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Up (2009)
I didn't liked it.
The film may be good, adventurous and fun delivering for some but didn't work for me at all. It is not for people who are serious film fans. The reason is that the film didn't have a concrete storyline with clearly bounded plots, doesn't progresses meaningfully depicting messages or characters whatever is required and then climaxing it. It simply picks up the story from the frustrated aged man against the multi million corporation and then goes here there without staying connected with it's starting point. It simply narrates an adventure of an old man with a little boy and then ends in somewhere else that made me feel foolish as to why I watched it in the first place. I never could connect emotions or reality or entertainment with this film. It's just passing time without quality.
Up attempts to depict a fantasy film under the umbrella of animated film but it didn't work out. It's fantastical idea of a flying house, stork interacting with humans and then tears of the experienced plus final conclusion of the film all couldn't uplift the film. It felt like unplanned thoughts finally broadcasted to the world. A totally indisciplined and chaotic visual experience. The ending is nonsense. No message or any fun time delivered. It's comic themes doesn't feel comedy at all, not relatable to all, only to some.
The film is like a collage of bit pieces of imagination combined, without any rational framework. It's strange that 1.1M votes bought it 8.3. It's not fair. Toy story was great. But for this, it's not 8.3. I would give it a 38/100. A 4/10.
A Wednesday (2008)
An impressive thriller.
A Wednesday is an example of brilliant thriller that questions the Government, it's working, it's policies. A film that enlightens us about political scenarios, earns the public sympathy and makes us think about our respective roles. We as common man choose govt for what purpose ? If not satisfied what we could do ? Naseeruddin Shah is that person who had the guts to question it, a 60+ old man with a shopping bag in hand and a clearly outlined activity that unknown to anyone but himself.
On a bright Wednesday, an Unknown man under the pseudo name 'A common Man' calls the Police commissioner that he will do exactly he is told or a bomb goes off in town. Just from that moment on the film grips the viewers attention until the climax with twists and turns throughout. Anupam Kher is the commissioner who has to manage this situation. Through various strategies he still fails to stop the common man and its intention but finally had to accept him as righteous guy. Throughout this there are many incidents of ups and downs, that triggers the confusion, curiosity and thrill of the viewers. The film ends though in positive tone which even successfully portrayed a nameless character throughout. But we all know, through a thoughtful guess, why is it so ?
Though it's a brilliant film with a unique unconventional storyline but still it has it's dull moments, has scenes not necessary at all. Scenes like electric baba, hacker's confidence and the police saying about Kaliyug are such. Some characters were heavily dramatised, very unreal. The film intends to deliver the brilliance of thought , I believe, not to depict real characters in real life. It's just a figment of imagination that the anger ridden but calm common man may teach a good lesson to all who need it. Just that, nothing beyond. Neeraj Pandey choses the fast narratives which was well executed though and script well written without leaving the flaws. Both Anupam and Naseruddin gave the best performance which helped in uplifting the film too. It was an impressive thriller made, as the final say with its own moments of cleverness and dullness. An 8/10 though and a 79/100.
Udaan (2010)
Another from Bollywood that hits the point.
Set in a depressive mood, Udaan tells a poignant 's story of a son's relationship with his father. Rohan, the central character of the film is a student of a boarding school who was expelled due to high mischief done in school hostel. His father Bhairav Singh, a business man, a bit short tempered, rude and hardlined person reflecting the true traits of abusive nature. Rohan returns home to stay with his father and pursue studies. Ronit Roy is so convincing as the rude father that it would be proper to say he alone lifted up the film. It felt like as if he is the bright point of the entire depressive mood. The relationship he and his little brother shares with their father forms the rest of the storyline.
Rohan loves poetry but Bhairav loves hard job like metal-iron work in industries. He want his son to do all that. Rohan is a young teenager, in love with life and the colors of it. Bhairav is in his 50s has left the world's beauty a long time ago, is aware of the truth of human lives, is distasteful for all aesthetics, but is passionate and materialistic. Rohan is caring, social and spiritual but Bhairav is ruthless, reasonable and isolated. Both never goes parallel and clashes in ideology. Rohan even smoked infront of his father to keep his commandments. I will not question it's genuinity but it well explained the abusive trait of his father. The film is a pessimistic symbol of the father son relationship which ends in their segregation. Rohan stood against the abusive attitude, took his younger brother and separates from his father. It is like flying away from darkness in search of light and hope. A very real touching and true representation of human characteristics, light on one side and darkness on the other.
It's an interpretation though that Rohan reflects truly his mother who is not shown in the film. He is very unlike of his father. He decides to leave him when he thinks of remarrying another women. This is exactly what his mother would have responded, if she were in Rohan's place. Though this is not shown still a perfectly thought out trait in building real world characters.
Udaan is the true story of Anurag as we all heard, the writer of film. V. Motwane has brilliantly crafted the story with perfect casting and exact narratives to tell the tale. The BGM is touching like the vibes of a young wanna be flying teenager, who dreams to break free all bonds of the world. The film is brilliant in showcasing this without losing it at any point of time. Though it depicts the son seperating from the father still it seems it ended in optimistic note implying a bird getting free from cage of fear. My favorite scene is when Rohan sits with his father in park saying his self composed poem. It's just simply ironic and awesome scene that speaks a lot of the characters and film itself.
Lastly it's a pessimistic experience no matter what it's climax. See it if you share similar ideology of saddened experience. But as a film it's brilliant. A cheer up performance for Ronit Roy and a thumbs up for V. Motwane. Sometimes Bollywood films hits the point of real human experience and Udaan definitely belongs to that group. A 98/100.
Aakrosh (2010)
Atmost average !
Aakrosh 2010 is 1980s masterpiece gone bad. It actually tried to show the same crime in judicial scenarios where corrupt administration stays on one side and good on the other. Rural Police, Politican and socially influential's are shown to be corrupt where the government of centre is showed as just. The set is similar to 1980s Om Puri's epic film but this is nowhere near to it. Not even average. Some things are finely shown which appears here and there with pieces scattered. It is sometimes emotions or camera angles or direction or BGM or performances.
