tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29308656946619235032024-03-16T06:40:19.779+05:30Department Of Entertainmentvinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-21288048843724875672013-09-22T09:22:00.001+05:302014-08-14T21:08:53.974+05:30Breaking News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414931/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Breaking News</a> (2004), is an action thriller from Hong Kong which was released in 2004. It was directed by one of the most celebrated directors in Hong Kong, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864775/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Johnnie To</a>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150916/?ref_=tt_ov_wr" target="_blank">Chang Hing-Kai</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1429767/?ref_=tt_ov_wr" target="_blank">Yip Tin Shing</a> wrote the screenplay. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It
stars <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156533/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Nick Cheung</a> as Inspector Cheung, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719104/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Richie Jen</a> as Yuen, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155284/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Kelly Chen</a> as Superintendent Rebecca Fong and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945189/" target="_blank">Simon Yam</a> as Asst. Commissioner Wong. </span></b> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The movie deals with the opinion molding power of media in today's world. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It shows how media can corrupt some person or an organization's image and at the same time be effective in instilling hope and goodwill among the people too. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is one of those few action films which successfully manage to blend action and sensible content together in order to give the viewer </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">something </span></b>to be amazed by and think upon.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The way in which the start of the movie has been shot is amazing. It starts with a shootout and a failed attempt by the Hong Kong police department in capturing Yuen and his gang. The police officers who operate this mission are badly defeated. While Yuen is running away, he encounters a police officer whom he overpowers. The timid police officer joins his hands and begs for his life. To the police department's bad luck, the media is present at that moment and the photographs of a police officer kneeling and begging before the criminal are circulated. This tarnishes the image of the police department. People start to lose their faith in the department.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Police Department takes various measures to cover up for this embarrassing defeat. Superintendent Rebecca Fong, suggests that since their image was tarnished by the media, it should be through the media only that they improve it again. The department agrees. We are also introduced to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inspector Cheung and his crew who have been assigned to capture Yuen and his gang. After the police are able to track down the location of Yuen, the real action starts. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rebecca ensures that the media is present to shoot the whole event live, the event as in the capture of Yuen by the police department. Since it was Yuen who forced a cop down on his knees in that infamous embarrassing photograph, it is hoped that by arresting him on camera, the police can improve their image. And thus a 'bloody' reality show starts. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yuen gets a hold of this and he too plays it smartly. Various events are ensured by both the parties, the cops outside the building and criminals inside holding hostages, to somehow use and manipulate the media present on site. And for the media people its a day in heaven with so much of action and scoop around.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The movie progresses ahead with a pace that is sure to blow you off completely. The action, dialogues, etc are very well executed. The story itself is so heavy and good.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The movie currently holds a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/breaking_news/" target="_blank">fresh rating of 76%</a> on Rotten Tomatoes. This movie was remade in Russia </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">titled <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Goryachie Novosti</a> (international title: Newsmakers). Talks of its remake in the United States are up with the possibility of </span></b><span dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001708/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">Joel Schumacher</a> directing it. </span></b></span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-85712249238765216122013-09-15T10:10:00.003+05:302014-08-14T21:16:27.701+05:30Shotgun Stories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</xml><![endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I recently happened to check out the works of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158772/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Jeff Nichols</a>. He has made three
films so far – <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952682/?ref_=sr_2" target="_blank">Shotgun Stories</a> (2007), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/?ref_=nm_knf_i2" target="_blank">Take Shelter</a> (2011) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935179/?ref_=nm_knf_i1" target="_blank">Mud</a> (2012) and I
loved all of them. It seems that he is here to make his mark and stay for a long time.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Here in this post I would like to cover <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952682/?ref_=sr_2" target="_blank">Shotgun Stories</a> (2007) which was written and directed by Jeff Nichols. Shotgun Stories stars </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span dir="auto"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788335/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Michael Shannon</a>, </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519045/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Douglas Ligon</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2049889/?ref_=tt_cl_t3" target="_blank">Barlow Jacobs</a> and others. Its the story of feud between two sets of half brothers after the demise of their father. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The background of the story can be described through the angle of Mr. Hayes (the father, whom we never see in the film). Mr. Hayes had married twice. He had three kids from his first wife. He never cared about his first wife and his children through her. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meanwhile he had also married another woman and had four children through her. Over the course of time he abandoned his first wife and three children. The three children by the first wife - Son, Boy and Kid are the ones around whom the film centers.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Son Hayes is married to Annie and has a child Carter. He is a normal man except for his addiction to gambling. Because of this his wife leaves along with their son and now Son is alone. He asks his brothers, Boy Hayes, a basketball coach and Kid Hayes to move in his house.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At the funeral, Son Hayes can't control himself when everyone around is praising the late Mr. Hayes while completely neglecting the fact that he had abandoned and left his first family on streets.</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So Son speaks some very harsh words and spits on the grave. Mark Hayes, the more violent in the second family retorts to physical measures. Although the dispute is broken by others, it is clear that a war has started.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film goes ahead with the war. It also deals with the costs that each of the family has to pay for their actions. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It feels good to know that the film had got its due appreciation. Late film critic Roger Ebert named it as one of the best films of the year 2008. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bill White of the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer" title="Seattle Post-Intelligencer">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a> named it as the best film of the year 2008. </span></b>Philip Martin of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Democrat-Gazette" title="Arkansas Democrat-Gazette">Arkansas Democrat-Gazette</a> and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> David Edelstein of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28magazine%29" title="New York (magazine)"><i>New York</i> magazine</a> named it 3rd and the 8th best film of 2008 respectively</span></b><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. </span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film currently holds 91% fresh ratings on <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shotgun_stories/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. </span></b><i><br /></i></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-3238168270523507952013-09-10T21:57:00.001+05:302014-08-14T21:16:25.872+05:30The Hunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The Hunt follows the story of a man named Lucas <span style="font-size: small;">(</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586568/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mads Mikkelsen</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">) </span>who works in a kindergarten school. He is divorcee and has been struggling to maintain a stable relationship with his son who stays with his ex-wife.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>All the things go on as usual until Klara sees some pornographic images on her brother's iPad. It doesn't make a proper sense in her innocent mind. What's worse is that she imagines and makes up a story which involves Lucas doing certain acts (sexually abusing, although nothing shown or even mildly suggested visually) with her.</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMgPXMh78L0bujtDBQfmNT3GklYRMZ76kCnHrw1O5dbYDijTNfzHq9A8kyktud9UrrKqedWLBx6RuA3gV1dO0eRzu3k81wDCwIkM55vfIKCzoI34F2NC3oj0zL4XikUxCJH3retLgNXCB/s1600/jagten-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMgPXMh78L0bujtDBQfmNT3GklYRMZ76kCnHrw1O5dbYDijTNfzHq9A8kyktud9UrrKqedWLBx6RuA3gV1dO0eRzu3k81wDCwIkM55vfIKCzoI34F2NC3oj0zL4XikUxCJH3retLgNXCB/s320/jagten-web.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>When Lucas returns back the gift she had made for him, it triggers her emotionally and she confides her story to Martha, the head of kindergarten. Certain actions are taken according to the protocol. Slowly the whole town knows about it. And what starts as an innocent lie by a small kid turns out into a mass hysteria of the whole town against Lucas.</b></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06gkAUdG8VS1_65QgagqqeAdM9jA0WAOPgP794t1iYIViiPlgNOXTFleAac7TU0D8PtA3D-6ggyvZL9s5i06RfrSoEZRWnhXQzsyRIh5foxtF9Ku5NDNCLWl1YdWAcotbHC8yOhhyphenhyphenZXvq/s1600/Jagten_800h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06gkAUdG8VS1_65QgagqqeAdM9jA0WAOPgP794t1iYIViiPlgNOXTFleAac7TU0D8PtA3D-6ggyvZL9s5i06RfrSoEZRWnhXQzsyRIh5foxtF9Ku5NDNCLWl1YdWAcotbHC8yOhhyphenhyphenZXvq/s320/Jagten_800h.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br />Everyone starts to shun Lucas. He is fired, his current girlfriend leaves him. His friends don't want to see him any more, the shop keeper won't allow him in his shop, etc. Lucas' son who believes in his father's innocence, comes for his help. That is the only relief for Lucas. Slowly the resentment of the people turns into voilence and Lucas has to deal with the dreadful mass hysteria against him.</b><br /><span id="goog_2146704398"></span><span id="goog_2146704399"></span><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunt_2013/" target="_blank">The film currently holds a fresh rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.</a> Thomas Vinterberg and his team deserve to be honored for taking such a subject and showing it in an effective way. <span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="auto">Mads Mikkelsen gives some of the best performances we as a movie audience will ever see. The little girl, </span></span></b><b>Annika Wedderkopp is adorable and shocks us with a performance that's way too ahead for someone of her age. Editing, music, cinematography and everything else about the movie is just so good. Overall the film turns out to be winner. </b></span></div>
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-52183585970709399582013-08-28T18:18:00.001+05:302013-09-14T21:20:21.438+05:30Tasher Desh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYkYmggCqSFyGkPxuKNRHfxERXf_luV4xS1NUv9_Kfc5yyLgizQ-XqAy4nnpQJS6FINlVHBGW5OyfVF5T1yz4KeasCKdKE-B_IPVCv7aNRJJp_I0safHLdMxGQDykP9OlnJyuIPQzOUfE/s1600/01-tasher-desh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYkYmggCqSFyGkPxuKNRHfxERXf_luV4xS1NUv9_Kfc5yyLgizQ-XqAy4nnpQJS6FINlVHBGW5OyfVF5T1yz4KeasCKdKE-B_IPVCv7aNRJJp_I0safHLdMxGQDykP9OlnJyuIPQzOUfE/s320/01-tasher-desh.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few months back I saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1841611/" target="_blank">Gandu</a>, an Indian film which broke all the taboos of the Indian society with such an ease and flow that one hardly notices until the end credits appear. The effect of that movie was the only reason that took me in the cinema hall today to watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261700/" target="_blank">Tasher Desh</a>, the latest film of Gandu's director </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3731359/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Qaushiq Mukherjee</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> aka Q. Now again this movie shook me and made me question my eyes and ears. Tasher Desh has nothing controversial like Gandu but still the story, narration and characters are unlike any other Indian characters you have ever seen.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Tasher Desh, the original play was written by the great Rabindranath Tagore. In an interview Q said, </span>"this is one Tagore story that has fascinated me since I was a child.
