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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Whole World Is Watching (2021)
Winter Soldier vibes!
The best part about this series is the mix of characters. Karli, Sam, Zemo, Bucky, Ayo, each one unwavering in their stand. The audience is caught rooting for all of them at different points! And then there's the new Cap doing his thing!
This episode further deepens their differences. Really well balanced action and dialogues. Loved it.
Mr. Robot: Hello, Elliot (2019)
This put Esmail on my face!
I stopped watching after season one, coz I thought they spoiled a great show on computer hacking by introducing psychological concepts. I was in only for the hacking and all the cool stuff.
A few weeks back I chanced upon how high the recent episodes have been getting rated. That made me come back to this show and pick up from where I had left off, with a fresh perspective.
And must I say, its has been one hell of a ride! There was always a thin dark cloud that has been wrapping the whole story up, few bits and pieces here and there that left us wondering what we were missing or what we are failing to expect.
This episode finally blows all the smoke away, and bids us farewell in the most fitting way possible. In the end, Elliot never knew we existed, and we never met Elliot.
Olympiyan Anthony Adam (1999)
A true thriller from the bygone era
This is one of those movies whose story and plot line overshadows all the other shortcomings. A very well thought out script supported by some strong characterisation.
Mohanlal and Jagathy shine, while the rest of the cast contribute very well to create two different alternating atmospheres. One with the police slowly uncovering the identity of a notorious criminal, and the other being the day-to-day life at a school.
I would say this movie aged well, and watching again clearly shows us how much attention to detail was being put into the key aspects of the film. That is something rare for its time period.
I'm sad to see it rated this low, its surely in my top 30 of pre-2000 malayalam movies.
Game of Thrones: The Long Night (2019)
In My Honest Opinion:
Remember the pilot episode, when the Nights Watch first learns of the chilling existence an enemy beyond the wall?
How we are introduced to the greatest threat so early into the series, yet unknown of its limits and capabilities.
At Craster's Keep, where we learn a slight bit more about the white walkers and their leader, a powerful being called the Night King?
Remember what we felt when Sam drove a shard of Obsidian through a white walker and shatters it like glass?
One of the greatest sequences of the show, in Hardhome, where Jon almost dies before learning the effectiveness of Valerian Steel against the Night King's weapons?
Remember keeping count of all the Valerian swords in existence and speculating who all would wield one in the war that matters most?
The birth of dragons, the first 'Dracarys', Drogon reaching its true form and rescuing Khaleesi?
Remember all the three dragons going full beast mode and burning down the Masters' fleet at Meereen? Jon and Dany riding their Dragons?
Remember Viserion going full Ice mode? And the majestic destruction of the Wall by the all powerful Night King?
The Wall which was built by Magic.
Damn, Tower of Joy? Jon the Targaryen?
The network of weirwood trees? Old gods? new gods?
Oh and Bran's journey into becoming the Three Eyed Raven? Greensight?
What about wargs? Bran warging into a raven, and then into Ghost, then Hodor?
Remember the brilliant, brilliant time loop that Hodor's life was all about?
This was the build up to the Long Night.
The might of the dead was such that all these things were supposed to come together for the living to stand any chance.
But what did we see? Ok basically very less since it was dark throughout.
Dragons got lost in the snow mostly, Rhaegal was abandoned somewhere.
Dany and Jon pretty much did nothing of substance.
Jon screamed at Viserion though, typical Jon.
No encounters with White Walkers or the Night King.
Bran played raven simulator the whole time.
Almost like he gained all these powers so that he could tell 'The things we do for love!' back to Jamie!
Guest appearing Melisandre contributed more significantly than all of them.
Here are all my concerns in one line:
Everyone were just killing wights pointlessly up until the point Arya stabs the Night King.
That was the Long Night we got to see, and it's disappointing.
I mean this is the same show that gave us Battle of the Bastards, Hardhome, heck even Blackwater.
Aside form that one confrontation between Drogon and the Night King, I liked Theon's character arc.
Melisandre lighting up the Dothraki sickles, and them being wiped out in the few minutes that followed is my highlight from the episode.
Lucifer (2019)
The movie with the most rewatch value!
I watched this movie in the theater with a friend of mine, had just seen the trailer before that. I wasn't expecting anything, just went along since he wanted to watch. I found it pretty thrilling, well directed, good twists n turns and action. But came home disappointed thinking the ending lacked punch, not in line with the build up of the rest of the story.
Then I saw that this was out on primevideo. Thought of giving it another viewing, just for Mohanlal.
DAMN! Second time watching was brilliant!
Every line of dialogue, every camera angle, every stare just speaks volumes on the craft mastery of everyone involved!
I have watched Lucifer more than 5 times since then, and I haven't watched any other movie so many times so quick, maybe Loud Speaker (Mammooty) comes a close second.
There is something in those characters that we haven't seen in a long time.
Some extra heat, but not at all over the top. Very grounded, yet large in scale.
Mohanlal and Vivek Oberoi are stellar, even John Vijay, Tovino and Prithvi shine. Its in my all time top 5 Malayalam movies for sure.