Hello...
Past few weeks have been pretty hectic. So, did not get a chance to watch a lot of the movies. Here are some of the (unseen) ones, I watched.
Bourne Ultimatum (English): A good action flick. Technically the movie was good. I did not understand the story quiet a bit because I havent seen the "Bourne Supremacy". The fights were designed were well. The camera work for the last fight (climax) was superb. They captured the scenes just as real. You can feel it happening in front of you. Majority of the movie is action. To me it was just like any other Bond movie or Die hard one.
Chuk De India (Hindi / Indian): Good movie with a different subject (atleast for bollywood). The movie is all about how a sports person achieves his victory. Most Indian movies, have a bit of love/marriage concept attached to any story. This one is different in that perspective. The hero of the movie walks in as a sports person, walks out as a winning coach. He doesnt fall in love with any person other than the game. He is so passionate about the game that he can risk anything for it. The movie has a very good plot, screenplay, dialogues, music, direction...etc . I would say all. The other perspective in which the movie is different from the routine is that it doesnt have exclusive songs or songs deviating from the story. The songs run in the background as the movie progresses, depending on the situation. The music, movie, comedy, action etc are all in the story and are not added to the story for the sake of having them. Performances are good and natural. I can see the enormous effort the crew of this movie has put in to make it a big success. It has all the elements of a good movie and is definitely a visual treat for all the audience. Kudos to the people behind this one mainly for choosing a different subject and then for bringing it out perfectly.
Thats all for now....
Monday, August 20, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
August 06, 2007
Bheja Fry (Hindi/Indian): This was a different one from the routine movies. I read that it has been inspired from a french movie (Dinner game). I dont care if its from somewhere, but the characters are Indian. The way they speak, act, etc. Its a hillarious movie. I enjoyed it a lot. Its just 90 minute movie, setup for 90% of the time in just a single room and with 3 or less characters at a time. The dialogues, conversation was so funny and interesting that I could not resist bursting out laughing, falling on floor. The main character "Bharat Bhushan" was carved very nicely. There are no songs, no big huge dialogues, no artificial stuff, no huge sets, no animations, no graphics, no big make ups, .....etc. Just a perfect script. This shows the importance of script for a movie. If the script is tight, we dont need anything else to make the movie a big hit. I read that this movie was made at a minimum of 50 lakhs (5 million) rupees budget and it earned 10 crores at the box office, which is 12 times more than the investment. This should be an example for all those big bollywood movies, which have no story but huge starcast, huge sets, filmy dialogues, over cost production,...etc (dhoom2). Its a must watch for everyone. Highly recommended. I mean I cant forget the way Bharat Bhushan says "Redial", "Its ringing",..etc. This is the good movie, I found after Knocked up in the recent days.
Gandhi my father (Hindi/Indian): I saw the movie in theatre, after reading the great reviews given for this movie. I feel the movie is excellent in technical perspective. This is a period film, so the sets to represent the 1906 - 1940s are good. The dressing, the houses, the people, the culture, the traditions, etc of those days are etched out wonderfully without even a minor mistake. They took a lot of care to represent the old days. The performances are fabulous. Shefali Shah as Kasturba Gandhi is perfect, same is true with Gandhi and Akshay Khanna's character. The b&w film (grainy) to represent the film in those days is awesome. The only weak point, I feel about the movie is the script. I did not understand why Harilal behaved so. Meaning does the director wanted to show Gandhi as a cause of it or Harilal as a cause for his life or what ? who ? The way Harilal ruined his life is portrayed but the movie is all about why did it happen? Gandhi is shown as a good father in the movie, so I couldnt understand whom is the narrator blaming for Harilal's condition. Also the caption of the movie is "One family's suffering is one nation's pride". There was no justification for this caption. The script should have been still tight, reflecting the reason for Harilal's behavior at his each action. Movie seems to be a bit slow in the second half. Overall it can be watched once for the technical brilliance.
Jagadam (Telugu/Indian): Its based on Sigmund Freud's theory of animal instinct in every human being. The movie suffers the same problem of script. The first half is OK but the second half seems to be boring. The narration, the director chose is different but for this kind of film, he should have chosen a different perspective to make it more interesting because the end of the movie concludes the leading actor as a loser, which will not be accepted by Indian movie goers (non-multiplexes). So, that might be one of the reasons for its failure at the box office. Other than that, the cinematography is excellent. The audio is very good. The taking is perfect. I can say everything else is very good, just the people do not agree with the conclusion because violence is a fashion through out the world and if you are justifying that we should stay away from violence, nobody is going to agree with you. So, should have chosen a different way to end or narrate the story.
Gandhi my father (Hindi/Indian): I saw the movie in theatre, after reading the great reviews given for this movie. I feel the movie is excellent in technical perspective. This is a period film, so the sets to represent the 1906 - 1940s are good. The dressing, the houses, the people, the culture, the traditions, etc of those days are etched out wonderfully without even a minor mistake. They took a lot of care to represent the old days. The performances are fabulous. Shefali Shah as Kasturba Gandhi is perfect, same is true with Gandhi and Akshay Khanna's character. The b&w film (grainy) to represent the film in those days is awesome. The only weak point, I feel about the movie is the script. I did not understand why Harilal behaved so. Meaning does the director wanted to show Gandhi as a cause of it or Harilal as a cause for his life or what ? who ? The way Harilal ruined his life is portrayed but the movie is all about why did it happen? Gandhi is shown as a good father in the movie, so I couldnt understand whom is the narrator blaming for Harilal's condition. Also the caption of the movie is "One family's suffering is one nation's pride". There was no justification for this caption. The script should have been still tight, reflecting the reason for Harilal's behavior at his each action. Movie seems to be a bit slow in the second half. Overall it can be watched once for the technical brilliance.
Jagadam (Telugu/Indian): Its based on Sigmund Freud's theory of animal instinct in every human being. The movie suffers the same problem of script. The first half is OK but the second half seems to be boring. The narration, the director chose is different but for this kind of film, he should have chosen a different perspective to make it more interesting because the end of the movie concludes the leading actor as a loser, which will not be accepted by Indian movie goers (non-multiplexes). So, that might be one of the reasons for its failure at the box office. Other than that, the cinematography is excellent. The audio is very good. The taking is perfect. I can say everything else is very good, just the people do not agree with the conclusion because violence is a fashion through out the world and if you are justifying that we should stay away from violence, nobody is going to agree with you. So, should have chosen a different way to end or narrate the story.
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