Movie on target: AVATAR
Review: There are films small, big and a few of them are huge, this one is ahead of those, this is not a movie, this is a cinematic experience
Pluses: James Cameron's and his team's Brilliant vision, Beautiful environments, visually striking, solid sound, overwhelming Visual effects, full on entertainment with message.
Minuses: Almost No Storyline
Cast & Crew:
Directed by: James Cameron
Produced by: James Cameron,Jon Landau
Written by: James Cameron
Starring:Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, C. C. H. Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso and Sigourney Weaver
Music by: James Horner
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
Editing by : James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin
Studio : Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
Distributed by : 20th Century Fox
My Rating:★★★★★(Enchanting)
Movie on target: THE HURT LOCKER
Review: This film is a pure take on war situation in Iraq and about a man obsessed with his excitement of going on the death line and diffuse the bomb and his obsession with war its excitement, a 100% war oriented thriller, a masterpiece with non-manipulated thrills, you can almost smell the sand floating due to explosion and the adrenaline flowing through your head by the time Will(Renner) Diffuses the Bomb...
Pluses:Outstanding Screenplay, Jeremy Renner's performance, outstanding sound, Solid Thrills, Deft Execution, keeps you hooked
Minuses: Not Always appealing, Near Perfect thriller but not absolute.
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by : Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Written by : Mark Boal
Starring : Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Evangeline Lilly Christian Camargo with Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce
Music by : Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders
Cinematography : Barry Ackroyd
Editing by : Chris Innis, Bob Murawski
Distributed by: Summit Entertainment
My Rating:★★★★(Great/fun to watch)
Movie on target: UP IN THE AIR
Review: Refreshingly Different, A story of man in business to be hired by bosses to fire other people and counsel them for future and his mentality to stay isolated and his reasoning behind his life proven well and beautifully, a simple movie about importance of settlement and independence, about calmness and rush.
Pluses: Brilliant performances by all leading crew members, thoughtful narrative, unlike usual stories on life, story does not deviates from its intention.
minuses: Slow at times, You always have to keep your mind synced to the screenplay to understand its sensibility, not always followable.
My Rating:★★★½: Nicely Made/Remembered once after watching it
Movie on target: DISTRICT 9
Review: A movie about an alien space-ship stuck over capital city of South Africa, what would happen if they were a means to be exploited, if humans could find a way to earn profit through them and what if they were given a shelter where the sensation of science becomes a part of human earth for 10 years, which would eventually turn into a slum, the aliens would interfere with human life and that would start involving crimes and what humans involved to control the situation would face and what would happen to aliens struggling to survive........exceptionally innovative an altogether new sight on aliens coming to earth and human reaction to it
Pluses: Very-Very natural execution, nice acting, Technically Polished, well written
minuses:Loses pace in between, could be a bit more coherent
My Rating:★★★½: Nicely Made/Remembered once after watching it
Movie on target: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Review: A fictionalized historical tale of Hitler's assassination and jewish revenge on Nazis(note:when I say fictionalized here, I mean, the storyline has got nothing to do with actual history despite of the names of a few characters and certain groups) with absolute trademark of Quentin Tarantino's style of storytelling, really interesting and strangely entertaining with its own share of violence and gore(as always in a film by Tarantino).
Pluses: Quentin Tarantino(his style of taking dialogues to carry the screenplay & use classic themes as soundtrack, his chapter-ed and Novel like narrative with twist at the end of every chapter), performances by all leading crew members, very well stylized, writing is flawless.
Minuses:Quentin Tarantino(long-long sequences of conversations that go on & on & on, TM:Quentin Tarantino), editing could be improved, little boring sometimes.
My Rating:★★★½: Nicely Made/Remembered once after watching it
(PS: I could easily give a 4 but reduced half a point because he irritates with his long dialogue scenes sometimes, that's why I rated Pulp fiction 3 and a ½ too):P
Movie on target:Up
Review: Journey of an old man on his dream adventure for the love of his wife and his own passion for the spirit of adventure and events that follow, beautifully coloured, wonderfully told you cannot resist falling in love with "Up" where this old "Balloon" man takes his house away for his adventure.
Up
Cast & Crew:
Directed by Pete Docter
Co-Director: Bob Peterson
Produced by: Jonas Rivera
Executive Producer:John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Written by: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy, Jim Capobianco, Aley Phelan(uncredited)
Starring: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson
Music by: Michael Giacchino
Editing by : Kevin Nolting
Studio: Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
My Rating:★★★★½
Movie on Target: The Blind Side
The Blind Side
Review: The Blind Side is a simple of movie of goodness and being good, Sandra Bullock plays a woman who adopts a strange but vulnerable Black Boy Michael and helps her to get a sports scholarship in top universities. A film with true story, sense and a heart. Wonderful!!!!
Directed by : John Lee Hancock
Produced by : Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Gil Netter
Written by: Story: Michael Lewis Screenplay:John Lee Hancock
Starring : Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates
Music by : Carter Burwell
Cinematography : Alar Kivilo
Editing by : Mark Livolsi
Studio: Alcon Entertainment
Distributed by : Warner Bros.
My Rating:★★★★
As far as my choice is concerned, I would pick Avatar, but since full entertainment movies most of the times lose, so the next becomes "The Hurt Locker", anyways this time I am satisfied with the nominations, thus may the best movie win...:)
SALiL SHaNkaR
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