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First of all, you must know that District 9 was made on a measly budget of $50 million (thats about Rs. 144 Crores) only, which is about 4 times lesser than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s budget of $200 million (Rs 962 Crores. Yikes). And, District 9 is approximately four times better than the latter. It puts big-budget films like Transformers to shame, with a cast and director not widely known at all.
District 9 is a movie based around an alien invasion. It’s not at all like your stereotypicalalien-invasionfilm. In fact, it stands out distinctly. District 9 is does not focus on the alien invasion itself, but on the way it affects the entire society. But first, I must tell you about the simple, yet gripping plot.
An alien ship arrives in the 1980s, hovering over Johannesburg (South Africa), but instead of launching a hostile attack, it simply stays there.
The "prawn" spaceship hovering in Johannesburg
Further observation within the ship reveals that it consists only of a number of malnourished aliens (nicknamed “prawns”), who are too weak to attack. The SA government decides to throw them in some camp in Jo’burg, which eventually turns into a slum, courtesy MNU
Fast-forward to present day South Africa. People accept them as a part of their lives and (dis)integrate them into their society, and you often catch glimpses of hilarious signs, which is an obvious indication of the mindset of the people – Chuck. Prawns. Out.
Signs of Their Times
Multinational United (MNU) has been put in-charge of the aliens, although the name sounds more like a soccer club. MNU is responsible for turning District 9 into a slum. And now, things get sinister when Head of Operations Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) gets infected, and begin transforming into a prawn. Superbly directed by Neill, District 9 always keeps you on the edge of your seats, even when the entire cinema hall is empty and the popcorn tastes revolting (I was a victim). It is clear that all humans want from the aliens is their sophisticated weapons, which work only with their DNA, where renders any human incapable of operating it. MNU uses employee Wikus to their own advantage – to operate weapons, and rip apart his heart and bone marrow to transfer the DNA to other individuals.
I don’t want to reveal any more of this plot, but I can safely say that basing this film in South Africa was very ingenious indeed, as it reminds you of the apartheid system. Aliens bound in chains by the MNU and the government, who rip apart their houses at will. Of course, there is a message from the movie, but unlike others, you grasp it without it being dinned into your head.
Also, the way the characters are written also makes the movie an engaging watch. Look out for Copley, who acts superbly as Wikus. The pain he has to go through is so severe and so well depicted, that you feel it too. Watch out for the alien scientist Christopher as well, and the odd bond which develops between Wikus and Christopher. Director Neill Bolmkamp has also paid great attention to detail, showing how the crime never stays clear of slums, and how locals take advantage of the aliens, by enticing them with their favourite cat food.
However, you will never miss the action and violence. There is plenty. A lot of heads are severed from the bodies and crushed upon my walking people. Aliens and humans are electrocuted alike, with blood and flesh falling on camera.
Of course, District 9 does have its fair share of worries. But the best part is, they may never seem to intrigue you. The film starts off more like a documentary, which may lead to slight boredom. Also, the ending of the film may not please you, as Wikus is stuck as a prawn forever. (Did I mention a spoiler warning?)
In the end, District 9 turns out to be an excellent film. See it for sure, as it is a mixture of a superb plot and stunning visual effects as well as sincere acting. Most of which other big budget films lack.
Director: Michael Bay Producer: Steven Spielberg Cast: Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf)
Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox)
ExPlOsIoNs!!!!!!11111111111!!!1!1
Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was probably the most awaited movie of this year. Probably even more than Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It is a sequel to Michael Bay’s super duper hit Transformers, as you may already know. However, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen fails to capitalize on the superb head start it knows it gets from its prequel.
The movie starts off with Optimus Prime (leader of the Autobots) telling a story in that monotonous robotic-cum-human voice of his. You come to know that the Autobots have formed an alliance with the Americans to destroy Decepticons hidden in parts of the world to help prevent resurrection of Megatron, whom Optimus destroyed and threw into the ocean. Funnily enough, the Decepticons are simply lying there and doing nothing, not even hurting a fly, when the Autobots show up and tear them to shreds. Poor guys. Er… robots.
And the best part is that all this Autobot-American-friendship thingy is supposed to be a secret. They’re actually doing a very, very good job actually. I mean, come on. Who’s going to notice ten-odd twenty-foot robots ripping apart Shanghai to search for another twenty-foot dormant robot, and destroy him in a major explosion? No one, of course.
Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is going to an expensive collage, and still loves Megan Fox, who still works as a mechanic in her dad’s garage. Now as usual, Megan Fox is hot and sexy, but still has no trace of emotion on her face. She is as expressive as a very beautiful block of wood. Shia, meanwhile, is 0.1% better than her (I measured), but still doesn’t manage to impress you a lot. Its only his cuteness which will make a couple of you go “Aww… He’s cho cute!”, but that’s it.
Coming back to the ridiculous plot now. There are only two parts of the All Spark cube left, as it was destroyed while destroying Megatron. The Decepticons use one of them to resurrect Megatron. When Optimus Prime dies, and Sam still has access to the All Spark shard, it doesn’t even strike that kid to use it to resurrect Optimus. No! Let us do it the hard way. That’s the only way we can make a movie out of this crazy plot. Our friend Sam, while mourning Prime’s death, attends collage, and starts drawing all sorts of strange symbols. A Decepticon-seductress tries to kill him there for no apparent reason. His eccentric room mate takes him to that Sector Seven guy Agent Simmons, who now owns some kind of bakery/cookie shop, who takes them to some museum, where they find Jetfire so that he could read the symbols, who teleports them to Egypt, where they learn about the legend of the Fallen and some Matrix key. Only Jetfire the Old could read the symbols. Not even Bumblebee could, so should be more educated.
Lets keep the plot at that. You would have realised the flaws in it. There are more, but then that’s another post novel altogether. The last half-hour of the movie are merely explosions. Boom ka-boom is all you hear.
The screenplay is a bit wacky as well. You may often tend to get confused between scenes, and will ask the guy beside you about what just happened and why it is happening. But its not that bad. Not as bad as the plot, at least.
But what actually saves the film, is an excellent soundtrack, featuring those great songs – New Divide by Linkin Park and 21 Guns by Green Day. The filmmakers had to turn to someone other than themselves to rely on making a movie a success. It does work. You’ll hum those tunes for a long time.
But the main forte of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the visual effects. Spectacular stuff. Amazingly created robots and explosion, with an accurate reproduction of reflections, scratches and dirt on their metal bodies. Especially those few slow-motion action sequence will make you go “Whoaaaaaa”. This saves the film from becoming a complete fiasco. The visual effects are just so bloody awesome, that they are beyond description.
In the end, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is just an average film. But the amazing visual effects make it a must watch. This is just an entertainer to make your mind stress free.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Trailer. Do watch it in Full Screen HD.
Director: David Yates Cast:
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)
Ronald Weasley (Rupert Grint)
Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)
Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent)
Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)
Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton)
Heavy British Accent (Everybody)
Review:
Exams finished on the 21st of July, and I rushed (yes, literally. I ran from school) to Fun Cinemas, Pitampura to catch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The movie starts off with the Dementors/Death Eaters wrecking havoc around the streets of England. That perfectly rendered scene, especially the one in which that bridge collapses, is superb to watch. Inevitably, it sets the tone for the entire movie. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince doesn’t deviate much from the book, but it does a little, which may disappoint you to an extent.
The film actually starts off when Dumbledore takes Harry away to persuade former Potions professor Horace Slughorn to return to Hogwarts. Then follows the scene in which Snape makes the unbreakable vow with Narcissa Malfoy, to take care of her son, and assist him the job the Dark Lord has asked him to perform.
Now this is the film in which Harry and his friends actually grow up. They start noticing girls/guys, and begin to kiss them in public in broad daylight as well. Even in corridors. I really wouldn’t like to use the cliched “raging hormones” which you’ve probably heard of in every movie review.
Harry begins to develop an affection for Ginny, and Ron for Lavender, of which Hermione is particularly jealous of. Now the film has been directed in an excellent manner by David Yates, using all the characters to throw in just the right amount of comedy and sincerity in the characters they play in the same time. All actors perform their roles fabulously, especially Rupert Grint as Ron, who is exceptional. He really steals the show more than Daniel or Emma does, although they do seem to share the limelight for most of the time. Watch that scene in which Ron accidentally consumes Love Potion, and that one too, when he goes out for Beater tryouts. Daniel isn’t bad either. I particularly liked that scene in which Hermione accuses him of mixing a potion in Ron’s juice, so that he feels more confident, and Harry admits he didn’t. Alan Rickman and Jim Broadbent as Snape and Slughorn are nice as well. Michael Gambon does perfect justice to Dumbledore’s character, which is, in my opinion, one of the most important one in the film.
