Whats your Rashee?

Didn't seem much of a movie which tells about the characteristics of rashee (planetary position). A time pass movie with not much stuff in it. Avoidable.

Norma Rae

An average movie although true story of a lady who won through stiff management to form a union in the Textile Industry.

Ocean's Thirteen

Finally saw this movie. Way back in 2007 when this movie was released, our project team had gone to the theatre, full of expectation, only to notice that the date booked was the previous day! Lost about 3 grand that night!
Nice movie, but 13 is too high a number and until we see the grand heist, each person's activities dont make sense. So, the first hour is full of multiple things happening and you cant make head and tail of it. A movie which you will have to see from the beginning again once you complete it, to appreciate the happenings of the first hour...

The Sting

What a movie! A 1980s movie based on a 1935 setting. Really rocks the audience! One of the greatest con movie ever...

13 Tzameti

Hmm, gripping but the end....A french movie.

21

Wow what a movie! Although I did not understand the technical intricacies of blackjack, felt it was one real good movie - especially considering that it was (inspired by) a true story!

Annie Hall

A different kind of movie with unique direction but hardly any stuff in it. Watchable once for time pass.

Heist

Twists and turns and twists and turns amidst burglary. Again, although very well scripted, kind of dubious to see an aiplane sitting on the runway apparently stalled without any help coming by. But a good movie and plot overall.

The Spanish Prisoner

One more con movie. But felt this had some loop holes in direction and story. Still, a nice gripping movie.

House of Games

Brilliant! Con after con after con in plain and simple scenes. Shows how easily Man can get fooled.

Billu (Barber)

A nice story but it resembles Krishna-Sudhama story. SRK just sings and dances with bollywood actresses and overacts in the last 10 minutes. Timepass.

Kaminey

This is a nice Hindi movie with plots intertwined amongst multiple gangs which makes it almost humorous. Almost resembled District B13. Very nice direction and doesnt bore.

City Lights & Mr Bean's Holiday

Felt like watching Pushpak Vimana! Two movies that hardly had any conversation and yet had humor in them. Nice movies to watch. Rowan Atkinson is amazing and Charlie Chaplin also was equally good.

Wordplay and Girl, Interrupted

Wordplay is a documentary on crossword puzzles and how people solve NY Times crossword puzzle. Its also about how the puzzle is designed and created with themes. It kind of touched a chord in me as I was once an expert in crossword puzzles and somewhere down the line I lost touch.

Girl, Interrupted is a nice movie of loony folks. Acted very well by all and I liked it better than One flew over the cuckoo's nest. A movie worth watching.

2 movies and a doc

Little Miss Sunshine
Its different. But it doesnt seem worth it...

The Italian
Its nice but its boring...

Bigger, Faster, Stronger
Its an eye-opener but its lengthy...

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

A comedy movie about one night when two Asians head to a burger store and all the adventure that they undergo during the night. It also shows American racialism against colored folks. But a very jovial movie.

Salaam Bombay

The movie goes from sad to sadder to saddest. It showcases Mumbai at its very worst, with all the red-light areas, drugs, corrupt cops, pimps, etc. Extremely depressing to see the state of affairs that are prevalent.

The pursuit of happyness

Mind blogging. Its extremely touching. Emotionally charged. Just shows what the outcome of hard-work is.

2 More

Happy Feet
Animation movie about marine fishing. Did not captivate me so much.

Gone Baby Gone
Movie by the same author of Mystic River. Noticeably, the movie is on very similar lines to MR. Very gripping and packed with enough twists in the tale.

88 Minutes

A nice thriller movie. Good direction and good acting by Al Pacino.

3 More Movies

Honey
- A nice movie about hip-hop dance choreography.

Daddy Day Care
- A wholesome entertainer about guys doing day care.

White Chicks
- Its actually about 2 black guys actings as 2 white chicks. One can imagine the entertainment!

3 movies

The lives of others
- German movie about how a secret police betrays his organisation for the life of another person. Truly remarkable.

District B13
- French movie. Lots of action and amazing twists and turns. Wholesome entertainer.

Dazed and Confused
- Typical americal teenage one day in college life. Funny!

The Color of Paradise

Wow! What a movie! Truly touching...

