Thursday, January 30, 2014

Scent of a Woman

Had seen the last "powerful" scene of this movie decades ago. Then had seen some other scenes at odd times during channel surfing. But finally got to see the full movie today. Not an outstanding movie, but definitely has got lot of class and polish. Some hard-hitting dialog, amazing adventures - and that scene in the school auditorium is exceptional.
Rating: Good

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Midnight in Paris

A sci-fi-ish movie with time warping between different eras based on the then main protagonist's wishes. Light-hearted humor and easy going. Does not move really fast but does not get boring either. A nice, easy entertainer. 
Rating: Good

Chennai Express

A clean entertainer for the most part. Nice humor-filled dialog. Some scenes are catchy. Like the one when the granpa dies at 99 seeing Sachin get out at 99. Liked scenes where Shah Rukh recited dialog from his own past movies. SRK's and Deepika's acting were mediocre but then maybe the director wanted it that way. The intense scene in Rameshwaram seemed unnecessary. Even more unnecessary was the violence in the last few minutes of the movie. Like in DDLJ. Nevertheless, entertaining for the most part.
Rating: Good

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Inception

A sci-fi-ish movie with an amazing imagination, concept and excellently written, directed and beautifully filmed to make it easily comprehensible on the audience. On the likes of Matrix, The Truman Show and Children of Men. Something which seems very likely to occur too. 
Rating: Good

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Alive

After having read Nando Parrado's Miracle in the Andes, I desperately wanted to see the movie Alive since I had read so much about it. Finally was able to see the movie on the library DVD. It is a very good interpretation of what occurred in the Andes mountains in 1972 but one really has to read the book to understand the pre and post of what is portrayed in the story. Some events seem not too elaborated even - for example the climbing expedition by Nando and Canessa and Tintin - which is so thrilling in Nando's novel. However, I saw the bonus material in the DVD about how the movie was actually made in the Canadian Rockies amidst real snow with everyone wearing almost wearing 4 layers of clothing, and how they had to make the snow look real despite the entire crew walking over it. One should applaud the making of the movie in a separate wavelength as compared to the applaud to the survivors of this miraculous true story, who stayed alive in the Andes mountain range for 72 days despite wintry conditions and even an avalanche.
Rating: Good

The Hangover Part III

This one is very different as compared to the first two parts. There is no back-tracking of events. There is no event of a memory-loss. The movie moves in current tense all through. It can be even considered as a thriller since some scenes in the movie is almost an edge-of-the-seat - like the one where 2 of the heroes jump from the casino's roof, and almost fall over. But some scenes are too far-fetched and coincidental - like the one when Chow lands right on top of one of the hero's limo. Nevertheless, the movie has enough twists and turns and directorial brilliance to keep it very interested. Worth the watch.
Rating: Good

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Hangover Part II

Pretty much the same story line as The Hangover but setting is changed from Vegas to Bangkok. Worth the watch still, though. 
Rating: Good