Saturday 27 June 2015

Jurassic World Movie Review



Story Line:-

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitors' interest, which backfires horribly.

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Jurassic World Movie Review


Jurassic World (2015)

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In Theaters:
US Box Office:$402.8M
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Plot Summary:-

  • 22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island?
  • Jurassic World has been running with great success for more than a decade in the wake of the disaster that haunted the island 22 years ago. The park's geneticists have once again broken scientific and ethical boundaries in order to raise attendance for the park, now experiencing a decline in happy customers. Convinced that the new attraction will bring in many more people, but having crossed the line once again, the results may be devastating.
    Written by Ed Morales
  • 22 years after John Hammond envisioned a theme park full of dinosaurs, Jurassic World is a reality. Although it is everything he originally hoped it would be, attendance in the last decade has been lackluster. With the future of the park hanging in the balance, InGen scientists genetically engineer a new hybrid "attraction". When their new creation turns on them, will anyone get out alive?
    Written by Mario Saltalamacchia





Point of View:-

Nostalgic? Brings back your childhood? The sequel that Jurassic Park deserves? Whose press agent is writing this?

I'm a bit baffle at some of the reviews that praise this film. Yes, it's better than Jurassic Park 3 and its really dumb fun but some of the praise seem bit robotic, like they are going through talking points given by a press agent.

Its seemed to me as Fast Food type of Movie which I watched recently, which is not that good nor that bad. But this not worths value of your money, but it does give you a good time for hanging out around with your friends, family, etc.

Nostalgic? Because this movie takes place on the same island as the first Jurassic Park? Honestly, this does not look like the same island but whatever. Bring back your childhood? Was your childhood memory of Jurassic Park filled with cardboard cut outs as human characters, sexism, bad acting and many more things, Seems so. The sequel that Jurassic Park deserves? From what I remember from Steven Spielberg's original Jurassic Park, it had smart characters dealing with a moral dilemma about messing with the natural order of things and dealing with the consequences of their actions. The only sequel in the Jurassic Park series that carried over the themes of the original Jurassic Park was Steven Spielberg's follow up, The Lost World. While The Lost World was not as good as the original Jurassic Park, it still manages to be a strong sequel that at respects and accomplishes what the original sets out to do. Jurassic World only really has dumb characters running away from a monster bend on killing everyone in a amusement park. Again, Jurassic World is for a fact a much better film than the horrendous Jurassic Park 3 but that's because it's dumb fun, not the second coming of the original Jurassic Park.


It’s silly of me, right? I have this notion that a big, splashy blockbuster should provide characters and story lines that matter, that engage us, so that there are actual stakes and not just a lot of noisy stomping. Theoretically, we should care whether or not someone is going to get eaten by a genetically engineered, 50-foot-tall dinosaur. We shouldn’t be distracted by flimsy subplots, or the unlikely (and ungainly) sight of a grown woman running for her life through the jungle in high heels.
 Not to mention a script that is pretty flimsy with pretty bad dialogue. With what was once a science fiction thriller with the first two Jurassic Park films went off the rails with Jurassic Park 3 when it became a sad family film with dinosaurs. Jurassic World tries to bring back the thrills somewhat with some dumb B movie fun with a monster on the loose film but its hurt by the hint of the bad family drama and unlikable characters of Jurassic Park 3 with two boys trying to get their aunts attention. Because of that, none of it works very well off each other and while Chris Pratt is likable hero, he's not given the tools necessary thanks to the bad script and so so directing to hold back the tidal wave of cheese that was thrown on the audience once the film was done.



So yes, it's better than Jurassic Park 3 but no,it's not nostalgic and its not the sequel that Jurassic Park deserves. In reality, Its a semi decent B movie entry to the series that manages to entertain despite its many problems. If you go in believing the hype from talking points from publicist trying to sell this film to you as the second coming of the original Jurassic Park, you will be very disappointed. Go in with realistic expectations and you will be rewarded.

They targeted India audience as its now one of most powerful economies in the world. They targeted India as a market as this nation will generate them record breaking revenue's by picking one of Best actors in Bollywood() for a Hollywood film(for role of Simon Masrani) and in return they gave a unceremonious death to the actor, which is saddening in the part for the actor.  

With studios afraid of anything new or original, it's not surprising that the dinosaurs are back on-screen nearly 15 years after the rather disappointing Jurassic Park III.

