The Movies I Liked

[Silencer]

+1 to Great Indian Kitchen.

Though the movie is setup in a Kerala environment, it has a pan India importance. The stories of married women in the shackles of expectations and duties have been told many times. But most of them were a mere sympathetic observation. This one is different.

This movie is a slap on the patriarchal norms of our so called culturally superior society. And to our constant comparison with the Western marital values.

Although not many can walk out like the wife in the movie. One must note that the couple don't have children. That's a huge bonus if one has to think of leaving out of a marriage.

A must watch irrespective of the linguistic or genre preferences.​

 

[Miany]

+1 to Great Indian Kitchen.

Though the movie is setup in a Kerala environment, it has a pan India importance. The stories of married women in the shackles of expectations and duties have been told many times. But most of them were a mere sympathetic observation. This one is different.

This movie is a slap on the patriarchal norms of our so called culturally superior society. And to our constant comparison with the Western marital values.

Although not many can walk out like the wife in the movie. One must note that the couple don't have children. That's a huge bonus if one has to think of leaving out of a marriage.

A must watch irrespective of the linguistic or genre preferences.​

The movie is a nice watch.

Yes. Totally agree with your views.

 

[subhash]

Another Round (Druk)
Lang: Danish
Loved this movie. Its a bit slow but good one.
The last song in the movie, "what a life" & Mads Mikkelsen took this movie to a different level.

 

[Miany]

"The Mauritanian" - loved it.

You can just watch it for the baritone of Dominic cumberbatch.

 

[moktan]

Took a yearly subscription of Sony LIV to watch the Euro 2021. Wasn’t too enthused by the 1:0 win of England over Croatia. I thought the football was tentative at best. But good to see that England has put the pandemic behind them. The noise made it seem as if there were more people than the quarter filled stadium that was reported.
The bonus of subscribing to the channel (999 for a year) is that it has movies too. So watched The Green Book.
The Green Book For Motorists is a directory of hotels and other establishments open to the blacks back in the day of the segregation. Vigo Mortensen plays Tony Lip, an out of work bouncer, who undertakes to drive Dr Shirley ( Mahershala Ali) a virtuoso pianist on his tour of the Deep South with his trio. The Green Book comes in handy in locating places that Dr Shirley can lodge for the night.
It’s a classic road movie about self discovery , friendship , courage , genius and the uneasy racy dynamics in the country. The fact that it was based on real life events makes it even more heartwarming. The music is consistently good.

 

[pkhammu2005]

Few malyalam movies that i liked recently
-Nayatu
- One
- Mohan kumar & fans
- kala
- Great Indian kitchen
- Drishyam 2
- joji
- Arakariyam
Each of these movies are unique in its own way & makes it a good watch.

Also add excellent 'Operation Java'

 

[moktan]

Bridge of Spies. The movies begins with the arrest of a Soviet spy in New York. Jason Donovan an insurance lawyer , played by Tom Hanks , is persuaded to be his token defence counsel. Donovan takes up the case with unexpected seriousness and puts up a formidable defence — he also manages to persuade the judge to pardon the spy’s life so that it could be later used as a bargaining chip and then argues for the matter to be heard by the Supreme Court, which upholds the verdict of the lower court by a narrow margin of one judge’s vote.
In the interim , he gets better acquainted with his client who he admires for his professionalism and his stoic demeanour.
The Cold War between the Soviets and the US is on the upswing and a thermonuclear conflagration is an imminent possibility. Donovan’s prescience is vindicated when an American pilot on a U-2 espionage mission is shot down and captured in Soviet territory.
The rest movie details how Jason is roped in to negotiate the swap of the pilot for the spy, his travels to East Germany etc. The Bridge is the location where the exchange takes place. Donovan gets two for one. As regards how that happens , you will have to watch the movie for it. Apparently Donovan was involved in another negotiation of that nature — this time with Cuba — and his success rate was phenomenal.
This movie is a stellar lesson in history. Donovan was a real person and fact finding sites mention that the move is about 80% faithful to what actually transpired.
Bridge of Spies was directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by the Coen brothers.
There never is a dull moment and Thomas Newman’s score is right on the money.

