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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Love, tragedy and over the top comedy.
Thor's affable and humorous personality is such an enigma in the MCU considering that with each movie he ends up losing something dear.
1. His mother
2. His father
3. His home - Asgard
4. His brother - Loki
5. His Hammer
6. And now finally the love of his life - Jane.
Yet the character perseveres through in a almost romantic and jovial manner! The movie overall is good but seems lacking or rushed.
The antagonist Gorr is great but not epic. Jane as Mighty Thor is good but could have been great.
Thor himself is at best going through the motions.
Zeus is weird and silly. Unlike the Liam Neeson version, here he is almost bafflingly lame for a god of his stature. The comedic tropes are cool but now stagnating a bit. If this is the first Thor movie you watch then it is decent and pretty good but after having watched Ragnarok it felt like this one missed its mark. Still it is an entertaining 1 time watch and it has its moments.
Badhaai Do (2022)
Sensitive subject presented correctly
This movie does a lot of things right. It tackles same sex relationships and society reservations towards them without making them overbearing or apologetic. No unnecessary drama.
Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi do a decent job but it's the story which is the headliner. Also, special shout out to Gulshan Devaiah who brings color and fun to the back end of this film. Delightful to watch.
Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
Gangubai is Alia's Rockstar!
Alia Bhatt has now cemented her spot as an actor and not just a pretty face. Her portrayal of this commercial sex worker is unabashedly bold yet vulnerable, complex yet in its very essence simple.
A girl sold to a brothel rises to become the queen of the entire red light district. During her entire saga she doesn't lose her righteousness which sounds misplaced for the setting she finds herself in but this is what endears her to her peers and the audience.
The dialogues are great and the sets are typical of SLB, lavish as even the filthiest of streets shine spick and span on the big screen. Overall the movie is very well made and deserves the accolades it is getting.
The Game (1997)
Gripping, David Fincher never disappoints!!
The Game is a true David Fincher classic. It keeps you bound to the edge of your seat till the very end! Michael Douglas is fabulous but the direction and screenplay are what steal the show.
The end is in a way anti-climatic but at the same time so surreal it leaves the viewer unsettled. Personally I would pity if this were to happen to anyone in real life.
The mental wreckage such a game causes is unfathomable but like Fight Club the essence here is stripping a person of what they cherish and value the most and then seeing the result. It always changes the person.
Red Notice (2021)
It's fun BUT sprinkled with forced / needless humour
Dear Ryan,
We get that you are Deadpool, THE Merc with a Mouth but can you please stop portraying the Thief with a Mouth, the Billionaire with a Mouth, the Whatever your role is With a Mouth? At first it is cool, hilarious and fun but it soon wears off.
The movie is good, there is an adventurous treasure hunt feel, the action is cool and slick. Its definitely worth a watch.
The Fame Game (2022)
An exciting 1 time watch!!
This is the story of an actress who is clinging on to her fame and her wealth despite being manipulated by her own mother and husband.
Madhuri as the centre piece of this whodunit puzzle is convincing, rest of the senior support cast is good but most of the heavy lifting is done by new stars who play Madhuri's children and an obsessed fan.
Their struggles around her fame and their own vulnerability as well as sense of entitlement is very well portrayed / captured on screen.
Overall the show is good with a wonderful twist in the end!
It is the young actors who shine bright in this series and elevate it a few notches from passable to an exciting 1 time watch.