Tag: 8/10

Shutter Island (2010)

a movie that was spoiled for me long before i sat to watch it, granted its a 9 yr old movie so i am the one to blame, so an i advice if you haven’t seen it see it now its a really good movie that you can appreciate more if you don’t get spoiled.

the story begins with us seeing Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) a marshal on his way to a an island which is an prison of sorts for people with criminal record, he is with a new partner he has never worked with before Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). they are on a mission to find the whereabouts of a prisoner or as the head doctor, Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) of the facility prefers to call them patients. just not all seems they way it is from the beginning there is a sense of uneasiness in the air. as the story progresses we see that the is a conspiracy of human experiments in these facilities…..or is there. is it that our lead Teddy is losing his sanity in looking for the truth.

the film sees great performance from the cast with Leo keeping the tension high and us viewers on edge while the supporting cast makes the scenes uneasy with there demeanour a perfect combo for a suspense movie.

the movie has a tight narrative with things keep on escalating and us viewers being made confused and more en-eased as the story progresses .the ending of this movie leaves you in a confused state leaving you to decide and decode the ending yourself, which is the best way for such a movie to end.


Which would be worse – to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?

Teddy Daniels

this line is a perfect ending to this movie, and you should watch for the worth of this line and make your own judgement

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

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boy oh boy, an American western anthology film which just gets better and better. man what a ride.

there are 6 stories in this movies each of them is a Gem, just a while back i had scene a Malayalam Anthology movie, but in that i could decide on my favourite but here its so tough all had there own charm so much so that i could for the life in chose one thus i say all are the winners, and i am not even saying this to oversell the stories they are just that good.

Story 1 – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” showcases the adventure of a fast shooting sweet singing Cowboy outlaw Buster Scruggs (Tim Blake Nelson).

Story 2 – “Near Algodones” tells the story of a robber (James Franco) and his luck with a Noose.

Story 3 – “Meal Ticket” and limbless artist (Harry Melling) and his caretaker (Liam Neeson) who go around towns to earn money for their meals.

Story 4 – “All Gold Canyon” an old man (Tom Waits) trying to find gold in a deep valleys that never had seen a human before.

Story 5 – “The Gal Who Got Rattled” story of a Gal (Zoe Kazan) going on the Oregon trail to find a better life there while finding someone better on the trail a life partner (Bill Heck).

Story 6 – “The Mortal Remains” 3 suspicious passengers (Chelcie Ross, Tyne Daly, Saul Rubinek)and 2 bounty hunters (Brendan Gleeson, Jonjo O’Neill) in a never stopping horse carriage.

i haven’t gone into the detail for the sake of the viewer enjoying it as less spoiled as possible.

just the way the stories are put forth and climaxed makes its so fascinating making us want to know more, all the stories start with a drawn sketch of a scene from within the story and with a line below it that makes us curious how it plays into the story, and as the story ends it shows us a last page of the story book that contents these stories, leaving us with only our imagination to fill the future events.

each and every one of the actors give a incredible performance, having the charm that is so necessary to captivate the audience to them in such a movie that lacks much screen time for its actors compared to the usual movies. mostly the performance of
Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling were really something. and so many good supporting roles are there that cant mention them all.

to all meme fans out the ever wonder where this meme came from…..you have the ans now.

First Time……

so do i recommend it, most definitely no doubt it s tag must watch by me and rate of 8/10.

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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)