Recently Seen Movies - 9 - Page 89

Joy - A decent,entertaining watch but a poorly written film. Not even once did I get inspired by any of the highs or lows in the film.However,Jennifer Lawrence was bloody brilliant in the film.I've seen Room and I've seen this and though Brie was fantastic, I really think Jennifer deserved the Oscar.I don't get why do they count the film as a whole while giving an award for best actor/actress! I don't think any actress has so much of self confidence that Jennifer has in her.She literally holds the film together with her fantastic portrayal of Joy that even if you are left dissatisfied with the film,you keep asking for more only to see more of Joy onscreen.There's this scene right after their marriage where we get to see the life she is leading and the way Jennifer emotes and her dialogue delivery-WOW! Not to forget the whole retro feel and the old songs and the revolving stage and old school shopping network channels!

Recently I had seen Lakshya. I have it many times but I love watching these type of movie many a times.

Originally posted by: -MakhanMalaai-

Phobia: Really good.. Radhika is such a good actress.. I felt bad for the guy but he was kinda stupid to start with lovey dovey-ness with a mentally unstable girl.. 😆 did Nikki die? great movie tho.. 3/5

Nikki was zinda.
I did not get why was that guy always so lusty towards her? I mean was it love or lust? He was always trying to get a chance for ding dong.😕

Kapoor & Sons - Since 1921

Good one-time watch although I found it too dramatic on the whole. Sidharth was better here than in BBD and boy, he is so cute😳 Alia was not bad but she's so freaking overrated. Fawad was the best amongst the three: he aces emotional scenes.. I want to see more of him. Rishi Kapoor was the cutest thing about the film and I wanted to hug him all throughout<3 AND not to forget Ratna Pathak Shah, she is always awesome❤️

2.5/5

Udta Punjab: Read so much praise for this movie and the acting...but it's such a colossal waste of potential in the potent issue. Felt like the director couldn't decide if he wanted to make an indie flick or a typical Bollywood movie (to make it appealing and palatable for a wider audience.) Amit Trivedi's music was brilliant in context, but the movie ideally needed an ambience like Dev D for it to be best utilized...not this hodge-podge. Diljit outshone every other actor...he made Kareena and Shahid (with each of whom he shared scenes) look like no great shakes because of how natural and sincere he is. Alia was good in parts, artificial in others (particularly the way she bawls...oh, good grief those scenes were grating...but the director is most likely to fault for placing such prolonged, misplaced actions in the narrative.) Shahid was terrible...they could've written out the entire Tommy storyline and it wouldn't have made much difference to the part of the story that was actually impactful (not to mention it would've sheared down on the tiresome length.) His 'moment of realization' in jail, which is the crux of his entire arc, was so lacking in impact...his 'popstar' act was so OTT...and the ultimate crowning moment of cringe was him badly lip-syncing to Ikk Kudi in the hospital. And how did other Punjabis watch this movie without getting irritated at the way Shahid butchered the language? 😕Kareena was only marginally better (they could've just had her speak Hindi all the way through) and some among the supporting cast also struggled with this...which makes me believe that if they really wanted to do justice to the issue, they should've gone with a full Punjabi cast and made the movie in Punjabi. Presumably just to get it a wider audience, they got big Bollywood stars on board who stuck out for wrong reasons and reduced the believability of the story.

La Haine
Am gaining a new appreciation for French cinema.
This is a movie made brilliant by it's simplicity.And for a sad serious movie,it manages to be surprisingly funny as well.

The maker Matthieu Kassovitz was only 26 when he made this movie(won best director at Cannes for this).He is an affluent left wing Jew and it is interesting that one of the protagonists in the movie, Vinz is an impoverished,marginalised and angry Jew. Vinz is actually such a wannabe.

The characters -the arab,the black and the white guy -all look so real.These are not nice guys but somehow you just can't help feeling sorry for them.

Vincent Cassel just shines in this- as this wannabe gangster who wants to gain respect by killing a cop.The other guys are great as well.

This movie is not for right-wingers or people with closed minds.

MsDhoni: The Untold Story

Dishoom

MS-Dhoni: The untold story

Tamasha