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The Avengers Review

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The Avengers(2012) Avengers Assemble is what Michael Bay could not do with 'Transformers 2/3'. My last review mentioned comparison of Joss Whedon, writer/director of Avengers, to Christopher Nolan. Although he does not surpass, he does manage to stand up to the director of The Dark Knight. This massive coalition of superheros could have been a super disaster. With a running length of 2hrs 22 minutes, Joss Whedon manages to combine the superhero costumes, superhero emotions, superhero special effects, superhero storyline and superhero banter into something that would evoke a rush of adrenalin pump in every viewer. Each character is given justice and they shine out in terms of their group dynamics, even in terms of their acting prowesses. Mark Ruffalo shines as the incredible HULK - his charisma as a person taming one's anger management issues is commendable. Robert Downy Jr. propels the Iron Man legacy with effortless delivery of witty lines, bang on ! However, I find ...
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The Cabin the Woods (2012) The Cabin in the Woods: Joss Whedon boasts of originality as the creator of characters and story for Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Toy Story. The originality continues with 2012 as the big year for him with the release of 'The Cabin in the woods' as writer and 'The Avengers' as writer/director. As cliché as the title 'The Cabin in the woods' may sound, so innovative is its scripting. The 'whore', the 'athlete', the 'joker', the 'intellectual' and the 'virgin' intertwine in the 'Tales from the Crypt’; however, it’s not the 'Tales from the Crypt' at all. The comic sense is impeccable and succeeds Joss's legacy. The viewer would pre-empt it to be 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre but somehow it supersedes '28 Weeks Later' or 'Halloween' with subtle ode to the yesteryears. Rave reviews are out after first screening of Avenger for Joss, documentarian of Comic-C...
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Talk to her

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I thought of peeping into one of the myriad of movies by Almodover, before gearing myself for his latest 'The Skin I Live In'. This involved me watching 'Talk to her' (Hable con ella - 2002), which won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Original Screenplay writing. The ethereal women-centric subjects in his movies are complemented by unusual portrayals which always enable the user to open their outlet to a gamut of emotions. The sense of humour always tends to gimmick serious situations with the limelight situations which the society deems as a women's disgust. The contours of a women’s body with its wanton skinniness or with its luxuriant voluptuousness are always celebrated with elance. This story revolves around the limitless one-sided love of a nurse 'Benigno', who tends to his lady 'Alicia’, deep in comma. He is accompanied with an emotional and self-withdrawn journalist and travelogue writer 'Marco' who’s recent love 'Lydia’, a fierce...
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Transfomers: Dark of the Moon

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'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' - the inundated metal clinks with no logical context or a palatable sci-fi plot made me feel dreary. The last half an hour was appaling. Micheal Bay needs to tone down. The only saviour was John Malkovich but again used like a prop with no character development. So much so for the autobots, decepticons and their entourage.
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X-Men First Class

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X-Men:First Class seamlessly integrates a power packed script (events in history,bromance- Chris McAvoy and Michael Fassbender steal the show,longing - Jennifer Lawrence is beyond 'the Winter's bone',self-realisation,revenge ,altruism) , deft direction (the lead characters exude potrayals vividly under the helm of special effects that are not overdone) and intricate art direction (instills the reality of the scenes). What makes it even more realistic is that you start emphatizing with the debate of good versus bad. Soon you forget that the special powers of mutants is a remote possibilty.
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Delhi Belly

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'Delhi belly': Scatalogical humor with incessant abuse in everyday context could have been the right ingrediants for a disaster. But an intelligent non-pretencious script (Akshat Verma) which keeps the viewers guessing is translated 'Guy Ritchie style' by director Abhinay Deo. The acting trio have made full justice to their characters especially Kunaal Roy Kapur who is a notch par with his gruntling stomach - the script demanded him to gain the extra chub which he shows off, even his crack.No wonder Aamir Khan laughed his ass of while reading this script and took the risk of shedding the 'family orientated' image of his production company.
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The Tree of Life

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Terence Mallick's The Tree of Life is not for the regular cinema goer. Its a montage of artistically shot images: Earth, fire, water and the basic units of life encapsulated in the garb of the unknown 'the universe'. Its abstract. The dailogues are minimal but emoted with elance by the central characters. Palm deOr is for been bold and different - it talks about how god creates, human inherits and does not let go. The God then takes it back and the human is left with remorse. On an average 10 people would leave the theater in the first 15 minutes. Wonder how soon the movie leaves the theatre.
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