The Last King of Scotland

Pretty nice movie. Not sure if its a true story or not. But story is seen from the eyes of his personal physician. Its about Ugandan dictator Ibu Amin who apparently has murdered thousands of people. Forrest Whitaker's acting is amazing. He instills fear even without saying a word.

Thank you for smoking

Wow. If ever you want to learn how to speak, this is the movie to see. The film portrays Nick Naylor as a lobbyist who fights successfully for smoking amidst great campaigns against tobacco companies although he does feel cigarettes are injurious to health. He shows how you can survive in this world as long as you know how to talk. A must see.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Wow. What a movie. Extremely poignant. Beautiful direction. The narration of Daisy's accident in particular is simply magnificent although it is a very popular style employed by many known authors. The movie reminded me of similar movies like Forrest Gump, The English Patient, The End of the Affair, The Truman Show, etc where the whole life span is shown. Brad Pitt has acted very well.

Mere Baap Pehle Aap

A movie by Priyadarshan is generally nice and enjoyable. This one is not so great but watchable. Quite a different theme handled well and rather humorously although there are times when one gets bored...

Ugly Aur Pagli

Disgusting. Avoid it.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Inspired by a blog. So, really had high expectations. But felt the movie was just mediocre. I checked with others about this movie too. Some have liked it and some not. So, its 50-50...

Bommarillu

A Telugu movie which was recommended to me although I do not understand the language. A wholesome entertainment and awesome direction. There is not a moment of 'bore' or 'sadness' even if you do not understand the language. The heroine's character is extremely well accomplished, ditto the hero's. The dance sequences are superb, as are the songs. Some dubious twists in the tale, like the dad asking the fiance's girl friend (not the fiancess) to stay in the house of the fiance for 7 days. But otherwise, an excellent movie which does exactly what movies are meant to do - entertain!

Soul Man

A nice story with a comical touch. Its about a white boy who poses as a black to receive scholarship to study in Harvard. Rated at 4.7 on imdb. I would rate it as 'Good'.

License to Wed

A nice movie. Its about how a couple have to live their entire life together once, with all that comes with marital life - well, not all - in just 3 weeks, before they actually wed. Very humorous and very true.

Slumdog Millionaire

Wow. What a movie! There are some who dont like this movie and some who do, and i definitely belong to the latter. Amazing direction, amazing picturization and good story line. There are some things in this world which makes a good movie on its own. A 3 hr Cricket match is one. A 1 hr show of 'Who Wants to be a millionaire?' is another. Lagaan used the former as its main theme and SM uses latter as its main theme. Add a parallel story, touch of tragedy and dose of romance and it shall become as good a movie as any...

Mayura

Saw it for the nth time. An amazing movie of the yesteryears, showcasing the history of Pallavas and Kadambas, of war and peace, of heroes and villains, of literary excellence, of romance, of bravery and extreme bravery. Its the Kannada version of Gladiator. Except that it is semi-true. A film not to be missed.

Soorappa

Vishnuvardhan starrer Kannada movie. Too many goods and too many bads happen in this movie. All goods by Vishnuvardhan but all bads by those who admire him and are against him. Nice movie but not a great one.

Race

Twists and turns. Whole movie goes on with so much of twists and turns that you rather start expecting the unexpected - like characters coming back from the dead and heroes becoming villains and villains becoming heroes. Rather too much, but then, yeah - doesnt bore the audience. Nice songs. Watchable once. Cinematography capturing the beauty of South Africa is commendable.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Part 3 - At World's End

Same ugly characters continued in this sequel too. Story became even more complicated with dead men living and living men dying. Completely lost track of the storyline. Fantasy, fantasy and more fantasy. Like the scene in which ship overturns but goes down the sea to surface again! Did not like this film one bit.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Part 2 - Dead Man's Chest

Captain Jack Sparrow's character is mesmerising but I aint the kind to like the ugly characters portrayed. Part 1 wasnt all that bad with ugly characters. Also, the story wasnt very clear. Liked only the scene in the island when the chase happens. Didnt understand the ending either. Scene of Sparrow entering the dragon was absolutely disgusting.

