Out of Africa(1985)


The movie  stars Meryl Streep( Yes, I love her!!!!) as Karen and Robert Redford as Dennis.Okay, lets get to the point, I for one hated this movie. If I had watched it when it was made , I would have been 'Out of theatre'. (get it? ) It revolves around a love affair between Karen and Denis. The first half  of the movie deals with her marriage to a hunter who vanishes after the 1st day of marriage (to hunt). At one stage, she travels  a long time....that is a long distance I suppose, to get to him .( Yes it was all on fast forward).
Finally when it gets to the point of the 'affair'..I don't see it, the chemistry. It is just not there.
I don't know if the movie is flawed (because Im no good judge ), but it did not interest me. The sweet looking native Africans did manage to 'aww' me a little ,but that is all. I yawned a lot through the film. It bored me.
Well then why did I review it? Well because this is my review. Any contradicting views?Anybody out there who thinks it is a non boring film? Feel free to counteract.
:)

Love Sex aur Dhokha

Yesterday i came across an interview of Dibakar Bannerjee and i don't know what talent he has but, he has managed to become one of my favorite director. For the record he's an Indian filmmaker mostly known for movies like Oye lucky, lucky oye!!!( looooved it), Khosla ka Ghosla, and Love Sex aur Dhokha.
LSD has been shot completely on DigiCam and talks about 3 stories interconnected to one other. Each story depicts nothing more than the simple reality of Indian youth, "Camera" being the sole medium of storytelling.
Love:
This one starts with a young wannabe director Rahul, filming for his low budget diploma  movie who falls for his film's actress, Shruti. The intial too much love & filmy mode changes when the great Indian villain, Girl's father comes in to give the couple a little treat of reality. The reality too shocking, the reality too harsh to digest, the reality of Honour Killing. The whole story is narrated via Rahul's camera.

Sex:
Wow!!! Indian audience and sex. a good debate topic. But this story is about Adarsh and Rashmi who meet at the supermarket where Rashmi works on night shifts and where Adarsh is the guy taking care of the newly installed CCTV in the supermarket. Adarsh finds a way to pay off his debts by shooting a sex scandal video and tries to woo Rashmi for that. Eventually she falls for him(unknown of his intentions), but things become serious when Adarsh starts to reciprocate her feelings( in a serious way). This one ends on a predictable note and  we get to encounter the Indian MMS world. The narrator in this section is the supermarkets CCTV camera.

Dhokha:
Dhoka which means Betrayal or Deceit revolves around Prabhat, a sting investigator, journalist and a big time loser. He saves Naina( while jumping off the bridge), a dancer and item girl aspirant,who has been ditched by Loki Local for a video contract on her refusal to provide sexual favours. Both Prabhat and Naina plan to take revenge on him by exposing him off aka A Sting Opeartion. They both later try to blackmail him and in the mishap Prabhat gets shot. In hospital he refuses to give the footage of the Sting to his boss just to protect Naina's identity. Naina visits him in hospital and betrays him to join hands with Loki Local for his latest videos. Story is narrated by Prabhat's camera
Most unconventional Indian film, LSD has become favorite of every movie-lover and the movie's natural depiction on the serious issues is a complete eye- opener. Though it would be criticized for some technical flaws but the movie will make you forget all about them. Its definately a 4/5 rating from me.

Okay so guys just rate this movie and post comments.
Varsha

Dial M for Murder


Once a Hitchcock classic, always a Hitchcock classic! I have watched this movie at least 4 times. It is simply brilliant.
The story revolves around an infidel wife(Grace Kelly) , her 'lover' and the husband. When the news of  infidelity reaches the husband (Ray Milland), he plans for nothing short of killing her. He devices an ingenious plot to kill her. He hires a killer ( the manner in which he traps the killer into doing the deed itself is deceptively pleasing) The killer manages to break into the house but gets killed by the wife. Unable to complete the task, the story takes a new turn.
The husband does not flutter at the sudden turn of events. Instead he devices an even better plan B.
The movie is a must watch for all thriller lovers. I for one loved it.

North Country

Hi its Varsha and i'm back with another review. And its for the movie "North Country" starring Charlize Theron as lead, the film is based on the law suit which changed the sexual harassment law in the history and based on the  book Class Action. The film stars Frances Dormand,Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins and Sissy Spacek.

Josey, a mother of two, leaves her abusive husband and comes to northern Minnesota to her family and starts looking for a job. Her father finds Josey a disgrace as she had her finds her 1st baby when she was only 16. She finds a job in local iron mine with the help of her friend Glory and her husband Kyle. Josey's father doesn't like this job for her as he also works in mine but because of the high pay she opts to disappoint him.In the iron mine, the men dominate the women because of number and most of them harass the women. Frustrated from this daily harassment she complains to her boss, Peterson only to be disappointed. She files a complaint against the mine company for sexual harassment and the law suits runs parallel to Josey's story. The movie ends with a shocking truth and we meet the real Josey.

