saad_sarwar Reviews

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Performance from the duo - Federico & Giulietta

[9/10 · 16 May 2020]

What a great harmony in the beginning and the ending of the film. The main character seems to be taken from a real life profession. The story has been staged in such a way that it can be said 'based on true facts'. All this is feasible only when such project done by an expert. And Federico Fellini has proved many times before making this movie that he is one of the best in this line.

The protagonist is a lonely struggling woman in the most hated and neglected profession in the society, a prostitute. Whatever the profession, she also has some dreams, some desire for a beautiful life. But she has no rushing behind the dreams, just agility to spend the life conventionally. But is the life pass by conventionally?

A fluent and lively performance in the role of a prostitute, it seems that no one could have done better than Giulietta Masina.

The Homesman (2014)

An Exceptional Western!

[8/10 · 21 September 2014]

Drawing a pistol in twinkling of an eye, a hole in the center of forehead or a bullet made ventilation system through the chest of enemy, lots of gunfire or gunman show. Yes, I'm talking about an western movie. This one is an western too but not the ordinary one.

Story is very simple. During the period of colonial settlement of US in 17th century, the effect of harsh settlement in unknown rude lands and unhealthy lifestyle made people mentally disordered. Responsibility of transporting of such mad three ladies from Nebraska to far east Iowa for treatment has imposed on Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) by incidents, who's bachelor but pious, open-minded but bossy. For this, Mary has to travel long rude prairie in winter where she may be attacked by bandits or Indians. Incidentally, she got a partner George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones) who's a low-life drifter. Have they completed their mission successfully? To get the answer, you have to watch the movie till the end.

The main appeal of this movie is surely the acting of main two characters Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones. Whether directing the movie by Tommy himself is also remarkable . And another important thing of this movie is its visual appeal. Filming the rude prairie was so stunning and awesome.

FYI: One can get any kind of feeling after watching, may be one can enjoy much or so so or may be boring… But I enjoyed it

Mountain of the Moon (2013)

The Adventure of boring 148 minutes.

[2/10 · 3 August 2014]

This movie managed to catch my attention because it's the cinematic adaption of the great novel of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 'Chander Pahar'. But to be honest, the movie is an insult for an interesting story written on the book.

Romantic hero Dev ruined the adventure mood from the very beginning of the movie till the end by his ridicules acting. From start to end, you can find lots of unnecessary scene, false information about real African geography and director's lack of sense as making an adventure movie.

Some plots are really ridicules as rail station manager Dev waves flag after train leaving the station, Dev and Rudolf carrying a small bag each on their search of diamond mountain but always spend their nights under tents with furniture like tables, chairs, lots of oil lamps and cookeries. It's funny during conversations between two main characters as one speaks while another replies using another language most of the time.

Lacking of any thrill, watching this movie is totally waste of time. It's neither an adventure movie nor a documentary.

The Fourth Kind (2009)

A different kind

[7/10 · 16 July 2013]

The genre of this movie attracted me first but the poor IMDb rating ruined my interest to see it. I heard somewhere that it's kinda horror but a different type. After watching this, I can also tell that it's really a different one. The movie based on the story of alien encounters where a psychologist discovered some disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Once you start seeing this movie, the story will keep your attention throughout the end. But at the end, it's depend on the viewer whether believing the story as true or fake, but this movie can make someone confused over the true existence of the story in practical life. Not bad as the rating shows so.

Appaloosa (2008)

An awful western

[5/10 · 19 March 2013]

The starting of that movie made my full concentration on the screen. I thought it's gonna be another charming western movie but by further approaching it made me awful.

It's a slow movie which failed to be a good western. You can't deserve so much from it as you get what from other western movies although there's some gun fight.

The character Renée Zellweger as Allison french ruins the mood to watch the movie although Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen did very well on their character.

Cinematography was good but worst screenplay and I wonder how this movie have a rating around 6.8 on IMDb.

A Time to Kill (1996)

No need to read review before watching this movie, i think

[9/10 · 7 March 2013]

I found and read some comments about this movie before watching that this movie is cheap and tasteless, after that I lost interest to watch. But I got more positive comments and finally watched it.

Don't know how someone can use words 'cheap and tasteless' about this movie, but I strongly recommend that just watch before reading so many comments.

This movie has a strong theme, some fine acting (specially, Matthew McConaughey) and nice screen playing. It would take almost 150 minutes of your time but I think, you should remember this movie for long time after watching.