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Dune: Part Two (2024)
CINEMA at it's peak
Born late to witness Empire Strikes back, too young to understand the hype around return of the king but on time for DUNE part 2.
Dune part 2 is a peak cinematic experience specially in IMAX, From the word go you are stuck into the sand of Arrakis and a faith that messiah will save fremen from the violence of emperor.
Every Sci-Fi movie audience is prepared for the huge visual scenes, battles, action sequence but it happens rarely that dialogues are given this much importance. And that' where Dune part 2 prevails. Dune shows the importance of proper writing, tight screenplay and visuals done right.
Cinematography specially in third act of the movie shows the scale of Greig fraser and that scale is unimaginable. Crisp editing, brilliant score by the Hans Zimmer are cherry on the top.
Rebecca Furguson and Zendaya have given a performance of life time. Javier Burdem's performance as Stalgir seems to be funny in first phase of the movie, A faithful servant of the holy folks told about the messiah but as the movie goes by it slowly converts into the horror and that where Javier Bordem and josh brolin's Act seems legit and strong.
Austin butler is madness, he shown his peak in those entry sequences.
There are no words that are enough to explain the Timothee chalamat as messiah of fremen. Timothee as Paul Atredis is the best casting that has took place. That shift from a hopeful prince to fearful leader of cult is Amazing.
Denis Villineuve is a brilliant director. It's his best work till date.
Dune part 2 deserves so many accolades this year, watch this movie on the largest screen possible. This movie will change the way we have seen CINEMA.
Article 370 (2024)
A political Drama done right.
What remains today in kashmir valley after a long bloodbath for more than 70 years is peace.
Article 370 presents an incredible true story of the events that lead to the demolishing of article 370.
Article 370 was not just a political gimmick or a normal law in a constitution but it was an act to keep kashmir and it's people away from India.
Aditya Dhar produced starring Yami gautam and directed by Aditya Jambhale is aperfect example of how to create a movie that consists of a political drama perfectly blended with a thrill of spy movie. Performances by the entire cast specially Yami takes movie to another level.
But the fact that the show stealer of this political drama is it's crisp editing, sound mixing and brilliant score. Technicalities are in level to what we saw with Uri and that makes it even spectacular. Screenplay is top notch, even the best part considering the fact that Kashmir and article 370 needs to be handled with a special care in which it
s writer and director have succeeded comfortably.
There are few scenes which are a bit dramatic in a whole realistic movie but that doesn't make this movie go off the track.
It's a must watch movie, A masterpiece of bollywood in political drama genre.
Kaun Pravin Tambe? (2022)
Life is all about hustle
Kaun pravin tambe ? Came out as a total surprise. All thanks to the OTT releases, a large audience would get chance to witness one of the best sports drama that Indian cinema has ever made. A story revolves around pravin tambe, now 50 year old cricketer who never gave away on his dream to play a ranji. Cricket in India and specially in Mumbai is not just a sport, but an emotion. This movie covers it perfectly.
Shreyas talpade is back on big screen after so many years and gave a perfect performance. But Anjali Patil came out as total surprise, she played an important role of pravin tambe's wife and did an exceptional work portraying the support system. Movie had many actors and entire cast did a phenomenal job to play their role and to keep up with the emotions of the story.
But the main hero of this movie is its gripping screenplay. No nuisance around it. Mixture of few funny moments made this movie less dramatical and helped in keeping it more realistic. Direction is good, no time is wasted on any gimmick.
Its a great watch and a must must watch.
The Big Bull (2021)
The BIG bull have BIG problems
Inspired by the true events of harshad mehta 1992 scam, the big bull had a great story line, good turning points but the problem was execution.
Weak direction, average dialogues and bad editing led this movie into big problems.
Starring Abhishek bachchan, illeana D'Cruz, Sohum shah, Sateesh koushik and many more star cast looks promising but no actor had much to do other than junior bachchan and sohum shah itself.
Editing is a serious concern through out the movie and over it bad dialogues, everything makes it a blunder.
But the weakest thread is its direction. Dont know why such important story was given to a guy having no prior success on the table. Junior bachchan did a pretty good job but it was character that didnt show a much depth which led to its problem, and this goes completely on direction.
