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VENOM: ( Just watched on Leonflix w/ DVD quality )
If you like da movies like Men in Black, Matrix, Transformers, Batman, avengers, Aliens, Godzilla, ... then here is one more here with Full Toss super-actions when Aliens gets into the human bodies from one to another,... and movie Transformers like, super-action starts,...
Don't worry about the story as there's not much,.. but an Alien species made in Laboratory now / captured to test for experimental purpose on Humans,... gets escaped,.. and , just like any ghost soul, it also gets from one body to another, and rest is the Road-chases, fights and all super-actions stunts on bldgs, Bridges, like ( Jurassic Park / Godzilla kind of Alien creature ) with the latest available camera technology and with all different Alien shapes,.. and speedy actions, accompanied by car-chases and super-hero sort of fights,... This " Venom " hosts from one human body to another, just like a ghost-soul,..
An Investigative journalists accidentally becomes the host of Venom a violent, super powerful alien symbiote and soon he must rely on his new found powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own,.. !
Full-toss super actions, with latest movie-making Computer-aided-technology science and camera technology,... Think for a while, if these director guys were hired to make our Ramayan and Mahabharat kinda serials,... Filmography would rock to the seventh sky,... ! No ?
A science action-stunts, n' computer-aided camera technology for an eye-treat,...
Rating : 3.25 / 5.00 ( Kids, watching Super-man and Batman will love this..., except that, "Venom" is a villain here,... A destructing Alien,... )
SPOILERS BELOW
Ok, so here are my thoughts about the film. Going to be a bit long since I have a lot to speak.(as usual 😆)
Starting with the good, the film does have it's heart at the right place. I was wrong in thinking that the film was Kangana's ego project but after watching Manikarnika, it clearly is not. The makers have kept the spirit of Rani Lakshmibai alive throughout the film and want to genuinely give a tribute to her. Kangana also is good to great in many places but overall, it's a very inconsistent performance from her side. I wish she had worked on her dialogue delivery a bit more. I loved how she changed her voice during the 'hum ladenge' sequence but she could have done a lot more with her voice in the film like Ranveer did with Bajirao Mastani. She is also fantastic at the action sequences if I take out the terrible VFX coming along with the sequences. The first war with Sir Hugh Rose with Rani in the orange saree is fantastically done, especially when it comes to the night sequences. There's a moment where Kangana turns around with a shield and kills a soldier which I thought was designed very well but that too gets spoiled soon enough as you get to see Kangu's body double's face for a split second!
I loved the picturization of Bharat Rehna Chahiye and Vijay Bhava, the latter specially because it was goosebump inducing- right from the haldi kumkum celebration to the training and finally ready for the battle. I felt Vijay Bhava was one of the highest moments of the film and so it was a let down that they couldn't hold the momentum till the end of the film. Some of the emotional scenes were also very soul stirring. Like there's a scene where Rani Lakshmibai says that she would love to give her life for the country anyday but she would equally love to stay alive to see an Independent India. That moment really made my eyes moist. I think the second half of the film is much better the first half. It is after her husband's death that the film picks up and I think some of Kangana's best moments in the film is that transiotional period. From losing her baby to fighting with husband to losing her husband to the widow rituals and finally that all dressed up queen like walk with Daodar in her arms and sitting on the throne. Everyone was awestruck during the pre interval scene in the theatre. Kangana was on fire throughout that particular scene. Also, unlike what krish claims, I think all secondary characters had the much required screen space in the film. Be it Kashi or Jhalkari Bai or Tantiya, they all come at moments when they are required to in order to complete Rani Lakshmibai's war against the British. So these and some other scenes here and there speaking about women empowerment are what I genuienly liked about the film and thought was beautifully done.
BUT...
Here comes the bad, which is literally everything else! The film might have it's heart at the right place, it might have a fantastic performance by actors but we are in 2018 and there are absolutely no excuses for a badly crafted film. The thing that stops Manikarnika from a great biopic to a so-so biopic is that- the craft and the technical aspect of the film. The makers have clearly compromised on that part of the film which really needed a lot of attention. Absolutely zilch effort on the screenplay of the film. It's all over the place and a complete hodge podge. Same with the editing of the film which I think is one of the biggest flaws of the film. The film starts with a narration by Big B and ends with another but throughout the film, text replaces the narration. I wish there was more context while jumping years and places. Like I wanted to know a bit more about the Sepoy Mutiny and other things before they cut into that scene with just a date and place stamp.
