Tag: (2012)

Ted (2012)

now i remeber the time this film was released i remeber seeming its poster in the theaters when i went to watch other films, yet i never felt to interested to sit down watch this till today. i was under the impression this was like all teddy bear related films aimed at children about parents and their children coming close due to there shared interest or love from something or a teddy.

the amount by which i was off was so huge that the film took me by complete surprise, to those who haven’t watched it the story goes like this a child wishes to have his teddy come to life which happens and now they both grow up in to adults and stay best friends the fact one is one is a man child in a adults body and other is a man child inside a teddy’s body.

other that the initial shock of having expected something else of the movie everything else well every generic comedy material down to the romantic aspect, the choice of choosing love over friendship clique, is it bad no but its a simple lazy watch for a Saturday afternoon.

night night…

i couldn’t point it out first but all through out the film i had this feeling this movie seems so similar yet i was sure i haven’t watch anything particularly like this, it wasn’t until i sat down to write this and went through the IMDb page that i got the eureka moment, Seth MacFarlane was the director writer and voice of the titular character, it was this comedic tone that i have experienced in Family Guy.

so in the simplest sense if u have enjoyed family guy this film might be similarly enjoyable to you.

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Dhammu (2012)

another one of the masala films, unfortunately not a good one.

the story is about a orphan (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) that decides to get adopted by a Rich family so that he can marry his love interest (Trisha Krishnan) who herself is a rich heiress. the trouble comes when the adopted family has a serious and deadly rivalry with a equally powerful family of the region, thus being a heir of the family he has to take on the responsibility of this blood feud. as the story progresses we also get to know that the protagonist was all along the actual heir of the family who was sent to the city to safeguard him from the blood feud by the family.

just look at that intense expression

this film utilises a very common action film troupe through out its run time, high paced action sequences one after another and coupled with shock twist through out the story beats to create a film that is high on action but low on substance.

like most film of this sort the story is weak by nature, to me this was extenuated by the fact that the writers decided to make the protagonist the real heir of the family removing the initial orphan status he had, this bugs me because before this it felt our guy was a good person that gets incorporated into the family gaining their acceptance as well as admiration but now its so that he is the part since beginning, and thus it is mostly his bloodright to have them this part also is done so forced just to give a personal reasoning to the final boss fight.

the fact that i dont once mention or try to remember the main guy’s name should tell ya how much the movie meant to me.

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veedkolu (telugu goodbye)

Thattathin Marayathu (2012)

A Malayalam Rom-Com movie about inter caste love, the feeling of love sees no caste nor creed it just looks itself. the title means in English Beneath the Shadow of the veil

the story is about Vinod (Nivin Pauly) a middle class Hindu family son who at a wedding function causes the accident that results in Aisha (Isha Talwar) a Muslim and daughter of a party head. This incident causes Vinod to fall in love and be smitten with her. this causes him to follow her and try to stay around her (not in a stalker fashion), until on day he guts himself and and proposes to her, this leads to the wait for her reply. which eventually comes and is a mutual Feeling. This is the answer Vinod was waiting for. but this only started the problems for them as her father gets to know about her relation and is against it, because of his caste and background. they prevented from meeting each other but start communicating in letters and falling more in love.

the movie has a sweet premise but there were certain sequences where it lacks the charm or the pace felt a bit loose, overall its a fine movie though it has its share of cliques that are found in most rom-coms. its a simple movie and thus a recommend for a simple chill view.

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Pinne kaanam (malayali goodbye)

Shabdo (2012)

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‘Shabdo’ is the word in Bengali language for the word sound, which is apt for this movie as it deals primarily with Sounds and its effect for people who deal with it.

Sound is all around us, some which alert us like an alarm clock some which we just ignore nor never pay attention too like a rotating of the fan on the ceiling. humans are very selective about the sounds we give attention to. some are ignore instinctively while some deliberately.

the Movie follows the life of a Foley Artist, Tarak Dutta (Ritwick Chakraborty) who has become obsessed with sounds as his profession is so closely related to it. for those who don’t know what Foley is, in movies lot of noises you hear are not captured when the film itself is being shot, thus someone has to add these sounds into the film once the film is shot. this people are called Foley artist, for eg. sounds like someone walking or falling down are not necessarily captured while shooting so these sounds get recreated in a studio so that us audience get a better audio for such actions. the movie follows Tarak’s growing obsession to sounds and him getting distracted to various sounds around him even when people are talking to him. this causes his wife (Raima Sen) to consult a Doctor (Churni Ganguly) for him, who tries her hardest to relay the gravity of the situation to Tarak, he stays in denial. this only worsen his as time progresses his mind is tuning out human noises and concentrating more on the generally ignored ones. at one point unable to cope with the sounds Tarak even attempts suicide, luckily gets saved. this makes him come to a realisation that he is unwell and in put into rehabilitation, where he is made to hear recorded human sounds to bring him back to reality.

the movie is a masterpiece, touching onto a subject so closely related to the movie industry and portraying the life of such artists. The way the movie is Directed is values every little sounds made to allow the audience to understand and connect to the protagonist on how he views the sound and how he tunes human voices out. Ritwick Chakraborty does such a fantastic job of portraying the character obsessed with sounds that at points even us try to understand his views on sounds and its intoxicating effects. thus it wasn’t surprising to know this film won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali.

my favourite or most interesting scene was, at one point tarak notices a difference in sounds made by cup when its kept on a table when full, and empty. he then tell this information to his colleague who checks it out by himself and gets fascinated, later in movie we get to see his fascination to sounds evolving into something kinda like obsession as we see him staring into a washing machine that is working and being immersed in its sound while his phone keeps ringing. we get to see that this condition isnt something only Tarak can have but something that can effect anybody and that part of the movie is what is fascinating to me.

i would recommend this movie surely but its not a movie that will sit well to everyone but even then i would say give it a watch who know it might fascinate you too. a tag of masterpiece and rating of 8/10.

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Bidāẏa (Bengali for goodbye)