Amit’s Recco Of The Week—— Memento

Memento is a psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on his brother Jonathan’s short story .The film stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a former insurance fraud investigator hunting for his wife’s murderer. During the attack on his wife, Leonard suffered severe head trauma and lost the ability to make new memories .This means that Leonard cannot remember past events. He cannot recollect people he has met five minutes ago nor his car nor the place he stays. He cannot remember his friends nor his enemies. A difficult situation to cope with. Isn’t it?And it becomes even more difficult when he has to hunt for his wife’s murderer.

So how does Leonard go about his life? He simply takes a snapshot of all the things that he has to remember. Be it his hotel ,his car ,his friends,his enemies.He takes photographs of all of them.And behind each picture he writes who that person is and what that particular person means in his life.Leonard has also tattooed his whole body with certain important facts of the killer and the goals in his life lest he not forget them.

Amit Reviews——”GURU”

What’s In it—- The movie narrates the life of GuruKant Desai(Abhishek Bachchan) from an ambitious child to a successful entrepreneur .At every stage in his life Guru faces some challenges or the other.Be it in the form of his father,bureaucrats,competitors,press,police, etc. but he stands tall and with immense determination and confidence he breaks apart all the hurdles and marches forward.
Guru is the story of a boy who goes to Turkey to work in a petroleum company after failing his school exams back home in a small Gujarat village.Due to his sheer hard work and skill ,his boss offers him the coveted position of a supervisor.But Guru’s logic is that if his boss thinks he is talented then why should he spend his effort working for his boss.He should work for himself.So he embarks on a journey to his hometown with dreams of being a businessman.

His father derides his dreams .But Guru knows his destination and he starts building the road.Guru’s thirst for success is such ,that he decides to marry Sujatha (Aishwarya Rai) only for her dowry money so that he can start a business.
Guru along with Sujatha and her brother(Arya Babbar) leave for Mumbai to start his business.By his charm ,skill,business instinct Guru manages to carve a niche in the cloth (polyster) industry.Many stones come across his path,but he leaps over all of them and marches at a rapid pace towards his destination.

Amit’s Recco of The Week———- A Few Good Men

What’s in it —-Two marines are charged for killing one of their fellow mate, Santiago.Lt. Daniel Kaffee(Tom Cruise) and Lt. JoAnne Galloway(Demi Moore) are assigned as the defence lawyers of the two accused. Daniel ,who basically shows a carefree lackadaisical attitude wants the case to be settled out of court as he has never seen(nor is he interested to see) the inside of a court room.But urged by Galloway , he decides to take on the challenge .The two accused say that they were given orders by their superior Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) to give the deceased Santiago a “Code Red”.

What’s Code Red???Will Daniel and Galloway be able to prove the innocence of their clients or our their clients really guilty???????Watch the movie and have your questions answered.

Thank You for Smoking——-Reviewed

Genre- Comedy/Sattire

What’s it about—- Nick Naylor(Aaron Eckhart) has one of the toughest jobs,that of a lobbyist for the cigarette industry.He has to battle against law suits, humanitarian societies and senators on a daily basis.To convince people that cigarrete smoking is “COOL” and not a menace to the society is a damn tough job to handle.And Nick is pretty good at it.Blessed with the gift of gab and great argumentative skills,Nick is a kind of saviour for the tobacco industry.But doing so he invites many enemies for himself.One of those many ,who has been affected by the hazards of smoking and blames Nick for his tragedy decides to give Nick a taste of his own medicine.He dopes Nick with a huge amount of nicotine but with his luck Nick manages to survive the encounter with death.But there is one problem now…..Nick has to quit smoking completely.Will it be possible for him to quit his addiction??????Also he has to now fight against a Senator who is hell bent on implementing a bill that will impose a crude animation of a skull on a cigarrete packet which will surely discourage people from purchasing them.Can Nick convince the public ,when he himself has quit smoking ,to take up smoking????Just if these problems weren’t enough Nick faces a greater problem in the form of reporter Heather Holloway(Katie Holmes) who reveals the secrets that Nick shared with her during their amorous relationship.So how does Nick encounter all these problems?????Can he prevent the Senator from passing the bill????All these questions form the crux of this film.

