Dhoom: 3

Cast: Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan,Uday Chopra

Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Doesnt leave an impression like that of its previous Dhoom series. You may love watching first half, and advisable to walk out past interval. All show off and less on technicalities

Pluses:

• Chase sequences. Dhoom series is known for bikes and chase. So this one offers you plenty chase sequences. Not a lot of marketting on bikes and brands, but all the run and chases were shot pretty awesome
• After a long time watched a movie, whose action is not typical south Indian copied action drama, barring one such action scene. As long as there was action in the movie, i enjoyed it :)
• Watch out for the best of the dance ever seen on Indian screens performed by an actress. Katrina Kaif dazzled on the floor. I bet you cant take your eyes off her and would ask for more, only wish that the songs were as international as the platform :)
• Yes, the song 'Malang' is a wonderful experience on big screens. Aamir and Katrina did a fab job in here and sets were mesemerizingly colorful and full of life
• Chicago covered so beautifully, most of the movie shot in the downtown area of Chicago. It looked awesome from the aerial view mostly. And then some final shots in the outbounds. All of them spectacular on big screens

Lukewarm:

• I would say, we have seen a lot better from Aamir before, most of the speculation was, whether Aamir can fill in for young, hot blood like that of John and Hrithik in its previous series. After watching the movie, i can for sure say, Aamir had all the potential to make it much better than what it is. Not his fault though, the movie, story, direction was not up to the mark. But given the rage of the movie, i cant count Aamir Khan a plus here
• Abhishekh Bachchan, was lukewarm as well. He was his regular 'ACP Jai Dixit', but we never see anything new of him,all of it has become very tepid by now. And what sort of cop is he after all! He could never stop a robbery or stealth in any of the Dhoom movies. All he does is to push the thief do the brink of a suicide :P
• Direction by Vijay Krishna Acharya doesnt live up to the mark of Sanjay Gandhvi. He gives his best but doesnt leave an impact. How disappointing!
• Barring the title track, rest of the music is just average. You perhaps wont ever download them yourself!
• Aamir is not a dancer, they made him do tap :D Didnt really fit well. Thankfully, John didnt have to dance in the original Dhoom, else you could witness pigs flying :D

Minuses:

• It took them 7 years to make a sequel to it, no extra ordinary! Bollywood is indeed going through its worst phase ever
• Dhoom is a series which is declared a story of loosers. I mean cmon, every thief so bold and hot and terrific end up suiciding. Give me a break. Every section of it was so predictable
• Second half was in particular boring, streched! There is just one ending chase sequence in the second half and only to end up in a fizz! Rest of it is forced drama.Aamir, please stop owning a film to yourself
• I didnt like the ending in particular,very illogical, just cooked up something to end it in a suicide. I will soon start 'Save the Dhoom con artist' campaign :D
• Katrina Kaif, totally wasted. She had nothing to do in the entire movie. Though she definitely left a mark with her dance, but cmon, practically no role at all! How is that acceptable
• Uday Chopra disappointed me this time. I really like his screen presence. He is cute and funny! But whats wrong with him in his home production! No funny lines, no 'Ali' effect. Same old lines and same show again and again and again! Couldnt even witness much of the bonding between 'Jai' and'Ali' in this one
• I didnt like the story at all. Family drama, father was a looser, he suicides, behind that a bunch of fools try to loot the banks, and they as well suicide by the end. What script does that make. They dont even show the robberies properly. No technicalities at all!And i always wonder, what do u mean by this that a thief can only be caught red handed! Does that mean, if he is successfull in his attempt, all his old records are cleared :P
• Relation between the two brothers, never understood. At one instance,he will abuse a brother and on the other will give away his life for him. The complicated emotions shared between the two was not very clearly depicted
• The first action sequence and the only shot in India, catches AB Junior and Uday Chopta in an autorickshaw stunt!!!#%$&% I mean why! And yet again South Indian trademark action! Sick and tired of it!

My rating: First half- 3.5/5

                 Second half- 2/5

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage,Aidan Turner(Killi),Orlando Bloom,Evangeline Lilly(Tauriel),Luke Evans(Bard)

Director: Peter Jackson

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

 

 

Wonderful watch! Do not miss this if you like this series! Prefer a middle row with your 3D glasses on :)

Pluses:

• I didnt appreciate the last from Hobbit series, however i absolutely loved this one. The VFX were amazing, it does feel like an experience in itself watching this. The only fantasy story i really fantasise to be real was LOTR, and the way the prequels to it are made, is delighful watch again :) Its always nice to see all those characters come to life on big screens once a year to relive those moments again :)
• The Unexpected Journey was rather made up, in an attempt to get the favorite characters from LOTR and screwed it up completely. While this one even though lengthy wasnt boring at all.Peter Jackson did a great job this time. He kept all the characters interesting and engaged all the time. Its never an easy task to manage so many roles. He deserves an applaud :)
• Martin Freeman was a key character as the name of the movie suggests. And he wasnt a baggage in this one. He did a good job :)
• Other major characters were Richard Armitage as 'Thorin' and Luke Evans as 'Bard'. The jouney was that of Thorin and Bard shall play the next important character in this particular sequel. Both of them to watch out for
• Ian McKellen, with all due respect, great energy and powerful screen presence
• Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly amongst the important elves. Elves, needless to say, have always been on a different class and amongst the brave and favorites :) It was beautiful to see Evangeline Lilly in a special avatar, i can remember her only from 'Real Steel'
• And we are not done yet, we have Aidan Turner as Killi, playing a significant role and an added romantic angle to the she-elf :)
• The script was throughout engaging and never slowed down. Many characters well managed and well weaved into each other. All the stories running in parallel and transition from one to another very well edited
• The experience in 3D was beautiful, this is surely a good watch in 3D

Lukewarm:

 

The character of the dragon was pulled a little too much. A talking dragon first to begin with, and on the top of that him passing so much time as if he was very keen on exhausting all his reserves immediately after his dormant state. This character was the major catch of the movie, one that you will wait to happen and i would say it kind of disappointed and didnt live upto the mark

Minuses:

Nothing notably a minus. I am waiting for 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again' to arrive :)




My rating: 3.5/5

R... Rajkumar

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood,Ashish Vidyarthi,Mukul Dev,Asrani

Director: Prabhudheva   

Genre: Action, Romance

Watchable! Not as much a disaster :)

Pluses:

• I appreciate Shahid Kapoor only in this entire movie,for his work. Its just outright visible the amount of effort he has put in it. Be it the dance, or the action sequence or acting. He has really tried giving his 100%. I enjoyed watching him dance and fight
• Sonu Sood was good, i loved the final action, though as well hated him for a few scenes immediately past interval
• Mukul Dev was a good support
• Cinematography is worth appreciating and the various locations the songs and few scenes were shot were beautiful as well. Indian landscape, in its glory :)

Lukewarm:

• The story was just about fine. Nothing different, regular masala flick
• Ashish Vidyarthi was okay, he didnt have much to do
• Asrani was just there, nothing much to claim
• Sonakshi Sinha was average. Thanks to the well written romantic angle, she didnt suck that bad. She looks pretty in most of the movie and she didnt look as bad a match with Shahid as with Saif :P
• Music is average as well, the already hit music didnt sound bad, others were okay
• Prabhu Deva, we are bored of same old stuff repeatedly, please create something better next time

Minuses:

I really wonder if making movie for 2+ hours is a fashion these days, the half an hour of the movie immediately past interval was absolute dampner. I wonder why was this important at all! It was a mockery on every actor for those few scenes




My rating: 2.5/5

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth,Woody Harrelson,Donald Sutherland,Nelson Ascencio

Director: Francis Lawrence  

Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

 

Wasnt a bad watch, could have been better!

