Showing posts with label Movie Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie Review. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2014

Movie Review: The Hobbit- The Battle Of The Five Armies

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Perfect ending to an epic journey
Title: The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies
Director: Peter Jackson
My ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Releasing: 12th December, 2014
Last week I was lucky enough to attend a pre-release screening of The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies. Having never seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy or The Hobbit franchise, I was in for a surprise. I was not sure what I was in for but my excitement built when the screening day drew closer. I was even more delighted when I found it was a 3D version. I arrived starry eyed and after a quick explanation about switching ours phones off to ensure no piracy or recording takes place.

I won't surmises the story line as I am unable to give it justice as I have not read the books. The movie starts with non stop action from the start to the end. The first scene start with Smuag destroying the Lake village. I was quite surprised that it was played by Benedict Cumberbatch which I didn't figure out till the credits. The action scenes and the special effects were spectacular. soon I realised that I was sucked in the narrative, the story telling, the beautiful cinematography and the outstanding battle scenes.

My only complain is that I wish there was Martin Freeman featured in the story. He is such an excellent performer and I wish we could have seen more from him. Less Martin Freeman means more screen time for the other actors who did a splendid job in making the viewers invested in the movie.

My verdict is that it is a must see movie for the franchise fans and the regular folks alike. It was entertainment on steroids and I loved this last adventure to the fullest.




Thursday, July 19, 2012

Early Review: The Dark Knight Rises

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CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?

Mine certainly did.


"Fabulous' is the word I would use to describe the last part of the Batman Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises.
I was lucky enough to go to the Batman European Premier. No, I’m not talking about the one in Leicester square I’m afraid.

I am not sure where to begin as this is the first time I’m writing a review for a movie. Nolan has outdone himself with his direction. The acting was great and the special effects mind-blowing. In this day and age where more and more comic action movies have been showing a more human side of their superheroes Batman takes the cake. Bruce is still struggling with his guilt and emotions over the last 8 years. People have given up their faith on Batman and believe him to be the monster they all want to hate. He is immersed in self misery and has almost become a hermit but circumstances make him come out of this and face the world and rescue Gotham City. But his come back may well be too late for his beloved city. I’m not going to go to much into the plot as I want to make this as spoiler free as possible.

We get introduced to many new characters and old characters make appearances. Nolan has done an outstanding job of bringing out the emotional side of his characters. As all hell is going down, you taste the fear in your tongue. The action was fantastic and kept me on my toes. All i have to say is watch the first scene. Brilliant. Even after it was finished I wanted more and was sad that there would no more of these amazing movies to look forward to.

Anne Hathaway was an excellent Cat Woman and I loved her acting. One minute she was your normal girl and then she was the sensual, sexy Cat woman. I can’t imagine anybody else playing it that well. To be honest, I had serious doubts about it but she did it so well that I have no complaints. Plus she did all that in killer heels. And she looked beautiful. I couldn’t stop looking at her, she was that pretty. I so want to wear that outfit and drive the super badass, fire sprouting, Bat-mobile. It was super cool and I want one.

Christian Bale, where had you been before? Wow, he made such a good Batman. I have seen him many times but for some reason he never seemed to hade a massive impression on me but now. Well, all I can is that man has got beautiful biceps. How come I had never seen them before? Nice biceps aside that Batman voice.....Okay I’m getting distracted now. Ahem! Back to the topic here. He was excellent as usual and loved watching the emotions and struggling passing over his features as he was trying his best to face his enemies head one. I loved all the emotional dialogues and drama with Alfred and he plays the only family Bruce/Batman has got.

“Are you afraid, that I’d fail?".....
"I’m afraid you’d want to”





With dialogues like this and many other (hey I don’t carry pens in the dark) I was awestuck. It was a long movie, 2 hours and 45 minutes but not once did I get bored. What did annoy me was the villain Bane’s voice. I know Bane is supposed to sound funny but I hated his accent and half of the time I struggled to understand what the bloke was going on about. What I really liked was there was a shot of India. Jaipur to be precise, in the movie. I won’t say anything else’s I may end up spoiling it but I have never seen it look so pretty and mystical before.

The Big question is ‘Is it better than the last movie?”. Honestly I don’t know. I saw The Dark Knight so long ago that I don’t remember details. All I really care is I loved this movie.

Batman starts with a band and ends with one too. I laughed and cried (yes, literally) during the 2hours 45 minute in the theatre. Batman had something for everyone, romance, betrayal, heart break, sadness, fear and action and of course drama. I am so fortunate that I got to see it before everyone else did. It was truly EPIC.

Releasing on 20th July, 2012

5 out of 5 stars



 

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