vantage point

Long time since I wrote any blog. Its a long time since I watched any movie worth a blog. Vantage point is a good movie, especially I liked the way it was narrated. It shows 5 different views of a single murder sequence and each time explaining a little further in the story. Although I liked the direction, I found the movie lacking in the story line. Its only the direction which makes it watchable, else it would have been a boring movie. It could have been made much better...

300

Long awaited movie review after a long time :)

This is an all out war story. This is acutally a story book adaptation. It is a story about a group of 300 people fight aganist an army of a few lakhs who have come to invade their country. Wonderful computer graphics makes the movie worth the money. Many people liked the movie but somehow I felt there was something missing in it.

First of all the movie is narrated in a story book style. Some may like this as it is different from the normal way the movie is presented. In a movie you are supposed to show the actions that you try to imagine in a book, which is the basic difference between a book and a movie. You repeat the same dialogs as in the book is something absurd. Just imagine this when the war is going on and the son of the captain dies you hear a background dialog saying " the way in which the captain was fighting after seeing his dead son was something even the enemy feared". The same could have been shown in the form of actions... the enemy army being shown with fear in their eyes after looking at the captain's fury.

The war scenes are fantanstic. But the same being repeated for a long time is what I felt was boring. At any point of time you dont feel attached to the movie. Basically the fact that 300 people are sacrificing their lives for their country isnt captured properly. For those who appreciate the special effects in the movie may like it. Overall its a movie watchable but could have been made much better.

Blood diamond

One of the very good movies that I have watched in recent times. The story is set in sierra leaon. This is a real life story of that country that touches the heart. The movie is very well directed and some excellent performances by the actors.

The country has large deposits of diamond. There exist no proper government control. Most of the parts of the country is controlled by the rebels who smuggle the diamonds to the neighbouring country and make money. These rebels make use of the poor people of the country for mining and are treated in very inhuman conditions. The story is narrated by a english journalist, who wants to expose the state of the country to the western world; a diamond smuggler and a normal civilian of the country, who by luck discovers a big diamond.

This may sound like a normal movie but I particularly like the way its directed which makes you think, are the diamonds really worth buying. Its coz of you so many people die...

There is a mention of India in the movie. They have mentioned India as the place where the smuggled diamonds are polished and mixed with other diamonds. I couldnt understand why India had to be drawn into all this. India is still a good market for diamonds. Maybe its time we stopped buyin diamonds and also all other precious stones...

Dhoom 2

AAAh finally I am watched Dhoom... it took me an entire day to get the tickets of this movie. Right from the morning I was struggling to get the tickets, finally at 7.00 in the evening got the tickets for the second show :D

Dhoom boasts about its star cast as the best in bollywood and its shows. The movie is basically made for Hritik and he performs a wonderful role. Ashwairya and Bipasha are at their best. Abhishek is typically wasted and uday chopra is a joke. The songs which was very good part1 in Dhoom2 you can find only remixes.

The initial part of the movie where hritik jumps onto the train, the sequence is very good even tho I couldnt understand what he was trying to do there ;) the different ways in which he robs was very creative. Right from the start Hritik mania takes over and keeps on the edge of the seat. This was supposed to be a cop-thief story and thats exactly what you get. There are many sequences where you feel that the director has tried to copy some of the hollywood movies like MI2 but at other times its just as funny. The movie has a few good twists and turns which makes you think why the movie doesnt have a proper story. Aishwarya has tried to look very sexy which i dont think suits well to her but the hritik-ash pair looks wonderful. Bipasha is sizzling hot... Overall the movie is very good. Defineatly worth watchin...

lage raho

lage raho munnabhai the sequel of MBBS does better than the first one. Some of the dialogs are worth watching. its a wonderfully crafted movie. normally you never expect the sequel of the movie to do better than the previous one but this one is exceptional. The characters munnabhai n circuit make the perfect combination.

I would say that this is just another movie along the trend set by rang de basanthi. it marked a new era in indian cinema. how you can use the ides of popular historical figures in your everyday life. lage raho did a step better by including comedy along with the theme of the movie.

if you havent seen it yet then go watch it now :D