Aakrosh, the word itself implies the intense hatred to connote resistance against negativity. But that intensity didn't appear in it. It attempted but failed. In its older version it was quite convincing, whether it be the content or acting or title. But in it all crimes and corrupt practices felt like an average routine in Indian system, devoid of fear or dark passion. Without that very fearsome and hypocritical traits hiding behind decent faces the so called 'aakrosh' won't be established. It was the very root of the film.
Apart from that the film shows many logical flaws, the Detectives from Delhi behaving like immatured teenagers or the confidence of the villains or the action scenes (train scene). The ending felt like it's a normal film where good wins upon bad like Kudrat Ka Kanoon. Paresh Rawal was good as the exploitive police but not his best. It felt like the 90s film where he used to play antagony prior comedy roles. The movie was also noisy, felt like made from a loud cultural perspective. The shootings and the blood boiling sentiments were showcased through voice not through subplots and brilliant narratives. It's just raw picturization of a rural crime scene without much thought applied on.
Lastly, you may watch it if you are Akshay or Ajay's fan for their duo was good to watch upto the end. 4/10 is for that only. But as a whole it's an average film of crime genre, missing a lot of reality. I haven't watched Mississipi burning but heard it's a complete copy of it. Well I left out that issue in this review.
A 42 on a scale of 100.
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003)
A captivating tale of passion, confusion and corruption
HKA is a maestro's job of Sudhir Mishra, who hated Jane bhi do Yaaro a lot. Of course his film speaks the standards of serious tones and thoughts. His neutral views of the world and the portraying the present situation by inculcating realism and emotionalism throughout along the remembrance of 1970s insurgencies points his brilliance. He narrates the situations through the experiences of three college going students and their gradual journey to matured adults. The film is captivating in its tale of various incidents surpassing from traditional rural set-ups to modern english thinking urban style. All performances are brilliantly done even the minor roles and special appearances with pure Classical Indian tunes reflecting Indian scenarios perfectly. The title perhaps means Sudhir Mishra's desire to paint a thousand stories fabricate into one.
HKA is a tale of passion, where romance changes its role between Siddharth and Vikram and that too without violence within them. It's due to the educated traits of modern world where passion exists without inciting violence. The girl finally belonged neither to Siddharth nor to Vikram and the director very cautiously constructed the female character, which is not only believable but also impressive. It proves the fact that women sees all equally without bringing the jealousy into the fold.
HKA is a tale of confusion, where the viewers will keep on thinking who is the hero of the film and who, the antagony. Both Siddharth and Vikram faced terrible challenges during their activities. Siddharth is social rebel, kind of social guy with some dangerous ideas and wanna be revolutionary, easily controllable by a beauty. So he gets the girl. Vikram is a job holder with decent attitudes to whom only a fool could
refuse and Geeta was not among them. So it was a mess and passion plus confusion plays its role to teach both of them what they perhaps needed, if not for all then atleast for Sudhir Mishra.
HKA is about corruption where Indian administrative system is shown to be corrupted esp in rural areas. Police are the really the predators who stood for corrupt practices instead of justice. Vikram was beaten almost to collapsing point where a sheer bit of humanity saved him.
This film in summary doesn't has a rigid storyline with clear bounded plots. Instead it depicts various circumstances faced by the selected characters and progresses on that line with as much details and realism. Had the runtime been another one hour it would have easily retained the attention. Sudhir Mishra's narratives are impressive, serene and justifying. His diretion is powerful and honest, showing without compromising the mistakes of characters and the system. It's perhaps his best work. A film attempted to show neutrality but has optimistic theme. A straight 9/10 due to no well organised plots but due to perfect narratives of everyday lives.
On a scale of 100 it's a 89.
Omkara (2006)
A brilliant Adaptation of Shakespeare's Tragedy.
I will not review this film under the light of Othello upon which it is based, but rather upon the cinematic narratives of Vishal Bhardwaj who had crafted it in a way suiting to Indian atmosphere. The same characters and the same human situations with the exception of the set designs, costumes, language and other native tastes. Bhardwaj has dug up the jewel of human darkness and ugly side depsite the outer differences that has been blinded people through millenia. His narratives are powerful and are self justifying at every step. His direction is strong and stylishly done too, whether it was the jealousy inciting scenes of Dolly and Omi or the murder scenes or the treachery of Tyagi or the passionate feelings of the couples. It was just pure brilliance.
Omkara is about a man madly in love with a beautiful village girl, wants to marry her, receiving the same passionate love from her. But in this love story the conspiracy and betrayal plays a strong role twisting everything the viewers could rationally think of. It holds the attention upto the end, progresses through a journey of various circumstances involving politics and family issues, ultimately leading to the trauma of heart break. But it also ends with optimistic note when it concludes in the survival of one innocent person who was significant in the film. The movie basically is about the dark and unenlightening characters who thinks less and highly proned to outer influences. They succumb to all that are considered enemies of men, lust ego anger attachment and so on so forth. The messages are two in this film -
One, thoughtlessness ends terribly.
Other, truth ultimately triumphs.
Coming to the technical aspects, Langda Tyagi is the show stealing spot of the film. He is the motivator of evil, the conspirator, the controller of the main story and the most believable antagony of the real world. He speaks lies with comfort defends it and motivates others in executing his plan. He is to be feared for the damage he could do to the world. He is like the devil who silently works behind the scenario. Saif has done it with confidence. Omi is a thoughtless but honest person, who believes in love and in truth, fails to recognize the truth and untruth, which finally leads him to self destruction. Kareena, Bipasha and Kangkana are all same, wants love protection and trust from the world. Firangi is impressively done by Vivek Oberoi, he needs resurrection in Bollywood. The songs, BGM, the camera works, the direction and the script are all brilliantly executed. It retains the serenity of mood.
