It is a brilliant insane movie. I could go on and on about the movie. Some of the quotes in this movie are mindblowing practical pieces of advice. But that not why I am raving about this movie.
The camera work on a black and white film is outstanding. The angles, the style, the motion...The story line is innovative; I don't think there are better directorial debuts out there.
Nevertheless, I must caution you that this is not a movie for everybody. It's intriguing but unless you appreciate the art called cinema you may not like it.
Acting 9/10
Direction 8/10
Camera 9/10
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Saturday, June 5, 2010
The Game
I wish I hadnt watched this movie. I would love to have the experience of watching this movie for the first time once over. The reviews you can see on IMDB. What I would tell you is a viewer's experience.
'Whereas once I was blind, now I can see.'-John 9:25 This is the central theme of the movie. And I can assure you after you have watched this movie, you will have the same realization too. Life is too short. There is no time for being self-conceited. Yet most of us (atleast me) are imprisoned in this dingy cellar. Its time to open our eyes up.
The movie is an experience. You would be on the edge of your seat the whole time. It keeps you engrossed and you feel part of the movie. This I say for most movies reviewed here. But this time I really mean it. I wouldnt waste your time, go and watch The Game. What did you say? You have important work? haha after you have watched this movie yu wouldnt say so. Best of Luck
Acting-9/10
Direction-9/10
Story-9/10
'Whereas once I was blind, now I can see.'-John 9:25 This is the central theme of the movie. And I can assure you after you have watched this movie, you will have the same realization too. Life is too short. There is no time for being self-conceited. Yet most of us (atleast me) are imprisoned in this dingy cellar. Its time to open our eyes up.
The movie is an experience. You would be on the edge of your seat the whole time. It keeps you engrossed and you feel part of the movie. This I say for most movies reviewed here. But this time I really mean it. I wouldnt waste your time, go and watch The Game. What did you say? You have important work? haha after you have watched this movie yu wouldnt say so. Best of Luck
Acting-9/10
Direction-9/10
Story-9/10
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Ring
Its long since I last wrote anything on this blog or infact anywhere. And here I return with a movie is totally different genre. However despite being in the horror genre it doesnt scare you throughout with scary faces. The visual effects are too appealing. Infact the whole mood of the film is set because of the excellent use of visuals and sounds. Acting too is superb, even from the child actor. Most of you probably have seen it. If you havent see it. I would not very scary but more of a mystery. There are plenty of questions that I couldnt answer, maybe some of you can help.
If you havent seen the movie skip this part now and come back later
1. Why does the body of the girl(Samara) appear under Shelter mountain inn though she was pushed into the well in Moscoe Island?
2. Why does Mr. Morgan kill himself?
3. Why were the images of those who viewing the video twisted?
4. Why was Samara killed at all? And why was she kept in the barn?
5. Why is this continuing? And what does that video mean?
Now fun questions?
What if someone is not near a TV on the 7th day? :P And they say it will never end. Here is method. After the all the known viewers of the video have copied the tape once and their stipulated 7 days is over, they can simply burn allt he existing tapes. Done, End of story. Enjoy
Overall 7/10
Visuals-8/10
If you havent seen the movie skip this part now and come back later
1. Why does the body of the girl(Samara) appear under Shelter mountain inn though she was pushed into the well in Moscoe Island?
2. Why does Mr. Morgan kill himself?
3. Why were the images of those who viewing the video twisted?
4. Why was Samara killed at all? And why was she kept in the barn?
5. Why is this continuing? And what does that video mean?
Now fun questions?
What if someone is not near a TV on the 7th day? :P And they say it will never end. Here is method. After the all the known viewers of the video have copied the tape once and their stipulated 7 days is over, they can simply burn allt he existing tapes. Done, End of story. Enjoy
Overall 7/10
Visuals-8/10
Friday, March 27, 2009
Aliens
Only a few 2nd parts are as good as the original. This movie thrills you. Held together mostly by two characters. Ripley- an epitome of an action heroine and Newt-one of the cutest child characters.
Its an action/Sci-fi movie everybody is bound to love. However something I missed in this movie is a twist which was novel in Alien. The music is gripping and you too feel a part of this movie. Enjoy it.
Overall 7.5/10
Its an action/Sci-fi movie everybody is bound to love. However something I missed in this movie is a twist which was novel in Alien. The music is gripping and you too feel a part of this movie. Enjoy it.
