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Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Movie: Rear Window
Year: 1954
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Wendell Corey
Snapshot of Story:
Rear Window is an Alfred Hitchcock classic and a remake of this movie was also made in 1998 starring Christopher Reeves. The movie as the name implies is a man who is in a wheelchair and passes most of his time gazing out of the rear window only to witness a possible murder.
Hit By Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
Storyline:
Like all of Hitchcock’s movies Rear Window does not disappoint and engages the viewer with edge of the seat action and footage. The masterful acting of James Stewart who plays Jeff and Grace Kelly who plays Lisa gives added depth and realism to the whole movie. Lisa watches over Jeff as he recuperates from an injury that has bound him to a wheelchair. To pass his time Jeff routinely stares out of the rear window to get some ‘kicks’ out of other people in his apartment block. Hithcock’s great filming brings his neighbours to life and as we move from one apartment to another with the camera the audience is left to fit a ‘lifestyle’ of the people living there. This cleverly opens up one apartment where Jeff is intrigued with the mysterious goings on.
As Jeff continues to watch the character with fascination he ultimately witnesses what he thinks is a possible murder. And so our suspense begins where he brings in Lisa to spy on the neighbour to find out more about his interesting neighbour.
The ultimate climax is when he confronts the murderer face to face and fortunately for him and Lisa he is apprehended by the police.
Final Thoughts:
The movie is an interesting take on a very simple plot but which Hitchcock masterfully introduces suspense and thrilling action. Part of Hitchcock’s popularity is that he had visions for seeing the unknown and always able to keep the audience engaged in the movie with great dialogue even if there are no action scenes. He always keeps the acting as natural and believable as possible and during his movie making career has always selected the best actors for his work.
Rating:
8.5/10
Tags: old movies by Alfred Hitchcock, review of Alfred Hitchcock's Read Window, review of the movie Alfred Hitchcock
Unique Crime - Thriller of 1994: Pulp Fiction
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Movie: Pulp Fiction
Genre: Crime Thriller
Year: 1994
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson
Snapshot of Story:
The movie is another prime work by director Quentin Tarantino who makes no pretense to how far humans can go in terms of violence, self-righteousness, greed and self-regard. The movie portrays two criminals in their working lives with large doses of humour, violence and uncircumstantial events.
Moments in the Story:
The two main characters are played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson and both give superb performances in their roles as totally heartless and often comical criminals.
Tarantino’s stylish way of directing somehow makes these two characters likeable and applies wonderful use of dialogue that brings the characters alive. In one scene they randomly talk about hamburgers and how each country has a definition of their own for the McDonalds Big Mac. In a split moment they accidently shoot the passenger and of course their immediate reaction was the mess they made but not the fact that they had blown someone’s head off.
In other parts of the movie, John Travolta who plays Vincent Vega has to look after his boss’s wife and come to a restaurant where he feels uncomfortable in the situation. Despite the ruthless nature of his job, we see a tender side of him that is in stark contrast to his daily working life.
The movie weaves it’s way between different events and scenes with different characters and all of it is very entertaining with much emphasis on shock and violence.
Final Thoughts:
In Tarantino’s world, we see the dark side of the human personality, the area that we all feel uncomfortable to cross but he brings this about with clever manipulation of dialogues and uncircumstantial events which makes the movie very entertaining to watch.
Rating:
8.5/10
Tags: Review of Crime - Thriller of 1994: Pulp Fiction, Review of Pulp Fiction
SRK’s Biggest Hit of 2007: Chak De India
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Movie: Chak De India
Director: Shimit Amin
Time: 2007
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) and Vidya Malvade
Snapshot of the story
This patriotic story revolves around the Ex Hockey player Kabir Khan (Played by SRK) who was thrown out of the Indian national hockey team on false ground of helping Pakistani hockey team in a crucial world cup match. He comes back to help the women’s hockey team as a coach because he is desperate to prove that he is a true Indian and all the allegations were wrong.