Ghajini

Why would anyone want a movie named after a villain? With the villain being really bad? And the villain dying in the end? And whats with the short term memory loss? It was not even needed. The movie is simply a 'boy loses girl and takes revenge on villain' theme. Overacting by the heroine. True short term memory loss is depicted in the movie Memento. And by the way, there is far too much violence than what is necessary. Well, anyways, watchable once...

Welcome

:) There are times when one ought to watch movies like this. Again, 'keep the brain out and watch' types...

American History X

Wow! What a movie! Beautiful direction, excellent story, mind blowing dialogues...

Death of a President

Huh?!

Extract:

Range and his co-writer/producer Simon Finch have shown how the news can be refashioned into science fiction. In the process, they conclusively demonstrate how easily fiction can be re-edited, on a daily basis, to television viewers and web surfers as fact. The real evidence is the footage, mostly just edited and only occasionally doctored, of protests, speeches, receptions and even a funeral. This strategy of capturing realness knocks the breath out of the spectator, as the audience plays its own frantic guessing game, trying to figure out the source of what is being shown. Its other, equally important, agenda is to demonstrate how efficiently technology can be used to misinform. It's a demonstration of how people can be deceived. How do we judge images? How do we interpret them? When do they show us the truth and when are we deceived by lies?

Read more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/sep/14/festivals1

Apna Sapna Money, Money

Nice comedy movie with enough twists and turns. Apart from Anupam Kher's character, all other characters - to an extent - seem realistic and bring smile to the lips. An enjoyable movie with good comical direction!

Quantum of Solace

Typical Bond movie. Sequel to Casino Royale. Good chase sequences - in car, in boat, in plane. High adrenaline action packed scenes but rather tamed ending though.

Meera Maadhava Raaghava

A simple story that goes all wrong. One lie after the other, one loan after the other...one can predict where its all heading...culminating in one big tragedy of life...and a show of exactly 'what not to do' in life! But well directed, good sequence of events, nice acting, no over-acting, no sad jokes, a typical family movie. One can almost predict the director - TN Seetharam...

The Dark Knight

Nice movie but I somehow lost the story in the middle. Perhaps because I didnt quite understand or wasnt concentrating. But its gripping enough to keep the story moving and interesting without boring the audience. Not a very happy-happy ending though...

MungAru MaLe

Many people will hate me for this but I absolutely loathed this movie. Poor direction, poor dialogues, disgusting jokes, wasted scenes, redundant characters and horrible acting. In some movies, heroes are what film is all about (read Gladiator) but in this movie, everyone other than the hero has acted well and I for one wished to see scenes in the movie without the hero's presence, although its made to look as if the hero is BangArada Manushya. The only thing I liked about this movie is the cinematography of the song sequence set on top of the water falls. With such a thin, used storyline, one wonders how this film became so popular. I guess all credit goes to the cinematographer and the music director. That too didnt impress me much either.

Singh is Kinng

Jazzy and good dialogues. Wholly unrealistic but at the same time enjoyable. Movie easily categorizable under 'keep your brains out and see the movie'!

Chanakya

After a long time, saw an old Kannada movie. Never boring, moralistic and unrealistic...

A Wednesday

Wow! What a film! A definite must-see! Although the first 20-25 minutes invested in building up the characters of the film seem wasted and totally lacking in direction although gripping. Well, better than a dance-and-song sequence in such a thriller...

Rock On!

Very mediocre film. Well, I guess 'Rock' isnt my cup of coffee.

Sarkar Raj

I didnt like it. Not sure why. Perhaps because of an overdose of movies of such genre. There was a time when I used to like don movies but now, looking at those serious faces and actors acting as if they own the world, I feel like laughing at them. The visual should stop at the level of movie and remain there, but for me, it is penetrating to the level of actors and their lives and how, at the end of the day, they are just acting. Perhaps it is the duty of the director to ensure that that doesnt happen. Perhaps it is just me. At the end of the day, I just didnt like this movie. I would rate it as average.

Sept 2008

1. Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story

A must-see. True stories really thrill me.
Well, I saw the documentary on Discovery. I am assuming the clippings were from Snowbound. I got the gist anyway.

2. Frequency

An Average movie. Its somewhat like Mulholland Drive and Butterfly effect. It starts out well, completely gripping, but then once the super-naturality pitches in, it kinda becomes mediocre, and really falls apart in the end.

Till now...

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