SAMICO2 Reviews1
Using the SAMICO2 scale:
SARKAR -10 (2,2,1,1,2,1,1)
Sarkar is one of the best films of 2005 without a doubt. With no songs but a chilling background score this remains both Bachchans’ best performance in years. Having said that watch for Kay Kay Menon give the most superior of all the efforts in the film.
I think the “Hollywood” audiences will really enjoy this one especially if you are into crisply edited, fastpaced action.
Never will “Govinda, Govinda, Govinda” sound the same…
WAR OF THE WORLDS- 5 (1,1,1,0,2,0,0)
For 10 dollars this film will take you from NY to Boston but who really wants to go with a delirious Mr. Cruise and his two kids? Spielberg misses the spot AGAIN!
The movie was very clichéd and somewhat unrealistic.
I would watch this again, if paid to, only for 3 reasons:
1- Dakota Fanning (the cutie who I can’t wait for to turn 21 wink wink)
2- Tim Robbins sensational guest appearance
3- Morgan Freeman’s narration and in tribute to the brilliant storyteller HG Wells was
MR. & MRS. SMITH- 4 (1,1,0,1,1,0,0)
Angelina Jolie is definitely one of the HOTTEST women in the world, and Brad Pitt is a perfect male counterpart. They light up the screen quite a bit but at the end of it all this film remains a forgettable fare.
Some occasional flashes of action brilliance (and I am not talking about the love scenes, lol) but all in all this film brings nothing novel to the table.
Worth a DVD watch if for some on-screen chemistry, and two very BEAUTIFUL people.
CRASH- 1 (1,0,0,0,0,0,0)
Watch Brad Pitt’s SNATCH (2000) and you will see the daddy of Crash! Snatch would have gotten 7 or 8 and Crash was lucky to have gotten 1.
MAIN AISA HI HOON- 4.5 (1,1,1,1,0,half,0)
The second half, Sushmita Sen’s wonderful performance and an interesting end saved this film from much worse. Not really a very bad film but for some reason not that good either. The songs were sweet as was the performance by the child artist.
I would recommend watching it on DVD with remote nearby and box of Kleenex nearer.
WAQT- 1.5 (-1,1,0,1,half,0,0)
Amitabh Bachchan saved this one from really failing. I think WAQT isn’t that bad if you have recently began watching films or else you would have seen something similar many times over.
The movie has a fresh feel to it, and holds true to what it purportedly is, a tear-jerker. But the end could have been predicted from a mile away, and the middle drags on like a really bad date with someone with something stuck between their teeth.
Priyanka Chopra looks stunning, so if you must, borrow the DVD and watch the first 20 minutes and the last 10. The rest is the bad date!
WHITE NOISE- 2 (0,0,0,1,1,0,0)
I expected much better from Michael Keaton. I know I am getting old when I wanted him to don his Batman suit and take this movie by the horns!
White Noise is suspense in the first half more horror in the second, but too much is expected of the viewer to “assume” and “remember” things making this movie more of a chore than entertainment.
Avoidable I would say. Interestingly our TV has been acting very strangely since I saw this. Just thought I sneak that in, wink wink.
SARKAR -10 (2,2,1,1,2,1,1)
Sarkar is one of the best films of 2005 without a doubt. With no songs but a chilling background score this remains both Bachchans’ best performance in years. Having said that watch for Kay Kay Menon give the most superior of all the efforts in the film.
I think the “Hollywood” audiences will really enjoy this one especially if you are into crisply edited, fastpaced action.
Never will “Govinda, Govinda, Govinda” sound the same…
WAR OF THE WORLDS- 5 (1,1,1,0,2,0,0)
For 10 dollars this film will take you from NY to Boston but who really wants to go with a delirious Mr. Cruise and his two kids? Spielberg misses the spot AGAIN!
The movie was very clichéd and somewhat unrealistic.
I would watch this again, if paid to, only for 3 reasons:
1- Dakota Fanning (the cutie who I can’t wait for to turn 21 wink wink)
2- Tim Robbins sensational guest appearance
3- Morgan Freeman’s narration and in tribute to the brilliant storyteller HG Wells was
MR. & MRS. SMITH- 4 (1,1,0,1,1,0,0)
Angelina Jolie is definitely one of the HOTTEST women in the world, and Brad Pitt is a perfect male counterpart. They light up the screen quite a bit but at the end of it all this film remains a forgettable fare.
Some occasional flashes of action brilliance (and I am not talking about the love scenes, lol) but all in all this film brings nothing novel to the table.
Worth a DVD watch if for some on-screen chemistry, and two very BEAUTIFUL people.
CRASH- 1 (1,0,0,0,0,0,0)
Watch Brad Pitt’s SNATCH (2000) and you will see the daddy of Crash! Snatch would have gotten 7 or 8 and Crash was lucky to have gotten 1.
MAIN AISA HI HOON- 4.5 (1,1,1,1,0,half,0)
The second half, Sushmita Sen’s wonderful performance and an interesting end saved this film from much worse. Not really a very bad film but for some reason not that good either. The songs were sweet as was the performance by the child artist.
I would recommend watching it on DVD with remote nearby and box of Kleenex nearer.
WAQT- 1.5 (-1,1,0,1,half,0,0)
Amitabh Bachchan saved this one from really failing. I think WAQT isn’t that bad if you have recently began watching films or else you would have seen something similar many times over.
The movie has a fresh feel to it, and holds true to what it purportedly is, a tear-jerker. But the end could have been predicted from a mile away, and the middle drags on like a really bad date with someone with something stuck between their teeth.
Priyanka Chopra looks stunning, so if you must, borrow the DVD and watch the first 20 minutes and the last 10. The rest is the bad date!
WHITE NOISE- 2 (0,0,0,1,1,0,0)
I expected much better from Michael Keaton. I know I am getting old when I wanted him to don his Batman suit and take this movie by the horns!
White Noise is suspense in the first half more horror in the second, but too much is expected of the viewer to “assume” and “remember” things making this movie more of a chore than entertainment.
Avoidable I would say. Interestingly our TV has been acting very strangely since I saw this. Just thought I sneak that in, wink wink.
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