Sunday, October 15, 2006

Movies by Weekend

Road:

Thought this movie was good.
The plot looked more like a soft-porn movie with action-here-and-there.
And this movie kind of seems to have been inspired from some Amritraj-movie or some Jag Mundhra movie.

The best part include the final-climax sequences(and the real good chase, which reminded me one of those Road-Rash or Need-For-Speed kind of backdrop). Too bad, Antara Mali is not to be seen in many movies.

Swimming Pool

Good movie.
The slow lift that this movie gets is the best part of this movie.
There is hardly anything happening for maybe first 30 minutes of this movie and suddenly the plot lifts off in an extra-ordinary fashion. Guess, "plots" are what make movies exquisite to watch.
The actors were all brilliant. Most of the dialogues were in french and my un peu french was not of much use.

United - 93:

The last scene or commentary is what this movie is all about i.e the part when the narrator says "it s about the fight as to who controls the world".
Good movie to watch out with lots of characters playing as real-world themselves in this movie. It was rather awkward that when the passengers of United-93 revolted against the hijackers one might foolishly hope for a typical Hollywoodish-escape where passengers all defeat the hijackers and save the President of USA and reinstate the honour of USA etc., but that's not the case here.
It's also truly remarkable to see the resolve of the hijackers as well to die for a cause, but again it is very scary that someone will give their life-for-nothing. Afterall nothing really changes in the ground-level except maybe the hostile-attitude between warring-factions will hit the peak.
For the director, to have come-up with that climax-plot was truly remarkable i.e as to how the passengers fought-back against the hijackers.

4 comments:

Reel Fanatic said...

Man, do I love Swimming Pool .. the French just seem to have a particular gift for mind-bending movies that leave a lasting impression .. if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend another one, "With a Friend Like Harry"

sanchapanzo said...

reelfanatic,

thanks, will try to watch the one movie you suggested.
that's so true, French movies really have a way to do mind-fucking..

Anonymous said...

Hi Sancha
Wishing you and your family a very very happy Deepavali. Celebrate Diwali by bursting lots and loads of crackers. Prevent child labor by stopping the purchase of "The Hindu".

Also, wish u a happy Ramzaan....err....Rama...Dhyaan (Meditate on Lord Rama)
Anandkumar V

sanchapanzo said...

anand,

naan than appovey sonnen le.. i have stopped patronizing "the hindu" .. :-)