Reviews

OK, ever since the talks began about making a film about the social network, Facebook, my expectations weren't really high. First i was like meh, a film about Facebook? Is Hollywood running out of ideas? Then it was announced Fincher was going it make it and my hopes went really high and until the film got released i didn't even think about it much. Once it came in, it got rave reviews and it was universally acclaimed i told myself i was going to watch this one. Finally I got a chance to watch it only yesterday and i should say i went in with a really open mind(I really didn't want the reviews i read to have any influence on my opinion about the film).

Coming to the film, this is one of those rare ones where you are only moments into it and you already know it is going to be awesome. The whole film is basically a courtroom drama that is beautifully plotted with flashback scenes. It starts with a flashback scene where Mark breaks up with Erica and thats where the intricate character study of the creator of Facebook starts. In this scene, Mark who just got a perfect SAT score patronizes his girlfriend(and does much more worse things) saying how intelligent he is and how she could go places if she were more supportive. It was like a mini class war only between two people in a different IQ range, and not really about money. And that scene was just about the kick start for the viewers to anticipate how far this Harvard undergrad will go to get fame and recognition(and boy did he go far?!).

The film is a must for essentially everyone who is totally into the Facebook phenomenon. Not one day goes(a few hours for that matter) without us logging into Facebook and checking friends' status updates, making our own, pictures of kitties and so on. And what this film does is, it gives us a glimpse of how this all came into existence. If it weren't for the jerk who did what he did, we wouldn't be able to 'facebook' with our friends.

The film is not just about Mark, it is also about the people he deserts on his way to success(a really lonely one). Every character has been etched really finely, from Eduardo to the Winklevosses to the Sapster guy, Sean.

That said, one must not forget the script by Sorkin. If it weren't for him and Fincher the film would have been half as good with the seemingly trivial story. The dialogs are very powerful and the unusually fast delivery of them actually adds to the mood(that we are among a bunch of nerds with ultra high IQ).

The final scene where the junior lawyer tells Mark that the jury may not be in his favor stating certain reasons such as his 'likability', it is a particularly important one in the film. That reveals some of the deplorable thing that Mark did(like, when she asks him why he wasn't there at Sean's party) that otherwise would have gone unrevealed. That totally was a punch in the face telling how far he could go(really!).

This film is a very sad one about what has made our generation and how selfish, deplorable monsters have gone on to become models for aspiring entrepreneurs and such. We live in a very strange epoch where there is absolutely no moral code. Though i am fully aware that some incidents in the film were added to actually dramatize the film and the whole film is not to be faithfully taken as what actually happened, even a small part of it to have happened would be too awful to be true!

When i first saw the trailer for the movie i was overwhelmed by how cool it was. I had so much expectation for it that when the release date got closer i couldn't wait.

But i should say i was a little bit disappointed with a end product. Not because it was a very irresponsible movie showing too much of gore in tongue-in-cheek manner. I know exactly what to expect. I thought the premise was perfectly alright and had so much of potential but can't believe where it has ended despite of all of it.

Kick-ass definitely has its moments but the problem is it has nothing more than that. It is a movie of parts. And if you have seen the trailer you have seen the most good parts of the movie.

Half way down it almost completely loses it way. The confusion whether it wants to be about the superhero wannabe kick-ass or that of the vendetta of big-daddy is clearly visible.

Of all the characters only Chloe Moretz's hit-girl is worth remembering. Neither Aaron Johnson nor Nicolas Cage bring their characters to life.

Despite of all that kick-ass is assured to give you wicked fun for all those of you who find comfortable with the violence. The climax is a high point. If Matthew Vaughn has done one thing perfectly in the movie that would be the climax. He did just the things to end the movie on a high. And there is a surprise weapon in the climax to increase the awesomeness factor(and of course, i am not gonna reveal that).

Summing up, it isn't half as good as how good it could have been, still pretty decent for a watch.

OK, it's been like a year since this movie got released. And nobody is even gonna read this review, but here I am writing it anyway!

First off, I wasn't really interested in watching it when it got released and i haven't read the book(Thats one big reason why I am catching this so late).

And because of all of these factors I had little expectation when I started watching it. And I should say it was a pleasant surprise(wait a minute, I am not saying this is a great movie but just that it was much better than what I expected).

Basically the film worked for me because of the lead pair Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana. They, sort of, could bring out the emotions pretty well.

As for the story I thought it was a little different, but if you think more about, it you get the paradox in it and a little pervy one at that, I should say. I am talking about a scene where young Rachel meets Eric for the first time in the meadows. Now when you think about that scene you can extract the fact that Eric could have actually chosen not to show up in front of little Rachel. He actually fell for a little girl! OMG!! One might argue he already new her in the actual timeline and he is just visiting his girlfriend(who he already knows) at a young age. But if he didn't meet her then he would have never known ever. You get the paradox, don't you? Also after doing time travel for so long he has no clue about what Rachel was telling when he meets her for the first time in the library. There are many other glitches like that..

And the mood of the movie was was really sweet with good acting and and beautiful shots which took me through the entirety and Robert Schwentke deserves some credit for that.I would say the bad parts of the movie were like P.S. I Love You and the good ones felt like The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. And quality wise also, it was an exactly what the output of the mix of both movies wold have been.

On the whole I would say it was a more than just watchable time killer.

Let me be honest with my review here. This imbecilic movie has nothing that the 'raving' reviews promise that it does. I watched this movie without any high expectations because i somehow knew it was going to be soapy and thats exactly how it was! And i realized that all the hype was about SRK and Kajol uniting on-screen after 10 years, which I'm not particularly fond of. That said, now let me start with the actual review if the movie..

This is one of the dumber movies you ll see and the fact that it is surrounded by so much hype doesn't make it any better(actually, it makes them worse). Let me start with characterization...

The movie has a handful of underdeveloped characters. for instance, SRK's in-law, when she was shown as a student of psychology and and that she found out his syndrome i was expecting that she would have a chunky role in treating his condition but one never gets to see her in the movie alone. In every frame she appears after that she's just a insignificant person in the entourage.

Next, let me talk about the script. Karan himself seems not to be sure if he's making a love story or a movie with a 'purported' message and the scene where Kajol asks SRK to go tell everyone that his name is khan and he is not a terrorist is the most prosaic of all prosaic stuff int he movie. And the fact that it happens to be the 'MacGuffin' of the plot makes it all the more painful to watch. And SRK and Kajol marrying just like that and separating even swifter s just utterly unconvincing!

Next come the banal dialogs. The scene immediately after Sam's death in the ER when SRK comes back after referring to a dictionary or something(he finds out what spleen rupture is) Kajol tells him that Sam is dead using the most risible dialog of all 'time o' death 8.05 pm'

clichés!'That all hackers have to be fat dudes with longhair and beard in a dim lit room with lots of computer monitors around them' is a cliché you must be familiar of and is found here(more reason to hate). And there are a couple of black American ethnic stereotypes.

And the fact that Bollywood has gone this far to make a movie about a social issue in America makes me laugh even more. Don't tell me its a universal issue because you know thats not what i mean. There are a lot of social issues in India Karan and you try your hands at them. And Bollywood doesn't seem to realize how awful its movies are and that it isn't ready to go global!

Summing up: My Name Is Khan is a preposterous, overly-long, boring, eager-to-please piece of crap!