Pluses:

• So is this actually the Oscar fever bestowing all the blessings on Jennifer Lawrence which supported the movie to be a huge success! Well, i wont buy the entire fact, though undoubtedly she is good and a very few female actors have this capability to shoulder entire flick soley on her, she being not so old in the industry yet manages to pull it through. She deserves  round of applaud nervetheless :)
• She can definitely make all others look like accessories, yet Josh Hutcherson was a good support and poor guy, i really  pity his role in this flick, where he is always being played around by the lead lady :D
• At least, the bad men never looked undermined and remained powerfull, claps claps for Donald Sutherland and Nelson Ascencio
• Woody Harrelson, though in a rather shorter supportive role, has maintained his dignity throughout this series so far :)
• Special effects were not bad, but indeed not like nothing we havent seen before. But this is all which will keep you glued  to your seats in the second half
• Ohhh man...her costumes! Fantabulous! Unfortunately, I dont know who is the costume designer but he surely deserves a big round of  applaud as well
• The cinematography also deserves appreciation, be it the presentation of grandeur during the victory tour or the poor state of respective districts and then the real hunger game, they are fab

Lukewarm:

• And then we have this another poor soul, who however good in his own way, doesnt make much of any mark under the shadow of  the lead lady, here we present to you Liam Hemsworth in Hunger Games, doing what! Not sure, may be just playing a candy :)
• I cannot really credit to the script a lot, of course based on the novel, the readers may infer better! However, i can  surely comment on the direction, and it wasnt very captivating. While we all know whats in store for the second half, the  first half is obvious, all that may interest you,ha to be shouldered by the director. And i believe, Francis Lawrence could have done a much better job at it

Minuses:

• Yes, the first half is extremely slow, the build up to the second half did cost me quite a bit and i literally heard  audience snoring beside me...sigh!!
• The way it ends suddenly seemed a little incomplete, even though we know there is another sequel coming to it, but yet  could have been more sensible and much more explained

My rating: 3/5

Bullett Raja

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha,Jimmy Shergill,Vidyut Jamwal,Gulshan Grover,Raj Babbar

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia 

Genre: Political Drama, Action

Quite a disappointment in terms of quality, however if you are looking for only masala, it will score better than Chennai Express :)

Minuses:

• Storyline was such a big time disappointment. Half the story was disconnected, it felt as if all they aimed for with this movie was to showcase UP type masala and a revenge for a brother killed. Add up another star to make up for the second half as seemed like Tigmanshu Dhulia wasn't confident of Saif pulling the entire movie on his shoulders alone :P
• Romantic angle was pathetic, i have never seen any romance so unhappening and pale and useless and meaningless in my entire Bollywood history. Someone please explain how was the character of Sonakshi written, was that a dope effect or something else
• A big let down from Tigmanshu Dhulia, we expected much better. If you cannot make romantic angles, please take advices from others(I dont mean Karan Johar :) ), but please dont ruin the entire show with something you have no expertise of
• OMG, overdose of Sonakshi Sinha, back to back both the weekends her releases, i couldn't conjure more courage to go for Shahid-Sonakshi disaster after watching this. Sonakshi, i think you are called for a voluntary retirement now, please take it and stop torturing the audience

Lukewarm:

• I was looking forward to Vidyut Jamwal, he was under utilized as well. Though thankfully the gravity of his role wasnt undermined by the end of it, and they scripted one section of it well :)
• They covered music in all three categories, pathetic, average and good :D Out of which just one soft number is worth a mention :)
• Action was so-so. As i said, the only star shining had to be Vidyut Jamwal, but even he was underused

Pluses:

• In the entire movie, the best enjoyable part is the first one hour of the movie before Sonakshi enters(and then everything is screwed, reminds me of 'Kites' :P), and the ending section of the movie (again where Sonakshi wasnt involved :D)
• Saif gave his best, and somehow suits the rowdy UP type bhaiyya caricature, accent flows in well and doesnt feel made up. I dont mind watching him as long as other paramters of the movie have weight as well, else its still difficult for him to pull an entire movie just by his charm
• Friendship between Jimmy Shergill and Saif Ali Khan was worth watching out for and the co relation between Vidyut Jamwal and Saif at the end
• Jimmy Shergill is my personal favortire...cant help appreciating this guy. Thankfully, he remained without a heroine :)
• Raj Babbar had a gray shade to his role, all due respect, played well :)
• Gulshan Grover is my personal favorite again :) Short role but good show :)

My rating: 2/5

Gori tere pyaar me

Cast: Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Anupam Kher

Director: Punit Malhotra

Genre: Romance, Drama

 

Not all that bad as mostly would expect. Watchable but lengthy

Pluses:

• Imran Khan steals the show for me. He convincingly looks a south indian of current generation. I like him in lighter roles than serious ones. He suits here better and loved most of his dialogue deliveries specially in the first half
• The songs "tooh" and and groovy number looks pretty catchy and nice on big screens
• The story narration and flow was interesting and easy going in the first half. You will have a few laughter here and there and does also not miss on the love affairs and relation aspect, you do look forward to the story past interval
• Shraddha Kapoor is pretty, demure lady as usual and fits in well :)
• Anupam Kher is versatile, i need not write more :) He can convincingly make the audience love him or even hate him as per the role played :)
• I personally liked the first half for the various practical scenarios and statements in the movie, makes a lot of sense and does trigger good lot of thought :) The drama felt very new age, and that is the plus point
• For all the bangalore residents, there is quite a bit to see :) I thoroughly enjoyed watching different corners of Bangalore and major landmarks on big screens :)

 

 

Lukewarm:

• Kareena Kapoor is just about fine. She looks quite beautiful although but her overdone attitude just shows up everywhere, bored of it. Her role was significant but i think its her attitude that in the end ruins it all
• Rest of the songs were very average in terms of music
• The second half was very long and very filmy, seen it a lot of times before...appreciate the way they shot the phases one after another, yet should have been shortened

Minuses:

• The length of the movie starts irritating in the second half. They pulled it too long
• You never feel the chemistry between the two in the second half, the entire rating of the movie drops only due to the show(or rather no show :)) post interval
• Second half gives you a feeling as if you are watching a completely different movie :) If you wish to watch two movies at the price of one, go ahead :D

  

My rating: 2.5/5

Ram-Leela

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Richa Chadda

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Genre: Romance, Drama

Watch it only for the larger than life sets, rest of the movie is not worth it!

