The Movies I Liked
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i just took the plunge into bluray player, actually ended up buying two players bcoz of the region issues , initially got the Pioneer LX52 its region A for blurays , as my lending library stock both region A and region C discs i also ended up picking up the entry level philips BDP3000 which is region C
for all the members who have not yet invested in bluray players i wud definetly recommend them to go for it , the difference between DVD and blurays is vast in terms of SQ/PQ , dvd is/was good but the BLuray discs are far better---i wudnt go back to watching dvds after the bluray experience, i guess its almost the end of dvds for me
the only irritating thing abt the blurays are that, it takes a little while to load, handshaking issues with the AVR, Projector, but to view and hear such better images and sound i wudnt mind the small issues
for all the members who have not yet invested in bluray players i wud definetly recommend them to go for it , the difference between DVD and blurays is vast in terms of SQ/PQ , dvd is/was good but the BLuray discs are far better---i wudnt go back to watching dvds after the bluray experience, i guess its almost the end of dvds for me
the only irritating thing abt the blurays are that, it takes a little while to load, handshaking issues with the AVR, Projector, but to view and hear such better images and sound i wudnt mind the small issues
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The Hurt Locker
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
The Hurt Locker (2008)
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
The Hurt Locker (2008)
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Inglorious Basterds!!!
Mindboggling! Pure Tarentino
Sa it in theatres - as alays filled with sharp dialougues and crazy storylie - worth archiving on Blu-Ray!!
Mindboggling! Pure Tarentino
Sa it in theatres - as alays filled with sharp dialougues and crazy storylie - worth archiving on Blu-Ray!!
Hello Guys,
watched couple of movies.
The Firm: Based on the fmous novel by Jhon Grishm. Tom Cruise plays a role of Harvard Law graduate and how he got entagled in a firm that manages mafia money.Very interesting movie. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Valkyrie: another Tom cruise movie. Here plays a role of person who planned to kill Hitler on 20th July 1944 but was unsuccessful.Here is a wikipedia link for more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Schenk_Graf_von_Stauffenberg The movie is intense and cinematography is very good. But I felt Tom could have bring a little bit more intesnsity in the acting. Would love to see Tom Hanks in a role like this.
Saving Private Ryan: Its a pity that I haven't watched this movie before. what can I say everybody knows about it. Tom Hanks is brilliant. Matt Demon didn't get much opportunity to show his skills.
Shortcut to Happiness: It is starring Alec Baldwin, anthonny Hopkins. Well lot of movies has been made on simialr lines before. One comes to my immediately is Bruice almighty. I thought Anthony Hopkins will bring something special but overall its an ok movie nothing great.
15 Park Avenue: It is a movie directed by Aparna Sen. Starring Shabana Azmi, waheeda Rehman, Konkona Sensarma. Well first of all I find all this Indian english Indian movies that there is some sort artificialness in the way english language is spoken. Kepping it aside I think konkona did a very good job in the role of a schizophrenic girl and how diffrent relationships makes and breaks around her to provide her with an identity in the society. Its an intersting film but what happened at the end I didn't understand. The director decided to end it as a short story where the the reader is provided with the freedom to do some thinking regarding what exactly might have happened.
watched couple of movies.
The Firm: Based on the fmous novel by Jhon Grishm. Tom Cruise plays a role of Harvard Law graduate and how he got entagled in a firm that manages mafia money.Very interesting movie. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Valkyrie: another Tom cruise movie. Here plays a role of person who planned to kill Hitler on 20th July 1944 but was unsuccessful.Here is a wikipedia link for more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Schenk_Graf_von_Stauffenberg The movie is intense and cinematography is very good. But I felt Tom could have bring a little bit more intesnsity in the acting. Would love to see Tom Hanks in a role like this.
Saving Private Ryan: Its a pity that I haven't watched this movie before. what can I say everybody knows about it. Tom Hanks is brilliant. Matt Demon didn't get much opportunity to show his skills.
