I love watching movies, its one of my favorite pastimes and I love talking about movies. I try my level best to write reviews in my blog about the movies I have watched; But off late I hv been getting a bit lazy and not getting around to talking about movies I loved. So as an alternative at the start of every month I will post about five movies i watched in the previous month :)
These movies listed below did not necessarily release anytime recently(or in this month), I happened to watch them during the last calender month and wanted to share my thoughts about them. These movies are not necessarily the best of the movies I watched but rather movies that I admired in one way or another.
The Time Traveler’s Wife
A romantic story of a man who travels to time and how it effects his relationship with his wife. Starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana, TTW is both a touching and a thrilling movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat. While like all movies involving time travel there are obvious flaws in the premise of the story but the concept works well as the time traveling becomes simply a part of the story.
What I loved about the movie was how the complexity of the relationship was handled. The narration was also done well consider how easy it is to get over the top while handling time travel subjects.
Kites
You can find my review of Kites here: http://blog.chandrahasa.com/archives/1997
What I loved about the movie was the chemistry between the lead actors. The international feel of the movie also worked well with the script. I loved how they attempted to intertwine a romantic movie with an action film.
Good Bye Lenin! is the story of a young man in East Germany in the year 1989, who against the GDR regime. His mother(supporter of GDR) watches him getting arrested and suffers a stroke and falls into a coma. Few months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid any excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat.
A moving story about change and love. Amid the fast changing environment of Germany a young man has to strive to revive the past to keep his mother alive. The journey is filled with touching and tender moments, funny experiences and eventually the revealing truth. Easily one of the best foreign movies I have seen.
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A biography of Prophet Muhammad told by muslims across the world and its interpretation over the ages. It tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shapes the lives of more than 1.2 billion people. The film takes viewers not only to ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad’s story unfolds, but into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of America’s estimated seven million Muslim to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad’s example.
In the current age of political and religious upheaval its important to go to the roots of any religion to truly understand why and how it was established. Legacy of a Prophet is a wonderfully narrated documentary that talks about the Prophet and the religion of Islam. Its an eye opener about many facts of the ancient religion.
Bobby Bowfinger finally finds the perfect script to produce and direct into a major motion picture. The problem is that no production house is ready to give him money for it unless he signs the biggest action star, Kit Ramsey for the movie. When he fails to convince the star he decides to still go ahead shooting the film without Kit knowing that he is a part of the film. Getting hold of stolen equipment and a group of dedicated actors (who believe Kit has signed the movie) Bowfinger goes on to the toughest task of his career, make a movie out of a scam!
Easily one of the most hilarious of Steve Martin’s movies, Bowfinger is a laugh riot! Also starring Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Robert Downey Jr. & Christine Baranski, who put in impressive performances, this is one movie that is a must watch.