Overall 7.5/10
Monday, March 9, 2009
Twelve Monkeys
Terry Gilliam's Brazil is one of my all time favorite movies. He shows his class once again in Twelve Monkeys. A perfect Sci-fi suspense thriller based on the famous 'La Jetee' (reviews comings). It was difficult to guess everything till the very end.
Brad Pitt and Bruce Wills put in an amazing performance. The actress too puts in a brilliant performance. Watch this movie. You cant miss it. Trust me you will be glued to your seats.
Overall 7.5/10
Brad Pitt and Bruce Wills put in an amazing performance. The actress too puts in a brilliant performance. Watch this movie. You cant miss it. Trust me you will be glued to your seats.
Overall 7.5/10
Batman Begins
I would just like to point out I love the way Nolan has transformed a simple comic character into a movie with a message: Conquer your fears, only that makes your life Hell.
Cinematography/Editing... I would give thumbs up to Nolan
Overall 7/10
Cinematography/Editing... I would give thumbs up to Nolan
Overall 7/10
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The Exorcist
The tagline for this movie (Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another world. The world of darkness) moved me and drew me to watch this movie. Contrary to what others may say, this movie is not a horror movie. In my opinion the director even didnt want to make a horror movie. There is no sudden brandishing of scary face that is cliche in many other films. Its a terrifying mysterious drama. A grasping one.
The director challenges faith and our blind devotion to science. This is most beautifully brought forth in the character of a psychiatrist boxer turned priest. We see the devil so often yet never see God. Is there a God??
The acting is superb in this movie. Dont watch this movie expecting nerve wrecking horror and you will enjoy it.,
Overall 7/10
The director challenges faith and our blind devotion to science. This is most beautifully brought forth in the character of a psychiatrist boxer turned priest. We see the devil so often yet never see God. Is there a God??
The acting is superb in this movie. Dont watch this movie expecting nerve wrecking horror and you will enjoy it.,
Overall 7/10
Alien
"In space, no one can hear you scream". So true. Its a horror sci-fi that will remain an evergreen good watch. This movie has one of the best anti-climax ever seen on celluloid. There are two very good twists in this movie which I love.
The direction is just perfect as is the editing. Background score, cinematography etc everything is almost perfect in this movie. However there is too much of drama in this movie surrounding a cute cat. The best part is the atmosphere that it creates. You feel you are part of the Nostromo.
Enjoy it
Overall 7.5/10
The direction is just perfect as is the editing. Background score, cinematography etc everything is almost perfect in this movie. However there is too much of drama in this movie surrounding a cute cat. The best part is the atmosphere that it creates. You feel you are part of the Nostromo.
Enjoy it
Overall 7.5/10
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Blade Runner
One more of those movies that wont leave you impressed the first time you watch it. I wasnt atleast. But as I analyzed it, I found it to be extremely subtle and poignant. have to see this movie again. I saw the director's cut. Have the see the original next time.
The whole film is set in a sombre ambiance. The cramped, busy streets of the Oriental town shown in this movie is so true everywhere. The buildings are so realistic. This has to be one of hte best futuristic sci-fi s I have seen along with Brazil. Infact this reminds me of Brazil especially in its environment. This film is about a rebellion by humanoids.
And this film leaves a lot a space for speculation. the ending is not really complete and I guess the protagonist was a humanoid too. And who was right. It seems the humanoids have a reason for rebellion. There's lot to think about in this movie.
Overall 8/10
Direction 8/10
Plot 8.5/10
The whole film is set in a sombre ambiance. The cramped, busy streets of the Oriental town shown in this movie is so true everywhere. The buildings are so realistic. This has to be one of hte best futuristic sci-fi s I have seen along with Brazil. Infact this reminds me of Brazil especially in its environment. This film is about a rebellion by humanoids.
And this film leaves a lot a space for speculation. the ending is not really complete and I guess the protagonist was a humanoid too. And who was right. It seems the humanoids have a reason for rebellion. There's lot to think about in this movie.
Overall 8/10
Direction 8/10
Plot 8.5/10
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
Thursday, October 9, 2008
A Wednesday (Hindi)
Bollywood's finally coming of age... There are a number of films in the past few months which are worth mentioning about... The age of running around trees has given way to some serious film making...As always drastic changes are brought about by newbies-all the directors of are fresh...
