pranav_2001 Reviews

Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)

Great script

[9/10 · 30 November 2012]

Aamir Khan has got himself into a very good habit. He cannot stop making movies with substance and class written all over it... and you will adore every moment of it!

It is not easy to make a movie "likeable" without adding some humour or action or romantic sequences. Talaash manages to win our hearts by not only having a great script but a symphony of great acting by every soul that you see in the movie, including Pinky, the dog. Talaash starts off by showing some random events which seem to have no connection. It gets a little long and frustrating in between with your brain trying to figure out the connection between these events.

Aamir Khan looks impeccable with his theatrical skills as a police officer, but I felt that his role was a little too soft w.r.t his image of an encounter specialist. Other than that, Aamir's role can fill up your heart with emotions. Kareena has a gift of acting and she uses it very well. She will actually convince you that she is a real prostitute; I guess the experience from 'Chameli' paid off :-). Rani not only suites her role but brings out the best in it. IMHO, you will not get to see a better professionalism among any other set of actors than what this movie puts forth.

But as I mentioned before, the story is what will leave you flabbergasted, although it might also make you wonder if the story was inspired by a Hollywood movie, but that's debatable. The initial confusion that the movie creates will all clear-up by the time movie ends. All the random pieces of puzzle fall beautifully into right place and bring your mind at peace. What keeps the movie real is that you never feel that songs interrupt the set of sequence in the movie. The songs actually bring out the essence of the scenes.

My suggestion: If you are looking for a smart movie this weekend this is it. Not sure if taking kids to this movie would be a 'smart' choice!

Life of Pi (2012)

Loved the picturization, but found story-line to be weak

[7/10 · 23 November 2012]

We have always been told that value of Pi is best calculated as 22/7 but you wouldn't know that 355/113 give a more accurate value of Pi than 22/7. However, using 22/7 makes it easier for to do calculations and that's the reason why it is used often.

Done with beating around the bush... time to criticize!

From the time movie start you can't help but notice the "beautiful" picturization and cinematography throughout. Add to that the life-like sound affects make you experience the movie almost in real time. This movie shows the wrath of ocean on its survivors and its destructive powers. There have been several movies made about survivors in wild or islands or the sea. This movie makes the survival journey even harder by making the human survive on a small rescue boat with a Royal Bengal Tiger. In my opinion, the presentation of this movie on the big screen was flawless.

Plot revealed below.

But you can never have a good movie experience until the actors "live the movie" and convince their audience that it all happened for real. Pi's role is taken by two people, Suraj Sharma when he was younger and Irfan Khan, the older Pi who narrates his life experience to a novel writer. Both have acted very well for their roles, but the role of honest looking younger-Pi seemed to make older Pi's role look a little weaker. During Pi's struggle to survive on a small boat with the fierce tiger, he realises a lot of things, most of it is self realization, the way he loses hope and regains it and the mysterious things he sees in his voyage makes the fictional story intriguing. What I liked about the movie was how Pi starts enjoying the little things he was left with in the rescue boat and how important it becomes for him. But, the most interesting part of the movie is how the boy and tiger learn to survive together and realize that each of them played a big part in keeping them alive.

What makes a movie more unrealistic is a big negative for me. I didn't like extra affects that make the ocean look beautifully clear and magical. Another flaw in the story is the way it starts and the way it ends seem to have no connection. In the beginning Pi, as a younger kid seems to be furiously looking see the meaning of life, religion and God. By the end of it, I would have expected that the story would come with a clearer answer. The story makers somehow didn't make the ends meet.

My suggestion: Pi is a good movie to experience. Watching it in 3D makes the movie experience even better.

Student of the Year (2012)

Waste of time

[4/10 · 19 October 2012]

You work hard all week so that you can enjoy your weekend, with anticipation that a good movie will make all the hard work worthwhile. But then life produces people like 'Karan Johar' to keep reminding you that not every Friday night will be fulfilling. After watching SOTY I felt like watching a good movie (at least twice) to completely erase from my memory the 3 hrs of non-sense I had to go through.