All the special effects are done pretty well. Especially the Apparation scenes, the Inferi, the Dark Mark and the scene in which Harry travels with Dumbledore to the dark cave. These are the main forte of the film, and make up for some of the bad parts, which I will discuss later.
Draco Malfoy is involved with a Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement, which he eventually uses to get all the Death Eaters to Hogwarts, and eventually kill Dumbledore. Now, the ever-inquisitive Harry must find out what his enemy is up to, and this often leads to eye-to-eye face-offs with each other. The enemity is a treat to watch, and their acting is so convincing, that you can actually sense the loathing they have for each other. Watch that spectacular scene in which Harry and Draco are involved in a raging conflict in the bathroom.
Now to the plot. David Yates’s direction is pretty convincing, but you simply cannot ignore the film’s plot problems. There are many things not mentioned from the book, the most important ones being Marvolo Gaunt’s memory and the entire Quidditch Cup season, which all the movies just seem to ignore almost completely. Also, some scenes, such as the awesome Bellatrix-Harry chase scene in a wheat field is completely pointless, as both Bellatrix and Fenrir Greyback (the werewolf) do not succeed in killing Harry, and do not achieve much in burning down Ron’s house, which struck me as pointless. Also, the entire Dumbledore burial scene is skipped! That was the most emotional part of the book, and brought me to tears, which very few books do.
The film has an extremely long running time of two-and-a-half-hours, and becomes really, really boring in a few handpicked scenes. The first half is fantastic, and you will never know when the time flies (unless you have an empty stomach). But even when you’re munching on butter popcorn and sipping Coke, the second half seems to drag on. Yates tries to finish of the film in a hurry, when the detials are actually required.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Theatrical Trailer. Do watch it in full screen HD.
There are a lot of movies/games/software out there, which may be unknown to a majority of people. People are hardly interested in this kind of stuff, and ignore it purely based on public reactions. I don’t think they’re bad at all.
PS: I’ve included a Criticism characterisitc with each topic to explain why it is criticised by people, and my counter-point as well.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The Metal Gear Solid [MGS] series by Hideo Kojima of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan is quite famous. But this is one of the games on the series you just have to try out. It was initially planned for the PlayStation 3, but released for its predecessor due to launch delay. So you can imagine how great the graphics will be. Cinematic cutscenes with a movable-and-zoom camera option, superb music, brilliant physics and an amazing storyline make Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater one of the coolest, if not best, PlayStation 2 game ever made. The game does have it flaws though. The O button is the X button and vice-verca, so you have to press O to accept and X to cancel. Camera controls are cumbersome too. However, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater makes you realise that the PlayStation 2 has pressure-sensitive controls! Pressing O lightly will suffocate an enemy, while hammering it will sever his throat with your knife. Criticism: Metal Gear Solid games are no different than movies.
True. Quite true. And this is often a line used by MGS haters. But play the game and you realise “Hey… This is like a movie, but I can haz like to be a hero in the movie!!11111111!!!” Who wouldn’t want to play a lead role in films? Metal Gear Solid 3 allows you to do just that.
Burnout Dominator
Burnout Dominator
I reviewed Burnout Dominator in the past, and gave it about 8/10. Burnout Dominator isn’t a bad game at all. Its absolutely amazing. However, it leaves you disappointed only because you’d have expected more from the successor of such an awesome game like Burnout Revenge.
Criticism:Burnout Dominator is extremely difficult, and hence, is a pain to play. It may be tougher than its predecessors, but difficulty is the major criteria for playing! Anybody with amateurish driving skills can rule Burnout Revenge overnight, but it requires gaming expertise and concentration and determination to achieve the same for Burnout Dominator. Only a hardcore gamer can do this.
