Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince – Movie Review

Harry Potter And the Half Blood Prince
[rating:4.5/5]

Harry Potter and his friends are back in this the sixth edition of the series. The young heroes from Hogwarts are out to stop the evil forces of Lord Voldemort as he slowly increases his grip on the Wizard world. In the movie version of the Penultimate book of the now legendary seven book series, Harry Potter is put face to face with the origins and younger years of Tom Riddle and for the first watches as his deepest fears come true…

Its never fair to compare the movie to the book it was based on, but the Half blood prince succeeds where many others have failed in the past. In the 150 odd minutes of its running the director, David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves managed to capture the essence of the 400 page book, which was easily my most favorite of the series. Along the way they took the liberty to introduce comic sequences and short cuts in the original story to fit the movie within the limits of a movie.

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New York – Movie Review…

New York 2009
[rating:4]

New York is the story of three friends whose lives are changed by the events of 9/11. Director Kabir Khan makes an honest attempt at telling the story of two Muslims entangled in all the injustice that followed the events on that fateful day. He succeeds in making a movie that is not just engaging right thru but since its based on a genuinely different story, gets the message home.

This movie for me is a good example of how a different story should be handled for the Indian audience. The movie seems similar to Khuda Kay Liye but its not fair to compare the two movies. KKL was written for a global audience but NY was intended mostly for the Indian public.

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Delhi 6 – Movie Review

Delhi 6 Poster
[Rating:4]

A lot of people warned me about watching Delhi 6, the reviews weren’t entirely flattering and a lot of my friends simply refused to watch the movie. Despite all that I was determined to watch the movie and judge it for myself. One of the best decisions I have made off late :)

Delhi 6 is possibly the best encore Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra could have made after Rang De Basanti. The two movies deep down endured the same villains and told beautiful narratives yet the fact that Rang De Basanti was such a huge success, I think has more to do the subtle difference in the message between the two movies.

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