Saving Private Ryan

The release of "Saving Private Ryan" generated a massive hype due to Steven Spielberg having also directed that other Second World War opus, "Schindler's List". Now that Hollywood has moved on and the fuss has subsided, it's clear that an important movie remains.

Much has been written and gasped about the opening 20 minutes as the GIs land on the beaches, only to be mown down by the Germans. Some recoiled at the graphic violence, others praised the realism, while some questioned whether war is really like that at all. The percentage of an audience who can accurately comment is surely small.
What is abundantly clear is that in the massive body of films that deal with World War II, this is one that pulls no punches. It consistently explores the unpredictable and random violence that engulfs and blinds the men within it.
The plot serves only to drag a squad of characters through uncharted peril with few fitting the normal pre-determined 'hero' tag of war films. They're off on a PR mission to find a Private James Ryan and take him home to his mother, who is shortly to learn that her other three sons are dead.

While the men are constantly under threat from the Germans, they are not engaged in a key battle that will help win the war. Without a major event to eclipse proceedings, a greater examination of each man's personal fears is allowed to shine through.

This is not a film that will please everyone and quite rightly so. But no movie about any war can seek to provide answers to every question. What Spielberg does is create a world of frightening carnage in which a small story is played out. As such, this is an important film that deconstructs war machines into separate, frightened men as it so likely was.

Some viewers point out at this video as a voilent movie but in my opininion it shows reality of what happened in world war2 and how people lost their families.

I've often said that comedy is serious business and the audience has moved over from banana peel humour in movies. The comedy in AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI - though it borders on absurdity - is funny in most parts. Sure, there're times when you feel that the humour looks forced especially climax fight when Katrina mistakenly bangs Ranbir a couple of times.
Yet, despite the blemishes, AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI is a full-on entertainer. One thing is for sure, you'd fall in prem with Prem and his antics. An ideal date movie that should connect with the youth.
On the whole, AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI entertains majorly. At the box-office, the fantastic pre-release campaign coupled with the terrific chemistry between Ranbir and Katrina, excellent music by Pritam and tremendous appeal for youth should ensure a big start for the film at the ticket window. The business prospects seem excellent, thus ensuring handsom e returns for its investors.

Dil Chata Hai

The stories and movies to which a person best relates, often become their most cherished. Remember that adage! Cause the day you find a romantic film as relevant to your life as Dil Chahta Hai is to people of my generation, you will also be unable to forget its images, dialogues, performances and story-line. That will always be the place Farhan Akhtar’s first directorial venture holds in my heart. (There’s something about the rawness and unharnessed energy of newbie directors that helps many of them excel their first round at the turnstiles.)
It works so well because Akhtar has targeted the final product at an intelligent audience, and taken many commendable risks along the way. He knows we’re sick and tired of all the unreal shenanigans seen ad nauseam in countless Bollywood love stories the past few decades. So this one’s told with maturity, realistic drama and comic panache

KAANTE

A story of good-looking men with guns, a good sense of humor and lack of trust. All these make KAANTE. After a long time, one has got a chance to see a film of this genera on the Hindi screen.
The film begins with six strangers locked up in a jail in Los Angeles, cell where they plan to rob a bank. Major (Amitabh Bachchan) is a veteran gangster and is tired of life behind bars. He has a wife in her deathbed who desires to breath her last in India.
Ajju (Sanjay Dutt) is a rough and tough guy in the movie who has had some experience of robbing banks and likes to spend his time in nightclubs. Mark (Sunil Shetty) is a bouncer fired from his job and is in love with a dancer in the same club. Andy (Kumar Gaurav) is a genius in computer software, divorced and is fighting for the custody of his son. Mak (Lucky Ali) is a cool-dude with a who-cares attitude and is always with Bali (Mahesh Manjrekar) a drug addict.
These guys are successful in robbing the bank but before they get away, police arrives and a shootout follows. Somehow the six manage to escape and meet again. They are sure there is an informer among them. But who is he? No one trusts the other and soon guns are drawn.

Khuda Ke Liya

Given the standing ovation the film is getting in theatres all over Pakistan from rich and poor alike, one can safely say that I am not the only one. For one thing it is a uniquely Pakistani story, which could have only come out of Pakistan. To sum it up, it is about us - the people of Pakistan warts and all- take it or leave it.
I went to the theatre expecting to see the same old liberal v. fundo arguments. There were those, but unlike how these arguments play out in “The Friday Times” and the “Nawai Waqt“, this remarkable film is fully conscious of its Pakistani identity and the strong Islamic component that forms part thereof.

The Shawshank Redemption

An all time favorite and top-rated movie. I personally suggest to watch it. However if you havent then you havent watched anything......
Here is a review to the movie(for beginners)

Tim Robbins stars as Andy Dufresne, a successful young banker who is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy is sent to Shawshank prison, a dour and depressing place where brutality from both guards and other prisoners is commonplace. Andy makes friends with Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), a lifer who has already spent many years inside. Red specialises in smuggling items into the prison for the other prisoners. Red soon discovers that Andy is a most unusual prisoner, although at first it seems to do him little good – he is brutalised by other prisoners

He starts to get both other prisoners and guards on his side when he offers to help one of the most notorious guards with a tax problem in exchange for bottles of chilled beer for everyone in his work party. From then on, Andy always seems to be working on one thing or another. He improves the prison’s tiny library, and helps those prisoners who want to study. He also handles the guards’ tax returns, and even helps the swindling Warden (Bob Gunton) cook the books. Over the years, he gains the respect of most of the other prisoners and guards. More importantly, he never loses hope for the future – a hope he tries to pass on to the other prisoners. He never stops believing in life’s possibilities, but to make the most of them he needs to be free.

Based on the Stephen King (non-horror) novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”, this is a simple story of hope made remarkable by the interaction between the two lead characters. Both Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman do a fine job in terms of making their roles genuine and appealing, and also in the way they work so well together. The production values throughout are outstanding, but this is not a “fancy” film. Rather, it sticks to the story it is telling without resorting to flashy tricks to grab the audience’s attention. Although there is violence, some of it extreme, it is necessary to show the kind of place the prison is and is certainly not gratuitous. The main theme is hope, not despair, and the violence serves only as a backdrop to that message. Unashamedly a feelgood movie, by the end one is wishing only that it would continue for a few more moments.

It's Got: A simple story told with poignancy.

It Needs: To continue the story just a little longer.

My Opinion: its perfect in the way it is.....

Are all the characters in the movie DE DANA DAN justified

'De Dana Dan', the latest release is a huge success at the box office. This film not only have the successful 'Hera Pheri' trio, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, but also the hot Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy and Neha Dhupia. The film has received unexpected reactions at the box office, on one side it is a hit among the fans but on the other, the critics have a negative opinion about it. It opened with 70 percent at the box office and is expected to increase during the week. So is a multi starrer the secret to success? Affirmative is Suniel Shetty. It is not only for a comedy film but for any genre of film. More the characters in the film, more the confusion. This is something people prefer. Every character is important to the film. Sushmita Sen believes that many characters can create confusion or it can add to the film. Suniel Shetty reiterates the fact that the success of the film depends on the script and director. But one question remains, are all the characters justified? If the characters are not justified the actors are the first ones to complain.