IRONMAN3 Billion !

Making $700 million overseas & $300million domestically ,IRONMAN 3 ,became the 16th movie to cross the Billion Dollar mark!

-Time Taken - 14 Days
-2nd movie starring Robert Downey Jr. to make a Billion ,after last years Avengers.
-The 6th franchise to have its 3rd part make a Billion .The others are - Transformers3 ,TDKR, ToyStory3 ,PiratesOTC3, LOTR3.
-4th superhero movie to make a Billion (after Avengers,TDK & TDKR)

The Guilt Trip (2012)

[boring and predictable]

The Guilt Trip (2012)
IMDB- 5.6
RottenTomatoes- 38%
RJG Ratings- 15

A mother and son take a cross country trip.

Starring- Barbra Streisand,Seth Rogen
Director- Anne Fletcher

Seth Rogen and Barbra bring nothing new onscreen.Both play a standard cliche role of a lonely mother and a busy son.Seth seems too tired throughout the movie and doesnt have any spark in him.Barbra on the other hand is a bit more better but due to the high predictability nature of the movie ,audience might not have the patience to listen to her character's whining.

The storys only selling factor is the combo of Seth-Barbra as son and mother taking a trip.Thats it.Theres nothing else interesting.Within 15-20min ,you can predict the entire movie.Comedy is poor.

Direction is dull.Anne Fletcher doesnt try to make anything new ,and follows a standard ,tried to death , formula.

Overall Guilt Trip ,is guilty of being too predictable with boring performances.

Acting- 1.5/5
Story- 1/5
Direction- 1.5/5
Comedy- 1.5/5
Drama- 1/5

Dexter [Season 7] Review

Dexter [Season 7]

RJG Rating - 7.5/10

The story-

Debra finds out about Dexter's serial killings and tries to cure him of his addiction.LaGuerta gets suspicious about Travis Marshall's death ,and reopens the Bay Harbour Butcher case.Dexter gets involved with Hannah ,a suspected murderer.Dexter falls for Hannah but has her arrested.
Climax-Hannah escapes prison.LaGuerta confirms Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher.But is shot dead by Debra in the final scene.

Review-

This season was not too bad.But it still lacked the intensity of the initial seasons.The lack of a powerful villain too was a bit disappointing ,with Isaak (the mafia boss) ,being disposed off by the 3/4th of the season.This time ,the writers once again try to find a good pair for Dexter ,and they seem to have struck jackpot with the Hannah character.
The overall season was pretty good ,the writers have tried to give all the characters enough room, especially Quinn's subplot for nicely written.

Overall ,Dexter Season 7 was a good addition and the show is ripe for a finale.

How I Met Your Mother [Season 8] Review

How I Met Your Mother [Season 8]

RJG Rating - 4/10

The story-
Barney breaks up with Quinn ,Robin breaks up with Nick.Both pair up and Barney proposes to Robin.Marshall and Lily try to adjust with life after the arrival of the baby.Lily gets a job ,Marshall struggles with his.Ted as usual sits in depression and dates girls we all know wont be the 'mother'.
Climax-Barney-Robin marriage nears ,Marshall Lilly plan to move to Italy ,Ted is still conflicted as to whether Robin is his soulmate.And finally after 8 years ,the mother is shown.

Review-
This has been the WORST season for the show.The comedy was recycled and the entire objecctive was shifted.Barney's wedding has been the center of attraction for the past 2 YEARS! On a show called How i Met your Mother ,this is quite a big deviation.On top of that we had unnecessary distractions that we all know wont have any fruitful ending.The biggest headache was on how the show still tried to tease the audience on how Ted was still in love with Robin.
Barney's character no longer resembles the one we adored 8 years back.He has stripped down into a lame character.Marshall & Lilly continue to be consistent. Robin & Ted's characters have gone through some improvement.