Shortcut to Happiness: It is starring Alec Baldwin, anthonny Hopkins. Well lot of movies has been made on simialr lines before. One comes to my immediately is Bruice almighty. I thought Anthony Hopkins will bring something special but overall its an ok movie nothing great.
15 Park Avenue: It is a movie directed by Aparna Sen. Starring Shabana Azmi, waheeda Rehman, Konkona Sensarma. Well first of all I find all this Indian english Indian movies that there is some sort artificialness in the way english language is spoken. Kepping it aside I think konkona did a very good job in the role of a schizophrenic girl and how diffrent relationships makes and breaks around her to provide her with an identity in the society. Its an intersting film but what happened at the end I didn't understand. The director decided to end it as a short story where the the reader is provided with the freedom to do some thinking regarding what exactly might have happened.
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grubyhalo
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Oh man! Where did you watch it? I can't wait for it to hit the theaters here in India!
Friday the 13th
Wade, Ritchie, Amanda, Mike and Whitney travel to Crystal Lake to camp, but Wade and Ritchie have found a plantation of weed and intend to raise some money selling the dope. However, the group is brutally attacked by Jason Voorhees. Six weeks later, Clay is seeking out his sister Whitney in Crystal Lake, distributing a missing poster with her picture to the locals. In a gas station, he stumbles into the arrogant Trent that has invited his friends Jenna, Lawrence, Chewie, Nolan, Chelsea and Bree to spend the weekend in the cottage of his wealthy family. Jenna teams up with Clay in his quest and they discover that Jason is killing her friends. They run back to the cottage to warn her friends of the dangerous situation while Jason kills each one of them.
Friday the 13th (2009)
Wade, Ritchie, Amanda, Mike and Whitney travel to Crystal Lake to camp, but Wade and Ritchie have found a plantation of weed and intend to raise some money selling the dope. However, the group is brutally attacked by Jason Voorhees. Six weeks later, Clay is seeking out his sister Whitney in Crystal Lake, distributing a missing poster with her picture to the locals. In a gas station, he stumbles into the arrogant Trent that has invited his friends Jenna, Lawrence, Chewie, Nolan, Chelsea and Bree to spend the weekend in the cottage of his wealthy family. Jenna teams up with Clay in his quest and they discover that Jason is killing her friends. They run back to the cottage to warn her friends of the dangerous situation while Jason kills each one of them.
Friday the 13th (2009)
Pistol Whipped is one of Steven Segal's regular movies. Released in 2008, the movie is about the life of Matt Conner, a policeman who is kicked out of the police force for fraud. Matt ends up a drunkard, starts gambling, and run up a debt of over a million dollars. The movie takes a twist with Matt being approached by a mysterious old man who want Matt to wipe out all gangsters and bad cops.
I bought this DVD as part of 5 for Rs.300 that Landmark had put up. Though a mediocre movie in terms of story line and acting, the photography is superb with a lot of play of lights and shadows. The final scene, in particular, is a really good scene for trying out on HT systems. In this scene, Matt is cornered in graveyard by about six corrupt cops and there is a shootout. The way the bullets ricochet off tombstones, splintering them and flying past your ears makes you duck your head. You can clearly hear the sound of the shot, the sound of the bullet hitting the tombstone, and the breaking of the tombstone. Well recorded on Dolby.
Cheers
metalbandit
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Hey, it's already 2 weeks since it released in India...
grubyhalo
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Whoa, cool! I hope it hits Chennai soon!
metalbandit
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Hi Subhash,
Congrats on your purchases. Nothing to take away from the amazing SQ and PQ of Bluray, I myself am spellbound by the 720p & 1080p mkv rips and just dream of watching them on Bluray on a Full HD TV with DTS HD Master Audio from a 7.1. channel setup; however, I still think it will take some time for Bluray to become popular in India.
This is still the introductory phase for Bluray hardware, and software, where the manufacturers have to retrieve their investment costs for new infrastructure and research. Once the costs are recovered, then the prices will fall in the "growth" phase.