With a eye opening subject of how the sexual harassment law came into existence, North Country celebrates women-hood and its need for respect. Charlize Theron stands shining with a strong performance and is worth for getting nominated for the Oscars. A must watch for all the women out there and a must must watch for men too. Here is one such movies which teaches you to stand against wrong whether the wrong done by a person or a whole goddamn company.
Varsha

AboutElly

Nimisha here. Back again with another blog. I would like to share my views on an Iranian film called Darbareye.Elly.(About.Elly,2009).

I happened to chance on this film when I was browsing through IMDB, the biggest online movie database.The movie opens with a group of friends(/family) heading for a leisure trip. One couple in the group is engaged to be married, Ely being the fiance.The movie develops into a light drama where the usual games and fun of a casual outing is captured pleasantly. Ely, the protagonist is, throughout the first half( I guess) very mysterious and to some level impenetrable, until she disappears completely. The movie takes a complete U turn from this point on. Growing tensions develop in the group and the plot progress into a thriller of some sort.

Watch it for its simplicity and straightforwardness. You ll enjoy it, I did.Oh and a special mention about Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani), she is a big star in Iran and I DONT wonder why.

Nimisha

Madison county affair

As we spoke of Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice", here is another movie where her potrayal of Francesca Johnson was amazing. And to back her up is the incredible Clint Eastwood . So its a double treat. The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 movie directed by Clint Eastwood which won Oscar nomination for Streep in 1996.
Movie is a beautiful romantic affair between a housewife and a photographer which lasts only for 5 days. Streep plays italian and her accent is (again like sophie's choice) completely italian. Movie starts with Francesca's son and daughter going through her diary which is of the time when the siblings and their father(Francesca's husband) went to a fair for five days. These 5 days are the one where she meets Robert Kincaid,a National Geographic Photographer who is making a documentry on the nearby bridges. She agrees to help him with direction and also invites for dinner and iced tea and thus a love affair starts.At the end of the 5th day, Francesca stands in a complex situation and forced to choose.
Looks like a rather simple story but the narration is beautiful and its this simple story which we can call love. This a must watch for both Streep and Eastwood fans and a must must watch for all those who once have been in love or are in love. A mature love story with a lovely narration is Bridges of Madison County in a single sentence.

Varsha

Meryl Streep is a goddess.

I recently happened to watch 'Sophie's choice', the movie that won Meryl Streep her second Oscar. The movie begins with Stingo(Peter MacNicol) moving to Brooklyn, into a strikingly pink house. His first meeting with the Polish Sophie and Nathan, is intense. Sophie and Nathan (Meryl and Kelvin Kline) are a  flamboyant couple, flamboyant in their love, who befriend Stingo .They turn into some sort an awesome threesome. The movie  keeps one guessing about Sophie's haunting past. Time and again, Nathan's unstable mind dictates the very submissive Sophie's actions.Meanwhile, Stingo turns into a comfort cushion for Sophie. She confides in him her terrible past, what the Holocaust had wrecked and the dreaded choice she had to make. She conveys her past with ease and emptiness. Kelvin and Peter play their part to a T. Streep's impeccable Polish accent is something to watch out for.All in all, Meryl Streep conquered the movie and I was floored. She rightly deserved the Oscar.

Nimisha.

movie chattee: pilot blog

movie chattee: pilot blog: Hi we are Varsha and Nimisha.,two 20 year old movie buffs who just love to watch movies anytime. Movies are like morphine in a way. This would be a great platform for us to share our views and take movies that inspire us. Hope you have an enjoyable read and please do not take us too seriously. Ciao.

pilot blog

Hi
I am Varsha. A 20 year old movie freak and lover who just needs some reason to watch movies anytime. For me movies are like morphine and yes i am an addict. A movie addict. Thats pretty surprising, for me atleast coz i  understood myself as the one "who's too lazy to get addicted to anything". But then one day a movie came into my life and alas i fell for it. Now my condition is that whenevr i'm sad i watch movies, when i am happy i watch movies, when i want to kill time i watch movies and when i am a tense i watch movies.
So i wanted to try blogging and came up with the idea- what do i know better than movies? Nothing!! So  here's the plan-everyday i'm gonna share one movie with my blog and hope that my blog shares the same with others. And those "others" can discuss with me about their movie experience and post their suggestions. And please recommend movies to me so that my addiction remains stable.
P.S: Any kind of movies hindi, english, french, spanish, iranian, german, japanese, korean, bengali,cantonese etc etc etc are welcomed for recommendation coz now in this internet era language is definately not a barrier for anyone.
Bye and thank you for my first blog.