I don't know what I thought when I decided to watch this movie in theater. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, became irritating to me, I don't know why, but this movie takes the credit of being the first rejected and real "UNWATCHABLE" award on my blog. However, I don't want to be so cruel to leave the good points from the movie.
Ok, Let me list down the Points first, then we will decide are they good or not.
1. Sean Bean: As soon as I saw him in the trailer, I was waiting for his character's death, the movie disappointed me in that as well. He has been dying in movies for half of his career now. At least that much could be done in this. Ohh I almost forgot, I was waiting for this character's death in previous movie as well.
2. Adelaide Clemens : I am not sure if I can write this, the acting was just OK. I think she would need a better script to show her best. Don't know why, I got so irritated with her character as well that I wanted someone to kill her and end the movie.
3. 3d: At Times 3D looked ok and sometimes it looked like the only good thing about movie. But it too became a headache after a while, as I couldn't bear the utter disgust of script and the addition of scary graphics sequences, just like someone is adding them in the movie, because they made it. This brings to another point: Editing.
4. Editing: It could have been better, But since I have already thrashed Script, Acting and Screenplay (Ok, Till now I didn't But I just did!).
4. Scare Tactics: I was not at all amazed by any of the Shocks given by the makers.
I had very bad experience watching this movie and I had around 50 horror movies in my collection which I have not watched until now, but after this movie, those 50 Horror movies will wait for sometime, because the horror of watching this movie still haunts me.
Probably, I need to watch some good animation movies from Disney to remove the bitter taste from my mouth which I still have because of this movie. Even writing about this movie is sickening!
And this movie is so much moved from the story, I almost forgot that this is a sequel. So people, Give a hand of applause and standing ovation for the award "Unwatchable of the Year" to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D!
I feel Sorry for the gamers, who had a very good video game and this makes it really move into "Silent Hill"!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Cloud Atlas: Need to watch 36 times..
Cloud Atlas, as Tom hanks told in an interview, is as risky as Inception. At that moment I couldn't understand what he meant. After Cloud Atlas, I could relate it to Inception. Inception, when I watched, I couldn't understand it fully. Then I watched it second time, it made some sense. Then, third time watch helped me to get the most out of it. I still don't say I have got 100% of it. But the story, screenplay, acting and the effects never allowed me to get bored. I watched it with same excitement all 3 times. Similarly, Cloud Atlas, is a much abstract version of the book which has been written by David Mitchell.
After watching it, I regret the fact that I acted without patience and pounced on the chance of watching it. Yet, I know book reading wood have been difficult. I feel Cloud Atlas is one of those book based movies where you should watch the movie first and then read the book.
The movie contains 6 stories running in parallel, and if we start relating all the 6 stories, it will not make sense. Although there is a thread that binds those stories, you will see same characters in same roles. Watching Tom Hanks in 6 different roles is a delight. He is a master of disguise in the movie. Ben Whishaw as well looks astonishing in his role(s), one needs to be a little focused to actually see him in all 6 stories. Halle Berry and other cast members make this movie a master piece.
I could understand the makers' point of view of repeating same cast in multiple stories, as it will separate the stories from each other, as you can see Tom Hanks in different roles and you would yourself make out which story is going on. The movie if not watched with interest may become extremely boring at times. My friend who was sitting besides me watching the movie slept two hours out of three. He must be cursing me for such a poor choice.
But i was going through the characters and their stories, I was least interested in Cloud Atlas as a whole movie, I took Tom Hanks characters, Ben whishaw's main character, Halle berry's characters and watched their stories with them. The portrayal of the world at different times is amazing and it really takes you through a journey of past and future in those three hours.
In the end, I was a happy person to go back home, because I could understand at least 3 of those 6 stories, and I saw an epic being portrayed on big screen. Though I just wonder if this masterpiece could have been made by Nolan, would it be same? He would have made it so dark and so interesting, that even the person who has no knowledge about the book and the stories, would have seen it with so much interest.
