Twilight: New Moon

Amrita Tripathi gives her review of the 2nd installment of the vampire saga- Twilight.

Twilight, New Moon, went into my head like a story our grand parents narrate. The fantasy world of vampires, werewolf is creative. Directed by Chris Weitz, based on the novel of Stephenie Meyer, the film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, and Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black.One of the USPs of this movie which amazes me is the fight between werewolf and vampire. Like in the first sequel I had loved the flying of Edward, this time I loved the charisma displayed on the screen by this scary wolf, Jacob’s scene where he runs to accelerate into a real large size werewolf, a totally unpredicted move in the story.The story line is pretty straightforward as Edward leaves Bella because, in spite of the fact that they accepted her they might end up hurting her as she is human.

Bella in his absence becomes heart broken and devoid of life, on her dad’s pestering to leave Forks and get back to her mother in Florida, she promises him to be with her friends. Jaocb becomes one of her best friend and eases her throbbing. While Jacob gets busy in finding Victoria, another Vampire who is finding a way to kill Bella, who has been a cause of her mates death. Bella engages herself in dangerous stints as she figures out the image of Edward asking her to stay back and protect her from the battering.

Alice, Edward’s sister inform Bella that Edward is trying to kill himself by coming out in public, by a powerful vampire Volturi, as he thinks that Bella has committed suicide, Both of them rush to save Edward.

Volturi, determine that Bella should either be killed or be turned into Vampire as she being human knows about the existence of vampires. Alice stops him by sharing her premonition with Aro, a Volturi elder that is able to read thoughts, in which Bella has been transformed to Vampire.Edwards’s family later suggests and votes that Bella be transformed into vampire. Later Jacob reminds Edward about the treaty the Cullens ad Quileutes made that they will not attack each other, as long as the Cullens never bite a human.

The movie is just average although some of the scenes are amazing. Apart from the story there is not much in the movie. The characters are well played but it lacks the aura of impressing people. A one time watchable movie.

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Eagerly Awaited: Wall Street 2

Am eagerly awaiting the sequel to the very taut and interesting Wall Street. Ttitled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, it brings back Michael Douglas as Gekko and also has Shia LeBouf in it.

View the trailer on IMDB. Description from IMDB is given below.

http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/imdb/vi875627545/

Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob (Shia LaBeouf), and Jacob begins to see him as a father figure. But Jacob learns the hard way that Gekko – still a master manipulator and player – is after something very different from redemption.

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An Experience - AVATAR

Amrita Tripathi gives her views on the 2nd highest grossing Hollywood blockbuster of all time !

Well, this is coming late but what a brilliant fantasy ride it was. While I realized that I had to continue it as some inevitable reasons let me come out of the show in middle of the movie and shut down my curious mind and let travel in another direction from the Navi’s , the Pandora and the amazing visual effects. I hit the show again this time for 3D and paying just 3 times of what I paid last and left the movie in between.

So, I am again into the theater meeting my nonetheless earlier experienced Navi’s kingdom through the eyes of James Cameron in 3D visuals. I am awestruck with the fairytale kind of situation in the Pandora, a planet some light years far from Earth which the Indian scientists want to conquer on and mix the Indian DNA’s to make people look alike the natives of Pandora called Navi’s (On earth AVATAR).

This was more like an experience than a movie, like a traverse which I wanted to continue for long but it had to end. I wish to again go and feel this entire multimedia instrumental work of the current technology which created this fantasy in front of my eyes.

The movie goes smooth by its storyline; the characters are played very well in sync with each other. The graphics are exemplary in today’s date. A movie like this comes once. Just another Titanic experience, which was of course brand new to movie watchers and this again a masterpiece by James Cameron.

A complete package of well done direction, screen play, background music, visual effects, photography makes it a must watch for all to experience the new phase in world’s Cinema. Like I said a fantasy trip which you would want to continue…

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3 Idiots

Amrita Tripathi gives you her views on '3 Idiots'.

It’s been more than 2 weeks since '3 idiots' released and I watched it. Ever since have heard and read a lot about it including some really contradictory statements about the movie. The movie as the director & producer say have been brought to life by one of the most famous writer of this decade Chetan Bhagat. To add here I have read all his novels and find his writing as the one which the generation of this decade can relate to and enjoy reading…and yes of course with some amendments done in the story of '5 point some one'…Raj Kumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra bring this biggest laugh riot of 2009.

Reading and hearing reviews can put anyone under stress whether to actually what to interpret but despite all ado, this movie has done amazing business in its first week of release and has been a real success in entertaining the crowd. In my lexicon a good movie is the one which can hold you tight for 3 hours, can make you go through the various emotions and feelings, make you laugh, cry, scare and most of all entertain you, that you feel that spending and getting a ticket for this movie has not been waste.

3 idiots does exactly the same. Most recently I read the blog of renowned reporter and writer where its said that 3 idiots is the movie which can be hit in the nation of idiots, I truly disagree and believe that though Indian cinema has grown and is spread across the globe and is getting all accolades for its work but it isn’t so powerful to start preaching, a normal person goes to multiplex to just get out of the stress and pass the time with loved ones instead to get a lesson of life, for that we have the institutes, schools and art of life kind of places…

The Indian government and Indian Institutes like IIM and IIT are of world known acknowledgment and are respected by the world for its topnotch quality students who are leading the various arena of the current global market. The movie though points a finger towards the current education system and some of its drawbacks we have encountered but it is not to teach the institutes how they should function. It’s a normal comedy meant to make the public laugh and go back home, I don’t understand why all the fuzz about it.

I personally take this movie as a fantastic effort of displaying the fun part as well as the pressure held by any student. Each and every actor has done their part with full justice. Aamir as usual competes with his own self every time he is seen on the big screen and heads away with the triumph, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan again show their expertise in bringing a smile on your face with their innocent acts in the movie. A true masala movie blending in the way a normal Hindi movie is made and displayed.

I personally rate this movie as one of the finest comedy and suggest all to go with your family and loved ones to go and enjoy the 3 hours and yeah please don’t take it seriously and expect it to preach anyone, after all that’s what such movies are all about just to have FUN…

Note: Please fasten your seat belts, some hilarious torments are expected while journey from take off till landing. Wish you a comic and hilarious flight..

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