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Much has been written and discussed about the Batman film, “ The Dark Knight ”. I watched it myself on the first weekend, but I didn’t come out so much overwhelmed as rest of the audience except for the Joker part. In fact I only felt pinched since for me there’s hardly any movie that carried such tremendous potential to be perfect in every sense of the word: technically, artistically and entertainment-wise and yet failed to utilize it to the full or even most of it. 1. Batmans : In the second act of the film after the Bank Heist by Joker, the film progresses to introduce the Batman, or batmans because this also shows how he is inspiring every other guy on the street. I don’t know how this scene was necessary because neither does it give any insight to the future developments nor does it help in giving the Batman “an-applaud-worthy” entry (the later part where the Joker kidnaps one such “inspired Batman”, could have harmlessly been the first such scene). With his slow action move...

Harrowing, Yet Deeply Rewarding Score: 9/10 This  Alejandro González Iñárritu  directed masterpiece was under immense pressure after the director's victory in the Oscars for direction and best film last year. Him uniting with one of the industry's best actors, Leonardo Di Caprio, invited even more buzz. Well, the film more than delivers. Synopsis:  The story in all its familiarity is about survival, the protagonist has to deal, post being left to die by his mates after getting attacked by a grizzly bear. It though tries to include elements of love and pain of loss, but keeps its focus towards having minimal layers. Cin e matography:  The film is another epitome in cinematography. In certain parts, the camera work and execution is so out of the world, I missed few dialogues purely enchanted by  Emmanuel Lubezki 's work. This man is in the middle of the most towering run ever achieved by a cinematographer. No other cinematographer has won three ...

Babri Masjid Time-Line 1525:   Babur invades north India and takes over a substantial part. 1528:  One of his generals, Mir Baqi comes to Ayodhya and builds a mosque, which is named after the ruler, Babri Masjid (Babur’s Mosque). 1853:  First recorded incident of violence over the matter of the masjid. A Hindu sect claims the structure was built after tearing down a temple. Such violent incidents keep occurring in the following couple of years after which the civil administration steps in to only refuse permission to build a temple. 1859:  The colonial British administration fences the site, marking separate areas of worship for Hindus and Muslims. That is how it stands for about next 90 years. 1883:  Efforts in 1883 to construct a temple are frozen by the Deputy Commissioner in 19 January 1885. An appeal is filed before the Faizabad District Judge who dismisses it. A Second Appeal is filed on 25 May 1886, before the Judicial Commissioner of Awad...

Score: 5/10 David O Russel looked very out of control and not the same guy who directed "The Fighter" or "Silver Linings Playbook". There was a strong disconnect with the flow of the film and me. I couldn't empathize with at least most of the scenes. I didn't frustrate when Joy frustrated, I didn't motivate when she felt motivated, I didn't Enjoy when Joy felt Joy. There were some unwanted deliberate insertion of humour in some intense scenes. Some of the the sequential scenes didn't have the necessary fluidity to it and the sets looked cramped. The only saving grace were the beautifully captured scenes. I enjoyed the oblique method of cinematography used, very much. Bradley clearly delivered better perfomance than Jennifer who was good herself. Issabella playing the role of DeNiro's GF never quite felt fit in the whole and DeNiro himself somewhere felt like he was still playing the role he played in "The Intern". David, I gue...

Score: 8/10 A fast paced film, reminding me strongly of Birdman for its backstage drama and the continuous shots, though this doesn't have any of the black humour Birdman offered but is definitely more intense. The screenplay felt journalist presentation, a bit like TV series "The Newsroom" (in fact the use of Jeff Daniels, could be the reason as well). Daniels, I hope gets nominated for the supporting actor after obviously Michael Fass bender does for the lead. Boyle has consciously oriented away from the preachy jOBS (2013) and this has helped him big time. The talky-talky feel as well as the limited space of production design has a certain element of Fincher's masterpiece, "The Social Network", though this never nurtures as many motivations as that did. And towards the last part, it has the typical Boyle escalation, with music, which really felt right (like it always does!). In all, a fantastic film. ( www.facebook.com/groups/YouMeFilmJunkie/ )

1. Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento): Dark and often Blue hued cinematography Non-linear timelines Crosscutting many scenes of parallel sequence to construct to a climax Frequently uses hard cuts when going to the next scenes. This is most common in his films from 'Batman Begins' onward, especially in 'The Dark Knight', where, in some cases, the hard cuts he uses will go so far as to nearly cut off character's lines in order to quickly get to the next scene. Frequently ends his films with a someone giving a philosophical monologue Displays the title just before the credits 2. Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Django Unchained): Long tracking shots Crane shots which track above the characters normally a music will be playing in an action sequence supposedly serious Stylish violence and strong female leads "Trunk Shot" is where the camera stares above to the characters looking at them. 3. James Cameroon (Titanic, Avatar): Norma...

Indian Film Industry (IFI) is one of the largest Film Industry in the world. Some of the STATS justifying this: 1. Number of Films Produced: From the numbers collected in the year 2009, India produced a staggering 2961 films (a year record) out of which 1288 films were feature films. Here is a list of top 5 feature films producing nations from the data of 2011:                                           2. IFI Market and Admissions: India's Box Office market is an astounding $1.7 b and accordingly our admission rates are almost 7 times the 2nd best in the world and 15 times the 3rd best at a tremendous 9.1 b. With our population just over 1.2 b this means it can only be possible with repeat viewing which is highly rampant in the rural parts where a same film is viewed more than 5 times because of the lack of new launches. A very outside average which can hardly give the ...

SRK, You Need to Stop Doing that! Score: 3/10 T he film is shit from the word GO. Varun Dhawan's sounds like he never grew up after the age 12 or may be was force fed with his dad's Govinda films, day and night with eye lids stapled to keep it from blinking, a la clockwork orange. He has tranformed into Govinda cube (I barely managed Govinda let alone cube). Kirti Sanon is another piece of trash, but I let her pass since she is a hottie, at least they offer something. SRK does shine in few moments with Kajol but he seems under pressure to deliver the so much talked about chemistry and hence uses all his moves whether its his curved eye brows or the arched smile. He has been glorified like a South Indian superstar with physics defying stunts wearing the look that only only impresses a straight collared rickshaw driver who would wear an aviator while driving , with Sanjay Dutt's painted posters as his mud guard graffiti. The film shifts gears from an action to roman...

Possible Explanation 1:  Now in one of the interviews in Comic Con, San Diego, Henry Cavill stated, "I wouldn't call this a Superman sequel. This is Batman versus Superman, so it's a separate entity altogether. It's introducing the Batman character, and expanding upon this universe, which was kicked off by  Man of Steel .  It's an introduction to the [Batman] character, and ultimately an introduction to  Justice League ." Superman has been DC's marquee superhero for decades, but it seems that Batman has taken the lead in the recent years. Some would say that ruling is official with Batman taking the top billing in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.  Batman has generated a strong interest post Nolan's trilogy that grossed a staggering total of $2.460 b in its Box Office run which means an average of $820 m. While Man of Steel even with one of the strongest buzz of the year it released, it made $668 m which is relatively less in terms o...