7 Days (Les 7 jours du talion) French Film - " To Face a monster , life turns you into one "
When we search for some other movies , out of luck you would hit on to some hidden treasure and this movie is perfectly that kind. After watching Prisoners movie i been always in search of similar movies with same intense storyline and gripping screenplay and i must say my search has won with a grandeur prize.
This movie starts off with a simple notion covering life of a small family consisting of a husband who works as a doctor , wife who works in art gallery and a school going kid. Following is how their life shatters to pieces when a pedophile rapes and murders their girl brutally which shocks entire town and off-course their parents. Unlike other parents , here he decides to avenge for this only child's death by plotting the kidnap of the murderer who gets caught in police and then torturing him as needed for Seven days to satisfy their anger feeling as if they owe it to their child . 7th day would fall exactly on their kid's birthday who is no more because of a maniac and what would his dad do to the murderer on 7th day would be the end result. Okay this is core plot and anything more will spoil the beauty of it.
This movie perfectly tests the human emotions and i believe there are 50% of torture scenes were edited out considering the graphic nature of it. It may sound like some slasher film but its not , though at times the intensity of torture goes beyond a acceptable limit yet this film allows us to empathize on the pain parents are going through and also leaves us puzzling if the act of torture is acceptable or not and if vengeance will be answer for everything. Director has perfectly played it in our minds to really question our-self that at end of the film whether to approve his actions or not and thats were this movie succeeds greatly. This movie will be a nightmare to any pedophile out there and a warning message to them not to mess with any parents by taking them lightly.
There is a trivia too that There is no music in the entire movie, not even during the end credits and also the doctor wont even speak a word to the murderer at any time, yet the intensity of the movie is damn terrific. This is one kind of movie definitely not to be missed. This will also be similar like the other movie " The Horseman " , " Last house on the left " but this will easily come into top 10 Revenge based flicks. This movie not suggested for weak hearted and i believe there will a uncut director version also there somewhere. Happy watching
Oculus ( 2014 ) - " You see what it wants you to see "
A Decent horror flick in recent times. Film starts normal as some paranormal investigation movie but it immediately switches its mode to a mind bending movie just like watching 1408 Movie. Total movie revolves around a haunted mirror which believed to have killed many people past few centuries. So this movie is a attempt to reveal its power to the world but ending in vain becoming a victim of their own experiment. Though there is one part of me still not satisfied with the horror content in the film but apart from that this is definitely a scary movie for its haunting creepy sound effects and breathtaking editing with many cut shot notions while the mirror movies the people back and forth to the real & imaginary world. This will not be among top best flicks but will definitely be a worth watch once....!! I bet watching this movie in a Tab at night with a stereo in-ear headphones will be more creepy then watching it in theater. Don't miss this film
Confession of Murder (2012) Korean :-
Nice , one more good movie adds up to my list.... A Very good movie based on revenge and how a serial killer been tracked down by family of the victims he killed and how justice is served to that cold blooded killer forms the core plot. Though the movie is not that intense like memories of murder or i saw the devil but still this has its own catchy points in it. At times some things are unacceptable and feels way out of logic but besides that this is a clean and decent Korean must watch thriller with good twist and turns. Dont miss it.
Nice , one more good movie adds up to my list.... A Very good movie based on revenge and how a serial killer been tracked down by family of the victims he killed and how justice is served to that cold blooded killer forms the core plot. Though the movie is not that intense like memories of murder or i saw the devil but still this has its own catchy points in it. At times some things are unacceptable and feels way out of logic but besides that this is a clean and decent Korean must watch thriller with good twist and turns. Dont miss it.
Vallinam ( 2014 ) Tamil
Though it is underrated , i liked this movie somewhat. I feel its a better sports film compared to some worthless sport movies released recently. And more over Nakul body-language felt different and positive , i dont see those awkward facial reaction from nakul anymore and i guess its a work hard done by director to mold actor in such a way. A decent friendship , sports , college life and romance based movie . Irrespective of that i feel the close of the movie , the ending felt as if it was rushed to climax without any proper finishing leaving lose ends as it is. Such sports movies need to come more often so it can promote other sports , inspire youngsters to chose different sports line and not just cricket as always. Good movie and it worth watching once.