Its simply a to be skipped movie, and if you have already seen scam 1992 web series this movie will be your headache.
The White Tiger (2021)
Shown India's poverty, definitely going force oscars
Everything that is so good for this movie is the fact that out of 100s of success stories of guys in India who have actually worked,struggled a lot and yet never blamed but loved their nation, movie chose to be about just a guy in millions who think everything went wrong just because he is born in India.
And thats the exact thing you need to make you international film hit in hollywood. Take any country, show their poverty, their struggle and then finally somehow make everyone believe that you nation is bad, what you get is slumdog millionaire in 2008 and the white tiger in 2021.
Acting good (PC overacted, i still cant figure out why ? ),direction good, cinematography awesome but the fact that blame it on your government, religion and custom makes it again a propoganda movie.
Poor storyline, lousy screenplay makes it even more unwatchable.
Highly unrecommended.
Soorarai Pottru (2020)
South Indian movies are always better than any bollywood movie
I am not much fan of south indian, never saw them tbh. But its for the fact that the way south Indian movies are made no one can leave the movie by getting offended on any scene. They are true to the audience, complete family movies with rich touch of religions and traditions.
Starring suriya, soorarai pottru is a genius masterpiece. A rag to riches drama had every emotion blended so beautifully that anyone can be mesmerized in movie even after 20 mins of it.
150 min long film are seen as lengthy now a days but if make correctly it gives a gem like this one.
Every actor did a splendid job, specially suriya. His bonding with his father is shown se beautiful. The way movie is directed is so good, songs are blended very beautifully within the film and even being a non tamilian, i can feel the importance of those songs on that occasion only with the way those are created. This movie is pure magic.
Honestly, i have never seen much from tamil industry, might be some movies which are greater than this but for now it is definitely my favorite tamilian movie ever.
Perfect Diwali gift from the south
Chhalaang (2020)
a perfect blockbuster
Hansal mehta is on run streak, first scam 1992 and now chhalaang, a perfect BLOCKBUSTER, a story of underdogs trying to defeat the already a champion team. Well this is a story seen so many times but every time it looks good and same is the story with chhalaang. A very predictable story but with lots of entertainment and hilarious haryanvi accent, this movie is must watch.
Story revolves montu a PT teacher in a small town of haryana whose life changes when a computer teacher enters his life and also gets objective for life when yet another new PT teacher comes to the school and becomes head of montu. These leads to a small competition kept between the two. A simple stoty is fully made with heart. Hansal mehta has succeeded in showing some social issues very lightly and in comic way and as it is a bollywood movie, thus with full drama.
Rajkumar rao is such a natural actor, a small town guy roles are like made for him, nusrat did a decent work apparently got a good share of screen time and proved that she has got some good acting talent.
sateesh koushik, saurabh shukla and zeeshan aayub are the champs in comedy, their comic timing is up to the mark and dosen't look forced. Other supporitng cast did pretty good job to make movie even more watchable.
on occasion of diwali, this movie is best treat to watch even with your family, a perfect family entertainer which must be seen.
Ludo (2020)
an okay story saved by some classic performances
Movie hits a bullseye with its screenplay and acting department but fails to impress with its direction.
Directed by anyway basu, ludo is a story of 4 sub stories of different characters which crosses each others paths throughout the movie.
Made in some ways like pulp fiction, the snatch, this movie is definitely a very strong attempt which pass in some but fails in most.
First thing first pankaj tripathi and abhishek bachchan, great performances by this two guys. Give pankaj any tough role, he will play it so well that it looks like an easy attempt. While Abhishek playing a role of small time goon who comes from jail and just want to see his daughter puts all the emotions in the movie to make one of his memorable performances.
Aditya royal Kapoor, rajkumar rao and sanya malhotra are definitely stars of tomorrow, great work by them. All the other actors did a decent role and were looking good in their characters.
after such great performances what went wrong is the fact that direction is way too weak, even after having such a good story line, its dialogues fails to make you laugh unless its from pankaj tripathi who can make you laugh on anything. cinematography is average and bad VFX makes it look worse. songs doesn't give anything to the movie, they are boring and doesn't catch you ears.
