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One staple in James Bond movies, and something most Bond aficionados look forward to, is the scene with Q. Bond’s seeming inability to bring back the equipment unharmed is a source of perpetual annoyance, but you could see how the men have an effective working relationship. In fact, in License to Kill, he helps out…
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Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of an art teacher’s stint at Wellesley College. The establishment (as well as most of the student body) believes that it trains women to be the wives of lawyers, businessmen and senators. She believes that it should train them to be lawyers, businesswomen and senators themselves. Considering that the…
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I quite like Sony Pix. And it’s not just because they seem to show some obscure but beautiful movies like David Mamet’s The House of Games. It’s mostly the trailers that do it for me. In all the other movie channels, you see the commercial trailers, 70% of them starting off with the same voice…
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Ah, Discworld! I remember having a discussion about aviation with one of my colleagues over lunch. His theory was, if people actually knew how airplanes worked, they wouldn’t get in one. I mean, try telling people that you have this HUGE odd-shaped tin can than you’re gonna put them inside, move it really fast and…
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Ram Gopal Varma has always been a smart, articulate chap when it comes to interviews, and his assessment of Sholay ranks among his best soundbytes. See, for me, primarily Sholay never worked on a story level. The story’s basic line is of a man taking revenge on another man who killed his family and cut…
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Judging by the reactions, seems Ramu’s Aag, has turned out to be Ramu’s Aargh. And that brings to question, do remakes of popular movies really work. While Bollywood has only recently been into this, Hollywood has been at it for some time. Hitchcock has been the prime candidate for remakes. His 39 Steps was remade…
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This might sound strange, but the most memorable moment for me, from Kill Bill Vol. 1, is the opening credits. It’s basically how it’s set up, you see. It starts with Bill (whom you don’t see) wiping blood off The Bride’s face and telling her that this is more painful for him that it is…
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Satya and Vaastav would always be two of my favorite gangster movies. Raw, hard hitting, intensely violent. Vaastav for me contained one of Sanjay Dutt’s best performances. Sanju was touted as the succesor to Amitabh Bachan, but his wild ways, his rank bad choice of movies, his trysts with the law would prove to be…
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I am starting a series of posts here on movie climaxes. Considering that climax is an important aspect of the movie, many movies keep chugging along well, but falter at the last. This is common to both Indian and English movies. So this is on some climaxes which have had a deep impact on me.…
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