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb aired on Disney Channel a couple of months ago, and is probably the best cartoon I have seen in a long time. The lead characters Phineas and Ferb are extremely cute and always have some of the naugtiest inventions up their sleeves. In fact, their title track says it all:
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel tower
Discovering something that doesn’t exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Yes. They really do all that. Without their parents getting to know. But their nosey sister tries to bust them, but always fails. Also, there’s a song in every episode, which is not at all childish. In fact, all of them are catchy, especially the title track. It also involves a side plot, where Phineas and Ferb’s pet platypus doubles up as a secret agent to foil the evil scientist Heinz Doofenshmirtz’s plans.
Criticism: Phineas and Ferb is a cartoon for kids. You’re a baby if you watch that crap!
Wrong. Completely. Wrong. Its like you’re saying South Park is for kids. Phineas and Ferb may not be that vulgar, but is certainly witty. Kids can watch it as well, but people of all ages must give it a shot. In fact, its got all those witty takes on many fields, such as fashion, reality shows (such as one named as “America’s Next Teen Pop Star Idol!” taking a dig at ridiculously named reality shows. The winner even performs a one-hit wonder. Phenomenons only adults or teenagers can understand), evil scientists, and even mammals. You must see the season opener episode “Rollercoaster” which I’ll put up here.
Rebecca
Rebecca
Rebecca is an Alfred Hitchcock film made entirely in black and white. Its that old. Many enthusiasts may already know about this one, but many don’t. Rebecca won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1940, but chances are it’ll win any year. The actors deliver spectacular performances, and the horror will really freak you out. It may not be as gory or deadly as your Grudges or Hannibals, but it is Hitchcock’s superior directorial skills which will keep you glued to the edge of your seats.
After Slumdog Millionaire began its winning streak throughout the world by winning BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and more famously, eight Oscars, most of the Indian (like me) and film critics (again, like me) liked it, India being the land of controversies had other ideas. They started slamming the film and called director Danny Boyle many dirty names which would be uncouth to mention here, as I would risk receiving an R rating for Shadow Line, which some controversy-lover would definitely like to give. I’ll try looking at some of these aspects and sort them out according to my understanding.
Movies like Taare Zammen Par were better movies than Slumdog Millionaire and should have won the Oscar.
Ignorant fools, behold! Can’t you understand that Slumdog Millionaire is a HOLLYWOOD film, and Taare Zameen Par is a BOLLYWOOD film? Get it? The Academy Awards are only for American films, and not for Indian ones. Indian films can only win an Oscar if they meet certain conditions. Did we give a Filmfare for Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, even though it won eleven Oscars? Did Titanic receive a Stardust award? No! Because they aren’t made for Indian audiences – the main target is Amercians! It is directed by a foreign director. So what if it was shot in India? When Kal Ho Na Ho was shot entirely in New York, did the Americans say complain about a foreign language film being shot on their soil? I hope you get my point.
Slumdog Millionaire did not deserve to get so many awards.
Why? Why does it not deserve so many awards? Other films nominated for the Best Picture category in the Oscars had certain flaws. The Reader had an unnecessary excess amount of lovemaking, Frost/Nixon was boring for many, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is quite boring too, although the storyline was damn strong. Milk had a strong message to give, but many were against its controversial topic. This leaves you with Slumdog Millionaire. Although the story line is pretty unbelievable, yet it is a great fantasy about love and hope during despair, which the world really needs during this financial crisis. It captivated hearts even though a third of the film is a foreign language, and it had a cast composed of no big stars. It had a great music score, for which Rahman deserved two Oscars. The sound mixing had trains arriving on tracks, which accurately resembled trains. Danny Boyle did an awesome job as a director, handling real people from slums without a common language to communicate. The screenplay was aptly modified to make the movie more pleasing and interesting. So there you are.
The blind(ed) kid could not possibly know of Benjamin Franklin’s existence on a hundred dollar bill.
Ok that, I agree, is a wee bit tough to justify. You must remember, Jamal and Salim (Malik) used to go to school. Similary, that child (Arvind) might also have learned about it in school. That does sound far-fetched, I agree. Another possible explanation could be that after begging for such a long time on the streets, he might have learnt about this fact from some American he must have come across. Remember – Salim and Jamal were very small when they left Maman, and now there were in their mid-teens – big enough to wander around Mumbai and work in restaurants.
Jamal did not mention Surdas in the flashback.
Even I was stumped at this one, but after watching it again, I found the answer. We need to me a bit more careful while listening to dialogues.