Vishal Bhardwaj has very neatly adapted Shakespeare's tragedy in the context of Indian settings with flaws as less as it could get. A simply brilliant piece of movie making with all the realistic people and performances. Though it deserves 10, but due to unoriginality of story and expertise of presentation it's an 89/100.
Bãhubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
An epic ending to Baahubali the beginning.
Baahubali : the conclusion is a perfect title chosen where it flashbacks to the beginning of Shivudu's father Baahubali, played by Prabhas himself with the same enthusiasm, vigour and confidence. It is a sequel well crafted by Rajamouli, where Shivudu's family history is depicted, who his father and mother were, what happened to them and mostly the heartbreaking betrayal by Kattapa. Having the exquisite look of historical set-ups, the bravery tones statement deliveries and the realistic characters makes this a brilliant sequel. Simply speaking it's a tale of the enemity between a man and his cousin. But within this simple story a detailed picture of human sentiments, emotions, love, betrayal and mistakes are painted.
Shivudu's (Prabhas) father named Bahubaali himself was a great warrior of Mahismati kingdom, who experienced jealousy from his cousin Bhalladeva. Baahubali had enormous physical strength, could lift up tonnes of weight as easy as pie. He was not only a brilliant warrior but also a moral and good person, helping the poor and needy that brings him social support more than Bhalladeva, who was the soon to be emperor of Mahismati. He marries Devasena who was proposed by his cousin. Soon envies turns the relationships sour. And few series of circumstances lead all this to the murder of Baahubali and rise of Bhalladeva who was the immoral ruler. He captivates Devasena, Shibudu's mother until the end but her son returns, kills Bhalledeva and takes the throne of kingdom. A well knitted story with properly tied up subplots and characters, delivering also the viewers tastes throughout. Few issues just like the part 1, still remains a point of criticism say for immatured VFX and unrealistic set designs. That's not the bright part, rather the characters are, I believe.
The conclusion also depicts the positivity of Kattapa, his loyalty and bravery, also this time for Baahubali's son has earned him much love and respect. The victory at the end implies happy ending and a vibe of optimism. Its entertaining, intriguing and engaging just like part 1. This is the perhaps Prabhas best film. Though not the best in total, but still a brilliant film from Indian soil from historical genres. A 92 /100.
Bãhubali: The Beginning (2015)
Brilliant Historical film from India.
Baahubali : The beginning is not an ancient drama rather an action based historical film narrating history with as much reality as it could grasp. The story may seems fictional but it's characters and their emotions are all convincingly genuine, as if the ancient human personalities were resurrected in modern times. This is a Rajamouli's masterpiece, where he bought back life to the ancient Indian history with vigour, passion and confidence. He brilliantly presented it to the modern audience fulfilling all aspects of viewers tastes.
The beginning is about Baahubali, a young man with tremendous physical strength, who easily lifts tonnes of weight with bare hands, has a princely link with a nearby kingdom Mahismati. He is bought up in a village but at a matured age he learns about his origins and the ugly truth about his past through various circumstances. This basically is the storyline, where then he listens the whole story of his father from the loyal Katappa, a most revered character of the Baahubali franchise. It ends in a question but sets out an interest for the second part. Rajamouli cleverly depicted the exact parallel of heightened emotional deliveries in both words and actions. The brotherhood, the friendships, the bravery, the love-romance, the betrayal, the hypocrisy are all hard hitting and convincingly real. Perhaps the physical strength and the bit pieces of VFX throughout the movie are fake but this could be understood as an entertaining angle rather than serious. We shouldn't forget that history is upto some extent a bit obtuse, somewhat distorted too. Rajamouli's Baahubali fits exactly this issue by means of bodily powers or VFX or heightened emotions. Katappa's loyalty, Baahubali's positivity, and Rajmata's folly are all message delivering plots. They are the brightest points in the film, that will make you remember this film for life.
Technically, the script is brilliant and performances are applaudable. They fits appropriately in those old characters which were perfect and inspiring in everything they do, whether it be war strategies or archery or community built ups and so on. The music too is uplifting, the characters are gripping, and the direction all marks the brilliance. The VFX issue is somewhere fades the truth hence a 9/10. But I feel Baahubali is not about special effects but rather an ancient political game of good vs evil, where the roles plays a strong parts.
In the end, it's a believable, uplifting and engaging historical film of political kingdoms fighting one another and within themselves for the power and greed. Though the ending is pessimistic where Baahubali is killed without any valid reasons shown still, it won't outweighs the positivity of the protagony throughout the film. A brilliantly climaxed film linking properly to its sequel, with brilliant technicals all fitting properly and last but not the least the brilliant script which holds tightly everything you would see in it. It's a brilliant historical film from India from south to be precise. A full 91 on scale of 100.
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Code is for people of light !
It's one of my favorite movie among the low rated collection. The movie touched my soul so book adaptation is left out by me. The movie is special for me. I think about it, watch it whenever I needed to get in touch with western "mystical- spiritual " world. This movie just never fails. Well done Mr Ron Howard but...
The film has some flaws like in the beginning - the murder scene. The film changes its tone in some parts rushes in some and then progress steadily in some. Nevertheless the story is good and thrill is well maintained throughout the film. A completely different perspective of grail quest is shown, imbibing the catholic flavor and the mythical ideas. The film is bold enough to depict some issues like sects believing in blood-shed, self molestations etc. The film grips the attention by showcasing the historical scenarios and then debates that follows, the intellectual discussion and finally the depiction of innocent thoughts prevailing through the faith. Some people comprising both inside ad outside the faith fails to grasp the coded messages and the innocence of faithfuls. Only the people of light could decode it to find the knowledge. Code is for the people of light not for all. That's an impressive idea within the realm of faith.
The film also has a serene narration, which ofcourse is necessary to paint the scenarios of catholic faith. The relation of Langdon and Sophie is also decent in that line. The antagony was unpredictable for me. I never guessed it. The BGM, the performances and the story all were good. The film very cleverly characterizes the people painting the reality of them in the arena of religion and faith. It is actually faith that we all need and politics plays its role in the name of faith, corrupting the minds of both young and aged. Finally the film ends in victory of the faith and faithfuls. The climax too is well justified, open to countless speculations, perhaps motivates viewers to research themselves. I really wanted some of those already mentioned flaws to have been corrected, otherwise it would have been a masterpiece.
