"I would like to die; they wouldn't let me to"-> "You cant have everything in life" The film starts with such a dialog, but then what it shows is that if you are determined you can get everything in life.
Your heart will dance and weep to the tunes of this movie. Yeah this looks like just another teen love story set in astounding locales. But there is lot more to it. The film is set in an entertaining story within a story style where both these stories converge at the end. Though I felt the ending was a bit sudden and could have been a lot better. The acting was spot on as were the tracks.
However the main reason this movie holds acclaim is the fact that it makes you feel. The nonchalant eyes of Ryan speak volumes and make you delve deep into the story. There were two very touching scenes in this movie. One where Rachel's fiance (after coming to know of Ryan) says " I have three options: One, I shoot him. Two I give him a damn. Three I let him have you. But none of these let me have you... I love you" This was just one example of hoe this movie touches you... Go and watch it. Its a story about two souls who had all differences for which they fought but only one thing in common: They were crazy about each other.
Overall 7.5/10
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The Tin Drum (Polish)
This is one of the most disturbing and haunting movies I have ever seen. It has all kinds of adultery superposed with a spastic child's view of the commencement of the 2nd world war. In a way its just a disturbing Forrest Gump.
Its a totally different kind of cinema..where the director shocks you out of your senses. The performance is awesome. The kid really looks like a man trapped in a child's body. The expression of his eyes haunt you for life.
A point I found noting about this film is the personalization of the state of uncertainty. It is set in Danzig, which is a free state. It cant decide whether to be Polish or German. Its the same case with Oscar(the kid protagonist). He never wanted to be an adult. Yet as he grew, his body remained that of a kid, yet he possessed an adult mind. He was infact jealous of his father who "snatched" his first love from him probably only because he looked like a kid despite being 16. It is this conflict of mind that he ends at last, when he decided to grow again. Symbolically Danzig too gave up its freedom to be German.
Its better to see this movie than read any review.. nothing can really describe it.
One suggestion, don't eat before you see this movie. You may puke. But then probably you wont be able to eat after this movie too. Also I wont recommend this movie to any one who is easily offended. There are even some child pornographic scenes.
But this is a rare cinematographic experience.
Overall 8/10
Acting 9/10
Its a totally different kind of cinema..where the director shocks you out of your senses. The performance is awesome. The kid really looks like a man trapped in a child's body. The expression of his eyes haunt you for life.
A point I found noting about this film is the personalization of the state of uncertainty. It is set in Danzig, which is a free state. It cant decide whether to be Polish or German. Its the same case with Oscar(the kid protagonist). He never wanted to be an adult. Yet as he grew, his body remained that of a kid, yet he possessed an adult mind. He was infact jealous of his father who "snatched" his first love from him probably only because he looked like a kid despite being 16. It is this conflict of mind that he ends at last, when he decided to grow again. Symbolically Danzig too gave up its freedom to be German.
Its better to see this movie than read any review.. nothing can really describe it.
One suggestion, don't eat before you see this movie. You may puke. But then probably you wont be able to eat after this movie too. Also I wont recommend this movie to any one who is easily offended. There are even some child pornographic scenes.
But this is a rare cinematographic experience.
Overall 8/10
Acting 9/10
Friday, November 14, 2008
Amadeus
An evergreen classic... speechless.. a film that encompasses all emotions and touches all hearts...the music oh the music...if you dont intend to see it, you are sacrificing something..
Well you wanna hear all that cliche praise go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879 . Here I intend to expand and rectify the theme to some extent.
Salieri says he is "patron saint of the mediocre" huh... he is someone who has written 40 operas and was the court composer. Its like a Nobel Laureate saying he is mediocre!!!!! What do they know about the pangs of mediocrity?? Huh
There are two kinds of intellectually famous people- the Genii and the Miracles. The genii get their position by hard work accentuated by super brain power. People admire them. But then there are Miracles. They perform 'impossible' deeds: Deaf composing music, propose astounding theories based on apples, Remember a whole book with one read... and what not... These are the demi-gods ppl worship. And it is this worship that the Genii crave for but cant get anything beyond admiration. There are some heights hard work cannot help you scale.