The film is also not uniform if seen completely. It's completely disjointed with regards to the flow of the story. It starts haphazardly and ends on a very bad note. Also, unnecessary addition of songs that do nothing to take the story forward except Rajaji. And don't get me started about the the Chikni Chameli like dance sequence of Jhalkari Bai. A tribal dance and Rani Lakshibai joining the revelry could have been shown in a much better way. Aaprt from Danny and Jishu, the ensemble cast is also very weak. The main atagonists, be it Indians or the British are not convincing at all. Speaking about the British, they could have gone a little easy on the accents and the dubs. It was poorly dubbed and even the dialogues that were given to the British were really bad. They could have used something much better and energetic than a remix version of Mahishasurmardini strotra for Rani's fight sequences. The continuous chants with the war sounds were jarring to the ears.
One of my biggest problems apart from the VFX was the atmosphere created in the film. It just did not look authentic. Be it the costumes or the dialogues or the cinematography, it lacked the period feel. It looked more like a dress up performance than an authentic period drama. Like say an SLB film. His stories suck but the world that he creates literally seeps you inside the era with fantastic use of texture, visuals and sound design. Everything that was missing in Manikarnika. And finally coming to the biggest weakness of the film- THE VFX! I'm sorry but when you plan to make such a big budget period film with release in IMAX screens, there can be absolutely no excuse for a shoddy work with respect to VFX. I saw the film on one of the country's biggest IMAX screens and I kid you not, the VFX was CRINGEWORTHY! I couldn't believe that they actually green signalled such work. You can literally pick up and differentiate shots that are shot in green screen and those in real. The crowd duplication is terrible. Same goes with the wiring. W*F was that VFX in Rani's escape sequence with Badal? There's a scene in the Rajaji song sequence where the king tries hunting a deer and they cut to a low resolution, VHS quality visual of a deer feeding it's kid. Like whaaat? The visual completely pixelated and tore on the big IMAX screen. Same with the last battle. So poorly visualized and implemented with respect to VFX. The slashes, the gun shots, the blood splashes, that insanely color corrected sudden story sky during Har Har Mahadev...so bad!! Like such shoddy B grade work for a biopic on such an important personality.
And it is these things above that makes Manikarnika an average fare despite the film having it's heart at the right place. The film clearly needed much stronger visualization skills. The direction,be it Kangana' or Krish's lacked that. There was absolutely no need to Bollywoodize the climax of the film. That shot with Rani's death glare at Hugh Rose would have been such an appropriate visual to end the film with. There was absolutely no need to make her spread her hands like Jesus and self immolate herself with the fire turning into OM. Why unnecessarily ghusedo such useless tricks? I feel what the biopic really needed was a lot more time with respect to direction, editing and VFX. They should have been more pateient, put resources to better use and made a much better film than this. Not for them or the industry. But for Rani Lakshmibai. Because I don't think we will ever get to see another boppic on Manikarnika on the big screen in the near future so Rani Lakshmibai definitely deserved a much better biopic than this.
2/5
Also, this film made me appreciate SLB's madness for perfection and passion a lot more than I did before. His stories still suck but NO ONE can beat him in creating the perfect look and atmosphere for a period film like he does. Only if the makers were inspired by that passion than the frames and Padmaaavat like ending.
The Equalizer -2 ( 2018, Danzel Washington )
This movie just came on DVD, a few days ago in last month,... Just watched it,..
It's a very good, intelligently action movie, as if you are watching Nana Patekar's Prahar or something,...
Movie is a holding one with action fights somewhat like movie Baby / Special 26,...
Last 40 minutes are just awesome, for the fights in Tornado / Hurricane,...
Danzel Washington can act, ... He rocks,.. and his boldness in Action scenes,.. can make our 4 khans looking like shitt,... Be it Race 2 or Don / Dabang / Bang Bang,..or any such our 4 Khan's movies,.. !!
Interesting one, ...watch it,... Intelligent Actions,... it's on Leonflix,...