At the end its a great work but not at all the parameters, cameo role played by anurag basu seems as if they did it within 2 hours without any proper script and putting thinking into it which made it look bad.
Mirzapur (2018)
Useless bloodshed, bad writing and unneccasry characters
This kings of mirzapur were never asked for. In this 20 episode long series the only thing keeps audience going is the acting performances by Pankaj tripathi, divyendi sharma and vikrant massey ( season 1). Other than that, all this series offered is bloodshed, abusive language and some good meme material.
With that dramatic copy of red wedding at season 1 finale, it was sure that season 2 will come with vengeance atory worth watching but all of that wait and binging for 10 episodes went in drains with disappointing end.
So many characters specially in season 2 with their own subplot and none getting a good ending which definitely gives a chance for season 3. A season again no one should ask for.
In thai totally non ethical storyline, story of beena tripathi and bauji tripathi is sour for eyes to watch and disgusting.
If you want a totally illogical seires with only meme material, a lot of abusive language then go with this nonsense series or else have a lot as option.
Rating it 2 as 1 star to pankaj tripathi and divyendu sharma for their epic portray of tripathis and keeping that father son relation surreal.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Surprisingly smart and hard hitting
If it was released pro-COVID in theaters with a huge audience, there would have been a standing ovation at the end of this movie. BRAVO! this movie is fabulous
in every aspect of it acting, screenplay, direction and all of it.
it came as a total surprise, a tale which was never told and hardly knew, story revolves around a peaceful protest gone haywire due to the conflict between protesters and Chicago PD, leads to the most dramatic and historical courtroom drama ever seen.
Ensemble starring Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Rylance,Joseph Gordon-Levitt and more has done a great job and makes mark rylance a definite contendar for this yer's oscars.
True on it's sense with the story line, screenplay written by Oscars winner Aaron sorkin keeps you engaged through out this highly tensed 2 hour drama. At some point, you are so engaged in that courtroom that you start feeling that you are at that place.
This hard to believe, eye opening movie currently Streaming on Netflix is one of the most surprising movie of this year. in 2019, netflix came up with "isishman", this year they have "The trial of the Chicago 7". Best of this year
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020)
Strong screenplay that needs to be seen.
Okay, so the bottom line is "harshad mehta" was involved in most of the wrong
doing but was he the only guy responsible ? No, Never.
In a scam like huge as 1992 shown in this series, it was never one person befooling the entire nation.
This show has 2 names written all over it, pratik gandhi (harshad mehta) and the creator himself Hansal mehta. What a crazy show he has pulled off, no big actors with huge following but bunch of actors who have shown their par excellence in this 9 episode long series. this is the best work of hansal mehta that he has pulled of in his career.
From the scene 1 to the last pratik gandhi has stole the show. what a great addition to the film industry.
The strongest point in this very complicated series filled with so many jargons is the fact is it's screenplay. to the point, no nonsense, no strong language without any use, no vulgarity and just a focus on story-line.
a Strong screenplay and good direction is always the key to the film/ series and SCAM 1992 is here to proof.
don't think just watch it, you love it and want to watch it in just one go.
too good to be made for an Indian audience which focuses only on one thing a good meme templates, which this series is definitely not.
a must must watch
Enola Holmes (2020)
"holmes" name was just for promotion
A movie is about lady who teaches her daughter to be different from other ladies during 1800s UK. lady disappears, her daughter tries to find her, meet a young handsome boy with his own problems, what does holmes has to do with it ?
although acting, direction, fun part were too good, background score brilliant and millie bobby brown was lovely but all this combined with a very lousy screenplay make this one a completely skip able movie. Not missing out anything if not watched.
The Gentlemen (2019)
Guy ritchie is is totally underrated
This movie must be a symbol of style, discipline and humor mixed in a single movie with so so huge twists to keep you on your edge of seats.
movie is based on a guy (Matthew) running biggest illegal drug business in the heart of England with intelligence, smartness and with his ready-to-die assistant Ray (charlie hunnam).
movie is all about the show of Matthew and charlie, the way they have raised the status of their acting with the charisma added by guy ritchie's direction and style makes their acting to another level.
so many twists, subplots and screenplay are treat to watch. A wholesome movie to be must watch if drug, mafia, crimes and thrill is what you need.
underrated and fresh movie of the year 2019 which will be regarded as masterpiece in coming years.
