Saturday, June 30, 2012

Cars (2006)


[cheesy and disappointing]

Cars (2006)
IMDB- 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes- 74
RJG Rating- 35

A race car is forced to repair a road in the remote town of Radiator Springs,just days before the final of the Piston Cup.

Starring- Owen Wilson, Paul Newman,Bonnie Hunt
Director- John Lasseter

Cars was Pixar's 7th movie and directed by John Lasseter.This was John's 4th directorial venture ,the previous one being Toy Story 2.

Animation from Pixar once again holds up to its top notch standard.Cars takes place in a fictional universe where everything are vehicles (even bugs are shown as tiny cars with wings). Even though its absurd ,Pixar manages to pull it off.

But animation is the only worthwhile factor about this movie,the rest disappoints.Considering Pixar has made such classics such as the Toy Story series,Monsters,Nemo ,Incredibles ,its hard not to criticize Pixar for making a dull movie like Cars.

Story has nothing new to offer.Its a cliche ride all the way to the end.Other than a particular scene at the end (Lightning McQueen helping out a contestant), the rest of the movie is cheesy and at times unbearable.

Every Pixar movie has a host of excellent characters.Unfortunately Cars has close to none.Lightning ,the main lead ,has no likable factors.Mater ,is one of the most irritating characters ive ever seen.

John Lasseter disappoints with his work.Cars is made exclusively catered for the kids and wont interest older viewers.

On release Cars opened at #1 ,but it failed to get universal praise.Cars did succeed in making huge merchandise sales ,close to a billion dollars worth.

Overall,Cars is cheesy and is unlike the rest of the Pixar movies,give it a miss.

Animation- 4.5/5
Story- 2/5
Direction- 2/5
Action- 3.5/5
Comedy- 2/5
Drama- 2/5

OSCARS
Nominated--2
Best Animated Film
Best Original Song for the song "Our Town" -Randy Newman

Anger Management [1x02]


Anger Management [1x02] Charlie and the Slumpbuster
TV com Rating- 7.0
RJG Rating- 6.5

Charlie is visited by a woman he dated and dumped years back.

AM settles in a nice groove and the show passes by smoothly.But the laughter is scattered and the show doesnt hold the audiences' attention for too long.But the shows was an improvement over the last one.

Anger Management [1x01]



Anger Management [1x01] Charlie Goes Back to Therapy
TV com Rating-8.0
RJG Rating- 5.5

Charlie Goodson ,an anger management therapist, considers going back to some therapy after temporarily losing his anger.

Anger Management is Charlie Sheen's highly anticipated return to the TV screen after leaving Two & A Half Men last year.

The first episode of AM was not bad,it had the comedy and charisma of Charlie Sheen but it lacked a story.Maybe it was because it was busy introducing the characters,which it did a nice job of.But yet theres a lot of ground to cover up if AM wants to reach the levels of 2 and a half men

Friday, June 29, 2012

Goon (2012)


[a bloody movie]

Goon (2012)
IMDB- 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes- 83
RJG Rating- 90

A bouncer gets to join an ice hockey team as an enforcer.

Starring- Seann William,Jay Baruchel,Alison Pill,Liev Schreiber
Director- Michael Dowse

Goon is based on the real life story of Doug Smith who also co-wrote the book on which the movie is adapted from.

Seann William Scott (more popularly known as Stifler from the American Pie series) plays the lead role.He gives a decent performance and is a likeable character.Jay Baruchel has a short but funny role and he shines in it.Liev Schreiber & Alison Pill too give a good performance.

Story is short and sweet.It paints a full picture about the lead character and manages to keep the audience engaged.

Direction is also good.Goon cant be fully pushed off into the comic genre.It has its moments of drama and romance too and doesnt go slapstick on either.As for the sport scenes ,all are excellent.The climax is thrilling,since the final confrontation had been anticipated from the beginning itself.And the fight doesnt disappoint.The movie is bloody from start to finish,so be prepared for them.As a sports movie it has some good scenes on team spirit and so on.

Overall,Goon is a great movie if you are into sports and bloody fights.