'Tasher Desh' is completely different from his oeuvre. He experimented a
lot with this play. In fact, critics find it flawed, so it became a
children's play but it is not a children's play. It is very political. I
think, we did not get it right contextually."</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Tasher Desh mixes the elements of fantasy and surrealism in brilliant way. Q just refuses to go by the book to churn up an usual film. As it is being said, this film is literally Tagore on acid. Maybe this is not a film for everyone. But it's worth a watch. You either hate it or love it but you definitely won't be able to ignore it. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For someone who isn't interested this can be quite irritating and torturous.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">The film follows two parallel story lines. First line follows a writer who carries around a torn copy of Tasher Desh and second, of a prince and his adventures. The two stories are shown in distinct and strikingly different visuals. The writer's sequences are in black and white, symbolizing his dull and barren life while those of the prince are in bright colors.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The prince is bored of his usual and monotonous life. He wants to explore. He takes up his merchant friend along with him to roam and know the world. But they get stranded on a strange island. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The people on the island live by rules. Everyone is named after the cards. Nothing happens here due to personal desires or wishes. In fact the very words, 'desire', 'progress', 'freedom' are banned from the usage. It is here that the prince instills a sense of dis-order and freedom through a beautiful musical sequence. This creates a kind of awakening on the island. A quest for liberation starts under the lady who is the Ace of Spades.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Meanwhile back in the real world, the writer meets his muse who symbolizes the Ace of Spades for him and this forms the storyline for his parts.<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_HTStoryPageControl_Para2"></span> </span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEalGhMsjngLxXiuhKCBTWxwRiEXGXGCO4ZPNlaJZCFeQ1Esa2ANa1WcIC6PnxDINyc5k4LyW-MMDxnbv6eM5EyH23ASyYL9IQ8HZGlWkFEii8LjjZ1sMuixJHBjLpHOJ7B0MbfrQbB3d/s1600/tasher1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEalGhMsjngLxXiuhKCBTWxwRiEXGXGCO4ZPNlaJZCFeQ1Esa2ANa1WcIC6PnxDINyc5k4LyW-MMDxnbv6eM5EyH23ASyYL9IQ8HZGlWkFEii8LjjZ1sMuixJHBjLpHOJ7B0MbfrQbB3d/s320/tasher1.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The themes of reality, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_HTStoryPageControl_Para2">anti-fascism, chaos, liberation and desires fit at proper places. </span></span></span></b> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Visually, this film is a treat to the eye. It takes time to grow on you but once it does then t</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">he surrealistic treatment by Q works wonders. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One can take the entire
film to be one long dream sequence too. That's the beauty of the story. People can interpret it in their own way. The combination of intoxicating
visuals, breath taking sequences and the amazing musical scores works
highly in favor of the film. </span></span></b><br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-34735077355933007462013-08-06T19:11:00.001+05:302013-08-06T19:28:31.988+05:30Yojimbo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6WSJGzWUlpDCAYi3jcxRaNbPXDGItRFOODTvXDYRhux_fM1gZlt0O96X7ZHvQ0Co7vjoKyOUqRC7g-sTp6Csbg44tC3IG9CQj6eMamqJqJV1K0QhmTZVDa5Ujw19FmTQy76Wh9dBdl4D/s1600/Yojimbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6WSJGzWUlpDCAYi3jcxRaNbPXDGItRFOODTvXDYRhux_fM1gZlt0O96X7ZHvQ0Co7vjoKyOUqRC7g-sTp6Csbg44tC3IG9CQj6eMamqJqJV1K0QhmTZVDa5Ujw19FmTQy76Wh9dBdl4D/s200/Yojimbo.jpg" width="138" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">Yojimbo</a> (1961) has a sacred status f</span>or all <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Akira Kurosawa</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001536/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Toshiro Mifune</a> fans. The great Japanese director, Kurosawa's direction plus Mifune's epic acting skills makes this movie stand out among lovers of good cinema. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is a period film. The story is set in the second half of the 19th century after the fall of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Shogunate" target="_blank">Tokugawa Shogunate</a>. The movie starts with a samurai (Mifune), who finds himself unemployed. He is left without a master and cause. This forces him to wander around searching for a life and income. And incourse of this journey, the samurai comes across a town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now this town is in mess and has become a battle ground between the two rival gangs of Seibei and Ushitora. Turns out that Ushitora once used to work for Sebei. But when Sebei announced that he will pass the crime syndicate to his undeserving and foolish son, Ushitora breaks out and forms his own gang. Ushitora has two brothers. Inokichi a timid and somewhat soft man and Unosuke, a dangerous man. Unosuke is the only person in the town who has a pistol and this makes him even more powerful and dangerous.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LM9VyB1fzdKyp5hGuSg-Uy7th6Ov3HHq_eFk-v0KsbvtfECGLPgEwK7VGfPQP8EQXZlbZgp3tDyzPKozWQHeOP3ZZ7stgqExpPJpPguVrpclh8QUz9QkmYm_J2UjW9BkZ8O2H1MYKv15/s1600/yojim+fight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LM9VyB1fzdKyp5hGuSg-Uy7th6Ov3HHq_eFk-v0KsbvtfECGLPgEwK7VGfPQP8EQXZlbZgp3tDyzPKozWQHeOP3ZZ7stgqExpPJpPguVrpclh8QUz9QkmYm_J2UjW9BkZ8O2H1MYKv15/s200/yojim+fight.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The samurai after knowing all these, decides to use this situation in his favour. He believes that eliminating these two gangs would be good for the people of the town as well. The samurai then proves his worth and makes his skills known to these gangs. Now both of the gang leaders lobby hard to make the samurai join their respective gangs so that it will be beneficial for them in the war. But the samurai has different plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are various other characters like a resturant owner, a government officer, a woman who has been exploited by Ushitora, etc.The samurai's intentions and his course of actions, the war between the gangs, the role of Unosuke and his gun in all of these form the rest half of the movie. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRp_Rrrb1grvWkXaUwaO5QFvpMrIQ34DE0x7o4Fj1VvAygK9X79pM7aX54YxdCe2WHK7xWQLvLSnBd5YMf_1eiUATP9eJ-TD9GGNfGFwxiOS2MwQH0iUTneT5-s1E4Yq47yUwF96HnZkQe/s1600/aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRp_Rrrb1grvWkXaUwaO5QFvpMrIQ34DE0x7o4Fj1VvAygK9X79pM7aX54YxdCe2WHK7xWQLvLSnBd5YMf_1eiUATP9eJ-TD9GGNfGFwxiOS2MwQH0iUTneT5-s1E4Yq47yUwF96HnZkQe/s200/aa.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was some controversy when <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/" target="_blank">Sergio Leone</a> remade it as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/" target="_blank">A Fistful of Dollars</a> (1964) starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/" target="_blank">Clint Eastwood</a>. After watching A Fistful Of Dollars, Kurosawa sued Leone and wrote to Sergio Leone that it is, "a fine movie, but it was MY movie.” <br /><br />Yojimbo holds 97% fresh ratings on <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/yojimbo/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. Also it ranks 95 in Empire magazine's list of <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/500/81.asp" target="_blank">500 Greatest Movies Of All Times.</a></span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-46322813817199614432013-05-16T09:35:00.000+05:302013-05-16T09:43:46.919+05:30In The Name Of The Father<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cveLUMwP55YW2hKU0FaJ7dp45Luu5afLlKDli3l0SaMJUfW9FN5pXPZcRqQrK1K3U_qv2sJT1C6dXHnkqh5-8twWXxJYrReXhyPCffEPEZ-eGVQPfrebFbEeH1nQ7dhqz_xwtlUHjpHY/s1600/ab1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cveLUMwP55YW2hKU0FaJ7dp45Luu5afLlKDli3l0SaMJUfW9FN5pXPZcRqQrK1K3U_qv2sJT1C6dXHnkqh5-8twWXxJYrReXhyPCffEPEZ-eGVQPfrebFbEeH1nQ7dhqz_xwtlUHjpHY/s200/ab1.jpg" width="135" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006487/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Jim Sheridan</a>'s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">In The Name Of The Father</a> which released in 1994 is an amazing film. The screenplay was written by Jim Sheridan along with Terry George based on the autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon<i> </i>of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon. It starred <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Daniel Day-Lewis</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">Pete Postlethwaite</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000668/?ref_=tt_cl_t4" target="_blank">Emma Thompson</a> in lead roles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This film is based on the true story of four people who were falsely convicted for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_IRA" target="_blank">IRA</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_pub_bombings" target="_blank">Guildford pub bombings</a>. Those four persons were commonly called as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven" target="_blank">Guildford Four</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film is shown through the life of Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four. At the beginning of the movie, we see him as a rebellious and mischievous young man in Belfast. His family is worried about him. They in turn send him to London so that he can make his life. On the way there he meets his old friend Paul Hill and the two enjoy their time in London without actually doing anything. One night without any place to eat or sleep, they end up robbing. With some money now, Gerry returns back to his home in Belfast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWWsgJVTwRKkLMRLPbbgpdGQpD0r165btSfyz0IfHB8Fo_SD1LPk12ngpaBUOJ44aYqckYnC1dGbN4aA6EODzfe8BY-EwTCNsZMFPyQ0sRvjzDrTu3HRjGgjmolEYntMf-6G5Etmk1Sxl/s1600/In-the-Name-of-the-Father-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWWsgJVTwRKkLMRLPbbgpdGQpD0r165btSfyz0IfHB8Fo_SD1LPk12ngpaBUOJ44aYqckYnC1dGbN4aA6EODzfe8BY-EwTCNsZMFPyQ0sRvjzDrTu3HRjGgjmolEYntMf-6G5Etmk1Sxl/s200/In-the-Name-of-the-Father-1993.jpg" width="200" /></a>And the next thing that we see is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" target="_blank">British Army</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary" target="_blank">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a> arrests Gerry. He is brought back to mainland UK. His other friends get arrested too. The police torture and threaten Gerry and his friends for seven days under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_Terrorism_Acts" target="_blank">Prevention of Terrorism Act </a>and wrongly make them confess to those false charges. When Giuseppe Colon travels to England to meet his son he too is arrested along with the family of his sister-in-law, with whom he was staying. These people are termed as Maguire Seven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film continues with the trial, punishment and Gerry and his father Giuseppe's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">life in prison</span>. They share the same cell. The film shows the attempts of a lawyer Gareth Peirce who campaigns for a re-trial and the release of these people and how things go ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my personal favorites. It's one of most rightly cast movies ever. The father-son relationship portrayed between Giuseppe and Gerry is one of the best things in the film.</span><br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-87033084072959212172013-05-13T17:52:00.000+05:302013-05-13T17:56:53.031+05:303-Iron<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOH9TIrxC9y6gkMwSYFFoI6lSpSLpSM4fS02l_pZMf918fhamzNXZGgReqXEiCvQ7GtfAIidvsonf6ZU5NwHmz7Fm7mIv1feuDV1eBZMkkgWd5tdGuzHKjxWptrjE5Kc1v23QGB5_xCS79/s1600/3iron_katos_5_h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOH9TIrxC9y6gkMwSYFFoI6lSpSLpSM4fS02l_pZMf918fhamzNXZGgReqXEiCvQ7GtfAIidvsonf6ZU5NwHmz7Fm7mIv1feuDV1eBZMkkgWd5tdGuzHKjxWptrjE5Kc1v23QGB5_xCS79/s200/3iron_katos_5_h.jpg" width="150" /></a>Audiences have always enjoyed love stories. There have been numerous stories told down throughout the ages. Most stories make people feel good. How about something different? Which is the most weirdest love story you have ever see? I'm quite sure you may have seen some. One such weird love story is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423866/" target="_blank">3-Iron</a>, a South Korean film, released in 2004. It was written and directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104118/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Kim Ki-duk</a>, who is known for his unconventional stories and characters. 3-iron stars <span dir="auto"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030819/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Jae Hee</a> and </span><span dir="auto"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165901/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Lee Seung-yeon</a> as </span>Tae-suk and Sun-hwa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How is it different from any other story? The answer is that the two lead characters don't talk with each other. And to clear the first query which may come to your mind, they are not dumb. They maintain a silent relationship all throughout the movie, although towards the end, Sun-hwa speaks a few lines but there is no direct verbal interaction between the lead pair. Actually none of the characters talk much. The movie relies highly on emotions and abstract acts. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFFKYDCKsEsJuBYavgjZj2ZW5EgsDqRGz-KNAV4dX8IMqqJEw15QowJgZI2zSdMB2mxHI6lWueC_oK5Cu4M1QB11B5XXJHjasWCMWAFXEu43xYJT3cwODFQG8FmBlE6oslhWhjWROIuyj/s1600/3-Iron1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFFKYDCKsEsJuBYavgjZj2ZW5EgsDqRGz-KNAV4dX8IMqqJEw15QowJgZI2zSdMB2mxHI6lWueC_oK5Cu4M1QB11B5XXJHjasWCMWAFXEu43xYJT3cwODFQG8FmBlE6oslhWhjWROIuyj/s200/3-Iron1.