 

[Yogesh]

Bridge of Spies. The movies begins with the arrest of a Soviet spy in New York. Jason Donovan an insurance lawyer , played by Tom Hanks , is persuaded to be his token defence counsel. Donovan takes up the case with unexpected seriousness and puts up a formidable defence — he also manages to persuade the judge to pardon the spy’s life so that it could be later used as a bargaining chip and then argues for the matter to be heard by the Supreme Court, which upholds the verdict of the lower court by a narrow margin of one judge’s vote.
In the interim , he gets better acquainted with his client who he admires for his professionalism and his stoic demeanour.
The Cold War between the Soviets and the US is on the upswing and a thermonuclear conflagration is an imminent possibility. Donovan’s prescience is vindicated when an American pilot on a U-2 espionage mission is shot down and captured in Soviet territory.
The rest movie details how Jason is roped in to negotiate the swap of the pilot for the spy, his travels to East Germany etc. The Bridge is the location where the exchange takes place. Donovan gets two for one. As regards how that happens , you will have to watch the movie for it. Apparently Donovan was involved in another negotiation of that nature — this time with Cuba — and his success rate was phenomenal.
This movie is a stellar lesson in history. Donovan was a real person and fact finding sites mention that the move is about 80% faithful to what actually transpired.
Bridge of Spies was directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by the Coen brothers.
There never is a dull moment and Thomas Newman’s score is right on the money.

A little slow but gripping tale. The performance of Mark Rylance was highlight for me.

 

[OM_2K19]

Here is another one but it's on Hotstar.

Trackers - Disney+ Hotstar

Trackers weaves three adrenalized storylines together in Cape Town exposing a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, state security and the ...

www.hotstar.com

 

[moktan]

One of the worst movies I ever saw. The cast doesn't know to act, the direction quite poor. Wasted 2 and half hours.

Once a critic after watching a particularly boring movie wrote — this was the first time I felt jealous of my leg, it slept throughout the movie.

 

[msankadi]

Here is another one but it's on Hotstar.

Trackers - Disney+ Hotstar

Trackers weaves three adrenalized storylines together in Cape Town exposing a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, state security and the ...

www.hotstar.com

How is it? IMDB reviews are not inspiring much confidence

 

[OM_2K19]

How is it? IMDB reviews are not inspiring much confidence

If you are a Spy/Espionage fan, you will love it...

 

[Pardeep Bansal]

Tumbbad is a must watch thriller on prime video

 

[OM_2K19]

Tumbbad is a must watch thriller on prime video

Indeed. It's the irony of mainstream cinema that masterpieces like Tumbbad go unnoticed and crap like Radhe creates all the buzz.

 

[Nitin K]

Indeed. It's the irony of mainstream cinema that masterpieces like Tumbbad go unnoticed and crap like Radhe creates all the buzz.

Tumbbad takes you into that eerie environment and was a good watch. The cinematography was really good. Internet movies have made cinema enjoyable with a different perspective with unknown actors and directors.

 

[Deleted member 15865]

Madhabi Mukherjee = Elegance Personified in Ray’s other trilogy



Watched three movies of Ray - Charulata, Mahanagar and Kapurush with Mukherjee in the lead - over the past few weeks. Am mightily impressed with the way this actress from the 60’s carried herself on screen.

Right from her upright posture to her graceful gait to the economy of expression - she played the Indian wife emancipating herself (across the classes - aristocratic, upper middle and lower middle between those three films) with a level of effectiveness and finesse I hadn’t seen before (including Waheeda Rahman who comes close, but not quite).



Of course working with the master auteur must have helped, but that shouldn’t take anything away from Madhabi Mukherjee’s superlative portrayals which are difficult not to be enamoured by.

 

[OM_2K19]

If you are a romance/drama lover, don't miss 'The Bridges Of Madison County'.

 

[Pardeep Bansal]

If you are a romance/drama lover, don't miss 'The Bridges Of Madison County'.

Where to watch this?

 

[Yogesh]

If you are a romance/drama lover, don't miss 'The Bridges Of Madison County'.

Me too loved it. Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep shine throughout.

 

[matazooma]

Tumbbad is a must watch thriller on prime video

Yes. It's agreed.