The Dark Knight

Well I was surprised to see this movie break above Godfather in the IMDB list. A movie being #1 in IMDB list, above Shawshank and Godfather. But I think, yes this movie should be top ten. Its not an evergreen classic..its not Life is Beautiful, not even No Country for Old...but yes its a film that appeals to everybody yet has all the nuances of a good movie.

Heath Ledger deserves an oscar for his role... This is one of the best psycho roles I have seen in the films of the recent past...Its sad that he is no more, he should get a posthumous Oscar for his role.....But Christian Bale disappointed me again...He in my view drowned Nolan's last film( The Prestige) to some extent and there was big mismatch between Joker and Batman in terms of acting...(dont get me wrong..Bale is a good actor but I think he could have been better...)

The film is brilliant in many respects-special effects, awing action sequences, symbolisms and yes acting..the ediitng is crisp.there are no redundant scenes..though at times the scenes are too brief....and the message that it transmits is also strong..However the story had no major twists and I think the movie was infact let down by a rather simple story....it was almost totally predictable. But then I must not be too cynical its a Batman movie after all and it cant probably go better than this..

The symolization on the eternal conflict between Order and Anarchy especially through Joker's dialogues are mindblowing as is Batman's conflict....everybody does their part rather well in this movie and its difficult to find flaws in this movie though I found a few [:)]

Overall 8/10
Acting 9/10

Charade

I checked the name of the director at the end to see if it wasnt some remnant of Hitchcock...I couldnt guess it till the end...The suspence is superb...but the strong point for the movie is its presentation....totally ingenuous....

This movie figures an aged Cary and aging Audrey( she still charms :)) yet it mesmerizes..the romantic Paris and the camera movements....the angles are mastercrafts...

and yes the script....there are scores of quotable lines in this movie..it begins with something like this

Cary met her
Audrey :I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else.
Cary: Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know!!!!!!!

Dont waste time reading this silly blog..go and watch this movie..

Overall 8/10
Direction 8.5/10

PS: There is a music in this film which seems to have inspired the background score in the Hindi movie 'Gumnam'

Monster's Inc

We Scare because we Care ....its a animation movie you wont want to miss.

Splendid animation with cute characters adorn this movie. If there was a lost of the best anime movies ever, this would be in it....

But what sets the story apart is the ingenuity... What a concept...a city of monsters who derive energy from children's screams.....and yet at the end it is proved that laughter is a better source of energy than screams.....

Often you do some work as part of routine life without ever giving a thought to what effect it has on others....but if you are ever shown a snapshot of how "monsterish" you appeared, you would probbaly change yourself....I guess that is the theme of the movie..

An entertainment for the whole family...see it...

Overall 8/10