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3-Iron is a lovestory of Tae-suk, a drifter and Sun-hwa, an abused housewife. Although it is later made known to us that Tae-suk had a good education, we still see him as a drifter. He breaks into people's homes while they are away and stays there. He has good plan for that. He spends his days sticking take-away menus of resturants on the doors and later stops by to check which of them haven't been removed from the doors by their owners. This implies that people who stay in are away and Tae-suk gets in. Tae-suk is not a robber, on the contrary he washes their clothes, repairs their broken appliances, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On one such break-in he meets Sun-hwa, the wife of an abusive man who has gone for a business trip. Since Sun-hwa has hidden herself to grieve, Tae-suk believes that the house is empty and breaks in. An emotional bond forms between them. Tae-suk even saves Sun-hwa when her husband returns. She leaves her husband and goes with him. Her husband holds a grudge and that is also an important factor which influences the story ahead in a way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film was received very well. It has won a lot of accolades around the world. It holds 87% ratings on <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/3_iron/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.</span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-76866676381425476422013-04-28T12:07:00.000+05:302013-04-28T12:17:06.202+05:30The Exterminating Angel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056732/" target="_blank">The Exterminating Angel,</a> (original Spanish title <span lang="es">El ángel exterminador</span>) is a Mexican film released in 1962. It was directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000320/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a>, one of the most significant surrealistic film makers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was the second movie of the Buñuel/Alatriste/Pinal film trilogy, written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683831/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Silvia Pinal</a>, and produced by her then-husband Gustavo Alatriste. Buñuel picked it from an unfinished play his friend José Bergamín was writing at the time. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If one looks at the basic storyline, it is a story of a few people who have gathered for a dinner party but in some mysterious way they are unable to leave the room after the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's a story which is set in the house of Señor Edmundo Nobile and his wife, Lucia, who host a dinner party. At the start of the party itself the problems build up. All the servants in the house resign from their works and leave the house without any intention or specific reason. Only the head servant is left who looks after the serving of the guests. It is somewhat implied that this has got something to do with the way rats leave the sinking ship. Different people arrive at the party. One thing is common, they all belong to higher class. They have different attitudes, beliefs and characters. They appear to blend in an amicable way but deep down inside they hate each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The story goes ahead with how these people who are now forced to live in the same room with limited food and water which exhausts soon. Hunger, hysteria, anger and enmity creeps up between the guests and it becomes very hard for them to live together in the same room. An interesting question which can arise in the mind of the viewer is that why can't help arrive from the outside? This is explained. The psychological or mystical barrier which keeps the guests from leaving the room also somehow keeps people from entering the mansion from outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is one of the most brilliantly made movies ever . Every person is free to analyze or interpret it in his own way. Also there is a scope for a different interpretation of the story, every time you see it.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfRuXA7hH_Bn2yVrd5fJawi-nSexpFXoMU3cMkIHukOkNn1prtQH7hojQcZehW27kga6HT928RYez-9egKcgsxhJKFxcGvpRAs2XTiPlK5Y5ydtmFa-amry6REt2EDBpINYHD65CpD8SQ/s1600/extangel.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfRuXA7hH_Bn2yVrd5fJawi-nSexpFXoMU3cMkIHukOkNn1prtQH7hojQcZehW27kga6HT928RYez-9egKcgsxhJKFxcGvpRAs2XTiPlK5Y5ydtmFa-amry6REt2EDBpINYHD65CpD8SQ/s320/extangel.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The film sparked controversies upon it's release due to various reasons. Spain and Vatican didn't receive it well and as a result all the negatives of it were ordered to be destroyed. It was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">banned in Russia because the idea of people not being allowed to
"leave a party" was considered offensive and anti-government. But the film was received well by the masses. At the 1961 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a>, the film won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a>. Mexican critics rank it as the 16th best film of the Mexican Cinema. The New York Times puts it as one of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html" target="_blank">best 1000 films ever made</a>.</span> </div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-16501492910575700482013-02-01T14:38:00.001+05:302013-02-01T14:43:40.112+05:30Vishwaroopam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwaroopam" target="_blank">Vishwaroopam</a> - everyone in India now knows whose film it is, who is the actor, writer, director or producer. It needs no introduction but still I would like to fill in the deatils. Vishwaroopam, is a Tamil film, whose Hindi version- Vishwaroop released in Mumbai today. It has been written, directed and produced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" target="_blank">Kamal Haasan</a> who is also the lead actor in it.<br />
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Given the exact nature of the story, its a spy-thriller, a genre which is somewhat unexplored in India. Although films like Ek Tha Tiger and Agent Vinod released last year, we never got to see any good concrete spy story. Vishwanath/Wiz (Kamal Haasan) is an Indian spy living in U.S.A. He is married to a much younger girl, Nirupama (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooja_Kumar" target="_blank">Pooja Kumar</a>) who is nuclear oncologist. Nirupama is unaware of the secret life of her husband and thinks that he is just a stupid Kathak teacher. She has married him just for the sake of a safe haven in U.S.A.<br />
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On the parallel, an Al-Qaeda Jihadi Omar (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Bose" target="_blank">Rahul Bose</a>) and his accomplice Salim (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaideep_Ahlawat" target="_blank">Jaideep Ahlawat</a>) have planned to attack New York with a deadly nuclear weapon. Our hero Wiz has a past history with them from an earlier mission in Afghanistan. With a series of events Wiz and Omar come across each other and the game starts.<br />
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The story has a lot to offer and two storylines go on together, the current feud between Wiz & Omar and the earlier mission of Wiz in Afghanistan when he is close and almost like a brother to Omar and Salim.<br />
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The performances by the actors are very good. Kamal Haasan proves his worth. Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah look beautiful and manage to stay on level. Shekhar Kapur with the little time he is seen on screen does a fantastic job. Rahul Bose and Jaideep Ahlawat too give out brilliant performances.<br />
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The film is worth a watch to everyone who is interested in good & entertaining cinema and a slap on the face of every person who thinks and criticizes Indian Cinema of not being on par with Hollywood. A good but somewhat incomplete story, a brilliant direction, great cinematography and lot of amazing action sequences.<br />
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I would have liked to go on with the end and the points left behind for the sequel. But it would spoil the experience of many who haven't watched it. Overall its a great film. Three and a half stars out a five, if you ask me. (If at all you ask me :P )<br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-60216086711475726342013-01-15T09:26:00.000+05:302013-01-15T09:26:43.204+05:30La Haine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/" target="_blank">La Haine</a> is a French drama film which was released in 1995. It was written and directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440913/" target="_blank">Mathieu Kassovitz</a>. It stars <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001993/" target="_blank">Vincent Cassel</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468003/" target="_blank">Huber Kounde</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846548/" target="_blank">Saiid Taghmaoui</a> as the lead characters. The film was shot in black and white which goes well with the story and narrative of the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Haine is the story of a day in the lives of three friends after a riot, Vinz, Sayid and Hubert. They live in the banlieues of Paris. They come from different backgrounds. Vinz is a Jewish boy who wants everyone to respect him and take him seriously. Sayid is guy who just can't shut his mouth and is a trouble maker. Hubert, an Afro-French boxer is the most wisest of the three.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Their locality witnesses frequent riots and instability. The youth and the cops are very hostile towards each other. The story starts on one day after such riots. During the riots a local boy named Abdel Ichaha gets </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">seriously </span>injured and goes in comma with a very little hope of life. Also during the riots a policeman loses his revolver. The police department and the press take the issue of possibility of the revolver falling in the hands of the wrong person and the dangers it can cause, seriously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Its shown that Vinz has found out the revolver and plans on shooting a cop if their friend Abdel Ichaha loses his life in the hospital. Hubert who is the most matured of the three tries to calm Vinz down but that goes in vain. Also Sayid has to travel to Paris to collect money from a guy who owes him. The three set out to go and catch a train. Vinz carries his gun with him throughout. Things don't go smooth. Cops arrest them but Vinz manages to run. The cops who have arrested them turn out to be sadistic and humiliate Sayid and Hubert, detaining them for a long time which causes them to miss the last train of that night. Vinz too misses it and meets them on station later. The friends roam around the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The story goes on ahead with the friends watching the news about Abdel Ichaha and Vinz thinking upon his earlier words about Abdel dying. Also they encounter a group of other guys at whom they had shouted bitter words earlier, where its upto Vinz to use his revolver and take up a life to save their own. The next morning and the end of the film is unexpected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Haine was successful upon its release. It was recieved very well by the critics too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hate/" target="_blank">It has a </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2930865694661923503" target="_blank">100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=32" target="_blank">It was also ranked as #32 in Empire States magazine list of 'The100 best movies of world cinema.'</a> Also it received a lot of awards.</span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-5763083955126488972012-12-04T20:55:00.002+05:302012-12-04T21:01:36.006+05:30Alfred Hitchcock's 'Limited-Setting' Films<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhldxRkBu1FKQzGa8d382WqeLLyTANS8maCHiGr4Cz_U4bwb2o5JZ7qdmpA1dMSwhyphenhyphenVG51LzXUyVF3yJYuYEHraz4l_UwhyjnRp9Egf8x5vkhEAV57hbnakaGnPtCBLr3luFSBZtS24_Y/s1600/hitchcock-MKGA_o_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhldxRkBu1FKQzGa8d382WqeLLyTANS8maCHiGr4Cz_U4bwb2o5JZ7qdmpA1dMSwhyphenhyphenVG51LzXUyVF3yJYuYEHraz4l_UwhyjnRp9Egf8x5vkhEAV57hbnakaGnPtCBLr3luFSBZtS24_Y/s200/hitchcock-MKGA_o_tn.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<i>To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.</i>"<br />- Alfred Hitchcock.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />There are some exceptional stories along with their story tellers who can amaze you and keep you glued on them by almost nothing except their flow and execution. A fine example of this can be seen in the 'limited-setting' films of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/" target="_blank">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, the great master of thrillers and suspense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With this films Alfred Hitchcock has clearly proved that big sets, fancy cars, heavy action, etc can be of no match to one good story. Yes, its the script that matters. Its all that is required to amaze the audience. Four of his films can be said to fall in this category - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/" target="_blank">Lifeboat</a> (1994), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/" target="_blank">Rope</a> (1948), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912/" target="_blank">Dial M for Murder</a> (1954) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/" target="_blank">Rear Window</a> (1954). All of these movies have been highly acclaimed. They have been loved by both the audiences as well as the critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives them a rating of <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lifeboat/" target="_blank">95 %</a>, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rope/" target="_blank">97%</a>, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dial_m_for_murder/" target="_blank">83%</a> and <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1017289-rear_window/" target="_blank">100%</a> respectively.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVOvMGJ_BIUwNVZibI5nlgv8LeJBO6mKrCEWvri67D7d2vkV2GYA4-saAAQz_YjvnaNi_LfTHvxw5GNbFxpOqzPtjX_UhO6ZLJVXOFqzYtxcvXAW0Stzww5933Trvlb1pTu1ce2deX1On/s1600/naufragos_1944_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVOvMGJ_BIUwNVZibI5nlgv8LeJBO6mKrCEWvri67D7d2vkV2GYA4-saAAQz_YjvnaNi_LfTHvxw5GNbFxpOqzPtjX_UhO6ZLJVXOFqzYtxcvXAW0Stzww5933Trvlb1pTu1ce2deX1On/s200/naufragos_1944_1.