Chak De India Movie Review
Theme of Story
Chak De India shows the dying condition of other sports in India, especially hockey in comparison to cricket which continues to grow and attract more and more people along with money and power; on the other side women hockey has been completely neglected. The story stars when Kabir Khan wants to join the Indian national hockey team as a coach for the world championship. His problem does not end here but gets worse as the team (from different states of India) he got can be overwhelmingly defeated by European and Australian school teams. Kabir Khan started coaching these untrained players and successfully deals with attitudes of few senior players. Under his coaching these players from different states of India who speak different language starts to put a good show. They start performing well in the world championship but in spite of all this the team is let down badly by a couple of senior player who plays dirty politics within the team and try to gain individual mileage.
On Screen Chemistry
Shah Rukh Khan is the soul of the movie and plays Kabir Khan with perfection, that is why he has been called the king of Bollywood. Director did a great job in casting all the team members and made us feel that every character is necessary to the whole storyline. Movie has the theme songs “Chak De India” which sets the audience alive.
The Happy Ending
Last 30 minutes of the movie holds much drama, thrill and emotions as the women’s hockey team enters in to finals and beating major teams and passing the true test of their skills. However, the real test of nerves is still needed to be tested as there is hardly any difference in their skillsets. The final match between India and Australia was a cracker of a game and has some of the best moments in the movie as both teams go to sudden death where India bags the world championship with some last minute tips from the coach Kabir Khan. After this win Kabir Khan gets appreciation from the entire nation and proves that he is a true Indian.
Conclusion
The story is about an ambitious man who never lost his faith in his own ability and his bold approach to other fellow colleagues to provide them with equal inspiration and hope to do well in their own lives.
Rating
8/10
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Relive the Horror: Pet Sematary
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Movie: Pet Sematary
Year: 1989
Genre: Horror
Director: Mary Lambert
Stars: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne
Snapshot of Story:
A family arrives at a small town to start a new life and discover that the area they live is haunted and tainted with old stories of nightmares of the dead coming back alive. One of many remakes of the famous novelist Stephen King’.
Storyline:
Dale Midkiff plays the doctor Louis Creed who arrive along with his wife and two young kids to a new house in a small town in the countryside. The neighbors are reluctant to talk about the cemetary that lies behind their house.
The family lives very close to a busy road that passes their house with no protection such as a fence and the result is that their own child gets runover by a passing truck. Previous to that the doctor found that their cat who met the same fate had returned when the cat was buried in the mysterious cemetary. The doctor feeling much pain assumed the same for his child and buried him in the cemetary. However, when the child returned he wreaked havoc in the house and goes on to kill his neigbour and his mother.
Further Notes:
Stephen King’s story plays well into the emotions of the family losing their own child and the unbearable agony of having lost their own baby child. Bringing back the child from the dead is almost an inevitable choice that the father makes from the pain of bereavement. The film stylishly ends with the mother also coming returning from the dead.
Conclusion:
Although the film at its time was a good rendition of the macabre stories by Stephen King but unfortunately by today’s standard does not hit the mark. The film is let down by the not so great acting of Dale Midkiff and Denise Crosby, unfortunately the strong screen presence of Fred Gwynne could not do much to lift this film.
Rating:
5.5/10
Tags: Relive the Horror: Pet Sematary, Review of Pet Sematary
The Others: Mystery - Thriller During World War Two
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Movie: The Others
Year: 2001
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston and Fionnula Flanagan
Snapshot of Story:
The story is about a mother with two young children who find their house haunted and is set in a mansion somewhere in England just after world war two.
Theme of Story:
Nicole Kidman plays Grace Stewart the mother of two children who live in a mansion with her husband who had abandoned them following the war. She gives a captivating performance and brings the entire movie to life. Her anguish with her current situation and her overbearing protectionism of the children are very well portrayed.
Grace brings in some house workers to look after the children and the house. One notable feature of the movie is where Grace insists that all doors behind them must be locked at all times and blinds drawn to prevent the children from being harmed by the outdoor light. Through the movie we see indications of bizarre happenings around the house including the nanny Mrs. Bertha Mils that keeps the viewers in suspense. The relationship between Grace and the nanny becomes more troublesome as Grace is not able to maintain the stable livelihood around the house. When Grace’s husband appears from nowhere we are left wandering what the whole situation was about and what it was in the past that caused them to separate. All this culminates in a very interesting twist at the end.
Conclusion:
The movie has been very well made portraying a remote house in the middle of nowhere with an overcast weather that adds to it’s isolation. This gives the entire household more of a presence and a stage that allows the telling of this haunting story.
Rating:
7/10
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