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Movie directed by Boyapati Srinu starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in it .Just had a chance to watch this film in theater .Lets quickly go to cons and pros of the film.
Cons :- =====
1) First drawback which you might immediately notice is number of songs placed every 15 min interval which is too taxing. 2) Music was way too horrible and noisy. Not a good one from Devi Sri Prasad. Total waste OST's 3) A usual way of movie opening which been followed by tollywood century after century with no new tries. Very routine. 4) Considering the age , Balakrishna did try hard for dance steps but was worst at every song , choreo totally sucks 5) Normally there will be some illogical or unreal scenes in most of balaiyas film and even this movie is not a exception. Though the first character gets shot by a Shotgun , still that said there are no bullets or guns which can hit balaya's. Even people have guns they dont use against him and rather they will come running to him to fight and get killed. This seem a never changing logic in his films. Just reminded of Captains movie's :) 6) The important lead old lady character didnot give enough impact to the movie . 7) Political propaganda can be noticed every where in the movie . It was a clear agenda and a indirect message to the audience.Many dialogues supports that. 8) Most of the punch dialogues are on english. Some didnot seem that real and not mingle well with the movie. 9) Logic skips are there for sure at many places.
Pros :- =====
1) Whatever people make fun of his films , there is none who can really deliver dialogues like Balakrishna.This movie is a lions roar and it was Balaiyaa all the way. Such a powerful acting from start to end. Full of energy. 2) Mass dialogues everywhere giving complete goosebumps. Powerful for this movie 3) Few stunts were excellently captured and especially the action sequence before intermission was shot like 300 Fight scene. 4) Second half when the second main character is introduced as Jaidev was the best this movie had. His outlook was damn cool with a OM tattoo in his neck was very new and stylish . His fierce action and his dialogue delivery would attract you in second half. 5) Jagapathi Babu gave a equally stunning performance and deserves a applause too. 6) There are so many goosebumps scenes like the first fight & dialogue when Krishna comes from Dubai to india or when Jaidev meets Central minister for talks & says a small train story example or when he goes into to Jagapathi babu home when he gets released in bail and even that action sequence in railway station lines we are powerful and massive. 7) Background music was equally dazzling and perfectly supporting such a powerful character.
Overall : This movie is for mainstream audience only , those who want to watch movie for entertainment can sure enjoy this film a lot. This was yet again a promising performance next to his super-hit movie SIMHA and we can even say this as SIMHA 2 for his powerful script and storyline. Screenplay was damn cool except those unwanted song tracks everywhere , it was still engaging. Definitely it will be a virtual treat for Balaiyya fans for sure and for his followers who want him into a political party. Seeing this film , we never know if that could be a possibility even. Keeping that aside , its sure a decent film from him .Caution : Donot go with huge expectation and get yourself into a huge disappointment , its a tailor made for mass audience and its no different from other balaiya movies surrounding faction and violence. That said a good entertainer for sure. A Average movie worth for money. Give it a try at your own risk.
Snowpiercer - "Take this ride and have Once in a life time experience" Movie was damn fascinating and riveting with such a intriguing unique plot . We have only handful of movies revolving around Dystopian era and this would sure stay among top five best in my list. End of world due to actions taken against global warming and the only or the last hope for mankind is this fully equipped Train called " Snow-piercer " and about the life of people inside this train . They are divided as upper class people in front section and lower class people in tail section. A revolution sparks among both these classes and what follows after that makes a pitch perfect story for such a classy movie.
The first thing which would capture our eyes immediately is its stunning visuals and damn charismatic. Its this cinematography which stands upfront where the lead characters like Chris Evans, Ed Harris are all overshadowed by this dazzling visuals . As revolution begins and they start to move from one compartment to the other from tail section , we might start to feel the nostalgia , the joy as if we are playing xbox moving one level after the after. Actions were cool ,stylish and highly charged but yet was insightful to see what each compartment holds keep our expectation high all the time like water compartment , aquarium , meat storage , school , pool , sushi counter , discotheque and so on which were just comical giving us a fantasy feel.....Its a whole world out there in one single train at a stretch. Though that said i am not completely satisfied with the ending as i expected somewhat more intense one or say a bit logical one but was too cliche ridden. Fusing the train and killing the only survivors remaining in earth is sad and kind of unacceptable. Yet that said it was a different ending and Gillion-Wilford partnership was a surprise , a unexpected twist for sure.
I been a fan of Joon-ho Bong from the day i started to watch his films like memories of murder , mother , host etc..and being his first movie in English i must say he didn't let down this time too proving his talent yet again. Entire film in just a train is cool and amazing. I do wait for Noah movie too which relates to doomsday and this is sure a virtual treat for fans who like such kind of Dystopian movies or Doomsday movies. This movie is pure fun and not to be missed. Just take the ride and enjoy the show while this super fast killer pierce the snow mercilessly. Have fun watching.
