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Movie Review – Inception

My friend asked us to visit the Putnam IMAX as they have showcased new exhibits. As we were late, we could not visit the museum but ended up watching Leonardo DiCaprio starring ‘Inception’. Here is a glimpse.

Dreams Dreams Dreams

The movie is produced and directed by Christopher Nolan, who directed the ‘Dark Knight’ and ‘Batman Begins’. The whole movie is about dreams. Inducing a new idea into a person’s minds by capturing and altering their dreams is the main theme. The theory behind it is that a person’s life, memories and dreams are interrelated. Often, what we dream is what happens and what happens in real life is what we dream. Confusing.. huh?


Plot

So, the handsome hero appearing a bit old and tired in this movie, has a gang with whom he works in inducing the wanted ideas into the target’s mind through dreams. Of course, he will be paid handsomely for the job. 🙂 His latest project would be originating an idea into a businessman’s mind to dissolve his late father’s empire and change the business plans. Now, the real challenge is how the ‘inception’ group is going to do that.

The hero then recruits a beautiful architect, a chemist, a forger as part of the new project. The main concept itself is confusing for me, and I still did not understand why he needs these three new people for his project. So, the whole movie is about how the gang does this in a long plane journey. The payment for the job is freedom with which the hero can return back to his home country.

Further, the hero’s own memories conflict with their job making the movie all more confusing. Ironically, time slows down in the dreams. That is, five minutes in real life is one hour in the dream. So, there is a lot happening in the dreams and the time delay increases with each level of the dream.

Verdict

The movie is shot in multiple locations and shown simultaneously. The cast and action are apt but the concept is advanced like ‘Matrix’ and ‘Surrogates’, which ordinary people like me can never understand. We all tend to enter in to a state of ‘limbo’ by the end of the movie. 🙂

Movie Review – Vedam

Vedam, 2010 is directed by ‘Gamyam’ director Radha Krishna (Krishh). It is multi-starrer movie with multiple stories running simultaneously.

Social Problems, Again

The director projects the following social problems with different characters:

  • Child labor and Poverty – Junior artists
  • Prostitution – Anushka
  • Bureaucracy and Bribery – Police department
  • Unemployment and False life – Allu Arjun
  • Ambitious and selfish youth – Manchu Manoj
  • Casteism and Terrorism – Manoj Bajpai

Apart from these social problems, the other problems shown include kidney-selling in hospitals, abuse of youth by cultural organizations, confused youth, slum life, chain snatching, hand loom weavers and what not.

The Cast

All the actors did complete judgement to their roles. The comedy and dances are apt and according to the situations. The main heroes Allu Arjun and Manchu Manoj have a good opportunity in this movie to showcase their acting skills despite their latest flops. Manoj Bajpai’s plays a crucial role in the movie and has done it well.

Anushka’s performance is commendable and reminds Kareena Kapoor in ‘Chameli’. New heroines Siya Gautham, Lekha Washington and Deeksha Seth (Femina Miss India 2009 No. 4) are cute enough and do judgement to their roles as well. Comedy by Vadivelu, Brahmanandam and others is good and entertaining.

The Confusion

The movie starts with a funny note but progresses with heavy twists and turns in all the simultaneous stories. The plot and screenplay is good though. Your mood may change from jovial to sentimental to frustration and helplessness then confused and ultimately unsure of what is happening around. 🙂

In the climax both the young heroes lose their lives in the process of saving people, which is wierd. The  movie  may win an award but you will leave heavy-hearted. If you are looking for a jolly and happy movie, this movie is not suggestible. 🙂

Movie Review – Golimar

Rating: 2.5/5

Plot


Puri Jagannath directs Golimar with Gopichand and Priyamani as the lead stars. Gopichand plays ‘Gangaram’ who dreams of becoming a police and achieves his dream. He is an orphan and had to work while growing up and studying. They show case ‘child labor’ which is banned but existing predominantly in our society.

Once joining the job, Gangaram has to face multiple challenges, adventures, competition and pressure. After a number of twists and turn, the dedicated police officer becomes a goon himself. He then chases and destroys the people responsible for his downfall.

Stars

Priyamani plays ‘Pavithra’ and Roja plays ‘Arundhati’, as heroine’s mother. Their characters have been well-mixed in to main story line and do not appear awkward. Though you will always wonder why they hate men. 🙂

Gopichand looks good with Mr. Perfect looks throughout the movie. Whereas, Priyamani has put on lot of weight and not looking good in some parts of the movie. Their action was entertaining and comedy with Ali in the later part of the movie is just apt.

Reminds ‘Pokiri’

The movie reminds ‘Pokiri’ most of the time. Here are some of the instances:

  • Police killing goons
  • Nasser in the police department
  • The train scenes
  • Villain character
  • Gun shooting
  • Eliminating goons by joining them
  • Two mafia gang wars

Time pass

The first and last songs are entertaining and the beach song sounds better than to watch. Roja’s come back in movies with a strong female character is commendable. The sidekicks of the hero’s team are new and look good. Overall, the movie is worth watching once. 🙂

Movie review – Iron Man 2

Rating: 3/5

Robert Downey Jr. with his amazing smile and penetrating eyes plays a powerful yet sometimes vulnerable Iron Man. In this sequel, Iron man exposes himself to the general public and reveals his true identity. The government wants him to return the Iron Man suit which is his propreitary.

Tony Stark, the hero, does not want to handover his property and special suit to the government. He claims that the suit is safe with him and no one can destroy the nation. Meantime, the past enemies of Iron man and his father plot to create an alternate suit and kill Iron man. The villain is a physics scientist who creates powerful gadgets to kill Iron man.


The movie is all about how Iron man discovers his father’s treasure and his ambition and how he destroys the enemies. The plot is beautifully laid and the characters action is mature enough. The side kicks played by one of the heroines (Scarlett Johansson) and the hero’s friend (Don Cheadle) are apt and support the main hero. Samuel Jackson plays a guest role as a surprising friend.

The movie is rated PG 13, but our kids can watch freely. Only couple of scenes are not suitable for young audience. But, overall the movie is engaging and entertaining. The technical gadgets shown in the movie are high-tech and the Iron man suits are great.

The  movie is a good time pass to watch with family. I wonder what happens if the armed forces really got the Iron man suits. 🙂

Movie Review – Rama Rama Krishna Krishna

Rama Rama Krishna KrishnaRating 2.5/5

It is a funny movie and some times boring. Surprise star cast include Arjun and Gracy Singh of Munna Bhai. Comedy by Brahmanandam and Ram is quite good. The violence and obscenity in some of the scenes are not suggested for children. This movie is a classic example of Tollywood films surpassing the average Hollywood movies in violent and obscenity.


The dance moves by Ram are good though you may feel that you have seen them already. The costumes and the village theme of the movie is consistent even in the songs. The multi-colored shirts which you saw in old telugu movies can be seen in couple of songs.

The heroines (I don’t even know their names) are just for glamor though they are well knit into the story line. The story is shown partly in Mumbai for the fighting and action sequences. The scenes of Godavari river and Bhadrachalam temple are worth seeing.

The routine story with comedy and the Rama Krishna locket sentiment is good to watch for once. Its worth watching online. If you watch in theater, you may feel like walking away in between. 🙂