February 2008

Grindhouse

Grindhouse came in two parts so I’m treating them as two separate movies - or at least that’s what I understand.
a) Death Proof
I preferred Death Proof over Planet Terror mainly because of the dialogue in Death Proof had more substance and was a reminiscent Pulp Fiction.

The first half was just great but the action […]

Into The Wild

This was one of the best real stories beautifully made into a movie that I have ever seen. The freedom, the adventure, the sentiment behind it all, the characters, and all summed up to become one of Sean Penn’s greatest.

How many of us want to do what Christopher McCandless, the subject of the story, did? […]

Rendition

Not as good as it could have been.
There were a lot of silliness thrown in for the sake of adding more drama. There was a scene where a boy was grieving for his dead brother and a picture so professionally taken. It was impossible given the situation. Another was where a mother was grieving for […]

Vantage Point

First time big screen director Pete Travis has done good with his debut. Other than too many “resets” the action scenes and the story were all really good.

As advertised, “8 Strangers, 8 Points of view, 1 Truth”, the first time the story resets to go to another person’s “point of view”, it was a bit […]

The Invincible

With Disney’s name attached to it, some expectations will arise. It is essentially a feel good movie with a happy ending, even if you know the complete story of football star Vince Papale, which this movie is based on.

The beginning was shot in faded yellow, like the sepia function in a camera. It was very […]