Day: Mar 13, 2020

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

just as walked out of the theater, i saw the poster of the this movie just around the corner. feeling adventurous i walked up the counter and bought a ticket of the next show. as there was still a while to the movie to start i became to realise what i had done, i had bought a horror movie ticket, a genre i feel the lease my taste. mainly because being a scardy cat.

the simplest gist i can give of this movie is that the doll named Annabelle is kept in the basement of the famous Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), one time they plan to leave for another one of their missions. thus they arrange for a babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) for their young girl child Judy Warren (Mckenna Grace). when the parents leave, Mary’s friends tags along Daniela (Katie Sarife), who has her own reasons to tag along as she knows of the parents occupation she thinks there might be some item in their basement that might help her reconnect with her deceased father. as the night progresses she sneaks into the basement and ends up opening the glass cabinet of containing the Cursed doll ‘Annabelle’. this becomes the catalyst into the house turning into a horror show and the girls trying to bring the doll back into the cabinet to stop the curse.

the acting wasn’t bad, they acted with the script demanded of them but that is all i can say to that, the one scene where it felt there was some charm was probably the initial contact with all the items inside the basement which later into the story play their own roles in scaring us.

the movie is not something i am big fan of, even to me it was hardly scary the film just packs itself nothing more of the random jump scares which get don’t cut the dread that the initial Conjuring Universe made use of. man i need to talk about those movies some day.

i trend i have seem to observe (cant be sure as i don’t watch enough horror to know exactly) is that of the heroic scenes that seems a bit to superheros than normal human type. this is something i first notices in a movie of this same universe ‘Nun’, its not that it cant be possible or its a bad scene to have but i problem lies with the fact how this scene gets implemented or incorporated such that it ruins the tense in an intense and breaks any chance of the tension or the horror to pay off..

66 movies down…………..434 to go.

see you soon

goodbye

Article 15 (2019)

generally movie going for me is a planned process, check the timing book the seats plan the day……..and lot more planning so it works out. it is very rare that i go for a movie impromptu, so rare that when i finally end up doing it last year i said why not a choose two movies at random in the theater and watch them …….first among them was

the 2019 Bollywood starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Manoj Pahwa, Nassar, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and directed by Anubhav Sinha.

the movies is based on true events and still continue to happen in India mainly due to the caste system that even though abolish and prohibited by the constitution of India still has a prevalent impact in the rural regions of India as a ignored reality of India, that exists by never truly acknowledged. the movie begins with the a scene of 2 Dalit girls being ganged up by some guys in a bus, from here we are introduced to Ayan (Ayushmann Khurrana) who is newly posted as the Additional Superintendent of Police of the region. since his arrival into the town the caste discrimination among the residents is seem in various instances. the next morning the bodies of the 2 girls is found hanging for a tree, upon learning the they were gang raped and not murdered investigation is called upon yet the main staff of police are hesitant to go along with it and Brahmadutt Singh (Manoj Pahwa) the next in charge of the station tries to change the case into that of murder by honor killing as the girls were of a lower caste. as the story progresses we are told about the existence of a 3rd girl who might have survived and is missing this story thread is used to give some light at the end of such a murky tunnel. we get to know that the reason from this incident happening to the girls was just because they asked for a increase in wage of 3 rupees. the dishearted effort of the police into this case enrages Aryan who prompts to pin the Article 15 of the Indian Constitution on the billboard as a reminder to all the police officers to first and foremost be Indians and that any kind of caste discrimination is a criminal offence and continues to probe into the case.

hoping to find the 3rd girl and catch the culprit.

the high points of the movie for me was the tone, it held its serious tone all throughout the movie utilizing amazing cinematography by Ewan Mulligan to visually entice us in the scenes at the same time not brake the mood by utilizing the colour pallets of the scene with care. the cast did a splendid job especially, Manoj Pahwa whom i have only experiences with comedy to see him pull of such a twisted serious character made me really invested in his character arc, as for Ayushmann Khurrana let just say this was a movie he chose wisely as this movie showcased his range in acting by tackling a much serious subject matter and doing a great job in it.

this movie was defiantly among the better movies of last year.

65 movies down………..435 to go.

see you soon

alvida.