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/" target="_blank">Lifeboat</a> (1944), is a brilliant film. The film starts and ends on just a small lifeboat. The storyline is such that in World War II, the German U-boats have attacked and have sunken an American passenger ship. The survivors, very few of them have come aboard a small emergency lifeboat. They come from different backgrounds like one of them is an international journalist, another is a rich businessman, one radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor and an engineer are present. This people have a sole aim now i.e to survive. Things go fine until they save another man from drowning, he turns out to be the German commander of the U-boat that sunk them.</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of them demand to throw him out while some assert the fact that he is now a prisoner of war and should be treated as such, thereby beginning a wave of distrust and conflict on the boat. The story then goes ahead answering the numerous questions that arise in the viewer's minds like - Who are this people? Will they survive? Are they trying enough? Whats on that German's mind? Has he got any plans? How will this people come out of this situation?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0y4ioKGQc_PGDj-Ai0YFgKNk3K4xn8S4Yr-suYVB3u9Rix-j-P5D4w60gYM3MR9w7caqEb19DpszLQrCwlJ-Efmhco-PzBnSbBZTOTV_BYxh37Pe2Eqfdg-mvtw9WPn3t8Nluq5I1HPV/s1600/rope_1948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0y4ioKGQc_PGDj-Ai0YFgKNk3K4xn8S4Yr-suYVB3u9Rix-j-P5D4w60gYM3MR9w7caqEb19DpszLQrCwlJ-Efmhco-PzBnSbBZTOTV_BYxh37Pe2Eqfdg-mvtw9WPn3t8Nluq5I1HPV/s200/rope_1948.jpg" width="128" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/" target="_blank">Rope</a> (1948), is another great film. It revolves around a party taking place in an apartment in New York. Brandon and Philip, two antagonists of the film murder their friend David just because they feel they are intellectually superior to him and therefore have the right to do so. They think this the perfect murder. They even throw a party to other friends and surprisingly the guest list also includes David's father and his fiancee Janet. And another person, Rupert, their prep-school's housemaster happens to come too. Brandon and Philip have hidden David's body in a wooden chest and they use the same wooden chest as a buffet for the food. Rupert, who is actually quite close to them had discussed these theories of perfect murder with the boys in school but he had in no way meant harm for anyone and remained unaware that the boys would go this far. Now with David's absence, Rupert senses some problem,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Brandon appears calm and controlled but doesn't seem normal and Philip is depressed and scared. The story goes ahead with Rupert collecting evidences and how he finds out about the murder and thus hands the boys to the authorities.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSyxIUFA4buxoC5hgLsHRSmeEDsBtzWpgZhkh6R9OAE_Ox9O_Ya69Ra3YAsKFZz8r9nIUPAb63-x8q99oZggFdplIxDkHmTknu1TpWqXxqTyOX7LCljlUZYZLZrCahwCZbdReaSi7hnmR/s1600/l_74929_0046912_32dbf304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSyxIUFA4buxoC5hgLsHRSmeEDsBtzWpgZhkh6R9OAE_Ox9O_Ya69Ra3YAsKFZz8r9nIUPAb63-x8q99oZggFdplIxDkHmTknu1TpWqXxqTyOX7LCljlUZYZLZrCahwCZbdReaSi7hnmR/s200/l_74929_0046912_32dbf304.jpg" width="124" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912/" target="_blank">Dial M for Murder</a> (1954), was also based in similar settings. Much of the story takes place in an apartment. Tony Wendice discovers about his wife's affair with a writer Mark Halliday. He is so angered that he plans her murder. He exceutes a brilliant plan. He picks up a man named Swann, who happens to be petty criminal and his schoolmate, to murder her. Swann is reluctant but then Tony has left no stone unturned in his plan and has collected enough evidences against Swann to make his life hell. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tony has been anonymously blackmailing her too. </span>As planned, everything goes smooth but for a minor error in achieving a proper timing, the plan fails terribly. It is Margot, his wife who ends up killing Swann in self-defense. Tony has a plan B ready and at once comes back and shifts the evidences like the key and the letter in such a way that now it seems like Swann was blackmailing Margot and she has killed him in cold blood. The rest of the movie continues with the investigation and Mark's efforts to prove Margot innocent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/" target="_blank">Rear Window</a> (1954), is the story of Jeff, a reporter who has been injured and is now bound to wheelchair for a few days. Confined within his apartment he has nothing interesting to do. Eventually he takes up the habit of spying his neighbors from the rear window of his apartment. His neighbors include a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">fun-loving composer, a middle-aged couple with a small dog, a dancer who
seems to enjoy practicing her routines while scantily clad, a newly wed couple, a woman who seems to live in a fantasy
world, and a salesman and his wife. All of them seem fine until the salesman's wife disappears, which Jeff notices. Also the salesman has started doing strange things which just increases Jeff's suspicion that the salesman has killed her. He involves his girlfriend and his nurse too in this matter and they devise a plan to catch him red handed. Where has the wife disappeared? Is Jeff right about his discovery? Who is that salesman? Is he dangerous? The movie answers all this questions well.</span><br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-49909814352220672572012-11-14T19:19:00.003+05:302013-05-03T10:05:30.736+05:30The Fountain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKcPdCW68Mmd0zFZjPYQpaRlR5x0MwNFQnXHeMoImo9Rlj60VeI8wm2R1NueoPIa87acELxzSIezwWUMf9Pbm_QW70Ge4f6Op261OOCFm25K-dl9AhdL4WjRkRfD8c6B08PFIg4kRaKNZ/s1600/220px-Fountain_poster_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKcPdCW68Mmd0zFZjPYQpaRlR5x0MwNFQnXHeMoImo9Rlj60VeI8wm2R1NueoPIa87acELxzSIezwWUMf9Pbm_QW70Ge4f6Op261OOCFm25K-dl9AhdL4WjRkRfD8c6B08PFIg4kRaKNZ/s200/220px-Fountain_poster_1.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/" target="_blank">The Fountain</a> released in 2006, is a film which mixes the elements of fantasy, history, religion, and science fiction in a love story. It was written and directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004716/" target="_blank">Darren Aronofsky</a>. The movie consists of a story in three different timelines. One in the 16th century, one in present 21st century and one in 26th century. It starred <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413168/" target="_blank">Hugh Jackman</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001838/" target="_blank">Rachel Weisz</a>, both of them played different roles in three timelines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The tree stories in each timeline are shown non linearly. Each story is divided by a gap of around 5oo years. Even the stories aren't told chronologically within their timelines but are told by frequently occurring flashbacks and other recurring visual motifs.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The main theme of the film is the fear and acceptation of mortality. The film takes us on a tour which does not guarantee a clear explanation but nonetheless its a visual treat. Arronfsky's work is very good on the themes and motifs in the story. The performances of Jackman and Weisz are brilliant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">conquistador</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The movie starts with a 16th century timeline. Tomás is shown to be fighting off horde of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Mayans</a> to gain entry into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">pyramid</a>, where he is attacked by a Mayan priest with a flaming sword. It is revealed through flashbacks that he has been sent by Queen Isabella who is losing her territory to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition" title="Inquisition">Inquisition.</a> She has sent her conquistador, Tomás to find <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life" title="Tree of Life">The Tree of Life</a> for his Queen. He goes in search of it to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central American</a> forest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Mayan</a> territory. The priest has some revelation about him and thinks him to be devine. He offers </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tomás to kill him. After that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tomás reaches a garden with a large tree but things don't go as he had expected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you wouldn't like it, you may shut it within 10-15 minutes but if you would get into it, then it would be an amazing experience, which you may feel to repeat again and again. </span></div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-47191274746449813232012-11-02T12:19:00.001+05:302012-11-17T21:51:52.181+05:30I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfbtgLFBdrFC0pK0j3uzXS8PUI5Kv0byOiZTYCoFa2vfzztmXd_DQlFRbalSNe-5gE0clEUkcVPq4dOZ9ilx_xeVxrIOnmCieLpCqFuIkE29WSsNXAb_7KDYXnXR24J1SMapU6Nf17HK1/s1600/MV5BMTI2NjMzMzQ2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODE3OTA5MQ@@._V1._SY317_CR7,0,214,317_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfbtgLFBdrFC0pK0j3uzXS8PUI5Kv0byOiZTYCoFa2vfzztmXd_DQlFRbalSNe-5gE0clEUkcVPq4dOZ9ilx_xeVxrIOnmCieLpCqFuIkE29WSsNXAb_7KDYXnXR24J1SMapU6Nf17HK1/s200/MV5BMTI2NjMzMzQ2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODE3OTA5MQ@@._V1._SY317_CR7,0,214,317_.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">People can fall in love at anytime and anyplace. Its said that humans are born to love and to be loved. The world has known many love stories both real and fictional through literature, cinema, plays, theater, etc. So it wouldn't be hard to assume that any person can fall in love at any place. As in the Korean film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497137/" target="_blank">I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK</a>, released in 2006, the love story takes place in a mental asylum. It has been directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661791/" target="_blank">Park Chan-wook</a>. It was written by Park Chan-wook and </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1941029/" target="_blank">Seo-Gyeong Jeon</a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, is the story of a young girl Young-goon (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1280145/" target="_blank">Lim Soo-jung</a>), who is mentally ill since her young age but it has not come to the attention of her mother and so she is not treated from the early stage. Young-goon thinks that she is a cyborg, a robot and not a human being. As a child she was very attached to her grandmother who too suffered mental iilness, her grandmother had a belief that she was rat and used to do weird things. When Young-goon's mother and her uncle-aunt sent her grandmother away to an asylum as she was not mentally fit, Young-goon's condition started to fall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She believes that she is cyborg with a cause for existence but she doesn't know the cause yet. According to Young-goon - 'the men in white uniforms' took her grandmother away just before she could tell Young-goon her cause for existence.</span><br />
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Park Il-soon because of kleptomania has this tendency to rob things, unnecessary things without feeling any kind of guilt or remorse. He is always accused by the other patients during their group therapy sessions for stealing various things. Of course those patients too are insane. A woman who has trouble with storing memories accuses him of stealing her memory, a patient who loses 5 table tennis matches accuses him for stealing his game skills, etc. Its very hilarious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Young-goon learns about him she wants his help. Since she believes the hospital staff to be evil - as they are like the men in white who took away her grandmother, she wants revenge. She wants to kill them. But she feels she cannot do so because she has sympathy in her. She asks Park Il-soon to rob away her sympathy so that she can have her revenge. Thus the story of these two starts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She only licks batteries as food. Doctors and other find it hard to convince her but its in vain. Park Il-soon does his best to make her eat. The way he convinces her and makes her eat is awesome. The story couldn't have been better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The other characters of fellow patients, doctors and Young-goon's mother and grandmother has been developed and shown well. In terms of performance everyone gave their best. The movie currently holds a 90% 'fresh' rating on <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_a_cyborg_but_thats_ok/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In a time where cinema is dominated with heavy action scenes, huge blasts, car chases, big conspiracies, etc there are films like Safety Not Guaranteed which still remind us what is it that entertains us. At the end a movie is nothing without a good story, without a simple idea that catches your mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Safety Not Guaranteed has been directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119880/" target="_blank">Colin Trevorrow</a> and is written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081046/" target="_blank">Derek Connolly</a>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2201555/" target="_blank">Aubrey Plaza</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243233/" target="_blank">Mark Duplass</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2159926/" target="_blank">Jake M. Johnson</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4175221/" target="_blank">Karan Soni</a>, are the main characters of the story. Its a sci-fi comedy-drama which is a complete fun and happy adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The story centers around Darius (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2201555/" target="_blank">Aubrey Plaza</a>), a college graduate who is working as an intern at a magazine. A writer, Jeff (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2159926/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jake M. Johnson</span></a>) who works at the magazine has an idea to investigate and write a article about the man who has posted a strange advertisement in a newspaper classified which reads as :<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke.
