Pacific Rim

 God , Its been a long time since I Saw a good Monster movie . By Monsters I meant real , big and scary Monsters not some Zombie Creeps . If tats how you feel , then Pacific Rim is the movie for you. Although it can t be compared to Jurassic Park and Godzilla Kinda of feel , The concept of Robots vs Monsters in the backdrop of a famous City is mouth watering to all Teenage guys . Animes like Code Geass ( Lanceleot Vs Guren ) and cartoos like Ninja Robots where you get to see some cool ass Robots kicking a@@  sure does make one wonder whether if anything new would come that would atleast interest you  . Well Pacific Rim sure does get the job delivered . 

Ninja Robots 

Guren Vs Lancelot in Code Geass

Plot :: 

Piloting the Jaeger 

Aliens Invasion - Humankind's Last Pit Effort to stop it - Succeeds. Tats the whole story in a nutshell. It happens in the future of late 2020 where a rift opens in Pacific which acts as a kind of portal to some huge Monsters which enter the Coastline Cities and goes crazy . In order to stop the monsters , humanity builds the Jaegers: equally colossal humanoid war machines, each manned by two pilots whose brains are linked to share the overwhelming mental load of piloting the sophisticated machines ( a process they term as the Neural Drift ) .Why do the monsters start attacking  and what sparks them , wats their objective are some questions that are best answered by Stacker Pentecost ( Idris Elba) and Dr. Newton Geiszler ( Charlie Day ) , Gottlieb ( Burn Gorman) whom you will get to know when you see the movie .

Visual Effects :: 

Now where does the movie emerges a Winner ! , its surely in the CGI section . The imagination and the thought process that must have gone behind this huge creatures where each one are unique and equally huge Robots controlled by a two persons who share a neural connection are astounding and breadth taking . And to see them on screen is like WOW !! cool !!  . Each Robot is unique and is damn huge like hell . I mean not just huge but immensely huge . You can never imagine the size they are . Just when you get used to the concept of the Robot's size they immediately show a comparison of how big they are by showing the Robots picking up a container or smashing a Car or a Bridge apart . And again you will be going Whoa!!!! :D

Industrial Light & Magic was chosen to create the visual effects for Pacific Rim. Del Toro hired Oscarwinners John Knoll and Hal T. Hickel, both known for their work on the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Legacy Effects was hired to do the special and practical effects on the film. Shane Mahan, known for creating the armored suits for Iron Man, was hired on as effects supervisor. John Rosengrant was also brought in for his work on Real Steel. Oscar winner Clay Pinney, known for his work on Independence Day and Star Trek, was also brought on board.

Gypsy Dishes it out o a Categ 3 

I still remember the old Godzilla movies which spits Electricity out of its mouth :P .  I loved those cries of Godzilla as it charges through the city destroying bridges and sky scrapers . And now when you see the same scene happening , you do get amazed at how much the CG has improved in the upcoming years . Its damn good . Most of the time you won t even realize that its CG . They look so natural and cool that you actually believe that they were play acted by people dressed up ( Like they did in Godzilla)

Director and Team discussion 

The IMAX experience was one that ought not to be missed by any . This is one movie that takes the IMAX screen to a whole new level. Watch it there if you have a IMAX nearby ;)

BGM :: 

Done by Ramin Djawadi ( an Iranian-German composer of orchestral music for film and television) Djawadi may be best known for his Grammy-nominated, guitar-driven score for Iron Man and for the TV series Prison Break, Game of Thrones and Person of Interest. This definitely adds another strong point to the Movie . I mean seriously, its damn cool .Especially the Guitar tempo at the beginning of the Main Theme . It will drive you nuts . Just what we needed for a good Action / Heroic Movie :D

Action - Sequence :: 

