Movie Reviews!

[Releesh]

^^ Some of my friends also told the same. Apart from the 3D gimicks,my 3 year old son also made it difficult to watch the movie completely. So I am going again for the 2D screening for the movie.

 

[Lameassonwheels]

I too made the same mistake of going for 3D. The entire movie was dull and dark and as a matter of fact, not even a single scene that demands 3D for this movie. I think, 3D is a mere eyewash for these movies. I decided, never to go for a 3D movie again.

I watched the movie in 3D and it was wonderful. Its true that they didn't added any typical "Hey boy look we got 3D" kind gimmick scenes. But its worth watching in 3D with a natural feel as if you are watching the events out from your house window. I think it simply states the 3D technology is in a mature phase now. Remember people doing wheelies on their new pulsar when it was first launched. Now people just don't care!.

 

[Akash1886]

Fast and Furious 7: Much More Than a Movie!​

We all have been ardent admirers of the Fast and Furious franchise since the past 6 installments and know the whole cast and the previous stories of the installments by-heart eve n today. So what’s new? For many the Fast and Furious 7 would just be an extension in the franchise but after seeing this movie I felt that it was much more than just another extension/installment of the already popular franchise.

My personal point of view shall revolve more about the stars of the movie than the storyline. For the past all installments we all were accustomed to seeing GTRs, Dodges, Supras et al and to be honest this installment does have its fare share of car moments. But what is more important is the fact that it is a true homage, a true tribute to the actual star of the Franchise, Sir Paul Walker. Seeing him in this movie was nothing less than a really eyes-moist moment.

In the scene where he enters in the movie, never for a moment I realized that reality is different from what’s being shown in the movie. The same enthusiasm, the same humor he has shown in the entire movie. This installment has surely got more to it than just drag races and showcase of pimped up rides and street racing which I really loved because seeing the same thing for past 6 installments has probably taken a toll on me now and thankfully this one offered something different. The installment is surely action packed just like we see many other Hollywood movies. This installment has actors of previous installments too specially the 2 actors from Tokyo Drift installment. The new installment has many new additions to the star caste like Ramsy, Safar (Ali Fazal) and Jason Statham but the story mainly revolves around the usual gang of pals Letty, Dom, Ron, Tez, Brian(God Bless), Dwayne (Hobbes) and Mia.

This movie is not simply revolving around the nitro cylinders and suspensions but it’s about a tracking device which the gang has to retrieve. To be honest Jason Statham has been a real misfit for the installment. The story according to me does deserve the due credit minus the Statham. While watching, my focus was more on the usual gang and to be honest, none of them have disappointed with their performances. Right from the beginning till the end, the movie did not leave me bored maybe because my criteria of judging the movie are slightly different. Initially, Dom and Letty come together again with Letty still suffering from Alzheimer and as usual Dom tries to bring her memory back. Dwayne has a kind of guest appearance in this one as he has just maybe 15-20 minutes of total screen presence.

Talking about Paul Walker, Man, he actually gave a brilliant performance. Every scene in his presence re-instilled my faith in his flawless acting acumen. From being a family man with a happy family to a cop, he has acted really well. The Climax of the movie, what to say, a legendary one! Dom and Brian, in an iconic shot part their way and for the last time we see life in those Blue Eyes of Paul Walker and that heart -warming smile which shall forever be missed now. The Climax of the movie is the one that made think that how easy it is that a beautiful life ends so soon and the background speech during climax by Dom (Vin Diesel) made me understand that no-matter how far a great soul may go, it shall surely be close to one’s heart.

To be honest, writing a few lines wouldn't have done justice to the movie. It was a movie in which I/we saw Brian (Paul Walker) for the last time. No matter how many more installments are made out for Fast and Furious, but probably no one can ever again fit in the shoes of FBI Officer Brian. None of the future installments shall be ever be as exciting as these present ones have been with an integral pillar of success Brian. For me, the only reason to go and watch this movie was “For Paul”. There are really few movies that leave a lasting impression on one’s mind, the 7th Fast and Furious is one of them simply because of the legend Paul Walker. As I conclude, just would like to say, if you plan to watch this movie, go on and as an enthusiast of cars pay the last homage to Paul because there won’t be any other chance.

