Monday, 29 August 2022

Vikram, Dobara, The Batman, Om

Watched three movies as mentioned above.

Vikram

  • This movie was watched on Disney+ Hotstar.
  • I liked the movie.
  • The secret of a good movie or series is to make it all believable.
  • Vikram is that kind of movie.
  • All the action sequences make you believe that what they have shown is possible.
  • Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Vinod Jose and Fahadh Faasil all play good roles.
  • I would say it is the role of lifetime for them.
     

Dobara

  • This movie was watched on big screen.
  • I liked the movie.
  • Classic movie shows this kind of story is Frequency and it is linked to Northern Lights.
  • Rest of the movies can only be like copies of the original.

The Batman

  • This movie was watched on Prime Video.
  • I thought this movie is perfectly made.
  • I mean like all scenes were necessary and required for the director to convey the story.
  • The purpose of the movie is to show that Batman becomes an orphan when his parents are killed.
  • In this movie that history is analysed and so the audience does not feel sad for the fact that Batman becomes orphan when he was young.
  • The city gets flooded in the movie and lot of cleanup required towards the end including the corruption which has infected the society.

Rastrakavach OM

  • This movie was watched on Zee5.
  • This movie and Vikram should be compared.
  • Vikram movie makes impossible action believable.
  • This movie makes impossible action unbelievable.
  • I mean Aditya Roy Kapur has gone amazing transformantion and has done a lot of effort.
  • Shot in Armenia as well.
  • But something is missing.
  • Why movies succeed and some fail no one knows the formula else all would be giving out hits.

Tuesday, 23 August 2022

Shamshera, Nope, Get Out, Texas Chainsaw, Raksha Bandhan

Watched four movies as mentioned above.

Shamshera

  • This movie is too good. Watched on Amazon Prime Video.
  • The role played by Ranvir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt among others is too good.
  • Ranvir Kapoor weapon of choice is too good. It is like Turgut's weapon.
  • I felt the Samshera weapon is bigger than Turgut weapon.
  • Sanjay Dutt role is like the Sanjay Dutt we have always known.
  • Recent roles of Sanjay Dutt like Samraat Prithviraj does not capture the true essence of his personality.
  • The reason for the failure can be analysed.
  • The area shown is Rajputana but resembles North West Frontier Province or Afghanistan.
  • If the area could have resembled somewhat jungles of Eastern or Western Ghats like RRR movie then the case would have been different.
  • But then racial profile of the tribes would have been different.
  • Now they resemble Pathans but are Hindus like actual Raj Kapoor or Sunil Dutt families are. They are Pathans but Hindus.
  • And Indians felt opposite of this movie.
  • This is why the movie is great.
  • Because I felt this movie is like opposite of Kesari movie which came out in 2019. 
  • In Kesari we saw Afghan tribes fighting British Empire and Sikh soldiers. And they were heroes.
  • Here we saw Shamshera's tribes becoming slaves in a fort and fighting British and British Indian soldiers including Sikh foot soldiers.

Nope

  • This movie was watched on big screen.
  • Too good creature effects.
  • I felt people who have spent decades there without knowing such a creature exists is impossible.
  • Or maybe the creature resembling an UFO got more and more hungry.
  • We just don't know.
  • All I can say the movie is worth watching on big screen to get the creature and sound effects.
     

Get Out

  • This movie where black people are hypnotized and used as slaves (or perhaps organs used for rejuvenating old and diseased people they have not shown in the movie though) is must watch.
  • If not killed for organ harvesting we cannot account for hundreds of missing blacks.
  • Watched on Amazon Prime video.

Texas Chainsaw

  • This is the 2013 of the Texas Chainsaw franchise.
  • Watched on Amazon Prime Video.
  • It shows the family side of the "leatherface" and it shows why family matters.
  • Ultimately Leatherface lives and the enemies who are vigilantes are killed one by one.
  • Not immediately but over the course of several years.

Raksha Bandhan

  • This movie was watched on big screen.
  • Good clean movie.
  • I think this movie should have been set sometime in past like two or three decades ago.
  • As dowry was very much prevalent in the society.
  • If director would have made that way then the movie could have succeeded.
  • But if he has set in present then audience would not accept it as dowry is not that prevalent in the society as per my understanding.
  • But good way to pass time if you have nothing better to day.
  • Good clean Indian family drama set in the heart of Old Delhi.

Lal Sing Chadda, Halloween, Ertugrul

Watched several movies over last few days as mentioned above.