Though it is underrated , i liked this movie somewhat. I feel its a better sports film compared to some worthless sport movies released recently. And more over Nakul body-language felt different and positive , i dont see those awkward facial reaction from nakul anymore and i guess its a work hard done by director to mold actor in such a way. A decent friendship , sports , college life and romance based movie . Irrespective of that i feel the close of the movie , the ending felt as if it was rushed to climax without any proper finishing leaving lose ends as it is. Such sports movies need to come more often so it can promote other sports , inspire youngsters to chose different sports line and not just cricket as always. Good movie and it worth watching once.
The Fifth Estate (2013)
A Best political thriller covering the real events and rise of Wiki leak founder Julian Asange was wonderfully portrayed in this film. Its our Sherlock Mr.Benedict Cumberbatch who gives life to this character and keeps the momentum going. He is definitely a brilliant actor and performs is role damn cool. The real struggle in bringing out the truth to the people and at same time the problems involved in doing so are nicely captured. This movie is for those who love to watch movies based on true events and i personally liked it much. Its recommended to watch " We steal the secrets " documentary also if you liked this movie
Homefront (2013)
Yet another perfect action packed movie from Jason Statham. Never knew screenplay was by Sylvester Stallone and its written all over it with a good pacy script. A undercover agent goes through trouble in getting a bikers Drug peddling gang arrested by ratting them out and what follows is a feud with them n how he keeps his daughter safe from all the death treats he is in falls the story. The last scene when he says " i will be waiting " is damn goosebumps. This may not be top best from Jason but still this is a must one time watch for action movie likers. Dont miss it.
Yet another perfect action packed movie from Jason Statham. Never knew screenplay was by Sylvester Stallone and its written all over it with a good pacy script. A undercover agent goes through trouble in getting a bikers Drug peddling gang arrested by ratting them out and what follows is a feud with them n how he keeps his daughter safe from all the death treats he is in falls the story. The last scene when he says " i will be waiting " is damn goosebumps. This may not be top best from Jason but still this is a must one time watch for action movie likers. Dont miss it.
Kochadaiiyan ( 2014 ) - " Failed attempt in disguise but one word takes it to the success line "
This is not the first time or this is not gonna be the last time , may the generations change or any technology be born but one man , one success mantra which decides fate of a cinema no matter how good or bad a movie is....its none other then Superstar or Thalaivar a mantra chanted every corner of tamilnadu from a school going kid to a aged retired person. This movie is no different and Rajinikanth with his strong shoulder carries the entire movie on it and he did succeed in getting a blockbuster houseful opening. Movie starts with all new title card Super star rajinikanth with a tuned up Background music gave a complete goosebumps and was damn perfect.
Okay above said factors are said as a Thalaivar fan but lets now get into the actual movie facts.Felt the Opening intro for thalaivar was way ordinary then what we normally expect from his movie. Be it the jumping from one cliff of a mountain in horse or jumping from top of a tower to save the king was way out of logic's..but if at all we considered this logic's or gravity rules..will we still be his fan ? No filmy rules book applies here. But we accept that and sometimes we need to see the brighter side of the movie. Okay...!! As most of us know by now that this movie was the first to introduce motion capture to our industry . When Rana was introduced , the way the character was designed was way out of normal and felt as if it was no more our thalaivar there on the screen. Skin toning , teeth coloring or facial recreation was way worst to even give us the feel of watching rajini in screen and may be why Rana intro didn't give much impact to me. More over the lip sync was horrible too and the animation speed was way too slow as if playing a PC game on a windows 98 Computer. But yes we got to forget that fact , convince ourself and continue watching the movie with all the hope in the world.
His pair Deepika was worst ever irritating and the most disgusting character to even watch was Yamuna devi , sister of rana. Not sure why they induced more pain to the wound , there are hundreds of close up shot of yamuna devi giving a vomiting sensation all through. Now comes the next fun part..Sarath kumar...if it wasnt the voice...there will not be one who can identify him as sarath kumar , worst ever Character creation i must say. The only two faces some what recognizable was Nazer and sobana , rest all is a guess game only.But good thing happened to this technology introduction is that they brought Nagesh sir again alive and it was so nice to see the legend again alive on the screen. Thanks to the makers for it for deciding him to bring to life.