Comedy is utter boring and lame.The drama ,whenever they do attempt is boring.The romance is missing.All of Ted's girls are shown to be great at first ,and when its time to write off their roles ,they are made into someone weird.Barney-Robin relation has been the worst pair up since they first tried it years back.Considering the writers showed Robin is the girl Barney would marry ,it tests the viewers patience when they have to sit through half the season seeing Barney Robin dating others.If you dont plan to have them together anytime soon ,please do not show such stuff years in advance.

Season 8 was a frustrating and a disappointing season for the show.It seems HIMYM has run its course.Cant wait for it to end!*

[PS:The finale season consisting of 24 episodes will take place in the course of 3 days before Barney Wedding.So we might have to sit through one more breakup of Barney-Robin.2more girls for Ted ,before Ted meets his wife NEXT YEAR IN MAY! HIMYM continues testing the patience of their audience]

Iron Man 3 (2013)

[Downey scores once again]

Iron Man 3 (2013)

IMDB- 7.7

RottenTomatoes- 78%

RJG Ratings- 75

Tony Stark finds his life scarred by memories, as a new villain wrecks havoc across the country.

Starring- Robert Downey Jr ,Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow,Ben Kingsley

Director- Shane Black

He has never disappointed with the role ,and he never does in this movie either.Im speaking about Robert Downey Jr ,who reprises his role of Tony Stark aka Ironman.Robert is at complete ease throughout IM3 ,and unlike the previous movies ,Robert gives a more deeper look into the character of Tony Stark.According to the promos ,youll notice that the villain is called Mandarin ,played by Ben Kingsley.As an actor ,Ben has done a great job ,but he never does get to complete the intense role.Ben's Mandarin will be a forgotten role in times to come.Back up villain ? Thats where Guy Pearce comes! Now he completely rocked the movie.Amazing performance by him ,and he is hands down the best villain from the Marvel Phase 1,2 series.Gwyneth Paltrow ,Rebecca Hall ,Don Cheadle ,Ty Simpkins (the kid) all do a good job.

The biggest flaw in my opinion is the story.Dont get me wrong ,its still a great story compared to previous Marvel movies ,but on closer observation its a hastily compiled story.At every point the story takes a convenient turn ,and stays predictable most of the time.The big 'twist' though hilarious ,completely ruins the intensity factor the movie's first half was building up.The thought process behind various scenes are missing.The end was rushed and completely goes against whatever the previous movies tried to tell.On the positive side ,theres plenty of Tony Stark.It was great to see him rely less on the suit for much of the movie.

Shane Black does a fine job handling the Iron Man franchise.He does a much much better job than Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2.He tries to give the movie a darker tone ,and the way he handled the Mandarin in the first half was excellent.But by the second half he lets the comic side in him let loose ,as he dumps the intensity for humour.The climax was really poor ,since it raised more questions than answers.The movie isnt too long ,and thus a rushed ending is questionable.Shane wraps up everything he unleashed in the course of a couple of minutes.

The action scenes were great.The Malibu House Attack ,Backup Suit Army Fight were awesome.The visual effects on the suit were stepped up a notch with the Mark42 suit assembling piece by piece on Tony's command.

Overall IM3 ,is a great addition to the Marvel series ,but it doesnt fulfill its potential to have been great.Die hard fans wont be disappointed!

Acting- 4/5

Story- 3/5

Direction- 3.5/5

Action- 4/5

Comedy- 4/5

Drama- 3/5

Romance- 3.5/5

PS:IM trilogy ranking-

4- IronMan2

3- IronMan3

2- Avengers (based on IM's story)

1- IronMan1

Arrested Development

   

First Trailer for Arrested Development Season 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ddjzGft0k

Star Trek Into Darkness Posters

 

 

 

Man Of Steel Pics & Posters

  

 

 

 

(The below ones are FAN MADE Wallpapers by Jordy Roelofs ,visit him on http://sysmatic.tumblr.com/) 

Trailer Update

Elysium 

Wow!! We have an excellent trailer over here! And that too for Elysium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBtePb-dGY

Elysium is the much anticipated movie from the director of District 9.Neill Blomkamp had made a powerful impact in modern sci-fi movies with his 2009 movie ,Districy 9.It took a very difficult topic and mixed it with a very non-typical alien story.With a small budget Neil had wowed critics and viewers alike with his movie. Even with such amounts of success Neill took his time to create another sci-fi meets realistic topics with Elysium. Cant wait for this movie!!