And among the rest there are two kinds of people- the mediocre and the common mass. Both of these worship the Miracles and admire the Genii. But there is a big difference between them. The common mass have no big ambition and are happy with their family. Its the mediocre whose life is torturous. They start out with big ambitions. When they are kids they think they too would be worshiped some day. That drowns with the fantasies of the youth. Frustrated, they strive hard to be at least admired. Admired they are in a small circle; which rather than helping only infuriates further. It seems like a taunt. They waste their life like a dog to be one among the Genii. Its only at the fag end of life that they realize it was much easier to live the life of a common man. You get just one life. If you haven't even enjoyed it, was the effort any worth? Even if the Mediocre is elevated to the elite group of the Genii, he will not be contented, he will regret not having been sent by God as a Miracle..as Salieri did. Hundred years later only the Miracles will live. If you are anything short better enjoy life as you go along. A grain of sand in a beach of mediocrity is indistinguishable; only the Pearl is.
PS: I found it funny that Salieri's character got the Oscar while Mozart's didnt
Well you wanna hear all that cliche praise go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879 . Here I intend to expand and rectify the theme to some extent.
Salieri says he is "patron saint of the mediocre" huh... he is someone who has written 40 operas and was the court composer. Its like a Nobel Laureate saying he is mediocre!!!!! What do they know about the pangs of mediocrity?? Huh
There are two kinds of intellectually famous people- the Genii and the Miracles. The genii get their position by hard work accentuated by super brain power. People admire them. But then there are Miracles. They perform 'impossible' deeds: Deaf composing music, propose astounding theories based on apples, Remember a whole book with one read... and what not... These are the demi-gods ppl worship. And it is this worship that the Genii crave for but cant get anything beyond admiration. There are some heights hard work cannot help you scale.
And among the rest there are two kinds of people- the mediocre and the common mass. Both of these worship the Miracles and admire the Genii. But there is a big difference between them. The common mass have no big ambition and are happy with their family. Its the mediocre whose life is torturous. They start out with big ambitions. When they are kids they think they too would be worshiped some day. That drowns with the fantasies of the youth. Frustrated, they strive hard to be at least admired. Admired they are in a small circle; which rather than helping only infuriates further. It seems like a taunt. They waste their life like a dog to be one among the Genii. Its only at the fag end of life that they realize it was much easier to live the life of a common man. You get just one life. If you haven't even enjoyed it, was the effort any worth? Even if the Mediocre is elevated to the elite group of the Genii, he will not be contented, he will regret not having been sent by God as a Miracle..as Salieri did. Hundred years later only the Miracles will live. If you are anything short better enjoy life as you go along. A grain of sand in a beach of mediocrity is indistinguishable; only the Pearl is.
PS: I found it funny that Salieri's character got the Oscar while Mozart's didnt
Friday, November 7, 2008
A walk to remember
"Love is like the wind.... I cant see it but I can feel it"
"There's more to attraction than meets the eye"
""Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful."
""Find out who you are, and do it on purpose."
And one more which probably matches the theme of this movie but is from Titanic...
" Love can touch just one time, but last for a lifetime"
Okay I wont keep on compiling a list of quotations... but this movie leaves me speechless....I have seen few romantic movies but I was floored by this one...The soundtrack is awesome so is the acting by the lead characters Mandy Moore and Shane West...
Its like one of my friends commented.. "after watching this movie you feel like crying but this movie teaches you not to" .. Love is powerful; it can change somebody "heading on the wrong path" to somersault. And it is selfless and not jealous.....The film is so natural...You will feel the way the lead characters do....
This movie has elements of teen comedy, great dialogues, beautiful locales and shots and above all an inspiring message....Dunno why it doesnt have good ratings. Its a movie of faith...This is definitely "A FILM TO REMEMBER"
Overall 8/10
Music 8/10
btw: Mandy Moore looks cute in this movie :) The movie is worth a watch for her even if you dont appreciate romantics....
"There's more to attraction than meets the eye"
""Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful."
""Find out who you are, and do it on purpose."
And one more which probably matches the theme of this movie but is from Titanic...
" Love can touch just one time, but last for a lifetime"
Okay I wont keep on compiling a list of quotations... but this movie leaves me speechless....I have seen few romantic movies but I was floored by this one...The soundtrack is awesome so is the acting by the lead characters Mandy Moore and Shane West...
Its like one of my friends commented.. "after watching this movie you feel like crying but this movie teaches you not to" .. Love is powerful; it can change somebody "heading on the wrong path" to somersault. And it is selfless and not jealous.....The film is so natural...You will feel the way the lead characters do....
This movie has elements of teen comedy, great dialogues, beautiful locales and shots and above all an inspiring message....Dunno why it doesnt have good ratings. Its a movie of faith...This is definitely "A FILM TO REMEMBER"
Overall 8/10
Music 8/10
btw: Mandy Moore looks cute in this movie :) The movie is worth a watch for her even if you dont appreciate romantics....