SOTY is everything that is wrong with today's bollywood movies. After watching the way people have acted in the movie, I could bet 'Justin Bieber' could have done a better role than these newbie's :-P. SOTY tries to capture the friendship among two friends in a college who... fight over one girl, duh! There is absolutely no chemistry between the friends or the couples. The two new heroes have tried their best to make their friendship look good, but I would say their friendship is more of a sunken-ship. It never even comes close to the chemistry friends share in 'Dil chahata hai' or 'Aisha' or 'Zindagi Na Milegi Doobara'.

The new heroine is like a doll, whose face has been painted white. There's something weird about the girl's face that looks extra (Photoshop) white than it should normally be. Of all the actors, Rishi Kapoor is the only one who stands out being soundly suitable and interesting for his role.

I felt the movie lost connection with the Indian audience when they started showing foreign things in the movie, like college arranging prom nights and triathlon. Then there are scenes where people start getting emotional for things that don't concern them and not to mention the half a dozen songs squeezed into the movie, on top of that half these songs are remake of old Hindi songs. This movie lacks innovation, acting, good story or a good casting.

My suggestion: All those who plan to watch "Student of the Year"... change your plans!

English Vinglish (2012)

Simply beautiful

[9/10 · 5 October 2012]

Good things come in small packages, and "English vinglish" is the best example of that. In my opinion, one of the best ways to judge a movie is by how it makes you feel when you walk out of the theater. To sum-up the experience of watching 'English vinglish' in one word - Beautiful!

I had the least expectations from a come-back movie of Sri Devi, but no one could have done a better job for this role. Sri Devi has the most realistic and lively expressions you will get to see in an actress. As my wifey puts it: "One of the most appealing characteristic of Sri Devi's acting is her ability to talk with her eyes", and you are going to see a lot of her eyes. Movie shows the ever-young face of Sri Devi for about 80-85% of the time, but you will never get bored of watching her or her "talking eyes". For all those people who wonder why Sri Devi still has a big fan following, this movie is the reason :-).

The story of 'English vinglish' has a very nice flow to it. You are going to be surprised as to how simple the story is and what a brilliant job the creators have done to shape it into a master-piece. If not for the last scene, this movie would have scored the max points on my ratings, but kudos to the director for keeping it real. Putting aside the acting of Sri Devi, all the co-actors too have done an excellent job in keeping the movie entertaining. Not the mention the unexpected appearance of a guest Super-Star in the movie was a pleasant surprise too. But nothing beats the feeling of an "expected bad" movie turning into an awesome one.

My suggestion: Perfect for family, couples, and friends, as there is something for everyone to take away from this movie. Just try to not focus on Sri Devi's surgically enhanced nose:-) (Bummer!)

ParaNorman (2012)

Perfect movie for kids and family

[7/10 · 18 August 2012]

Plot revealed:

Since long humans have explored the possibility of afterlife. This movie wraps that concept in a nice way for all the kids out there. The concept of Paranorman seems to be borrowed from the famous movie, 'Sixth Sense'. Norman is a kid in a normal middle class family with people who do normal jobs and live a normal life.

But Norman is no normal kid. He can see ghosts and talk to them which make everyone think that he is creepy and weird. Norman tries to find acceptance in the society with his super powers and that is what the movie is all about. Apparently, in movies the only way to do this is by being a hero and that's what our Norman does :-).

Paranorman succeeds in getting its crazy characters to fit perfectly in their shoes. This movie is a perfect example of how innovative movies should be produced. It manages to come up with hilarious sequences that will leave you in fits of laughter and like all movies for kids this one ends with a good lesson. The best thing about the movie has to be the funny scenes, but like all movies, I would think what mattered the most for me was the well thought off plot. I absolutely loved the way Norman puts his thoughts together to convey the town people to *not* do something by showing them how that was wrong.

