Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 10:18 AM
Genre: Biography/Drama/History
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield
The Facebook movie was a movie that 500 million people were anticipating. Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) the worlds youngest billionaire who created Facebook, did not have an easy life as most people imagined. After breaking up with his girlfriend one night, and half drunk, Mark hacked into the Harvard servers sitting in his dorm room and created a website which would allow students to rate which of the two girls they think is more hot. The website became a rage, the Harvard servers crashed and Mark faced disciplinary action. The twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Hammer) along with their friend Divya Narendra (Minghella) told Mark about their idea of creating a social networking website exclusively for the Harvard network. Mark stole their idea and created thefacebook.com. He got financial assistance from his rich friend Eduardo (Garfield) who become company CFO and together they got thefacebook.com to become a campus success. Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and Plaxo, became interested in Mark's concept and started unofficially advising Facebook, much to the ire of Eduardo. Mark started making too many enemies and before he knew it, Eduardo Saverin and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were suing Mark Zuckerberg. Jesse Eisenberg seemed to the most appropriate person to play Zuckerberg's role, primarily due to his physical presence. Zuckerberg has mostly been portrayed as a human robot, emotionless, ruthless and highly focused. The only downside of the movie was the very abrupt ending. Most of the movie focused on the lawsuits that Zuckerberg faced and the rest of the story get narrated via the hearings. Perhaps if the movie had a more management angle to it, talking about hurdles and the slow and steady development of Facebook, the movie might have been better. But then again, this idea might be biased due to my association with business management. A highly motivating movie and a must-watch.
Thumbs up: Jesse Eisenberg
Thumbs down: Abrupt end
Rating: 8.0/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 10:37 AM
Genre: War/Action/Adventure/Drama/History
Starring: Russell Crowe, Kate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, William Hurt
The story of Robin Hood, the outlaw who takes from the rich and gives to the poor. Robin Longstride (Crowe) was an ace archer serving King Richard the Lionheart during his crusade to conquer Europe. Robin agreed to help a dying knight, Sir Robert Loxley of Nottingham and agreed to deliver his sword to his father. With the death of King Richard, his crooked brother John (Isaac) became King of England. Robin broke his acquaintance with the King due to John's unfair rule and travelled north with a group of like-minded soldiers to Nottingham. Sir Walter Loxley (Sydow) Robert's father, requested Robin to stay back as his son so that his land does not get forfeited by the crown. Much to the disappointment of Marion (Blanchett) Robert's wife, Robin had to be her husband. Coming from the stable of Ridley Scott, the movie had high expectations but sadly failed to replicate the success of Gladiator. Russell Crowe left no stone unturned in delivering an outstanding performance. The only chink in the armour is that Robin Hood is conceived to be much younger than what the movie portrays him to be. The movie focuses on the life of Robin Hood before he actually became popular for 'taking from the rich and giving to the poor'. A great entertainer with some fine moments with a vast scope for improvement.
Thumbs up: Performances
Thumbs down: Needed a strong climax
Rating: 7.9/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 10:05 AM
Genre: Fantasy/Science-fiction/War/Comedy/Drama
Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey
During the Vietnam War, a United States Army soldier, Bill Django (Bridges) gained enlightenment on how to make war more peaceful. His teachings and trainings taught soldiers how to use their minds more effectively, which in turn led to the foundation of The New World Army. The army developed psychic soldiers aka super soldiers aka Jedi warriors who could use their minds to higher degree than normal humans. Lyn Cassidy (Clooney) went on to become one of the most powerful of these Jedi Warriors, much to the envy of co-soldier Larry Hooper (Spacey). Years later, a failed journalist, Bob Wilton (McGregor) decides to go and cover the Iraq war in a hope to redeem his life and prove to the world that he is not a failure. He stumbles across Cassidy and accompanies him on a secret mission of whose objective and location is not known to Cassidy. The movie has a very typical George Clooney humour and is the only reason one must watch it. There is no real end objective to the movie. In spite of the impressive star cast, it feels empty and you really don't know what point it is driving at. Performances are probably the only highlight, especially George Clooney's and apart from that, there isn't anything else in the movie. Only for Clooney fans.