 

Boat Trip reviewed

Genre- Comedy

Synopsis- Hoping to get his mind off his ex-girlfriend Felicia, heart- broken Jerry decides to join his best friend Nick on a tropical singles cruise for a week of sun and possible romance. But when Jerry and Nick realize they’ve been accidentally booked on a gay cruise, all they can think of is jumping off the ship – that is, until Jerry falls head-over-heels for Gabriella, a gorgeous dance instructor who, after a string of bad boyfriends, has given up on love. Hoping to sneek past Gabriella’s stalwart defenses, Jerry pretends to be gay- but matters get complicated when both Jerry and Gabriella start to feel the heat of- mutual attraction. And when Felicia unexpectedly appears on board hoping to win her ex-boyfriend back, Jerry is suddenly faced with he decision of a lifetime…..
Wil Jerry find true love?????What about sex starved Nick,what shall he do on the gay cruise????
To know more about the mis-adventures of Jerry and Nick,you have to catch the movie.

Review- The movie is a good comedy but nothing great i would prefer Euro Trip and Road Trip any day.The problem with the movie is that there are no scenes that stay with you when the movie ends.The movie is watchable but not among the best comedies.The actors have done a good job but Horatio Sanz(Nick) does tend to get overboard at times.Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry) gives an adept performance.With more wittier dialogues and original creative scenes the movie could have been much more enjoyable.

Rating- 5/10

Andromeda Strain reviewed

Genre -Science fiction

Synopsis -A USA government satellite, “SCOOP”, designed to find upper atmosphere microorganisms for germ warfare, crash landed near the village of Piedmont in Arizona (New Mexico in the movie). It brought back a mysterious organism that apparently killed all but two of the town’s inhabitants by almost instantly solidifying their blood into a powder. The two people to escape were a 60 year old man and a new born baby.A team of 4 scientists is brought to study the mysterious organism.Its upto these scientists now to analyse the micro-organism (code named Andromeda) and prevent its rapid growth.

Will the scientists be able to find a way to obliterate the micro-organism?????? Why were the old man and the new born baby not affected by the micro-organism?????Watch the movie to find out.

Review- Based on Michael Crichton’s novel ,the movie has a great story and its shown in a convincing manner.All scenes are realistic and there are no over the top scenes.The director has been very true to the book and presented the movie in a sincere manner.
But the problem of the movie is that it was made in 1971 hence the special effects aren’t great to watch and for the X generation these will look quite jaded.The pace is quite slow initially as the story builds up.But in the last half an hour the movie speeds up and you get totally involved in the plot.
If you want to enjoy this film ,you must be a science fiction lover .If you aren’t one……..then skip this movie.Because u won’t find any larger than life special effects or action scenes ,what you get is pure SCIENCE.

Rating-6/10

KHOSLA KA GHOSLA ……….REVIEWED

(A good story + great acting) – ( unneccessary songs ) =  Wonderful Movie

The above equation describes why Khosla Ka Ghosla is a great movie to  watch.You do not need huge stars for a scintillating effect…… a good script and good acting is all that’s required.And Khosla ka Ghosla reinstates the above fact.

The movie is a light situational comedy .You will not find those in your face kind of  loud senseless jokes . All  characters in the movie can be related to.Be it the middle   class father (Anupam Kher) ,the ambitious son (Parveen Dabbas) or the conniving businessman(Boman Irani). The story revolves around a middle class family .Mr. Khosla(Anupam Kher) has put in  his entire life savings in a plot, so that he can have a spacious house for his family.But his land is taken over by Khurana(Boman Irani) who asks 15 lakhs to part away with the land  .Mr. Khosla is now shattered as his entire life savings  have gone down the drain.Police,ministers,lawyers,social workers all fail to help out and demand for their own commission.How the Khosla family defeats Mr.Khurana at his own game forms the crux of the film.