Lal Sing Chaddha

  • This movie was watched on big screen.
  • I found the movie okay but it failed on box office.
  • I think I know why it failed.
  • The reason could be the way the hero strikes conversation with stranger on the train. It doesn't happen like that in real life.
  • Also he is a multi millionaire and why he needs to travel in 2ns class train is not understandable.
  • The wide diversity of roles played by Aamir Khan was too much for the audience.
  • Also the Chaddi-Baniyan (underwear) businessman from South India had no meaning being in the Army where his life could be extinguished anytime. Why he joined that is the big question.
  • But the stunning visual of India Gate when Aamir Khan and Kareena Kappor walk around the monument looks too good on the big screen and that makes it worth it.

Halloween

  • This original 1978 movie was watched on Amazon Prime Video.
  • I know it has many sequels.
  • But the fact you can watch it from beginning makes it worthwhile.
  • Masked serial killer gave rise to many copycats like Scream franchise and others.
  • Wherever serial killers arise you have to look at Michael Myers for inspiration.

Ertugrul Season 4

  • Last I had watched till Episode 87
  • Surprisingly on Episode 87 itself, Ogedai Khan dies.
  • Once Ogedai Khan dies, The Mongols and Noyan declare the agreement between Ogedai and Ertugrul as representative of Seljuk State as null and void.
  • They are after Ertugruls blood but somehow Ertugrul manages to escape and meanwhile after return to his tribe Ertugrul signs peace treaty with the Nicaea Emperor who has sent his son as envoy.
  • Ertugrul also reveals that he never intended to betray the Seljuk state but do peace with Ogedai Khan to buy some time and regroup.
  • Ertugrul has himself crossed the sea to reach Ogedai Khan which means he has gone to Crimea crossing Black sea and met Ogedai there.
  • Ogedai Khan's son comes to Desh-i-Kipchek becomes successor of Mongols and declares one commander of China operations and makes Noyan incharge of Anatolia and declares himself as ruler of Desh-i-Kipchak which is nothing but present day Ukraine.
  • Towards the end Ertugrul and his people begin migration to Sogut which was given to them by the Sultan Keykubad and they have also made peace with Emperor of Nikaea.
  • Noyan meanwhile is making plans for massive invasion of Anatolia.
  • So concludes Season 4. And now Season 5 is to begin

Saturday, 13 August 2022

Old, Prithviraj, Hlloween, Ertugrul, Morbius, Tall Grass, Indian Predator

Watched several movies and series as mentioned above.

Old

  • This movie was watched on Amazon Prime Video.
  • I liked the movie
  • How people grow old in a particular beach in one island is shown.
  • And they are used as guinea pigs for medical experiment that is sown.

Samraat Prithviraj

  • This movie was shown in Amazon Prime Video and watched.
  • I liked the movie.
  • The movie failed because its shows "Indian failure".
  • Indians will not tolerate "failure" and hence this bombed in box office.

Halloween Kills

  • This movie was seen on Amazon Prime Video.
  • It shows Michael Myers the deadly serial killer in action.
  • I liked the movie.
  • Worth watching according to me.

Ertugrul Episode 87

  • Last I had seen till Episode 84
  • By Episode 87, Ertugrul has met Ogedai Khan and surprisingly decided to join forces with Ogedai Khan and Noyan.
  • He is convinced that Seljuk Empire is a "dying empire".
  • Many Turks have joined Ogedai.
  • If they don't join forces they face shedding "rivers of blood" and face obliteration according to the Mongols.
  • Three more episodes to go in Season 4 and still Season 5 to go.

Morbius

  • This is superb movie trust me.
  • It shows a scientist who does experiment to cure him of a dreaded and fatal disease and trust me no one could have portrayed the character quite nicely as Jared Leto.
  • Movie is far better than the trailer.
  • Worth watching according to me.

In the Tall Grass

  • This movie was watched on Netflix.
  • This movie shows how people get lost in grasslands with little hope of rescue and escape.
  • Actually this movie carries a hidden message and that is against abortion and idol worship.
  • Movie is worth watching according to me.

Indian Predator : The Butcher of Delhi

  • Watched on Netflix
  • A terrifying story of a serial killer in Delhi.
  • Actually the killer is caught by end of episode 1 and 2 and the third and final episode even before it begins one wonders what they will show in third episode.
  • Then the terrifying story is unraveled in third episode.
  • It is revealed that the killer may have killed more than seven people. Perhaps dozens more.
  • Though they have identified the killer as "Bihari migrant", truth is whether he is Bihari or not does not matter.
  • Racial profiling does not matter. The fact the story is real and ethnicity does not matter.
  • That is what makes it terrifying.
  • One can directly watch the third episode also.