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The Criminal Fantasy Drama: The Green Mile
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Movie: The Green Mile
Year: 1999
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Frank Darabont
Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Morse
Snapshot of Story:
The movie centers around a death row prison and it’s guards with a black inmate who has been accused of child rape and murder. The inmate is found to have a special gift of healing.
Storyline:
The Green Mile movie is wonderfully directed by Frank Darabont who presents an engaging movie for the audience with the two central characters Tom Hanks who plays Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan who plays John Coffey.
The Criminal Fantasy Drama: The Green Mile
Paul Edgecomb is a fair but a strict guard officer whose duty was the proper running of the prison were John Coffey was housed. Paul soon discovers that John has an uncanny ability to heal the departed and he demonstrates this with a mouse that was killed by one of the officers. Paul realizes there is more to this inmate than meets the eye and is able to utilize his powers for other causes. This makes Paul become more attached to John and to work on his case as he is certain of his innocence.
Paul shows his resilience and maturity when dealing with another guard that many others in the prison disliked and his portrayal of the guard is very well performed by Tom Hanks.
In one memorable part of the movie, John takes the dead mouse in his lap and open his mouth wide to expel what appeared like insects coming out of his mouth. He manages to revive the mouse much to the amazement of the other guards.
The acting by all the characters in this movie is just-right and brings about the story telling that keeps you fixated without even knowing. Set in the beginning of the 20th century the vocals, languages and the discriminatory nature of the people at it’s time was well portrayed.
Final Thoughts:
The Green Mile is a movie that moves with a slow pace as the story unfolds but you never feel bored thanks to the execution of the script by the director. Tom Hanks gives a heart warming performance like many of his other movies to provide on-stage presence and add substance to the whole story. The unusually big build of Michael Clarke Duncan and the demure nature of his character also lifts the film by another bar.
Rating:
8/10
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Farhan Akhtar’s Another 3 Friends Story: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Movie: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Director: Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar
Gerne: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Time: 20011
Stars: Hritik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, and Kalki Koechlin
Snapshot of the story
Zindagi Na Milegy Dobara is a story of three friends Arjun (Played by Hritik Roshan), Imraan (Played by Farhan Akhtar) and Kabir (Played by Abhay Deol) who go to a fantasy tour of Spain where they meet different people and get to know life and learn to seize the moment. In short, their visit to Spain changes their lives forever.
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Theme of Story
Story starts with an engagement of Kabir with her six month old girl friend Natasha (played by Kalki Koechlin). As Kabir getting married the following month they make a plan to go on a fantasy tour basically an extended bachelor party to Spain. Kabir is son of a famous construction tycoon, Imraan is a creative writer and Arjun is a stock broker in London (always busy) and because oh him this trip gets canceled four times but this time Kabir wants Arjun to come at any cost. The history behind this trip goes back to their school days as they have decided go on adventures trips and everyone has to choose one adventure sport and all have to partake in it.
Kabir Chooses scuba diving but Arjun has aqua phobia, Arjun has his own dreams but Imraan has big problem in choosing his sport of Sky diving and with Imraan wanting to take the run of his life by running in front of the street bulls in Spain and both Kabir and Arjun were not comfortable. However the pact they share have much to do with these daring and adventure sports.
Twist in the Tale
In their Spainish trip they come across the beautiful and gorgeous Laila (played by Katrina Kaif) as the scuba diving instructor. Story takes emotional ups and downs of the individual’s life and connects the audiences well. The story also showcases how these male characters break their confined lifestyle and re-discover life.
On Screen Chemistry
All three were great in their respective roles especially Imraan who’s comical timing was amazing. Katrina was gorgeous as ever. Director Zoya Akhtar did a fantastic job in directing and shooting some the exotic locations in Spain. Although, music of the movie is average but that was compensated by beautiful poetry by Imraan(written by Javed Akhtar). Film also had a guest appearance by Naseeruddin Shah.
The Conclusion
Movie gives a strong message to it’s audience to live the life by conquering your inner fear and think as if every day as your last day of your life because this moment will not come again (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara).
Rating
7.5/10
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The Story From Different Planet: Alien
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Movie: Alien
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Year: 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt and John Hurt
Snapshot of Story:
A mining space ship lands on an uncharted planet only to find deadly creatures that spawn from the human digestive system and wreak havoc on their ship. The later version Aliens (1986) by James Cameron is equally electrifying to watch.
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Storyline:
This movie can also be categorized in the horror section since the aim is to shock and provide heart thumping action. Ridley Scott like other great directors of his time sets a new bar in entertainment with the Alien movie. The special effects at it’s time were nothing of its kind seen anywhere else and coupled with the excellent plot made this movie highly entertaining to watch.
The crew land on a planet and discover another alien ship that had landed and perished. They discover an area where some eggs where developing and take back a crew member that was infected by one of them. This sets the beginning of the horror that takes place on the ship with the deadly creature running amuck.
