Pompeii

      Cast: Kit Harington(Milo), Emily Browning(Cassia), Kiefer Sutherland(Senator Corvus),Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje(Atticus),Jessica Lucas(Ariadne)

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson    

Genre: Action,History,Romance

Its an entertaining watch, from a piece inspired from history

You may look forward to:

• Beautiful casting of the city Pompeii..dream like but believe me, this city existed in history and still does in remains
• The base story musnt have required too much effort to work since it is etched from the history of Pompeii, however, the writer did a good job of entertaining the audience with good deal of gladiator fights and a romantic story underneath.What makes the movie watchable is the difference in story and presentation from first half to second
• Kit Harington, better known for TV Series than in movies, the role didnt demand any extra ordinary from stories like this, yet he delivers some good action scenes
• Emily Browning again not a very known figure, she did well on her part
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, name or family!! :) He was heroic and his part added quite a weight to the meaty action sequences :)
• Kiefer Sutherland was our regular dictator like bad man :)
• Jessica Lucas was a faithful servant and a good support
• 3D was a pleasure to watch

What you can sleep over:

The roles of Pompeii City ruler and his wife. Such puny, uninteresting and weak character sketches

The dampeners you should be aware of:

These movies are typical and doesnt really create any hype for which you expect a lot and get disappointed not meeting the quality of it. No regrets! :)

My rating: 3/5

The Monuments Men

 

 

 

 

Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett,Bill Murray(Sgt. Richard Campbell),Hugh Bonneville(Donald Jeffries),Bob Balaban(Pvt. Preston Savitz),John Goodman(Sgt. Walter Garfield),Jean Dujardin(Lt. Jean Claude Clermont)
Director:George Clooney     
Genre: History, War, Drama

 

Its a good but a slow watch! And mind you, its no Sherlock Holmes, may sound less intriguing!

 

PS: Highly recommended to sit with a bucket of popcorn, you will need it :)

 

You may look forward to:

 

• The man,George Clooney :) Director as well as the senior actor :) Not that he hasnt done movies better than this, but this man cant go wrong! Love him(With or without moustaches-as someone asked me) :P
• Matt Damon,again the roles were divided, so is attention and screen presence. He had a slight touch of the Lead hero of the movie, courtesy to the involvement of a woman in his part of the story :)
• Cate Blanchett, ohhhh does she or doesnt she look French! :) Lovely dame :) Only lady and absolute limelight, no divided attention :)
• Rest of the star cast along with the men mentioned above forms 'The monuments men', everybody as i said, have a bit of role respectively, knitted well!!
• Second half of the movie is what reaps it. Most of the action and content is in the second half

 

 

What you can sleep over:

 

Ohh well!! The pace of the movie, you may tend to lose patience, but then hold on, since there is more to come past interval

 

 

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The story i believe could have been much better presented. Its not intriguing enough. A little bit of thriller in there or mystery or puzzle solving touch, would have done wonders. Its a very subtle movie. Not to the liking of all kinds of audience
• Pretty slow, i didnt enjoy the 1st half of the movie at all
• All the actors had divided limelight to share, it doesnt build up any personal touch with any one of them, Matt Damon for instance gets completed overshadowed, so does George Clooney himself

 

 

 

My rating: 2.5/5

Highway

Cast: Randeep Hooda,Alia Bhatt

Director:Imtiaz Ali      

Genre: Drama,Romance, Crime

 

 

Feel good movie. Entertaining! Watch it for the scenic beauty and Alia Bhatt!

You may look forward to:

• Alia Bhatt, undoubtedly! I never liked this new lad on her debut. But this lad can act :) And this movie is made for her. Watch her with every meticulous expression on her face, somewhere stupid, but thats how the character is after all :) She looks small but bubbly :)
• Randeep Hooda, we would have loved some more of him. He didnt have much to do. Was easy for him wearing almost the same expression all through the movie. But we still love him :)
• Beautiful captures of the various facets of a highway, and amazing Himachal Pradesh, it tempts you! Big screens does the wonder :)
• Imtiaz Ali made a nice presentation which makes this movie worth a watch. Without him, the script was pretty much lame to carry it off alone on the shoulders of the actors
• After a long time, one movie so clean. Not a single slang, nor unnecessary sex. Though you could still say that the story demanded it, but yet it can be done without physical intimacy, and thankful to Imtiaz for giving a clean and nice watch. Fed up of obscenity

 

 

What you can sleep over:

• A.R. Rehman's music. It doesnt make any difference anymore. Boring music, nothing special. The most irritating of them was the lulla-by
• The script, is pretty loose. No Kidnapper is so cool and so easy going. If such can be the case, i would love to get kidnapped someday :P

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• The rest of the movie past Randeep Hooda is extremely slow and may tend to feel pretty boring. Though with patience, the content is good, but it easy to lose patience. Could have been a little fast paced
• The entire story is more or less impractical and more of fantasy drama. Given that, the end should have been "Happy ever after" as well. Would be more appreciated. Cant digest a practical end while the rest of the movie is almost like a fairy tale

My rating: 3.5/5 (Only for a beautiful experience that it gives)

Winter's Tale

Cast: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe,Jennifer Connelly(Virginia Gamely)

Director:Akiva Goldsman      

Genre: Drama, Fantasy,Romance

 

 

Fantasy too weird to accept. I am not sure how different audience will conceive it, but i personally cant give it a thumbs up!

