The Covenant

I did go to the movie expecting it to be in an interesting thriller/horror genre, what it finally turned out to be was a bunch of good looking teens in the shortest of clothes in ill edited action scenes, no screenplay and the worst possible emotional dialogues(sic.).

I always believe that the first impression is the best impression. The first scene did start of as expected, amazingly choreographed sequence with an interesting background score called “More human than human” by White Zombie. I have always been a fan of heavy metal music and I have this new found fascination for something called punk rock. This is that sort of a song that hits you hard and makes your skin stand at its end. Add the sequence to it; this is not a scene to be missed.

The rest of the movie is not even worth talking about.

Well, the story goes like this. In the 1600’s few families from Ipswich run away for their lives from England and settle down in America, guess for what? They are witches dumbo. So they have this treaty or covenant or whatever in which they decide that they shut their mouth and not use their powers. So there is this black sheep family that breaches this code of conduct and the present descendant decides to show off his powers and become the strongest of them all by taking all of the hero’s powers (you jus need to say “I give all my powers to…..”’, just like you sign a will, simple). The good witches don’t like it; the hero fights the villain, kills him, and takes the girl, end of story.

These seven lines take 1.3hrs to be represented in the movie.ywaaannnn….

I sometimes admire the story telling capabilities of these directors. I recommend that they include a separate category in the Oscars every year for such movies. Suggestions for the names are most welcome.

The Don!!

How can someone be the worst don?ask farhan akhtar.hes possibly made one of the most intriguing & thrilling movies ever in indian history into a knick nash of masala & style.Well maybe it is wrong to compare the original DON to this one.
I had woved not to ever see this movie,coz I knew it would be a piece of junk!but circumstances were so,I was unfortunate enough to watch it & it didn't dissapoint me.

King khan can never be baadshah bachan,priyanka can never be the svelte zeenat,& kareena?she humiliated dame helen!she was no where near her,not even in the remotest light years.

Luckily There are two saving graces.the background music is fabulous & Boman Irani .like in all the movies hes done before,he simply stole the show.Iv never been the khan liker,I love him when he dances & is at his funniest best.but a macho role is not his.hes feminish in a way.I seriously would have liked to see a much more manly hero,say arjun rampal or sanjay dutt in his place.
Yes,there is a twist worth the trouble.that's one area farhan wanted to show his touch.he's got class,he showed glimpses of it in dil chahta hai & lakshya.you could have made it better farhan,this movie shouldn't have sucked so badly..

The Departed

How would it be when u take manirathnams screen play,add rajiv menons cinematography,gulzars lyrics,ar rahman's best sufi music with kiron kher singing in it?that晀s what martin scorscese has done to 'the departed'.

The king of gangster movies gives you a star studded extravaganza that was hard hitting as well as memorable.forgive the blood,pardon the leud language this is the way gangster movies must me made.

No man could have managed Jack Nickolson,leonardo di caprio,martin sheen,mark whalberg & matt damon to such effect where the odds of each outdoing himself & the rest are 1 to 100 much more than scorscese would have.

A movie not to be missed

The Names Bond..James Bond

Well there are bond movies & there are bond movies.what can I say about the latest bond movie?it was utterly disgusting?horrible?pathetic?all of them?

The most highly expected & costliest bond movie till date happens to be the worst movie of all times.the charm,the machismo,the chivalry,the wry humor,the chauvinism everything was missing.

Craig Daniels is not the bond,cannot be the bond.there is so much disconnect between Fleming's character & him.last heard that there was some noise in Ian's grave.he晀s more perfect for the super human roles with his physique & metro sexual looks.this film runs only coz of Eva green.she would have been the perfect foil to the bond,not Craig.

And where are the gadgets & where's Q?I always thought bond movies where guns,gadjets,gags & gals.which was there,I couldn't decide.And the screen play overall,everything seems so dis jointed.the film lacks continuity & a good theme song.what role had the villain to play,who was the villain anyway.

But one point I need to agree,in this age of x-men & supermen this is closest to being human.at least he gets a heart attack & is worried about his little finger much more than anything.& bond falling in love?on his first assignment?give me a break!this is probably only the second movie that discusses about bonds personal life as far as I remember.so kudos to the director on that.

Iam no bond expert.but I surely have seen 97% of the movies.with casino royale we see the other side of the 007.but still its a huge dampener for bond aficionados like me.too many rope tricks,too less gadgets,an absolute sick screen play & a very terrible bond.
One last word,bring back pierce,if not for Sean or roger or timothy,at least make Jackie Chan the bond,I could live with him...