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Intrusion (2021)
2 stars only for the nice house they showed
Another trash from Netflix , Netflix should stop making movies , they are just bringing down overall movie standards.
The movie brings nothing new , pretty repetitive storyline , no twists, no frills . There is absolutely no content more than 5 mins in this movie . The storyline is just so predictable, with really bad acting from Frieda pinto . She cant act at all , not sure why they keep casting her .
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021)
wrong expectations
When you are going for a Dibakar Banerjee movie , you are expecting comedy thriller , especially since the trailer was promoted as an escape thriller . The story is fresh with an different approach, & decent screenplay, but it doesnt give any impact . There were lot of logic gaps in the story itself , the cops could have easily nabbed the couple too early. But the movie is rather disappointing on a whole . May be there was a lack in execution . While the lead couple was suppose to underplay , but that doesnt call for expressionless & energyless acting . The only enjoyable scenes were where Neena gupta & Raghubeer singh were around.
Naan Sirithaal (2020)
Good idea , let down by worst acting
It probably started as a good concept , however they should have figured out that it requires some impeccable acting to deliver it right . Its very complex sub-genre within comedy . & Adhi had spoiled not only the chance he got but also took the movie to the garbage dump . Every time he cringed laughed , it gets more & more annoying.
Why dont they idiots stick what they can do , & not unnecessarily spoil our time by venturing into acting.
The Girl on the Train (2021)
Worst remake
Dont know why they want to make remakes of good movies . Do they think people do not watch english movies in India . Average cinematography, with poor acting by the leads , ending up a confused remake . Doesnt do justice to the novel nor the original spanish/Eng versions.
By buying such utter craps , Netflix is encouraging mediocre film making expectations .
The White Tiger (2021)
Could be a short film , but stretched for 2 hours
A well acted with excellent production quality movie made for the western Audience and its probably serves its purpose. However the story lacked depth , its a linear story stretched for 2 hours ( without songs ) there have been , though you are waiting to see something different to happen, but nothing happens, just so predictable. May be the makers wanted it to be that way.
The story keeps you engaged throughout with an thrilling screenplay & out of the class acting, but at the end, you wonder was it worth for 2 hours.
As many have mentioned , there have been many more engaging movies on similar theme in regional and Bollywood earlier, hence nothing was knew for the Indian Audience . & for the West , This movie doesnt have even 10% of the impact iof Slumdog million or Parasite.
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020)
bollywood biopic - with imaginary masala & inaccurate history
The unit just wanted to make a biopic on a lady war hero , they got a famous , thats it, rest all is just bollywood masala.
Even basic research is missing.Gunjan was not the only female rescuser , she came from a batch of 25 female pilots & even in Kargil , Srividya rajan was anoother pilot doing the job
Instead of focussing on her struggle to become a good pilot or war pilot, the entire storyline is just focused on gender inequality . i agree it would have been tough to be few females officers amongst the gang of masculine boys, however IAF pilots are professional, even if they have ego, they wont show it in an unprofessional manner.
Being a daughter of colonel, its ironic to say she or her dad had no clue how tough its gonna be.
Compared to the reviews here, I would say Jahnvi kapoor had put a good sincere act, however the characterization let her down, throughout the movie she is shown as a weak, innocent, shy, scarred , unintelligent , but suddenly she becomes a great pilot. The real Gunjan saxena was bold & tough & this movie does not do justice to her fight.
Only (2019)
boring
When you having a script with only 4 characters in it, you want it to fast moving, building tension, rather the super slow moving. To build tension & sympathize with the character, you also need an outstanding actor or an extremely beautiful lady , Frieda pinto isn't either.
The movie starts off with lot of suspense & thrills as it starts with no background, it takes 15-20 mins engaging time for the Audience to figure out whats going on, but once you understood whats going on, then they start explaining everything in flashbacks which bores you down.
too slow for a thriller category
The Wedding Guest (2018)
pointless movie with stereotyped 1970s visuals of Indian subcontinent,.
After the initial build up for 15 mins, you are expecting a slow burn thriller, however all you get a pointless movie with no thrills or frills , with bad characterizations. The music is all over the place, it tends to show to something interesting is gonna happen , but nothing happens.
When will Dev patel somenew expression other than the 'lost kid' expression since his first movie. Radhika apte was good.
The whole point of the movie to was showcase the stereotyped Indian subcontinent with poor people all over the crowded places & trains , buses etc. There was so much more scenery they could have showed in Pak, jaipur, Goa, but they just wanted the stereotypes .
Which NRI with diamonds will decide to travel in 2nd class trains , buses & meet at local tea shops for exchanging money, you could get robbed . All delibrate attempts just to show 1970s visuals of india.
