The best fish smell when they are three days old…

Every barber knows that…

Went off on a tangent there, hehe… but yea, Syriana’s utter scope screams for a TV series. And yea, that plot would definitely switch me back to 24 which I gave up on midway through the 1st series. I am quite curious to see how convincing the upcoming Babel is with the similar interjecting storylines of people from different countries.

Cheers!

Karan.

I think Constant Gardner was underrated. Just like you, even though I liked Syriana it was a bit exhausting to watch. Not only because information was thrown at you every 2 seconds in the movie, but because of making it so intricate and involving 100s of people the movie never gets going and stays that way almost till the end. I’m not saying it would have been any easier to reflect the current world situation but does all this ultimately work as a movie? You know what I’d love?
Syriana as a TV serial in the style of 24 !! That would be something.

-Jedi

Cheers!

Karan.

Suyog: I was expecting a lot from United 93. Wasn’t all that impressed. Give Constant Gardener another chance and yes, Good Will Hunting is much less deep and significant than it thinks it is.

Vivek: Nahi re, the star ratings you see above are absolutely exclusive to every film. I gave Mr and Mrs Smith 3.5 given its genre (popcorn entertainment) and how well realised its idea came to be on the screen (but yea, all those three point five stars are for Ms Jolie’s and Ms Jolie’s alone). Similarly, Syriana despite have so much relevant and important stuff to tell, was quite dull in the first hour (especially Jeffrey Wright’s thread). It came together quite nicely towards the end and really, the more I have read up on this movie, the more I am impressed by its splendid scope and validity and all. But still, I always had this nagging feeling while watching this that it could have been a little pacier and more viewer-friendly.

Guns: Must see Citizen Kane myself. And must do your tag sometime soon. Must. I must.

Cheers!

Karan.

I’ve been watching quite a lot of movies recently myself but I could never have the patience to write so many reviews…at one go especially !!

Schindler’s List rox. Citizen Kane is lying in my drawer for more than a month now, waiting to be watched. Its regarded as the best movie EVER made.

Good Will Hunting is one movie I really WANT TO watch. Will get it soon.

You do that tag, man. Its long overdue. You havent been posting much recently so you might as well do the tag now.

-PeAcE
–WiTh
—GuNs

I felt Smiths was simply over-the-top like ‘the Island’, had a tough time to keep interest. It tries to tackle a serious issue - marital discord - in a comical way, when it just begings to be comical the action sequences butt-in. Jolie was the only saving grace. BTW What was that extra half-star for? Jolie?

Apropos Syriana, the 4 stories enmesh to depict the failure of the ‘War on Terror’ (As Traffic did with Reagan’s War on Drugs). American missiles landing in the hands of terrorists, US backing of puppet-despots ruling the middleeast, Corporate corruption in the Oil companies, the political corruption, the consequences of such half-hearted measure providing new life to terror. I felt it was a great movie.

Pulp Fiction’s just awesome. A gem in the line of non-linear narration movies like Memento.

When it comes to film-watching, You should watch Christopher ‘Memento’ Nolan’s ‘Following’ too. Non-linear thriller with a shocking climax. (I think it’s a Brit film :-)) I watched it for Nolan and felt gratiated.

I thought Syriana and United 93, both were masterpiece movies. Esp United 93, which left me disturbed for days (not many movies have had that effect on me).

I thought Constant Garderner was boring, and the hero spoiled it even more with his single expression throughout the movie. As much as I like Matt Damon, I found Good Will boring as hell too.

Suyog

PS: And yeah, Pulp Fiction is God’s creation