STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
Verdict – 5/5
Pros –
1) A perfect horror-mystery. The horror movie from “the other” perspective.
2) Nicole Kidman as Grace Stewart
3) Fionnula Flanagan as Bertha Mills
4) 100 minutes of sheer thrill & suspense with excellent background score to keep the audience at the edge of their seats.The final plot-twist is remarkable.
Cons –
N/A
Quote –
Grace: Where are we?
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
Verdict – 5/5
Pros –
1) Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold – the unapologetic,bumbling,over-confident,family man.An early version of Home Improvement‘s Tim Allen character.
2) “Holiday Road” – Lindsey Buckingham
3) An iconic and influential road-movie.
4) That unmissable iconic surreal Sci-Fi POSTER – all credits to Boris Vallejo.
Cons –
N/A
Quote –
Clark: Everything isn’t like home. If everything were like home, there would be no reason for leaving home.
STORY – 0
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) Birth of the stock-character. Textbook womanizer macho man.
2) 60’s counter-culture backdrop.
3) Tisha Sterling as Linny
CONS –
1) No action sequence worth remembering.
2) Petty villain
QUOTE –
Taxi driver: That’s $2.95, including the luggage.
Coogan: Tell me, how many stores are there named Bloomingdales in this town?
Taxi driver: One, why?
Coogan: We passed it twice.
Taxi driver: It’s still $2.95, including the luggage.
Coogan: Yeah, well there’s $3.00, including the tip.
STORY – 0
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
Verdict – 2/5
Pros –
1) Almost real-Time screenplay
2) Police drama
Cons –
1) The chase actually stopped in 30 minutes.
Quote –
“Bravo”
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
Verdict – 5 /5
Pros –
1) A great spiritual experience – like a Chekhov’s short story.
2) One of the best fantasy film after It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
3) The circle of love, life, desires, destiny, and death – all summed up in 101 minutes.
Cons –
N/A
Quote –
Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?
Ralph: That about sums it up for me.
CONTENT – 1
EXECUTION – 1
CULT – 0
Pros –
1) Playing devil’s advocate throughout – Abortion, Religion, Pets, Greek Mythology, Old Couple, Magic Mike & Homosexuality
Cons –
1) Closing act was mediocre
Quote –
If you get a dog, get a rescue dog. Don’t get a puppy from those horrible people who professionally raise dogs carefully
STORY – 0
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
Verdict – 2/5
Pros –
1) Climactic epilogue with possible alt-ending.
2) John Legend’s monologue on Jazz
3) Cinematography
4) The only romantic scene where the movie clicks was when Mia leaves the restaurant and runs to the theater to watch Rebel Without a Cause with Seb.
Cons –
1) Mediocre songs with mediocre dance moves.
2) Too much hyped by 14 Oscar nominations
Quote –
Keith: How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you’re such a traditionalist?
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
Verdict – 2/5
Pros –
1) Huge ensemble but it’s a David Strathairn show – The defiant cigarette smoking broadcast journalist.
Cons –
1) It’s a documentary – if any movie is using prime elements of the plot from archive news footage, don’t sweat to call it a feature film.
2) Pretentious movie – lacking adrenaline of a newsroom.
Quote –
Edward R. Murrow: This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box. Good night, and good luck.
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
Verdict – 5/5
Pros –
1) An ordinary movie catapulted by the final scene.The concept of Split personalities is known and explored numerous times.However the character of “The Beast” with superpower strength and bulletproof skin separates this movie from a psychological thriller.The final scene with David Dunn vindicates the entire plot.
2) The courage of M. Night Shyamalan returning to make the sequel and hiding it all along.
3) This mainly serves as an anthology film in the MNS universe and the sequel will be a real treat for all Unbreakable fans.
Cons –
N/A
Quote –
The Beast: The broken are the more evolved.
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
Verdict – 5/5
Pros –
1) One of the most unconventional western about a man who will not let go.
2) Will Kane : A hero larger than life.
3) The direction and screenplay : roughly 85 minutes but still enough screen-time for everyone.No shallow characters.
4) “Do Not Forsake Me, My Darling”
5) Katy Jurado as Helen Ramírez
Cons –
N/A
Quote –
Helen: Kane will be a dead man in half an hour and nobody’s gonna do anything about it. And when he dies, this town dies too.
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