I would highly recommend this to anyone with spiritual interest. It is like an attempt to speak in favor of apocryphal thoughts. For scholars it is must watch. Its a kind of classic in Christian apocrypha and this topic is not for all. Only scholars would understand it. For all its merits and flaws it's a 77/100.
The Dark Knight (2008)
Action film at it's best.
C Nolan has nailed action genre at its peak. This is the 2nd installment of the franchise and I was mesmerised by this film. It is the most brilliantly narrated action films, unique from traditional films like Indiana Jones series. Nolan has made this, his career best, all three of this franchise. Though I can't explain it like Roger Ebert but still I will give my best try to say about it.
The direction is fast paced and crystal clear, explaining all characters, all the sub plots being planned to be depicted, progresses without changing the flow of thrill, but brilliantly retained it until the end. It depicts a comic book based cop-crime scenario in a realistic way, connecting psychological traits, philosophical moralism, among the imaginary Gotham city and realistic characters guised as Batman and the Joker. TDK satisfies both children and adults with it's both multifaceted contents and Nolan's brilliant directions. Along with it the BGM is mindblowing too. Zimmer has captivated the interest of viewers through his music, appealing completely the adrenaline rushness and the disturbing chaotic state of Gotham city. Right from the bank robbery scene to the climax the BGM plays its captivating role. Coming to the brightest part which is none other than the infamous Joker. Heath Ledger deserves a standing ovation for his performance. His acting is phenomenal, multi layered and captivating as both entertainer and fearsome guy combined into one. He is unpredictable, justifiable, non corruptible and confusing to the world. Sometimes I think, Is he the villain or hero ? The Joker perhaps has more power than the Batman in respect to educating people or make them think about their ways and means. Is he the dark knight atleast as a metaphor ? Nolan, I believe didn't left out that little possibility too and inspiring speculations for it. Even if it's a metaphor still the film is a WOW. Joker as the symbol of dark stands a knight who works to remove corruption from the world, also teaching Batman a lesson about consequence of protecting materialism, instead of exemplifying himself as the virtuos person.
The Batman is good nevertheless but a kind of dumb like figure whereas the joker is intelligent, against the corrupt material world, hell bent on destroying it. The Batman tries to forgive and adjust with the innocent and ignorant attempts of people but the Joker doesn't. In reality both of them are right in their own way, one as the light and other the dark. The joker is not lusty or egoistic but a rational destroyer of corruption. Batman too doesn't choose the way the path of Holiness, instead stands with the law. But the world is vulnerable to corruption just like Harvey Dent. He was good at first but turned bad. Joker, Bruce and Harvey represents the cosmological reality, the bad good and the corrupt. How all three intertwines in practical scenario is clearly evident just like anywhere in the world. A successful depiction of two faced guy in politics, a confused wealthy hero who chooses to eliminate crimes and a determined antagony who tries to show where the world is wrong. Had the batman lived his life through honesty and peaceful public service instead of biasing towards a section, the Joker wouldn't have existed. But the batman's decision sets the ball rolled on. There is a constant confrontation between Batman and Joker all throughout, despite other strategic actions of characters. The statements too, of the characters are practical, goes deeper than just the comic book and connecting with real life problems at the top of social hierarchy.
The Joker money burning scene is just a double thumbs up. The Joker escaping prison, the Batman's plan to hold on the banker Lau and finally the SONAR concept to arrest Joker reflects Nolan's directorial brilliance. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman acting together implies a solid casting done. Despite the fast narratives there is always those bright points within that connects it with serenity. The Dark knight still thrilling, engaging and entertaining after 16 years.
Nolan has made a masterpiece in action genre, immortalized himself and the roles who played in it. The sci-fi tech , the brilliant script, the impressive narrations and presentations will blow your mind. The actions are applaudable placed appropriately without affecting the progress, tones and mood of the film. The movie is a classic in action, has the touch of perfection and highly recommended, atleast for action fans and atmost for the entire globe for its deep social messages and interpretations.
A 98/ 100.
Final statement...
"You can't trust people nowadays"'--- by The Joker.
Zakhm (1998)
One word --- CLASSIC
Zakhm is an alluring,emotional, realistic and humanistic film ever presented in Bollywood screen. How Mahesh Bhatt presents the ugly side, the ignorant side, the simplicity of human nature could only be praised by calling it a maestro's job. His direction is clean and serene, leaving aside the nonsensical and mood destroying tones, themes and statements. He beautifully crafted the progress of the film, progresses from known to unknown and then to the disclosure of the mystery of the film. His direction is equally gripping, engaging and satisfying throughout. A just simple one word for this film ---- CLASSIC
Zakhm is about a family which was founded based on humanity, based on trust and based on love. This was not detailed but only referenced throughout the film. But as always there were people who oppsed such union. The film showcases the aftermath of the family where the two sons of the parent grows to be matured adults but one of them is ignorant of his mother's secret. The secret was soon disclosed by his elder brother but the suspicion comes to play, the factor of disbelief that gets close enough to shatter their brotherhood. Through a series of dramatic chitchats and quarrels finally the elder brother saves this relationship and takes the lead in fulfilling his mother's last wish.
Zakhm, as per my personal opinion, stands as the best film on religious dogmatism and politics on religion. Such a sensitive topic needs a brilliant director who could tactfully present it for people. M. Bhatt just proved his worth through this work. It will be one of his best, apart from Arth of 80s. He very cleverly pointed not only the political agendas behind the so called religion but also the innocent and ignorant people blindly succumbing to those agendas. The technicals like performances and BGM are all brilliant. Ashutosh Rana as the politician and Ajay Devgan as the peaceful protagony are to be remembered for life. The songs are soulful and still beautiful.
