Nurse Betty

Cute and funny movie.

Rating: 4/5 of 6

Sirkelens Ende

Sirkelens Ende is written by Tom Egeland, and was published in 2003. There are various similarities between Da Vinci Code and this book in terms of the topic of the book. This book didn’t got so much popularity when it came but after the huge success of Da Vinci Code, it is among the literature which has flown high on the trend of Da Vinci Code kind of books.

Sirkelens Ende is interesting, but it does not have high page turner factor as Da Vinci Code which was more of a thriller. Therefore it got is boring sometimes. In addition, this was the first book I have read by Tom Egeland, and the writing style is not what I prefer.

Rating: 4 of 6

Sinus

OK cool movie. It began funny, but the rest of it wasn't so funny and cool.

Rating: 3 of 6

Eklavya - The Royal Guard

I do not have any expectations from movies which are multi-starers. There are simply too many of them who do not live up to expectations. Despite this fact, multi-starrer Eklavya has trailers which create suspense to watch it.

The story of Eklavya is really unique, and you can safely say that it is “hat ke”. The screenplay uses dialogues which are right to the point, and it doesn’t have any unnecessary or disturbing characters. This has also lead to the limited length of the movie which consists of 1 hour and 45 minutes. Do we really need boring movies with more length?

I really enjoyed watching Eklavya, and it has its own style of creating intense atmosphere, and you are going to ask in you mind “what’s gonna happen now”. Moreover, Saif Ali Khan and Boman Irani have again proven their acting skills in addition to the other actors.

The production house of Vidhu Vinod Chopra (director and producer of the movie) has given us a number of good movies, i.e. Munna Bhai MBBS, Parineeta, Lage Raho Munna Bhai etc, so we should really look forward to projects from this point. However, it seems like that the movie has flopped in India, which indicates that public does not prefer these kinds of movies. They instead run movies from Yash Raj studios to blockbusters, and those movies has tendency to be based on the well-used formulas. Does public really like to know what they are going to see instead of giving chance to new and fresh ideas like Eklavya?

Rating: 6 of 6

Traffic Signal

It seems like that after the success of Page 3 and Corporate, the director of those movies, Madhur Bhandarkar, is really into making movies with some particular and interesting topics. In this process, this time he has been too worried about the topic, and forgot to attach a story to the topic. Traffic Signal is well-made and describes the environment good enough. But the lack of a story gives some boredom.

Rating: 3 of 6

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Monsoon Wedding

I watched Monsoon Wedding when it came in 2002, and liked it very much. For some days ago, someone mentioned this movie, and I wanted to watch it again. So now I have finished it for the second time. It is still very good, with good cinematography and good music which comes exactly at the right point of the story.

In addition, one another reason to watch this movie again was the fact that a number of ethnic Norwegian has watched this movie and commented that “is it really like this that Indian/Pakistani weddings are”? I didn’t remember so much of the movie, so in order to give a proper answer I had to watch it again. So those of you who still have this question, you know how to contact me. :)

Rating: 5/6 of 6

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma has previously given us Scarface, Mission: Impossible and Mission to Mars. And now, he has given us a boring film called The Black Dahlia. In the publicity material, you will find that the movie is a thriller, but when you watch it, there isn’t so much which reminds you of thriller. Instead it is drama. And the story evolves too slowly, so you really got bored. Really disappointing from a director like this.

Rating: 2/3 of 6

Shaadi Kar Ke Phas Gaya Yaar

Shaadi Kar ke Phas Gayaa Yaar is made by really third class makers. This is probably the reason for why it was delayed in two-three to release. The story/script is full of holes and I think the makers think that the viewers are simply stupid who will ignore such things. However, the movie deals with an interesting topic which is marriage between a simple man and fashionable woman. In the end, the movie picked up some but still nothing else can improve the rating…

Rating: 2/3 of 6

Blood Diamond

Good movie which deals with a relevant topic. But I must say that I have seen better films than this one when it comes to movies with such relavant topics (for instance Lord of War). Di Caprio has proved some of his acting skills in this movie.

Rating: 4/5 of 6

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum is a cool and funny movie, which suits people in all ages. I enjoyed watching it. However, you must use some fantasy and don’t think too much on how people from numerous centuries back can understand English.

Rating: 5 of 6