Acting- 4/5
Story- 4/5
Direction- 4/5
Action- 5/5
Thriller- 4.5/5
Gore- 5/5
Comedy- 4/5

Amazing Spiderman 25min Trailer


The 25 min trailer for The Amazing Spiderman (Contains Spoilers,pls do skip)

RECAP :The Prestige (2006) Review


We are now down to mere days now--3 WEEKS MORE FOR NOLAN'S TDKR. Heres my review for Nolan's 5th movie--The Prestige


TDKR TV AD #10


Ive Got It


New TDKR TV Spot has plenty of new footage !

Avengers Bluray Trailer


Trailer for Avengers Bluray to be released on September 25th 

The Man With The Iron Fists Poster & Trailer


Poster & Action Packed Trailer for The Man With The Iron Fists


Man With The Iron Fists is produced by Quentin Tarantino and written by Eli Roth & Directed by RZA.The movie stars a mixed cast of Asian as well as Western actors ,and is led by Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.

Avengers Bluray Phase One


Trailer for the Avengers Bluray Pack featuring the rest of the Avenger hero movies.

Avengers Phase One

TDKR Website Revamped



With just 3 more weeks left for the most anticipated movie of 2012 (of the decade i say) ,TDKR has fully launched its official site.The site is completely revamped from its earlier pale look into a more interactive site.Have fun.

The Dark Knight Rises

I highly recommend the awesome design and drive the tumbler part!

Jism 2 Title Track


Anyone looking forward to the hyped up Jism 2 ?heres the music video of the title track.

Jism 2 stars Sunny Leone,Arunnoday Singh & Randeep Hooda

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Incredibles (2004)


[best animated superhero movie]

The Incredibles (2004)
IMDB- 8.0
Rottenttomatoes- 97
RJG Rating- 100

Forced into early retirement,superhero Mr.Incredible struggles to cope with normal life.

Starring- Craig T. Nelson,Holly Hunter,Sarah Vowell,Spencer Fox
Director- Brad Bird

Incredibles is Pixar's 5th movie and was a first for Pixar in many areas.First,director Brad Bird was a newcomer to the Pixar group.Second,this was Pixar's first PG rated movie.Third,not only was this their longest movie yet,it was their first that centered around humans.
Fortunately none of the above hindered Pixar and they churned out yet another gem.

Animation turned out to be fantastic.Pixar had problems rendering humans in the past,but they improved immensely with each movie since then.Incredibles had smooth animation and the characters had the distinct Pixar look.The movie is colorful and exudes fun in every frame.

Pixar gets back to spoofing classic scenes from movies,in this case,superhero movies.Its great to see the Pixar take on such scenes,but its all done in good taste and pretty fun too.But what makes Pixar movies standout is their penchance for character development and some truly heart touching scenes and you can see both in The Incredibles.Every single character is lovable as well as distinct.The story is fast paced and never has any dull phases.As with Finding Nemo,Incredibles deals with more mature content,which makes it an enjoyable watch for all ages.

Brad Bird, a new addition to the Pixar family does a fantastic job and blends right in with the rest of the crew.Being an action oriented director (he would later go on to direct Mission Impossible 4),Incredibles has some spectacular action scenes.

With The Incredibles,Pixar opened in first place at the box office, for the 5th time in a row.It opened to mass critical acclaim and was the second highest grossing movie for Pixar till 2009.

Overall,its not only one of the best in animation ,but also one of the best superhero movies.

Animation- 5/5
Story- 5/5
Direction- 5/5
Action- 5/5
Drama- 5/5
Comedy- 5/5


OSCARS
Nomianted--2
Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Screenplay -Brad Bird

Won--2
Best Animated Film
Best Sound Editing

Total Recall Trailer



Another trailer for Total Recall.

Trailer #2

Total Recall is the remake of the 1990 movie of the same name.It stars Colin Farrell,Kate Beckinsale & Jessica Biel ,and is directed by Len Wiseman (director of the Underworld series)

Trailer for Looper



Another action packed trailer for Looper

Trailer #2

Looper stars Joseph Gordon as an assassin ,and Bruce Willis as Joseph's future self.Sounds interesting.
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