Minuses:

• You can notice many glimpses of 'Ishaqzaade' in the story and many attempts to create 'Devdas' in the acting. So to wrap it up, there is nothing new :)
• Script is lousy, boring. Backdrop of warring clans never justified to its might and rather looks silly. The big events in the movie like big brothers dying are so predictable and yet based on such lame reasons. It feels like you are watching this movie just for the heck of it. And the only reason they may bind you to the seats will be the romance between the lead pair, which is again lousy!
• I need to mention the romantic angle between the duo as an independent negative aspect since its meant to be a love story. And all you see is lust ONLY. Until the physical admiration is a part of a romantic story, its nice..but when there is nothing more to the characters apart from simply trying to be wild with each other...it doesnt help create a romantic saga of its own! And its all the more clearly visible when Ram acts rude to Leela for no reason, they fight like cats and dogs, clarifying again the only binding factor between them being physical  attraction...bunch of fools!!
• Both the lead actors, Ranveer and Deepika, though did give their bests, but clearly are not mature enough to bring out those heart felt emotions and both of them looked outright caricatures only.They never felt real or life like and never create a lasting impression
• I was surprised by a few songs and lewd dialogues in the movie, absolutely censor-less. Didnt expect such cheap tricks to be coming out of Bhansali movies. I wonder why did he restrict from showing a full fledged love making scenes between the lead pair, as that was the only factor they could have had a potential :P

Lukewarm:

• First half is not bad, you can enjoy watching it. Second half is absolutely fucked up!
• Music is luekwarm, nothing even close to 'Hum dil de chuke sanam', just an attempt to create one

Pluses:

• The only character i absolutely loved from the beginning till the end was that of Supriya Pathak Kapur. What an actor for the big lady :) You will love her jittery quips, her anger, her wrath, her feet into the shoes of a DON :)
• Richa Chadda was good too. She is a serious actor, does every role with sincerity
• Ranveer Singh cannot be dis regarded. He unbashedly looked the hottest in this career so far. One man who can carry the bearded look with such an aplomb and make it look sexy ;)
• Deepika Padukone at her horny best ;) Yes, she looked quite a diva, but no match to other divas from Bhansali productions
• The massive sets and amazing cinematography is something worth appreciating. Though i agree, the culture they tried to portray in the movie was quite denigrated, yet...this movie was beautifully shot. No doubts about it
• Priyanka Chopra's item song was a mouthful delight to watch :D She looked the real Diva :)

  

My rating: 2.5/5

Thor: The Dark World

 

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston,Christopher Eccleston,Anthony Hopkins

Director: Alan Taylor

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Scored much below the set expectations on my chart! A joke on the face of serious plot!

Minuses:

• Absolute mockery, made out of every character. No seriousness in any character at all, the enire movie felt like being built for fun, very unlikely of Thor-The movie. I wasnt expecting a mockery show here since these guys are interweaved with many other serious superhero movies like that of 'Avengers' and the likes, and the lead characters have a rapport to hold. Totally disappointing
• I have no idea what was Natalie thinking while accepting the script for her kiddish, stupid and nonsense role. Playing with her childish tools and help making huge changes, doesnt make any sense! Not well explained. She is dying, and no one takes that seriously, not even her, who just through the movie keeps making short quips
• The script was real bad..none of the things were properly explained, it was running to give you just a few visuals, no story! And the many sacrifices and major deaths, were hilarious :D
• And the biggest disappointment was 'Loki'...Tom Hiddleston. Never saw a fun side of Loki, was completely unacceptable. His role was so predictable even by the climax and the end. Was nothing interesting over all
• I would say, the entire flick is the fault of the Director. He didnt make this project with a serious outlook. Alas!

Lukewarm:

Thor was much mightier in any other movie than in here. I personally love Chris Hemsworth...he is godly. Nevertheless, he can do so much better, than making techno movie type plans and execute them

Pluses:

• Christopher Eccleston was still not so bad as the evil. Quite a lot like regular evil but yet, this is the only character who didnt make a mockery of himself
• Anthony Hopkins was a good support. Rest other supportive characters were idiotic and nonsense
• You may watch it out for the visual effects which are quite at par the quality as prequel :)

My rating: 2/5

Ender's Game

Cast: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield,Hailee Steinfeld,Abigail Breslin,Ben Kingsley,Viola Davis

Director: Gavin Hood

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

 

 

VFX abode, a spendid watch for all teens and a good one for men :)

PS: You cant help but draw comparison to Krrish3 when it comes to its mind blowing VFX's, as both of them have released the same week


Pluses:

• Watch it for the visual effects, the leadership, the courage and you will feel you are in a video game all through the duration of the flick :)
• Asa Butterfield, is the hero of the movie. Any given day a grand beginning for a teen with an appropiate exposure. And this kid doesnt disappoint you. You can see him in different expressions, a helpless kid, a small loving brother, a leader but all the time very defiant. He never looses the limelight. You will love him :)
• Rest of the star cast however important in their respectives roles were all supports, appreciative!
• Need not re iterate specifcally on the amazing VFX's, migrates you to a different world

Lukewarm:

The story was very average. A little silly too. I mean who risks the entire world in the hands of a teen :) Capacitive for future, understood!! But the climax was too filmy :D

Minuses:

Nothing notably bad except for the not so appealing script



My rating: 3.5/5

Krrish3

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra,Vivek Oberoi

Director: Rakesh Roshan

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action

Ambitious project for Bollywood. Low on technical quality, however the story and the over all look of the movie doesnt disappoint you

Pluses:

• To my surprise Krrish 3 doesnt disappoint. Go with an expectation to watch the only successful super hero league of Bollywood films and draw no comparison to english movies. There is a still a long way for it to grow
• The plot and script was rather interesting, and much better than what i expected. A few things did make sense as well. And thankfully, less family drama :)
• Hrithik Roshan of course, he can make things look big and not a joke. Both the caricatures of 'Rohit' and 'Krishna' were very well played, danced well...and better action than most other movies
• Kangna was a delight to watch. She has worked a lot on her accent, looks very international...amazing VFX used to portray her role
• Vivek Oberoi was again unexpectedly cool, he looked negative and he justified the evil in the role, though i hated his costume by the end :)
• Cheers to Rakesh Roshan for having given another success much against the criticism and a round of applause to have carried forward the legacy

Lukewarm:

• VFX used were just about average. Yes, there are instances where you like it, and instances where you feel they deliberately screwed it. I was trying to keep my expectations low, but this movie gambles with you in technicalities. It raises your expectations and then dumps you. A let down! Quality should be consistent throughout
• Priyanka Chopra didnt have much to do in this movie. She was just required to complete the family picture. Works well

Minuses:

• The mutant versions used in the movie were not upto its standards! In fact looked rather funny!
• Few dialogues here and there were damn funny, unsuitable and idiotic
• Music was real bad, on big screens you may take the songs with the visuals, but audio of the music is absolutely nothing like at par!
• Promotions and marketting are pretty bad, reduces down the hype even before its release

My rating: 3/5 (Without technical quality, such genres cannot prove its might with starcast and story alone. Could have been
much better!)