Long Live Paul! And Wish that this Movie also does as well at the cinemas as all its other franchise have done!

--Akash

 

[D.J.D.]

Watched “Mad Max Fury Road” yesterday. One hell of a road action movie. The first half of the movie is purely engaging. When intermission came I was like “what!! Already one n half hour over. Gosh it was like hardly 10 – 15 minutes”. Hats off to George Miller. This movie is full of amazing stunts and action but mind you there is not a single gore scene. Some scenes gave me goose bumps. Some may say WTH was that? No story no great plot, what’s going on? This movie is not about the story or plot. This is all about mad and crazy actions and stunts. IMO this is going to be the best road action movie of 2015.

Just a word of caution: Don’t take your GF/wife with you. They will become mad

 

[Lameassonwheels]

Watched “Mad Max Fury Road” yesterday. One hell of a road action movie. The first half of the movie is purely engaging. When intermission came I was like “what!! Already one n half hour over. Gosh it was like hardly 10 – 15 minutes”. Hats off to George Miller. This movie is full of amazing stunts and action but mind you there is not a single gore scene. Some scenes gave me goose bumps. Some may say WTH was that? No story no great plot, what’s going on? This movie is not about the story or plot. This is all about mad and crazy actions and stunts. IMO this is going to be the best road action movie of 2015.

Me too watched it yesterday. Totally agree with you, not a single gory scene though I expected there will be some, thank God!. Its an old school action film (read it as less CG, more real stunts) with breathtaking stunts and big fat hoopties. Surprised to know 'Immortan Joe' is portrayed by the same actor who was the 'ToeCutter', the main villain in 1979 Mel Gibson starrer Mad Max . Another great performance by Tom Hardy after Bane in Dark Knight Returns.

 

[Akash1886]

Humari Adhuri Kahani​

If you love someone, let it go. If its your's, it will come back. So true are the words. How often does it happen that someone loves a person so much that he/she is ready to sacrifice the life for the happiness of the loved one in true sense. Without anything in return, someone goes out of the way to help and bring back the happiness of the one who’s the love of his/her life. This happens in rear cases. The movie, Humari Adhuri Kahani, beautifully highlights the feelings of true and selfless love towards the special one.

Female lead played by Vidya Balan, has ably performed the character of Vasudha who works as florist in a hotel which is bought by non other than Aarav Ruparel i.e Emraan Hashmi, a hotelier who owns 108 hotels world over but does not have a home of his own. His address happens to be Seat 1A of the airplane. He falls for Vidya at the first sight and then begins a story of love, sacrifice. A story, that shows how one goes forward without bothering about the consequences just with an aim of getting back the love and the lost smile of a loved one.

Emraan Hashmi has delivered a super performance with his character in the movie. Sensitive and well balanced and well etched out portrayal which by-far is to be seen as the best of him. Known for his lovely expressions on-screen, Emraan this time has brought so much versatility in his character that right from the 1st scene till the end, praises for his acting prowess in the movie is appreciated by one and all.

The 2nd main male actor in the movie is Rajkumar of Queen, Kai Po Che Fame. He plays a possessive husband who lands up in a mess with the terrorists and for 5 years is kept in confinement by them. After running away, he manages to come back to his home and gets to know about the happenings in Vidya’s life in his absence. He has also proved his acting skills and has done a superb job with his character having gray shades. He till the end showed how has he evolved as an actor and apart from the whole movie, the ending climax of 5-7 minutes, he stole the show literally. Brilliant performance!

The character played by Vidya Balan is Ok and simply performs her act. Nothing as powerful as the male leads have done. Her entire act in the movie is more of sobbing and crying only. Like she has done some memorable roles in the past, her act in this movie is much below than what is actually expected from her. The drag in the story only can be felt when she is on screen, rest of the time it is a good and smooth story.