In one of many memorable moments in the movie we see Sigourney Weaver who plays Ripley confronted by the creature in the escape hatch and the stroboscopic light effect reflecting of the alien and Ripley heightens the intensity of this scene. Ridley Scott makes clever use of the lightning and the stroboscopic effect of the ship lights to create a macabre and sinister atmosphere.
In another scene we see the robots head placed on the table as they manipulate the electronics inside of it and looks very realistic.
Sigourney Weaver who plays Ripley gives a very believable performance throughout the movie and she continues to be the star in each of the subsequent Alien chain of movies that follows.
Final Thoughts:
The movie at its time created a new dimension in horror and also crossed the border of science-fiction to horror. Like other great movies it set the stage for new film making that was to follow.
Rating:
8.5/10
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A Horror Masterpiece: The Shining
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Movie: The Shining
Genre: Suspense/Horror
Year: 1980
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd
Snapshot of Story:
Jack Torrance played by Jack Nicholson has been hired to be a caretaker for the closing winter season of a big lodge along with his wife Wendy Torrance played by Shelley Duvall and their young son Danny played by Danny Lloyd. Upon arriving at the lodge, Jack becomes possessed by the evil ghosts of the past and tries to kill his wife and child. The movie is based on the book by Stephen King.
Storyline:
Stanley Kubrick’s direction of this movie is clearly evident by the way he creates a haunting atmoshpere in and around the lodge. Jack becomes mentally ill and the great acting of Nicholson makes you become immersed and you began to step into his shoes as he goes through the phases of psychoticness. Shelley Duvall gives a terrific performance as the mother in plight desperately trying to protect herself and the child from the changing beastling emanating from Jack.
The stunning photography of the scenes through the maze when Jack tries to pursue Danny is very cleverly executed and keeps the audience captivated. Wendy’s quick thinking and improvisation is clearly evident despite the horrific events happening all around her.
Another memorable part of the movie is when Danny continuously murmers ‘red rum’ and the audience comes to learn of its meaning when we see the words written backwards in a reflection of the dressing table mirror. The words spelt backwords is ‘mur der’.
Final Thoughts:
Movies of the horror genre have to be carefully crafted in the early days when special effects were not that advanced. Nowdays, horror movies tend to have a mix of special effects and much gore but the real horror movies are the ones that captures the audience and plays with their emotions. This is maybe why the Paranormal Activity series has done so well in the box office as it is something people can relate to easily since it is filmed in a typical family household. The great directors of our time uses a blend of camera techniques and sets to create the haunting presence that manages to keep the audience glued to the screen.
Rating:
8/10
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Lagaan: A True Story Once Upon a Time In India
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Movie: Lagaan
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Genre: Drama, Musical and Romance
Time: 2001
Stars: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh and Rachel Shelly
Snapshot of the story
This is based on a true story during the British rule in India. Ashutosh Gowarikar has worked well on the plot where Bhuvan (Played by Aamir Khan) assemble a cricket team against Captain Russell’s challenge to play a cricket match to cancel the land tax. Land tax called as “Lagaan” is something which was been forced by the British regime on locals as protection money during their rule in India.
Theme of Story
It has been two yeas since there was no rain in the village “Champaner” and as a result farmers could not harvest the crop and and with no business in these two year civilians were not able to pay land tax “Lagaan” to the British regime. This time captain Russell was in no mood to waive the tax and challenged Bhuvan to play a cricket match as he is confident that villagers do not have any idea about the sport. The bet goes like this if the villager wins then British regime would cancel the “Lagaan” and if the villagers loses then they have to pay three times of annual “Lagaan”. This sets the mood of the film for the audience as Bhuvan starts assembling a team which can give a tough fight. Bhuvan believes that they can win this game as the game was very similar to Indian “gilli-danda” and to learn this game came in the help from captain’s sister Elizabeth (Played by Rachel Shelley). Story also has the love triangle as Rachel started to like Bhuvan while teaching the basics of the game and on the other side Gauri (played by Gracy Singh) liked him since childhood.
The High Time
The story takes a dramatic turn with the cricket match and offers the twist in the story and ends with a nail biting finish when Bhuvan hits the much needed “Six” (Like a home run in baseball) and wins the match for the local team.
On Screen Chemistry
Aamir Khan is called as Mr. Perfectionist of Indian cinema (Bollywood) and did prove this with his performance in “Lagaan”. The movie does not have a strong story line but a strong direction by Ashutosh Gowarikar, brilliant screen play, best cinematography and best music by Oscar award winner A.R. Rahman which became an instant hit. “Lagaan” was nominated as best foreign film in the 74th Academy awards (2002).
The Happy Ending
After wining the contest Captain Russell has to cancel the “Lagaan” (land tax) to “Champaner” villagers, and when this news reach the British high command they do not over rule the challenge but did announce the transfer order of campaign Russell. Bhuvan and Gauri find their true love for each other but for Elizabeth it was an heart broken affair.
Conclusion
The movie gives a clear message that even if you are not going through the best of time and situations are against you and even with nature not on your side, you can still come out standing tall and confidence and believe that nothing is impossible.
Rating
8.5/10
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