Thumbs up: Mr. Clooney
Thumbs down: Plot
Rating: 6.9/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 10:13 AM
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Radha Mitchell, Rade Serbedzija, Robert Forster
Also known as The Code. Heist and robbery movies have appealed to a large audience, but their success entirely depends upon the ultimate climax of the movie. Gabriel Martin (Banderas) is a small-time crook from Miami who catches the attention of Ripley (Freeman) who is a more accomplished thief. Ripley wants a partner to steal a pair of Faberg� Eggs from a Russian jewelry store known as Romanov. The existence of these eggs are supposedly unknown and Romanov wishes to keep it that way. Ripley claims that his previous partner, Viktor (Serbedzija) was killed by Nicky, a Russian Mafia, because he couldn't pay off his debt. Since Ripley had the reputation of being able to make quick money, Nicky ordered him to steal the eggs in order to pay off the debts. The movie doesn't have a very strong plot for a heist movie and most of the planning and execution of the robbery too doesn't spark enough excitement. The climax twist is only slightly better than the rest of the movie but nothing great either. The audience expects better out of Morgan Freeman movies and this one was a let down.
Thumbs up: A simple watch and forget heist movie
Thumbs down: Needs more excitement attached to the robbery aspect
Rating: 6.9/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 2:46 PM
Genre: Sport/Drama/Comedy
Starring: Gary Cole, Will Ferrell, Jane Lynch, John C. Reily, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amy Adams, Leslie Bibb
Racing and NASCAR ran in the blood of Ricky Bobby (Ferrell) whose estranged father was a race driver. Ricky too went on to become a world famous race car driver until a car crash put him out of the track. A famous French Formula 1 driver Jean Girard (Cohen) has recently entered NASCAR and is giving Ricky a tough time. In an attempt to get the better of Jean, Ricky crashes his car and gets hospitalised for a long time. The trauma of the crash sinks deep into his head and he is unable to drive fast anymore. 20 mph seems like 200 to him and streaking down the race track in his underwear yelling 'fire' when there isn't any, becomes a normal routine of his life. His long-lost father, Reece (Cole) comes back in his life and tries to help him overcome his fear and become the legendary driver that he used to be. The movie is a decent mix of adrenaline rushing sporting action as well as rib-tickling laughter, unfortunately, both, the adrenaline as well as the rib-tickling is quite weak. The climax scene didn't seem to have the kind of energy a racing scene should have and the comedy too was pretty normal and nothing that will want to make you watch the movie a second time. It's a decent entertainer but probably needs that missing component to really get it running.
Thumbs up: Good mix of sport and comedy
Thumbs down: Needs more spice
Rating: 6.3/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 2:29 PM
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller/Mystery
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu
Slevin (Hartnett) a young man who has had a bad day, has just come in to New York to meet an old friend of his, Nick Fischer. His bad day continues when he gets mugged and finds that Nick is not at home. Nick's over-enthusiastic neighbour, Lindsey (Liu) concludes that Nick is missing and starts investigating around the house like a crime-scene detective. Nick owed money to two mafia lords, The Boss (Freeman) and The Rabbi (Kingsley) and since Nick was not at home, Slevin gets picked up. The Boss agrees to forget Nick's debt if Slevin kills The Rabbi's son and on the other hand, The Rabbi just wants his money back whether Slevin is Nick or not. In the background, a mysterious assassin called Smith a.k.a Mr. Goodkat (Willis) is carefully pulling the strings and planning a good murder. The movie has a different feel to it that is absent in the normal crime movie that you would stumble across. The climax could have been the highlight of the movie, but which failed to impress. A good crime movie with a good plot, which makes it a great entertainer.
