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Bard of Blood (2019)
Wannabe waste
It would be better to stare at a switched off TV.
Acting - overacting
Plot - forced
Action - age old 'bad guys barely shoot straight'
Udta Punjab (2016)
Udta Punjab is a Mirage
Bollywood has rarely attempted to make any movie on any social cause. Even more rarely, they have made a GOOD movie on any social cause. Honestly, I was hoping this to be one of those rare gems. But...like a Mirage - the movie's quality decreases as we watch it closely.
Here is how i rate a movie: Direction: 2 points Acting: 2 points Dialogues: 2 points Story: 2 points Editing: 1 points X-Factor: 1 point
Direction: 0.5 points: Director tried to induce effects of Gangs of Wasseypur and Haider by adding songs in the darkest of scenes. Love scenes are forced. I can never imagine a raped rural girl smooching some stranger out of pure anger.
Acting: 1 point: Shahid in one of his interviews said that he has never used drugs, so he wasn't sure how to act being high. This is sadly true, he looks like doing over acting. Alia is OK. Kareena showed very little emotions, and i am not sure whether that is how it was supposed to be. Diljit was best of the lot. 1.5 marks here.
Dialogues: 0.5 point: Character were more focused on saying Bh**ch** and Fuddu than actually talking in complete sentences. Gangs of Wasseypur had the perfect blend of expletives and dialogues. This movie seemed confused about how to approach the dialogues.
Story: 1.5 marks: I will give 1.5 marks to the makers only for attempting to make a movie which was on something meaningful. The story made little sense. Indian directors must understand and showing love in a movie is not a compulsory thing.
Editing: 0.5 points: The editing is so poor, that scenes seem to end disruptively. No mark here.
X-factor: 0 points: Sadly, Shahid and Alia were supposed to be the x-factor for the movie. But they ended up short of expectations.
Bottom line: Total 4 points. The only silver lining of the movie is its concept, but we shouldn't get blinded by that. The movie could have been a masterpiece, but it ended up being a movie which will be known mainly for its controversies. If you want to know about drug issues, watch a documentary.
Game of Thrones: The Red Woman (2016)
Best "First episode" of any season
Usually Game of Thrones start in first gear and usually pick up speed. But in season 6, they directly started in fourth gear. They started with all guns blazing bang bang. The episode touched upon almost all the sub-plots.
The best moment for was when Cersei broke down in front of Jamie (not in a sadistic manner). In that moment a character as strong as Cersei started believing in prophecies. This showed her humane side. Because like all of us she also start believing in prophecies, Gods and monsters in our darkest times. Couldn't have asked for a better start of the show!!
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Dear Zack Snyder - you have failed the fans!
5 main reasons why i hated the movie (mind you, there are more):
Spoiler alert!!
1. You teased us for 1 year and then bored us to death for more than a hour in the movie to build up the "biggest gladiator match in the history of mankind". But it ended as soon it started because both their mothers had same name!! Seriously?????
2. You showed Superman being framed in the desert scene. But all the investigation teams missed the countless bullets which were made by Luthor unless Louis Lane brought that up. Seriously?????
3. Batman wanted to instigate about Superman. So he started beating up thugs and criminals to know about the whereabouts of Superman. Seriously?????
4. After getting hit by a nuke Doomsday fell on an abandoned island. So instead of getting the spear to kill him to the island Batman brought Doomsday to the spear which was kept in the city area. Seriously?????
5. Where is your imagination Zack Snyder which we loved in 300? You picked exact scenes from "Batman vs Superman - The Dark Knight Returns" - sonic blasters and kryptonite gas. Seriously?????