[The concept looks a little bit like this months,Tom Cruise starrer ,Oblivion.But in my opinion ,Elysium looks way better]

Hunger Games Catching Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPnQw_Lqds


Only God Forgives (read description below ,before you just skip it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAeVosG4zI

For those of you who dont know ,Only God Forgives is the new movie which brings back the director-actor duo of Ryan Gosling & Nicolas Winding ,who made a huge impact with their 2012 movie ,Drive.
Watching the trailer it gives me a familiar sense of Drive along with a strong feeling of some classic Korean flicks.
The synopsis is as follows -
Julian ,the owner of a Thai Boxing club (which is actually a cover up for a drug business) ,is sent by his mother to avenge his brother's murder.
The movie is set for release on July 9 2013 ,and is one of my 46 anticipated movies of 2013!(http://bit.ly/2013BIGGIESrjg)


The World's END 
http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/the-world-s-end-exclusive-trailer/2t5faj5e
Edgar Wright brings back the guys for his trilogy ender of popular genres remixed! SHaun of the Dead was a zombie parody ,while Hot Fuzz was a cop parody..so whats World End? watch the trailer to figure it out!
(i hope noone has trouble watching msn ,ill update with a youtube link when its available)

Gravity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsrgE0BYf0
Starring George Clooney & Sandra Bullock ,the movie is about two astronauts lost in space....slowly floating around.
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men and Harry Potter 3) ,i will say that i have no interest in these 3 people.The trailer looks okay ,but we are most likely going to see some long winded drama.
What you say? Is Gravity interesting ?

Man OF Steel !!! Its a bit long ,but its worth It !!!Check it out NOW!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6DJcgm3wNY
ITS epic!!!! Amazing soundtrack from Hans in the background! We might have a successor to Nolan's Batman after all!

Poster Update!

 

 

 

   

IronMan keeps Gatsby at bay

IronMan keeps Gatsby at bay

[May10-12]

#1-It was no surprise that IronMan 3 dominated on its second week at the box office.The superhero movie made $72million which is a 60% drop from its debut.But overall the movie is still flying very high!With $664million from overseas , Iron Man 3 is now at a  gross total of $949 million ,putting it in #21 in the highest grossing movie lists of all time.The movie will easily make it to the 1Billion club by this week.

#2-The Great Gatsby opened with $51million ,which was a bit under expectations ,but certainly a modest collection.Starring a powerful cast which includes the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio & Carey Mulligan ,this romantic drama is based on the famous novel of the same name written by Scott Fitzgerald.

But as i previously analyzed ,Gatsby couldnt score over the critics.The movie has been getting below average reviews ,and is currently rated at 47%.The critics praised Leonardo's performance and the visual splendor of the movie ,but what was missing was the soul ,which left the movie quite empty in its luxurious outer covering.

#3-Pain & Gain scrapped at the leftovers of the powerful openers ,as it made a meager $5million.The movie has so far has made an unimpressive $41million.

#4-Tyler Perry Presents Peeples opened 4th with just $4.8million.This newcomer had no hope in the first place opening against Gatsby ,and being a movie that has "Tyler Perry" stamped on it ,is assurance of crappyness.The movie was dismissed by the critics ,calling it a predictable and boring ,scoring just 38%.

#5-Baseball drama ,42 ,continued to be a sleeper hit ,as it made $4.6million on its 5th week.The movie has already made $84million from the domestic market itself.