To me, movie created enough interest to pick up the book and then watch it again. I am not disappointed with the movie, as it delivered what I wanted to see: Tom Hanks in 6 roles!
After watching it, I regret the fact that I acted without patience and pounced on the chance of watching it. Yet, I know book reading wood have been difficult. I feel Cloud Atlas is one of those book based movies where you should watch the movie first and then read the book.
The movie contains 6 stories running in parallel, and if we start relating all the 6 stories, it will not make sense. Although there is a thread that binds those stories, you will see same characters in same roles. Watching Tom Hanks in 6 different roles is a delight. He is a master of disguise in the movie. Ben Whishaw as well looks astonishing in his role(s), one needs to be a little focused to actually see him in all 6 stories. Halle Berry and other cast members make this movie a master piece.
I could understand the makers' point of view of repeating same cast in multiple stories, as it will separate the stories from each other, as you can see Tom Hanks in different roles and you would yourself make out which story is going on. The movie if not watched with interest may become extremely boring at times. My friend who was sitting besides me watching the movie slept two hours out of three. He must be cursing me for such a poor choice.
But i was going through the characters and their stories, I was least interested in Cloud Atlas as a whole movie, I took Tom Hanks characters, Ben whishaw's main character, Halle berry's characters and watched their stories with them. The portrayal of the world at different times is amazing and it really takes you through a journey of past and future in those three hours.
In the end, I was a happy person to go back home, because I could understand at least 3 of those 6 stories, and I saw an epic being portrayed on big screen. Though I just wonder if this masterpiece could have been made by Nolan, would it be same? He would have made it so dark and so interesting, that even the person who has no knowledge about the book and the stories, would have seen it with so much interest.
To me, movie created enough interest to pick up the book and then watch it again. I am not disappointed with the movie, as it delivered what I wanted to see: Tom Hanks in 6 roles!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Pizza: Horror's New dimension!
Tamil cinema as I have been told has many innovative makers and actors, the stories and ideas in Tamil industry are much ahead of any other language film industry. I have been watching Rajanikanth in awe for some years now, he is a legend beyond doubt. But yesterday, when I saw something which probably could be the masterpiece of horror. In this era of horror where horror is more of Torture Porn. And every other horror movie will be about zombies eating humans or Paranormal Activity genre. The movie is very unorthodox and it could become a genre in coming years.
The innovation starts with the name itself, Pizza. Which makes people think what it could be about? The Story start as well unconventional. Being the first movie to be shot with 7.1 Surround sound, this movie is as scary as hell could be.
I don't know many actors from Tamil industry but the cast of this movie seemed nice and the characters suited their roles, there was nowhere it looked like they are trying to persuade me hard to get scared. Many horror movies lose their grip when they start to scare too much. They would put on makeup too much, the shocking effects, too much blood, excessive use of technology and graphics also ruins it.
Here we get a simple yet innovative movie, where a house is being used to tell a story about a tragedy. The idea of using torch, photos, darkness, right camera movements, The use of cellphone ringtones, Songs running on TV has also added to the scare tactic of the maker.
Even if you don't know Tamil, movie should not be missed. This is going to be remembered for a long time.
The innovation starts with the name itself, Pizza. Which makes people think what it could be about? The Story start as well unconventional. Being the first movie to be shot with 7.1 Surround sound, this movie is as scary as hell could be.
I don't know many actors from Tamil industry but the cast of this movie seemed nice and the characters suited their roles, there was nowhere it looked like they are trying to persuade me hard to get scared. Many horror movies lose their grip when they start to scare too much. They would put on makeup too much, the shocking effects, too much blood, excessive use of technology and graphics also ruins it.
Here we get a simple yet innovative movie, where a house is being used to tell a story about a tragedy. The idea of using torch, photos, darkness, right camera movements, The use of cellphone ringtones, Songs running on TV has also added to the scare tactic of the maker.
Even if you don't know Tamil, movie should not be missed. This is going to be remembered for a long time.
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