You may look forward to:

• Colin Farrell. He is the only constant all through the movie. :) You cant ignore him
• Jessica Brown Findlay, is the lead lady, and she is beautiful(teeth apart) :)
• Jennifer Connelly was fine as a support

  

What you can sleep over:

Russell Crowe, never mind! He is negligibly creating any impact in here

  

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Cant appreciate any for the performances really. All of the actors were just passe
• Script is overly fantasized. Its neither kiddish nor adult for perception. Its just stupid
• The worst scene of the movie is the climax, so i dont think you have much to cherish in the rest of it :)
• It is supposed to be a romantic story, romance was just 25% of the whole story, hardly creates any touch of love

My rating: 1.5/5

Saving Mr. Banks

Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks,Colin Farrell,Annie Rose Buckley(Ginty),Ruth Wilson(Pamela's Mother),Paul Giamatti(Ralph-Pamela's chauffeur)

Director:John Lee Hancock      

Genre: Biography, History, Drama

One out of the league but a very beautiful movie. If you havent given a thought about watching this one, i strongly recommend that you should! This is what i call as a quality movie

You may look forward to: 

• Bowled over by Emma Thompson. She easily stands as appreciable a role as Caprio was appreciated for 'Wolf of Wall Street'. She portrays a pretty complicated caricature there with utter finesse and careful enactment of multiple expressions.Need i say more :)
• Tom Hanks, stands truly to the aura of the role he was enacting. You cant get that face off your mind which stands for Mr. Walt Disney
• The part of the story which was picked and then matched up to cover one aspect of the biography of "Mrs. Travers"( as she prefers to be called :) ) and also a part of the history which is the making of the film "Mary Poppins". Both the aspects made beautifully, inter woven one into another, running in parallel and an absolute delight to watch
• Colin Farrell is indeed a gray figure. Irresponsible but madly in love with his daughters. A loving father undoubtedly to punch a hole forever in the mind of a child, difficult to bear
• Annie Rose Buckley is a beautiful child and portrays the role of young 'Pamela' very graciously. She does deserve a special mention
• John Lee Hancock makes very different kind of movies, doesnt come with a guarantee of a sure shot block buster. But this one is gonna remain in you head for long to come :)
• There was this interesting supporting role of Paul Giamatti which again remains etched on your mind
• Ruth Wilson, didnt have much to do, but she was there with her presence felt

  

What you can sleep over:

You gotto have some patience and wait for John Lee Hancock to unravel the character of a complicated old woman bit by bit. The more you know about her, the more you like her. But the key to it is patience :)

  

The dampeners you should be aware of:

Absolutely nothing

  

My rating: 4/5

Robocop

Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton,Samuel L. Jackson,Abbie Cornish

Director:José Padilha     

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Crime

Entertaining watch. You will get all the spices of a typical action flick of the sci-fi genre!


You may look forward to:

• Joel Kinnaman, as undoubtedly the man of the movie. Partially behind the mask and partially not, he reminds you a lot to Batman when he is behind those wheels. He is prone to damage and he is  controlled by others. Yet he is heroic and keeps you glued to the screen
• You have a script there which is mostly anarchic and completely sci-fi,eye brow raising technology but undoubtedly entertaining :)
• Gary Oldman, our scientist, good in nature but under pressure from the big wigs to create something which he may not himself approve of. He did his job :)
• Michael Keaton is the bad man that we have.Hungry for money and adamant at establishing his idea putting the security of human at jeopardy
• Abbie Cornish, did a good job. She was all that she could do in her jurisdiction :)

What you can sleep over:

Samuel L. Jackson, rather aggressive for a TV host, you wonder why he keeps emphasizing on what he believes instead of being unbiased and reporting as a TV Host

  

The dampeners you should be aware of:

He overrides the priorities of the system he is programmed with. How!!! Never explained!

  

My rating: 3/5

Her

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson(Samantha),Rooney Mara(Catherine)

Director:Spike Jonze    

Genre: Sci-Fi,Romance, Drama

Concept which is different but presentation that is depressing. I personally didnt like the story


You may look forward to:

• Technical aspects. You can see not a very distant future there. How life will be inseparably connected to gadgets
• Acting prowess, notably Joaquin Phoenix. Yes he did well to what was assigned to him. He managed to drive me depressed after the movie, pertaining to his depression in the movie :P
• I must admit, Scarlett Johansson did a fab job. Even though she wasnt physically acting in it, her voice felt not less than the person herself. She feels no less than real. Hats off!
• Amy Adams and Rooney Mara had short supportive role, which were good in their own stands
• The movie has slight touch of humor here and there, keeps you going

What you can sleep over:

The pace of the movie. Its pretty slow. You may survive it if you are intrigued by it

The dampeners you should be aware of:

• This one felt on the similar lines of "Guzaarish". In short, depressing. Yes, it is true...we are all headed to a lifestyle which is lonely. Gadgets, technology are dependencies, undoubtedly and yes may be they are even replacing the regular human touch, and transforming everything online. But we are not bunch of depressed souls. There are many reasons to live fuller and on high notes, even if you live alone in a world with less real acquaintances or companions. 

          Presenting a story which is outright depressing in its soul of it, is just not fair. We dont want to see or know stories of some fella who doesnt enjoy life. We want to watch who can fill us with more life, make us more hopeful, help us cherish life. I strongly detest movies of this kinds

• I couldnt really accept the weird, not very well explained end of the flick.

  

My rating: Story/Presentation: 2/5
                   Technical aspect: 3/5