Tron Legacy is a sequel to the 1982 movie Tron which i doubt many people would have seen or even heard about. For one I havent seen it so there is no room for making any comparisons.
In the beginning of the movie itself the audience is informed that not everything in the movie is 3d and so no one is taken by surprise when the movie starts in 2d with the conversation between Kevin Flynn(Young Jeff Bridges) and Sam Flynn (as a boy) in 1982. Kevin Flynn has built some kind of grid where some miracle has happened and he wants to show it to his son. Kevin Flynn is the primary shareholder of Encom(reminds one of Enron he he), a software company. Soon after that he mysteriously disappears fast forwarding the movie to the present day. Sam Flynn(Garrett Hedlund in present day) evading cops, is ripping away in a Ducati to Encom, to steal a new OS the company has just developed and make it freely available on the internet. Very soon he discovers his fathers secret office courtesy of his fathers friend(Alan) and gets sucked into the grid by accident.
The 3d visuals begin after he enters the grid and the special effects are absolutely marvelous to say the least. Sam soon finds out that the grid is now controlled by a mutinous program(Chloe) developed by his own father in his fathers image and his father is a captive there. The question before Sam now is how can he get his father and himself out of this parallel world and thats what the rest of the movie revolves around.
But the problem with the movie is that the director doesn't dwell much on the science part of the movie so it cannot be placed in the Sci-fi genre. Neither does the movie have enough blood letting or sentiments to put it in the category of an action movie or a drama respectively. Even though the Walt Disney banner prompts one to place it in the kids movie genre that also is foolhardy as pre-teenagers will definitely find large parts of the movie taxing to understand. So what we have is a mish-mash which on a whole goes nowhere.The ending of the movie is also a bit of a let down as it is not well explained.
Watch it in 3d for some of the visuals!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Break Ke Baad - Dont take a break to watch this one.
It is disheartening to find that a person like Danish Aslam who had started his career working on such inspired movies like "Swades" and "Being Cyrus"(second assistant director in both movies) has decided to make his directorial debut with a movie like Break Ke Baad.
The start of the movie is the only area in which some credit can be given as it was able to build up some excitement. Initial Credits slowly roll in a very innovative and catchy way as the childhood and teenage years of the protagonists(Abhay and Aliya) is shown. But the trouble with the movie starts as soon as Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone appear as Abhay and Aliya respectively in the present day. The movie rushes forward with uninspired dialogue and screenplay and it is difficult to understand the characters of Abhay and Aliya. Due to the poor character sketches the actors are also not able to breathe any life into the characters. You are virtually in for a shock when the word "Interval" is shown in front of you as you feel totally short changed for your time and money.
Even though some amount of sanity returns to the movie in the second half the ending is again a total let down as it is through and through unconvincing. The rest of the cast with some emminent names like Sharmila Tagore and Lilette Dubey have only ornamental roles.
One reason you can go and watch this movie is because Deepika Padukone is such an eye candy and is on a fashion show throughout the movie. If that isn't reason enough please dont even touch the DVD of this movie as it is going to have a very quick launch.
The start of the movie is the only area in which some credit can be given as it was able to build up some excitement. Initial Credits slowly roll in a very innovative and catchy way as the childhood and teenage years of the protagonists(Abhay and Aliya) is shown. But the trouble with the movie starts as soon as Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone appear as Abhay and Aliya respectively in the present day. The movie rushes forward with uninspired dialogue and screenplay and it is difficult to understand the characters of Abhay and Aliya. Due to the poor character sketches the actors are also not able to breathe any life into the characters. You are virtually in for a shock when the word "Interval" is shown in front of you as you feel totally short changed for your time and money.
Even though some amount of sanity returns to the movie in the second half the ending is again a total let down as it is through and through unconvincing. The rest of the cast with some emminent names like Sharmila Tagore and Lilette Dubey have only ornamental roles.
One reason you can go and watch this movie is because Deepika Padukone is such an eye candy and is on a fashion show throughout the movie. If that isn't reason enough please dont even touch the DVD of this movie as it is going to have a very quick launch.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Anwar - A convincing effort
One must first of all congratulate Amal Neerad for coming up with something meaningful post the torture that was "Sagar Alias Jacky".
The tone of the movie is properly set in the beginning with a bomb blast and the movie then moves on to introducing Prakash Raj in the role of an incisive and efficient investigating officer. The other leads in the movie also come into the picture one by one ending with the entry of our protagonist - Prithviraj.
The movie is well paced and the story and screenplay are very convincing. Lal impresses in the role of an islamist fundamentalist and Mamta also does her part pretty well even though she doesn't have much screen time.
Amal Neerad seems to not know the difference between glamourising and commercialising a movie. This is evident in the graphics used for showing the credits. The flashy graphics spoilt the tone of the movie. Even the exotically shot video for the Shreya Ghosal crooned number could have been avoided. The ending scene in which Prithviraj and Mamta are standing next to a cottage on some mountain(I suppose Himalayas) was totally needless and what was Amal Neerad even thinking when he made a word like Peace to jump out at the audience. It sent out a ripple of laughter among the audience. The final nail on the tone of the movie was hit when the very occidently shot "what you feeling when you look into my eyes" number started rolling along with the end credits.
But I will not let some aspects of the movie overshadow my overall opinion about the movie which is that it is a good entertainer.
The tone of the movie is properly set in the beginning with a bomb blast and the movie then moves on to introducing Prakash Raj in the role of an incisive and efficient investigating officer. The other leads in the movie also come into the picture one by one ending with the entry of our protagonist - Prithviraj.
The movie is well paced and the story and screenplay are very convincing. Lal impresses in the role of an islamist fundamentalist and Mamta also does her part pretty well even though she doesn't have much screen time.
Amal Neerad seems to not know the difference between glamourising and commercialising a movie. This is evident in the graphics used for showing the credits. The flashy graphics spoilt the tone of the movie. Even the exotically shot video for the Shreya Ghosal crooned number could have been avoided. The ending scene in which Prithviraj and Mamta are standing next to a cottage on some mountain(I suppose Himalayas) was totally needless and what was Amal Neerad even thinking when he made a word like Peace to jump out at the audience. It sent out a ripple of laughter among the audience. The final nail on the tone of the movie was hit when the very occidently shot "what you feeling when you look into my eyes" number started rolling along with the end credits.
But I will not let some aspects of the movie overshadow my overall opinion about the movie which is that it is a good entertainer.
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