Manit Kantawala

Favorite films

  • Memories of Murder
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Perfect Days
  • In the Mood for Love

All
  • Fresh

    ★★★

  • Minority Report

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout

    ★★★★★

  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    ★★★★

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

2018

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Mission: Impossible - Fallout" is the sixth entry of the "Mission: Impossible" series and the best entry thus far. "Fallout" is a masterpiece. It continues the tradition of the series, where it gets better with each film. This one improves on the older films in every aspect. It has pretty much everything: the action, the stunts, the visuals, the twists. It's a thrilling experience where the viewer is kept on their toes at all times.

In the Mood for Love

2000

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Being married to someone who is cheating on you isn’t just humiliating—it’s a kind of emotional paralysis. 
That’s exactly what In the Mood for Love felt like to me. Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece tells the story of two people—both abandoned emotionally by their spouses—who find each other in quiet, fleeting moments. Their encounters are tentative and careful, hidden from prying eyes. They try to reconstruct what’s lost, replaying the roles of absent partners, trying to understand why and how love…

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Dune

2021

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Mesmerising. I can’t imagine a better adaptation of (the first half of) Dune than this.Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 1 captures the feel of Frank Herbert’s novel perfectly and effectively adapts all the major story beats of the first half of the book.The overall pacing is faster than I had anticipated despite the generally calm rhythm within each scene. There was never a dull moment and the 155 minutes flew by.Some less narratively important scenes/ side plots from the source material…

The Batman

2022

★★★★★ Liked Watched

A perfect Batman movie.
This portrayal of Batman is none like we've ever seen before. The iteration of batman, is almost too good to be true. All the times we've seen batman in the big screens, the greatest detective in the world's detective skills has always been under-utilised. Matt Reeves does a really well job incorporating the detective and investigative side to a batman who's just so raw and someone who's battling with his morals.

The writing and directing is…