Escape Plan

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel(Hobbes), Faran Tahir(Javed)

Director: Mikael Håfström

Genre: Thriller, Action

 

 

You will have as you expect. It surely is an entertainer

 

 

Pluses:

• Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger together is quite a pleasure to watch in itself, although amount of action in it is a tad less, hope none is expecting it to be a hard core action flick, it wont disappoint you then
• Sylvester Stallone is the man of the movie. All tricks , good application of basic science and general alertness, comprises of his role with a sense of eccentricity in his usual character. He keeps you engaged and the show running
• The movie keeps screening at a certain pace which never slows down or disengage you, which is a good thing

Lukewarm:

• The basic embodiment of the movie is not any outstanding, its just about fine and pretty much a regular affair.If not for the smaller tips and tricks, it could have harmed the entire plot to a bigger extent. After all we have seen many movies having similar theme, being captured or played with, locked out of somewhere you have no clue, and base the rest on the survival instincts. Rings any bell!! We have many such movies!
• Jim Caviezel is a lukewarmish bad guy, not much of torture is it! :) Audience could peharps take a little bit gory content coming from him making the plot more raunchier,but alas!
• Faran Tahir is a tepid support there
• Not really such a secure prison, after all ! :) I didnt find it all that hard for Sylvester to crack it :) The only justification is its tag line, "No one breaks it alone". But whats the big deal about that! :D

  

Minuses:

After all the hype, the movie lacked a punch in there. With all the good releases around this month, i cant consider this up to the mark or comparable!

  

My rating: 3/5

Captain Phillips

Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman

Director: Paul Greengrass

Genre: Biography, Thriller, Crime

Another lovely movie this month. A true story, very well directed, touches you inner conscious. A must watch!

Pluses:

• All the credit of this movie goes to Paul Greengrass for the lasting moment even after the movie ends. Beautifully crafted and amazingly spwen dialogues, bringing out various different emotions while being in a moment of a heist
• Tom Hanks, is the man...movie written after the lead role and what a performance with utter finesse. His bravery, his breaking away moments, his leadership capabilties, his presence of mind...every corner touched indespicably
• The roles played by Barkhad Abdi and Barkhad Abdirahman are a lot debatable. You cant just look at them with fierce or hatred. They are mere puny in the hands of big guys elsewhere. Been played and hence ferocious for on their own defence. You cant help but have a mixed emotions towards them..how pitiable. And these guys were amazing playing at that, not being an actor themselves
• Second half was mostly reaping than the first half
• This movie raises many questions on various International borders. On the plight of the poor and the rich illegal governors!

Lukewarm:

The first half of the movie was more of a build up, less engaging

Minuses:

Nothing notably wrong




My rating: 4/5

Boss

Cast: Akshay Kumar,Ronit Roy,Shiv Pandit, Mithun Chakraborty, Aditi Rao Hydari,Danny Denzongpa

Director: Anthony D'Souza

Genre: Action, Drama

Now this ones overkilled by public :D Not all that bad a watch. Yes, a little low on sense, but not complete bull shit. Regular drama with action

Pluses:

• As for me, Ronit Roy steals the entire show. A strong contender as villain is so important to sustain an action film these days. No more baldies and oldies with command on dialogues alone pulling over anymore. We have hottie in his 40's with a stern cold look to  die for and some good action to kill
• Akshay Kumar was his usual self, nothing new that you have not seen before. But, i love his stylist, awesome style quotient and with the finesse with which this guy carries it off, is applauding :)
• Loved a few stills from the movie, like the chase and run sequence pulled long enough but entertaining to watch. Looks like a video game being played with multiple levels in it :D
• Thanks to Honey Singh, the music of the movie overall looks appealing, so  are the videos..catchy. Music is by far a hit
• Loved the cinematography in the song during the post credits, by the end of the flick. Creatively shot on 'Har kisi ko' song
• Mithun Chakraborty was his usual self, with all due respect to him
• Now here comes a first commercial movie with essentially no female lead in it, looked fresh :)
• My favorite take from Boss: The final action sequence between the duo :) Nicely shot and well directed action

Lukewarm:

• After a long time Danny Denzongpa on screen and however his role initially had weight, later it completely lost weight. Nevertheless, he looks quite a dapper :)
• Aditi Rao Hydari,was all right, nothing significant to her
• Introducing Shiv Pandit, he wasnt bad but he doenst look like a hero material to carry it off in future
• Script of the movie wasnt giving many promises anyway, neither did it disappoint :P It was just about flowing, however not completely silly

Minuses:

• Over exagerration of fight sequences kinda irritates me now. Specially the ones in which the solo hero is fighting masses. Blowing of stuffs and all nonsense, you just want those scenes be quickly forwarded

My rating: 2.5/5

About time

Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy(Father),Lydia Wilson(Kit Kat),Lindsay Duncan(Mother)

Director: Richard Curtis

Genre: Romance, Family, Drama

 

 

Its a nice home watch with family and/or partner. Take home is the beautiful moral by the end of the movie

PS: Karan Johar should watch some such movies and promote some better family values in India


Pluses:

• Loved the presentation by Richard Curtis, the way he did blend a fraction of fantasy with reality, and managing to pull off not making the flick look chilish or mere fantasy alone, but instead connect with the adult mindset
• Minus the moral of the story, the movie is just average. So the script is aptly written for apt audience. A simple story with an invigorating positive moral to keep in mind as you walk out of the theater. What if we could change our past, correct things gone wrong! Does that really help or its just too good to be true. And what if its a mixed bag, with its own pros and cons. May be then you are good without a power of such kinds and live life as it comes
• All the actors well played the simple roles, specially the leads viz. Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams. I still remember Rachel in her 'Notebook' days, she has only become more beautiful :) While Domhnall carries a boyish charm throughout :)
• All the supports from Bill Nighy,Lydia Wilson,Lindsay Duncan were apt and significant in its own place. I like the small nitty gritty things about family values there

Minuses:

Sad that such movies dont find much of audience in India, and are hardly released here, and if at all, only selected theaters play them. I guess its time when India needs its female audience to start hitting theaters for such movies, which will help gain some market, apart from the regular action and sci-fi flicks

My rating: 3.5/5

Runner runner

 

