Friday, March 02, 2007

Movies by weekends

Borat:

Somehow, could not really appreciate this movie.
The movie was comical in parts but otherwise it was a major bore.

The Day of the Jackal:

Almost everything about this movie was good.
No unwanted zoom or rowing camera work, no unwanted dialogues, no blaring music, clean story and typical European kind of stylish cinema made this movie a treat to watch.

Corporate:

Madhur Bandarkar's style is slick and is good. Fellow is trying something out of the box.
Though this movie was a bit ordinary, maybe the movie was a bit too long.

Duck Soup:

Movie was an ordinary slapstick comedy, but for a movie made in 1934 it is good.

Pride and Prejudice:

Classy Jane Austen novel adapted into a movie.
I have become a fan of Jane Austen movies(novels adapted into) ever since I saw Sense and Sensibility and now with Pride and Prejudice maybe the all-Brit star cast and the Brit-accent tilts my opinion towards these movies.

Alwar and Pokkiri:

Alwar is definitely forgettable. Ajith really needs some acting lessons.
Pokkiri is a take of 'the departed'.
The hero-orientation in tamil movies and the punch dialogues has added lots of slick-content to tamil cinema, but also kills the content part.

Old School:

Good fun movie, more of teenage american comedy genre.

If Only:

The movie appeared to be a drab and hopelessly romantic.

Blue Velvet:

David Lynch movie.
Surprisingly less confusing story for a Lynch movie.

Waist Deep:

Decent masala movie. Fast action packed thriller.
Listening to Ebonics or Brit accent is major fun.

The Last Kiss:

Started as a good movie, but somehow lost its way after a while and never really got back on track.
Hopelessly romantic and a bit of a drab.

Requiem for a Dream:

What a movie !
Totally mind-blowing.
I have seen couple of drug-addiction related movies, but this is certainly the best.
The best scenes must include how the old lady tries to diet and refuses to eat food inspite of all the demons she is facing.

16 Blocks:

Decent watch. Out and out masala movie.
Though all the while I hoped someone will shoot Eddie Bunker who kept on talking nonsense in spite of Bruce Willis instructions asking him to stop talking.

Dazed and Confused:

Looking at the star cast I was really surprised to see so many good actors featured in this movie, though I could not identify many of them in this movie.
Thought this movie was a bit ordinary.
Surprised to find 'cricket bat' used for hitting juniors in this movie.

About Shmidt:

Did not like this movie, thought there was hardly a plot in place in this movie.
Movie was also a bit too slow.

25th Hour

Spike Lee movie.
Thought this movie was just ordinary.
Worst could not understand the rationale of reminding us the WTC debris.

Find me guilty:

This movie does not have much of action though it is about Italian Mafia in New York.
Decent watch though.

Derailed:

Nice thriller. Clive Owen is a fantastic actor. Shame he missed out James Bond's role.

Manhattan Murder Mysteries:

A classic Woody Allen movie.
Fun to watch.

Man on Fire:

This movie is an ordinary one where Denzel Washington does a Terminator.
Radha Mitchell sadly has a pretty much of a nothing role in this movie.

Amorros Perreros:

Master-piece of a movie by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Little Miss Sunshine:

Too good a movie.
Like American Beauty, the idea behind this movie is also about American dysfunctional family but this one is so much fun to watch and falls more into the feel good genre.

Crank:

Damn fast action packed movie.
Worth a watch and time really flies while watching this movie.

Paths of Glory:

Classic movie. This movie made a fantastic watch.
The men humming in the background before the war and long shots in the trench reappered in Kubrick's future classics like 'Dr. Strangelove .. ' and 'The Shining'.
Michael Douglas ' walking style and dialogue delivery is so similar to his father Kirk.

Unforgiven:

This movie appeared to be an ordinary western movie by Clint Eastwood.

The Prestige:

Too good a movie. The Edison-Tesla conflict really made this movie more interesting.