Sunday, July 26, 2009

The number for July is 19

19. Little Zizou (English/India) (7/10)
A wonderful movie based on Parsi community. Told by the eyes of a 9-1 year old boy who is big fan of footballer Zizou. The movie tells the story of his community which involves his father, a wannabe leader, a newspaper editor Boman Irani and his family, Zizou's older brother who wants to become a graphic novelist. How all these people affect each other's lives and struggle through everyday chores makes this cute small film. A very well made film with an interesting cameo by John Abraham and Kamal Sidhu, I loved the film.

18. Kal Kissne Dekha (Hindi) (4/10)
Some producers directors never learn. They keep giving viewers a mix dose of comedy, action, drama, song, dance and somewhere along the line story and think they can fool audiences. Jackie Bhagnani has the ability to see future. Once he leaves his small town and goes to Bombay, he falls in love with Vaishali Desai (who had absolutely nothing to do in the film). He starts seeing some bombings in future and then helps the police from these incidents to happen. Turns out the mastermind behind these is his profesor Rishi Kapoor. (yawnn!!) Completely avoidable.

17. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (8/10)
One of my most fav Harry Potter films ever. This one had story, pace and was simple and emotional. It did not have too many side tracks. I wish though that parts of the movie were in 3D. These days I have some strange fascination for 3D movies. A lot of chemistry between lead characters and other students was introduced which was fun. Definitely a worth watch.

16. Batman Begins (7.5/10)
This movie starts back the series on how Batman started. Batman flees Western civilization following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows. The instructor now wants him to destroy Gotham city because it is full of corrupt people but instead batman wants to improve the situation. He instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it. I wish I had seen this movie before Dark Knight. Bale cuts a good figure as Batman, intense and dangerous but with some of the lightheartedness. I liked it.

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