Cast: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton,Anthony Mackie

Director: Brad Furman 

Genre: Thriller, Crime

Not a bad watch. Movie doesnt bore you or stagnate you

Pluses:

• Justin Timberlake, of course! He is the victim and he is the smarty by the end of it! He plays really well and i am a fan of him, that explains it :P
• Ben Affleck looks suave, classy and a master player but not as good as the story unfolds :) Like his charismatic appearance in here
• Movie has a certain pace which it never looses, so you dont feel fatigued at any point of time

Lukewarm:

• Gemma Arterton was just about average, nothing astounding or remarkably worth a mention about her
• Anthony Mackie hardly ever looked like an FBI agent, more of a thug :D

Minuses:

• The negligience towards the script could be the reason to the lukewarm boxoffice response. Needs quite a lot of smart act to prove what we saw at the end. Obvious behaviour of the female lead being the biggest clue, never caught by 'Ivan', weird! Not very thoughtful

My rating: 3/5

Gravity

 

Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón

Genre: Sci-Fi

Easily movie of the month, even when October just begins. Its a must must watch in the biggest screen you may have near you!

I had beautiful experience in IMAX watching it, totally worth it

Pluses:

• There is not even a single shot of earth used for any pre build up of the story. All you see is pure and only space. You get an experience not to forget immediately after the movie, it stays with you
• Script so well written, unlike other space based sci fi movies, where most of the content is within the spaceship, this one is hardly within, most of the content is out there in the real space without a container most of the times . Neither does it waste any time in unwanted dialogues, any and all pauses in the pace of the movie were all well justified
• You witness some of the most beautiful vistas of the galaxy on big screens, nothing like it
• This movie is one amongst them which for even being slow keeps you at the edge at all point of time, gives you some chilling and thrilling moments to feel
• Sandra Bullock is the lady of the movie, this movie is made for her. And what a performance
• Absolutely loved George Clooney, god damn chilled out person. Hate it that he abruptly vanished :( Wanted to see more of him

Minuses:

• Absolutely no minuses, long time having seen something which made sense to me. Thankfully i am not a space scientist to dig into flaws(if any) :D

My rating: 4.5/5

Besharam

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor,Neetu Singh,Javed Jaffrey

Director: Ahinav Kashyap

Genre: Comedy, Romance

 

 

A downgraded version of 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero', expect even more less, and be ready to get disappointed. However, if you expect less of a star show from Ranbir, then you may be able to sit through it not cursing it much :)

Pluses:

• You will get a few laughters here and there, a few 'besharam' jokes as well to justify the title
• Ranbir Kapoor in his freestyle best, a bit of butt crack there for those who are interest :P
• Rishi Kapoor, i just cant ever hate him. Whatever he does, is appreciable always. I loved to see him dance on his sons music :)
• Neetu Singh looked much more hotter in the item song in the end, than the lead heroine :D
• Javed Jaffrety is good, i like this fella. He is fit, i like him see dance or do action, or even when he speaks :)

Minuses:

• Low grade presentation, hopeless script. Attempt to add a lot of masala, but not exactly up to the mark
• Horrible music, pushed and forced in the movie time and again. Irritates you till the core barring one or two light numbers here and there
• Neetu Singh, and her overacting. She was just not natural enough

Lukewarm:

• Pallavi Sharda, is not a heroine material. Although she doesnt qualify for a minus since she acts well. You dont see a flaw in her acting skills, nothing extraordinary to perform with this script anyway

  

My rating: 2/5

Elysium

Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley(Kruger),William Fichtner(John Carlyle),Diego Luna(Julio),Wagner Moura
(Spider),Alice Braga(Frey)

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Genre: Sci-Fi,Action

Half baked sci fi drama. Watch it for Matt Damon. There is nothing more to it

Minuses:


Another over rated flick. Script is pretty poor. You loose all interest in its second half.

                          I am amazed the way post Earth days are shown! The buildings and status has remarkable resemblence to present day say Mumbai, India. And then there is heaven like Elysium, disease free being the only highlight to me. It looked no less than a comparison of present day poor countries vs developed countries like US, for instance. And how do they put it by the end of it, i dont find it acceptable at all. The way they portray the win over anarchic Elysium, and start delivering help to the devasted Earth and its poor people, should we not interpret it as, the United States doing the same charity for the poor or developing countries, giving away with all its resources. And if that been shown in the movie is humane and the correct thing to do, so is this practical scenario. How much will that be acceptable. Not 1% of it!

                          Again they show, very poor control of administration in Elysium. President almost without any power, and the entire show is run by Secretary of Defense played by Jodie Foster. And not just that, there is not even any second eye to what she is doin. She as if is on a foolish rampage, to be easily taken over by a mercenary pyscopath.. rookie on Elysium,"Kruger". How easily done, what a shame!

                         And then you have the regular action sequence, infiltration, destruction, sacrifice..blah blah blah. Not impressive enough

Pluses:

• Matt Damon yeah! First half is absolutely belonging to him. He gives you some nerve wrecking experiences on big screens, as he struggles to make his dreams fulfill, and his struggle and desperation to live. He manages to keep you at edge at a lot of instances
• Dream like representation of Elysium-the ultimate space station revolving around the axis of earth, is impeccable
• Rest of the supporting starcast were fine, they do their parts wherever they share the screen presence

Lukewarm:

• The direction is very tepid. Its appreciative how Neiill Blomkamp brings out the emotions and sympathy in the audience via performers. However, his attention to the script looks very half hearted
• Its all about her role, Jodie Foster, disappoints! Not her performance to be blamed, but the script

  

My rating: 2.5/5

Prisoners

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano(Alex Jones),Melissa Leo(Holly Jones),David Dastmalchian(Bob Taylor),Viola Davis(Nancy Birch),Terrence Howard(Franklin Birch),Maria Bello(Grace Dover)

Director: Denis Villeneuve 

Genre: Crime, Thriller

A long boring watch, rips you off your patience only to end in a regular psychopath drama. How predictable!

I could have appreciated the movie if there werent so many flaws in it

Minuses:

• Very disappointed by the script, more than anything else. This is a work of fiction, else could have earned some sympathy at least if it was based on a true story. Very poorly written, the many flaws i could count are as below:

                      (i) None ever suspects sudden disappearance of 'Alex', no one even investigates or worries that includes his aunt 'Holly Jones'

                     (ii) An out of nowhere appearance of 'Bob Taylor' for no reason being in public, just two give the audience a second thought about someone else also being involved in this whole mystery of missing children. He was a pony and absolutely not required for the movie to progress

                    (iii) Very poor on investigations, never complete, always half verified. And with those half done efforts, 'Detective Loki' been driven mad and frustrated! Isnt he just a detective, its his job, how does he loose his cool so often

                     (iv) A big time question, can a father really turn so gruesome on someone who is apparently a 10 year old kid(Alex), when he is himself uncontrollable for a daughter of similar age group. Its insane!