The Social Dilemma (2020)
Disturbing yet important
My first attempt to watch a documentary came with something which is very disturbing yet very very important.
Social media has become part of everyone's life and we are using it everyday but we are not the one using the social media but somehow social media is using us. That is what the documentary is about. it's about making decision, do you really need all of these social medias and even if you need it, shouldn't you be the one to lead it and not some algorithms written by data scientists at their silicon valley's offices.
documentary hits hard but makes you realize what the social dilemma today we have.
totally watchable and must must watch.
Gulabo Sitabo (2020)
Slow, steady and yet powerful
Movie starts with a pace of snail and slowly takes a speed of horse.
So sudden is everything, not because its only too fasting also because there's too less to show. A bery simple story which shooting sircar always shows in his movies (piku, vicky donor) this movie tol has a simple story of an old man and his tenant fighting over 100 years old bungalow. Now that is all about the plot but the characters are so well written to keep you in movie but story somehow dosen't
No one can ever be amitabh bachchan, he is what makes this movie watchable, take any other actor and this movie is ruined. Ayushmann on the other hand is great ad his other roles but somehow repeatinf himself however it suites on him a lot.
Songs are easily forgettable.
This movie is totally watchable but not more than once, wait and wait let the movie get in flow and you will have moments to cherish
Special OPS (2020)
What exactly a well made series looks like
Now for so many reasons this series is a pure gem. First and most important, it is way different from other Indian web series focused in sexual content, hate crime and unnecessary abuse.
Also,the Neeraj pandey. Maker of special 26 and baby, has got another milestone in his career.
Great cinematography, many long shots, exceptional BGM makes it more watchable. Its a perfect spy genre movie on patriotism with surreal characters.
Acting is good, all the actors were perfect for the role and yet again KK menon stole the issue, but content won the hearts.
Its a masterpiece that is not to be missed
Dark (2017)
Time travel never been this interesting
So many movies and series are based on a simple topics of time travel and paradox, realising and understanding what our future holds but nothing can match the excellence of dark.
Knot in a time travel that cant be solved yet is to be solved, lot many of characters, multiple storyline and most importantly multiple timelines yet series make it look so simple through its direction.
All the characters in their timelines have an importance, no story is just for adding without any reason but every character and story holds an importance that has lead to the finale of season 2. Still so many questions to be answered and yet we have one season remaining.
This series is definitely gonna be one the masterpiece although it is already but will set a bar that will be very tough almost impossible for any other movie or series based on topic.
True poetic masterpiece
Paatal Lok (2020)
Prime video's response to netflix 'sacred games'
Nothing new that already audience saw in sacred games. Characters changed, name changed and story changed but overall perspective of showing religious differences between 2 communities remains the limelight throughout the series.
Only good part is showing the reality of media in every way possible, gold to see indian series raising this issue.
Season seemed much better in the first half of the series but later added part just to make it like other series made it lame to be watched.
Overall just an average series that will just be watched because of the lockdown and all the slangs. At the end thanks to this time for making this series successful
Game of Thrones: The Long Night (2019)
Night of heroes remains forever
GoT has always been about surprises. From the episode 1 of the 1st season, everyone was hyped for "what is beyond the wall?", "how strong the night king is?", " Can army of the dead be defeated?". All of this answered in this epic episode of the Battle of the winterfell.
This episode had everything ever promised by the show makers, longest battle sequence, bloodshed, dramatic plots ant twists,some devastating deaths, Dragon fights, ghost and much more. Was everything worth ?
Well actually lot more than that. There weer so many fan theories on internet, not all of them can come true. Show never runs by the fan theory.
Still questions remain unanswered. May be they will answered in the upcoming episodes.