This movie doesn't have great 3D-effects like the "Madagascar-3" so it wouldn't matter if you watch it in 2D or 3D. But what this movie provides is a great value for your time.

My suggestion: This is a perfect family movie with a lesson for everyone in a family and probably the best show to go for this weekend.

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

The initial part can put anyone to sleep

[5/10 · 12 August 2012]

Bourne legacy is a slow set of sequences with a few bursts of action scenes that results in one boring movie. Starting part of the movie is very slow at several instances. I ended up dosing off a few times in the initial parts and apparently, I wasn't alone doing that :-) The story of this sequel is designed to match with the previous series of Bourne movies. But in spite of having a good story line, overall, the movie was not entertaining. Near the end of movie, action sequences pick up and they have done a really good job there, but just when you feel movie starts to wake up the audience... it ends! This movie has one of the most abrupt endings that I had ever seen. By the time movie ended, we were not sure what happened. It was like the movie makers threw up their arms in air after first action sequence and decided "oh shoot! We just ran out of cash, pack up!"

My suggestion: It would be better for you dosing-off at home than in theater! :-)

Ted (2012)

Hilariously creative

[9/10 · 5 August 2012]

Sometimes you know you are going to hate a movie the minute it starts. When TED started, those were my feelings. The movie starts with a fairy tale kind-of narration of a boy's wish which makes his teddy bear come to life, Ted. By this time I was sure I was going to hate this movie.

Teddy Bears usually have an image of being cute cuddly and something that you relate to kids. This movie changes that image in a humorous way. In the next scene the teddy and the boy (John) are all grown up. Both have a mature adult voice, they smoke pod, they talk dirty and still live together. There is something hilarious about a 'Teddy Bear' swearing on the big screen.

The movie is all about how the friendship of John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (Teddy bear) comes between John's love life. John and Ted have a great bond and are awesome together, and so is the pair of John and his girl-friend Lori (Mila Kunis). John finds it hard to let go of either of them and ends up fighting with Ted and kicking him out of his apartment.

What I liked about the movie was the imagination of bringing a bear to life and changing the role of him from just being a kid's play toy. Ted is hilariously funny and his friendship with John is naturally entertaining. Also the chemistry between John and Lori is very charming and real. You will definitely enjoy these two as much you enjoy the other two.

My suggestion: Don't miss Ted; he will make you Laugh your AO! But be sure to not take your kids with you, this is *not* a kids movie.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Amazing script

[9/10 · 29 July 2012]

If you watch a movie that has generated a lot of hype in media and everyone absolutely loves it, chances are that you are not going to like it much because of the raised expectations. Dark knight rises is a kind of movie that you are going to LOVE... in spite of all the hype :-)

Batman is a legend in the Gotham city, this movie brings back the lost Batman to Gotham. The movie as a whole has been filmed with faded black and grey tinge. The way movie is shot you will get to see very little colors on the screen other than white, black and grey. This produces dismal picture which is dark most of the times, the mood is kind of sad... Until you see batman walk-in. When Batman walks-in, all the focus is on him, music picks up, gadgets come out and bad guys almost wet their pants. As always Batman is loaded with awesome gadgets and this time he has upgraded to better ones. And the best of all, you are going to still adore his motor cycle. By the time you walk out of theater, you will feel like Batman :-)

Like the prequel, Bane, the villain has done a very convincing job. The voice and face of Bane can terrorize anyone in the audience. The best part about the movie was that, when Bane unleashes his terror on Gotham, you can feel the pain and tension of people in the city. Story of The Dark Knight Rises is not very simple to comprehend, but by the time movie ends, it all comes together as to what a beautiful script this movie was made with.

My suggestion: There's not better way to spend your weekend than watching Batman in action. If you are confused between Ice Age and Batman, you know which one to pick.

Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012)

Boring story, but great acting

[6/10 · 2 July 2012]

Ferrari Ki Sawari - 06/10 =========== ====

The movie title gave me a feeling that it would be about a road trip that the trio of Bomman Irani, Sharman Joshi and a Kid would take across the country. Surprisingly, the movie is more about a kids struggle to become a cricketer than about Ferrari. Who could have guessed that with that kind of title and posters?

After watching the movie you will realize that movies like 'Ferrari Ki Sawari' is exactly the reason that people like me turn into film critics :-)

There is a pattern which has become very predictable with Bollywood movies and its gotten really old now. The movie theme remains all happy and story seems to make sense till intermission. It is only after the intermission that they screw up everything by making things too emotional and unrealistic. I thought that acting of all the actors was simply superb in the movie. Bomman Irani has acted brilliantly, and this character of his, 'old-khadoos grandpa' was the best character he had done so far. Sharman Joshi's acting of a perfect father was equally good and so was the Kid's character. If not for the sucking story, their roles would have been no less than an Oscar performance, and all my points are for their performances.

There's a dearth of idea about stories in Bollywood movie. Its only love stories or gang shoot-outs. Directors who select a different story either become big hits or screw-up big time. This movie would be the latter. Its about time that someone starts writing different but realistic stories.

My suggestion: Worth watching for the acting effort that Bomman Irani and Sharman have put in. But don't watch it beyond intermission, you would only be disappointed at such a waste of talent.

Brave (2012)

Too much of fantasy

[6/10 · 24 June 2012]

Watching Brave felt like reading a story out of a fairy tale book. This movie had everything that belonged to a fairy-land. A princess, a King, a Queen, a witch with spells and potions, magic and a lesson for all the kids out there :-) And when there is a princess, there has to be a prince who would fall in love with her and take her away, but no, that's not how it is :-)

Spoiler alert, beyond this point What I admired about the movie was that makers decided to move away from the usual theme of princess falling in love with a prince and made a different kind of theme, a family oriented movie. The movie revolves around rebellious teenage princess trying to break traditions and paving her own future. The Queen struggles to make her daughter the perfect princess who has a class and charisma of an ideal Queen.

But I usually find flaws in these movie quite easily, they get very predictable after a certain time. The movie wasn't 'extremely-funny' or 'extremely-motivating' or had something that would leave the audience spell bound. I found the Ice-Age trailer to be more entertaining than this movie.

My suggestion: If you like animated movies you will enjoy every bit of it. It's an OK-OK movie.

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Awful!

[3/10 · 9 June 2012]

"The cabin in the woods" might have the dumbest plot for a Horror movie you could ever imagine. Watching this movie made me feel like watching a Bollywood movie, where everything feels right till the first half. Bollywood movies are expert at screwing the second half of any movie, this movie was one step ahead of that.

The first half of this movie has everything that a Young audience demands: funny college students going out for a vacation at a secluded cabin in a forest with an awesome lake by side. There's one dopy dude who's character is awesome, dumb and funny.

The movie does produce some horror and suspense, but what really turns you off is the whole plot, which you will realize at the end is a really really crappy one.

My suggestion: Not worth watching this in your dreams either.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Hilariously brilliant!!

[9/10 · 9 June 2012]

Whoever said watching a movie in 3D is the same as watching it in 2D, got it all wrong. Madagascar 3 has amazing 3D effects which will really make you experience the movie in a different way. From the beginning till the end, you will get into fits of laughter and the animals will keep you entertained. The overall plot of the movie is good but what really steals the show are the new Italian circus animals and their Italian accent. I always felt that the real hero's of this smart Penguins and Marti, the Lion, is only a pseudo hero.

What I didn't like about this movie was the unrealistic villain and her super human abilities, although funny, but at some point you will feel it was too much. But I can bet you won't notice the small things with the crazy animals making you LOL through out.

My suggestion: Don't miss this one, and watch it in 3D.