When everything was going horrible , there came the second half and kochadaiyan father character to the rescue..I must say this is the savior of the film. It was damn cool how Kochadaiyan looked or even how that Rudra thandavam was made. This is the one character which gave us the Rajini feel and the dialogues , acting or that Fight at the ship was all damn cool. Loved this character very much and only this character. And more better Sena ( 3rd Rajini character ) in the end , was so cool but i guess thats left to the sequel for more details. Dialogues were intense and some to mention are the dialogues when Rana talks to the King in jail " adhey Ratham appadi thaan irukum " or on the climax fight scene.. " Nadikiradhu nuu mudivu panniyachi..appuram pagal yenna iravu yenna.. " These are just few but there are so many which will give you complete satisfaction watching Rajini film.
Forget the worst ever made irking visuals , think you are hearing this movie audio on a player ..i bet you will definitely love it to the core , because if you remove the visual factor this movie is the best and damn cool. Though the father son revenge movie are prominently seen and normal , still the way the movie was handled was definitely good and deserves a stand up applause to KSR for giving such a magical screenplay. Irrespective of the fact that the visuals do not support the film , KSR write up and Rajini acting moves the movie forward atleast it felt better when everything else felt so worst. ARR Music was damn cool and i cant say the BGM was best but it well supported the movie for sure. Though i feel the placement of songs at second half was unnecessary dragging the movie a bit more impacting the phase of the movie. Still the run time of the entire movie was just 1:50 hrs only so that gives us a saving hand and prevents viewers from boredom .
Irrespective of the fact that Rajini's daughter used her fathers name 'n' fame as a Trump card for this movie , Still she deserves all the credits for this daring attempt to bring the technology to our industry. At the same time , dont miss to watch the End credits bloopers for the hard-work the technical team has put on to bring this movie to life. Its definitely not a easy task to perform acting on a closed door wearing the suit for the motion capture and to act in a imaginary medium , but the team has pulled through it and that should not be gone unnoticed. Yes they brought the technology to India is one thing...but how well they presented it to the audience falls another part and i feel they all failed in the way they presented as it was very very poor CG works i must say. Many might be telling if this movie could have been made in as a real movie instead of animation , but considering the way the movie is and Thalaivars age n health , this would have been a herculean task for him and even would have spoiled his health if he would have decided that way. So its quiet understandable which also a factor need to be realized by his fans. But still , when you are able to create Nazer's face match so close why not the same done for other characters . Not sure if i could accept the blame that it was due to cost factor or the lack of involvement from the technical team to work harder to bring the characters close to real. That would still be a question which none will take any responsibility as there is a easy reason to keep blaming the lack of Cost to spend on the quality.
Saying all this....you might be asking whether i liked this movie or not.... Well thats a way too hypothetical question , because i liked this movie so much in parts irrespective of the fact i hated First half visuals totally. Everyone say that we need to encourage this new technology and that this movie needs to be celebrated...so this leaves a question in my mind that if the same movie the main character of rajinikanth replaced by vadivelu or abbas or prasanth , will people still celebrate the technology ? Why are we not open to admit that its the Rajini factor which pulls audience as a magnet to the theaters but not the introduction of technology. And as a rajini fan , ignoring some things , excluding some expectations , convincing myself at few things , adjusting myself at specific areas i did enjoy this movie and this is definitely a one time watch for sure at-least . This statement is as a Fan but if you are one normal movie buff , then i might have to revisit my above statement because its a try , a attempt which definitely accepted and noticed , but a failed attempt for sure in eyes of general audience.
This movie opened a gateway to new technology and i hope we will develop better movies from here on...and this Movie also leaves a way to its sequel ,so lets expect the team correct their mistakes and bring us a crystal clear experience. Above said is all my opinion only...