Summing up this film is not just for entertainment but for experiencing the truth and reality of the social constructs. It is recommended for all by all standards, to be watched as a serious film. Being a national award winner it is rated only 7.9. A resurrection needed for this film with a rating of atleast 8.5. On a scale of 100 it would be a 97.
Drishyam 2 (2021)
What a thriller !
Drishyam 2 is an excellent sequel, continuing from Georgekutty's family saving attempt, finally ending satisfyingly from all angles. Here Georgekutty's fear comes to life and he deliberately struggles to save his family once again. This time too, all the civil servants of nation loses with an 8 fail cable operator. They were all one step perhaps 5 steps behind him. He thinks, plans, rethinks and executes his plan strategically controlling all aspects of the case. Georgekutty's character is perhaps the most brilliant character ever presented on Indian screen. Mohanlal about 60s bought out that trait in screen exactly as it should be. Love this film.
Technically the film is also perfect, proper scores, proper narratives with perfect timings and covering loose ends throughout without any significant flaws. The reality of human nature, of government officials are not compromised at all, which makes it easily appealing to real lives and so is impressive. The film's storyline is brilliant too, depicting how a common man could be so great mastermind behind a plot for saving his family. He is the culprit plus he is the innocent at the same time time, has a double life and a single life too. What a thriller !
A masterpiece in brilliant film making. The film also recaps Georgekutty's case just as an oral reference but with details clarifying confusion for the new watchers. All the performances are fine. And climax is applaudable. Recommended film and a straight 98 on a scale of 100.
Stripper Nurses (1994)
Wha* the Fu** ?
This film has nothing special. Only sex scenes. People mostly handsome muscled men doing sex, I mean wild crazy sex with some of the most sexiest slim not skinny tall white and of course beautiful women of film industry. There are other events like nurses serving people but ultimately the answer is sex. Nothing else. They all do sex in various styles, like men putting penis in women's assholes, licking assholes, putting penis in vagina, licking it, women's licking men's penises, women dressing in sexy dresses, opening them while dancing in order to arouse all and finally shouting AHA OHO while doing sex. They also lip kiss one another during the dirty act. Then those very people talk to one another wearing clothes like decent guys maintaining the respectfulness. WTF ?? One women perhaps doing sex with more than one person ? Is this fun %%% ?
Wh** the fu** film is this ? This is a mo*** fu***** film. The creators of the film are really ******. So people should get horny ? Even real life people don't do sex like this. They don't lick assholes of one another and then lip kiss.
It is not at all recommended for family, not even with your spouses. Your spouse will perhaps feel disgusted while viewing this. Perhaps you could see it alone with no person to see around you. This is not entertainment. Doing dirty things in camera is not entertainment. This is the destruction of humanity, human dignity and civic sense. This is prostitution upgraded. A straight 0 /100.
Those actors and actresses really need God.
Ishq (1997)
Loudy and Funny
Ishq is a good entertainer, with almost all genres mixed into one. It has romance, comedy, actions, drama, horror and a bit tragedy throughout the entire runtime. A good fun time entertaining film without compromising the loudness at all. The loud cannot be ignored which disturbs the mood if sitting for 2.30 hours, which is the film's length. That what bothers, due to which it's a 6/10.
Aamir, Ajay, Juhi and Kajol all acted well. Kajol is a bit matured than the rest who takes the lead in serious tones throughout. Ajay Samir and Juhi absolutely bought out the teenage restless lovebirds traits to screen. They also did preety good in acting the vengefulness traits of young lovers. Kajol is good as the victimised poor girl, Aamir too as the protagony who defends the poor against injustices of the rich. The comic plots are spotlight for the film and it will be remembered for that purpose. The dramatised parts are also engaging, has messages imbibed. The message of parent child relationships, the futility of wealth in building relationships etc. The presentation is also fast, not serene.
The story is good too. With some of the comic memorable scenes and horror themes the film presents the story of two poor people falling in love with two rich people. Then the troubles and adventures begins, which involves heartbreak, friendship being shattered and trust being broken. The scenes like monkey as 007 or garage scene imply a full fun time as well equally serious. But like usual fun film it ends with an optimistic note where families and friends being united again. For all its flaws and entertainment it's a 59/100. Though not for matured audience still a recommendable for entertainment.
Oppenheimer (2023)
One time watch.
This time Nolan's narratives of non linearity, a lot of jump cuts and lots of political reality doesn't seem engaging, doesn't fit properly. Oppenheimer's narratives should have been like memento, a serene based linear presentation. Reverse narratives would also been fine but let it be reserved for Memento. This style of presentation tunes well with the non fiction. And also the movie is 3 hours long, with no such interesting themes. Just plain biography that misses the Nolan's spark, as evident from his previous works. The music is average though. The acting is nothing to be mentioned about. Murphy, Blunt, Pugh, Matt, RDJ all acted plain misses the emotions. Acting in Nolan's film is not a spotlight. Generally technical aspects weighs heavy in Nolan's films like intelligent script, lighting's, narratives etc.
There is nothing to mention about Oppenheimer's true biography. There is one thing praiseworthy though in the film, few characters are impressive. Just like pugh as the communist who is irreligious, has sex while reading the Bhagawat Gita. Scientist Oppie is worldly, devoid of social friendly religious traits, inclined towards politics, which still makes nukes a political agenda. His world is also shown as the same. Scientists like Einstein and others favored negatively to Oppie's work and so on. On the other hand a lot of political chitchat with no such emotional appeal, with no interesting subplots makes this film at best boring. Nevertheless Nolan's experimental attempts is good, but not the best example of biographic film. Just average for all the great casts working together.
Some scenes falls flat though. The explosion of A- Bomb is not shown real, even the Indiana Jones showed properly the nuclear blast. But it misses this. Another, When oppie says he feels blood on his hands the president takes out his white handkerchief and says the most boring statement. I thought the president would have told Oppie to rub his hand. So, there are such types of scenes with some dull moments. Really wanted the details of Oppenheimer's personal life, in order to understand the moral qualms but it did only half. Summing up, Nolan's full spark is missing this time. A one time watch. A 64/100.