Men in Black³ (2012)

Too mushy for MIB series

[6/10 · 27 May 2012]

I don't know how they do it but even after the first release of MIB in 1997, they made Will Smith look almost as young as he was back then and made Tommy Lee Jones look just as old as he has always been in this movie series.

To be frank, MIB movie plots haven't ever been 'very great' or 'smart'. But the good thing with MIB has always that they have been hilarious with their dumb plots and that's what keeps the movie interesting. You take out funny aliens and the talking dog from the movie, it doesn't remain so attractive anymore. Leaving out the countable funny scenes from the movie, I felt the movie overall was kind of "mushy"... sniff! They put too much emotions at place where it was not required... Another part that I admired in the prequels were the funny dialogs exchanged between Lee Jones and Will Smith, former being a tight a$$ and latter being the funny guy!

* Spoiler Alert ahead * In this series as Will Smith goes back in the past to meet younger Lee Jones, the movie missed to cash out on their chemistry too.

What was good with the movie was the character of all the MIB agents. Will Smith, Lee Jones and Josh Brolin (younger Lee Jones) all have acted very well in all the movies and all fit perfectly in their role. Although I felt the Alien Griffin was being pushed into scenes to help our heroes. Either ways, I have no complaints with the acting of characters in the movie.

My suggestion: Don't be surprised if you don't end up watching a MIB movie not-so-hilarious as its prequels when you go to watch MIB 3.

Battleship (2012)

Good animation, poor story and acting

[6/10 · 14 April 2012]

Battleship is made by the same people who worked on the "Transformers" series of movie. If you are a "Transformers" fan, you are not going to be too disappointed with the movie. Let me start by admitting that I am a BIG fan of "The Transformers" series. Hopefully this review will not be favoring the movie because of that (that is, if this review does favor it).

Watching battleship felt like watching an amalgamation of two of my favorite movies, "The Independence day" and "The Transformers", and turning them into a spinning metal-ball of Junk. As always the very realistic animation and sound effects of the movie are eye-catching, but what we didn't find convincing were the acting and the story. Watching the men act in movie will not convince you enough that there are aliens attacking earth for it's extinction. Well they couldn't even convince the audience if Baboons were attacking earth. The acting lacked a level of conviction from the actors and went too emotional at times that was sufficient to turn you off. Somethings were left unclear in the movie, like the aliens only destroyed machines and didn't attack humans. There were times when it didn't attack battleships and left them, probably because the Hero was in that ship :) . It was like watching a bollywood movie (minus the awesome animation).

My suggestion: If you are really bored and have nothing else to do this weekend, try to buy a ticket or two of this movie. Let's give the makers of "Transformers" some business people... :-)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Fun movie to watch

[7/10 · 30 December 2011]

If you have read the Sherlock Holmes books, then you would easily make out that character of Sherlock in the movie doesn't come out quite like that. The character of Sherlock in the book, suits when you are reading the book. Putting the same serious character out in the movie would have been a disaster. The character of Sherlock, in my opinion, is much more fun for movie-audience.

Alright, looks like this is what the movie makers have done: They have taken character of Sherlock from the book and tried to ponder what could make his character more appealing to movie-audience? "Let's add humour to the duo of Sherlock and Watson", "Let's add some good action to the movie", "Let's make a spicy story".. Sherlock in the movie is an overexcited person who enjoys solving mysteries and enjoys it to an extent that he forgets everything else. This involvement of Sherlock's mind in solving mysteries gives him special power to figure out things and predict precisely what could have happened in a "crime scene". Although there will be some parts where you would wonder how could Sherlock have predicted that?

The story is not too complicated, what I found to be more complicated was the English Accent. It always seems like the English folks keep adding more and more complicated words in sentences... big show-off! Thanks to the subtitles I didn't miss much of the story. Unlike most of the regular stories that involves solving mystery, in this movie you would know from the beginning who the villain is. What remains mysterious in the movie is how the villain tries to accomplish his goals. Sherlock and Watson are trying to stop the villain from achieving his goals and hence prevent the next world war.

