ajmalntd Reviews

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

I feel infinite

[8/10 · 25 October 2013]

The movie is about a shy freshman who is obsessed with past things which are unclear in the first..The whole movie, camera is hanging around this guy ,with his voice-over narration..It has succeeded to feel the Charlie (the shy guy played by Logan Lerman) in ourselves..I don't know whether it's because I'm shy,this movie is so emotionally attached to me ever since.. Charlie is shy as told,and think that no-one can understand what is happening with his mind and so is tired of "how-to-face-real-world" advice..He doesn't want to let others know that he is a desperate introvert sad kid in his school..His extremities are low,what he had knowledge of happy world was less..then he meets Patrick and Sam,they understand his loneliness,make him feel better around them..so that he could know what is extremity like..and he find himself infinite.. This is not a story of mindF***,yet beautiful possible things happen in the innocent love life of Charlie.. The casting is perfect, Logan's face defines the Charlie character..Sam is impossible without Emma..Ezra Miller plays Patrick very well.. Many things happen in this movie,yet movie would never get caught of bad scene transitions.. The movie uses soft soundtrack which matches the character's mind.. Now,what make you watch this film:

* emotional attachment to the main character,obsession of an old incidence,becoming shy,afraid of real world.. * experience of innocent love.. * experience of a good romantic drama movie..

The Past (2013)

A skillful piece of Filmmaking

[8/10 · 16 October 2013]

Farhadi's movies are better to watch without reading any review.It reveals many things at each scenes which are well weaved in good pace..

Le passé (The Past) is exploring the past,another movie with disunion of husband and wife as a common factor in story line , but really different from his other movies..

Casting is brilliant..Ali Mosaffa plays the role of Ahmad, an Iranian who was away from his wife Marie (played well by Bérénice Bejo) for 4 years.. Meanwhile Marie get in a new relationship with Samir (Intensely played by Tahar Rahim) and proceeds with disclosures of the past..

The opening scene show a lady waiting for her husband.His reaction seeing her conveys something.. The characters are well defined and kept undeviated from the basic nature of each of them..

The sound mixing is accurate,the pace and flow is expertly done by Farhadi..

Asghar Farhadi doesn't give importance to the psychology of camera angles or movements..But , like documentaries have proved, it's not the camera angles,it's naturality which gives life and beats the viewer's mind..Conversations are life-like..Transitions of scenes are perfect..

It's a Farhadi style shown here,which always leave us uncertain about something..He feed us everything one by one ..

He shows many scenes behind a glass with inaudible conversation (also in opening scene) ,which increase the beauty of visuals and make up feel deeply.. I expected the ending of the movie in similar way (behind the glass) and it was suitable for situation..I actually predicted to my friend that the camera will pause behind the door which have a glass hole for the climax..but Farhadi wants us to hear what hope speaks to coma..

It's a skillful piece of filmmaking from Asghar again..

I recommend this movie to all drama lovers...