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The Wolverine (2013)
Good Superhero Movie
Its the season of superheros and comic book characters for Hollywood, the latest offering 'The Wolverine'. The movie is based on everyone's favorite mutant antihero — tortured, boozy X-Man Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine.Though the film connects and refers to various past "X-Men" films, this one is no sequel. It has a consolidated story by itself and the past references beautifully merge with the present tale on its own.
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The movie opens with Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) saving a young Japanese soldier Yashida (Hal Yamanouchi) survive the atomic blast (Yes,Logan is capable of surviving a nuclear blast. If you have a problem with the physics of that, you might as well stop reading now) at Nagasaki. Then we flash-forward to the present day, with Logan living in the Yukon in hibernation to escape his memories of having killed his true love, Jean Grey (Refer : X-Men:The Last Stand).It is only when Yukio (Rila Fukushima), a fiery warrior with equally fiery red hair, finds Logan and tells him that Yashida is dying and wishes to say goodbye that Logan returns to society and heads to Japan. However he soon realizes that Yashida wants to say more than a goodbye in short take advantage of Logan's healing powers. Being denied that, Yashida dies but not before he makes Logan promise that he would protect his granddaughter Mariko(Tao Okamoto) who he fears would be murdered soon after she inherits his empire. What follows is crazy politics withing the Yashida clan along with a high dose of action.There's sword fighting, knife throwing, and some ninjas with bows and arrows. In the middle of it all, of course, the claws come out.There is a female villain - Viper(Svetlana Khodchenkova).
Performances
Hugh Jackman as Logan expertly fits into the character. He shows the inner struggle and emotional conflict with great ease and creates a connect with the audience.Tao Okamota as the dynamic Mariko is beautiful and elegant, but the chemistry between Logan and her is superficial . Rila Fukushima is decent as Yukio. Unfortunately the worst part of the film is Svetlana Khodchenkova's role as Viper. The character sketch for the same is very weak.She brings too much melodrama in the movie.Her costumes sadly laughable and her main motive seems to be villainy for villainy's sake. The editing by Francois Audouy is crisp and director of photography Ross Emery too is worth a mention.And, true to Marvel fashion, there's an excellent post-credits scene.
Verdict
The Wolverine is an entertaining movie you can definitely catch it this weekend but you may not like this film if you aren't fond of superhero flicks based on comic book characters.
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Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013)
Not at all good movie. Bad Performance !!
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Well to tell you the truth, my first reaction on seeing the promo of this film some time back was "Who is this guy with a horrendous hair do?" Yes I am talking about Girish Kumar ( apologies to all his fans !!). So I was pretty sure no one could convince me to watch this movie but unfortunately someone did and hence this review. To give you a premises Ramaiya Vastavaiya is directed by Prabhu Deva and is a remake of his very own south Indian hit which itself was inspired by 'Maine Pyar Kiya'. Now you know where are we going with this
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Performances
Well Girish Kumar is the producer's (Kumar Taurani) son, well thats his only qualification for landing this role. His hair is really annoying seriously. He tries to look mature by keeping a stuble but fails miserably. Moreover he acts like a chimp
jumping every now and then, maybe he was trying to make the character more lively and chirpy. Shruti Hassan is good to look at but same cannot be said about her acting.She seems blank and delivers her dialogues at the same pace and with the same emotion no matter what the scene is. Sonu Sood is the only saving grace of the movie, at least he acts well and portrays his character well. As for the director Prabhu Deva, he hasn't even tried to make the film look fresh, its not even old wine in a new bottle.The cinematography and the music are few positives of the movie.The songs are already quite popular.
Verdict
Well I would say you better avoid wasting time going to the theatre to watch Ramaiya Vastavaiya instead watch it on some movie channel or DVD.
Cast : Girish Kumar,Shruti Hassan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Dhillon and Randhir Kapoor Director : Prabhu Deva Producer: Kumar Taurani Music: Sachin-Jigar.
D-Day (2013)
Fast paced, Good one time watch thriller
D-Day is the new offering of the 'Kal Ho Na Ho' famed director Nikhil Advani. I went into the theater expecting a thriller, and yes that is what I got. D-Day is the story of four unassuming protagonists, all with varying back stories and a common mission that brings them together in Karachi to execute one such mission - an enforced extradition of a Dawood-like gangster. It explores their journey, their choices, their loss, their victory. Here is what I think about the movie.
Story Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent to Karachi, 9 years ago to keep an eye and report the activities of the India's 'Most Wanted Man' Iqbal Seth (Rishi Kapoor), also known by the names of Bhai and Goldman. However, Iqbal's movements are constantly monitored and heavily restricted by the ISI. But when Wali finds out that Iqbal Seth will be attending the wedding of his son, against the ISI's wishes, he believes that the perfect time to execute his plan has arrived. Three others agents namely Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi) RAW Explosives expert and Aslam (Akash Dhaiya) a petty thief from the streets of Mumbai, are sent to infiltrate Pakistan and help carry out Mission Goldman. They have their own stories -Rudra develops a strong bond with Suraiya (Shruti Haasan), a sex worker in Karachi, while Zoya sacrifices her marriage for the mission. Everything is going right according to plan till the D-Day when something goes horribly wrong.Whether they succeed in their mission or not is the what D Day is all about.
Verdict D-Day is fast paced action packed with emotional sub tones to it. Yes, the movie does have some flaws. It gets a little boring and dark and bloody at times. Irfan Khan's scenes with his family in the second half are avoidable. The love story between Arjun Rampal and Shruti Hassan is rather half-baked and pushes the film into an avoidable sub-plot. But if you like thriller movies, you would definitely like this one and even if you don't, then go and watch this movie for the excellent performances by the entire cast.
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