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Sarkar Raj
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I saw Sarkar Raj listed on mininova the other day and downloaded it not knowing what to expect. It’s a Hindi movie, and I haven’t seen one ever, I think. So I was eager to see it. The story bored me a bit at first. It’s about a powerful family, minister of the Maharashtra region and his son (on the poster), who has “in only two or three years achieved even more”, whatever that means exactly. They’re asked to support a project of building a large power plant. In the short term, 40,000 people will need to move. But the long term benefit is the development of the whole region, a dream that gets clouded quickly by political games, bribery and violence. I enjoyed it mostly for the atmosphere which feels somewhat new to me, with a different culture portrayed in a unique directing style and intense soundtrack.
No Country For Old Men
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No Country For Old Men has won four Oscars the other day. So now it should be considered as the best thing from Hollywood recently. It’s quite weak in my view, but that’s probably not a coincidence. I wish I could find the original novel though, as it just has to be a better experience.
The movie does feature a some good scene views, a vivid portrait of a (dull) Texas life where it seems very few individuals have not ever shot at another human. The hunting psycho (the big shadow on the poster) who seriously considers killing practically everyone he encounters, has a few interesting tricks (small gas-pump as a lethal weapon), but he quickly became totally predictive to me and actually before half of the movie through I knew that in the end pretty much everyone will be either dead or at least left disillusioned on the burned soil in a depressing, life-has-almost-no-point conclusion which otherwise means just a short break from more senseless violence.
I see many people comment how the movie being so tense, with a deep meaning questioning fatalism, man fighting destiny, facing the death etc. But, you know, here in Europe we’ve seen much better movies (which unfortunetely often do not appear as torrents)… or maybe it’s just that I didn’t happen to like this rendering of nihilism, which btw seems to be very nicely ideologically aligned with the orchestrated mainstream.
No matter how it ends, no matter how it starts
We Own the Night
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We Own the Night is both a captivating crime movie and a family drama involving sons of a veteran cop (Robert Duvall), one (Joaquin Phoenix) running a night club where drug business begins to emerge and another being in the police (Mark Wahlberg). With beautiful Eva Mendes. Even if you’re not generally into these kind of stories, I think that you should see it. Acting is excellent, especially by Phoenix. I completely agree with the following comment on rotten tomatoes:
The always charismatic Phoenix is the highlight; he carries the film, rising above the occasionally uninspired dialogue and plotting to give a powerhouse turn as a man caught between ambition and duty.
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep is a classic noir movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauran Bacall based on the eponymous novel. Comparing to what we see in the cinema today, it may even appear too complex and overwhelming to some. But that’s what’s so good about this movie – sharp dialog, lots of details in each scene. I quickly stopped guessing about the plot and let take me on a ride.
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he’s seen murders, blackmail, and what might be love.
If that sounds interesting to you, then…
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