The Movies I Liked

[churfsan]

how do you rate the quality of the discs from big flix ,have never tried them coz the library i source discs get only region 1 discs ,he gets them from?? but timed with US release dates ,,,but quality is top class

Hi Subhash,

Regarding Big Flix:

1. All discs are official disks released in India
2. Quality is generally quite good, but only DD5.1, DTS is very rare

3. All new movies - you never get them on home delivery. I have listed at least top ten titles for almost one month now, but I did not get even one of them, I always get the 11th (relatively old) title. Customer support says that I am on queue!!

4. If you are getting Region-1 DVD timed with US, it is very good, and you are very lucky. Where are you getting them from? Are in Hyderabad or Bangalore (or some other city)?

Regards

 

[vinay]

Snake Eyes - Action Thriller (Seeing Is Deceiving)

Starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise

The story is about eyewitness to a political assassination,
intensive investigation, mystery, suspense.

Venkat, thanks for the writing. With utmost interest i will look forward to read the article.

Vinay.

Amazing Fact: Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

 

[vinay]

Saving Private Ryan - War

A Steven Spielberg Film (5 Academy Awards)

Starring, Tom Hanks

Vinay.

Amazing Fact: It is impossibile to sneeze with ones eyes open.

 

[subhash]

Hi Subhash,

Regarding Big Flix:

1. All discs are official disks released in India
2. Quality is generally quite good, but only DD5.1, DTS is very rare

3. All new movies - you never get them on home delivery. I have listed at least top ten titles for almost one month now, but I did not get even one of them, I always get the 11th (relatively old) title. Customer support says that I am on queue!!

4. If you are getting Region-1 DVD timed with US, it is very good, and you are very lucky. Where are you getting them from? Are in Hyderabad or Bangalore (or some other city)?

Regards

hi,, the region 1 discs are very good both on Audio/video, these discs look the best on my display (120''---from 0ptoma HD65 upscaled to 1080p) and also the sound is very good ,although most of them are on 5.1 DD there is ocasionally DTS in some discs ------there are two rentals in bangalore from were i source them ----1--- Channel 9 (jayanagar) home delivery at 65rs for new releases. 2--- Mohtays Block busters (infantry road/ Jayanagar) home delivery at 60rs for new releases ,and a monthly payment of 350rs for unlimited older movies and regional stuff------getting the new releases is not an issue as they keep up the booking dates without dissapointment

 

[vinay]

The Hades Factor - Thriller

Aspect Ratio 4 X 3

The movie is about a disease specialist and former secret agent for Covert One, an elite intelligence agency made up of political and technical experts that report directly to the president, when an unknown deadly virus begins to surface, the action begins to find and isolate the source before the outbreak endangers millions of lives.


Vinay.

Amazing Fact: A human body is made up of trillions of cells. Different parts of the body are made of different kinds of cells.

 

[vinay]

The Net 2.0 - Thriller

no.money

no.idenity

no.way out

She got the perfect job...

and became the perfect target.

The story is about a beautiful computer expert, how she gets caught up in a high-tech frame job.


Vinay.

Amazing Fact: Some worms will eat themselves if they can,t find any food.

 

[vinay]

Crash - Thriller (Winner of 3 academy awards)

Starring Sandra Bullock

The story is about over coming their fears, the grey area between black and
white, victim and aggressor. During the 36 hours they all collide.

Vinay.

Amazing Fact: About 70 percent of the human body weight is water

 

[venkatcr]

Vinay I am both surprised and impressed. You seem to be watching movies with a vengeance nowadays. Good for you!!

Recently saw Deception starring Hugh Jackman and other. Hugh Jackman became famous as Wolverine in X-Men.

The story revolve round the life of a NY accountant named Jonathan McQuarry played by Ewan McGregor. He is introduced to a phone based sex club where strangers meet anonymously in hotels for an evening of fun. Just as he is starting to have fun, he ends getting involved in violence and a blackmail. It was nice seeing Hugh Jackman playing the role of Wyatt Bose, a real bad guy. The end was a little disappointing.

I am also a committed fan of Jason Statham. Saw his Transporter 3 in the theaters and just loved it. Not as good as the original Transporter 1, but excellent action across Eastern Europe and parts of Russia. Jason always looks like a guy who has all the answers and comes up with crazy ways of fighting.

I am currently watching his latest movie - The Death Race.

Cheers

 

[venkatcr]

Recently saw three movies that impressed me quite a lot. One was Hindi and the other two were Tamil.

Saw Amir's Ghajini. I have the original Tamil version on DVD and this allowed me to revisit the two to see which one I liked.

In Tamil, they don't glamourise Asin, and she comes across as a mischievous teenager very convincingly. Unfortunately in Hindi, Asin is glamourised and has too much make up. Though she has redone the scenes well, because of the make up and glamourisation, she look older and only half as mischievous.