Trivia : This is based on the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige". Director Joon-ho Bong discovered the comic in late 2004 during pre-production of The Host (2006), and was fascinated by the concept of people struggling on the train for survival. The drawings in the tail section of Snowpiercer were illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette, the original comic artist of the graphic novel Le Transperceneige.
Das Letzte Schweigen - German ( 2010 ) The Silence :-
A Perfect slow paced Crime investigation thriller in lines of The Hunt , Prisoners . This movie is about a Pedophile Murderer killing a innocent girl during 80's while his friend help him to cover up the murder. And after 23 years how those incidents comes back in life to haunt them forms the core plot of the story.
Banshee fame Procter (a) Ulrich Thomsen does a main character in this film and Timo Friedrich as his friend . The most interesting thing in this movie is how they swindle the characters in this film keeping us guessing at every turn and the most catching point at the end is that conclusion is left to viewers discretion . Its quiet puzzling though we might think that the murderer all points to one person at the last but still make you feel that there are chances that the actual murderer is someone else which could be even the mother of first victim for being the reason the second murder was not similar as the first in case of a pedophile involvement. Also how Timo suffers with Guilt through his years of survival and still his obsession towards the video's is well captured. A Very nice thriller movie not to be missed and enjoy decoding yourself with the conclusion.
Keith ( 2008 ) The First thing which would immediately strike you is that mind blowing BGM Score throughout the movie and it just would feel fantastic. This is a altered version of " A walk to remember " movie with some minor changes and this is all about love between Keith and Natalie. At first for some point of time , we would be so angry with the way Keith was behaving until the last few minutes before the ending were everything is revealed giving us a bit of relief. Having said that Natalie had gone through so much of pain due to Keith behavior but he had his own reason to push her way which was understandable. Though these reasons and Keith weird behavior couldn't convince me , yet this movie had many feel good moments and sure can enjoy watching especially with Stunning BGM's throughout. . Dont miss it , its worth watching once.
Natalie: I don't... I don't care where you're gonna be next year. I don't care if you're crazy. God, I just know I wanna be with you. I don't understand what you're doing. It seems so pointless, I mean everything... It just seems pointless but when I'm with you it's different. I don't know why.
Keith: Wake up, Natalie. Don't you see what happened here? You had a beautiful life, and I had shit. I hated your guts. I wanted to take you down, I wanted to make you as miserable as I am, and that is exactly what I did. Now, how's that for a goodbye?
Natalie: Pretty lame.
Keith: Face it, Anderson, I screwed you. I screwed you big time.
Natalie: So you screwed me. So what? Me? I made love to you.
Keith: I had it all figured out, so I cut out a little early? Who cares? It's probably a good thing. Life sucks, anyway. Then I met you, and it got weird. And you were so amazing. And I...
Natalie: What? What?
Keith: I just wanted a little more time. So all in all, I'd say you're the worst thing that's ever happened to me. Goodbye, partner.
Natalie: I'm staying with you until you leave. I don't care how long we have. Get that through your thick skull, will you.
A movie which i picked randomly to watch and yaa feels not a bad choice made. Its about life of a college guy Jake Taylor who is also a well known athlete and how his life changes totally different when his close childhood friend commits suicide in-front of him while he stood their helpless. This incident shattered him totally as he started to repent for his close friends death for not being with him when he actually needed . This Movie starts with lot of fun , beer n parties but slowly it changes to a humanitarian mission to save life of people who are in need of desperate help. This leads Jake to attend community services in nearby church and also attending youth club meetings whom they call them-self Souled Out. Movie has lot of feel good things in it , has lot of positive vibes and inspiring things to take but that said if the director would have prevented this movie to be some Religious based one focusing on Christianity and God speeches , it would have been far more better. Apart from it , this movie can be watched once to feel love , friendship , pain , remorse , redemption etc..!! For me its a normal average movie can be tried once if there are no other movies to watch.
Dont Be Afraid of the Dark ( 2010 ) A Version remake of original Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) movie .Not sure how i missed such a remarkable movie so long . Guillermo del toro yet again proved that he is king of monsters creation and his uniqueness in story handling yet again impressed me a lot. Though he didnt direct it yet we can see GDT's touch at every frame of this film and his spectacular work can be noticed at every scene .
