Sunday, December 16, 2012

quantum of solace (2008). directed by marc forster.


my brother said bond is too dark in this film. why not? he was angry and wanted to vent out. the single mindedness of it makes the character rebellious is definitely more interesting than someone who toes the line after his mother figure boss orders a shot on him. 

please. 

ok the water theft plot is more pierce brosnan than daniel craig, but i like that the movie is engaging and has a good pace. while it is all personal, it's not melodramatic. 

casino royale (2006). directed by martin campbell.


of the three bond movies with daniel craig so far, i must say i liked this one the most. it's balanced in every way, which makes me failed to understand what is so great about skyfall (2012) that people hailed it as the best bond movie ever. ever? too much compliment misplaced. 

the hobbit: an unexpected journey (2012). directed by peter jackson.


good movie, but not as good as the lord of the rings trilogy (2001-2003). some scenes are way too long for its own good that it shifted the focus of the movie. by the time the credit rolled, i was surprised that there will be a part two and three. darn, no wonder it felt so long. 

the woman in black (2012). directed by james watkins.


this story is actually not bad. not a fan of daniel radcliffe (i am too old for harry potter), he doesn't look as clueless as keanu reeves, still, the amount of expressions he could muster for this movie works just fine. it's pretty scary too, as most horror movies opted the violence route so seeing something old fashion like this instill my faith that hollywood hasn't lost it altogether.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

sangam (1964). directed by raj kapoor.


it is my ritual that i watched this movie every deepavali. not that i liked the story, but i love the songs. hindi have never sound so good as the songs in this film. my father gets emotional about this movie, because love triangles to him are unnecessary and annoying. why did gopal gave up radha for sunder? why couldn't sunder just left gopal alone and concentrate on married life? why didn't radha destroyed her old love letters only to drive sunder crazy over it?

questions, questions. 

i said aloud, i think there is latent homosexuality between the two. honestly, both of them could do without radha. what they want is each other. LOL. 

skyfall (2012). directed by sam mendes.


i won't iterate the story here because i am sure pretty much everyone had already watched this movie. what i am missing is, how is it that it got hailed as the best bond movie ever? why? is it because people haven't seen much of javier bardem? talking to my brothers about it, they opined that this movie is in between casino royale (2006) and quantum of solace (2008). they don't like the fact that bond is no longer rebellious and willing to sacrifice for queen and country (especially the after fact that MI6 tried to burn him..well never mind). i just find the story straight forward, nothing special really. the action sequences is..err..too much at times. trains destroying tunnels and helicopters crashing into gothic houses are the stuff that could only make one person proud, and that is micheal bay. 

having watched all three movies, i actually liked quantum of solace (2008) better than this movie. 

sarah's key (2010). directed by gilles paquet-brenner.


a little girl locked her little brother in a closet when anti-jews french police force were raiding homes of jewish families. she didn't know that she'll be leaving the little boy for a long time. this is her story of trying to get back to him, predictably to meet with eventual heartbreak. honestly it's totally fucked up, what has happened, and it makes you wonder why the war in gaza is just another day in life.