Raging Bull

The Departed

amazing movie...that too the last 30mts is THE BEST.
oflate, i was wondering as how important the pace, grip of the movie influence the viewers..

there are some movies which start with a bang and tend to fade down as the movie ends...and there are those which sway on either sides till the end reaches...Pursuit of happiness is one such example..

when compared to the above 2 types, the best are those which start with the lazy pace and grows into u in such a way that at the end, one is just completely into the movie wondering and feeling tensed as what next....

The Departed is one such movie... It is truly a class movie.

I liked Leonardo Dicaprio is The Aviator....now i have become his fan.. :):)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

Babel

after watching this movie, the only doubt i had, how come this movie went to Oscars.
ofcourse there are moments in the movie, where one feels really sad wondering why all these events happen.
but still, at the end of the movie, there is just an empty feeling...
i just couldn't understand the movie at all...


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/

36 Quai des Orfèvres

i took this dvd based on recommendation from the dvd shop guy and that too i did with a bit of reluctance.
and i was in for a complete surprise.
this is one of the great movies i have ever watched...

all this movies shows is how hatred turns into a long term revenge...and how a cop's life is screwed completely.
that too when he was a cop with good intentions.

And it also really portrays the thought which my brother always tries to insist to me.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0390808/

The Pursuit of Happyness

i watched this movie in Prasads on saturday...
the story is good..the acting is great..but the emotional tug which remains in the heart even days after watching a great movie is missing...
i think this is where direction comes into picture.... there is something lacking...maybe it is the dragginess or it's the series of events portrayed incompletely..

this is a classic example of how bad direction can spoil a good plot and waste a great acting.