                     (v) An open ending yet again! Question is, given the ability of 'Detective Loki', do you think the left pieces will ever be solved! I dont! Why does no one ever do a proper search in 'Holly's' house at the end, the clue lies right there..beyond my understanding

                     (vi) And sorry but i really didnt get the funda behind the maze thingy! It just made no sense by the end of it

• I am absolutely tired of expecting so much from over rated dumb headed movies, and then ending up writing such a huge drill down on it just to back myself with reasonings enough
• The movie is dead slow, 2 hours and 35 minutes, you may sit through first half, thanks to the performances...but second half will kill you knowing it is actually going no where, after all the wait..all you get to see is a bunch of psychopaths(as if you didnt guess it before). Very very predictable
• For gods sake, slowly built movies are meant to be attented with a lot of care and a look out on all intricacies! Not necessarily all slow movies have to be good, just because they represent some piece of art shit

Pluses:

• The director deserves applause, he does bring about some hard core drama and mental trauma very beautifully. Its only for his direction, that you dont mind sitting through the first half, even when there is hardly any content
• Hugh Jackman, awesome performance as usual! Thankfully, he is not into mere action, but he is capable of doing much more. We have seen his potential in 'Les Miserables'
• Jake Glyenhall, is a very different caricature out here, not really the way we have known him. He very well suits the role and justifies himself, though poorly written script does pull this role down by a bit

Lukewarm:

All the other actors apart from the lead duo, are just about fine, in fact...a little overdone at times




My rating: 2.5/5

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

Cast: Shahid Kapoor,Ileana D'Cruz,Padmini Kolhapure,Darshan Jariwala,Sanjay Mishra(Guruji),Saurabh Shukla,Mukesh Tiwari

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Genre: Comedy, Action

Not a bad watch. I am sure the expectations are already low, and that is the key to its success :)

Pluses:

• Amongst all the serious movies this week, this is one movie which is a pure entertainer and doesnt fail to entertain. Its a complete masala movie, with all cliche stuffs, herogiri, maagiri, heroinegiri, action, songs for every typical situation, dance, item number,tamasha, drama, comedy, conspiracy..all :) It doesnt bore you provided you dont expect sky high
• Shahid Kapoor fits into movies like this, light hearted, cute and apt bollywood type hero
• Illeana was much better than i expected. She tried all too look good and glam, her  fans wont be disappointed, cant say about the entire audience :)
• Padmini Kolhapure, after a long time, susbtantial role, good stuff with all due respect :)
• The obvious choice for a comedy movie are Darshan Jariwala,Sanjay Mishra,Saurabh Shukla and Mukesh Tiwari. A perfect gang :) All of them awesome support. They hardly can ever go wrong in their roles :) Entertainment is all that it means

Lukewarm:

• Item number not very great, Nargis can not dance, period!
• Music is just about ok, thanks to all the promotions. The romantic number however was not bad, by Atif Aslam, the saving grace :)

Minuses:

• Now there sure is one thing that i didnt like, and that is the use of chemical weapon to showcase the terrorist angle. Why do the film makers infest all wrong ideas into the public is beyond my understanding. This one is anyway a light weight movie, doesnt really matter what kinda threat you are trying to show, a gas balloon threat or a fire cracker threat. Why then the use of chemical weapon here!! Every individual from the audience is equally a dangerous person to manifest such ideas. I am dead against these kind of promotions
• Yes, the movie lacks in quality, but not low on substance. Hence, i wont dig into it much! Its a movie for the Bollywood fans and masses

My rating: 3/5

Rush

Cast: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde,Alexandra Maria Lara

Director: Ron Howard 

Genre: Biography, Sport

This is easily the movie of the weekend. A must watch for all F1 lovers and a sure shot for non sport savvy's as well!

Pluses:

• This movie belongs to the two leads Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. Beautiful re enactment of the love and hate relationship between the arch rivals from the real life heroes 'James Hunt' and 'Niki Lauda' respectively. Chris Hemsworth, an indisciplined man, a womanizer while on a contrary Daniel Bruhl playing a rather  focussed, disciplined, one woman man. Both sharing one common passion of racing
• The best part of the movie are the racing moments and the one to one exchange of words between the duo. You are at the edge everytime they are on the tracks. Beautifully shot. And you will fall in love with both the characters by the end of the movie
• Chris Hemsworth plays charismatically the role given to him, so different from how we know him as 'Thor'. Not a bulky god but chiseled hunk. He has a shade of gray, you love him or you hate him, but you cant ignore him :) While on the other hand, you will always have a support and a soft corner for Daniel Bruhl even though his character also is no less of an asshole :)
• Director gets a lot of credit in the way the movie is shot, edited. Nothing feels short of or overdone or even misplaced anywehere. One after other aspect shown crisp, not wasting too much time in detailing or dialogues. Just the right dosage of entertainment, never loosing track of the content
• My favorite scene is the last scene of the movie. Talking about 70's and there you see a lifestyle, and the level of maturity in men, only so much more to tell you, yes they belong to a developed country, then and always. Far beyond the reach of even the current mentallity our Indian film makes can only dream to share
• Alexandra Maria Lara was a patient and matured support

Lukewarm:

I didnt quite like Olivia Wilde. She was just there, no good looks nor any weight to the role

Minuses:

Nothing noticeably weird or a shortcoming. I enjoyed every bit of this biography :)





My rating: 4/5

The Lunchbox

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bharati Achrekar
Director: Ritesh Batra
Genre: Drama

Not a movie to my liking. Overhyped in all respects. And expect a piece of attempted art there!

Minuses:

I am sure, everyone would have heard only good about it from the various critics, here is my perspective looking at it:

• First and foremost, this movie will but for sure hurt the sentiments of the Mumbai Dabbawallahs, they are never wrong, and such projections do infest some element of doubt on the efficacy with which they carry out their jobs
• How bout the lunch! Does it really justify the name or is it just a means for a messenger! I found the factor of food really being paid least attention to. Only the initial few minutes, they would discuss food, and the rest other days even if the lady is cooking with all her efforts, Irfan is never paying any attention to it, at a lot of times he would give the food away to Nawazuddin and on a few, he wont eat. How can you not mention the taste of the food you are eating everyday but have a mind to mention about respective neighbours! Directors fault!
• Ok, next! The character sketches didnt exactly fit into the love story drama. A middle class wife who is otherwise happy in her marriage, suddenly figures out her husband is cheating on her and she does absolutely nothing about it! I think this entire aspect was not required in the movie at all. This was never ever paid attention to! I dont think this issue was less significant in any respect. The only reason i believe they induced this angle was to justify the growing feeling of the lady towards someone out of her marriage, after all Indian woman cannot otherwise be into infidilety! :P Nonsense! And of course i cant imagine a middle class woman like her randomly thinking of Bhutan and taking it so seriously, a woman would think many times before shifting a city in such circumstances, and she there plays a childs game in moving out of the country itself, into the unknown! Kudos :P
• Again the character sketch of Irfan Khan not justified in the love story. A man who is absolutely disinterested in people and is more or less a loner, which is depicted in the movie time and again, suddenly starts speaking to a stranger without context, on whats the deal with Illa's neighbours ceiling fan! I dont get it. They should have built the conversation up more stronger and subtle to show how it progressed between the two. A sudden jump in an uninteresting and irrelevant conversation between the two and Irfan's interest in it, is rather awkward
• The movie is pretty slow, thats something one should expect. However, i count this as a minus since, being slow and a movie with a very simple concept, the director should have paid a lot of attention to the intricacies, which he clearly hasnt
• Lilette Dubey, didnt quite fit in the role of a middle class distressed mother and a wife of an ailing husband! She is glamorous and should remain so. Karan Johar, please stop casting people in unfitting roles just because they are close to you
• The biggest disappointment is the ending of the movie. Entire length of the movie, the only thing you keep waiting is to see what happens to the duo. An open ending just doesnt justify. There is absolutely nothing beyond the trailors in the movie otherwise, no content. I believe, if you are making a bold attempt in showcasing how boundary free are the relations today and dealing with aspects as sensitive as this in Indian context, you need to end it well and diplomatically. There are thousands of people waiting for an answer on what is the right thing to do when and if such thing happens. Film maker should float a right message across, and complete the responsibililty undertaken. You are not supposed to fiddle with issues like this and leave it to no where!
• The only reason for writing a such a detailed review on this movie is the disregard i have today for Karan Johar and Yash Raj movies. All of them anti marriage! All of them just fanning the already disbalanced placard of cards in our society today! Wrong messages everywhere!

Pluses:

• I cannot disregard the performances! Irfan Khan, is a sumpreme actor! Every word told and untold, very well conveyed! Least effort in remembering dialogues and more complex in terms of delivering expressions :)
• Really appreciate Nimrat Kaur. She never gives you a feeling of a debutant! Subtle and expressive
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui, my personal favorite! He is a gem of an actor! The only stainfree, critic free role, sketched properly, written properly and played flawlessly role! Three cheers to him!
• Bharati Achrekar, the voice is more than enough to appreciate this role. She doesnt get a miss, we all remember you from yesteryears and we love you :)

My rating: 2.5/5 (A movie is rated perfect 4+ or 5/5 when its loved by every audience irrespective of maturity. This certainly doesnt qualify)

Horror Story

Cast: Karan Kundra(Neel),Nishant Malkani(Achint),Ravish Desai(Maghesh),Hasan Zaidi(Samrat),Aparna Bajpai(Maggie),Radhika Menon(Neena),Nandini Vaid(Sonia)
Director: Ayush Raina
Genre: Horror

Now this one is not a bad watch. Look out more for the survival quotient than the spooky content!

Pluses:

• So finally Vikram Bhatt comes out with something which is worth a watch :) Keeping the expectations low for movies of such genres will help. However, the focus of the flick was never just horror elements, but more on how to survive the night or how to escape. You see a lot of sense in the characters of this flick which otherwise is missing in most of horror flicks
• Good logics applied, all the stupidities you always saw in other horror stuffs and would wonder, why no one ever applies some common sense! This one wont disappoint you!
• Scary elements are very much present. But since the focus is not this, you dont crticize much even if it fails to spook you, however it does time to time scare you
• What worked for me in this movie: When you start feeling yourself as one of the members stuck there, and are yourself figuring out what could be the way out, and then you see one after another strategies failing, is when it gets spooky
• The entire starcast did their jobs well! You dont have to act much apart from freaking out :D So, they freaked out quite at par :P

Lukewarm:

The climax. As usual, even after building the premise pretty good, they couldnt figure how to put an end to an otherwise seemingly impossible mission to escape. So, they simply conjured up something to end this positively

Minuses:

This movie is to enjoy, i dont want to dig into quality aspect of it

My rating: 3/5

John Day

 

 

 

 

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah,Randeep Hooda,Sharat Saxena,Vipin Sharma(Shinde),Shernaz Patel(Maria),Elena Kazan(Tabassum)
Director: Ahishor Solomon
Genre: Thriller

 

If you got low expectations and handful of patience, this aint a bad watch!

 

Pluses:

• Naseeruddin Shah goes without saying. I am glad, there are some such plots coming up in the Bollywood which doesnt always require a lead to be young and handsome. Just as the name of the movie suggests, this movie is dedicated to his role. A directors actor as he is, played well
• I personally liked the role of Sharat Saxena, a don in true sense. Loved the way first time when a bad man was getting executed
• Vipin Sharma was a good support, credited
• The take home of this movie is the end. A food for thought equivalent moral

 

Lukewarm:

• Randeep Hooda is good but nothing new! Same old flavor repeating face to face with different people. Thats all!
• The script was good, and has potential, but wish it was better
• Direction again, it wasnt bad, but could have been a lot better. I will blame it completely on the director for the lukewarm success of this flick
• Shernaz Patel didnt have much to play, otherwise she delivered well
• Elena Kazan, another Kangna Ranawat...ditto! I guess Kangna was too pricy for this role, and hence a replacement :D

 

 

Minuses:

• This movie is an average watch, it lacked the required punch that every thriller movie should have. Even with a heart rendering moral, it fails to make an impact
• The film drags at a lot of places, especially where there is Randeep Hooda in it. Absolutely unnecessary!

 

 

 

 

My rating: 2.5/5

Grand Masti

 

 

 

 

Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani,Pradeep Rawat,Suresh Menon(Hardik) and Ladies bandwagon: Sonali Kulkarni,Manjari Fadnis(Tulsi),Karishma Tanna(Unnati),Kainaat Arora(Marlo), Maryam Zakaria(Rose), Bruna Abdullah(Mary)
Director: Indra Kumar
Genre: Comedy, Adultery

 

Not worth on the set expectations and marketting. If you still insist to give it a try, you are most welcome to add to their business :)

 

Minuses:

• 'Masti' was certainly better written, better executed than this one. Hence proved, adultery alone cannot make a successful movie, you need some content as well. Every tiny bit of thing was silly, not that you dont expect silly! But c'mon now, a limit to stuffs
• The level of humor has become not only cheap but forcefully cheap. Where we have movies like 'Grand Masti', we have 'We're the Millers' as well..cant help comparing. Guys please make some quality stuff
• Bruna Abdullah cannot act..period! She aint all that hot either, why then do we have her on screen. Are there dearth of models out there!
• Music is bad bad bad. 'Masti' had a lot better music
• Direction as lame as it can be, need not explicitly say a no brainer

 

 

Lukewarm:

 