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)
Too much feel good need not be stupid fantasy
Within the first 10 mins of the movie , when you see poor slums of mumbai , Dhobighat ( open laundry ), & 3 men riding on a single bike , you know the director has never seen India , he still has in his mind the 1970s sterotypes of India . The same trend continues throughout the movie , too much feel good leading to lot of stupid non believable fantasy . In one instance , a rich guys pays the hero 100 grands for a stupid story ( which u would heard 100 times in ur child ) . Director just decided to make a travel comedy , which works in some parts giving some humor , but majority of the movie is predictable with some lame fantasy stuff happening. Though Dhanush is a good actor , he seemed quite uncomfortable in this role . Most of other actors also seemed cheap side actors
Athithi (2014)
Well written & executed, spoiled by bad acting by the Antagonist & bad music
I think there should be a law banning all Producer & financier & their kins from acting in the movie they finance. These idiots more often end up spoil well written scripts
This movie is a classic example.
The script is well written & is quite engaging throughout with a good acting by the lead pair, well recreated from the malayam movie.
However every good movie esp a thriller needs a strong villain to create the impact, here in this case, the producer decided to cast himself in it & spoils the fun. Extremely bad acting by Nikesh ram, he has no body langauge for an pyscho character & start annoying you for the fact that he is single handedly spoiling a great script. To make it worse, they had someone else dub for him, which sounded like the dubbing you in English to tamil dub movies.
Another key component for thriller movies is its background score, which is also miserable in this movie. score in most scene do not blend at all with the scene, looks like someone randomly added those tracks to the scenes without even seeing the movie.
Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha (2017)
surprisingly funny , didnt expect
Just tumbled upon this movie by fluke, it turned out to a laughter riot. Its a simple goofy comedy movie with good acting by entire cast & well executed . Music was bad . otherwise fun to spend casual time on it.
Maska (2020)
Should have been a series on Hotstar
The treatment of this movie with no new story is just like those fantasy series on hotstar & yrf webtv. Utter boring & repetitive acting . While Jaffrey's slang & Manisha's parsi attributes initially sounds sweet , eventually it gets repeatedly annoying.
Netflix should stop making average drama
DNA (2019)
Refreshing
Just saw this movie on Prime made by crowd funded Independant filmmakers in the US.
It was a very Refreshing take on a complex & sensitive storyline . Yet the execution was more polished than the crap put out by the big media houses.
Excellent performances especially by the Lead couple.
An Excellent example on how a strong plot with good acting can make an excellent without any unnecessary fanfare .
Kudos to the Team & looking forward for more such good content.
Gracie's Choice (2004)
inspirational, emotional & tearful
This is an inspirational & super emotional storyline, the whole cast have done the best justice to the plot. Make sure you have your tissues instead of popcorn while watching, it will make u sob.
The Perfection (2018)
starts great then becomes a B grade movie
The initial 30-40 mins are great & poetic with excellent production quality as everyone here have said. Thereafter it becomes very predictable just all B grade movies. You know whats next, the suspense does not hold anymore & you feel more frustrated since you wanted to see something great to come & get disappointed with the mediocre stuff. Dailogues in second half are so horrible , so it certainly looks like 2 separate production houses have made the first & second halfs.
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Inaccurate story told from a white perspective
Having witnessed this incident inperson, it gives me horrors everytime I think of it.
Speaking of it, such a scale of incident certainly requires a better tribute to the sacrifices and losses & not a hostage movie template.
This movie to say the least a just an perspective from white Film Maker, who has no clue of the incident, its aftermath and culture surrounding. Just by casting few Indians ( Dev is also English bred and has no connect to Indian culture expect for his skin color) , does make it is make look Authentic, its just painting few brown guys black and show them as African or Nigerian citizens. They might look african but they wont have those mannerism needed for a true portrayal.
If you just take this story & its character & change the location to #London or NY , it would still look the same, because it is just a typical hostage movie template applied on this incident.
Mission Mangal (2019)
it has every element of a Star plus serial
Disappointed to see Balki's associated with such stupid storyline
Looks like they wanted to play safe, make it more melodramatic , add comedy elements , family sentiments, mom sentiments , there is even a Saas -Bahu element, everything to make it a safe bet. They should simply made a Mega Serial about anything instead of this movie associated with India's biggest achievement.
They should not have touched the ISRO subject, its an insult.
There is probably only 20% story around the actual mission, rest is all family drama.
While the movie is enjoyable for most parts , it is not certainly not at all inspirational what you expect from such movies.