Music wise, I liked just one song i.e the title song of the movie. Beautifully woven lyrics by the writer and beautifully sung too. It conveys the feeling in such a touching manner with such relating scenes in the back-drop that words cannot describe it. Of all the songs, the title song is the one that grips the heart.

There are also some really beautiful cars in the movie like Range Rover, Benz S Class and ya the Bentley. The movie is extensively shot in Dubai with a shot or two from Mumbai and Shimla. The picturization is done nicely. There are some beautiful scenery shots too. Mohit Suri has come out with a well prepared script as most of his films have had in past too.

Over all it’s a well made movie with good performances from the actors and nothing to feel disappointed about. But yes, for college going generation, the movie may appear to be loaded with some high voltage emotions which shall make them feel a bit bored.

However, for someone who has loved and may have done something extra ordinary for the love of his/her life, this movie is a tribute to them. I totally recommend it for those who wish to see the real meaning of selfless and true love.

Rating: 4/5

Regards

Akash

 

[CarLoverJosh]

TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS​

Sometimes to find love, you need a part 2! Thats the title with which Tanu Weds Manu Returns returns with. If you want to watch a film which is absolutely hilarious from the starting then go for this one. From the start you laugh about 10 - 12 times.

Manoj Sharma (R. Madhavan) is a doctor in the united states and lives with his wife Tanuja Sharma ( Kangana Ranaut) are not happy anymore in their life and find no interest in each other now. They then get separated and mister Raj Awasthi gets mixed up again this time too! What follows are a really hilarious series of events.

The best part was the originality of the film. I mean, this could happen to anyone and probably does too. The 1st half is the one not to miss. It starts off on a funny note and it stays that way till the end of the 1st half. Kangana Ranaut does a wonderful job throughout the film especially in her Haryanvi duplicate role. Its just the second half which disappoints people who would like the laughter to continue. The film then takes a serious note and become more romantic and blah blah. But still it does have a tinge of laughter remaining which will catch you out because by that time you would have thought that yeah, now this is getting boring. Whats more worse is that the change from funny to serious is a bit too abrupt.

But overall I must say that it was a really good watch. The music too is really enjoyable and Kangana's dance on Banno is just amazing! All the songs are good.

About the cars used, nothing much. Most of the scenes show Mr. Madhavan driving about in his WagonR. The only interesting car is the Yellow Pajero. That too gives out tonnes of smoke which you will be able to see in the scene . Now I don't want to break the mystery to people and spoil their movie experience but one thing is there, its one of the best movies I have watched in a long time. My rating 4.5/5 stars. A movie well done.

 

[GrandRk]

Jurassic World

Watched this movie yesterday. The RealD 3D experience is just wonderful.
As the name suggest, the plot revolves round dinosaurs of all types, this time they have shown more monstrous dinosaurs with big jaws and more teeths

The action is somewhat more which keeps revolving in your head till you come out of hall. Though short role as comapred to dinosaurs, Irfan Khan has proved his acting skills in this movie as well. Kids will enjoy the effects shown in this movie where some scenes will literally amaze you.

For plot i will give 7 out of 10 and for effects its 9 out of 10.

 

[Akash1886]

Bajrangi Bhaijaan!​

Watched Bajrangi Bhaijaan today. A very light heart-ed yet emotional take on our neighboring relations. Salman Khan with Nawazuddin Siddique stole the show. Right from 1st half and even after interval the movie does not loose the pace and superlative performance by Kid actor Harshali, Salman Khan and Nawazuddin kept me engrossed till the end. The entire story is gripping and wont leave you bored at all. No drag at all. Comedy, Emotions and brilliant acting makes it a full on hit. Music is great; specially the background music that keeps on going. The re-union of the kid with her mother and the returning scene in the climax literally had the audience in tears and loud claps echoed the entire auditorium. One of the best picturization so far and beautiful photography.

I personally would not mind seeing this movie once again as I loved it to the core. 100/100. Watch it with your family and kids. They'll love it to the core!!