Its not easy to mix fantasy subject with horror and present it as a thriller and not sure how GDT's writings or creations can do that so easily and equal credits goes to director Troy as well. Movie jump-starts quickly as it donot waste time with too much unwanted flashbacks and as movie starts to travel our heart beat would keep rising. This movie is totally about some small dangerous creatures arise from deep down the earth and how a family struggle to survive when these creates surface to the real world.
Whats so capturing about this movie is that it would travel as if we are reading a story book and imaging a life in wonderland , such a way this movies cinematography was done giving us a fairy tale feel. Especially that old house settings , secret basements , unexplored spaces, antique look all adds up to the movie building tension and fear on audience mind as if you are lurking through the house yourself. Though at the end i felt there was some untied knots on the story but having said that as a story with a engaging screenplay , this movie sure would add-up to my best horror films collections , provided this movie wont fit to any one single genre. We have seen a similar film named When Darkness Falls with somewhat similar concept but that said this is GDT's masterwork. A nice horror film not to be missed. Watch it and have fun.
Trivia : Guillermo del Toro cameo apperance as a passenger on the plane behind Sally.
What stays between two like minded couples when sex is out of proportion considering it available anytime with just a pager away. What i liked most about this movie is how it started off with lust & sexual desires later turned out to be one hell of a romantic drama filled with love and love only. Jake Gyllenhaal ( as Jamie ) and Anne Hathaway ( Maggie ) both their acting was damn brilliant and portrayed their love stunningly well at later off , Anne Hathaway was a charm bubbly and was lovely in this movie . How much they made love between them as much they stayed together no matter what situations arise. Knowing Maggie suffering from Parkinson's disease , Jamie stood by her at all times while love blossomed slowly between them..
A weird relationship which started only on sex slowly changed to become love of their life was wonderfully captured. Maggie's choices towards her life , they way she wanted to live and reasons for her up-taking was clearly conveyed .At one point of time even viewers would agree , sympathize for her behavior understanding that as much she loved Jamie n wanted him in her life still she kept on pushing him away as she felt it injustice to spoil a persons life considering her disease which could lead to more drastic situation in later part of her life.
Movie had fun , romance , love and it is just a combo of everything which would easily capture our heart. The later half of the movie was stunning and will capture everyone's heart for sure. Especially the last scene when Jamie propose to Maggie asking her to be with him was a flamboyant scene in entire film and will touch every viewer for sure. Movie is definitely great and please don't get deceived by what title says..rather its more tender love within it. A movie not to be missed. Have fun My fav quotes from the film :-
Jamie Randall: I'm full of shit, okay? No I'm... I'm *knowingly* full of shit. Because, uh... because uh, uh... I have... I have *never* cared about anybody or anything in my entire life. And the thing is, everybody just kind of accepted that. Like, "That's just Jamie." And then you!... Jesus. *You*. You. You didn't see me that way. I have never known anyone who actually believed that I was enough. Until I met you. And then you made me believe it, too. So, uh... unfortunately... I need you. And you need me.
Maggie Murdock: No I don't.
Jamie Randall: Yes you do.
Maggie Murdock: No I don't.
Jamie Randall: *Yes*, you do.
Maggie Murdock: Stop it, stop saying that.
Jamie Randall: You need someone to take care of you.
Maggie Murdock: No, I don't!
Jamie Randall: Everybody does.
Jamie Randall: Let's just say in some alternate universe, there's a couple just like us, okay? Only she's healthy and he's perfect. And their world is about how much they're going to spend on vacation or who's in a bad mood that day, or whether they feel guilty about having a cleaning lady. I don't want to be those people. I want us. You. This.
Jamie Randall: [Last lines] I used to worry a lot about who I'd be when I grew up. You know, like how much money I'd make or, umm, like some day I'd become some big deal. Sometimes, the thing you want most doesn't happen. And sometimes, the thing you never expect does. Like giving up my job in Chicago and everything and deciding to stay and apply to med school. I don't know. You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed... forever.
A wonderful biographical action packed war drama about survival of Marcus Luttrell and his team when they are deployed on a mission to capture a Taliban high command most wanted terrorist. How a neat task well planned clearly sketched , went totally wrong with one wrong move with addition to that Comms malfunction which cost lives of many and blood shed everywhere. A capture n Kill Ops totally become a run and survive mission in just a blink of an eye changing the entire plan upside down. Mark Wahlberg played here as Soldier Marcus in this movie and becomes one reason why this movie was named as Lone Survivor.