Delhi Belly (2011)
Below the belly !
Delhi belly is a modernized flick, with a cliched storyline, stylishly depicted characters. The style is heavier than the contents and actual traits of the characterization. The film is made boldly surpassing traditional norms, like indians beating up whites or sexuality. Mostly the characters speak in English as if they are in UK not in India. The romance theme is not love rather passionate one, imbibing the sexual flavors though not explicitly shown, except the kissing scenes. The songs doesn't match with the characters at all, with the language and the entire set up. The film in total doesn't appeal to Indian soil at all, especially the Delhites. It may appeal to some of the west but why would they care for such cliched collection of events ?
Is Imran Khan an actor ? He shouldn't act at all. Just staying focused on camera emotionless is not called acting. Even the camera works failed to bring out his character to screen. Performance wise Vijay Raaz is good, gives the feel of Indian hooligan. Others are average. The western score behind felt nothing more than average. It tried to be pristine and serene which was well done but it missed the originality and depth instead. The script however was well joined.
The twist of the film where faeces are exchanged instead of drugs actually felt disgusting. It was supposed to be comic ? Why did the director extended that issue throughout the film ? It actually felt disgusts in extension. Though the film had potential, with a scope of technical opportunity but it didn't happen at all. It simply paced forward with nothing interesting and engaging. Just felt like below the belt film. Delhi belly is below the belly. A 40 on scale of 100.
Dune: Part Two (2024)
A Sci-Fi Classic !
Dune 2 is perfect as the sequel. It is equally engaging, stylish, serene and deliverer of exqusiteness in narratives. A twisting climax and well made plot, perhaps will go for part 3, only will then make sense of the entire story from part 1. Waiting for part 3 which I feel will be optimistic in whole. But don't miss its prequel, it's a recommendation.
The acting is good, with all performers giving their best that creates unique characterization in sci-fi set up. The technicals are top notch, Hans Zimmer especially. His work in sci-fi is unquestionably perfect,
just above the world. Dennis Villeneuve too is one of the best upcoming director of Science Fiction genre. His works appeals to what sci-fi really stands for, the narratives and presentations are always appealing. An expected liberator from injustices in the exoplanet having sand as the elixir of life mixing with political issues, true love and and the bit- pieces of religious propaganda forms the storyline. The climax is not expected though but will make you think about the film. The special effects, the CGI, the action scenes are all amazing to watch. The introduction of the new antagony is good though, a kinda fearsome and truly evil.
Dennis Villeneuve's Dune is a franchise from Sci-fi genre that would rank similar to The Dark knight franchise in action genre and Lord of rings franchise from Fantasy genre. Summing up it's a brilliant film with stunning visuals, good storyline and impressive actions plus narrations. The book lovers must give it a definite watch. A 10/10.
Enthiran (2010)
Shankar is a Brilliant director.
Enthiran doesn't have single dull moment. Every moment is brilliantly utilized by Shankar and covering almost all aspects of daily life making it a total sci-fi entertainer. As evident from Shankar's narratives the film is thrilling and engaging. It progresses as the robot being a tool in the hand of humans where Rajni and Danny being the motivator for good and evil. Their contributions have always directed Robot's action's. Love and helpfulness from Dr Vaseekaran and Destructions from Dr Bohra. Robot is just the innocent being, the worker who does practical works in real life. It is the motivator, the programmer who is all in all behind the scenario. The film ofcourse has scientific fallacies like Chitti being a humanoid weighing a ton has no mass effects in his action's. But the purposes of the film is to deliver entertainment, nothing else than that. So it's kinda justified.
Performance wise Rajnikant is the show stealer in all his roles. As a brilliant citizen, as a good humanoid, as the bad humanoid, as thousand copies of himself. Danny too shines as the father of antagonism which is evident from his famous roles in Bollywood. Other roles are fine without much to say. The technicals are impressive, again evident from Shankar's previous works that he never minds in spending millions while developing a film. And this time it's an AI based Sci-fi film. Just think about it's technical costs, about the CGI 's, about the actions in city, about set designs in various ceremonies etc.
There are some impressive scenes like explaining the reality of a humanoid in it's evaluation, robot becoming human through a mysterious cosmic thunder, idea of Robo- sapiens, the destructive strategies of self replicating, the innocent love of the good Robot and so on. Though the film is scientific still it touched meaningfully the dramatized parts of real life human issues like romance and betrayal, betrayal to your creator to be specific. Shankar has fantastically managed all these aspects in one film, well narrated and depicted. Not to say about the lead roles but about Shankar, he is brilliant. His attempt in Sci-fi genre is praiseworthy. Though it may seem Copycat of Robo's Act from Hollywood but still it stands unique in its content not only in Bollywood but also in comparison with Hollywood productions, esp the good bad conflict using the Robot. For Shankar it's a thumbs up. A 76 on a scale of 100 due to it's fast paced narration.
Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man becomes realistic in Favreau's film.
Iron Man is a stylish, intellectually sensual, restless characterized film that tells the simple event of good vs bad with an inclusion of science and politics combined. Favreau has brilliantly depicted the idea of a superhero in as much realistic as possible. Iron man is engulfed in global issues like terrorism on one side and personal jealousy on the other hand. By showing how science could lead to both humane and evil ends the film have made a special mark in Marvel based films. You will be entertained and will be engaged throughout the film. Favreau, though depicted the very American tendency, constituting glam girls, successful millionaires, USA lordships behind terror fundings and exotic techies but still he correctly have shown the transformation that Tony underwent. How tony became reunited with rural peaceful minds, thought for them, understood the futile showy attitudes, contended by sitting on the floor or perhaps surviving on a cave with the help of an unknown fan etc.