You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6BbRFSe9YFv2RTGr7U0TApKw2g6uG3K81-aO4w7qvwKBQtc4Ldgr5DfYifyVVw3_tzx0rvxgB_xM6QAawycu8XmDmkHooxg7lzaCslCbFHT6ZHLkK7ZnM-a9oZmI0P5DzVqTE3xaguUk/s1600/20120607_045419_do08-aubrey-plaza-safety-not-guaranteed-480x330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6BbRFSe9YFv2RTGr7U0TApKw2g6uG3K81-aO4w7qvwKBQtc4Ldgr5DfYifyVVw3_tzx0rvxgB_xM6QAawycu8XmDmkHooxg7lzaCslCbFHT6ZHLkK7ZnM-a9oZmI0P5DzVqTE3xaguUk/s200/20120607_045419_do08-aubrey-plaza-safety-not-guaranteed-480x330.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jeff chooses Darius and Arnau (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4175221/" target="_blank">Karan Soni</a>), who is a geeky Biology student working as an intern in the magazine just to diversify his resume. And the three set out to Ocean View, Washington to find this person who has posted the advertisement. After working for a while they find out that it has been posted by Kenneth Calloway (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243233/" target="_blank">Mark Duplass</a>) who works at a grocery store. Jeff tries to make a contact but Kenneth who appears paranoid sents him away after getting bad vibes about him. Its left for Darius to go and make a contact and pose as a partner for him in his travel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jeff who is also on this trip for his own personal agenda of meeting back his high school love sets out to meet her.<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Meanwhile </span>Darius makes a good impression on Kenneth and he agrees upon taking her. But this is not concrete or final. She needs to undergo some training and learning and earn his trust. She does it well. Slowly she starts developing a bond with him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Kenneth asks her motive to go back she replies back with that she lost her mother due to her mistake and wants to go back and her prevent her death. When she asks Kenneth about his motives he replies back with the death of his love, Belinda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But Kenneth's intentions don't seem such straight. Its altogether a different story of Belinda, from what he has told. Also some government agents are following him on suspicion. The movies progresses ahead in a brilliant way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is Kenneth claim of his invention true? What is in store for Darius? Why are the government agents following Kenneth? What happens with Jeff and his ex girlfriend? How does Arnau enjoy his being? All these questions have been answered beautifully. And the end - is a class act. A smile on face along with a feeling of content of watching a good film is guaranteed. </span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-25208305211087416002012-10-27T09:28:00.000+05:302012-10-27T09:39:49.370+05:30Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was written and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautham_Menon" target="_blank">Gautham Menon</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silambarasan_Rajendar" target="_blank">Silambarasan T Rajender</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Krishnan" target="_blank">Trisha Krishnan</a> starred in it. The music was composed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman" target="_blank">A R Rehman</a>. The film's score can be said to be as one of the best scores in Rehman's career.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The movie tells the story of a guy, Karthik (Silambarasan) who wants to be a film maker. Due to some renovation work in his house, his family rents a place for sometime in Jessie's </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Trisha Krishnan) house. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As for most of Indian films, Karthik falls for Jessie at the moment he sees her. The story goes ahead in a way which is very usual and predictable for Indian audience but the style of the director in showing the story is magical. It at once makes us glued to it. The parts of Karthik following Jessie or disclosing his feelings to her or even <span style="font-size: small;">traveling</span> across the state to see her are very shown very beautifully and with the right emotion. The credit for this goes completely to </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Silambarasan</span></span> who has done a superb job in portraying Karthik.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Its not hard to guess the main obstacle in Indian love stories - the girl's father. Also Karthik and Jessie <span style="font-size: small;">belong to different religions but </span>Karthik does everything he can or any human could ever do to get his love<span style="font-size: small;">. S</span>omehow fate doesn't shine on him and when it does<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> its very short lived.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With this he gets an idea to bring out his story on screen. He starts to work on a script and just alters the ending as if he has got his love. Also the reappearance of Jessie in his life again, her story and the different turn of the events<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>amazes the viewer.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBxZZLyRkqXjGn7tJHNLdmhLX6ge29RRqbtqYNfOO5G1vMwmwL6ZQF17dhhXtx1ZWLxrygCw3TiEn1fpaa09XDefye1ruUbe-7EPsIHP1Nwzz49JmCy_voLx-gaIwydsdNDExkpXhsLvY/s1600/Vinnaithandi-Varuvaya-stills-065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBxZZLyRkqXjGn7tJHNLdmhLX6ge29RRqbtqYNfOO5G1vMwmwL6ZQF17dhhXtx1ZWLxrygCw3TiEn1fpaa09XDefye1ruUbe-7EPsIHP1Nwzz49JmCy_voLx-gaIwydsdNDExkpXhsLvY/s200/Vinnaithandi-Varuvaya-stills-065.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The basic story although not new has its moments. <span style="font-size: small;">There are many scene<span style="font-size: small;">s which make you laugh<span style="font-size: small;"> or cry, happy or sad. Gautham Men<span style="font-size: small;">on knows exactly <span style="font-size: small;">how to show a simple story perfectly<span style="font-size: small;">, which</span> has been seen previously with his works<span style="font-size: small;"> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaaranam_Aayiram" target="_blank">Va</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaaranam_Aayiram" target="_blank">aranam Aa</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaaranam_Aayiram" target="_blank">yiram</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnale" target="_blank">Minnale</a><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaakha_Kaakha" target="_blank">Kaakha Kaakha</a>,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vettaiyaadu_Vilaiyaadu" target="_blank">Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The movie was shot and released simultaneously along with its Telgu version <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Maaya_Chesave" target="_blank">Ye Maaya Chesave</a>, which starred <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Chaitanya" target="_blank">Naga Chaitanya</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Ruth_Prabhu" target="_blank">Samantha Ruth Prabhu</a> in the roles of Karthik and Jessie. It was quite successful too. The movie was re made in Hindi as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekk_Deewana_Tha" target="_blank">Ekk Deewana Tha</a>, starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prateik_Babbar" target="_blank">Prateik Babbar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Jackson" target="_blank">Amy Jackson</a> by Gautham Menon but somehow the Hindi version failed to strike the chords<span style="font-size: small;"> with the audience.</span></span></span></div>
vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-4130155679856516732012-10-24T11:58:00.002+05:302012-11-01T13:00:34.652+05:30The Beat That My Heart Skipped<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411270/" target="_blank">The Beat That My Heart Skipped</a>, original French title <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="title-extra">De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté, is a French crime-drama film released in 2005. It was directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002191/" target="_blank">Jacques Audiard</a>, a man who knows well how to bring out the internal conflicts within a person on screen. It was a remake of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077549/" target="_blank">Fingers (1978)</a> but it differed in some ways from the original.<br /><br />The movie follows the story of Thomas Seyr, played by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244151/" target="_blank">Romain Duris</a>. Thomas is a real estate broker on the surface but in reality he is a criminal who adopts crooked ways and uses force to make illegal deals in his business. Fabrice (</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="title-extra"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951520/" target="_blank">Jonathan Zaccaï</a>) and Sami (</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="title-extra"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169398/" target="_blank">Gilles Cohen</a>) are his business partners. Even his father (</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="title-extra"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034390/" target="_blank">Niels Arestrup</a>) is involved in a similar line of works and occasionally asks Thomas for his help. Although Thomas cares and tries to protect his father, his father does not exactly has the same approach towards Thomas.<br /><br />Thomas on the other hand is also a very talented musician. He plays piano very well just like his mother who was a </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="title-extra">concert pianist. Once he meets his mother's manager who remembers Thomas playing well in earlier years and asks him to audition. Thomas accepts immediately and finds a teacher in </span></span>Miao Lin, who has just arrived in the country and speaks nothing except Chinese and some broken English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq24qd49eqYg80TCjmwPu7sHJG0n7PTnmoyqPCoS12eGUKYssVDjsPIDwAdg8SLDqbxSnq8eidLLm_APzaN4LCVNggH9ksaalzjvADXAW4En-Vm0DKoXEeiqUJSMIvR2F_WXe1poDNjiUr/s1600/beatmyheart1jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq24qd49eqYg80TCjmwPu7sHJG0n7PTnmoyqPCoS12eGUKYssVDjsPIDwAdg8SLDqbxSnq8eidLLm_APzaN4LCVNggH9ksaalzjvADXAW4En-Vm0DKoXEeiqUJSMIvR2F_WXe1poDNjiUr/s200/beatmyheart1jpg.jpg" width="200" /></a>The story goes ahead in a linear narrative with the day-to day events in the life of Thomas. His criminal activities, piano lessons, preparing for audition, affair with the wife of his business partner, caring about his father who has fallen in danger because of some trouble with the Russian Mafia. And towards the end we see a gradual change in Thomas. Thomas is torn between his two lives - crime and music. The ending is good too. Its very real and amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Overall the movie is a good watch. Musically the film hits its goal perfectly in bringing out the emotions with the right kind of music played by the character in the right moods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />The movie was received well. It won a lot of awards and praise, it received Silver Bear at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="Berlin International Film Festival">Berlin Film Festival</a>, Best Film in not English language at<b> </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="59th British Academy Film Awards">BAFTA Awards</a>, Best Film at The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Syndicate_of_Cinema_Critics" title="French Syndicate of Cinema Critics">French Syndicate of Cinema Critics</a> and a lot of <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Awards" title="César Awards">César Awards</a>.</b></span></div>
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-87905108228909186502012-10-15T12:53:00.000+05:302012-10-15T12:54:55.070+05:30Frankenstein : Two Centuries Of Terror<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Published in 1818, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein" target="_blank">Frankenstein</a> can be considered to be a milestone in the history of English Literature. Written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley" target="_blank">Mary Shelly</a>, who started writing it when she was just 18 and published at the age of 21, makes it a matter of huge astonishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">An early step in science fiction, the book made its mark, making people realize the terrors in the way of pursuing the unknown.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The story starts with Thomas Walton, a sailer who has taken a dangerous voyage to the North Pole. Walton comes across two beings, a huge giant like creature who passes from a distance and later a weak man. Walton saves the man, Victor Frankenstein. The two of them bond really well since they both share a passion of pursuing the unknown. But Frankenstein is very skeptical about this passion, he tells his tale to Walton in order to make him aware of the dangers of wandering out in the unknown.