I also read somewhere that Amir was worried his acting will be compared to Surya's. He need not have worried at all. I feel he has played the role very well indeed. He comes out as more mature, particularly as the business man. The end is also different. Does it come out more in keeping with the need for vengeance? A brutal end to the villain? I am sure different people will have different opinions. But I must say I liked both the Tamil and Hindi versions immensely. My only gripe was that the Hindi version could have had better songs. I think Rehman has failed in this movie.

Now to the Tamil movies.

One is Vaarnam Aayirum. Again a Surya movie where he has acted exceedingly well as a father and son. With exceptionally good songs, Vaarnam Aayirum is doing very well in the box office. There are some stupid scenes, such as an Army Major crying 'Appa Appa' and shedding tears when he is going on a mission. But that aside, this is a movie that will entertain you immensely. The songs have been recorded well and sound good on any system. Using simple Western instruments, Harris Jayaraj has composed good songs for the movie. Hariharan has sung 'Nenjukkul Peidhidum' very well indeed. One of my own favourite mind game is to imaging how this song would have come out if sung by Shankar Mahadevan or Unnikrishnan.

Yesterday I saw Abhiyum Naanum. A movie that revolves around the life of Prakash Raj playing the role of a doting father. Again a movie to be watched. When the daughter grows up she goes and falls in love with a Sardarji. The way the Sardarji's family and friends come and raid the simple house of Prakash Raj is hilarious. Just when I was thinking it would be good to mix Tamil and Hindi in a song, the Director does just that! The way the living style of boisterous Sardars is intermixed with the quite style of South Indians, has been done very well.

If you have not seen them, do watch these movies.

Cheers.

 

[thevortex]

Nice writeups, Venkat.

Recently I saw 'The Great Debaters'. Here is a snitch of what I felt about this:

A lovely, powerful, moving movie directed by Denzel Washington and featuring him in the lead role too. 'The Great Debaters' is an experience more than a movie. It is a look into the America of the 1930s and the rampant racism prevalent. It is the story of three college students and their professor and of their effort against this obnoxious racism which was very much a part of their society and life.

Whether it is background music, dialogue, acting or screenplay, this movie has it all in spades. This has now become one of my top all time favourites as far as movies are concerned.

I assure you one thing - a few snatches of dialogue from this movie will stay with you even after a few days. Now that is saying something when it comes to recent Hollywood movies. And this one is very recent - 2007. Do watch this and share your thoughts.

If people are interested I have also made a note of a captivating bit of dialogue in the movie that i am willing to share.

 

[thevortex]

Quick mention. In my opinion both Ghajni's Tamil and Hindi do not match upto Memento - the movie base on which these were adapted from. Also as Venkat says, the music of Ghajni in Hindi is nothing compared to the one in Tamil. Harris Jayaraj tears into A.R. Rahman easily - much to my chagrin!

 

[vinay]

End Game - Action

The Assassination Was Only The Beginning.

The story is about a secret service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the president.

Venkat, thanks for telling me about the 2 movies, please tell me story line of The Death Race.

Vinay.

Amazing Fact: Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

 

[venkatcr]

Venkat, thanks for telling me about the 2 movies, please tell me story line of The Death Race.

Vinay, there is a detailed story line in IMDB. Please check

Death Race (2008) - Synopsis

Cheers

 

[subhash]

Recently saw three movies that impressed me quite a lot. One was Hindi and the other two were Tamil.

Saw Amir's Ghajini. I have the original Tamil version on DVD and this allowed me to revisit the two to see which one I liked.

In Tamil, they don't glamourise Asin, and she comes across as a mischievous teenager very convincingly. Unfortunately in Hindi, Asin is glamourised and has too much make up. Though she has redone the scenes well, because of the make up and glamourisation, she look older and only half as mischievous.

I also read somewhere that Amir was worried his acting will be compared to Surya's. He need not have worried at all. I feel he has played the role very well indeed. He comes out as more mature, particularly as the business man. The end is also different. Does it come out more in keeping with the need for vengeance? A brutal end to the villain? I am sure different people will have different opinions. But I must say I liked both the Tamil and Hindi versions immensely. My only gripe was that the Hindi version could have had better songs. I think Rehman has failed in this movie.

Now to the Tamil movies.

One is Vaarnam Aayirum. Again a Surya movie where he has acted exceedingly well as a father and son. With exceptionally good songs, Vaarnam Aayirum is doing very well in the box office. There are some stupid scenes, such as an Army Major crying 'Appa Appa' and shedding tears when he is going on a mission. But that aside, this is a movie that will entertain you immensely. The songs have been recorded well and sound good on any system. Using simple Western instruments, Harris Jayaraj has composed good songs for the movie. Hariharan has sung 'Nenjukkul Peidhidum' very well indeed. One of my own favourite mind game is to imaging how this song would have come out if sung by Shankar Mahadevan or Unnikrishnan.

