Shootout at Wadala

*ing : John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut
Director : Sanjay Gupta

It’s a bad film. Very bad film. Even though he has ripped off most of the films he has made, I still liked the style and attitude of sanjay gupta, the director. Apparently his first original film (based on a book Dongri to Dubai )Gupta had made claims that it is his best work and there was tremendous hype around it by the director and his writer on social networking sites.
But as I said, it’s a bad film. Its about the first encounter recorded in Mumbai police history, of Manya Surve, apparently first Hindu Don of underworld. Its also about his back-story as how an honest citizen gets drawn in murky world of crime and deceit and how difficult it is to come back from there.
Film has stars like john Abraham, Kangna ranaut, Anil Kapoor etc bt none of them seems rightly cast. Except perhaps sincere Kapoor. John Abraham acts bad, really bad. Kangna is a showpiece and rest of the cast is terrible I wud say. Film has too much unnecessary violence, gore and some off-putting sex and rape scenes. Which I think film cud easily hv done without. Heavy on dialog and slow-mo shots and item numbers, this film is a headache.
Rating :
*

Aashiqui 2

*ing : Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa
Director : Mohit Suri

Tagline : Love Makes Life Live...

This film has been huge hit. And I was curious to know why. Throughout the movie I kept wondering wat was abt the movie to become such a hit. And my answer was, nothing. It’s an ordinary movie, with ordinary acting, ordinary direction and ordinary story. Couple of songs are good bt rest are, just ordinary.
Pity on times where such movies end up becoming such a huge grosser.
Rating :
**

Blue Valentine

*ing : Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka
Director : Derek Cianfrance

Tagline : Nobody Baby But You And Me.

This film is about the contrasts of a married couple's life before and after their marriage.

There is a lot of praise for "Blue Valentine", and Michelle Williams even got an Oscar nomination for best actress. I expected it to be a captivating drama, but I was thoroughly disappointed. I was so bored by the film that I struggled to stay awake.

"Blue Valentine" may be a very raw film, with emotions (and also skin) exposed bare. The emotional contrast between between the loving times before marriage; and the cold distant times after marriage is well portrayed. However, what we do not see is why they have progressed this way. The film only shows the beginning and the ending, and the middle is all left out. I think it would have been fulfilling to see what happens in between that leads to the communication and emotional breakdown.

Rating :
**

True Romance

*ing : Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
Director :Tony Scott

Tagline : Stealing, Cheating, Killing. Who said romance is dead?

Not often that I watch a film again. Bt since I was in Tarintino mood somehow, I decided to revisit his one of the most famous film he did not direct. Yes, True Romance.
The film was written by Quentin Tarantino, and it really shows with the sharp dialogue and crazy plot. The film centres around Clarence (Christian Slater) who meets and marries Alabama (Patricia Arquette). After Clarence goes to get Alabama's belongings, through a series of mishaps, he ends up with suitcase of coke and they decide to sell it. This leads to a wild adventure involving drug dealers, police and movie executives.
True Romance" is a high speed crime thriller with plenty of action, romance and dark humour and a collection of characters that make every scene bristle with excitement and interest. The plot is fascinating throughout, the dialogue is witty and entertaining and the star-studded cast deliver some great performances. A story about a young couple on the run may not seem strikingly original but this one is told with so much flamboyance, dynamism and panache that it's completely irresistible and tremendously enjoyable to watch.
Overall a solid movie with a strong plot, good character development, and all around exceptional performances. To those who shy away from the typically dark nature of Tarantino's films, note that "True Romance" has a happy ending. :)

Rating :
* * * *

Lost (season one)

*ing : Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Terry O'Quinn
Created by :J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof

Tagline : On this island, survival is not a game.

Lost is a show I have been wanting to watch it for long time. I did not much abt it bt I had heard tremendous buzz around its final season. Then I read its synopsis and I was intrigued. Finally, hv started with the show and so far its been mixed feeling. I have loved it sometimes and found boring sometimes. Its abt a plane crash survivors on an mysterious island. There is a bunch of eccentric people with a past which relates them all to some point ( to be reveled later on how). Each episodes consist of main story abt wats happening on island and a back story of any character as how they landed on the plane and later on this crash. Some characters are interesting and fun bt the flashback stories tend to get boring quite often. To think of it, this will go on till 6 seasons does scare me a bit bt I d surely like to know wat is happening on the island.
Rating :
*** & ½

Commando

*ing : Vidyut Jamwal, Pooja Chopra, Jaideep Ahlawat
Director : Dilip Ghosh

Tagline : A One Man Army


Commando is a typical masala movie with loads of action and violence. Hero here knows some martial arts and has a fit body and gets ample opportunity to display his skills. Set in a small town of Punjab, the bad guy chases a girl he likes and the hero, who is a commando, defends her. Nothing new, nothing original.
Rating :
**

A good Day to Die Hard

*ing : Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch
Director : John Moore

Tagline : Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Russia

Even for a rookie of the Die Hard's Franchise, this is not a Die Hard : where is the real bad guy, where is the real John Mc Clane, where is the real thrilled plot, where is the impossible action scenes and the bad ass Mc Clane's jokes ? Moore just kill it... The story is so boring that you have the impression that Bruce Willis himself is not having a good time. And the real missing part is those conversations between Mc Clane and the bad guys when John is teasing the bad guy. The editing is to clippy : Moore doesn't take time to install the ambiance. Russia seems to cool for John, no tension, no real danger. And the relationship with his son is just to hollow. In fact, only the name John Mc Clan is the only thing left of the Die Hard's franchise. R.I.P. Die Hard.

Rating :
* & 1/2