My suggestion: This movie is fun to watch with family. With its mix of mystery, action and humour, it will guarantee you remain entertained!

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Entertaining movie

[7/10 · 16 December 2011]

Mission Impossible 4 - The Ghost Protocol 07/10

MI 4, like its prequels would be a treat to your senses, that is, if you are not too bothered about the story. MI 4 has good picturization, cool gadgets, awesome action scenes and our ever-young Tom Cruise with his good sense of humour. What is not right about the movie is the Story. Don't get me wrong... I actually enjoyed watching the movie. But that alone cannot be used for rating a movie.

I would (carefully) put my words to say that MI 4's story is "not-bad". It is a very entertaining movie, but not a very realistic script. You would assume that being a secret agent you would have lots of skills and gadgets but that doesn't turn you into God. Tom Cruise and team have performed some stunts that left me stunned. But there is something about Tom Cruise that he almost makes you believe that he could actually do all those things which might be hard for a normal Human Being to do. I guess that is what makes the movie so damn cool to watch.

My suggestion: If you decide to just stay home this weekend and do nothing-much, go and enjoy this movie! :-)

7aum Arivu (2011)

First half is very good, second half is opposite

[31 October 2011]

Had been to the theaters to watch a movie, not particular about any one movie, but wanted to see any movie other than "Ra.One". For some unknown reason, all theaters are playing repeated shows of "Ra.One". So we had to select between "Ra.One" and "7th Sense" (Tamil). Thanks to warning on facebook about "Ra.One" from friends, we selected to watch my first Tamil movie :-)

Thanks to the English subtitles and a Tamil speaking wife, I had no problems understanding the movie.

The main focus this movie was to educate people about the rich and glorious history of our country, basically, the Tamilian history and culture. Apprantely, there is a lot more about the Tamil culture that many of us don't know about. Movie focuses on this topic which seems to have been forgotten over the ages.

I am going to divide this review into two parts, the good and the bad part about the movie.

Good part ========= The movie starts with a scene from the ancient Indian city of Kanchipuram, when a prince, named "Bodhidharma", leaves his mother land to start a 3 year long journey to China. "Bodhidharma" is well versed in the art of self defence, hypnotism and medicinal science. So when "Bodhidharma" arrives at a small village in China, it doesn't get too difficult for him to make the village people like him. "Bodhidharma" start the art of Kung Fu which later, as we all know, spreads through out China. Now Indians might not be aware of this fact, but many people from Japan, China and Korea seem to know about "Bodhidharma" more than us.

I think the movie succeeds in creating the awareness about "Bodhidharma" and his teaching. The first half of the movie is very well choreographed (or cinematographed) and is supported by flawless acting from both the leading actors Surya and 'Shruti Hassan'. Surya has done an awesome job with his kung fu, he looks very professional throwing kung fu punches on the big-screen. Scenes from first half of the movie are shot beautifully and the acting is very well directed. It was almost like we were watching Indian history unfolding in front of us, it was glorious!

Warning: Spoiler alert ahead

Bad Part ======== I used to think that it's an inherent property of Bollywood movies to go bad after intermission. Now I know that this is characteristic of any Indian movie, not necessarily specific to Bollywood :-)

First thing I didn't like about the movie was that the songs are way tooooo long. I think all songs would have added atlead 20-30mins in the whole movie timing.

Secondly, I didn't understand why they names the movie as 7th sense?? I thought it had no relevance to the movie at all...

