as of June 20, 2007

Last couple of weeks was pretty slow. I think I havent watched many "new" movies. I watched movies but they are all old ones (which I had already watched).
7/g brindavan colony, athadu, pokiri, sri ramadasu, etc.

The new movies, I watched are:

Aadavari matalaku ardhale verule (Telugu/Indian): The movie is good in bits and pieces. As a whole its not a good one though you can watch it once. The interesting bits are some of the comedy bits performed by the hero Venkatesh, the conversations between Venkatesh and Kota Srinivas Rao are excellent and couple of songs. The interesting thing I found was the action by hero Venkatesh was really different, not a cliche. I dont know if this is what the director made him do or whatever the action was not the routine stuff. I liked it. I could see the maturity in his action.

Amelie(French): The photography was different. The narration was interesting but I did not understand what the director wanted to conclude at the end of the movie. I did not feel it was a perfect ending. I dont know if this is my problem, but yeah I did not like/understand the way it ended. The camera work was very good and different.

Fatal Attraction (English): The movie was boring. I did not like it may be because there are many of its kind now and so seeing an old movie of similar story is not that interesting.

so thats all for now.

Movies for the weekend (02, 03 June 2007)

I watched the following movies over the weekend.

Shootout at Lokhandwala - Hindi movie

Had a huge star cast. Its quoted as "based on true rumours". Its all about the underworld mafia in Mumbai, India. I think it is the break up between Daud Ibrahim and Chotta Rajan. The movie is good.

The Secret Window - English

Its mentioned as a thriller. I felt its a boring movie. I watched it on DVD so it was ok, but whoever goes to a movie theatre to watch it, will definitely hate it. Not good.

Evadaithe Naakenti - Telugu

Its ok. Its not very different from other previous similar kinda movies but its not boring. I did not like it a lot. But you can watch it once at home on dvd. Its OK.


Munich - English

Its ok. I did not delve much into the reasons behind the story of the movie. I know there is war, terror everywhere in the world. May it be in the name of religion, cult, community, god, color, etc., but the hidden reason is only "MONEY". The people who create all these have only one intention - to get rich. The ones who cannot identify that, fight with others. So, I was not much interested. The taking was good. Technically it was good. Its OK.

Knocked Up - English

I saw it in theatre. It was hilarious. Every scene has comedy in it. Its an Adult kinda comedy, but it was really funny. Its a real "Should Watch It" movie. I liked it a lot. This was very funny.

Thats it for the weekend.

Movies for this week (28 May - June 1, 2007)

Pulp Fiction:

It has an excellent screen play. Some parts of the story seem to be stretched but overall when all the pieces of the story are tied up at the end, its amazing. This is my first movie of Quentin Terentino and I liked it. It has an inner message too. The action by Samuel L. Jackson is what I liked most of all the others. Its a bit lengthy but a "Should watch" movie.

Taxi Driver:

I wanted to cover movies of Martin Scorsese. So, brought this one. Actually I started liking Marty's work after I saw Aviator. It was a splendidly brilliant film. Taxi Driver is a similar film, which describes the life of a Taxi Driver in New York city. Robert De Niro is best at his action. The movie is a bit slow paced but that doesnt make it boring to watch it. The way Robert De Niro tries to date Cybill Shepherd is interesting. Its something new, fresh and exciting to watch. Later part is ok. Overall its good.

Raging Bull:

This is another one by Marty. Its a story about a boxer. The way his life rises to celebrity and then falls apart. Robert De Niro has performed to an absolute high level. The movie did not interest me a lot because it is the story of a loser but the way it is picturized is good. It is like a real person around the corner. At times, we cannot identify if the actor is Robert De Niro. He is fat, lean, broken face,..etc different shapes. He did a lot of hard work for this movie. He is the one who carries the movie alone on his shoulders from beginning to end. Its a black&white film. So, that too made it a bit boring. Overall its OK.

From what I observed of Marty's movies so far, I think he is very good at picturizing or bringing on to screen the life of a person. He is absolute genious in making Biopics. Aviator, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull are some examples of his marvellous work.

Thats all for now. I ll be posting more as I watch more. (Shiva; Roseville, CA - 06/01/2007)