Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) Director: Yash Chopra Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Watch out for strains of “Hurt Locker”, Royal Enfield, Indian Army. Avoid all the rest. .

The Town (2010)

Ben Affleck, re-creates, what many have attempted before, a formula which never fails – heist. Edgy, racy, thrilling, it has what I was looking for in a movie on a Friday night…It did not fail me, one bit.

Ben Affleck – the most recent movie which I saw again was Armageddon which had Ben star in it…I was quite impressed by his Gone, Baby Gone. It was quite an affair, and it was a movie I recommended to a lot…There were some shots from the movie which stand out – he working out, his phone call to Rebecca Hall from across the street and the final shot.

Rebecca Hall – well I can’t forget her from Vicky Christina Barcelona…Well though she does not pay a very different character, she brings the needed feel and affect. Well that’s what’s needed and it was there. She appears in Prestige, I remember her character but not her so much.

Blake Lively – I have been re-checking IMDB and Wiki repeatedly to see where have I seen her before..But then there is not a strong recall from where…I have seen New, York, I Love You, but can’t remember her so much. Yet she looks so much familiar, I can’t believe why I am not able to recollect. Or is that she resembles someone? Koel Purie ? Can someone get me out of this tangle>

Pete (Peter) William – I remembered him from so many movies, then I recollect it is primarily from Inception and In the Name of the Father.

Jeremy Renner – You can’t for forget him, if you have seen Hurt Locker. Similar style somewhat, lesser limelight and different set-up. Cocky and spirited, he gives the needed edge to the role.

Hurt Locker

Director – Kathryn Bigelow

Cast – Jeremy Renner, Ralph Fiennes

When you hear Hurt Locker, War is a Drug, you expect a war movie, you think about Thin Red Line, No Man’s Land, Enemy at the Gates and so on….Some amount of predictability, some biases and some pre conceived notions…

Well then Hurt Locker from the time it rolls, just breaks the conventions, well that’s what it did to me. Enter Jeremy, defy the conventions even more. The documentary like plot development sans melodrama does no longer hinder you from getting involved every bit on what’s happening. You can feel the heat and the palpable tension every minute.

All you could end up would be asking for more, well then, they said in the beginning, war is a drug…what did you expect?