An innovative story and great execution is what works for the film.The scenes look to be removed directly from real life and can be related too.The movie boasts of a talented paraphernalia of actors, who manage to get into the skin of their character and potray their roles with panache.A great debut for director Dibakar Banerjee,who manages to pull out the best in his actors.Even Tara Sharma for once acts(can u believe that????).Anupam Kher,Boman Irani,Ranvir Shaurey give a great performance as always.But you get sincere performances by all the lesser known actors too.Definitely a movie for people of all ages and a movie that will bring a smile on your face..So if u real want a great movie sans item numbers,huge star cast and foreign locales……..then you know which movie to catch.

Rating- 8.5/10

Apna Sapna Money Money……..?

Was planning to watch a great comedy after my exams……but i didn’t know it would turn out to be a tragedy. Did not expect what trauma i was going to experience when i rented this cd .Thanking my stars that i didnt watch this movie in a multiplex.

Santhosh Sivan has got it all wrong.After a hilarious Kya Cool Hai Hum (which didnt make sense either but was fun to watch nonetheless)….he comes up with this pathetic offering.In order to please the family audience …..Santhosh has tried to go for cleaner jokes(oops……can hardly call them jokes) .Do these film makers consider that their audience  has the cerebrum of a 6 year old??????All the character sketches seem to be as thin as paper and have absolutely no soul.All gags fall flat on their face.A major lack of creativity.

The only good part is  Ritesh Deshmukh’s in a ladies garb……he must consider opting for a role of a heroine next time.Another plus is  Rajpal Yadav’s imitation as SARKAR(Amitabh Bacchan).But his role is also shortened and it seems the film makers were determined to make your life miserable.Coming to the minuses ……the whole movie is a big minus.From start to finish, interspersed with juvenile,deja vu jokes,the movie is a big minus. They have also put a question mark at the end of the TITLE ……perhaps to question their intentions at making such an abysmal product.

OK……so its a perfect movie to watch if u have any mental disorder and a great movie to recommend to your enemies.Hope the next movies that i watch willl be good.Will not be able to take another such movie.

RATING —- 4/10 

JAAN-E-MANN ……REVIEW

Its indeed DIWALI time for all filmy aficionados with two big releases DON and JAAN-E-MANN hitting the screens this week
I was short on my pocket money and hence had to make a pick between one of the two movies.A difficult decision indeed. After much thought and deliberation I decided to pick JAAN-E-MANN.So was my decision fruitful ??? Or am I repentant????Read on to know…….

   

The music has already proved to be SUPER HIT and that’s half the battle won considering JAAN-E-MANN is a love story.But there are still many hurdles a movie must cross to see smiles on the faces of the distributers and producers.JAAN-E-MANN talks about the story of Suhaan(Salman) and Piya(Preity) who fall in love during college and eventually tie the knot .But due to certain problems they eventually break up.When Piya sends a letter to Suhaan demanding 50 lakhs as alimony then Suhaan turns to his lawyer uncle Bonny(Anupam Kher) to save him from the herculean problem that has just surrounded him.In comes Agastya(Akshay Kumar) who used to once love Piya but was left broken hearted as she chose Suhaan .Salman and Bonny then try to see that Piya falls for Agastya and marries him so that Suhaan is relieved of his problem of coughing up 50 lakhs.Now the problem lies that Agastya is not quite a ladies man and Salman needs to teach him all the tricks in the book to woo Piya.Will Piya fall in love with Agastya?????Will the nerdy Agastya manage to impress Piya????What about Suhaan,are his feelings for Piya completely dead?????So whose JAAN-E-MANN will Piya end up being????For all these answers you will have to cough up some money and pay a visit to your nearest theatre.

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