My Latest Movie Reviews

I have been bitten the last 2 weeks by the movie bug and a sudden urge to see movies. Something atypical of me. So here goes (btw not that i have seen like a movie a day..so people chill!!!)

Movie No. 1 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie No. 2 - 13B

My thoughts are as below:

Movie No. 1 - I liked the underlying theme - something that Brad Pitt's character spells out towards the end of the movie as he reverse ages...You can be anything that you want in your life and at any point in time, ITS ALL IN YOUR HANDS..he talks of the lady who wanted to swim across the English Channel and after missing out in her prime, manages to do it finally at the age of 62 (if I remember rite?) or his own self as he explores the world, Tibet (I think) and does what he actually wanted to do. I could sense a message of what people refer to as INNER CALLING...something i guess all of us deep inside crave or want to do.

I also kinda interpreted the message my own way as 'staying young mentally is critical to one's self at any point in his/her life'.

The chemistry between Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett is amazing and her aging has been depicted beautifully as is Brad's reverse aging (I could sense most women in the theatre melting you know...every time he apparently grew younger!!)

Movie No. 2 - Somehow reminded me of 'THE RING' right from the day I saw the promos or even the movie today. I liked the theme or the intended plot so to say, of paranormal intervention through diverse media. However, I felt it didn't instill fear in the audience...I felt so at least from the reaction of people around me at the theatre, in fact it kinda invoked laughter at times!!....surely not something the director ultimately intended!!

However, I also appreciated the courage of the director to try out a screamy thriller theme like this without blood and gore (something kinda new to Indian viewers)...and ya...the song and dance had to be there to bring in that Indian flavour. The narration i felt was fast paced though I didn't feel it was scary (like BHOOT for eg.)..i hardly could hear any screams around...

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