Yesterday I saw Abhiyum Naanum. A movie that revolves around the life of Prakash Raj playing the role of a doting father. Again a movie to be watched. When the daughter grows up she goes and falls in love with a Sardarji. The way the Sardarji's family and friends come and raid the simple house of Prakash Raj is hilarious. Just when I was thinking it would be good to mix Tamil and Hindi in a song, the Director does just that! The way the living style of boisterous Sardars is intermixed with the quite style of South Indians, has been done very well.

If you have not seen them, do watch these movies.

Cheers.

hi venkat ,, i watched vaarnam ayiruum too (i like gautum mennons direction) was really impressed with the songs ,the movie is also nice but a bit too llengthy,,,,,,do check out a movie called SUBRAMANIAPURAM ,a little violent, there is one song which really rocks (its the first song on the audio cd) also do watch PARUTHIVEERAVN

 

[thevortex]

hi venkat ,, i watched vaarnam ayiruum too (i like gautum mennons direction) was really impressed with the songs ,the movie is also nice but a bit too llengthy,,,,,,do check out a movie called SUBRAMANIAPURAM ,a little violent, there is one song which really rocks (its the first song on the audio cd) also do watch PARUTHIVEERAVN

Subramaniapuram, for those who do not know, is a Tamil movie. Its a first time attempt by the Director Sasi Kumar - who has also acted in it. Its a dark movie but exceptionally well made considering that it was the director's first movie and the actor's second one!

Paruthiveeran is another Tamil movie. This one will hold sway over you. Raw emotion and acting prowess again from rookie actors. Brilliant movie.

The song 'Kangal Irandal' from Subramaniapuram crosses the boundaries of language - probably the best song of the year 2008 in my opinion.

 

[venkatcr]

Thank you Subhash and TheVortex. I shall certainly see both Subramaniapuram and Paruthiveeran.

I just finished seeing a movie called the Jumper. This is about a kid called David who can teleport himself to any part of the world. He goes on a bank robbing spree and lives a good life for 8 years. Then he gets chased by a shadowy group of people called Palladins. He comes across another jumper. Togther they fight the Palladins. The end is kind of crazy, and I was not able to understand what the Director wants us to believe/ I felt he has kept the end kind of open so that he could take a Jumper 2.

Anyhow I am buying the original DVD. The cinematography is superb, and some of the jump scenes could really test the LCD and DVD Player.

Cheers

 

[sud98]

Some foreign (non-english movies) that I loved

Amelie - French
My sassy Girl - Korean (original of ugly aur pagli)
City of God - Brazil
Pan's Labyrinth - Great visuals will test the quality of your plasma/lcd won an oscar for foreign language/art direction...

Regards,
Sudhir

 

[subhash]

Subramaniapuram, for those who do not know, is a Tamil movie. Its a first time attempt by the Director Sasi Kumar - who has also acted in it. Its a dark movie but exceptionally well made considering that it was the director's first movie and the actor's second one!

Paruthiveeran is another Tamil movie. This one will hold sway over you. Raw emotion and acting prowess again from rookie actors. Brilliant movie.

The song 'Kangal Irandal' from Subramaniapuram crosses the boundaries of language - probably the best song of the year 2008 in my opinion.

absolutely true that song from subramaniapuram (Kangal irandal) is class apart,the orchestration,vocals and bass is jst great,the picturisation is classy too (i got hold of the AUDIO CD after hunting for it for almost a month!!)regarding PARUTHIVEERAN -----its jst briliant with great acting from the lead pair(not to be missed) but only thing is i found the ending very disturbing!!

 

[subhash]

Some foreign (non-english movies) that I loved

Amelie - French
My sassy Girl - Korean (original of ugly aur pagli)
City of God - Brazil
Pan's Labyrinth - Great visuals will test the quality of your plasma/lcd won an oscar for foreign language/art direction...

Regards,
Sudhir

Pans labyrinth is a real treat to watch ,brilliant colors to chk out your display,,its from the same director who made the recent HELLBOY 2 ,but that i thot was pathetic

 

[venkatcr]

Sorry folks. I today saw one more Tamil movie that begs mention - Bommalattam. The word means puppet dance. This is based loosely on the English movie S1mOne.

Nana Patekar plays the role of a film director that was originally played by Al Pacino. Arjun actually has no role, though he plays a two bit CBI officer. He also has an unnecessary glamour dance which could have been avoided. If you remove these items and recut the movie in your mind, it is quite good. Nana Patekar has played his role very well.

My only gripe was that either the cinematography or the projection was bad. The scenes were out of focus in many places.

I think the Tamil film industry has done well. Three or four good movies released in a short period of just 3 odd moths. I am dying to see a good new action film.

Vinay, I completed The Death Race yesterday. Nothing much to write about. Other than the actual race, there is nothing in the movie. If Jason Statham were not there, I would not even have seen the movie completely. Quite disappointing.

Cheers