Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Limitless - movie review
Watched Limitless today. It joins the list of movies that I call "don't get me started now..." along with In time, Unknown, Drive etc which equally disappointed me in the recent past.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
I'm a Jesse Cook fan
Friday, March 2, 2012
Margin Call - movie review
Okay this one was a stunner. Probably because many of the academy list did not live up to my expectations. But my first reaction to this movie is - Good ! Kudos to the debut director J.C. Chandor
This movie works for today's corporate world because one could connect to the crux of it - be it being called back to office late nights or all hands working the whole night to save the ship from sinking or getting axed one fine morning and much more - we get a feeling of been there gone through that. If you take off the financial market jargons (thankfully not much of it) it would fit to any other industry. And the director cleverly takes us away from the subjectivity of the issue. The computer screen or the report that reveals the main issue that the whole story revolves around is never shown to the audience ! It is the cast and the performance that makes it so real.
When it comes to performances you don't expect anything less than perfectness from the bunch of Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jermy Irons, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci and you get just that. The surprise packages were of course the two young analysts Zachary Quinto and Pen Badgley. Oh boy...don't we all see a Seth Bregman in our offices? There is an emotional side of the story which I don't personally subscribe to but I loved the choice of montage shots with the wonderful Paul Bettany's voice over for the day's proceedings where the solution to the problem is actually implemented.
Have you been able to make the difference in the pep-talk from your boss when he truly believes in what he is saying and when he does not ? Have you been suddenly called for an unexpected meeting that is way over your pay grade and wonder what the hell is happening ? Have you seen the same problem being viewed from different perspectives by different people up the org-chart ? These are some of the reasons why you should catch this movie.
This movie works for today's corporate world because one could connect to the crux of it - be it being called back to office late nights or all hands working the whole night to save the ship from sinking or getting axed one fine morning and much more - we get a feeling of been there gone through that. If you take off the financial market jargons (thankfully not much of it) it would fit to any other industry. And the director cleverly takes us away from the subjectivity of the issue. The computer screen or the report that reveals the main issue that the whole story revolves around is never shown to the audience ! It is the cast and the performance that makes it so real.
When it comes to performances you don't expect anything less than perfectness from the bunch of Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jermy Irons, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci and you get just that. The surprise packages were of course the two young analysts Zachary Quinto and Pen Badgley. Oh boy...don't we all see a Seth Bregman in our offices? There is an emotional side of the story which I don't personally subscribe to but I loved the choice of montage shots with the wonderful Paul Bettany's voice over for the day's proceedings where the solution to the problem is actually implemented.
Have you been able to make the difference in the pep-talk from your boss when he truly believes in what he is saying and when he does not ? Have you been suddenly called for an unexpected meeting that is way over your pay grade and wonder what the hell is happening ? Have you seen the same problem being viewed from different perspectives by different people up the org-chart ? These are some of the reasons why you should catch this movie.
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