A second angle discussed earlier in some threads - All technological advances are dictated by the manufacturers. Today, BluRay is the best technology available which is not affordable by many, same was the case with DVD's 10-15 years ago. Once Bluray becomes as mainstream as DVD's are today, Ultra High definition will be the latest thing, and still unaffordable by the masses, and so the cycle will go on.
Just my 2 cents, and open to debate.
Okuribito(Departures)-- (Japanese) Very good movie with nice story. It was like reading a very good book. Appealed a lot to me as I never looked upon 'death' and dead bodies with such human and respectable point of view. A little bit slow but it takes time to build/create such ambience with humour while telling such a nice story.
Lemon tree:The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down---GOOD FILM
Lemon tree:The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down---GOOD FILM
kaminey dvd ,moserbaer
SQ average, PQ is poor
and the movie is pathetic
going by the good reviews ,thot this one wud be good ,but sadly it was very disappointing , wonder what the reviewers saw in this one !!!
SQ average, PQ is poor
and the movie is pathetic
going by the good reviews ,thot this one wud be good ,but sadly it was very disappointing , wonder what the reviewers saw in this one !!!
The Sum of All Fears
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
CRANK-HIGHVLOLTAGE (dvd reg -1)
one of the craziest movies i have seen , though the action is entertaining , extremly fast paced-----take care with kids as there is lot of skin show and abusive language
one of the craziest movies i have seen , though the action is entertaining , extremly fast paced-----take care with kids as there is lot of skin show and abusive language
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has anyone watched Pazhassi raja??, kindly give feed back , it has very highly rated reviews , in one of the reviews they have gone to the extent of saying this is the TOUR DE FORCE of cinema
if anyone has seen it kindly give opinion ,as planning to go to the theatres takes a lot of effort!!
if anyone has seen it kindly give opinion ,as planning to go to the theatres takes a lot of effort!!
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Four heavily armed men, led by Bernard Ryder (John Travolta), board the New York City subway 6 train departed from Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23 p.m., and proceed to take control of it.
Meanwhile, MTA dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is assigned to the Rail Control Center, due to an ongoing investigation that he took a bribe to recommend a Japanese car manufacturer for the next subway car contract. The group then uncouple the front car from the rest of the train and hold the passengers in this front car hostage. One of the hijackers, Bashkim (Victor Gojcaj), kills an undercover police officer in the course of the action. Ryder and a former MTA train operator named Ramos settle down in the front of the car, while the other hijackers watch the hostages in the back. They demand $10 million in ransom money to be paid within 60 minutes. For each minute past the deadline, one passenger will be killed. Garber and Ryder exchange conversations through the microphone, while his men set up a wi-fi booster apparatus to enable Ryder to access his laptop in the tunnel to watch the stock market plunge nearly 1,000 points during the next hour.
Unknown to him, one of the male passengers has an active laptop with a webcam, that was casually knocked to the floor, facing the car's interior previously when they took their hostages, which simultaneously reconnects using that same wifi link; reestablishing the feed to his girlfriend's desktop with whom he was videochatting; when she returns to her PC, she sees the hostage situation through her webcam and provides the live feed to a local television station. Garber agrees to have the city pay Ryder the $10 million ransom, after the Mayor (James Gandolfini) is intercepted by his staff aboard a train in the Bronx and is transported back to RCC.
NYPD Emergency Service Unit Lt. Camonetti (John Turturro) enters RCC, and Garber's boss, who has a rocky relationship with Garber, orders Garber to leave the premises. Camonetti takes over the hostage negotiations, infuriating Ryder, who demands that Garber be put back on the mic and that he will speak only to Garber. When Camonetti refuses, explaining Garber has already left the building, Ryder shoots and kills the train operator, James Pollard, who was Garber's classmate in motor school. Camonetti immediately has Garber brought back on the mic, talking to Ryder, while he sets up a sniper unit in the tunnel where the car is stuck, ordering all officers not to fire upon any hijacker until told to do so. Camonetti is puzzled as to why Ryder will only talk to Garber, but when he learns about Garber's bribery investigation, he asks Garber in consenting to search his home, which Garber agrees and tells his wife about it. Ryder learns through news reports about Garber's alleged bribe in Japan and forces him to confess by holding the boy with the laptop at gunpoint, saying the reason for taking the money was to pay for his kids college education but that the Japanese company was his first choice anyway. While the police stand down in the tunnel, a rat on the roadbed crawls up an officer's leg, causing him to discharge his sniper rifle, killing Ramos, who was sitting in the motorman's position.
