Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

[A_n_k_i_t]

Malena: was a nice movie. 8.5/10
simply superb.

The Legend of Bagger Vance : 7/10
moves at a very slow pace but watchable

The.Last.King.Of.Scotland: awesome movie.

Matrabhoomi: 9/10.
never expected such type of a movie would come out of bollywood. A must watch.

 

[a_medico]

Repo Men - What an awesome movie! That's one entertaining movie I have seen after a very long hiatus. One of the best endings too. On top it, great soundtrack, especially the songs towards the end. Highly recommended. Thanks Sam for the recommendation. Now I am off to imdb for little research on the movie.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Just came back after watching Inception. Turned out to be just as I expected. The concept was amazing and the plot development just kept on getting complex as it progressed. DiCaprio is definitely on a roll, his acting just keeps getting better with each movie. Brilliant direction and visual presentation. A must watch for sure.Off to IMDB to dissect the movie.

 

[rhitwick]

Inception 9/10 (yes, IMO, IMDB rating for this one is not inflated as Avatar)

Well, I had watched it last night, came back from theater @1.30AM. Thought about writing the review but I had to digest the film properly, many things are still blurry to me. This movie needs a second viewing.

The cinema hall was quite full as compared to other english movie screenings at a late night show. 90% were men/boys, very few women (may be girlfriends, wives or Leo fans )

Now the movie........

Plot: I'm not sure about it, but its something like this. Leo is a specialist dream extraction. He generally employed by people to extract info from someone's subconscious mind. Now this guy Sato wants him to plant an idea (rather extracting) in the victims mind. What happens next is the story. Or better say how the things happen next is the story. (I hope there is no spoiler in it.)

Acting: Leo is brilliant, as I already told, he's getting favorite choice for weird movies. Rest of the casting Joseph Gordon-Levitt (of 500 Days of Summer), Ellen Page (of Hard Candy) are a few of new recruits. Rest of the casting is from Nolan's trusted group of actors.
Apart from leo, I somehow can't handpick anyone else to place next to him. Everyone did awesome...

Directing: This is whole new Nolan. U've experienced this level of Nolan when u saw Memento, but with Inception he just surpassed every prediction, every expectation ever made of him. IMO, he is adopting David Lynch style only he cared to explain things. Please watch this movie to believe what Nolan is. Kudos to him.

Cinematography/Spl. effects: Cinematography is good. Special effects needs a special mention. They never seemed bigger than the story, blended properly, not outrageous.


On the whole dream was never analyzed this way before, yes u will find similarities with Matrix, Dark City (A scene of houses falling into sea, reminded me of it) and a few other movies. But the movies mentiond tried it superficially and Nolan went deep; levels of dream, timeline, dream within dream within dream (and that is not mistakenly repeated), architecture etc. whooooooo........I need to see it once more.
If "Shutter Island" made u think that was a brainfcuk movie, then, ya...prepare for a brainsmashing one.

---------- Post added at 01:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

Oh, a conversation at ticket window,

A couple (age between 45-50)
Couple (c): Ek Lamha-ka ticket de.
Cinemax(CX): Lamha-ka nahi hai sir, ab show nahi hai.
C: To wo, Sorcy na kaya hai wo de, 10.45 ka
CX: Sir, wo subah 10.45 ka hai...ab nahi hai
C: To ab kaya hai?
CX: Inception hai sir, 10.45PM.
C: To wo de de, do ticket.

Well, I very much wanted to know their feedback of the movie

 

[Psychosocial]

I also watched Inception yesterday, the first show but couldn't post about it coz my PC wasn't working. Well it blew me completely. One of the best movies I have ever seen. Everything's perfect. Will give it 9.5/10. Solid movie and a must watch for sure!

 

[rhitwick]

The Blind Side (6+1)/10

Its a feel good movie. I did not fins anything special about it. And Sandra Bullock won Oscar for that role?!!! Its like giving Kareena Filmfare for her part in 3-Idiots...nonsense.

Only thing is to watch is acting of the boy as "Big Mike", he's the reason I added an extra one to the rating. He got the exact look, expressions and most simple, innocent dialogs in the movie. He's the reason one should watch it.

 

[Psychosocial]

The Big Bang Theory Season 3 :- 9/10
Just can't wait for the next one! This sitcom keeps getting better and better!

 

[rhitwick]

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 7.5/10

A nice thriller....
Mostly depends on the lead and the eerie environment it creates eventually...

 

[a_medico]

Most welcome medico ... bookmark my suggestions for some more like wise movies .......... ....

Well Sam, I do keep a watch on everybody's suggestions, especially, 5-6 regular members. Then I decide whether to go for the movie or not. But seriously, this thread has affected my movie watching habit big time! Sometimes I just wonder what if this forum or thread gets dumped one day out of the blue!! Well it had happened in the past once temporarily, which was not a good feeling.

