Showing posts with label Prasoon Joshi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prasoon Joshi. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 March 2009

Movie Review: Valkyrie, Delhi-6 and Milk


A riveting drama based on a true story of the final known assassination attempt to kill Adolf Hitler, the film unfolds in breathtaking suspense, a kind of atmosphere Director Bryan Singer created so memorably in The Usual Suspects. The end result may not be a classic, but it still works. Worth a watch.



Killed by a shallow and contrived script that irritates whenever the 'Monkey Man' comes into picture, Delhi-6 gets too engrossed in its metaphors and symbolic gestures. The performances by the cast are splendid though, great songs by AR Rahman and Rakyesh Mehra does create some engaging scenes, but in totality the movie doesn't connect.



A man sits alone by a table in a dark room, presses the record button of his tape and starts to speak,"This tape has to be played on the account of my death, either by assassination or otherwise." Thus begins Gus Van Saint's Milk, an engrossing take on the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person in the US to be elected to an official government post.Go for it.

Monday, 5 January 2009

Movie Review: Ghajini: A great idea wasted in formula


So what should a good movie be like?

For me, it is how well the director is able to communicate to the audience with sincerity and creative liberty, the story and the screenplay. Communicate, by cutting down on elements that are part of the film just because they have 'gone well with the audience' in the past. 
OK, don't yawn...

Ghajini (remake or not) has a great cinematic idea - a man with short-term memory (15 min, to be precise) searching for the killers of his lover. Its execution? A mix of refreshing comic and romantic scenes, repulsive presentation of violence, indulgence in the illogical - the hero beating numerous goons ( the villains never carry guns) in stylised fight sequences, a needlessly loud background score ( where silence would have worked better), and a couple of pleasing songs by A R Rahman. 

Aamir and Asin act their parts with conviction, so if you are strictly admirers of great acting, go for it, otherwise Ghajini is a mindless entertainer. Maybe you can watch the first half for the endearing chemistry between the lead pair and hear the rest of the tale from a friend...

Saturday, 27 December 2008

'Ghajini' reviewed by Rajeev Masand of CNN IBN


One of Aamir's six looks for the song sequence - Behka

I tried catching the latest Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini at the nearest theaters but they are all housefull until next week. So here is the link to noted CNN IBN TV channel film critic Rajeev Masand's review of the same who does this show called NOW SHOWING every Friday evening on the channel.
Here is the link to the transcript, that is...
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-verdict-ghajini-is-dumb-and-celebrates-it/81344-8.html

Wednesday, 25 July 2007