There is no other imaginative villains in the film. Both hero and villain are Iron man, one is humane and other is not. Iron man is not a fantasized character rather a man named Tony Stark (Robert D. Junior) in iron suit brilliantly developed by a himself, out of desperation under various circumstances, who saw the terrible reality in the practical ground. He becomes confused about how his previous creation have brought doom to so many lives. This turns his table upside down and he changes, enquires about the reality, takes a reverse path from previously luxury based reckless life. He becomes humanitarian, tries to make a difference using his acquired knowledge, among all the multi billion dollar corporate minds and his glamourous society. This bought him insult and mostly unsupported by many, but his constant eagerness bought him to the reality. And he wages the final war, out of which he turns victorious. But his victory in the war is not as easy as bed of roses rather portrayed very real, which is a treat to watch. Robert and Jeff fits well with the role too as the hero and villain.
The chemistry between Mr Stark and Miss Potts is lovely to see. A decent affair, a relationship of trust from both is what perhaps gave Mr Stark the strength to choose his self rather than what others think. The scene 'Proof that Tony has a heart' and it's relevance to antagony's claim about Tony's 9th symphony are gripping zones of the film. The technical depiction of building the iron suit is included in the film which weighs heavy. Nevertheless there is scientific fallacies too regarding it, which actually doesn't matter because it's an entertaining film not a documentary. So some scenes may falls flat in respect to reality.
The humane representations of the film is what impressed me so far. I am not impressed by its visuals or CGI based technology or it's action sequences or even it's glamorous sensuality. Rather I liked the tale of a modern man in his 40s who at first enslaved by technology and materialism, then transforms into a practical human being, becomes a twice born guy and tries to do something for betterment of people. Simply put, John Favreau's have made a story of Iron man with realistic appeal, having practical and believable storyline with performances not the best but still good, well knitted subplots and edges of the script and BGM as appropriate as it could get, like glam and scientific vibes throughout. For me it would be an 81/100. An 8/10.
Sivaji (2007)
Rewatchable Entertainer !
Rajnikant in Shivaji, brings out the Boss attitude, which is comparatively convincing than other of its contemporaries or its predecessors. A man in his 55s wages a war against corruption with all his accumulated wealth and knowledge. It is amusing to watch, relates to social corruption and national sentiments, infuses the whole plot through much needed Bollywood flavour of spiciness. Yes, the family warmth, the romantic touch, the ever famous friendly relation of Uncle niece in Indian context. The film also showcast the action thrilling sequences which satisfies the specific fanbases and fulfills the entertaining angles completely.
The film is about an NRI (Shivaji) played by Rajni Sir, who dreams of establishing an university in India, which provides free education to all, in all streams. It's a type of strong urge for every true nation lover who dream to make India a positive oriented and prosperous country, a kinda utopian setting in India but as you could guess it's not so easy in practical ground. With greedy entrepreneurs on one side and corrupt politicians on the other side, Shivaji's dream gets shattered and he is made broke. He is supported by none other than his uncle, who stands with him until the end. This is so nice to watch. The scene where Shivaji tosses his coin to choose either the tiger's way or the straight way justifies the succeeding conflicts, feels relevant in the material world. And hence the film progresses likewise. Shivaji chooses the tiger's way and takes unwavering attempts to defeat his foe, Adi. The fight continues with interesting ups and downs with finally Shivaji emerging victorious. The journey is depicted not so raw but with entertaining flavors, catches the attention every time it tries to fade. The director brilliantly chose not to add song items outweighing the film's plot, rather added appropriate BGM to reflect situational emotions.
The presentation is good, fast paced but clear cut, with no left out flaws. The actress is not strong rather of very weak character, still correctly shown. The action sequences are unreal though but exists only to add some comic and entertaining taste. The journey of war between good and bad is strongly shown with many sub plots from both sides exposing the different characters in different contexts. Lastly, Rajnikant's performance is bright which upholds the entire weight of the film. Summing, all these aspects makes Shivaji the Boss a rewatchable entertaining film. See it for that. The rating for this will be a 77 on a scale of 100.
Pitch Black (2000)
Interesting Sci-fi film.
Vin diesel, the black dressed guy with black spectacles is appropriate as the convicted guy who silently observes everything giving the final say, retaining his mysterious nature. He is neither bad nor a nice guy but a lead in escaping from dangers of the universe, a world of man hunting creatures. The sci-fi set up is praiseworthy with Vin diesel as the exact cast. Radha Mitchell is also exact to the role fitting at the right place. It's basically a survival film with scientific atmosphere where Vin takes the lead. A well watchable film with action adventure and mysteries all tied together properly.
The film is technically good, good presentation, good acting with not much developed characters though. But still it managed to retain the Suspense, avoiding the details of the creatures, showing bit by bit to preserve the thrills. Vin's strategy is cool to watch in leading the entire group towards safety implying his good heart somewhere. He is also disturbed by the black sheep of the team as usual in other stories too.
The scene where there is pitch black everywhere and an attempt to illuminate the area through a lighter is one of the best to watch. The whole set up of the film with Vin diesel reminds of the 90s famous 'Hot dog' song by 90s semi metal Band Limbizkit, fitting exactly the sci-fi settings and Vin with his round black spectacles with its hardline tunes. This is seperate from its BGM, which is average I feel.
The climax is shown as 3 people out of entire crew surviving the planet. Vin shading tears for the girl seems flawed as he is a type of hard guy with sci-fi mind and an event on far away cosmos with less survival rate. The statement of the believer aiming at Vin saying 'Here is my God' is praiseworthy reply, retaining both visible and invisible aspects of the faiths, respecting the orthodox and secular minds at the same time. The surviving characters are to be understood as the unbeliever, the believer and the little kid implying the innocent. A brilliantly developed sci-fi film with thrilling and interesting plot. A 79 on a scale of 100.
Stuart Little (1999)
Funny Fantasy Family Film.
Stuart little is one of those movies which will charm you with it's innocence and emotions, will entertain you with it's funny sidekick characters, will drag you to an utopia where there are only beautiful experience throughout. But it's not solely based upon that, rather it also has the grief striking events, where one is seperated from the family like stuart, the little rat whose eyes was filled with tears while leaving his family. It was so emotionally intense that it will fill your eyes with tears too.
