American Psycho (2000)

A cool filmic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial 1991 novel of the same title

brilliantly directed, satirical but cheesy thriller and definitely a controversial material.

Nothing less is expected from quality actor Christian Bale...cleverest movies of recent years...Surrealism at its best.

one of my favorite quote from the movie :

{Waiter: Would you like to hear today's specials?

Patrick Bateman: Not if you want to keep your spleen.}

My rating : 9/10

Highly recommended.

Le Trou (1960)

a.k.a the Hole

IMDB link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054407/

Wonderful 1960 film. Brilliant performances from a largely amateur cast and magnificent directing by Jacques Becker, who died after the film was edited . A prison cell. Five inmates. They plan to dig their way out. Technical detail is mesmerizing. The best jailbreak movie of all time. Metaphor for trying to cheat death. Top recommendation.

9/10

P.s: Its B & W movie but that's the beauty of it....must watch for 'Noir genre' lovers

Devil (2010/I)

Typical Shyamalan movie with all the elements of his past films in it - the twist ending, the supernatural element, people searching for a reason to live, a lesson to be learned in the end, bla bla 

Terrible characters and dialogue and scenes added to simply pad out a story that could warrant a full length presentation. It is quite obvious that this film is just another example of Hollywood rushing out substandard fare to earn a quick buck..

The movie started out better than i expected,and then went downhill quickly. This was not nearly as good as I was expecting it to be may be i over expected. Shyamalan again disappoints me after 'The Last Airbender' 

I am not a HUGE horror film buff but in my opinion this movie falls more under sci-fi than anything

In short, life is too short to waste precious minutes watching this.

My rating : 5/10

Attack On Leningrad (2009)

Another war movie focusing on the invading German army into the Soviet Union in the second world war. Its a story about getting trapped ( like rats) about the survival (at any cost) about the courage ( total patriotism )

What i liked most about the movie is Screenplay. Its not like any other war movie where you see boom-boom ....bang-bang from beginning till end but its a perfect mixture of emotions, conflicts, confusion & patriotism. There were many scenes which will haunt me for the rest of my life

It raises the questions about human agony & wastage of human life during the war. Movie focuses on the view of the war from a different angle - city dwellers instead of soldiers at the killing field 

My rating 7.5/10 ( looses points because it lack historical accuracy in many instances)

Hitler in Colour (2005)

What a documentary i tell you. Complete visual & info feast. I recommend this to all those who were always curious about Hitler but never knew how to start knowing him. It would be surely a wonderful start. Ppl who do start yucking by the name of history may reconsider their likes & dislikes after watching this documentary.

Narration by Brain Cox is a perfect salt in the documentary.


My rating : 8/10

Guzaarish (2010)

The movie deals with many hypothesis about the right to die....i dint like this movie at all...there is a paralysed man , a beautiful nurse and 'close-up' ad boy and there is so much and this so much is 'nothing at all'

Copied idea, indianised version = Bakwaas non-appealing movie. 

The other day i mentioned to one of my friends that there is an original spanish version (The Salted Sea) of this movie and while watching this hindi version i realised that this movie is total copy of emotional blockbuster of 1981 "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" This movie was total senti & it really appeals to you and make you feel the pain of paralysis & it does convince you the act of euthenesia is the need of time & it has to be decided case to case unlike our Indian copy which wil bore you to death. 


'few notable changes' what our Bhansali sir made compared to the original version:

Hirithik Roshan is magician whearas the original guy was a sculpture 

Here, paralysed man talks abt the sexy legs of Aiswarya rai & in original version the sculpture praises the breast 

The whole hindi movie looked like a set or a stage drama.... i guess its time that Bhansali learns from his past mistake of 'Saawariya' and better realise that the Indian audience is yet not ready for his "stage show/ opera" kinda movies and little originality will b much more appericiated from the director of his stature.

My rating 2/10 ( only for the cleavage show for 2 hrs...that was the only freshness in the movie )

Highly recommened : Whose Life Is It Anyway (original Guzaarish )
IMBD Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083326/

Adaptation (2002)

'Adaptation' is a movie which focuses all about failures. Depending on your mood at the time of viewing, this film can range from being refreshing, amusing, hilarious, to even just plain boring. It's a great piece of art, but you really do have to be in the right mood for it. The movie had a very intriguing idea, a strong cast and the director’s  genuine efforts.

Nicholas Cage is at the emotional core of the film. If his performance doesn't resonate, the film doesn't work.  Cage was excellent. And that the script really gives him some wonderful, challenging material to work with.

Plot is engaging-both visually and story-wise but again I must admit only a story is told. If it touched you like it did me, then this is art. The musical score is uplifting with very little tension in the movie… Movie starts out like an interesting movie, about the interesting characters that are creative people…. the storytelling is original, so you think this might be a good movie about the relationship between reality, movies, and literature…. but the movie is just a trick, the themes are mentioned but not explored, and in a whole this movie has nothing really interesting to say…Movie is too lengthy, with tedious mess of depressing scenes….Toward the end it fails to keep its promise as i couldn’t decided if the ending of the movie made any sense…this may be due to story writer’s confusion, laziness, hurry or lack of talent to give a finishing touch. Finally this so called master piece turns out to be nothing but 100% artificial, commercially-calculated cinematic art movie. I assure you if I take away Nicholas Cage and ignore the fact that Meryl Streep acted in it, this movie would not be so popular


Bottom line: 


While some people would disregard this movie as empty and pointless, I’d argue that that is exactly the point. It’s about the emptiness that is rendered into our lives by failure and our craving for overcoming them. Love it or hate it, this is cinema in its purest and most unpretentious form. And definitely not something you’d like to watch for a visual treat. I wasn't very impressed by the film the first time I saw it, but there is something about it that is quite haunting. Parts of it stay in the memory….it may linger upon you for way longer than you can comprehend. Especially recommended for those who like highly original and intelligent cinema which the regular society cannot digest! This movie is unwatchable for the average movie goer. It is of no interest and of no intellectual value whatsoever as this film seems to be made only for the critics, not for average moviegoers. The writing is great (except the ending part), but the actual film is dreadful… to be `politically correct' highly recommended for the members who are giving serious thoughts about writing or are into writing & for rest, nothing much cerebral 

My rating: 7 /10 ( all grades for the freshness & nothing else)