Thumbs up: Climax, plot
Thumbs down: Needs to be more spiced, lacked some good action
Rating: 7.2/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 2:27 PM
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Adventure/Fantasy
Starring: John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke
Three friends are fed up with their adult lives. The friends hardly seem to meet each other and they don't really call themselves 'friends' anymore. Lou (Coddry) gets into hospital for what seems to be a suicide attempt and Adam (Cusack) and Nick (Robinson) decide to pay him a visit. The three friends, along with Jacob (Duke) Adam's nephew, decide to go to Kodiak Valley and refresh their childhood memories from there. They are sitting in a hot tub outside their room when they accidentally spill Chernobly, an illegal Russian drink, which damages the tubs electronics and sends them back in time. The mysterious tub mechanic tells them that they have to do the same things what they did back in 1986 or else the 'butterfly effect' might create disastrous consequences in the future. Lou doesn't want to go get beaten up by six guys, again, Adam doesn't want to break up with his high school crush and get stabbed in the eye with a fork, again, and Nick doesn't want to have sex with Tara because he is married in the future. The adventure back in time has changed a lot of things in all their lives and Jacob finally finds out who his dad is. The movie really isn't the average sex-comedy that one would expect but it still makes a really good watch. Some parts do get a bit serious and dragged, but its tolerable. What was really missing is that one stupidly hilarious scene, which sadly wasn't there. A good watch with a group of friends which would make you want to live another unforgettable night.
Thumbs up: Great entertainer
Thumbs down: Average humour
Rating: 6.4/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 5:41 AM
Genre: Science-fiction/Fantasy/Action/Adventure
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz (voice)
Young Anakin Skywalker (Christensen) is not young anymore and is now a Jedi warrior in-training. Multiple solar systems have decided to break-off from the Republic, making it difficult for the few Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order within the galaxy. Senator Amidala (Portman) is facing an assassination threat since she is spear-heading the movement for the creation of an Army of the Republic to assist the Jedi Knights. Obie-Wan Kenobi (McGregor) and Anakin are assigned to protect Senator Amidala at all costs. Their adventures reveal that Count Dooku (Lee) a former Jedi has joined the dark side and is planning an attack on the Republic. Meanwhile, Obie-Wan learns of the existence of a huge clone army made for the assistance of the Republic, on the orders of a Jedi leader who died several years ago and Anakin falls in love with Amidala and lets his emotions supersede his Jedi mind. The movie is a decent continuation from where it last left, yet there seems to be an evident disconnect from the main storyline. The movie feels like a random filler to the main outline and lacks any kind of climax or twist which would make one want to wait for the next movie. The graphics are extremely refined, although they do look like a video game from time-to-time. A great movie for Star Wars fans with some very good action pieces, but still does not live up to the mark of the earlier movies.
Thumbs up: Great graphics, good action
Thumbs down: Feels disconnected from the main plot
Rating: 7.0/10
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Posted by Bell Mattew
Posted on 6:12 AM
Genre: Comedy/Crime/Action/Drama/Adventure
Starring: Seth Rogan, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride
Dale Denton (Rogan) is a process server wherein he serves people subpoenas or court summons. He and his marijuana dealer Saul (Franco) are good friends who gives him Pineapple Express, one of the finest weeds he has. Dale has a summon to deliver to Ted Jones (Cole) who turns out to be Saul's main weed supplier. He sees Ted murder an Asian man and panics and runs away. He accidentally leaves behind an unfinished Pineapple Express which Ted identifies and traces back to Saul. Dale runs to Saul's and the two later escape to another weed dealer, Red's (McBride), hideout. Ted and his men are on the lookout for Dale and Saul and suspect them to be a part of their Asian counterparts army and starts hunting them down. The movie cannot be watched for good plots and nice performances. It's supposed to be watched because it might be a bit funny and can be an overall entertaining watch. Seth Rogen does a fairly decent job at being funny but the buck stops there. It is entertaining and watchable but you wont fall off your seat laughing hard.
Thumbs up: Decent entertainer
Thumbs down: Not very funny
Rating: 6.6/10
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