The Dark Knight: Movie Review

The Good:

• JOKER. Hey, this guy is absolutely evil. The purest evil of them all. The character is intelligent, disgusting and has no morals at all. He'll go to any end if he is having fun. The character played by the Late Mr. Heath Ledger might be the best one that he has essayed so far. You take your eyes off Batman but not Joker.
• Some of the action sequences are stud in their class. This one is definitely notches above the first one.
• BATMOBILE. Hmmm, this is a new one. The 2-wheeler ride is an absolute stunner.
• The Direction. Nolan is good and he proves it yet again.
  
• The subplots. I would say there is just one involving Harvey Dent but that is nicely stitched into the main plot.
• The story. Well the story weaves and spins taking along its characters and developing them nicely on the way. The story has its twists and turns and leaves you guessing at times as to how would the next frame pan out. The screenplay is also done to the T.
• Realistic and not Comic. The last one and this offering also is more realistic and closer to what you and I would relate rather than the comic/artificial feel that the earlier Batman fares have been, except of course for the very first Batman.
• There has been much talk about how everybody falls in the morality quotient in this movie to do what they must. Well its true partly but overall its still good versus evil. Batman looses his cool and goes down to get Joker by hook or by crook and what if some laws are broken.
  

The Bad:

• Probably the length of the movie is a tad too long. This could be a bad or a good but seriously it does not matter.
• The end. Though justified by the plot, I had this craving for more action and a thrilling finale. It had all the makings and the setup but it simply did not come. Alas...
• Rachel. Well the actor playing Rachel is OK but Kate was much better.
  

The Ugly:

• None
  

Endnote
Watch it for sure with your black capers on... It's the Batman.

Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na: Movie Review

The Good:

• The cheerful mood, the youthful feel, the wonderful music, the as-a-matter-of-fact comedy, the witty dialogues, the romance, the freshness of the lead pair of actors, the innovative screenplay and much more.
• The performances by the actors was kind of balanced with everyone working within their limits. Neither Imran overdid nor Genelia and this was the hallmark of the movie.
• The fun in the first half is absolutely infectious to say the least. At least it gave me a sense of nostalgia.
• A couple of sub-plots thrown in which makes this affair more fun. The first one is the Naseer-Ratna Pathak trail and the second one if the Arbaz-Sohail khan waltz on the horses and the good part is that both these tie up to the main plot which is both entertaining and funny. Thumbs up.
• The music is uber-cool with rehman dishing out some good scores AGAIN. The music blends with the overall feel of the movie.
• The direction is good. Straight, no funny angles, no wasteful closeups.
• There are a host of guest appearances which makes this fair even better; Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Arbaz Khan, Sohail Khan & Rajat Kapoor.
  

The Bad:

• Well nothing much here except that the story was a no-brainer but the packaging of the movie sort of negates this aspect as well.
  

The Ugly:

• None
  

Endnote
Wow, Goody Goody. Lap it up. A worth watch.

Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic: Movie Review

The Good:

• Well, the movie has something for the kids. The pranks, some shararat and the characterisations would make the kids happy.
  
• On the special effects front, there is not much to say but again a flick here and a swish there and the kids are giggling.
• The story is a simple one and told in a simple way with not too much complications. It seems that the moviemakers knew that they did not have much to play around with so they simply played it straight and simple.
  

The Bad:

• There are no performances to boast about. In fact Rani is at her effervescent best trying to lift the mood but in the early part of the movie she overacts a tad too much as the natkkhat pari. Saif has not much to do except brood and more-brood and later cry. Whoa.. man, whats with this crying of guys in movies nowdays. Its catching up like flu.
• The film tries a yo-yo between pranks by kids and healing magic by Rani but none of them are too convincing for the audiences.
  

The Ugly:

• Without doubt Amisha Patel. She is made out to be a bimbo without brains, clothes, dialogues and screen time just to mention to a few. The role is just the sort that some side actor would do because no-one else would touch it. I feel this is an all time low for Amisha who had a dream start in the Bollywood.
  

Endnote
Avoid at all costs. This is a movie for the kids with a bikni song by Amisha in which she dares to bare all... Eeeks... Gives me the jeepers.