Regards

Akash

 

[TSIVipul]

Bahubali:
Ya I am late to the party and watched it last day itself.
Being a Telugu movie, I had a lot of expectations like nonsensical dialogues and even more idiotic action sequences but nothing like that.
Animations are required to be worked on rest everything is fine. All in all, I liked the movie and will wait for the 'conclusion' part in 2016.

 

[Lameassonwheels]

^^ Read great reviews about baahubali and the CGI used. But I felt the graphics of palace, bull fight etc were just mediocre. In long shots the CGI created trees near the palace were all looking like cut-outs and the group of slaves put on work looked so 'animated'. The first half was a bit slow, may be they have squeezed in scenes to make the 1st part- 'The Beginning' a full length movie. I liked the movie and eager to watch the 2nd part (though it is predictable). Its a good movie, but IMO the graphics is not comparable with Hollywood as they say.

 

[drdoddapaneni]

Bahubali ;

Saw the movie last night.Pretty ordinary movie.I believe too much hype and expectations ruined the movie.Story wasn't there,pace is too slow and screenplay is not upto the expectations.By Director Rajamouli's standards it's a crappy movie.

 

[CARleone]

Friends,

This a review on Kannada Movie. I recommend even non Kannada friends to watch the movie. Its pretty good try in Indian Movie industry. DOP is just awesome!! Story is too good. Narration in 2nd half should have a been much paced(Should have chopped off "E Sanje" Song). Expect for few mistakes Movie is too good.

Name of the movie: Rangitaranga
Genre: Triller
Language:Kannada
Your review: Most of the CREW is new. I need to say this because you won't realize it. That's the beauty of the movie. Shot near Mangalore, With all the coastal beauty and traditions. This is must watch. Not only to for enjoying also to encourage the new talent. The movie is reflection of directors zeal and talent towards movie. This is new wave in film industry. that too colored wave. Which is Rangitaranga
Your rating out of 10: 9

-CARleone

 

[Akash1886]

Bahubali ;

Saw the movie last night.Pretty ordinary movie.I believe too much hype and expectations ruined the movie.

Bahubali:

Animations are required to be worked on rest everything is fine. All in all, I liked the movie and will wait for the 'conclusion' part in 2016.

^^ Read great reviews about baahubali and the CGI used. But I felt the graphics of palace, bull fight etc were just mediocre. In long shots the CGI created trees near the palace were all looking like cut-outs and the group of slaves put on work looked so 'animated'. but IMO the graphics is not comparable with Hollywood as they say.

Yesterday night there was a comparo being aired on a News Channel about Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. I caught the Baahu Bali part. It was told that there was big 100 ft statue that was made and a 2500 year old civilization was recreated and all the animals like elephants etc were re-created as it is a period film. Story of Mahesh Pati. It is said to be most expensive film but I suppose the Rajni Sir starrer Robot was the most expensive one. I some how believe that Baahu Bali should have taken some inspiration from period movies of Hindi Cinema like Jodha Akbar or even Lagaan in which the characters and picturization was more realistic. Actors acted more and relied less on special effects.

Regards

Akash

 

[furious_driver]

Bahubali

No plans to watch the movie because of hype, but somehow my wife pushed me so I have to watch it. And to be frank, I didn't liked it and for me it didn't justified all the hype it created.

Well, lets start with story. Same old, revenge story. And we already know what will be in conclusion part 2! Things happened at the right place and my mind can picture it even before the screen can. It was boring too, because since we easily predict stuffs and it happens in same manner!

Screenplay, to put it in simple terms, your same old Telugu screenplay in historic story and ancient period. Especially the Tamannah part. I was already laughing looking at her fighting, but all of sudden she turns into pakka telugu heroine! . And what's with the language the villain gang used in the end. I was laughing hysterically and even my wife shared a laugh after listening!

CGI - A mush hyped one IMO! I know about budget restrictions and stuff, but still it could have been better. I was neither shocked, nor jaw dropped. So it a meh! for me.

Overall, if you threaten me with gun in my head to score this movie, I will give it 6/10, only because of the thought of making something big and trying for it.