Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions
a_medico
Chillum Baba
Yes. For me it was Baap of all time travel movies (as somebody put it...rithwick probably).
Predestination and Begin Again were the best movies for me watched in 2014. Atleast now, I recall just 2 but would be few more.
Queen, The Lunchbox, What If and The fault in our stars (I know, a bit girlish) were close.
rhitwick
Democracy is a myth
I've watched a lot of time travel movies but 'Predestination' surpasses them all. To me the concept seemed even more baffling and somehow possible (if time travel is ever made possible) than 'Inception'.
Look at story : It has a beginning, a middle and an end. Then consider the execution of the story, notice to small details and calculations. Then some intelligent touches like the song "I'm my own grandfather". Couple all these with good set designs and brilliant acting from all cast members.
I liked the movie very much.
I (Hindi dubbed)
Someone rightly tweeted this as "biggest ad film of the year"
+points:-
>Cinematography. Just awesome
>Set design. Too good. Just watch this movie in theater for this
>Vikram. He's everything in this movie, he danced, fought, cried, limped, hunched.... Bollywood should use him more
>Special effects
-Points:-
>Length. 3hrs 8 minutes is official. That stretches to 3 Hrs 20 minutes including starting ads, intermission etc.
>Editing. Then person should be kicked out of his job. The movie could have been 1 hrs short.
>Songs. Didn't like any tunes of the movie. This is not A.R. Rahman's even a 'good work'
>Climax. Prior to that, things seemed to be happening following some plans, then a hotchpotch ending.
Verdict: If you are going, go only to check if the visuals are enough to convince you that "China" should be your next holiday destination!
Theory of Everything:
As expected this was a good movie. Movies like this (based on some living legendary person) always feels a little diplomatic (like The Social Network) but are still, for the lack of a better word, interesting and also motivational.
When I watched the trailer for this movie I was expecting to see romantic side of Stephen Hawking and I was not disappointed. I saw the personal life of Stephen Hawking, the story of him before he become a successful physicist. I also got to know about how incredible nice Jane (his first wife) was with Stephen! She was an incredible woman to sacrifice so much of her for the love she had for Stephen.
I was also expecting a cameo of real Stephen Hawking in the movie, but Eddie Redmayne, the actor who played Stephen did such an incredible job that the cameo wasn't really needed. Once I read *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#Marriages, I felt like I had watched whole movie again and then some more.
Theory of Everything is a Romantic and emotional film, except when in second half you realize it's not really a romantic film, but a Biography first. Being someone who have an interest in Cosmology and Physics, I enjoyed the film. Got to know the personal side of the personality I have always adored.
If I could reverse the time, I would still watch this film.
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Fun facts:
1. Stephen Hawking is English, not American, as I discovered from this movie! What!
2. At the end credits of the movie, the Names of the cast are credited in the *reverse order of appearance* since "reversing the time" is the theme of the movie. So if anyone is watching this movie, just observe it in the end, if you are interested.
3. Don't actually know the validity of this, but I read on Imdb forums that Stephen Hawking owns the copyright to the "electronic voice" that he speaks!
Here I have written a more detailed review: The Theory of Everything | Vineet Kumar (link to my site).
As expected this was a good movie. Movies like this (based on some living legendary person) always feels a little diplomatic (like The Social Network) but are still, for the lack of a better word, interesting and also motivational.
When I watched the trailer for this movie I was expecting to see romantic side of Stephen Hawking and I was not disappointed. I saw the personal life of Stephen Hawking, the story of him before he become a successful physicist. I also got to know about how incredible nice Jane (his first wife) was with Stephen! She was an incredible woman to sacrifice so much of her for the love she had for Stephen.
I was also expecting a cameo of real Stephen Hawking in the movie, but Eddie Redmayne, the actor who played Stephen did such an incredible job that the cameo wasn't really needed. Once I read *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking#Marriages, I felt like I had watched whole movie again and then some more.
Theory of Everything is a Romantic and emotional film, except when in second half you realize it's not really a romantic film, but a Biography first. Being someone who have an interest in Cosmology and Physics, I enjoyed the film. Got to know the personal side of the personality I have always adored.
If I could reverse the time, I would still watch this film.
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Fun facts:
1. Stephen Hawking is English, not American, as I discovered from this movie! What!
2. At the end credits of the movie, the Names of the cast are credited in the *reverse order of appearance* since "reversing the time" is the theme of the movie. So if anyone is watching this movie, just observe it in the end, if you are interested.
3. Don't actually know the validity of this, but I read on Imdb forums that Stephen Hawking owns the copyright to the "electronic voice" that he speaks!
Here I have written a more detailed review: The Theory of Everything | Vineet Kumar (link to my site).
adityak469
Training To Beat Goku
Predestination - WHAT/10 anyone please explain
icebags
Technomancer
Rurôni Kenshin: Kyôto Inferno (2014) - IMDb
7.5/10
These live action movies are pretty good. Some plots are changed for the sake of converting the anime to a movie, but it has it's own charm in that way, there are still efforts to mimic the movements / actions sequences as shown in the anime, and I think they are cool. They probably made this keeping in mind the fan preferences, and they really succeeded in doing that. Must see for any RK fans.
7.5/10
These live action movies are pretty good. Some plots are changed for the sake of converting the anime to a movie, but it has it's own charm in that way, there are still efforts to mimic the movements / actions sequences as shown in the anime, and I think they are cool. They probably made this keeping in mind the fan preferences, and they really succeeded in doing that. Must see for any RK fans.
adityak469
Training To Beat Goku
Spoiler about Predestination:
how the protagonist became the antagonist. And where did the protagonist come from? It was like a loop but where did he/she come from?
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Rosamund Pike's acting was top notch.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
Spoiler about Predestination:
The loop was a fixed point in time, infact the whole movie was. Nothing could've changed the happenings of the story. Think of it like a spring stretched across two points. You can make the spring vibrate in either directions, longitudinally or transversally, but it will come to rest eventually when the vibrations die.
Fixed point in time - Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who Wiki
Fixed point in time - Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who Wiki
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