Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Batman Begins - English - 2005

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A good commercial film from Christopher Nolan.

Sarvam - Tamil - 2009

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I am not able to believe this is a film from the director of Arindhum Ariyamalum.

Gloss and Glitz alone doesnt make a good film.

I felt Arya was pathetic in this movie, when compared to what he was in AA.

Caramel - Lebanon - 2007

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Caramel is a film that comes from a woman director Nadine Labaki, which tells the story of 5 women in lebanon.

The director seems to have taken a leaf out of Tamil directors because she herself stars in a pivotal role in this movie.

The movie is very aesthetically shot not surprising considering its made by a woman director, not to mention the fact that she herself is very good looking.

Persepolis - France - 2007

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Persepolis is an animated film about politics. Though the film has been made in france, the story is set in Iran.

The story is about the lives of common people in Iran during the shahs rule and the revolution after that.

A good watch.

A short story about love - Poland - 1988

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Wow. This film is one of those films with simplicity as its main strength. I

This is the first film I saw of Krzysztof Kieslowski ( I am not sure how to spell that ?) with the colors trilogy pending ..

A must watch for cinema lovers.

Happenstance - French - 2000

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The french take on chaos theory or how a simple event sets off a chain of events. The screenplay is marvellous with the way the directory intertwines the lives of many people who come and go in this movie. Better than Dasavathaaram in that respect.

If you had happened to watch Amelie and liked Audrey Tatou,you might like this as this film has her as the main protagonist.

Benhur - English - 1959

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Ben hur is a historic film which tells the story of 2 friends set in Jerusalem when jesus is just rising to popularity. Though jesus is shown a couple of times, the face of jesus is never shown in the movie.

The movie itself is about 2 friends benhur and messalah, the former a jew and the latter a roman. When both these kids grow up to be men, their priorities change and benhur and his family are put to prison by Messalah. How Benhur takes the revenge forms the rest of the story.

A good watch.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Parent Trap - 1998 - English

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I believe The parent trap movie starring lindsay lohan as a kid is a remake of a older version. because there is a tamil movie with exactly the same theme.

2 twins whose parents have separated on birth meet at a young age and recognise themselves as twins and they are having the same parents.

They decide to switch places and how they reunite their separated parents is the story.

Transformers - 2007 - English

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The idea for this film was developed from the toys manufactured in the same name.

Good to watch for the amazing animatronics on display.

Jumper - 2008 - English

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I think there are many movies about Time travel. but not about "flying to a different place at the speed of thought", a skill attributed mostly to tamil sitthars.

And jumper is about that skill. What happens when a human being has the skill to travel at the speed of thought , just by thinking is the premise of this movie, with all the good vs evil thrown in ...

Ok to watch...

The Return - 2003- Russia

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This might be the first russian film that I have seen.

Even though this is one of the movies chezhian had discussed in his ulaga-cinema part 1, I saw the movie without much of expectations.

This film stands out for its breathtaking visuals and rarely seen on cinema place, northern russia. Where humans are scarce.

For most of the movie the film centres on its 3 protagonists, 1 father and his 2 sons, and noone else. The rest of the film is filled with vast landscapes of russia.

Wow. Miles and Miles without any human being in sight...

Must watch...

The IMDB link is The Return

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Pasanga - Tamil - 2009

Pasanga :

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Pasanga though from a debut director and starring entirely newcomers would not have had a chance of getting enough exposure in the Tamil filmdom of yore.

But times have changed and when tamil filmdom is frenetically reinventing itself, a film like Pasanga gets a decent exposure all because of its producer.

The producer of this film is none other than the talk of recent times M.Sasikumar whose Subramaniyapuram made many heads turn all over.

Pasanga belongs to the rare genre of "childrens films", in which the last good film Anjali came before 15 years. :-) The story because its all about children is not

earth shattering. What happens when a convent educated kid joins a government school in rural tamilnadu and faces the already established kids is the oneline premise.

But the treatment of the story makes all the difference and thats where the director of this film shows his presence. What I liked much about this movie was the gorgeous cinematography of PremKumar and the BGM score of James vasanthan. How I wish filmmakers from other parts of the world came to know of the talent in Cinematography and music available in Tamil nadu.

Cinematography : 10/10

Background Score : 10/10

Cheers