About the episode marvelous, stunning, astonishing and most importantly MASTERPIECE. it's the golden time for audience as they weer able to witness one of the best battle sequence ever made. So high on action, fear and VFX, Battle of winterfell will be remembered for its scale, action but most importantly it's epic end.
Jon snow or aegon, whatever preferred, should be thanked to understand the fear of night king and prepare for the army which actually did something but still failed as a whole. Night king's army is brutal, huge and unorthodox which makes them even scarier.
This is the episode which shall become one of the finest things ever produced for the TV history.
As the longest battle is over, now its turn for the last war.
Winter was here and now the winter is gone, all hail the westoros for what is to come.
Gully Boy (2019)
Zoya akhtar's Magic
So, authentic this movie feels in it's every frame. All of the zoya akhtar's movie till now has connected with the audience in every possible way. Same holds the true for Ranveer's Gully Boy. True in it's every aspect, Gully boy is a story of millions of lower middle class families and how their problems leads to the boys and girls leaving their dreams behind.
Movie has a hold on audience from 1st scene to the last one. Ranveer Singh is phenomenal in the whole movie. Underdog Siddhant Chaturvedi gave a totally unexpected performance. It was tough to tell weather he's a real actor or a rapper. Alia bhatt was gorgeous in all her scene, her performance is a must watch. Vijay raaz is definitely the most underrated actor of the bollywood. Such a great performance by him. kudos!!
Now, the main heros of this movie, Zoya akhtar on the director's chair and Jay Oza the cinematographer. jay Oza shown dharavi streets with a great camera work, most of the scenes are unforgettable just because of the lighting effects and the use of camera. Sound editing had to be on the top in a musical drama like Gully boy.
Zoya akhtar has never failed with her work and same happens with the Gully Boy, a must must watch for the everyone who calls them a movie lover, Watch it if you want to see why bollywood has changed and this change is positive.
Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Best in every way possible
Such a matter class action packed entertainment movie .... never got to see such an action in any Indian movie .
Everything was pitched perfectly . Cinematography and direction of the movie keeps you on the edge of your seat . There is not even a single scene which can be missed .
Vicky kaushal, paresh rawal and all others gave the example of strong acting . Warcry of the army will give everyone goosebumps for sure ...
Story and screenplay are too much engaging
Do watch this movie in theatres for its visual and sound appeal
Must must watch movie .
Aquaman (2018)
a visually rich magnum opus (DCEU at its best)
Being a DC fan, it was tough to see the way DCEU was going. It had ups with Man of Steel and wonder woman, and it's low with Suciede squad.
But The king of Atlantis stands apart from all the other DCEU movies to be one of the best DC movies ever made. Visually rich, with a great cinematographic experience and Vision of James Wan, Aquaman is a rebirth of DCEU.
Scenes are spectacular, Acting is at its top with this movie. Jason momoa as Aquaman was perfect in every sense, so as patrick wilson, Amber heard and Nicole kidman.
But the reason of success of movie is a wan himself. Wan's vision to show the world with a vibrant color is noteworthy and to be very frank, deserves a nomination at most of the awards show.
Altogether, VFX makes it so rich and exprerience in 3D makes the deep ocean and action sequence much more vibrant and rich.
World of DC is much more imaginative than MCU and tough to represent. To show the hope of superman, justice of wonder woman, darkness of Batman, speed of flash and brilliance of cyborg, Aquaman gave a base on which Epic mega-structure of DC is possible to be made.
King of oceans is here and you will definetely love it.
Get Out (2017)
Masterpiece of thriller movies
A film that takes you to the roller coaster ride of lightness and darkness. Get out is strongly edited yet beautiful piece of work. A simple story as it seems in starting minutes is whole dark until its's end.
PLOT: Rose Armitage ( Allison Williams) takes her boyfriend Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) for a weekend her home. All things slowly starts to go haywire for chris as he meets rose's family.
Coming to the actors everything was great. Although Daniel seemed a bit meh in a starting scenes but till the end he was at his best. He truely deserved a nominations this year. Marcus handerson in his small role was effective. so all the actors.
best thing about the movie was its of background score specially during the starting sequence.
I will simply rate this movie 10 on 10 for its effective direction, strong writing and acting performances.