This is not the first time or this is not gonna be the last time , may the generations change or any technology be born but one man , one success mantra which decides fate of a cinema no matter how good or bad a movie is....its none other then Superstar or Thalaivar a mantra chanted every corner of tamilnadu from a school going kid to a aged retired person. This movie is no different and Rajinikanth with his strong shoulder carries the entire movie on it and he did succeed in getting a blockbuster houseful opening. Movie starts with all new title card Super star rajinikanth with a tuned up Background music gave a complete goosebumps and was damn perfect.
Okay above said factors are said as a Thalaivar fan but lets now get into the actual movie facts.Felt the Opening intro for thalaivar was way ordinary then what we normally expect from his movie. Be it the jumping from one cliff of a mountain in horse or jumping from top of a tower to save the king was way out of logic's..but if at all we considered this logic's or gravity rules..will we still be his fan ? No filmy rules book applies here. But we accept that and sometimes we need to see the brighter side of the movie. Okay...!! As most of us know by now that this movie was the first to introduce motion capture to our industry . When Rana was introduced , the way the character was designed was way out of normal and felt as if it was no more our thalaivar there on the screen. Skin toning , teeth coloring or facial recreation was way worst to even give us the feel of watching rajini in screen and may be why Rana intro didn't give much impact to me. More over the lip sync was horrible too and the animation speed was way too slow as if playing a PC game on a windows 98 Computer. But yes we got to forget that fact , convince ourself and continue watching the movie with all the hope in the world.
His pair Deepika was worst ever irritating and the most disgusting character to even watch was Yamuna devi , sister of rana. Not sure why they induced more pain to the wound , there are hundreds of close up shot of yamuna devi giving a vomiting sensation all through. Now comes the next fun part..Sarath kumar...if it wasnt the voice...there will not be one who can identify him as sarath kumar , worst ever Character creation i must say. The only two faces some what recognizable was Nazer and sobana , rest all is a guess game only.But good thing happened to this technology introduction is that they brought Nagesh sir again alive and it was so nice to see the legend again alive on the screen. Thanks to the makers for it for deciding him to bring to life.
When everything was going horrible , there came the second half and kochadaiyan father character to the rescue..I must say this is the savior of the film. It was damn cool how Kochadaiyan looked or even how that Rudra thandavam was made. This is the one character which gave us the Rajini feel and the dialogues , acting or that Fight at the ship was all damn cool. Loved this character very much and only this character. And more better Sena ( 3rd Rajini character ) in the end , was so cool but i guess thats left to the sequel for more details. Dialogues were intense and some to mention are the dialogues when Rana talks to the King in jail " adhey Ratham appadi thaan irukum " or on the climax fight scene.. " Nadikiradhu nuu mudivu panniyachi..appuram pagal yenna iravu yenna.. " These are just few but there are so many which will give you complete satisfaction watching Rajini film.
Forget the worst ever made irking visuals , think you are hearing this movie audio on a player ..i bet you will definitely love it to the core , because if you remove the visual factor this movie is the best and damn cool. Though the father son revenge movie are prominently seen and normal , still the way the movie was handled was definitely good and deserves a stand up applause to KSR for giving such a magical screenplay. Irrespective of the fact that the visuals do not support the film , KSR write up and Rajini acting moves the movie forward atleast it felt better when everything else felt so worst. ARR Music was damn cool and i cant say the BGM was best but it well supported the movie for sure. Though i feel the placement of songs at second half was unnecessary dragging the movie a bit more impacting the phase of the movie. Still the run time of the entire movie was just 1:50 hrs only so that gives us a saving hand and prevents viewers from boredom .
