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What's with the hate? It's a able comedy that had at least 3 laugh out loud moments. That's 3 more than bollywood has had in a decade.
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Watched on Sunday May 4, 2025.
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So that's how Pope Bob got elected yesterday.
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Holds up. Such an airtight screenplay. Not a single stray beat. Evidently so personal for Coogler. He's Preacherboy and he doesn't want to sell his art to the devil. He's holding forth irably so far (congratulations on that deal, RC. You're a beacon for the rest.)
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Was Helena Bonham Carter under the Imperious Curse?
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Yeah I've decided to be insufferable and talk about this to anyone at all times
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Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.
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Goddamn such a hot film! Everyone gets a slow-mo intro, everyone gets a sexy song and every character gets a just ending. Also the set pieces are just so enjoyable. Goddamn Acharya wrote the fk out of this. Just a model bollywood film for the ages. And Hrithik and Aish together - phew. We don't talk about them enough.
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This was fun in a lot of parts but I'm already starting to forget it...
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The director hammers the point home so hard that the home crumbles into debris. But the debris makes a nice looking shape so you're ok with the damage.
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This time around I noticed how brilliantly directed the film is. I think the writing, performances and music is so good that you forget the directing. Mehra's use of frame rates, color tones, Dutch tilts, whip-pans, floating cameras, besides the masterful blocking and staging, is all just so intentional and effective. I feel such a granular review of such a masterpiece is reductive but this is what I saw tonight.
A hat tip to Alice Patten. She's damn good. Why don't we do a sequel with her doing a docu about india today? Oh right - bechari ko visa nahi milega.
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Collection of enjoyable vignettes. Malegaon looks like it was rendered on Midjourney.
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Awesome fight sequences - an instant influence for swordfighting aficionados... Came here after reading QT hype it up as an influence on Kill Bill Vol 2.
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Every time you think of the anguish of paying through your nose for this movie and the popcorn, Vicky Kaushal let's out a deafening scream for you. So basically every other scene.
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so many beautiful things about this film... the gaze, the invisible people who run our cities, the music, the performances, but the pacing made it impossible for me to finish this film in one sitting.
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i will take this any day over the drivel that we call blockbusters today.
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Contrary to what marketing sold us, this wasn't brainrot. Once that became clear, I started focussing and thoroughly enjoyed the second half.
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Had a lump in my throat throughout. What a beautiful world. Let's leave it better than we found it.
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Watched on Wednesday January 22, 2025.
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A freak getaway job by Avinash Tewary in act 3 saves the movie from mediocrity.
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I wish to see my world like Wim Wenders would...
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Beautiful film - over-the-top in a good way. And funny too! Uses Tokyo's canvas beautifully. Makes for a nice change from Miyazaki, Kurosawa and Ozu.
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All the warm fuzzies that are a result of putting honesty over formula.
Note to self: When in doubt, revisit the conversation between Kiki and the artist.
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When I told a friend about how I struggle to write action, he told me to look at it as dialogue, as repartee. With The Raid, I finally experienced what he meant.
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Most humane of Scorsese's riches-to-rags encyclopaedias. Stone in particular is unforgettable. Wonder why they didn't work together again? She's right up there in the list of most memorable Scorsese protagonists.
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Solid thriller. TLJ is ace as a hawk-eyed Marshall. Andrew Davis's directing is impeccable. The tone switch - from breathless survival actioner (act one) to investigative thriller (act 2) is well-executed.
P.S. Loved seeing Joe Pantoliano outside The Sopranos, but he's still Ralphie to me.
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Saved by Sai and an above-avg third act.
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Inverse Love Per Sq Foot? There Vicky married to claim a house, here he divorces.
A film that collapses under the weight of its premise. Positives are the casting (minus Sara) and the dialogues.
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A radiant Sai Pallavi. A male lead I couldn't care about. A surprisingly sensitive love story for a Telugu film.
(Looks like it's cut to make Sai the protagonist on edit, which was the best decision)
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Vasan. Gomber. Alia. Soundtrack.
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Ending was a damp squib. I wanted the Ananya redemption arc. Realism is overrated.
Motwane sits alone craft-wise. So deft.
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Dear Nora, I want you to know that you're sitting pretty as abhi's favourite romcom writer. Until the next rewatch ...
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Incoherent
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This is Steve Jobs, warts and all.
The first time I watched it, I was only doing a comparative study with the Kutcher version, so I ed nothing but the story and the structure. This is the first time I really watched it, and boy does it find the person behind the personality.
I see so much of Jobs in Sorkin. In both men is the hubris, the precision and the ambition to aim for the sky. They knew it's a troubled path to take, so no artist was better to take on the task. In the end, Sorkin created a level portrait of Jobs - onishing him for his faults and holding him up for his strengths.
It's an awe-inspiring movie, told faithfully by Boyle. Although I still crave to see what Fincher's version of this same script would look like (the answer is: he'd never touch it).
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A Capra-esque drama brimming with heart and humour. I will always be grateful to this movie for clarifying many things about the kind of stories I want to tell. Thanks a ton, Mr. Sullivan!
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Landmark movie for its commitment to a no-frills violent showdown. That very decision becomes it's Achilles heel, particularly because it dissolves its sole reason for existing so prematurely (iykyk) that you're left feeling, 'Now what's the point?'
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They were the first of their kind. I'm sure they weren't the last. If there ever was a time for a superstar writer, it is now.
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I've aged and the misanthropic stories are starting to hit closer to home. Can't help but squirm each time Allen is seen with the minor though.
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Watched on Wednesday August 28, 2024.
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Watched on Tuesday August 27, 2024.
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An earnest film. I enjoyed the music and the performances.
19-year-old me would have lapped it up. Thirtysomething me agrees with my mom's opinion of such stories (This is the story in every house. What is there to show?)
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An oasis of empathy in the punishing desert.
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This review may contain spoilers.
Loved that one moment when Andy did a polite 'kindly stop, good Sir' gesture to that infant baby alienoid.
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Ah, that clinical precision. David Fincher, maker of Swiss watches.
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Yen Shankar na, yen?
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It's got some laughs but the screenplay turns braindead in the second half. The climax is as garbled as a Gujrati guy made to rap in Mandarin.
That said - I'm going to catch myself up on Bhediya and Munjya now. Props to the team for the foresight. This brought people to the cinemas against all odds!
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make the rich poop and barf out of seasickness and then make them stowaways.. this is some garudapurana lvl punishment. i fully endorse. we should start with a1 and a2 in our country.
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I mean, the final act was witty. And Kriti was good.
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Watched on Sunday August 11, 2024.
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Still slaps after all these years. Magic of an airtight screenplay and brilliant music that you hate (to love).
]]>- La La Land
- The Social Network
- Forrest Gump
- 3 Idiots
- Magnolia
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- When Harry Met Sally...
- Rang De Basanti
...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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