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTr59xenYX1YTA9wdkVf5hDrJawHfqfCtnTtHOdk1sFZNRmMO8R7V3gL_43D93KjPqCerZYwOB4nE36rT_2gMpMeC7_9UNpLTE6BgNRda98NByGpgR-vaSknqqrRzRyblREqEFlXMc4f4/s1600/frankenstein1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTr59xenYX1YTA9wdkVf5hDrJawHfqfCtnTtHOdk1sFZNRmMO8R7V3gL_43D93KjPqCerZYwOB4nE36rT_2gMpMeC7_9UNpLTE6BgNRda98NByGpgR-vaSknqqrRzRyblREqEFlXMc4f4/s200/frankenstein1.jpg" width="152" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Frankenstein" target="_blank">Victor Frankenstein</a>, born in Geneva, has been </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">extraordinarily genius and </span>very curious from his birth. He is fascinated by the works of ancient philosophers and alchemists. When he goes to the university, some people mock him for having wasted time in that 'useless' knowledge and urge him to sing praises of modern sciences. Still Victor holds his stand and starts to work on his dream project of creating 'life'. Victor works for days and nights, he works like a madman. Leaving no stone unturned, not caring about his health, forgetting everything else except his goal, Victor Frankenstein finally succeeds. He creates a creature, a living organism. But his happiness is short lived. It turns out to be a disaster. Victor falls ill and takes months to recuperate. The creature runs out from Victor's room at its birth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After many months Victor is finally cured and he returns home when a bad news grips him - his kid brother has been murdered brutally. On returning he sees his 'creation' appearing before him to show him - that its responsible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The confrontation of the creature or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster" target="_blank">Frankenstein's monster</a> with Frankenstein is the most interesting part, where the monster tells him how he survived after running away on his night of birth/creation. How did he learn to speak & read and many other things. The monster asks Frankenstein to create a female companion for him because he is alone in the world and no one wants to come near him. He assures Victor Frankenstein that he won't cause any more trouble if he would be given a companion. Victor earlier agrees but later starts having second thoughts on again creating another monster. Thus Frankenstein's monster vows a revenge and a bloody feud begins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_in_popular_culture#Film_derivatives" target="_blank">There have many movie adaptations of this great novel</a>. Although not many of them are completely based on the novel, they drew many inspirations and took many cinematic liberties. Here I would like to mention about two such movies.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qYeXHhTcsVMD3Bw79tdRhEVRk8ImIEKMQ4zZxjl3KE7rXPBGc9h0YAWQugHcJOEKeBNu_HbAmpSrdeeOgrioyS1ZTUcrsgcnP3QMFG8FIKU8T4dxtNaJTQNooVcW9DpB9D9KoU074UXA/s1600/Frankenstein_(1931).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qYeXHhTcsVMD3Bw79tdRhEVRk8ImIEKMQ4zZxjl3KE7rXPBGc9h0YAWQugHcJOEKeBNu_HbAmpSrdeeOgrioyS1ZTUcrsgcnP3QMFG8FIKU8T4dxtNaJTQNooVcW9DpB9D9KoU074UXA/s200/Frankenstein_(1931).jpg" width="138" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/" target="_blank">Frankenstein (1931)</a> is a movie, which is much different then the novel. But it has the same core idea. In this movie even the first names of the lead character in the novel (Victor) has been interchanged with his friend (Henry).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It shapes the story into a simple linear narrative eliminating many inter-stories and characters from the novel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The role of Frankenstein's monster was played by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000472/" target="_blank">Boris Karloff</a>, who went on to reprise this role for two sequels later - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/" target="_blank">Bride OF Frankenstein (1935)</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/" target="_blank">Son Of Frankenstein (1939)</a>.<br />The movie took many cinematic liberties to adapt the story into the screen in a time when attempting to make such a movie was very difficult. But still it was fruitful and the audiences then and even now experience the same wonder watching it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Proper justice was done to the sets and settings, wardrobe, etc to make the flow of the story smooth and understandable.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The film stuck to the novel in many ways but it took some liberties to make the story more interesting and appealing. It followed the structure of the novel and had almost all the characters and settings except for a few eliminations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Although the critical reviews were mixed, Robert De Niro's portrayal of Frankenstein's monster was appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106489/" target="_blank">A Bronx Tale</a>, released in 1993, marks the directorial debut of the great actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/" target="_blank">Robert De Niro</a>. It was written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001590/" target="_blank">Chazz Palminteri</a>, based on his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bronx_Tale_%28play%29" target="_blank">one-man-show of the same name</a>. Palminteri had written this one man show which was inspired from his own experiences in childhood. The show was quite succesful and had attracted many studios and producers but Palminteri had a condition before selling out the rights - that he would play the role of Sonny LoSpecchio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Its the story of a young Italian-American boy, Calogero 'C' Anello who has two important but very much opposite sided father figures in his life. Out of which one is his father, Lorenzo Anello played by Robert De Niro and other, Sonny LoSpecchio played by Chazz Palminteri. The story is set in 1960s in the The Bronx, New York</span><span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lorenzo, the father of Calogero is a simple and honest man who works hard for a living and wants to give his son a better life. On the other hand, Sonny </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">LoSpecchio</span> is the local mafia boss.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The story starts with a murder Calogero witnesses, when he is nine years old. It is Sonny who has done it in the broad day light. When the police question Calogero, he keeps quiet. Sonny starts to like the kid with every passing day and hangs out with him. Sonny even offers Lorenzo a better job offering more money which Lorenzo declines. Lorenzo, an honest and law abiding man, wants a peaceful and lawful life and tries to keep his son away from criminals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Years pass on, Calogerro now a young seventeen year old is still under the influence of Sonny by meeting him secretly without the knowledge of his father.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sonny acts like a father figure to Calogero and brings him up well. Soon, Calogero falls for an African-American girl. They go out on a date, inspite of knowing the tensions between Italians and the Blacks in their area. For the date, Calogero asks for advice from both his father as well as Sonny. Sonny even lets Calogero take his car</span>. <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahead are some events and turns to the story which make it worth a watch. The end is well executed. A perfect father-son story and a movie which shows the importance of father figures in life. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/" target="_blank">Robert De Niro</a> showed some impressive skills inspite of this film being his first directorial venture. The film holds 96% ratings on <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bronx_tale/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. Film critic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>
gave the film four stars, calling it "a very funny movie sometimes, and
very touching at other times. It is filled with life and colorful
characters and great lines of dialogue, and De Niro, in his debut as a
director, finds the right notes as he moves from laughter to anger to
tears. What's important about the film is that it's about values."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_bronx_tale#cite_note-0"></a></span></span></span><br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-91861061524104123882012-09-25T12:40:00.000+05:302012-09-25T12:42:00.448+05:30White Heat : A Classic Gangster Movie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk-IRPilP5vTmNEQMCU7jC2fB1vypBzxetB0zIbhn1LoMFuVkbyg9j-Ao9tAATy13CpIc5tYjx7BvIlkmGyUjvBHvRioJK1N1PK-eCmiobxAKIgXVjuF_R9pQXOtnSFL4GE7MuKtdPyny/s1600/white+heat+wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk-IRPilP5vTmNEQMCU7jC2fB1vypBzxetB0zIbhn1LoMFuVkbyg9j-Ao9tAATy13CpIc5tYjx7BvIlkmGyUjvBHvRioJK1N1PK-eCmiobxAKIgXVjuF_R9pQXOtnSFL4GE7MuKtdPyny/s200/white+heat+wallpaper.jpg" width="116" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042041/" target="_blank">White Heat</a>, released in 1949, is a classic gangster film. It is one of the greatest crime thrillers ever made. The movie was directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909825/" target="_blank">Raoul Walsh</a>. The screenplay was written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324578/" target="_blank">Ivan Goff</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730850/" target="_blank">Ben Roberts</a> based on a story by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446132/" target="_blank">Virginia Kellogg</a>. It starred the legendary actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010/" target="_blank">James Cagney</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010/" target="_blank">James Cagney</a> plays the role of Cody Jarrett who is a brutal criminal and very much attached and depended on his mother 'Ma' Jarrett (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943618/" target="_blank">Margaret Wycherly</a>). In spite of being married to Verna (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562920/" target="_blank">Virginia Mayo</a>), he doesn't trust her. The other characters are US Treasury Investigator Philip Evans (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001893/" target="_blank">John Archer</a>) and undercover agent Hank Fallon (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639529/" target="_blank">Edmond O'Brien</a>) who goes under the name Vic Pardo.<br />
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The movie starts with a train robbery scene which has gained quite an appreciation over the years. When police come across during it, Cody fires and injures Philip Evans. Then later to avoid getting caught and being imprisoned for these heavy charges, Cody surrenders and confesses to a smaller crime committed by an associate during the same time, which serves as his alibi to this bigger crime.<br />
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Officer Philip Evans, decides to play smart and places Hank Fallon as Cody's cell mate to gain his trust. Philips's main task is to find 'The Trader' , who is a bigger fish and launders Cody's money. Fallon assumes the name of Vic Pardo on this mission. Cody's gang member Big Ed turns out to be dishonest and ambitious and tries to murder Cody in prison by assigning the job to another inmate but Vic's timely intervention saves Cody and thus Vic gains Cody's trust. Cody starts to worry about himself and his mother and thus breaks out of the prison with Vic to deal with Big Ed and continue with his usual robberies.<br />
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The story goes ahead in such a way that one cannot help but get glued to the screen. The robberies, the character of trader, the end sequence at the chemical plant with Cody's famous quote, 'Made it, Ma! Top of the world!', just before he gets blown up are shown brilliantly.<br />
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The movie was received very well. It is in Time Magazines list of top <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%27s_All-TIME_100_Movies" target="_blank">100 films of all times</a>.<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/white_heat/" target="_blank"> It has a 100 % fresh ratings on Rotten Tomatoes</a>.<br />
The <a href="http://www.afi.com/" target="_blank">American Film Institute</a> (AFI) too has honored it. AFI lists Cody Jarrett as the 26th greatest villain in its list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Heroes_and_Villains" target="_blank">AFI's 100 years...100 Heroes and Villains</a>. Its also ranks 4th in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_10_Top_10#Gangster" target="_blank">AFI's 10 Top 10</a> list in top ten gangster films. Cody's famous quote, 'Made it, Ma! Top of the world!' ranks at 18th in the list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes" target="_blank">AFI's 100 years..100 Movie Quotes</a>.<br />
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vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-32011968943718839962012-09-19T15:43:00.002+05:302012-09-19T15:51:26.047+05:30The Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtesV8IhtkY-D2yGDqJbZqjmnz1z6YMcDZJZVJ6NQMdoj8yd0yiRVCnkd4XXESMH9V2NTirsz79exjjvi3cfgrvEHHXd0lQ8sKdFSDVeiy8iNSUf3JApAaTq4QIXMjF6tDbhH-hK1S2II2/s1600/SergioLeone2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtesV8IhtkY-D2yGDqJbZqjmnz1z6YMcDZJZVJ6NQMdoj8yd0yiRVCnkd4XXESMH9V2NTirsz79exjjvi3cfgrvEHHXd0lQ8sKdFSDVeiy8iNSUf3JApAaTq4QIXMjF6tDbhH-hK1S2II2/s200/SergioLeone2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>An admirer of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_film#Film" target="_blank">Western Genre</a> of films would always know how great the contribution of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/" target="_blank">Sergio Leone</a> to this genre was.<br />
