Monday, December 29, 2008

CHUNG KING EXPRESS ( DIR: WONG KAR WAI) 1994

Here we find two different stories of two heartbroken cops.How they search for love and misses it.The two cops do not know each other but they have a common link,a street side food stall.A girl from that stall breaks the first cop's heart while another girl from that stall gives the other peace....

The way the film is shown is a treat to the eyes.The splash of colors and motion along with other brilliance s make the film beautiful to watch at.

LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE ( DIR: RATANARUANG PEN EK) 2003

Kenji is a quit,lonely,shy Japanese librarian.He reads a lot of books and believes death to be bliss.This belief of his leeds him to many suicide attempts.Noi is a pot-smoking,care free Thai girl.When Kenji's brother and Noi's sister gets killed for different reasons,circumstances make them meet each other....

The cinematography is good.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

HENRY POOLE IS HERE ( DIR: MARK PELLINGTON) 2008

When Henry,a "sad and angry" man,moved into the new neighborhood,he wanted only one thing,solitude.But his privacy was disturbed by Esperanza a talkative old lady who is also known as the "local newspaper" and a little girl.To add to this Esperanza finds a stain in Henry's wall which she starts to believe as the face of Christ.Although Henry asked only to be left alone,he got a lot more than that....

Another feel good type film.

PERHAPS LOVE ( DIR: PETER CHAN) 2005

In the beginning of the film we find a man,who likes to describe himself as someone who tries to give people small pieces of their memory back to them when they need it the most.He visits the set,where a film is being shot.There we find out that the script of the film is slowly merging with the real lives of the actor,the actress and the director.

The film which was being shot was a musical.So the film which we are watching has many musical instances.The cinematography is very attracting.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

RAB NE BANA DI JODI ( DIR:ADITYA CHOPRA) 2008

On her wedding day Tanni lost her to be husband in a bus accident.The shock killed her father a little later.Before dying her father puts her hand in the hand of his favorite student Surinder.Surinder,a middle aged boring person is entirely opposite compared to her.Tanni decides to accept this and change herself to fit the new situation.But suddenly Surinder realises that he has fallen in love with Tanni and he does not want her to change...


The eternal questions are asked here again.If a girl falls in love with Batman or Superman etc can she also love there other image as Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent etc?Which of the images conveyed by the super heroes are real?

Saturday, December 20, 2008

HERO ( DIR: YIMOU ZHANG) 2002

The emperor of Qin in pre-unified China was the most powerful of all the other emperors.In order to rule all over China he took many drastic measures.Three assassins Falling Snow,Broken Sword and Sky had only one goal in there life that is to kill the emperor of Qin.Nameless another assassin meets the king and announces there death in his hand and offers the king his service.The film develops through flashbacks in the conversation between Nameless and the emperor.

The cinematography is beautiful in the film.

Monday, December 15, 2008

FATAL MOVE ( DIR: DENNIS LAW) 2008

The film tells the story of a criminal organisation leaded by BigBro.The internal affairs of the gang and their encounter with police or other gangs are shown in the film.

The action/violance in some scenes were vulgar/bloody.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

WITH YOUR MOTHER TOO ( DIR: ALFANSO CUARON) 2001

Two teenage friends Tenoch and Julio invite Luisa,wife of an Tenoch's elder cousin, to embark on a trip to Heaven's Mouth,a beach.When Luisa accepts the plan they hide the fact that there is no such place like that and decide to take her to another place and name it so.They set off in Julio's car...

Sometimes unexpected things happen when the things we expect/want happens.A film about growing up,maturing through experiances.

OPEN CITY (DIR: LEE SANG KI ) 2008

Jo's mother left him and his sister 20 years ago.Jo grew up and joined the police,only to find out that his mother after leaving them has joined a pickpocket gang.After that,series of incidents made him tough but he never wanted to work against pickpocket gangs until now.Now he again starts work to catch pickpocket gangs....

Why do pickpocketers or cops need to wear or behave such,so that they can be spotted easily in a crowd?

