Weekend movies
Was on this frenetic movie watching spree, couple of weeks ago. So, thought of jotting down some quick thoughts on all those movies:
Kaadhalil Vizhundhen - Just can't understand how this movie could go on to become a hit in India. Was atrocious and after the key plot point was revealed, it was a torture to sit through the movie. Thriller movies riding solely on a twist in the storyline should be taut and racy and when they fail on both those aspects, it becomes unbearable. Nakul, for all the image transformation that he has gone through, just can't act. Period. He was very unconvincing and started getting on my nerves beyond a point. I think all this movie proved by its success is that all you need for a movie to succeed at the BO are a song and Sun pictures. The choreography in the Nakka Mukka song was pretty good though I have to say that any kind of dancing cannot do justice to a song like that.
Ghajini (Hindi) - I belonged to the set of people who expected a lot out of Aamir, in that he would have given the movie a complete make-over and also not have the short-term memory loss as a gimmick. And that is why this movie disappointed me, way much more that the Tamil one did. Absence of the annoying Nayanthara (but a close-on-the-heels Jia Khan) and the stupid climax from the Tamil version made the Hindi version eminently watchable but then given the frequency at which Aamir Khan does a movie, this was a huge let-down. Couple of Rahman's songs were good but the re-recording was stale. Aamir himself was not as good as Surya, while watching Asin repeat her performance from the Tamil version was an eye sore. Looking forward to the next Aamir movie to get over this disappointment.
Johnny Gaddar - Another movie that has been on my to-be-watched movie for a very long time. Liked it a lot. The biggest strength of the movie was that inspite of us knowing all along who does all the murders, the movie still holds our rapt attention until the very end, though the ending was very predictable. Shankar Ehsaan Loy's music was a big highlight in the movie, both the songs and the background score. Among the 5 members of the gang, Vinay Pathak stood out, closely followed by Zakir Hussain (the one plays the Shardul character). The hero of the movie, Neil Mukesh, was strictly OK on the whole, as in many scenes, we expected him to hide his crime a little better than what he actually accomplishes.
Dasvidaniya - A movie not to be dismissed just bcos of the fact that it has a storyline similar to The Bucket List. Wouldn't call it a classic but definitely loved it, especially the climax which overwhelmed me. There was a phase in the movie which definitely dragged for a while but then the climax more than made up for it. Vinay Pathak was a perfect choice for the lead role.
Kaadhalil Vizhundhen - Just can't understand how this movie could go on to become a hit in India. Was atrocious and after the key plot point was revealed, it was a torture to sit through the movie. Thriller movies riding solely on a twist in the storyline should be taut and racy and when they fail on both those aspects, it becomes unbearable. Nakul, for all the image transformation that he has gone through, just can't act. Period. He was very unconvincing and started getting on my nerves beyond a point. I think all this movie proved by its success is that all you need for a movie to succeed at the BO are a song and Sun pictures. The choreography in the Nakka Mukka song was pretty good though I have to say that any kind of dancing cannot do justice to a song like that.
Ghajini (Hindi) - I belonged to the set of people who expected a lot out of Aamir, in that he would have given the movie a complete make-over and also not have the short-term memory loss as a gimmick. And that is why this movie disappointed me, way much more that the Tamil one did. Absence of the annoying Nayanthara (but a close-on-the-heels Jia Khan) and the stupid climax from the Tamil version made the Hindi version eminently watchable but then given the frequency at which Aamir Khan does a movie, this was a huge let-down. Couple of Rahman's songs were good but the re-recording was stale. Aamir himself was not as good as Surya, while watching Asin repeat her performance from the Tamil version was an eye sore. Looking forward to the next Aamir movie to get over this disappointment.
Johnny Gaddar - Another movie that has been on my to-be-watched movie for a very long time. Liked it a lot. The biggest strength of the movie was that inspite of us knowing all along who does all the murders, the movie still holds our rapt attention until the very end, though the ending was very predictable. Shankar Ehsaan Loy's music was a big highlight in the movie, both the songs and the background score. Among the 5 members of the gang, Vinay Pathak stood out, closely followed by Zakir Hussain (the one plays the Shardul character). The hero of the movie, Neil Mukesh, was strictly OK on the whole, as in many scenes, we expected him to hide his crime a little better than what he actually accomplishes.
Dasvidaniya - A movie not to be dismissed just bcos of the fact that it has a storyline similar to The Bucket List. Wouldn't call it a classic but definitely loved it, especially the climax which overwhelmed me. There was a phase in the movie which definitely dragged for a while but then the climax more than made up for it. Vinay Pathak was a perfect choice for the lead role.
Labels: Movie Reviews, Weekend Movies
posted by Filbert at 8:25 AM
3 Comments:
Review-lam irukattum Filby ... ARR Oscar win pannathe pathi oru blog irukkum-nu aasaya open panna onnum kaanume ....
Enne dhan mottai fan-a irunthalum neenge oru post potrukanum ... Very bad ...
Not a single comment about A.R.Rahman winning the oscar. Filby!! you suck. Go to hell with your stupid Yuvan.
Appadi illa, Sesh. Did actually want to write something, at least about the way he spoke in Tamil, which I kind of predicted while watching the show with friends here :) But just didn't get the time. Plus, a write-up coming from someone like me who is not a big time fan would not do justice to his accomplishment :))
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