2013 Top 5

#5-A Good Day to Die Hard -$303million

#4-G.I. Joe: Retaliation -$356million

#3-Oz The Great and Powerful -$487million

#2-The Croods -$533million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$949million

At the Top 5 ,IronMan3 is easily ruling the year with a commanding $949million.The only movie thats even powerful enough to take that down ,in my opinion is Hobbit Part 2 ,that too in December.Till then or maybe even after that ,IronMan 3 will be king of box office 2013!

Surprisingly Croods overtook Oz ,for the number 2 spot!

This week we have another potential blockbuster! Star Trek Into Darkness ,which is clearly one of the movies in my MUST SEE LIST!

First my analysis from earlier this year:

story- the crew of the Enterprise face an enemy that has risen from their own organization.

+ Sequel to the critical & blockbuster 2009 reboot ,Star Trek will cater to all sci-fi fans.Director Abrams is a huge favorite among scifi lovers,and he wont be likely to disappoint.

- Too much hype is bad too.If it fails to match upto the first part,it will be criticized heavily by the audience.

The movie has collected $31million from the overseas market and has a strong initial rating of 89%.The critics say its an amazing movie,especially Benedict's performance.Although it doesnt quite match up to its predecessor.

(For more analysis check out my - MOVIE GUIDE 2013 -http://bit.ly/2013BIGGIESrjg )

News from REC and 300

Aaaand we can safely knock out one movie out of the busy scheduled 2013.Its the anticipated 300 prequel -300: Rise of an Empire. The movie has been shifted off to March 7 2014.

Although the reason behind the shift hasnt been told yet ,it seems they did this mainly to avoid the busy competition and also since the original 300 had found success during the March period.

 Poster & Teaser Trailer for REC 4: Apocalypse! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP3avUpQYiY
For those of you arent familiar with the REC series ,its a movie about demonised zombies.I loved REC1 and its in my best horror movie lists ,REC2 was..disappointing ,and REC3 (which was a prequel) ,was downright garbage.REC4 ,takes us right back to the original events.The movie is set for 2014! Anyone interested in it?

IRONMAN 3 RIPS INTO 2013!!

IRONMAN 3 RIPS INTO 2013!!

[May3-5]

#1- It was expected to be big ,but no one ever thought it would end up being such a big movie! Opening with $175million in just 3 days ,IronMan3 registered the second biggest opening of all time in the domestic market.The movie has been doing terrific business overseas as well ,making $504million in the span of around 10 days.This puts the movie at a gross total of $680million from a budget of $200million!Following up last years blockbuster Avengers ,was no small task but the third installment in the IronMan series took up the mantle with ease.

With a Rottentomato rating of 79% ,the movie is trailing behind that of Avengers & Iron Man 1 (both at 93%).Even though Robert Downey Jr. once again stole the limelight with his amazing performance as the title character ,IronMan/Tony Stark ,critics ignored the rest of the movie in general.

With the arrival of IronMan ,no other movie could stand the tough competition.

#2-Pain & Gain fell by 60% as it made just $7.6million ,to make a total of $33million.With that Bay's movie has made its budget of 20million but its performance at the box office is considered to be poor.

#3-42 kept up with its remarkable run at the box office with a 4th weekend collection of $6.2million.The baseball drama has so far made $78million from the domestic market itself ,making it a silent hit.

#4-Oblivion crashed to number 4 from its last week stand of number 2, marking a heavy 67% drop.Oblivion made $5.7million on its 3rd week for a gross domestic total of $75million.Fortunately the overseas collection helped the movie cover its budget of $120million.So far Tom Cruise's scifi movie has made $222million.

#5-The Croods made $4.2million on its 7th week to continue its brilliant run at the boxoffice.The animated movie has made a gross total of $517million.

2013 Top 5

#5-A Good Day to Die Hard -$302.4million

#4-G.I. Joe: Retaliation -$355million

#3-The Croods -$517million

#2-Oz The Great and Powerful -$484.8million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$680.1million

As i told you before ,IronMan has brought the party time to 2013 ,and its back to back anticipated movies from now all the way to September!