Rating : 3.95 / 5.00
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Originally posted by: Himalaya10
It's a very dirty world out there,... IMO Rajiv and Modi were Polar opposite. Rajiv was speaking less and looking innocent, charm kid,... however he was a maha-corrupted, Budmaash, shaana, ghatiya chor,... Ba-forc scam and few others,... and from Indira inherited, he had billions from the very beginning,... as IG and Sanjay died,.. But he portrayed himself always like an innocent man. Modi on the other hand facially looked like Hitler / Maut ka Saudaghar or Lenin/Starlin type, of his voice, face, dum-daar speeches,... but he is heart-clean, patriot, and un-corrupted and a very clean and dedicated, a mere Pradhan-sevak..BW has and had all links with underworld,... Salman and Sanjay had for years,... Salman also tells Aish in secret phone tapes,... Sanju has been in jail for years for that reason,..That T- series guy Gulshan kumar was shoo'n dead by Dawood man and Nadeem on a broad-dead-light day in Mumbai,... and disappeared. Govt could do nothing. After success of Hrithik's first miovie Kaho naa pyaar hai,...for not receiving enuff Hapta ' greasing hands,.. from Rakesh Roshan he was also shooned with a Bullet,... though he survived " Ram teri ganga maili " actress Mandalini, was and is living with Dawood and was seen also at horse races with him,... Monica Bedi ( Bigg Boss star ) had also been lived with underworld ( Abu salem / Lateef,.. etc ) and had come back,..Rishi has admitted in his autobiography that he had mer dawood and there are many interviews and hoopla about it on Youtube videos,...today,..Decades back, I had seen with my own eyes the videos of Dubai concerts on YT ( they took it down after mumbai blasts ) where on Dawood's B-day, Anu, Kavita and many Indian singers were in Dubai and greeting and cheering on Dawood's B-day and singing the song ,.." Muje pahechano,.. main hun kaun,.. Don Don Don,.". etc.. Anil kapoor and few other star's pic with Dawood are also on net,... THat' s why under pressire, even today,..Sonam Kareena, Swara Bhaskar , Late Om poori, and Priyanka ( for her films to run in Pakistan ) are always found even today, speaking in favor of,... azaan, muslims, Rohingya, Pakistan, Ajmer dargaah, and whenever any muslim kid is raped or murdered or Pakistan's school bomb attack on kids,.. they spread sympathy n' condolences immediately,... but never on Indian army, Indian kids raped, murdered, Kisaan, Nirbhaya, Desh ke Shaheeds, or any other Hindu issues,. they would speak nothing,... Amir, SRK, Salman Saif doing the same things,.. ( Donates nthg to Indian army or Kisaans / Shahid family, Hindu Kids,.. ) no one even met when recently Isarael PM came,... ! I am thankful to rather Akshay, Ajay, Sonu, Sunny Deol, Ravina, and Nana,.. etc who are true patriotic stars,. Few big stars like Big B, aish, and mnay just don't speak anything,... as they are more concerned about their own business, their film sto be run in Pakistan and Muslim nation sfor Profits and hence, never speaks anything nor meets shahid family nor donates any to army. Kisaan, nirbhaya and other Love-jehad related issues or Hindu kid's murder, rape or any such,... They act like,.. " See no evil, Hear no Evil,.. "It's all dirty Politics and Major stars even today R simply concerned,.. about their own films doing success in Pakistan and surrounding Muslim nations, hence speaking anti India, against army, Kissaans, Shahid families,.. and in favor of Rohingya, Muslim nations a MUST, as per underworld's pressure, getting Production-house money from underworld, and that's what all R doing,... " Apna kaam banta,... Bhaad mein jaaye Janta,...Despite of non-sytop terrorist attacks,. Paki stars still work in Indian films and Comedy shows,...I rather salute Akki, Sonu, Nana, Anupam Sunny and such,... when it comes to petroiism and hell with my most B-loved Piggy, Sonam, sheedy Khans (4), Om Poori , Swara, Kareena and such,...https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/salman-khan-anil-kapoor-and-mandakini-dawood-ibrahim-bollywood-connect-in-pics-and-video/Whenever any Muslim kid-girl is raped, Sonam Swara and kareena will have to speak high, but not for any Nirbhaya, love-jehad dead Hindu, Or,.. Shahid's family of army,...http://www.abnews24.com/english/2018/04/28/14455/Kathua-rape:-Actresses-boycott-cinema/print
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Hrithik vs Tiger SRK vs John Hrithik vs JR NTR
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