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I Flip You Off for Four Hours (2020)

This film cured my depression

[9/10 · 7 April 2023]

Now, yeah, the title may sound like I am kidding. But hear me out, I watched this while already depressed like hell. Well, how much more depressed could I possibly be from that point on? So I watched this film by David, reluctantly, and found my depression fading away throughout its running time.

I was intrigued and decided to watch behind-the-scenes and learned that principal photography took all of 53 seconds to make this film. That's unbelievable. I wish more filmmakers were doing this. Because it's one thing to talk about big movies and salivate over gear and silly things like that, but this....this is different.

Nightcrawler (2014)

Lou lives in a world like ours

[10/10 · 22 October 2020]

The character of Louis Bloom in the 2014 film Nightcrawler, played impeccably well by Jake Gyllenhaal, lives in a world not unlike the real world we live in. Lou belongs to a generation of hardworking people who have made up their mind to find a career that they can learn and grow into, they're hard workers and they set high goals. Having been raised with self-esteem movement in schools that used to make them expect their needs to be considered,they know that today's work culture cannot cater to the job loyalty that could be promised in earlier generations, instead they know that they need to work their asses off and people who reach the... top of the mountain didn't just fall there by chance.

^ In fact, everything after the first sentence is precisely something that's coldly uttered by Gyllenhaal's Lou with a stolid face every chance he gets to impress anyone who can employ him. His character starts to take actions that become more and more sociopathic and later border on psychopathy. And let's be honest here. Lou exists in a world not unlike ours, a world which celebrates people like him or the things he does, seen as positive traits. "Go-getters" that are persistent, hell bent on climbing the proverbial ladder. This is a gem of a film that will always always be an amazing piece of cinema for me.

The film never feels rushed or slow, thanks to the way the story is written, with Jake Gyllanhaal's Lou and Riz Ahmed's Rick finding themselves in increasingly precarious and dangerous situations as the story proceeds. All stellar performances here. Also. this is actually the first film of Riz Ahmed that I'd seen, and it made me want to keep an eye on everything he appears in from that point on. And for me personally, this is actually one of the most important films ever made. It's also the kind of film I can rewatch and still enjoy as much as I did on the first watch, or perhaps even more.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The benchmark of finest film-making

[10/10 · 27 October 2009]

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie that will really never ever be forgotten. Arguably the best movie of all time. A thundering reassurance in the hope for a better tomorrow, this movie is truly an epitome of hope and perseverance. Probably should be filed under the category of movies you should watch anyhow before you die. True masterpiece. There won't be another movie that can be quite anything like this.

This movie is so powerful that I can't even describe this in a few words. This is the kind of movie that rekindles hopes in all of us. The kind of movie that will always keep moving and impressing generations to come. With a storyline that not only will blow you away, but also strengthen your hopes and faith in the fact that "Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies".

The Wrestler (2008)

Riveting and truly touching

[10/10 · 12 April 2009]

I have not seen much of Mickey Rourke's work. Last time I saw him was in Sin City. That was not much of screen time for him as that movie was segmented in three parts. After that, I watched this movie with Rourke in main lead. This movie is very deserving of a best picture nomination.

This is one roller-coaster ride of emotions. This movie is simply perfect. And I think Mickey Rourke should have won the award for best actor in lead role. Gripping,deeply engrossing and outstanding, this movie is surely one of the best of the year. Those who thought Mickey Rourke is a bad actor should reconsider. This is probably his best performance. Give this movie a chance. Don't miss out on this one.

And yeah, I've got one last thing to say. Maybe people are right. - He does not look how he used to before, but goddammit he's still standing there and he's Mickey Rourke !! :)

Lost in Translation (2003)

One of those movies...

[3/10 · 11 September 2008]

Watching which, i was almost about to sleep. But then by the time i was about to completely give in, the movie was over. A complete drag all the way to the end. I really don't understand what the heck in this movie was so good that it is so highly rated. I mean it is not even anything special. The story is so damn ordinary, but that's not the point. There are movies with ordinary or clichéd story lines but still they are in fact very well executed. This one is a 1 hour 40 minutes of bombardment of clichés and boredom. Hell even the actors' faces look so bored as if they are themselves asking 'when the heck will this movie be over'. And the director has succeeded in making the viewer feel the same too. Total waste of 1 hour and 40 minutes.