The money is transported uptown to Grand Central and Ryder demands Garber to personally deliver it within 7 minutes. Garber calls his wife to inform her about his new responsibility, in order to save the hostages, but she cares only for his own safety. She makes him promise to pick up some milk on the way home, because he must come home safely. Garber delivers the money (An officer has loaned and concealed a 9mm pistol in one of the bags), then is ordered to operate the train to another location, where the hijackers exit. To ensure that the police go to the wrong location, Ryder uses a special mechanism to lock the driving lever in the full-speed position, bypassing the dead-man's switch and causing the train to accelerate and go down Coney Island at high speed.
The MTA are unaware of the mechanism holding the driving lever down and believe the hijackers and Garber to still be inside the train. Garber manages to escape from the hijackers and follows them to the emergency exit inside an abandoned subway station underneath The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Inside the hotel, Ryder splits away from Bashkim and Emri, who are surrounded outside the hotel by police; as they both reach for their guns, the police open fire on the two of them, killing them. The runaway train is tripped by a red signal one station away from Coney Island and the train comes to a halt safely. Ryder boards a taxi with Garber in pursuit. Ryder checks his laptop, where it is revealed that he has shortsold the market and invested in gold, earning him a profit far larger than the ransom money. Ryder goes to the Manhattan Bridge, where he leaves the cab, due to heavy traffic, and uses the pedestrian walkway on the bridge. Garber confronts Ryder on the bridge where Ryder demands Garber kill him before the police do. Ryder gives Garber 10 seconds to shoot him. When Ryder finishes counting to 10, he takes out his gun, but Garber gets the first shot out. Before Ryder dies, he calls Garber his "goddamn" hero.
The mayor thanks Garber for saving the hostages, and vows his staff in representing him in the bribery investigation. The Mayor then offers Garber a ride home in his car along with the escort service. Garber refuses the offer, saying the subway is faster and is his lifeblood. He then heads home with the last shot of the film being Garber, walking into his home holding a halfgallon of milk in a grocery bag.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Four heavily armed men, led by Bernard Ryder (John Travolta), board the New York City subway 6 train departed from Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23 p.m., and proceed to take control of it.
Meanwhile, MTA dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is assigned to the Rail Control Center, due to an ongoing investigation that he took a bribe to recommend a Japanese car manufacturer for the next subway car contract. The group then uncouple the front car from the rest of the train and hold the passengers in this front car hostage. One of the hijackers, Bashkim (Victor Gojcaj), kills an undercover police officer in the course of the action. Ryder and a former MTA train operator named Ramos settle down in the front of the car, while the other hijackers watch the hostages in the back. They demand $10 million in ransom money to be paid within 60 minutes. For each minute past the deadline, one passenger will be killed. Garber and Ryder exchange conversations through the microphone, while his men set up a wi-fi booster apparatus to enable Ryder to access his laptop in the tunnel to watch the stock market plunge nearly 1,000 points during the next hour.
Unknown to him, one of the male passengers has an active laptop with a webcam, that was casually knocked to the floor, facing the car's interior previously when they took their hostages, which simultaneously reconnects using that same wifi link; reestablishing the feed to his girlfriend's desktop with whom he was videochatting; when she returns to her PC, she sees the hostage situation through her webcam and provides the live feed to a local television station. Garber agrees to have the city pay Ryder the $10 million ransom, after the Mayor (James Gandolfini) is intercepted by his staff aboard a train in the Bronx and is transported back to RCC.