So basically, Jurassic World is a big-budget indictment of corporate greed, jammed with product placement for Samsung and Mercedes-Benz and Beats by Dre and Coca-Cola. But given the record-shattering opening the movie had, I’d say everyone involved had their cake, ate it too and went back for seconds.
    1. Jurassic World, Reviews
      2015 film
      1. 71%
        Rotten Tomatoes · 250 votes
      2. 7.5/10
        IMDb · 1,38,124 votes
      3. 59%
        Metacritic · 49 reviews
      4. 3/5


*Jurassic World Official Trailer*



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Tuesday 18 February 2014

GUNDAY movie Review


Gunday Movie Review
There is a place, in popular film, for a genre piece that plays exactly according to the established template for that genre as a means of highlighting skillful execution. "Gunday" is a fine example. Its gangland saga narrative isn't a particularly novel one, with its morally ambiguous cops and love triangles and so forth. As a '70s throwback it's definitely not alone in recent years. And yet "Gunday" is a thunderously entertaining movie, which is down to its cast and director.
Before getting properly underway, "Gunday" has a slightly protracted introduction—which, with apologies, features two of the worst kid performances of all time—in which we follow inseparable friends Bikram and Bala, torn from their families by the partition that created the nation of Bangladesh, and unceremoniously dumped in Calcutta with very few options. Once they hit on a means to support themselves, we jump ahead a decade or so and are introduced to Bikram and Bala as adults: Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. The movie itself makes a corresponding leap forward as well, powered by the intense presence and chemistry of its leads.
Ranveer Singh's career is off to a fantastic start. Not yet thirty, he's already showing the charisma necessary to pull off full-on masala hero roles in their most florid glory, and the acting chops to build the proper emotional foundation to support the heroic swagger. As a physical presence, he's almost overwhelming, as if the power of his stardom is not to be contained. This is, if hyperbole, only barely that. Ranveer Singh is awesome. The fact that Arjun Kapoor manages to not only not get blown off the screen but co-exist as an equal is a sign that he's going to be just fine in the stardom game himself. Singh and Kapoor are absolutely magnificent together.
"Gunday" also features two splendid supporting turns. Priyanka Chopra features as a kind of meta-Priyanka Chopra, a character who exists to start a love triangle, and to essentially be an item girl made flesh in the world of the movie. Ultimately she's what Robertson Davies called the "fifth business": not the heroine, not the villain, but a character without whom the story couldn't exist. (Further explanation impossible without spoilers, upon which the previous, with apologies, tap-dances.)
No discussion of "Gunday," though, would be complete without a tip of the hat to comment section favorite Irrfan Khan, billed here as the mononymic "Irrfan," which is funny for about ninety different reasons. As the eccentric genius cop on Bikram and Bala's tail, Irrfan gives a performance that is an absolute master class in "serious actor picking up a paycheck in a pop blockbuster." This is not a slight by any means. One needs to be a really good actor to pull that off while giving an actual performance, and to project the kind of enervated ennui that he does while still being invested. It's absolutely splendid work, all the more so for giving the impression that "Irrfan" is a performance art project where he takes on the persona of a "Bono" or a "Sting" except as the morally ambiguous cop in Yash Raj blockbusters.
Director Ali Abbas Zafar does a smashing job with his second feature. The only lulls are the necessary exposition at the beginning and the inevitable dip in urgency around the middle (which is nowhere near as bad as it is in some movies). The action's top-notch, the songs are good, and with the above-mentioned assets, "Gunday" is an unqualified success on its own terms: a solidly entertaining pop movie. The fact that Bollywood has been faltering a bit of late in cranking out this kind of picture really only highlights how much skill it takes to make one properly. In "Gunday," there is a lot of skill on display. And if one doesn't expect to see something it's not, "Gunday" should hit the spot.
Gunday Movie Poster

GUNDAY (2014)

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Action, Crime, Drama
Rated NR
152 minutes
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Monday 3 February 2014