[Maman calls Jamal to sing that bhajan song]
Maman- “Yaar Jamal, wo Darshan Do Ghanshyaam wala gaana suna de; woh Surdas wala. Mera favourite bhajan hai woh.
Big mistake here. Sorry fellas.
India has been showcased as a poor country full of slums.
Well, people, wake up. Look around you. There are so many slums and poor people living way below the Poverty Line (which Rs 434 per month). Nearly 4.2 % of the population is food insecure. Children are really mutilated and forced to beg as shown aptly in the movie. And slums appear only for a mere fifteen to twenty minutes in the film.
Well, that pretty much sums it up. Comment about this, and we’ll debate.
Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, making it the most memorable one for us Indians. But ironically, nearly none of the English pictures that won the main awards were original in their stories. Strange, isn’t it? I have proof:
Slumdog Millionaire [which won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay] was adapted from Vikas Swarup’s Q & A.
Milk [which won Sean Penn the Best Actor in a Leading Role] is based on American politician Harvey Milk, which indicates that the story was not made from scratch.
The Reader [which won Kate Winslet the Best Actress in a Leading Role] is based on Bernhard Schlink’s award winning novel by the same name.
The Dark Knight [which won the award for Best Sound Editing and Best Supporting Actor] is based on Bob Kane’s creations – Batman, Joker, Bruce Wayne, etc.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [which won the award for the Best Visual effects, and also had thirteen nominations] is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story by the same name.
The Duchess [which won the award for the Best Costumes] is based on Amanda Foreman’s best selling biography of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
Wall-E [which won the award for Best Animated Feature Film] is (very) loosely based on a Robinson Crusoe-sque story (okay, that seems far-fetched)
Oh and BTW, I realised that by my self. Its not pinched from anywhere else.
I’ve been waiting for this big moment for a long, long time. And finally. I got to see Danny Boyle’s eagerly awaited drama Slumdog Millionaire. Was it worth the wait? You bet.
Based on Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A, Slumdog Millionaire is actually a two-hour episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionare? or Kaun Banega Crorepati. Its how about Jamal Malik, a guy living in a Mumbai slum, manages to come up to ten million. Just a day before the twenty million question, Jamal Malik is arrested, and interrogated about the happenings of his life. That is Slumdog Millionaire.
Jamal Malik is on the verge of creating history. And how did he do it? He cheated? No. He was asked only those questions, of which he knew the answers. Sheer luck. Jamal explains nearly every answer, which unveils the struggle he had to face living in a Mumbai slum, and the price he had to pay for being a Muslim. Boyle has captured the slums beautifully; every detail is clear – from clothes drying near the railway track to rudimentary toilets (which are actually houses on stilts with a large hole in the centre to let the … excreta … fall down. Jamal escapes from a slum, and is taken along with his brother Salim and friend Latika to an orphanage, where they are forced to beg. They are taught to sing, then blinded, as blind singers get double the sympathy, double the money. Salim and Jamal escape from here too, and spend their lives selling goods in the trains, stealing food from compartments, etc. etc. All this seems horrible, but yet, this is the harsh reality of the slum life. You learn to realise the horrible existence of the needy.
Not a moment to bore you. Not a moment to take your eyes off screen when there are such fine actors. There’s drama, and comedy too. I especially love that scene where Jamal plays a guide and explains about the Taj Mahal to the tourists, describing it as a five star hotel “with the swimming pool”. He later becomes a good guide, whilst his brother steals shoes and ransacks Mercedes-Benzes.
In the entire story, you see the characters develop. Jamal grows up to be honest, but easily influenced. Salim, his brother, on the other hand, develops into a mean and merciless fellow, taking to the underworld and drinking at the age of 15, I guess. That is why the plot is so solid. You feel the characters growing as the film progresses. There are some unbelievable things, however. How the hell do Jamal, Salim, Latika and others speak English so fluently, even when they are uneducated and from a slum? How does Jamal give know the writer of the song Darshan Do Ghanshyaam even when Surdas was never mentioned during the entire sequence?
Although these questions remain unanswered, the sheer detail of the film keeps you engrossed. I’ve already that mentioned that above. Jamal learns to live his life, even when he is plagued with no parents and poverty. The main quest of he film is not to win twenty million bucks, nor is it to be rich or famous, but it is to find Latika, Jamal’s lost love.