The worst part is the kind of unscientific logic they keep applying to solve their problems is an insult to the all scientists who worked on the mission. There is an scene where communication is not working & everyone is wondering whats the problem. Thats when the expert Tapsee does a hard reboot of power for the whole plant & communications gets established. Are we still in the "restart will solve the problem" mode yet.
Muthal Mariyathai (1985)
Cult Classic
This is one of cult classic of Tamil Cinema. Bharathiraja exploits the script for the best possible limits , added with Sivaji's , Vadikarasi and Radha's performance makes this rare combination. Taking a very unsual storyline for its times, handling with sensitivity in shoestring budget, Bharathiraja showed that he is master in this art .
Story of Mid age man , unhappy with his marriage , seeks happiness in every small thing in the world, when a new firecracker enters the village, unknowingly he falls for her. Circumstances shows why line between right and wrong is always bleak.
Nothing more can be said about the music of Illayaraja and Malayasia Vasudevan , that helped absorb every feeling the movie generated embed into your minds.
A very newbie Radha, who did typical dancing around Tree roles, was an exceptional with cute facial expression and boldness in ensuring she generates interest in the Old Man and shows the attraction in a natural and cute way also showing why such relationships are possible.
Returning from retirement, Sivaji's acting and facial expression showed why he is considered the best actor of all times. His joyful Innocence in the initial playful scenes with Radha to the bold scenes where he shows his anger, Sivaji's verstality came out best in this movie. Man of verstalite There was so much that Sivaji had to offer which the Tamil Cinema never used.
Last comes the best, the most underrated Actress of all times , Vadivukkarasi , though she was in her late 20s/early 30s probably during this movie, executed this role with so much rigor and passion with outstanding dialogue delivery ever by anyone. Something that probably came naturally to her, but her casting ensured, you cannot always define every circumstance between right and wrong, why life can be complicated.
Bharathiraja showed how a movie can really move you emotionally , the pace of the movie builds up the emotion, however the everything falls in natural manner ,at the right pace, one could imagine how well this script was written. The Slang coupled with the Nativity of the villagers really takes you to the 80s setup of the movie. Showing his master touches, are many scenes, be it the one why Sivaji takes the Arwal angerily towards the end, and his bird cage drops , showing tradegy will happen. His love for his small bird Kuyil , also Radha's name. When kids run ,splashing water on Vadivukkarasi's face erasing her bindi , showing Satyaraj was her hidden lover. There are unlimited such mystery tied into the script.
A masterpiece movie, one of best 10 movies in Tamil cinema.
Uttama Villain (2015)
failed experiment from Kamal's camp
While you cannot debate or undermine the actor Kamal Hassan, his choice of some movies , be this or movies like Mumbai Express or Manmandhan ambu are nothing more than failed experiments
The plot begins as if its a typical 90s plot about an ageing and dying actor with his set of family problems, then you get some good twists with medieval period and the story moves between the two periods . It is very difficult to find what and why is this correlation needed and what is achieves.
Direction is just worst and production quality is as in a B grade movie or what you expect from a Vijaykanth or Ramarajan movies. The plot is confusing , not clear on what messages they want to bring in.
There are some unnecessary songs too, to make it worse , testing your patience. Especially the duet in the beginning , is an absolute spoiler , with an ageing Kamal and Ageing Pooja , shown dancing non stop for some peppy numbers as in some B grade movie, its just sets the tone on what to expect from the movie.
While Kamal fans might argue , this is a futuristic movie and will become cult in 2050. I just wish it turns out to be true , and I get some powers to understand this movie.
Hope Kamal gets back to his strong screenplays he had in 90s hard hitting movies like Devar magan, Mahanadhi etc.
Instant Family (2018)
fun movie with heart at the right place
This movie hits the cord with folks who have undergone such scenarios. The right amount of emotions and humor makes it light. It still lot of fun scenes for others too.Good amount of characterization of all the key 5 characters, coupled with good screenplay. usually such movies are very predictable, however this movie packs in some good surprises and lets you evolve through new emotions. Never liked the walhberg , though he was decent here , Rose Byrn was awesome.
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)
One of the most masala adaptions of the real events
The movie has some good thrilling moments, however they are not paced properly & the thrill is lost with flat face of John Abraham & the unnecessary addition of Diana penty to the star cast. There is no importance given to other character, almost every scene you can John abraham , again with a flat face, no emotions. Some unnecessary drama added between husband & wife with the Diana penty traingle, especially the scene where wife arrives & see these both in the room discussing. Not sure if anyone can just arrive at a army quarters, there is lot of logic absent in the movie for such a critical mission. Not sure when bollywood will learn to make movies interesting without uncessary dramatizing the real events