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

RIGHTEOUS KILL (DIR : JON AVNET) 2008

Way back , when i allowed myself to read up a bit on cinema , rather than solely deriving unalloyed visual pleasure, i came across terms like "thriller" and "suspense" and also "twist in the tale". Now i guess thriller is a film which reveals the joker in the pack in the begining to the viewer but remains a mystery for the lead actor to unravel while the kind of suspense we see in this film is supposed to leave both the viewer and the lead actor guessing about the joker . And the suspense here is defused with a twist at the end of the cinematic narration." Righteous Kill" does pose a moral quarry on whether its best to combine judicial and executive functions but it also brings back the good old fashioned cops with the stakeouts and shootouts. And i would give the director credit for taking us off on a long highway with the suspect the story props up and for giving us the opportunity to have the pleasant surprise of being caught off the dominant stream of thought .

JELLYFISH ( DIR: SHIRA GEFFEN,ETGER KERET) 2007

The film tells about three different women living in Israel.Batya who works as a waitress in marriage parties.Keren who broke her leg on her wedding day and is forced to have an irritating honeymoon.Joy a Filipino guest worker who has left her son behind for job.All of them are trying to find their ways in the world.


A couple of days in the life of these women are shown in the film.The events of these days matures them for their future.

CYBORG SHE (DIR: KWAK JAE YOUNG) 2008

Jiro sends a Cyborg from future to his young self for guiding him towards a better future.Slowly Jiro falls in love with the Cyborg and tries to give her feelings.Jiro gets a better future but the Cyborg gets destroyed trying to save him from an earthquake.Jiro grows up and recreats the same looking Cyborg with the help of its intact brain.After Jiro's death the Cyborg(declared dead but with useful memories) is auctioned and brought by an woman who looks exactly like the Cyborg.She examines the memories.She travels time and meets Jiro before the Cyborg was sent to him.After a brief meeting she goes back to the future.She falls in love with Jiro.She comes back to him at the moment when the Cyborg got destroyed in the earthquake.Thus indicating towards another possible future.


Our actions choose our future.It would be easy if we try to believe that there are more than one possible future and we are just choosing among them.

A MAN WHO WAS SUPERMAN (DIR: JEONG YOON CHUL) 2008

Song works for a producer who is interested in filming strange/funny/carefree people living in or near the city.Consequences make her meet with a man who thinks himself to be the Superman and his only aim is to help others.Slowly she befriends him and finds out more about him...


Magic or superpowers are probably doing something which is so simple that we often forget to do or in giving our best.Time has made us think the simple things as the most complicated things.A man with superpowers does not perform miracles,he performs what is natural from him.In the dream of superpowers we create excuses and avoid what is expected from us.

TRANSPORTER 3 ( DIR : OLIVIER MEGATON) 2008

Frank is forced to make a delivery.To his disgust he has to to work with a girl,Valentina.Frank and Valentina are fitted with bracelets which are designed to self destruct if any of them go too far away from the car....

The action sequences are enjoyable as long as one does not use his head to think about them.

CHOCOLATE ( DIR: PRACHYA PINKAEW) 2008

The film is about an autistic girl.Although her other senses are dull,she has her interest in martial arts and slowly picks up deadly skills by herself.To treat her mother (who was in a gang and was banished due to falling in love with the leader of a rival gang) she needs money.She and her friend soon find out that there are people who owe her mother money and are unwilling to pay.She by instinct uses her skills to make them pay.....


As other movies of Pinkneaw this movie also showcases deadly martial arts.

OYE LUCKY,LUCKY OYE ( DIR: DIBALAR BANERJEE) 2008

Lucky grew up in a small locality,but always dreamt big.After growing up with his confidence and the ability to socialize with people he became a successful fraud.He was so my dear in his manner that everybody seemed to like him and that served him good in his business of stealing....


Lucky acted well to develop his character.But the film ends quite abruptly.Lucky never planned his future,he was a natural in his business.The film also ends without any conclusion.Maybe the film portrayed the character well enough so as to give a feeling of abruptness.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS ( DIR: DAVID GORDON GREEN) 2008

Dale accidentally witnesses a murder scene committed by Ted,a powerful drug dealer.In that moment of panic he goes to his pot dealer Saul's house.After a moments thought they reason that they both are equally in danger.Now Dale and Saul are on the run to save themselves....

The movie starts out as a normal movie but letter it develops more into a bad spoof.Probably the director was in two minds about what to do with the film : make it a spoof or keep it normal.