There aren’t any songs (except in the end – that Jaya He one), but the background score is great, as it is a fusion of indigenous and foreign music. The screenplay rocks, too! Scenes from the past and the present flash continuously, which keep you glued to your seat, as you wait till the suspense to be unfolded.
Detailed Ratings [Out of 5]
Plot: 4
Acting: 5
Music: 5
Direction: 4
Screenplay: 5
Rating: 4.6/5 [Brilliant!]
Edit:
The Oscars were given out today, and Slumdog Millionaire won eight out of ten nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Song [Jaya He, Rahman!], Best Original Music Score [Rahman again!], Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay. Hooray!
Also Smile Pinki, a movie with an India connect, won an Oscar for the best Documentary Short.
The sequel to Transformers is releasing in 2009 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Obviously, the name indicates that the Decepticons will take revenge from the Autobots. Here is the poster.
I finally saw the much awaited Ghajini. Ghajini starts off with the credits rolling against a pleasing background of the brain, its nerves and the blood cells floating around. In the very first scene, you have to bear that horrible face of Jiah Khan (who plays Sunita, a final year, medical student). You are introduced to Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan), a patient of short-term memory loss, who forgets everything after fifteen minutes.
This is where it all begins. Ghajini is a serious thriller, according to the genre, but don’t be mistaken. Its a movie with everything you want in an entertainer – action, drama, romance, comedy, and great acting. One of the best scenes I liked in the movie was when Sanjay wakes up in his own residence, unable to recognize where he is. He has chits lying all around his house, such as turn on the lights, place for keeping wallet, house keys, camera, etc. When he enters the bathroom, he finds a chit where he has to take off his shirt. Then he sees hit tattooed body, bearing the words Kalpana Was Killed, somebody’s phone number, etc. Its his acting which makes you realise his agony. Aamir Khan changes his facial appearance, his body language instantly, which forces you to share the pain. Marvellous acting.
Ghajini is all about finding and killing this guy by the same name, as he was the one responsible for Kalpana’s death. Sanjay was hit by a rod in the head, which leads to memory loss, and so he tattooes his entire body to remind himself of the tragedy of his girlfriends death. His camera beeps and tells him to click photos of important people and events.
All this looks great, and appears wonderful. But the show stealer is not Aamir Khan. It is Asin, who plays the superbly written character of Kalpana, effortlessly. Her debut is great, and she is sure to give all the actresses a run for their money. Her acting is so pure, that when she dies, you are immediately able to connect her loss to Sanjay’s. Her character is bubbly and fills you with enthusiasm while watching her. When both of these two actors are on the screen, it is impossible to take your eyes off them. Every scene they pull of effortlessly.
The movie is actually a remake of a South Indian film by the same name, and same director. The script here is extremely flawed. There are logical loopholes everywhere. Is it possible that nobody has seen Sanjay Singhania, a rich guy who is the manager of AirVoice mobile company, which is India’s largest? Surely that’s not the case with Sunil Mittal or Anil Ambani, whom we quizzers recognize in a flash? There’s not even a single photo of him, not in even in a newspaper article published by a newspaper. However, I did envy Sanjay. After all, he owned a Mac…
The acting in the film, as I mentioned, is great. However, Jiah Khan disappoints. She has a ridiculous role and has the same expression in every scene. Thankfully, she has a short role to play. In face, the agony of enduring her ridiculous performance is more than that of losing Kalpana. Pradeep Rawat as Ghajini Dharmatma is average in his role of a villain, but not as bad as Jiah Khan,
The music is very good. The lyrics are a little strange, but blame the lyricist for that. A.R. Rahman has composed an excellent music score for the film. However, too many songs can be taxing, although they contain a piece of the story in them.
The movie is supposed to have intense action. Had it not been for Aamir Khan’s superb acting, you would have never given the action a second thought. It can never beat those masterpieces from Die Hard 4.0. The action is actually very silly. Imagine being hit by an iron rod on the head and losing memory for the rest of your life, and imagine being hit thrice on the body with another iron rod, and not even flinching! This, is crazy stuff.
At a running length of three hours, Ghajini is not such a good film, it is full time-pass and is an excellent entertainer. Its definitely better than Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Do go and watch it, as the suspense will keep you on the edge of your seats.
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