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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

There should have been more surprises

[1/10 · 2 August 2014]

The one thing I expect from a movie like GotG is an element of surprise. We all remember that amazing Hulk scene with Loki from The Avengers. Why was it so funny? Because you would not expect Hulk to bash Loki in that moment and then he does and you can't stop laughing.

Now with this movie, let me point out how you know everything that is going to happen a few scenes before it happens.

First, the mom asks to take her hand and the boy doesn't. You know that some time in the future the same scene is going to happen and at that time the dude will take the hand.(obsession with closure..Sheldon anyone?) Half way through the movie and you also know whose hand this is going to be!

Second, the wrapped gift. What can you have in a box of the dimensions of 1.2 times a cassette given to a guy who is obsessed with a SONY tape recorder and a mixed tape?

Third, Skylord replacing the infinity stone Pokemon ball with a fake one in the end scene. Didn't he already cheat Gamora while he ran back to retrieve his tape recorder? (surprise! he went back for the tape recorder!) And didn't we all see her handing those Pokémon catchers out like water bottles to everyone?

Apart from all this, was I the only one who thought that Ronan's oath to wipe out the Zandora or whatever people was a very strong allusion to Hitler? All in all this is a passable movie with a little good humor and some good action scenes. I am rating it this low because of the hype that this thing has created and because it totally did not live up to it for me!

Poirot (1989–2013)

David Suchet has become for me, the incarnation of Hercule Poirot

[10/10 · 21 March 2014]

When I first read the Poirot novels, I tried to imagine this meticulous, egg-shaped headed, impeccably dressed, oiled mustached person who would never exist in real life. It was kind of hard to believe that someone could be so eccentric in nature and yet a person of first class intellect and understanding of the human mind. David Suchet has brought to life what many of the readers would not have been able to portray in their imaginations.

This is an amazing portrayal of a series of novels into a TV series. I still believe that reading a novel beats the television in building the tension and creating the excitement. The cases are still very much interesting!

Watch this series if you like old time mysteries. If the simple country people and their scandals appeal to you. Watch this to see the dedication of a team of people who worked 24 hard years to bring EVERY Poirot case written by Agatha Christie on TV! And finally, watch this to see an amazing actor adroitly performing as arguably one of the most difficult characters created in this genre of fiction.