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Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
OK, could be much better
Some spoiler alert....nothing major. I like the show and i watch it regularly. I don't care about the historical accuracy, don't care that Da Vinci is muscular, don't care about all the sexing it up (prefer it actually). I love the era that the show takes place in, love the action, makeup, effects, locations, characters, direction.
The only thing which leads me to give this show a five instead of a higher rating is the "book of leaves". If they just removed "book of leave" and everything that deals with the book of leaves, this show would be amazing.
I find myself skipping the parts when Da Vinci has one of his useless visions or when they go on about the book of leaves....but i love the parts when Florence is in trouble from the Pope or when Da Vinci makes one of his weapons using his special abilities, kind of like Shelock Holmes solving one of his mysterious case.
A suggestion for the people in charge of the next season. Please consider that Da Vinci's slave mother destroyed the book of leaves upon finding it for the good of man kind and all that remains is men and his knowledge to face the cruel world without the wonderful book of leaves. Then start a war with ottoman empire and Italy....feel free to fill in all fictional accounts to make the story more juicy which the viewer like myself will welcome (as long as entertaining) but please leave the psychotic book of leaves out.
Please also focus more on your target audition of 25-50 yrs. and not 13 year old girls who do not watch the show. Please also change the poster, it put me off to watching the show for a year thinking that it was a documentary or something. Thank you.
Downton Abbey (2010)
One of the best shows of all times
Let me start by saying that I am a 29 year old married guy. This is one of the best directed/written shows that I have seen in my lifetime. One of the most intriguing thing about the show is that it does NOT rely on a major event such as a plane crash in the show 'Lost', or one of many nuclear and other dangers to humanity in the show '24', or your favorite good guy character getting voted off on the show 'Survivor'. In Downton Abbey nothing major really ever happens other than a death of a character but yet it is one of the most entertaining and classy show that I have seen....and I have seen them all. And for that reason, everyone behind this show should be commended for bring us some real classy television without the gimmicky of an extra-ordinary event taking place.
Cannot wait for the next season.
Mausam (2011)
Brain is fried like a Jalebee
This review has spoilers but its important that you read. This is a not a suspense movie so even if you read my review you wont miss the awful experience you are about to have from watching this movie.
This 'movie' is 3 hours long and sonam kapoor's (actress) character moves 8 times in the movie (NOT the only flaw in the movie by far). Even in Veer Zara prettie zinta only moved once (not counting the trip).....This movie is a total FAIL. The 'movie' does not have a SCRIPT!!!.
The guy falls for a girl. The girl invites him to come see her father in the morning but she moves(1) to Mumbai without notice. cut to 7 years later...the girl has moved(2) to Scotland. the guy finds her in Scotland while on Airforce visit and they have a tea and a dance. The girl invites him to come see her father again but the guy gets called off back to India (kargil war but no war in the movie) without notice. After few years the girls moves(3) to the village in search for the guy but no luck so she moves(4) to Ahmadabad after giving a letter to a girl in the village but she destroys the letter because she is jealous and the guy doesn't find the girl. The girl moves(5) back to Scotland for no reason. Then she moves(6) again to New York for no reason. Meanwhile the guys sister comes looking for the girl in Scotland but find the door locked. After 2 years, the girls moves(7) to Switzerland for no reason and by Gods good grace the guy was also in Switzerland at the time and see's the girls standing in middle of nowhere while he is on a train. He gets off the train and runs to her and finds her in another train fallen a sleep next to her male cousin and his son....so obviously he thinks that she is married and has a son. So he doesn't say anything to her and leaves them asleep. Meanwhile the girl moves(8) to Ahmadabad again for no reason and again by Gods good grace the guy finds her there out of pure luck....they both cry and fall a sleep in a new uninstalled Gutter pipe piece. Cut to few years later and they have a daughter. This movie is three hours long and absolutely nothing to watch in it. Go watch at your own risk. You have been warned.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Horrible, Walked Out!!!
I loved the trailer for don't be afraid of the dark and couldn't wait to watch it on big screen. I was the first one in the theater with my girlfriend for the midnight show of this film and the first one to walk out. If you are looking for a long scene by scene review of this so called 'movie' then you must look somewhere else since I couldn't bare to watch the entire film. i walked out after one hour and 15 minutes.
The movie starts off really slow...slower then usual with predictable story line. The run time for the film is 1:40 and after sitting through 1:15 with literally nothing talking place in the movie, i decided to walk out. Please be warned that this review will get a lot of thumbs down by Del Toro staff or groupies but i can only urge you to refrain yourself 3-4 days from watching this film. come back to this site in a day or two to see the star rating of this film plummeted.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
The story starts multiple times but never ends.
I got a chance to see this movie at a midnight show on opening day in IMAX. The movie look and sounded amazing in Imax. The enormous theater was sold out and many people had to go watch in a non Imax 3d screening playing next door. When the movie started there was a huge applaud and the excitement was felt everywhere. However, during the movie it felt like the audience had just fallen asleep. There were no sounds except at the end when people where whispering stuff like "what just happened", "They ruined it". Even my girlfriend said she fell asleep for a short amount of time.
Here is the problem. The movie starts and doesn't change the pace. There is no climax, no wow affects, no twists in the story,...just the starting and no ending. They also made it more confusing by trying too many different things instead of keeping the story much simpler like part 1,2and3. This is not a spoiler at all but it seemed to me that they also tried to copy Matrix a little bit. Yes i know, its impossible because they are very different films but apparently someone screwed up. You'll know what i am talking about when/if you see it.
Its hard to write a review without giving away anything so i hope you understand why i am being so vague. All in all this is a 'DVD' movie. I gave it 2 stars for the good implementation of the IMAX and i strongly feel that most reviewers who have given high marks to this film is also for the same reason but the movie 'sucked'. If you are expecting more of part 1, 2 and 3 you will not get it.