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Another Life (2019)
Screw gravity! Who needs that anyways?!
I am not even half way on the first episode of the first season. And I saw the ship cruising near a star (timestamps 11.42 and 12.02 of the 1st episode). That's when I knew I don't need to watch this show.
The writers seem to have forgotten to do some research into laws of universe.
There are two things that will happen when a ship goes this close to a star.
1) The star's gravitation field is so strong that a ship so close to the star would just begin to collapse towards the star. You'd need massive amounts (and I mean massive) of thrusts to be generated in order to maintain an escape velocity just right to cruise by the star. And I am not even talking about black holes.
2) Let's ignore gravity for a moment (or not). The solar temperatures are crazy numbers. Even the coldest stars have temperatures that are beyond human imaginations. A ship that close would incinerate nearly in an instant. Here we have our protagonist staring at the star with naked eyes like it's nothing.
I get that this is sci-fi, but would it hurt to have some basic facts right, so that you can build some imagination on?
Also, the space crew is just an irritating, angsty bunch of teenagers and full of issues sociopaths and psychopaths would be ashamed of. Space crews would have psych evaluations before they are sent on missions. Looks like this crew missed the memo.
The premise of the story is okay (considering it is a sci-fi), but there's just lazy production and writing.
But then again, can't expect anything better from Netflix nowadays.
Monica O My Darling (2022)
What a refreshing film!
Loved this film. Loved all the characters... almost everyone has acted brilliant. Rajkumar, Huma, Sikander... Perhaps Radhika needs some accent lessons. Whatever accent she does (in other films too) has a heavy Marathi undertone to it. Not that it is a problem, but it just dilutes the authenticity of the character a bit. In this film, she was supposed to be a Naidu, but hardly sounds like one with an unsuccessful mish-mash of Marathi and Telugu accents. Probably 1 star less for that.
The story is really good. And it's a nice thriller. A nice whodunit after a long time from Hindi cinema.
Loved the soundtracks, a special noir feeling to the film.
Overall, a good entertaining watch.
P. S.: There is an easter egg at 1:53:59 (if you are watching on Netflix). Kudos to the team for that. :D.
Ek Villain Returns (2022)
Tf did I watch!?
No. Just No.
There is no story so there is no point reviewing the storyline.
The other 3 Bollywood "stars" don't know anything about acting, but John Abraham!? No idea why he decide to act in this movie... 🤷♂️
I am done with watching Bollywood if this is the kind of 💩 they are producing now.
Not a single memorable dialogue, forgettable songs (at best), horrid low-budget CGI production, zero plot.
Disha Patani: Probably the eye-candy of the movie
Tara Sutaria: No idea what she was doing in this movie
Arjun Kapoor: Flat acting (if I dare call it that).
John Abraham: Waste of talent
Lot of needless, no-depth side characters that were hardly needed in the movie.
Moral of the story: If you are a wanted suspect, you can roam freely in Mumbai on your Ducati.
Brazen (2022)
That's a one and a half hour of my life, I'm never getting back :-/
Let's get the obvious out of the way. The 1 star is because IMDB does not have a way to give ZERO stars. So the actual rating is 0/10.
Unnecessary woke-fest, bad writing, bad acting (*shudder*), bad script, weak plot (could see the killer from a mile away).
Hopeless dialogues that would make cringe cringe.
Whoever thinks this is a good movie, really needs some time alone to introspect life choices.
I sincerely hope Netflix makes better decisions on what to host.
P. S.: Don't believe any review that praises this atrocity on cinema. They're either well-paid or completely woke-washed.
The Lost Daughter (2021)
Boring and pretentious.
There is no story here... just a mother who is a mother and then she doesn't want to be a mother and then she reminisces about how she was being a mother and then didn't want to be a mother.
All this gets this triggered by some randomly annoying family that visits the same vacation resort as her (I think).
Overall, good for those who have trouble sleeping. Bad cinematography. Random story, randomer flashbacks, randomest script.
Moral of the story:
1) If you have kids, be committed. It's not okay to have kids and then justify abandoning them.
2) Book a better vacation spot in Greece. A vacation is to relax, not to bring more drama in your life.
What are the Odds? (2019)
I have no idea why I chose to watch this movie...
I couldn't even watch this for 30 mins... I literally closed the movie in the 24th minute. It's as simple as this. In a 70-80 min movie, if you can't establish the key characters and the premise of the plot within 30 mins, it's kinda pointless.
I chose this because of Abhay Deol, but I doubt even he can salvage this non-movie....
No idea what was happening... there's exams, there's random grumpy teachers allowing/not allowing students for some random exams, some random old folks dancing in the middle of the street with red jackets on (honestly that song seems like a hallucination after taking some really potent herbs). I think the "bar-bar" scene was the last complete scene of the movie I watched, after which I got distracted by an Instagram video which honestly was much more entertaining. Once I finished that video, I went back to the Netflix screen, but couldn't bring myself to press the Play button again.... I just couldn't, cus I knew as a gut feel that if I didn't understand the first 24-25 mins of the movie, I am pretty sure I will not understand the remaining 50-odd minutes.
Read some reviews here which gave incredulously high ratings.... There are only three possibilities for that. 1) either you are the cast/crew trying to spur up ratings; 2) or you are into those super artsy-fartsy cinema that probably only wins pretentious praises at film festivals and nowhere else; 3) or you are smoking some high-quality stuff (in which case, do you mind sharing?)..
#neveragain
Love Aaj Kal (2020)
Perfect example - How to take a good movie and make it a s**t show.
I actually watched this in parts (4 to be precise). Couldn't bear the movie from start to finish. Every time a character spoke a dialogue, my mind went "Huh?".
A typical "guy falls in love and girl rejects, but then the girl falls in love and guy rejects, so then the guy falls in love but the girl's mom wants a career for the girl, and then girl falls in love but the guy wants Himalayas" love story (wait... what?), sprinkled with some illogical fundas of love from Randip Hooda (what happened dude? you used to be in good movies?)....