The lead cat is funny, resembling a character who is confusingly antagonistic but with time and influence of love, he too changes the side. The human characters are neutrally shown without any of good vs bad, which is only shown regarding animals. The final war, between stuart on one side vs the cats on the other side is interesting and treat to watch. The animal are funny to watch too, personifying different characters.
The storyline is simple, a decent family who adopts stuart as a birthday present to their son. Stuart, an intelligent talking rat who quickly adopts well with the family, but clashes with the cat. Through a series of adventures Stuart seperates but finally reunites with his family and also befriends with the cat, marking a happy ending. Technically the film is well presented, properly explaining all the events, well written script and serene narrations. BGM is used appropiately depicting emotions correctly. Though a decent Fantasy film, which partly appeals to reality, and partly in metaphorical sense, but still it's a good funny film to watch with family, more specifically with little kids. A 63/100.
Welcome (2007)
Really comic !
Welcome 2007, welcomes you to the really funny world of underworld Mumbai, where the most feared gangster Uday is tensed reagrding his sibling's marriage. He despite being an underworld figure wants his sibling marriage to be arranged with a decent respectable and well to do family. In such a serious tone, the BGM with desi beats of 6 measure adds the hilarious sense. Uday trying his hand in acting despite being ruthless, Rajeev turning into an astrologer for a moment, Vijay Raaz as the fake director, are some of the memorable funny scenes of the film.
Sanjana, the sibling falls in love with Rajeev, and then the twist starts to unfold. Majnu, younger brother of Uday who is perhaps feared more than Uday clashes sourly with Rajeev's uncle. But within that serious tone of hooliganism, majnu aspires to be a painter who paints pictures in the middle of road, even creating traffic without any sense of civil life. That particular character through various ups and downs progresses hilariously throughout the film.
All these issues complicates further when Uday and Majnu falls for the same girl set up by Rajeev in order to deflect them away from their illegal businesses. When all these intertwines, then suddenly their boss RDX appears and this becomes further complex when RDX's son appears in the scene. I will stop here and urge you to watch it, to get a full funny scenario, with lots of masks getting unmasked, lots of fake drama getting real and vice-versa etc, which finally ends in reunion of the whole characters involved in a happy ending. My favorite funny scenes are that of Majnu vs Ghungroo. The statement 'Sirf naam Ghungroo hai mera lekin koi baja nahi sakta mujhe' still retains the fun flavor in 2024. There are many such kind of....
Welcome is really a comic film that intends to deliver a fun time with different types of funny traits all combined into one. It well succeeded in its attempt, though some songs were not needed I feel. The romantic songs weren't important, but of fun scenes. Some scenes were also not funny either rather serious but as a whole it is well made family watching funny film. A 71/100 based upon it's merits and flaws.
Babe (1995)
Liked this film !
Babe is fully an entertaining film, where the lead role is played by a pig. He talks and lives with other animals, in the farm of a man, who rears animals as his livelihood. The man also manages sheepdogs, who takes active role in bringing the sheeps into their home from grazing. Babe dreams of becoming a sheepdog, as there were competition held for sheepdogs along with their masters. The only positive trait that babe possess is that of humility, respect and kindness, a loveable and emotional characteristics is bought to life in the form of a pig. Due to that he succeeds in winning the hearts of his fellow farm animals and does the unthinkable in the end. Yes, he takes the place of a sheepdog and becomes the winner in the competition. The film may not seem realistic but is entertaining with lots of fun and comic themes.
The film has two perspective going parallely, one is human-animal dealings where animals stay dumb with respect to man. Other is animal animal dealing where they speak with one another. It actually implies the personification of animals, as if they live with the same type of rational spirit, it is of course ambiguous but still may be true or may not be true. But it's made like it connect right with our emotions. It's a lovable film watchable with family.
The owner even once tries to consume babe out of desperation, but out of sensibility, decides not to. Babe seems as if, in turn brings him the prize and respect in the competition. The film shows us in an imaginative way how the animal world works, a kinda similar to man's, how animals are trustworthy when given love and care. It is one of those films which shows the positive sides of an animal farm. Personally, I too oppose animal harassment, support animal rights.
The film is funny, positive, a bit metaphorical too in the sense where animals are personified as sensible beings, marked by serene narratives and avoids all sorts of violence. Though it's a bit fantasy themed, I liked the film, really liked it and still in my memory. For its entertaining value it's an 8/10. A 79 on a scale of 100.
Dushman (1998)
Kajol act is superb !
Dushman is a story of a young girl who avenges her twin sibling's murder with the help of a retired army officer. The plot though sound simple but is not so in really, because it is like memento where the protagony is weaker than antagony. Dushman is a precursor to Memento having the same interesting set up of hero-villain, mixed with usual Bollywood emotional themes and songs. I heard that it's an adaptation of foreign film 'Eye for an Eye', which may not be exactly, but is significantly different too.
The acting of Kajol is applaudable, double part of both long and pixie cut hair. Both( Kajol and the retired army officer) unites through various circumstances and he agrees to teach her to defend herself, which ultimately leads to avenging her twin sibling (Pixie haired Kajol). Though the real set up of environment is neglected because the emphasis is on the content, which is good, a lady successfully avenges her sibling murder through episodes of rigorous training, fear, violence and blood gore. But the realistic appeal is left out in some parts of the film. The BGM is also used heavily, without giving much thought on its outweighing other aspects. But the thrill is sustained in the film. The songs are also well placed.
Due to this, the film though had a potential plot to contend for being a great film, but didn't get executed likewise, stands as an average psycho thriller. Ashutosh Rana is great as a psycho, as the fearsome character who even lies convincingly to the world despite succumbing to passionate crimes. Other casts are also well done. You could watch it for an average entertaining thriller with an optimistic ending. Kajol act is superb, as the last reminder.
A 62/100 for all its merits and flaws in total.