If you are fascinated by people who wear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson" title="Stetson">Stetson</a> hats, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandanna" title="Bandanna">bandannas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur" title="Spur">spurs</a>, & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckskins" title="Buckskins">buckskins</a> and use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolvers</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifles</a> as everyday tools of survival, and ride between dusty towns, then these films are definitely for you.<br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/" target="_blank">Sergio Leone</a>'s Dollars trilogy is an epic one . <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/" target="_blank">Clint Eastwood</a> appears as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_No_Name" target="_blank">The Man With No Name</a> in these three films.They are some of the finest films of Eastwood's career. The films are realistic and portray real human emotions with the artistic form of Leone's direction. Each film has its distinct story and its setting, our main character, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_No_Name" target="_blank">The Man With No Name</a> is generally portrayed as an outsider, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">mercenary</a> or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_hunter" title="Bounty hunter">bounty hunter</a>, or even an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw" title="Outlaw">outlaw</a>. The three films released in this trilogy were <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/" target="_blank">A Fistful Of Dollars</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/" target="_blank">For A Few Dollars More</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/" target="_blank">The Good, The Bad and The Ugly</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsepREgJhV9n5pUGayJAIPLlBloervyc58533w___lguzNFLyQ3Bh9-0zM21UIMMggmP-ABmHIW09dSfOoJJetFh7eroik6isljKqfwgh9iNvkejM0l1OArvnjjmD7sAC8OyJt8F-UAVfV/s1600/269416_det.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsepREgJhV9n5pUGayJAIPLlBloervyc58533w___lguzNFLyQ3Bh9-0zM21UIMMggmP-ABmHIW09dSfOoJJetFh7eroik6isljKqfwgh9iNvkejM0l1OArvnjjmD7sAC8OyJt8F-UAVfV/s200/269416_det.jpg" width="136" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/" target="_blank">A Fistful Of Dollars</a> was the first movie in the trilogy and introduced the us to this character, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_No_Name" target="_blank">the man with no name/stranger</a>. The movie starts with our stranger arriving in a town and befriending an inn-keeper who briefs him about the crime structure in that town. He learns that there are two families who are constantly in feud to wipe each other out and be the sole controllers of the town.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_No_Name" target="_blank">The man with no name</a> immediately sees this situation as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself. He attempts to get involved in both the families and play them against each other, thus making out a win-win situation for himself.<br />
The movie was executed and presented well and had many other elements to its story which made it more entertaining.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15fuzzyUDJdkpgAhaxsGKTGpVkErZCdU-e6ZnqBwZ0wjyh1m_dRFG6MiHmqiI6ATd9KJ8CIwFw31iEhxB4Tn7R1ISebi-hFn6_BgyakaUVDvXbZ3Tr0isHe8K2vzlxWS_55hrBAKzQMkq/s1600/For-A-Few-Dollars-More1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15fuzzyUDJdkpgAhaxsGKTGpVkErZCdU-e6ZnqBwZ0wjyh1m_dRFG6MiHmqiI6ATd9KJ8CIwFw31iEhxB4Tn7R1ISebi-hFn6_BgyakaUVDvXbZ3Tr0isHe8K2vzlxWS_55hrBAKzQMkq/s200/For-A-Few-Dollars-More1.jpg" width="136" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/" target="_blank">For A Few Dollars More</a> has two main characters - our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_No_Name" target="_blank">Stranger</a> and the other Colonel Douglas Mortimer, portrayed as bounty hunters. They are in pursuit of the same fugitive named El Indio ("The Indian"). They both are trying to trace him from place to place and one day come across each other. Initially reluctant, they agree to unite in their quest for El Indio.<br />
They trace him to a town, where is planning a huge bank robbery. Mortimer convinces our Stranger to join Indio's gang and keep a track of him. The robbery, Mortimer's personal anger towards Indio and other things form the latter part.<br />
A rightful successor to the first movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/" target="_blank">For A Few Dollars More</a> turned out to be no less then what was expected of it. A complete entertainer which has its moments.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxYna4yy5OUNt92LJmWTECKtSHMXY5I1u8bLWJOHqd0ubPJ2loV7zDb2Z0_EUgAjvx_eFNXnqK-gWQnVELBhM7Cf3BZO5JJcXsvngZkRrcUke_AvpVZ3ADo9nF2QqF6gF5psnGypdpjft/s1600/Good_the_bad_and_the_ugly_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxYna4yy5OUNt92LJmWTECKtSHMXY5I1u8bLWJOHqd0ubPJ2loV7zDb2Z0_EUgAjvx_eFNXnqK-gWQnVELBhM7Cf3BZO5JJcXsvngZkRrcUke_AvpVZ3ADo9nF2QqF6gF5psnGypdpjft/s200/Good_the_bad_and_the_ugly_poster.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/" target="_blank">The Good, The Bad and The Ugly</a>, is in no doubt the best movie in this trilogy. It takes you out on a cinematic adventure. Its the story of three guys - Tuco (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908919/" target="_blank">Eli Wallach</a>), Angel Eyes (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001812/" target="_blank">Lee Van Cleef</a>), Blondie(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/" target="_blank">Clint Eastwood</a>).<br />
Angels Eyes comes to know about a treasure through his weird assignments of killing people for money. Tuco, a bandit is on the flee and a huge bounty is on his head when Blondie captures him and hands him over. But Blondie later frees Tuco and divides the share from the bounty. One day Blondie ends the partnership and leaves Tuco in the middle of a desert, angering him.<br />
When Tuco later tracks Blondie down to kill, something unexpected happens. Through a series of events they come to know about the treasure but in such a way that they both know only the half of secret each and to get it they must work together. So Tuco cannot kill Blondie now.<br />
Later they are captured and come across Angel Eyes who is now in power and thus the three form an alliance. But will this continue? Would it all go well? The answer lies in this great movie. The Mexican Standoff at the end is well executed and this movie would go down in the history of Westerns as one great epic.</div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-17164942936288228392012-09-13T09:34:00.001+05:302012-09-13T10:39:17.876+05:30Soak No More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>'SOAK NO MORE', shouted the young and wise, Hari. All the remaining seven donkeys shouted back with him.</i><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i>'A long time ago there was a salt merchant. He used to get very irritated with his lazy donkey. One day while doing his usual work of carrying loads of salt on his back the lazy donkey fell down in a stream. The salt on his back dissolved, thus the load was gone and the donkey walked out joyfully, devising a wicked plan for many such journeys to come. The lazy donkey continued to do so many times and he would walk back happily. The merchant although unsuspecting at first, understood this act and decided to teach the lazy donkey a lesson.'</i></div><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";"><br />
</span></div>Dharampur was flourishing day by day since the Independence, it was the year 1950. Since the British had left the country there was a lot of scope for the Indians to develop and prosper. One such villager was Shyamlal, a merchant in Dharampur. He bought and sold almost everything that he could get in his hands and make profit. Automobiles had yet to make their way in the lives of the Indians of that era so mostly people depended on animals. But this is not a story of Shyamlal or Dharampur, nor has it got anything to do with the Indians or British, it is the story of the DONKEYS.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i>'The salt merchant one day fed up with the cunning nature and the laziness of his lazy donkey thought of putting an end to this act. He packed the same quantity of load but this time it was of 'cotton' and not salt as usual on the back of the donkey. Today instead of sending his usual servant to accompany the donkey he decided to go himself. The stupid donkey didn't realize what was stored in for him' </i></div><br />
Shyamlal owned eleven donkeys for transportation of goods from his storehouses/godowns to the markets. Out of the eleven there were three cruel donkeys - Santhu, Biju and Lala. These three donkeys were the strongest and the cunning of the eleven owned by Shyamlal. They used their power and cunning tactics to oppress the other donkeys. They never worked hard in fact they didn't work at all. It was the other donkeys who suffered but they could do nothing since they were scared of these three.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">'As the stream approached the donkey knew what he had to do. A cunning smile appeared on his face. He didn't care if it was his merchant and not the usual servant who was accompanying him. He staged his jump in the stream as if it was an accident but the merchant knew better.' </span></i></span><br />
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Hari, was a young and clever donkey. He was very idealistic and kind. He had a crave for learning. Watching humans he had understood that the only way to progress and improve life was to get educated. Babu, son of Shyamlal sometimes took Hari to school and used to tie Hari outside the school, it was good enough for Hari because he could hear the voice of the teacher teaching inside, thus Hari was the only donkey to get educated. Hari also learned that the three donkeys - Santhu, Bijju and Lala who said that they were from England were lying and also that India had got independence three years back. So now even if Santhu and the other two were from England there was no need to be afraid of them because if India was free then so were the INDIAN DONKEYS !!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy";">'<i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The moment the donkey jumped in, he realized what trouble he had put himself in, the cotton on his back just 'SOAKED' in more water and grew heavier. So it was difficult for him to walk, the merchant witnessing this, came down and starting hitting the donkey to walk ahead, continuing the journey with the increased load on his back. Thus the lazy donkey learned his lesson.'</span></i></span><br />
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One day the Babu's teacher was telling the students the story of 'The Salt Merchant And His Lazy Donkey', Hari was within the distance to hear it. He at once understood what needed to be done. But he wanted the story to end differently in his case.<br />
The day Hari awaited finally occurred, Shyamlal had bought a new big godown and wanted to shift some stuff in it. As usual the three cruel donkeys declared that it would be the other donkeys who would carry out all the heavy things but Hari had something better in his mind. he divided the load in such a way that the eight donkeys had to carry five times more then the three cruel donkeys which pleased Santhu, Biju and Lala. But Hari made sure that those three donkeys carried nothing else on their back except 'cotton'.<br />
On the day of moving too, he convinced everyone that it would be wiser to take the road from the bridge across the river. After the three donkeys left, he called in other donkeys and told them about his plan. After telling them what was in his mind, he shouted, 'SOAK NO MORE, we have soaked enough because of them, its their turn to be soaked now.' Everyone agreed.<br />
<i></i><i>'SOAK NO MORE', shouted the young and wise, Hari. All the remaining seven donkeys shouted back with him.</i><br />
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On the way while moving, when the donkeys came on the bridge, Hari along with the two other donkeys took positions besides - Santhu, Biju and Lala. At the signal of Hari, the donkeys pushed the trio into the river, the light weight of cotton on their back now suddenly increased. Hari smiled to himself, the river was deep and the donkeys had fallen in the middle of the river, so in a matter of few seconds or maybe a couple of minutes they would be drowned. Santhu, Biju and Lala, looked up and found all other donkeys enjoying at their dying sight, they kept praying for a miracle while muttering to the load of cotton on their backs to SOAK NO MORE please, because the weight of that cotton kept pulling them down in the river and thus caused their death.<br />
Shyamlal was sad because he lost his three donkeys. Three years ago he had been very happy on this day when India got her Independence. But somehow the happiness of opening a new big godown surpassed the sadness of losing those three donkeys.<br />
Hari went back to the other donkeys and said, 'Happy Independence Day.'<br />
The era of soaking had been finished. Now they would have to SOAK NO MORE !!<br />
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This story is my entry for <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=61" target="_blank">The Surf Excel Matic #SoakNoMore Contest</a> at <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/" target="_blank">Indiblogger</a>.</span></div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-87163520481688136622012-09-01T12:24:00.001+05:302012-09-01T12:28:06.134+05:30Ronin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmktDRaDMQ3BbI3Qd2r0njt4cAenhdoaO1FRavBzXpDKMC2pyEcDKpr-pg379P3l0qgJcnm1m98PdJIdI8QqlBRm0LBSOhc05PsFsi8N2t8cjepI9HQVbboV2OLtEIFtEzEOZLUEf6Dgso/s1600/Ronin_movie_1998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmktDRaDMQ3BbI3Qd2r0njt4cAenhdoaO1FRavBzXpDKMC2pyEcDKpr-pg379P3l0qgJcnm1m98PdJIdI8QqlBRm0LBSOhc05PsFsi8N2t8cjepI9HQVbboV2OLtEIFtEzEOZLUEf6Dgso/s200/Ronin_movie_1998.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690/" target="_blank">Ronin</a> is one of my <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/" target="_blank">De Niro</a> favorites. The story is not something new and unique for Hollywood but still it grips the viewers. Car chases usually just turn me off sometimes but this is one movie where I look forward for its chase scenes whenever I see it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690/" target="_blank">Ronin</a> is truly a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/" target="_blank">Robert De Niro</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/" target="_blank">Jean Reno</a> film but the rest of the cast comprising of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001523/" target="_blank">Natascha McElhone</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001745/" target="_blank">Stellan Skarsgard</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000596/" target="_blank">Jonathan Pyrce</a> do an impressive job. It was directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001239/" target="_blank">John Frankenheimer</a> and screenplay was written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000519/" target="_blank">David Mamet</a>, based on the story written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954345/" target="_blank">J.D. Zeik</a>.<br />