The acting of actors are still good in the the second half, but what they screw up is the story. They try to bring back "Bodhidharma" in the second part. You might think what could be so bad about it? May be they want to bring back "Bodhidharma" by spreading his message and teachings... But this is where they really screw up the story: they try to bring back "Bodhidharma" using genetic modification on a person who belongs to his blood-line. As if this was not enough you will also witness flying cars, bikes, trees, dust and what not... The only thing that missed a flight in the second half was imagination and creativity of the film makers. I really think that story was a weak line in the movie and they could have made it more realistic and not like a super- hero comic.

My suggestion: The movie has a very good message and we should all learn something from it.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011)

Painfully boring experience and bad acting

[9 September 2011]

MBKD is a pure breed of Bollywood movie. There is a lot of dancing, songs, celebration, over-acting, a few good jokes (again: very few), masala... If you like to watch such movies where you don't have to use too much of your brain after a hard week's work, you might enjoy this.

Watching MBKD is insult to intelligence and a boring experience. You know you are in the wrong theater when you get up and see people around you in deep sleep. I just couldn't wait for the movie to complete. Any movie that produces that kind of effect can only be hit because of its stars, great advertising and distribution.

The movie is flawed at many instances, but for me the most important thing in a movie is 'the story'. The story has nothing innovative or even interesting. The overall story is predictable and illogical. However, the story has a small twist at the end, which was not predictable (bad news for people who wanted the movie to end soon). You won't predict how unwanted 'the twist' at the end is. For some reason our film industry forgets that making a 'funny story' doesn't mean making a 'stupid story'.

The good thing in the movie is Katrina and her dancing skills. She can make any song look good with her size-zero body. Katrina looks good in any movie until she opens her mouth. Katrina's acting in this movie is childish and 'not cute'. Katrina's character was supposed to be of a cute and chulbuli girl, similar to Kareena Kapoor's character in 'Jab we Met'. But a combination of 'Bad acting' and inability to speak proper Hindi made Katrina look stupid.

Acting of Imran and others is equally artificial. But Imran doesn't look as bad as the overacting of 'Ali Zafar' who is Imran's brother in the movie. For some reason everyone in the movie have stopped working and are behind getting 'Ali Zafar' married.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Rise of the planet of the apes review

[7 August 2011]

Think what happens when another specie on this planet become as intelligent as humans? Or what if that specie come out to be smarter than humans? How will the humans cope with that?

'Rise of the planet of the apes' explores these questions that nobody had dared to explore until now. In this movie, humans are testing a drug on Chimps which have made them very intelligent. Now I am not trying to reveal the whole story but for some reason, humans decide to stop production of this drug and kill all chimps involved with this experiment except... one baby chimp. The theme of the movie is based on the very successful formula of 'revolution'. But what I like about the plot is that it doesn't just focus on one theme, but mixes several themes quite well which includes moral and ethical dilemma about scientific development and the human tendency to avoid death.

===Plot vaguely revealed below=== So this baby-chimp grows out to be a very intelligent one and is named 'Caesar'. One of the things about being too smart is that you tend learn fast, you start to think, you desire of... 'freedom'. Feeling secluded from humans, 'Caesar' decides to grow his own kind to be more intelligent and 'free'. However, 'Caesar's quest doesn't compel him on killing humans. What I really admire about the plot is the reluctance of the lead ape to kill any human being until the end. This helps the script to not end in senseless killing of humans by apes, which, I was afraid the movie might fall into that kind of temptation, I am glad it didn't. So the surprising part in the movie is that 'Caesar' is not portrayed as villain, instead, he is portrayed as a leader who saves his-kind from the clutches of humans. ===Plot vaguely revealed above===

This movie is very well directed and choreographed. Story in the movie is very strong and fresh. Movie makers have tried to explore new idea that will surely attract crowds. I fell in love with the special effects of this movie that made expressions on the chimps face look very 'human-like'. These special effects are not only good, but will put you back on your feet as it tend to have a scary effect on your mind to see an ape behave like human. The way this movie ends, would suggest that we shouldn't be surprised if a sequel comes out next year.

My suggestion: If you are into sci-fi movies, you would like this.