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
One of the best Westerns I have ever seen... after Good bad and the Ugly probably..... and what makes it different from other westerns is its attitude..... An attitude one should take in life... laugh at every situation in life....Even when Butch and Kid were shot and were surrounded by forces on all sides he was joking about going to Australia... hats off..
The script is witty and full of dialogues that will make you exclaim.... The acting is one of the best of the actors concerned..Newman's comic timing is simply superb..
Its a movie one can enjoy in all moods... Enjoy it if you havent already...
Overall 7.5/10
The script is witty and full of dialogues that will make you exclaim.... The acting is one of the best of the actors concerned..Newman's comic timing is simply superb..
Its a movie one can enjoy in all moods... Enjoy it if you havent already...
Overall 7.5/10
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Crash
You think you know who you are. You have no idea.. I am in love with this movie... many movies achieve a brilliant cinematic style, music , camera angles and all the technical shit associated with it... yeah some do even touch you.. but only a few crash with you.. this one did....
It tells the life of many....flawlessly achieving what many directors have tried their hand at...interweaving multiple stories..technically and acting wise its brilliant but the message yes the message....
We are born haughty..... Probably each of us thinks we are better than the others in something.. atleast I do... and lo....even now I am assuming that all of you are as bad as me or even worser...anyway let me rectify myself.. yes I assume that I am good in a lot of respects and that many others out there are bad....I form the judgment myself...But there is Good and Bad in all of you...Atleast for me, I often fail to see the case...and you reader can judge yourself... The next time I will think 10 times before judging somebody....praising is easy, the opposite...darn difficult...
This movie also hit hard at the racist attitude...I dunno if its the case but as it protrays...a big chunk of the problem is that the "BLACK" consider themselves as black!!!!! and the so called liberal minded WHITES who try to bring equality by making the ride of blacks widen the gap even more.....It struck me that its the same we are doing in India.. with the idiotic reservation scheme...there are two classes of people who advocate these: 1. the so called liberal minded who sympathisize with the so called low castes.. 2. The so called low castes themselves who still suffer from an inferiority complex themselves....(of course I have ignored the vested interests).. what they dont understand is that the new generation cares a shit about the castes and all this idiotic reservation is infuriating this generation.....The SC/ST/OBC will have to live with the comment "Oh they got through the entrance exams via the Quota"... They may be damn good students who could have cracked it anyway but still the tag lives and the century old barbaric system of diving people still continues....what I fear is the kind of backlash that we have seen in Orissa... USA has already faced it...with the KKK and stuff...are we heading towards it...OOHHHHH....
Anyway its time to give up the "holier than thou" attitude... GO njoi this movie... you wont leave your seat until this is over..
Overall 8/10
Direction 8.5/10
It tells the life of many....flawlessly achieving what many directors have tried their hand at...interweaving multiple stories..technically and acting wise its brilliant but the message yes the message....
We are born haughty..... Probably each of us thinks we are better than the others in something.. atleast I do... and lo....even now I am assuming that all of you are as bad as me or even worser...anyway let me rectify myself.. yes I assume that I am good in a lot of respects and that many others out there are bad....I form the judgment myself...But there is Good and Bad in all of you...Atleast for me, I often fail to see the case...and you reader can judge yourself... The next time I will think 10 times before judging somebody....praising is easy, the opposite...darn difficult...
This movie also hit hard at the racist attitude...I dunno if its the case but as it protrays...a big chunk of the problem is that the "BLACK" consider themselves as black!!!!! and the so called liberal minded WHITES who try to bring equality by making the ride of blacks widen the gap even more.....It struck me that its the same we are doing in India.. with the idiotic reservation scheme...there are two classes of people who advocate these: 1. the so called liberal minded who sympathisize with the so called low castes.. 2. The so called low castes themselves who still suffer from an inferiority complex themselves....(of course I have ignored the vested interests).. what they dont understand is that the new generation cares a shit about the castes and all this idiotic reservation is infuriating this generation.....The SC/ST/OBC will have to live with the comment "Oh they got through the entrance exams via the Quota"... They may be damn good students who could have cracked it anyway but still the tag lives and the century old barbaric system of diving people still continues....what I fear is the kind of backlash that we have seen in Orissa... USA has already faced it...with the KKK and stuff...are we heading towards it...OOHHHHH....
Anyway its time to give up the "holier than thou" attitude... GO njoi this movie... you wont leave your seat until this is over..
Overall 8/10
Direction 8.5/10
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