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Showing posts with label Kevin Spacey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kevin Spacey. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Pay It Forward (2000) Hollywood

The world can't change by itself, we must bring it.





Genre:
Drama.


Tagline:
"Three imperfect people. One perfect idea."
"Is it possible for one idea to change the world?"
"Sometimes the simplest idea can make the biggest difference."


What's in:
Largely on-topic, Merely off-topic, Not a serious spoiler, Dialogues.


Length:
Approximately 4-minute read.


Review:
     After watching this film I just remembered the quote from 'Sullivan's Travels' which says 'film's the greatest educational medium the world has ever known'. Indeed, cinema's for entertainment as well acts as a message deliverer. This was an inspirational movie, and everybody must see it. I know I'm a bit late to see it, better late than never, right? I'm really glad for having it at the right time because 15 years ago I did not have this blog to write about it.

     Ok, the name of the movie represents the theme of the story. No matter its a developed or developing country, society needs something like the idea this movie talks about. Carrying a good social message, the movie slightly lags behind the too much on the emotions, especially the end part. There won't be a problem if you like melodrama. Other than that, I feel the conclusion was smart and strong, a better solution which would appeal for certain group rather alternate finale.

     The film was based on the novel of the same name, crafted by a fine director with the wonderful cast. Haley Joel Osment had a great career as a child-star, you should check some of his films if you love children's movies including this title on the top of that list. As a middle aged actor, Helen Hunt's one of the last best performances before turning into a senior artist. It's not a usual role for Kevin Spacey, but he nailed it with the good dialogues. Especially his talk about the topic 'child abuse' was a great thing from the movie. Overall, the actors get more credit for the first-class acts as the script demanded for their respective roles.

 What did you ever do to change the world. 

     A movie about a man who achieved in science gets the Oscar, not that real man. A movie about a man escapes from the war prison camp and slavery gets the award, and again none of those real persons. But a movie with the original, intelligent, inspiring, specially designed for a movie was not even a contender of the Oscars. Of course, it was transformed from a book, though there are/were no real people behind these great characters, all are imagined/created for the book and the movie. I never understood the American Academy Awards.

     By now you would know that I hate critics badly if you are a regular reader of my blog. Once again they failed to recognise how great the morality of the story is, rather they have concentrated to criticise the writing and the technical aspect of the film. Although, it was not a box office flop or earned beyond, but got a lot of praise from the families. It's a wonderful family drama, but still too far from being a masterpiece. Intelligent enough one to get motivated towards the social issues. Being practical in the real world is a concern as it is risky, depending on the situation and the person, just like this movie's ending. Rare to find a movie like this, you must check it out.



Similar movies:
The Ultimate Gift, Won't Back Down, A Barefoot Dream, The Blind Side, Searching for Bobby Fischer.


Suitable for:
Tween, Teen, Adult, All


Final verdict:
Ignore, Bad, Average, Good, Excellent


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Monday, July 8, 2013

Horrible Bosses (2011) Hollywood

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:
"Ever wish your boss were dead."


Review:
I thought it would be an another not so good commercial but it surprised me in all the way. When people watch a movie alone it is not an easy to laugh by themselves but this movie had those powers. I can compare this with other multi cast dude's movies but this one was so special because it was shorter and sweeter, even tiny comedies were very effective.

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, all of them were good. Specially Charlie Day's lines deliver were really up to something. All the main three dudes were so diverse with their characters. You can't just praise only these three dudes but theirs opposite ones especially Kevin Spacey was impressive. Collin Ferrell's physical appearance was awesome and Jenifer Aniston was so hot and sexy.

More like this movie is a indirect punch to 'Hangover' series, you should not compare these two titles but 'Horrible bosses' was equally fun to that movie. I can't just wait too long for 'Horrible Bosses 2'!!!


Similar movies:
Pineapple express, The hangover, Dinner for Schmuck, Superbad


Suitable for:
Tween, Teen, Adult, All


Final verdict:
Ignore, Bad, Average, Good, Excellent


  • Tween: From age between 7 to 12
  • Teen: From age between 13 to 19
  • Adult: From age above 20
  • Ignore: Not worth watching
  • Bad: Not good but watchable
  • Average: 50-50, choice is always yours
  • Good: great certainly not masterpiece
  • Excellent: A must see, Masterpiece