Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

ashs1

Padawan
i was on a movie spree this week...
saw the first four "fast and furious movies", Prometheus, The thing..

now watching The Hobbit - the unexpected journey..

planning to watch Hobbit-2 & Captain phillip next week. :)
 

a_medico

Chillum Baba
Prisoners - Loved it. Glued till the end. Zodiac was poor man's Prisoners (though Zodiac fans wouldn't agree with me).
 

anirbandd

Conversation Architect
Frozen [3D] - 6.5/10

really good animation. nice story line, not perfect, but nice..

Walt Disney rocks. All the way.
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
New trailer of "Chander Pahar"

First time in my life...eagerly waiting for the release of a bengali movie!!!

[YOUTUBE]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FbCAeCpJR8[/YOUTUBE]

This weekend finished reading the novel on which this movie is made. I had read in my childhood but had forgotten most of it.

Book name: Chander Pahar
Author: Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Genre: Adventure
Specially mentioned: Written on 1937. The author never visited Africa for the story. The descriptions are either his imagination or result of research. This book is read by mostly all bengali either by curiosity or as a story mentioned in school syllabus.
This movie is a dream come true for most of us, its really exciting to see our childhood fantasies coming alive in front of us.


Few challenge areas that I want to see how the makers had handled:-
1>Language: In book the author describes everything in bengali but his characters talk in english. For movie they have to show the conversation. Full english and we get a 'Kites' like future...none would watch it. Full bengali....again a foreigner speaking bengali would not fit.

2>Cinematography: The way the author described in book, each of us had dreamed an Africa. The director has to match our imagination. Again a very good cinematographer could change everything for this movie. This movie has the chance to become our "Motorcycle diaries"

3>Budget: They have only 15cr as budget. But this movie should require at least 60-70 cr. First segment that could get hit by this low budget is the VFX. Then is scenes of various exotic and key locations mentioned in the book.

4>Narration: The book has stories of three main persons. Alvarez, Alvarez's partner and Sankar. Each of their stories are very vividly mentioned in the book but screentime could be a challenge to show them all. Again, miss anyone and a very important part is omitted.


But above all the challenges, they have braved to make a very difficult movie in a very short budget. Best of luck to the team.

b/w the movie is releasing on 20th December, 2013....with Dhoom 3! Tough luck again.
 

Anorion

Sith Lord
Staff member
Admin
just saw battleship, just realized how stupid it is for one bomb to go off in one extremely sensitive location, and all the aliens everywhere self-destruct or magically fall apart
this also happens in independence day, pacific rim, the avengers... and even in LOTR
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Insidious : Chapter 2 4.8/10

Disgusting plot for a horror movie.

Rather getting spooked I burst into laugh most of the time.

Falls in borderline of "Must watch..." and "Must not..."
 
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Hrishi

******************
Insidious : Chapter 2 4.8/10

Disgusting plot for a horror movie.

Rather getting spooked I burst into laugh most of the tine.

Falls in borderline of "Must watch..." and "Must not..."

Yes, insidious 2 is not really good for a horror genre. They have plotted a twisted concept into a horror movie. Not justified.

Was watching it alone. ..last night..... in beginning for a moment I felt scared but then it was like a wait forever for a spooky scene afterwards.
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
done watching :

Salo 120 days of sodom - surprised to see how sick leaders and elites can be.

Malena : Really a great movie and proved hypocracy of people - unmasked them.

Jackie Brown and others... still pending. Btw, can you resend the pm to me :D
 
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