Jai Ho Review

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Director: Sohail Khan
One Line Review: A scorching socio-drama with loads of Salmangiri inviting seetis and taalis.
Positive Points: An inspiring social message, Salman Khan's style and smile, Perfect handling of today's social issues, Crunchy punchlines.
Negative Points: Over-the-top fighting sequences, Excessive Bollywood touch rendered to the film.
Plot: Jai Agnihotri (Salman Khan) is a man, who has guts rolled up on his sleeves. He lives with his mother (Nadira Babbar), sister (Tabu), her husband Rihan (Mahesh Thakur) and their kid Kabir (Naman Jain). Jai is an ex-army officer, who had been suspended due to not following high command orders, but he is always remembered by the other army-men for his bravery. Now, he lives a life of a righteous common man, who comes across several social injustice issues and he is keen to make the society a better and safe place to live. Jai believes that if you want to do anything good for the society, you don't need to wear uniform. This gutsy handsome man once helps a handicapped girl (Genelia D'Souza) to write her exam paper. Jai fights with the man, who slaps a beggar little girl at the traffic signal as well as he saves a baby, who is stolen by a beggar. Jai turns messiah for the aam janta and the layman starts approaching Jai to solve their problems. When somebody says 'thank you' to Jai, he advices them Not to say 'thank you', but help three other people in need and tell those people to help three more people. In this way, Jai strives hard to originate this noble chain, so that the world will become a beautiful place. During all this, Jai invites lot of enemies for himself and these are the ones, with whom Jai fought with for the safety of people. One day, Jai comes across his beautiful, chirpy neighbor (Daisy Shah) and gradually, both of them fall in love.
While Jai strongly attempts to eradicate crime and injustice from the society, he unknowingly locks horns with the powerful home minister Dashrath Singh (Danny Denzongpa). Jai provokes the wrath of this influential local politician by his good deeds and now, this starts proving dangerous for Jai's family, as Singh aims to finish all of Jai's family members. Jai's mother falls prey to the attack by this politician, as she gets hit by a truck in the market and this puts her life in danger. This incident wakes up the real tiger inside Jai and the tale alters the track.
Direction And Other Technical Aspects: The producer-director Sohail Khancame up with the Hindi version of the 2006 Telugu release 'Stalin' that featured Chiranjeevi in the lead role. The social-drama 'Jai Ho' aims to focus on the condition in which a common man is living today and under what circumstances he has to undergo. The well-intentioned movie depicts the dirty picture of today's political world and its bitter truths. The theme this film handles is a deja vu and is presented by numerous films before,Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Sarkar' and 'Sarkar Raaj' as one of them. Also,Sanjay Dutt's 'Munna Bhai M.B.B.S' revolved around the resembling topic, however with a different perspective. Nevertheless, if one will look closely, then Salman Khan's films like 'Wanted', 'Dabangg', 'Ready', 'Dabangg 2' and 'Jai Ho' seem to be each other's siblings in one way or the other, power-packed fight by Salman being the common factor among them all. 'Jai Ho' seemed a shiniest piece of them all and imparted a strong social message of helping each other in order to make the world a beautiful and safe place. The direction was good along with a good screenplay. The prime intention of the film seemed to highlight the 'being human' attitude of Salman Khan, as the film twirled around his bravery as a macho-man and his love life to a large extent. The film managed to get a good grip in the first half and retained it well also in the second half of it. It's is worth watch for Salman fans for enjoying their favorite star wearing cool, colourful shades with vibrant outfits. Not to forget the action stunts he does with oodles of style!
'Thank you mat kehna, aur tin logo ki help karna aur unko kehna ki voh aur teen logo ki help kare' is what our muscular hero and the other people keep on saying repeatedly in the film. The biggest loophole in the story is when Jai's aka Salman's nephew Kabir gets kidnapped at the hands of criminals, Jai goes on riding his bike on the road very carelessly, which could have seriously hurt several people or even take their lives! He fuels up bike's speed even in the small lanes, where people walk and children play. He even roars up the bike on the station flyover without caring for other's safety. Someone with a noble thought in his mind will certainly not play with lives of others in this way. The other drawback noticed was obviously over-the-top fighting scenes by Salman, where he alone proves tough enough for a huge flock of goons. The over acting done by the child actorNaman Jain was unbearable and seemed more like an adult and less like a child in terms of his dialogue delivery and overall expressions.
If one ignores these flaws by considering it as a typical Salman Khan masala entertainer, then the remaining picture is embedded with lots of dhishum-dhishum, emotions, romance and revenge. The fight sequences are well captured by the lenses, where Salman spreads all over it. The background score is average and cinematography is good.
Performance: The muscular, spectacular Salman Khan turns avenger, as he takes the entire show on his shoulders. As usual, Salman's killer smile and cooler style does all the work. The actor has performed well as a layman bursting with social injustice. His scorching screen presence forms the USP of the film. The newbie Daisy Shah looks good in her role and has performed her part conveniently well. The versatile actress Tabu has got to play a meatier part and once again, she has rekindled her charisma. Mahesh Thakurprovides justice to his character. Nadira Babbar played her part with great aplomb and it couldn't have been better.
Danny Denzongpa re-created the villainous air with his baritone and strong personality. Genelia D'Souza played the role of a handicapped girl with convenience and apt expressions. Suniel Shetty shined well as an army officer, though he played a very short role. Mohnish Behl essayed the Chief Minister and there was a room for perfection for his performance. Aditya Pancholi was good as a crooked cop, while Pulkit Samrat grabbed attention as an upright dashing cop.
The other actors like Yash TonkMahesh ManjrekarSharad KapoorVikas Bhalla,Vatsal SethResham TipnisAshmit PatelSana KhanMukul DevTulip JoshiBruna AbdullahVarun Badola and Nauheed Cyrusi provided a very good support in their respective roles.
Music: When it's Salman Khan action flick, the music has to be alluring. The music given by Amal MalikWajid Ali and Sajid Ali became the favorite among the audience, especially among the youth. The track 'Baki sab first class hai' was the creamiest of them all, as it covered the essence of the film and slapped the current political scenario on various boiling issues like farmers' suicides, women safety and inflation. The song 'Tere naina' sounded soothing and tuneful, while the track with Gujarati touch 'Photocopy' lightened the air with its catchy tune. Not to miss the 'Jai ho' title track after the film finishes!
Final Verdict: A must watch for every Salman Khan fan for the Salman Khanfactor! The movie embodies a strong social message of assisting others, which will be very useful if it would be applied in real life by everyone. In all, a wakeup call for the voiceless public!