Ra. One

Ra. one can be described in two words. EPIC FAIL. If you have not watched it till now, please don't bother, remember you cannot get wasted time back. Don't be lured in by the huge hype, and marketing campaigns and promotions. The movie has literally nothing in it. If you have watched the Terminator, Iron man, Hancock, and The Dark Knight, you dont need to watch it.

Even the king Khan could not save this movie. Although the guy himself was brilliant as the nerd and super hero, but story had literally nothing.

Ra. One is like a mix of lot of things, humour, comedy, action but the mix has gone horribly wrong.
As a viewer you cannot feel for any of the three main leads when bad things happen to them. As a viewer, you are not intimidated by the bad guy's intentions and plots. You are not even thrilled by the way G. One goes off on his rescue missions. Even the sequences which are supposed to be comic just fall flat.. Plus there are a whole lot of things which felt quite stupid.

In super-hero movies it is highly important to have a devastatingly, menacing negetive lead.. (remember the Dark Knight?) which makes the movie interesting and thrilling but in this movie lacks that, among other things :)

Massive mistake in the otherwise glittering career of SRK. But you got to give him credit for trying it out and experimenting and coming out of his comfort zone.

BTW : If you have to watch it, do watch it in 3D, at least a couple of action sequences are worth watching.

Bol

So the wait is over. Bol is finally releasing here in UAE and I'll probably catch it later today. Feels really good to watch a Pakistani Movie in this foreign land again (after.. well I guess 4 years).

I have heard a lot of good things about this movie from those who have already seen it back in Pakistan. So looking forward to enjoy yet another good flick from Shoman. His debut movie was good and was a huge commercial success all over the world. The slight problem with that movie was (in my view) that it was too preachy, and tried to address far too many issues in one single go. Also, I could make out that the characters were not normal characters in movie, at times they sounded like author's mouthpieces. Certainly, subtlety is not Shoaib Mansoor's cup of tea, but this seems to be OK with most of us :)  

I expect exactly the same from his new movie too. It will be blunt and preachy. I just hope he has improved as a storyteller/director and has put together a riveting tale, adding the social message seamlessly within the story

Music of this movie has been average by his own lofty standards, but I expect the movie itself to make up for it.

Horrible Bosses

Refreshingly entertaining. Hilarious, and very well scripted. Not only this movie makes you smile and laugh throughout, but it also keeps you on the edge of your seats, as Dale, Kurt and Nick plot to bring down their horrible bosses by hiring a murder-consultant (Jamie Foxx). Pace of the movie is just right, at times it just slows down enough to create suspense (albeit a bit goofy). The cast consists of some great names and they all deliver. Senior pros i.e. Kevin Spacy, Jennifer Aniston, and Collin Farrell play abominable, wicked bosses to perfection and the lead trio of Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis also do full justice to their roles. All in all, a movie not to be missed.

Avatar

I watched Avatar last weekend.

There was a tremendous hype and buzz about this brand new flick from James Cameron. After all, it is the most expensive movie ever made, and it has taken about 10 years or so for them to finish it.

So naturally, my expectations were quite high.

Overall, the movie is a Technical Masterpiece, graphics and special effects are awesome - spellbinding, something we have never seen before. Great attention has been paid to the little details, and it really shows on the screen. Within first few minutes, I was totally blown away by the breathtaking views of Pandora, and as the movie progressed, it all went bigger and better, culminating in war-scene which literally shook me.

It is rightly said that, James Cameron has yet again raised the bar, as far as the action and special effects are concerned.

Now let me discuss the most important thing - The plot - I expected something novel from James Cameron. But sadly, the plot of the movie is a major MAJOR disappointment. It is almost very predictable. It is the same old plain, brave-hero-does-it-all and good-vs-evil stuff. There was no drama, no surprises at all in the story. Maybe, maybe it would have been a good story 10 years back, but today - No Way.

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And in the climax scene, when the girl finally kills the bad guy, when he is about to kill Jack, well it almost reminded me of the endings which I used to see in bollywood flicks many years back.

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One more thing, which irritated me, was the love between our hero Jack Sully and the Na'vi girl. I mean, it is not really illogical or anything, but I am not a big fan of "Aliens-in-love" kind of stuff. For some reason, I really find it very boring. Why do they even try to throw in that much romance in a science fiction movie ?, It is really beyond me.

Overall, the presentation is awesome, the treatment of the plot is great, but the plot itself is not very original. Great visual spectacle, not a great movie.

Go watch it just for some good 3D fun.