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The story starts with assembling of five special operation veterans - Spence (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/" target="_blank">Sean Bean</a>), Larry (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837175/" target="_blank">Skipp Sudduth</a>), Gregor (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001745/" target="_blank">Stellan Skarsgard</a>), Vincent (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/" target="_blank">Jean Reno</a>), Sam (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/" target="_blank">Robert De Niro</a>) by a girl Deirdre (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001523/" target="_blank">Natascha McElhone</a>). Deidre is a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_IRA" target="_blank">Provisonal IRA</a> and works for a mysterious employer, Seamus (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000596/" target="_blank">Jonathan Pyrce</a>).<br />
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The team is brought together for a job of stealing a briefcase, whose contents remain unknown throughout the movie. The briefcase is heavily guarded but then Sam and others successfully manage to steal it. What continues ahead is the betrayal of a team member who plans to sell it and keep the profit for himself. Thus Sam and the other remaining team members as well as their employers, Deirdre and Seamus are enraged. Everyone wants the briefcase back and tries hard for it and so the movie goes on ahead.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoGu8UowGKwr6RBbyyg-1KvLmTW9v5uIV4EjibaA8kscblXRabohB_xQg8MoFgOaPSVIoQHw_e4PLP3tPkiA3aeFXV6iojPcSaBW_Qj5MC0bogFgHtTtYKcjFdNjECOQqW10L-jdMK_xl/s1600/ronin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoGu8UowGKwr6RBbyyg-1KvLmTW9v5uIV4EjibaA8kscblXRabohB_xQg8MoFgOaPSVIoQHw_e4PLP3tPkiA3aeFXV6iojPcSaBW_Qj5MC0bogFgHtTtYKcjFdNjECOQqW10L-jdMK_xl/s200/ronin.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The efforts of Sam and Vincent on one side, Seamus and Deirdre who have captured the traitor on other, as well as the Russians who want the briefcase are worth watching. Also the real motive and intentions of Sam, makes it a good watch. If not for anything else then it is for the exotic locations and the amazing car chases, that holds the viewers and keeps them glued to the screen.</div></div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-88304992699913007472012-08-19T13:07:00.000+05:302012-08-19T13:07:45.327+05:30CHANGE IS GOOD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: "Noteworthy","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I have been thinking for a long time about my blogging journey. It started out as a blog where I was confused with what I had to write until the time I finally got some proper direction. I named it out of my love for movies but now I have realized that under the movie title of my blog I have written various other things too which include posts on <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/books" target="_blank">books</a>, <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/short%20stories" target="_blank">short stories</a>, <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/life" target="_blank">some other gyaan</a>, etc. At the end it was all about a good story.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><br />
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Whatever things that I have written or gonna write would always focus on a story - <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/movie%20talks" target="_blank">posts on movies</a>, <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/short%20stories" target="_blank">short fictions</a>, <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/fictional%20biographies" target="_blank">fictional biographies</a> or <a href="http://insanemoviegeek.blogspot.in/search/label/fictional%20rendezvous" target="_blank">rendezvous</a>. So it would always be about entertainment.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Noteworthy","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So my friends I am going to change the TITLE of my blog but my BLOG ADDRESS would remain the same. I see the coming Eid as a good day for this change, so my I'll flash out my new title from 20th August, 2012.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><br />
</div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-25515983670040719182012-08-15T13:03:00.000+05:302012-08-15T13:03:27.603+05:30Pyaasa : A Timeless Classic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgm40mhKX4N5R5Bv0V_18Kv-o9SORdIPivLYb_-yWbtLM_JcZYEIcKP3sy7in63TXXBX0FWKAmS2AizGxoWwCO5TRiUFcTK0ixnJO9mtGoCxHy_1O5cMtDeCsQ4rJ-fNH_W_by3LxWQcH/s1600/220px-Pyaasa_1957_film_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgm40mhKX4N5R5Bv0V_18Kv-o9SORdIPivLYb_-yWbtLM_JcZYEIcKP3sy7in63TXXBX0FWKAmS2AizGxoWwCO5TRiUFcTK0ixnJO9mtGoCxHy_1O5cMtDeCsQ4rJ-fNH_W_by3LxWQcH/s200/220px-Pyaasa_1957_film_poster.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050870/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pyaasa</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is a 1957 film, directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244870/" target="_blank">Guru Dutt</a> who also produced and starred in it. It was written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023551/" target="_blank">Abrar Alvi</a>. It is a movie which can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates good cinema. The film was rated as one of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_magazine%27s_%22All-TIME%22_100_best_movies" target="_blank">100 best films of all time by the Times magazine</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hats off to Guru Dutt on this film. One can see the genius in him who made proper use of camera angles and sets to give out the themes and mood settings very well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The story is about a fallen poet, Vijay or rather a 'never risen poet' who struggles to achieve a life for himself during the early post Independence period. The poet represents the country on the whole through his conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is shunned by his brothers who think of him as a jobless, wasted guy who will never achieve anything in life.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day, Vijay comes to know that his brothers have sold his poems as scrap, this enrages him, he tries to find his poems but it’s all in vain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally one night, he hears a woman singing his tunes, following her he reaches the red light area and asks her about the poems. The woman, Gulabo, a prostitute at first thinks of him as a jerk and throws him out. Later she comes to know he is the same poet whose poems she has, she tries to find him but he is gone.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The story continues forward when a series of events puts him together with his past love but she has married someone else by now. Her husband tries to exploit Vijay by employing him as a servant. Thus it is somehow evident that fate has it all set against Vijay and he will never succeed.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is through all these events that luck finally smiles on Vijay but in its own twisted way. The story takes an unusual turn. The poet once neglected suddenly becomes wanted. The poems which failed to make any mark earlier are now anthems. It is the death of the artist that creates a life for him.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Miraculously Vijay is alive, away from the world he is in a mental institution. The people who grieved for his death and have made profit out of it don’t want him back. They even refuse to recognize him. Luckily with the help of a friend, he manages his way out and tries to prove his existence. People who earlier refused to recognize him now join him back again out of their greed, these people include his own brothers and friends.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQppKXxF9HPm_iQmtogVZPMcDl6ElGEvRL89nqj6-uG2JfMO5Un5cKmtqBSoTqR5IbFRwLnD4vi46VFoofI9MFeyGcmLyktwc5dp79vjX74gSHCvoE4Kf9ObvSXbNk01tgbgHaYEhw3CW/s1600/Pyaasa_Guru+Dutt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQppKXxF9HPm_iQmtogVZPMcDl6ElGEvRL89nqj6-uG2JfMO5Un5cKmtqBSoTqR5IbFRwLnD4vi46VFoofI9MFeyGcmLyktwc5dp79vjX74gSHCvoE4Kf9ObvSXbNk01tgbgHaYEhw3CW/s200/Pyaasa_Guru+Dutt.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After achieving all that he wanted throughout his life, Vijay still lacks something, now this life seems hollow. When the world which shunned him before is ready to fall at his feet he decides to go away. It’s very ironic; that he strived hard for praise and recognition and now when he has it he doesn’t want it.<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The movie has been written very well, the characters were developed in a proper way. The main highlights were the poems which were included in the appropriate scenes. The lyrics of the songs went well with the situations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The dialogues are good; one could easily find the dominance of Urdu words in the films of those times, which added beauty to the dialogues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><br />
Overall a good movie. A must watch for all the film buffs and cinema lovers. It’s a ride through the early Post-Independence society of India which tells a lot about the country.</span></div></div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930865694661923503.post-73783010832528621712012-06-18T08:25:00.000+05:302012-06-18T08:25:23.084+05:30The Boondock Saints<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDfEMcjbr5gJSfNRuyn4E6l5dejUs8sN-PSFdXAwJlCmYhlV40_guTWfE4ZncVgP6HDFdk_ookGm-c_LmwiqbEkMQ77uLRoZgfYFJlO4T62Dr_Hd6jBbQjUZp13Ey0txUPVM_KMG5WrKx/s1600/boondock_saints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDfEMcjbr5gJSfNRuyn4E6l5dejUs8sN-PSFdXAwJlCmYhlV40_guTWfE4ZncVgP6HDFdk_ookGm-c_LmwiqbEkMQ77uLRoZgfYFJlO4T62Dr_Hd6jBbQjUZp13Ey0txUPVM_KMG5WrKx/s200/boondock_saints.jpg" width="132" /></a>I hope no one has forgotten me by now. Its been a long time since I have posted something. I am so sorry for not being able to read your wonderful blogs and for not being able to provide you with something worth reading.<br />
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Here in this post I would be talking about <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/" target="_blank">The Boondock Saints</a>. This movie is one of my favorite crime/action thrillers. It follows the story of two Irish brothers, Connor McManus(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001218/" target="_blank">Sean Patrick Flanery</a>) and Murphy McManus (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005342/" target="_blank">Norman Reedus</a>).<br />
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The story starts with the two brothers attending Mass at the church and then going off to live their normal life. While they are celebrating at their usual pub, they run into trouble with some people from the Russian Mafia. The brothers try to settle out peacefully but things don't go smooth and the brothers end up thrashing and humiliating those people. The next morning when the Mafia people are back for their revenge, the brothers accidentally kill them in self defense.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64boRDmLVBXqjwNEFzP0T3_E7DEjI4Gn7JyYZPb1PXQWssxYq2iS-rUNlsbDy8X0yaEqvfMlYANtOXiX6PZc2MXAZxzWvaWQqIB_oSdJgGZ66CjLU8AS_p4a_4UMgihjS6-6PwePmNq15/s1600/406955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64boRDmLVBXqjwNEFzP0T3_E7DEjI4Gn7JyYZPb1PXQWssxYq2iS-rUNlsbDy8X0yaEqvfMlYANtOXiX6PZc2MXAZxzWvaWQqIB_oSdJgGZ66CjLU8AS_p4a_4UMgihjS6-6PwePmNq15/s200/406955.jpg" width="150" /></a>FBI Special Agent Paul Smecker (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000353/" target="_blank">Willem Dafoe</a>) is assigned to the case. One can clearly see in the film that this man is gifted in detection of crimes. Just by looking at the crime scene he can visualize the crime which must have happened there. By this time, the locals consider the brothers as heroes for killing those bad guys. Just when Smecker is working out on a plan to catch them, the brothers turn themselves in and accept their crime. But Smecker develops a good rapport with the boys and frees them but for their safety and to avoid media he asks them to spend the night in the holding cell.<br />
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At that night in the holding cell, the brothers experience an epiphany where they get a calling from God to destroy all wicked persons and prosper the innocents. Thus they manage enough ammunition and other useful things and start out their war against the wicked people. With their unique trademark of putting coins on the eyes of their victims after killing them, as if to pay the toll to cross the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Styx" title="River Styx">River Styx</a>.<br />
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In their journey they are joined by a friend who on learning that his boss, a member of a crime family has sold him, vows revenge. And Smecker on the other hand who believes at first that the murders are a result of some mob war, begins to search for the true killers. Also in there is one <i>Il Duce</i> ("The Duke"), a dangerous man, the Mafia brings out to find and kill the brothers.<br />
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A good film with a good story and proper execution. The story takes us in completely. Inspite of meeting with poor critical reviews upon release, the film has grossed about $50 million in domestic video and has developed a large cult following over the years. A sequel named<span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="auto"><i> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300851/" target="_blank">The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day </a></i></span></span>which takes the story forward as well as goes deeper in the mysterious life of their father, whom they meet towards the end of the original movie was released in 2009.</div>vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02483120636245740181noreply@blogger.com11