NYPD Emergency Service Unit Lt. Camonetti (John Turturro) enters RCC, and Garber's boss, who has a rocky relationship with Garber, orders Garber to leave the premises. Camonetti takes over the hostage negotiations, infuriating Ryder, who demands that Garber be put back on the mic and that he will speak only to Garber. When Camonetti refuses, explaining Garber has already left the building, Ryder shoots and kills the train operator, James Pollard, who was Garber's classmate in motor school. Camonetti immediately has Garber brought back on the mic, talking to Ryder, while he sets up a sniper unit in the tunnel where the car is stuck, ordering all officers not to fire upon any hijacker until told to do so. Camonetti is puzzled as to why Ryder will only talk to Garber, but when he learns about Garber's bribery investigation, he asks Garber in consenting to search his home, which Garber agrees and tells his wife about it. Ryder learns through news reports about Garber's alleged bribe in Japan and forces him to confess by holding the boy with the laptop at gunpoint, saying the reason for taking the money was to pay for his kids college education but that the Japanese company was his first choice anyway. While the police stand down in the tunnel, a rat on the roadbed crawls up an officer's leg, causing him to discharge his sniper rifle, killing Ramos, who was sitting in the motorman's position.
The money is transported uptown to Grand Central and Ryder demands Garber to personally deliver it within 7 minutes. Garber calls his wife to inform her about his new responsibility, in order to save the hostages, but she cares only for his own safety. She makes him promise to pick up some milk on the way home, because he must come home safely. Garber delivers the money (An officer has loaned and concealed a 9mm pistol in one of the bags), then is ordered to operate the train to another location, where the hijackers exit. To ensure that the police go to the wrong location, Ryder uses a special mechanism to lock the driving lever in the full-speed position, bypassing the dead-man's switch and causing the train to accelerate and go down Coney Island at high speed.
The MTA are unaware of the mechanism holding the driving lever down and believe the hijackers and Garber to still be inside the train. Garber manages to escape from the hijackers and follows them to the emergency exit inside an abandoned subway station underneath The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Inside the hotel, Ryder splits away from Bashkim and Emri, who are surrounded outside the hotel by police; as they both reach for their guns, the police open fire on the two of them, killing them. The runaway train is tripped by a red signal one station away from Coney Island and the train comes to a halt safely. Ryder boards a taxi with Garber in pursuit. Ryder checks his laptop, where it is revealed that he has shortsold the market and invested in gold, earning him a profit far larger than the ransom money. Ryder goes to the Manhattan Bridge, where he leaves the cab, due to heavy traffic, and uses the pedestrian walkway on the bridge. Garber confronts Ryder on the bridge where Ryder demands Garber kill him before the police do. Ryder gives Garber 10 seconds to shoot him. When Ryder finishes counting to 10, he takes out his gun, but Garber gets the first shot out. Before Ryder dies, he calls Garber his "goddamn" hero.
The mayor thanks Garber for saving the hostages, and vows his staff in representing him in the bribery investigation. The Mayor then offers Garber a ride home in his car along with the escort service. Garber refuses the offer, saying the subway is faster and is his lifeblood. He then heads home with the last shot of the film being Garber, walking into his home holding a halfgallon of milk in a grocery bag.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
I recently saw a movie clip on bluray, where a person/guard enters a hall where skelton of Dinosaurs was kept. Somehow the skelton of Dinosaurs becomes alive and after lot of chasing etc. starts playing with a bone???
I don't know the movie, but a great audio visual treat.... Someone can name the movie???
cheers
I don't know the movie, but a great audio visual treat.... Someone can name the movie???
cheers
BLOOD WORK-CLINT EASTWOOD
Hi,
A murder mystery with a different story line.First a few words about Clint.I have always considered him as the MGR of Hollywood.
He is one of my very favorites entertainer right from his western and Dirty Harry days.Though he may not be an 'actor' in the real sense he is a fantastic showman. Even at this age what screen presence!
A very absorbing movie and a must watch.
cheers,
sri
Hi,
A murder mystery with a different story line.First a few words about Clint.I have always considered him as the MGR of Hollywood.
He is one of my very favorites entertainer right from his western and Dirty Harry days.Though he may not be an 'actor' in the real sense he is a fantastic showman. Even at this age what screen presence!A very absorbing movie and a must watch.
cheers,
sri
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