 

[vamsi_krishna]

Came back from Inception just now. Watched the IMAX version. It could have been a perfect movie if the ending was less flat. And, It could have been more brain shattering if i had watched it with a flat mind. But with the internet and Nolan involving, I failed.

Direction needs a special compliment here. The way Nolan crafted the movie gave me goose bumps. The Special Effects never strikes in a way that you stop wondering about the story and instead going all over the effects(like in Avatar) but rather like a force that pushes you further into the story.

It has drama, action, suspense, humor. Go watch it now.

9/10

P.S: I'm wondering this movie might change the way i dream and the concepts of it. Fingers crossed for tonight's dream.

 

[rhitwick]

Came back from Inception just now. Watched the IMAX version. It could have been a perfect movie if the ending was less flat.

Vamsi, dude.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go to IMDB and check out the board conversations. Every one there is talking about only thing the ending. Everyone there seems to have a new theory for it.
I first read a few threads then it messed up me so much that I stopped reading. I'm better with my understanding (or not understanding)......but one thing for sure is ending is not flat!!!!!! Hell, ya.

For u just one example: IMDb :: Boards :: Inception (2010) :: What REALLY happened in the movie. (Lo...

And, this movie just has hit #3 in IMDB top250; last day it was at #83...from there direct #3!!!!!!!!!

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8/10

I guess all the hype created around it made me expect it to be something else and I found it was something else (not matching with my expectation).

Positive points: Acting, directing
Negative: Story...sorry to the fans but I guess it might have been a great experience for the then audience but I have seen much movies of similar theme and this did not satisfy me.

I'm not sure, how should I take it, only a movie, an inspirational movie (inspiration for what?) or what?
This movie IMO, is only made for wannabe actors, directors, scriptwriters....who can learn a few tricks from it. But as an audience its confusing. IN this movie the protagonist is not playing properly....sometimes he does good deed, sometimes bad...........I was confused to take his side. And for such movies if u r hesitant till the end of the movie to take side, u can't enjoy it.

 

[vamsi_krishna]

Vamsi, dude.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go to IMDB and check out the board conversations. Every one there is talking about only thing the ending. Everyone there seems to have a new theory for it.
I first read a few threads then it messed up me so much that I stopped reading. I'm better with my understanding (or not understanding)......but one thing for sure is ending is not flat!!!!!! Hell, ya.

For u just one example: IMDb :: Boards :: Inception (2010) :: What REALLY happened in the movie. (Lo...

And, this movie just has hit #3 in IMDB top250; last day it was at #83...from there direct #3!!!!!!!!!

HUGE SPOILER AHED... GTF Outta here if you haven't watched the movie. Please.. for god's sake.

[spoiler...spoiler....spoiler]


well, that has been the problem. Pardon my explaination.. as i was trying to keep it spoiler free. Right from the beginging where he instantly jumped to paris and jump to the unusual fight in the hotel and another quick jump to yusuf's place(which is in some african city)... to, not showing the stopped top(what do you call it ? :s ). But i was a bit startled when it finally looses momentum.. as he was in dream. And i couldn't find possible explaination. Now it does.It really means that he successfuly faked his own mind or something like that. They could have kept it more subtle. Thanks for the link, btw.


[/spoiler...spoiler....spoiler]

 

[rhitwick]

@Vamsi, u got one explanation, now try other threads...

 

[Psychosocial]

Insomnia :- 8/10 Nolan's not so famous movie but none the less, it's a great one. Good plot, great acting and awesome direction.

 

[gagan007]

hmmm it was ok. The only thing I liked in Insomnia was Al Pacino's acting. IMO the story was not strong enough

 

[max_demon]

se7en 9/10 , i liked it really

 

[latino_ansari]

Inception : 9/10....

** spoiler **
The story was damn good.... But i'm not able to make out whether he was dreaming in the end or not.... so if somebody has clear views then please explain....
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[rhitwick]

check out my previous reply to vamsi, it has one(not only) theory

 

[vamsi_krishna]

Inception : 9/10.... ** spoiler **

No offense. Remove the line and encrypt it. Don't discuss anything about the story line or plot points in open reply. Just encrypt it.

Spoiler

Yea.. according to me.. it is a dream. Because as he is a citizen of US and has its passport. How can he possibly fly to the countries like japan, some african country and Paris so swiftly and fast if he has murder charges on his ass. And we can think he is on other passport with disguise.. but again, we can see his face the same way it was when his wife died(presuming that it is real). We will never see the li'l top fall in entire course of the movie. we will be panned to other person or some one interrupts it. which again gives me creeps. All in all, i think it is a open invitation to audience to think the way they want and frame their own ending, IMO.

 

[Nemes!s]

The shawshank Redemption: excellent , class and awesome movie...mostly underrated