Lets talk about the film at hand....a thought provoking one graced by arguably two of the best actors of Bollywood-Nasiruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.... its flawless...and it has the RDB (Rang De Basanti) effect. Be it the background music..editing...dialogues...camera angles....But I am moved by the topic of the film...
In recent times, the world has been rocked by terrorism..whats the purpose????? Is anybody clear about them???? Doesnt each religion preach kindness to fellow beings!!!!! We are but a tiny speck in the fathomless universe yet we fight among ourselves on petty reasons....The massive human population is but a sack of sweetpeas that can crushed by a small astronomical force...Nonetheless we waste our time fighting among ourselves and these fights are aggrevated by vested interests and brainwashed fanatics.....Are all those so called terrorists really proud of having killed so many innocent people in the last decade??? People so benevolent that they dont even raise their voice even after their life is shattered???? Religion is but a way of knowing oneself. Everyone can have his/her own way.. Seen one way there is just one God, in a different angle there are plenty...because there is a God in each one of us and by prayers its that God we want to arouse, that God we wish to, that God we confess to...
The adjusting common man swallows all pain with a pinch of salt. Its very difficult to incite him to war..but yes when he rises, mayhem will follow...And we can see everywhere around us that the temperature of the 'proles' is rising.....They get irritated quickly..the anger is often vent out by burning buses, trains or lynching petty criminals....But that day is not far away when the "cockroaches" who pollute the society will be guillotined..Watch out!!!!
Overall 8/10
Acting 8.5/10
Direction 8.5/10
Lets talk about the film at hand....a thought provoking one graced by arguably two of the best actors of Bollywood-Nasiruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.... its flawless...and it has the RDB (Rang De Basanti) effect. Be it the background music..editing...dialogues...camera angles....But I am moved by the topic of the film...
In recent times, the world has been rocked by terrorism..whats the purpose????? Is anybody clear about them???? Doesnt each religion preach kindness to fellow beings!!!!! We are but a tiny speck in the fathomless universe yet we fight among ourselves on petty reasons....The massive human population is but a sack of sweetpeas that can crushed by a small astronomical force...Nonetheless we waste our time fighting among ourselves and these fights are aggrevated by vested interests and brainwashed fanatics.....Are all those so called terrorists really proud of having killed so many innocent people in the last decade??? People so benevolent that they dont even raise their voice even after their life is shattered???? Religion is but a way of knowing oneself. Everyone can have his/her own way.. Seen one way there is just one God, in a different angle there are plenty...because there is a God in each one of us and by prayers its that God we want to arouse, that God we wish to, that God we confess to...
The adjusting common man swallows all pain with a pinch of salt. Its very difficult to incite him to war..but yes when he rises, mayhem will follow...And we can see everywhere around us that the temperature of the 'proles' is rising.....They get irritated quickly..the anger is often vent out by burning buses, trains or lynching petty criminals....But that day is not far away when the "cockroaches" who pollute the society will be guillotined..Watch out!!!!
Overall 8/10
Acting 8.5/10
Direction 8.5/10
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Minority Report
Normally I sport flaws in movies.....I crib about them...this movie has flaws in galore.....But leave everything aside, I think this is a decent movie....atleast a decent crime thriller based on sci-fi.
The Washington DC portrayed in this movie is awesome. There are magnetic roads and sprawls. There are just 12 merry go rounds, the cars look fantastic. The best part is the virtual reality with CD like stuff containing information....Some scenes reminded me of Gilliam's Brazil..
Whatever be the details, the plot is wonderful....though the twist is a bit cliche....Nevertheless, you are kept engrossed....
Dont think too much scientifically and dont find flaws...you will enjoy the movie...Spielberg is always motivated by Kubrick..but they ar levels apart..
Overall 7/10
The Washington DC portrayed in this movie is awesome. There are magnetic roads and sprawls. There are just 12 merry go rounds, the cars look fantastic. The best part is the virtual reality with CD like stuff containing information....Some scenes reminded me of Gilliam's Brazil..
Whatever be the details, the plot is wonderful....though the twist is a bit cliche....Nevertheless, you are kept engrossed....
Dont think too much scientifically and dont find flaws...you will enjoy the movie...Spielberg is always motivated by Kubrick..but they ar levels apart..
Overall 7/10
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