All the actors...everyone were just about fine. No one needs stupendous acting skills to perform in such movies, and if they fail to entertain, it cannot be counted as a plus

 

Pluses:

 

Momentory bulge eyed crackles as they crack some adulterated visions here and there :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

My rating: 1.5/5

Zanjeer

  

Cast: Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt,Prakash Raj,Mahie Gill
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
Genre: Crime, Action, Drama

If at all you are interested checking out how Ram Charan fairs in his debut, you may want to hit the theaters. Otherwise, please ignore

Minuses:

• I am still wondering whether this one qualifies for a humorous genre as well! The director experimented in a pathetic way in presenting this one. The overacted and humorous, no brainer angles are the biggest let down of this flick making it too difficult to bear
• Second loss is on the writer of the script. Absolutely no weight, no edge, no masala, nothing!
• Horrible music and so many unwanted songs! You would want to plug in to your ipod whenever there is an item number
• Priyanka Chopra, OMG! Please do explain what makes her sign on movies like this with such filthy, overacted scenes.Untolerable
• Mahie Gill, if i was playing any character at all in this flick, would have killed her myself. God damn irritating figure. What was she trying to prove after all!

Lukewarm:

• Prakash Raj, not as impactful. Regular stuff
• Sanjay Dutt regular again! You may safely avoid any further movies coming under Sanjay Dutt's flag until he thinks of resuming Bollywood after his release from jail

Pluses:

I guess the only credit i could have for the movie, would be to Ram Charan, however silly at times...but yet on his acting skills, he wasnt bad. You can see some confidence in there

My rating: 2/5 (Only for Ram Charan)

Riddick

  

Cast: Vin Diesel,Matt Nable(Johns),Jordi Mollà(Santana), Katee Sackhoff(Dahl)
Director: David Twohy
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller

Watch for the depiction of alien world and Vin Diesel. Rest of it is pass time

Pluses:

• The CGI is awesome and so is the cinematography.The representation of an outer world, ghastly creatures...everything is worth checking out. And this is the USP of the flick
• Vin Diesel oozing style, oozing accent! He is the only man standing from beginning to the end. This movie is made for him
• Even though the movie runs slow, you are so mesmerized by the direction of the movie, that you never feel bored. Cheers to David Twohy

Lukewarm:

• Matt Nable doesnt qualify exactly for a bad man, he is just there to give a purpose to the movie
• Jordi Mollà is a simpleton, used to lengthen the movie, thats about it
• Katee Sackhoff is just about fine, used again to add some feminish tadka

Minuses:

Script is a let down. There is never any significant content in the movie. Its more a hide and seek, and that makes it a tad less interesting. Doesnt quite act as a thriller

My rating: 3/5

Shuddh Desi Romance

 

 

 

 

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Rishi Kapoor,Vaani Kapoor
Director: Maneesh Sharma
Genre: Romance, Drama

 

A movie with a wrong message to the society. On the entertainment quotient, lessen your expectations as the movie keeps progressing

 

 

Minuses:

• Within a span of 10 years, feels like we are seeing a complete upside down in the movie making, the way Yash Raj represents romance. Remember the DDLJ days and then now this! This movie is made keeping anti marriage notion in mind. Movie with such scripts should not be released in masses, this is absolute corruption of mind against marriages. Neither Indian nor western! Quite shameful
• Second half is a drag, you start feeling fed up of the nonsense going around, playing hide and seek throughout. I dont know if emotions are really that complex and perplexing as shown in this flick

 

Lukewarm:

• Music picks up better with the visuals and context of the movie
• Ohh boy!! These many kisses!! And not so hot kisses!! Dampner! They qualify as nothing, not a smooch neither a kiss! Save me the plight!

 

 

Pluses:

• I loved Rishi Kapoor, this guy can really be anything, just anything. Though his Punjabi accent dominated Rajasthani accent, yet he is a sweetheart. Sarcastically humorous in this one is his flavor :)
• Sushant Singh Rajput is being romantic and flirty on big screens. Doesnt earn him any brownie points from the ladies for a role as etching as this :D However, could score more on the deception factor :D
• Parineeti Chopra, face of a single lady staying out of family!! Are all the girls of such kinds..specially when you represent Rajasthan!! I strongly oppose! However, a Delhite may suit well! She was good on her skills of acting nervertheless
• Vaani Kapoor is a fresh face, so much daisy! I loved her role personally, makes more sense to me anyday
• Dialogues were good and catchy, make you laugh and enjoy at a lot of instances

 

 

 

 

 

My rating: 2.5/5

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

 

 

 

 

Cast: Logan Lerman(Percy), Alexandra Daddario(Annabeth), Brandon T. Jackson(Grover),Leven Rambin(Clarisse),Douglas Smith(Tyson),Jake Abel(Luke)
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Family

 

A flick more for the kids than adults. Kids who are teenagers may find it good but certainly not for the adults

 

Minuses:

• The USP of movies of such kinds is in its CGI. This one is a thumbs down. Poor CGI, poor 3D effects
• The story is very kiddish so is the script and presentation. This movie feels like a genre somewhere between animation and adult fantasy stories

 

 

Lukewarm:

• Alexandra Daddario supposedly the female lead..but not more than a support
• Suport by Brandon T. Jackson also falls in the same category :)

 

Pluses:

• Logan Lerman was the lead of the movie. Most of the heroism gone vain in poor CGI, nevertheless, as an actor he cant be regarded bad
• Leven Rambin and Douglas Smith were more or less the second leads. Leven looked svelte and smart while Douglas was just another fantasy character and a strong support to the main lead
• Jake Abel as a teenange bad boy wasnt bad after all :)

 

 

 

 

 

My rating: 2/5

The frozen ground

 

 

 

 

Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack
Director: Scott Walker
Genre: Crime, Thriller (Based on true story)

 

Not worth the expctations.Slow paced, less engaging flick for a thriller

 

Minuses:

• Its the direction mostly to blame for. True stories cannot be re written to spicen things up. This is where the responsibilities lie mostly within the direction. Not very impressive
• Story doesnt have any mystical angle to it. You know from the beginning who is who. Hence, as it slowly progresses, you feel being dragged
• The climax also aint very impactful. It feels easy going

 

Pluses:

• If Vanessa Hudgens actaually played the character from the orginal story, she did pretty well. She not only irritated the cops, she irritated the audience as well to her best. Such a nagging, coward little b****. Absolute dud head, doesnt know whom she should count on and whom she shouldnt. I literally wanted her to die but as destiny has it, she is a lucky b**** as she lives on today. Amazing acting if this was for real
• Nicolas Cage wasnt into much of any action in this one. He kept himself grounded as a cop. He is admirable as an actor
• John Cusack, ahhhh...cant believe him doing a negative role, that of a psychopath :) Cold blooded, well played caricature :)
• The orignal story of course is ghastly and moving! What a risky job to do for those sex workers

 

 

 

 

 

My rating: 2.5/5