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...

Check out 'The Whole Set'.

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