Irrespective of the fact that Rajini's daughter used her fathers name 'n' fame as a Trump card for this movie , Still she deserves all the credits for this daring attempt to bring the technology to our industry. At the same time , dont miss to watch the End credits bloopers for the hard-work the technical team has put on to bring this movie to life. Its definitely not a easy task to perform acting on a closed door wearing the suit for the motion capture and to act in a imaginary medium , but the team has pulled through it and that should not be gone unnoticed. Yes they brought the technology to India is one thing...but how well they presented it to the audience falls another part and i feel they all failed in the way they presented as it was very very poor CG works i must say. Many might be telling if this movie could have been made in as a real movie instead of animation , but considering the way the movie is and Thalaivars age n health , this would have been a herculean task for him and even would have spoiled his health if he would have decided that way. So its quiet understandable which also a factor need to be realized by his fans. But still , when you are able to create Nazer's face match so close why not the same done for other characters . Not sure if i could accept the blame that it was due to cost factor or the lack of involvement from the technical team to work harder to bring the characters close to real. That would still be a question which none will take any responsibility as there is a easy reason to keep blaming the lack of Cost to spend on the quality.
Saying all this....you might be asking whether i liked this movie or not.... Well thats a way too hypothetical question , because i liked this movie so much in parts irrespective of the fact i hated First half visuals totally. Everyone say that we need to encourage this new technology and that this movie needs to be celebrated...so this leaves a question in my mind that if the same movie the main character of rajinikanth replaced by vadivelu or abbas or prasanth , will people still celebrate the technology ? Why are we not open to admit that its the Rajini factor which pulls audience as a magnet to the theaters but not the introduction of technology. And as a rajini fan , ignoring some things , excluding some expectations , convincing myself at few things , adjusting myself at specific areas i did enjoy this movie and this is definitely a one time watch for sure at-least . This statement is as a Fan but if you are one normal movie buff , then i might have to revisit my above statement because its a try , a attempt which definitely accepted and noticed , but a failed attempt for sure in eyes of general audience.
This movie opened a gateway to new technology and i hope we will develop better movies from here on...and this Movie also leaves a way to its sequel ,so lets expect the team correct their mistakes and bring us a crystal clear experience. Above said is all my opinion only...
The Amazing Spiderman 2 ( 2014 ) :-
First thing first...watching any superhero movie in a IMAX screen will always look extraordinary and this movie is no exception. But that said first half of movie did have a brilliant visuals and mind blowing stunt sequences but it didnot last for long. Not sure who picked up Andrew garfield to play as peter parker but seems its a dumb choice made as he knows no acting and horrible expressions everywhere which never looked natural. May be he is been saved by the mask he wears but off the mask he is literally injustice to the character. Seems only Tobey Maguire who could bring the real spiderman feel . This movie length is long and I felt th first half was somewhat better but as it went not it was totally doesnt make any sense and felt as if they wanted to drag a movie for name sake. Spidy dad would upload a data to Roosevelt and almost half the movie they keep it as big secret but when we really come to know at second half , you might not control ur laugh . Also spidy step mother will tell a secret to peter when he compells..wow a mind-blowing secret it was..felt just crap. Also the last scene when a robot tried to attack police , people would be standing around and clapping as if watching a cricket match is pure nonsence and same would happen during electro introduction. So if you just want to watch a superhero movie just for visuals and not giving importance to logics or story thrn go for it.
Overall there are so many scenes which didnot addup and spending 600Rs per ticket for this movie is no worth. No value for money.
The Objective ( 2008 ) :-
One of wonderful thriller movie kinda documentary type not completely though but sure is a very engaging film from start. I seen this movie long time back and couldnt realize at first time i looked at it couple of weeks back but when i tried watching it , i was able to recollect this osm movie which deals with unexplained phenomenon happened in Afgan mountains. Its about the Vimanas which is largely spoken in Hindu mythology and it was gossiped that there was a 5000 year old vinama which was found beneath mountains of Afghanistan and unexplained disappearance of all soldiers who went in search of it. Though the actual theory is quite different , in this film there are vinmas flying all around the mountains but not beneath it and also this movie also explains the strange things the soldiers seen or experienced during their hiking through mountains in search of hot spot. I would highly recommend this movie but before that do spend some time in search of real articles about vinamas in Afghanistan to understand it better which will greatly help while watching this movie. This is one excellent movie not to be missed....
Reference link : http://jimmyprophet.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/vimana-ufo-found-in-cave-in-afghanistan/
Sakula vimana , sundara vinama and even we see so many vimanas in top of temple dome .These are very limited or rare movies which talks about it and those who are really interested in knowing more about this legend can watch and have fun.