Unlike all other movies black hawk down , we were soldiers , Behind enemy lines , rescue dawn which mostly point to one single person heroic deeds or at-least his team commander on it but this one instead shows the real disaster happened on Operation Red Wing and every single character was treated with real importance and none were overshadowed. More importantly this is all based on true incidents so there couldn't be any unwanted factors added to the movie just like that to bring the heat on to spice up. Felt so bad to see how those terrorists chased them like some animals killing one after the other mercilessly and at same time they just kept coming one after the other no matter how many lost their life in pursuance of killing four soldiers in the hoods. At the end i felt it was a mistake by the military command for not talking any measures failing to check the safety of their soldiers without validating the proper functionality of their comms equipment which also a reason for these innocent life's. The Last end credits seeing those real pics of deceased soldiers was heart throbbing but that said this movie is about handful of soldiers but there are many thousands of them who patriotically lay their life for sake of their country which should also be remembered at this time.
Real Marcus and his team
This is one nice biographical war movie not to be missed. Hats of to those tribes who protected a individual for their code of honor irrespective of the fact that their life was in stake. This just proves humanity prevails and god lives in their form. Opening scene and end credits are very touchy and informational which would provide more insights. Overall this one will be one of my favorite movies for sure though it wont fit itself as top 10 best movies but still this one will stay my best ones. Don't miss it.
Read My Lips (2001) Sur Mes Levres - French Such a slow paced beautifully executed movie , a Perfect melodrama of love & mutual understanding . This story revolves around a women named Carla with hearing deficiency who also has a extraordinary ability to read People lips to understand what they say...!! Movie portrays her as a reserved , pessimistic and not a easily outgoing person living in her own world of darkness yet managing her job as a secretary in a Building construction firm. Office colleagues around her do not care much about her apart from her work and she is left alone with no much of social life making her accustomed to the life she is having.
Carla's life completely turns around when she appoints a young good looking guy Paul with a rude boy looks as her secretarial assistant. He just came out of parole as he was locked up before for committing theft and other petite crimes. Though he is unskilled for the job , he Wants to rewrite his life as a honest man and decides to work sincerely to the firm with help of Carla at every step .But fate doesn't loosen him up that easily and he is again been pulled back to the same world which he regret to be part off. In meantime , Carla instincts says the other and she couldn't control herself falling in love with Paul , this changes Carla's life totally as she starts to do things for Paul which she wouldn't have imagined doing in first place. But irrespective of all that , they start to have a weird bond a totally different relationship between them yet at same-time they care for each other . How Paul uses her ability to read people's lip movement for his advantage by planning a heist and manages to steal black money from a local mobster also a pub owner forms rest of the story.
How much a love can push someone to do things which are unthinkable by blinding the eyes of people involved , her unspoken feelings was wonderfully captured in this movie. Its Carla's acting which stands out then any , having said that Paul also equally performed , completely justified his role given , the feel they both share is very unique and they had a wonderful chemistry between them which is clearly visible on the screen. This is a slow running movie but if you are in for it with patience for sure you will be treated . One of best french movie i seen with such a wonderful plot and i loved it very much. This is one movie not to be missed by world cinema liker.
Never expected that there was a silent psychological thriller out there on 60's which was buried and not much spoken about. Its sad that few films get very delayed recognition beyond its timeout period. Below quote from Director would say it all
Michael Powell
"I make a film that nobody wants to see and then, thirty years later, everybody has either seen it or wants to see it" ~ Michael Powell
Movie is about a disturbed photographer working for a British film studio , who has a rare disorder called peeping Tom which urges him to kill women and capture their expression of fear in their eyes during their last moments. And as how he adapts , reacts when he is exposed to true love 'n' care and how that changes his life totally forms the story.
What makes this movie creepy is by the way they portray his emotions in a vivid form at same time inducing his darker side slowly with every frame. This allows viewers to read his unique character filled with much darker secrets behind him therewith letting us know his weird condition which was instead inherited from his Scientist father who used his own son to read the behavior of human being by capturing every minute of his life in camera recorder. This resulted in causing a great scar on him creating a obsession to document peoples fear in his own camera to read their psychology. Ending was kind of predictable but one might feel sympathy for him who was nothing but a victim of his dad's experiment and a deadly phenomena which would entirely change his son life upside down. The moment we notice his camera one day turning towards him to record his own fate would cause melancholic feel to the viewers irrespective of the fact he is a cold blooded murderer.
No Graphics , No fights or unwanted sequences but a pure unadulterated thriller with a brilliant Plot. I thought that this was too old and might not have enough essence to it to be a good thriller but sure i was wrong. Movie would travel in its own pace but do notice that it would make you also travel along with it. Adding to the movie , we might also have a chance to watch those antiques used in this film , those golden days of roll camera , lithium projectors etc .. and will definitely be a finest experience for film movie freaks. Overall this is one of must watch classic movie , a good criterion collection not to be missed. Have fun watching