This week ,we have Leonardo DiCaprio's The Great Gatsby !Based on the famous novel of the same name ,the movie is directed by Baz Luhrmann.Gatsby doesnt look strong enough to take down IronMan3 this week ,it will have to be satisfied with a #2 spot.

On my personal opinion ,im least bothered about Gatsby since the trailers and promos hint at one long and uninteresting melodrama.

Special Guest Review :Iron Man 3 -Arnab Goswami

IRON MAN 3 (2013)

AG Rating: 95

Tony Stark is struggling to cope with his experience in New York with Gods and Aliens. He is troubled by the question: does the man make the suit or the suit make the man??!!....Well, he is about to find out in....shall I say...'Mandarin' fashion!!..hehe...

Special note on Marvel Phase II:

This is the first film of Marvel Phase II, Phase I of which concluded with 2012's The Avengers. And it has started with a bang!! This very first film has turned out to be way better than any of the movies of Phase I!!

The Plot:

As Tony struggles with his anxiety attacks, he enters an (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)^2 and tinkers and tankers day and night with his toys and his armors. Meanwhile, a ruthless terrorist who goes by the name 'The Mandarin' ravages America with his bombings which mysteriously leave no trace at all of the bomb parts anywhere near the blast radius. When his man Friday 'Happy Hogan' is critically injured in one such blast, he gets enraged and challenges the Mandarin to come and find him. And then, in one swift motion, Tony's Malibu mansion is attacked and completely destroyed with Iron Man disappearing into the deep waters along with the wreckage. Presumed dead by the world, he finds himself in Tennessee with a broken suit and pretty much nothing. With the help of a kid who appears to be a younger version of himself, he goes about finding the Mandarin. What he finds there however is that things are not always what they seem to be. He also finds that the demons of the past can come back to hunt you savagely. Will he find the Mandarin?? Will he able to become the Iron Man he was known to be?? and most importantly, will he able to answer the question that has been troubling him??!!

The Film

This surely is the BEST Marvel film to date and also Robert Downey Juniors finest performance as Iron Man/Tony Stark. He beautifully balances his act and shows us Iron Mans vulnerable side for the first time. The reason I have talked about his performance in the film section is because Iron Man is woefully incomplete without R. Downey Jr. The film is engrossing for almost all of the time unlike the Avengers which frankly had a quite boring first hour. Right from the beginning, the film sets the right tone and the opening shot is a perfect foreshadow of the events to be. Despite being the darkest Iron Man yet, not to mention the darkest marvel film, it is ironically the funniest marvel film yet. R Downey Jr. has a God-gifted Lingual dexterity and he uses it here with full aplomb. The film very beautifully takes us through the now familiar journey of a hero rising from the ashes( aka The Dark Knight Rises).

The plot

Though it is not flawless, the plot has been crafted by Shane Black and co with great care. It is intense at a lot of places, hilarious at lots of places, filled with blockbuster action at lots and actually sets the standard for future marvel films.

The direction

Shane Black rights all the wrongs of the second part and though it doesn't reach the refreshing originality of the first one(perhaps no future parts, if any, can), he still creates a film that, if it is the last one, looks like the perfect final film of the trilogy. While Jon Favreau is creditable with successfully launching the Iron Man universe, Shane Black successfully completes the trilogy(looks likely)

The Acting

Again, Downey is the soul of the film. Ben Kingsley is absolutely brilliant and so is Guy Pearce who I feel is a bit under-utilized. Gwyneth Paltrow and Rebecca Hall also deserve a special mention.

The crackling buddy chemistry between Downey and Don Cheadle. It was such a crackling chemistry and Don Cheadle is so good that there can actually be a standalone Iron Patriot film featuring him in a leading role!! So Don Cheadle also deserves a special mention.

The score

The score is surprisingly well crafted and it does manage to stick with you even after you have left the hall.

The AG Verdict

A surprisingly rare effort by Marvel with an epic ending. A thumbs up!!!