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Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Average Show with some Great and mostly Sub par Characters
I started this show thinking that I would absolutely love it and for a while, I did. It follows the journey of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam), who is navigating his way as the VP of a motorcycle club led by his step-father Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman). The moral dilemma faced by Jax pertains to the practices of the club, his step- father's modus opearndi and life in general. In terms of sheer acting brilliance, Ron Perlman and Kim Coates stand head and shoulders above all other regular cast members. Both are superb and portray their characters with sheer conviction. Charlie Hunnam is also good in most places but stumbles in others due to his contrived accent, which can get rather annoying. Other annoyances, major ones at that revolve around the character of Titus Welliver and his horrific Irish accent. It becomes unbearable in many places. Jimmy Smits is also incredible, as he was in Dexter as Miguel Prado and so is Billy Brown, also seen in Dexter. Theo Rossi also does full justice to his part and shines with what is given My major gripes with the show are as follows: (1) A plot that jumps from one point to another with illogical transitions. Characters defy their normal behaviours randomly to do complete U-Turns (2) Some horrific accents, especially the Irish ones and overuse of the word "Darlin" by Katey Sagal and Charlie Hunnam. Absolute cringe worthy. (3) Most of the characters are rather unlikable except Ron Perlman's, Smit's and Billy Brown's plus Theo Rossi's. They are almost one dimensional, with little charisma, straight forward arcs (for the most part) and rather lackluster acting. (4) The script is severely deficient. I cannot remember a show that has fewer dialogues that can be remembered. Every conversation is so mundane, attempting to fit into the Southern Cali biker subculture that there's literally nothing to remember.
Parinda (1989)
Spectacular
A brilliant, dark movie which got full justice from the acting of the great Nana Patekar. A gripping plot, an eerie background score from the great R.D Burman and to top it off, Nana Patekar delivering one of his finest performances. Although Nana has given many memorable movies, this to me alongside Yugpurush is his finest acting effort. His dialogue delivery is immaculate and so is portrayal of narcissistic killer. Jackie Shroff, whom i feel is a brilliant actor himself also performs marvellously. Anil Kapoor was decent and this was by no means his finest performance. For that one will have to see "Saheb" or "Ram Lahkhan". But a satisfactory job nonetheless as was the case with Madhuri and Suresh Oberoi though someone like Danny Denzongpa may have been a better choice. There were some flaws but heck, nothing is perfect and this movie is a gem. Emotionally charged, eerie and gripping are all effective adjectives to convey the lore of Parinda