sweet Fantastic
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic
WOMAN!

(Chorus)

Woman Ya Cute And You Don’t Need No Make-Up
Original Cute Body You A Mek Man Mud Up
Woman Ya Cute And You Don’t Need No Make-Up
Original Cute Body You A Mek Man Mud Up
Eyeliner – Pon Ya Face
A Mek Man Mud Up
Nose Powder – Pon Ya Face
A Mek Man Mud Up
Pluck Ya Eyebrow
Pon Ya
Pon Ya Face A Mek Man Mud Up

Gal Ya Lipstick
Pon Ya Face A Mek Man Mud Up
Woman Ya Nice Broad Face
And Ya Nice Hip Make Man
Flip And Bust Them Lip
Woman Ya Nice And Energetic
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic
Woman! Ya Nice
Broad Face
And Ya Nice Hip
Make Man Flip And Bust Them Lip
Big Ship Pon De Ocean That A Big Titanic – WOAH!

BOP!
WOAH!
BOP!
WOAH!
BOP!
WOAH!
BOP!

(King Julians Bit On The End:)

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
HE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
SHE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
YOU LIKE TO, MOVE IT!

WE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
I LIKE .. OH I DID I HAVE I DONE I? DID I DO I LIKE?
I THINK I DID I LIKE.. WE? WHAT ABOUT WE? THEY? THEY? I DID THEY.

OH I GOT IT, I GOT IT I GOT A NEW ONE I GOT A NEW ONE.. THEM?
NO NOT THEM.. DID I SAY THEM OR NOT?

THEM LIKE TO MOVE IT MOV... I'M GONNA SAY THEM

THEM LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
WE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
UMM WAIT THERES GOTTA BE ANOTHER ONE WE... WE... NOPE.. OH US!
CAN WE DO US LIKE TO?

US LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT THATS THE ONE
US LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
US LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
US LIKE TO.. MOVE IT!

MOVE IT! MOVE ITTT.. MOVE IT! MOVE IT! MOVE IT MOVE IT

OKAY THEN, WANNA HEAR,
I JUST WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY THIS LITTLE STORY
THAT MY DADDY USED TO TELL ME HE WAS A KING AS
WELL I WAS BORN, PROBABLY ABOUT 68 YEARS AGO OVER BY
THAT TREE OVER THERE YEH
AND I REMEMBER THINGS CHANGED A LOT IN THOSE
DAYS, IN MADAGASCAR IT WASNT SO COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW,
THERE WASNT ALL THE FUSS BOUT WHO'S GOT THE LATEST TREE
AND WHAT LEAVES
ARE YOU WEARING AND WHO'S GOT
THE LATEST FUR ON THEIR BACK YOU KNOW,
THOSE DAYS IT WAS JUST ME AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS YOU
KNOW, DOING THE JUNGLE BOOGIE YOU KNOW,
JUNGLE BOOGIE... JUNGLE BOOGIE
WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH

I LIKE TO MOVE IT!

YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS NEVER GONNA END COZ IT IS 3,2,1

NOT BAD EH? I LIKE IT