Although the movie's plot and CG is damn big , the action sequences were a little too scarce and sometimes too soft for my taste. I was expecting the Transformers kind of action where the Robots move in a cool and Slick way that just blows your mind . Maybe  Guillermo del Toro thought it would feel exactly like another  Transformers rip off movie . So he made the Robots , scary a** big but clumsy like hell. I mean seriously sometimes it would just feel like push - push Game between 2 guys . I was disappointed like hell . The robots which were shown unique and were the last of Jaegers piloted by the best pilots sure did go down without any kind of Legendary fight in them . I mean it was damn waste of Robots if you ask me.  I get it , they want to give Gypsy , a Thermonuclear powered Jaeger a fighting chance to save the day but still they could have showed some cool minion Fights where the other Robots could have been made to look cool before they get Crushed under a huge Category 4 Kaiju ( nickname of the Aliens in the movie .) Atleast I expected a little more fight in the Japanese Triplets that Control a Cool Red Jaeger code named Crimson Typhoon .

Crimson Typhoon - 3 handed Robo

But that doesn't mean the Movie doesn't have any cool stunt scenes . This is where Gypsy comes into play . The sequence where he takes down the 2 Category : 4 Monsters is amazing . Especially the Sword Split at the last finishing move  in Slo-mo . Yup definitely Transformers feel :D I see what you did there Toro :D

Epic Category 4 Fight :D

Emotional Content :: 

Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost:

Thank god there aren't any . It all started off with Nolan's Trilogy . I mean after that one , every guy wanted a touch of Emotions in their action movies :P , sometimes Edging on borderline pathetic as it happened in Man Of Steel :P

Even Pacific Rim does try to strut its emotional content with Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba trying the Father Figure angle . But huh ! nope i did not get any tearful moment when he goes into Oblivion :P
And for the First time the Hero and Heroine in an Hollywood Movie who doesn't Kiss each other at all :O Well tats a Bummer !! . Toro said the there never was supposed to be a romantic angle between the two but just a deep Respect for each other as a partner .

Charlie Hunnam ( LEFT) as Raleigh Becket and Rinko Kikuchi (RIGHT) as Mako Mori

Ouch !! Too Bad for you ,Charlie Hunnam , If you know what I mean ;)

Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geiszler

The Triplets 

Burn Gorman as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb

Ron Perlman as Hannibal Chau

Similarities :: 

Like I said the movie's concept of Robots piloted by Humans to save Humanity may look like a rip off from a lot of anime and cartoons that we had known off . Hell even the Power Ranger Movie had a segment where they fight united against a Monster .

Dexter's Family Against Monster form SEA

But what specifically came to my mind when I saw the poster was an Episode from my all time Favorite Dexter's Laboratory . Where each member of the family will be using a Car and when the time comes they get united together to fight against the scary Monster that comes out from the SEA :P Notice anything Similar . Yup tats what came to my mind when I saw the Trailer . Hell !! even one of the monster that makes an appearance in the movie kind of resembles the monster in the Cartoon .Well Toro Must have been a Dexter Fan too huh .. How many else noticed the same , please do let me know in the comments below :D

The Monster Sure does look familiar huh :D :D

Pro's :: 

1. Amazing Visual Effects that will literally blow your mind with cool action sequences . The impact it delivers when you realize how huge these monsters really are , will astound you .
2. Excellent music Score . Hats off to the composer Ramin Djawadi . ( Well you can t expect anything less from the composer of Iron Man and Game of Thrones )

Cons ::

1. Poor Screenplay that some times goes to the borderline of boring .
2. Emotional Content does not have the expected pull .
3. A cheap Rip off Story .

Overall :: A movie that can be Enjoyed for its Visual and Sound Effects alone.

Rating :: 8.5/10  ( Good)

Regards
Ram

Iddarammayilatho

 Stylish Star is back with his usual flair and his amazing dance moves . Be it western or local Rock this guy is the absolute best when it comes to dancing with full energy . And he has done it yet again in the movie especially in the first song and of course the others ..

Allu Arjun looks amazing in the movie with his new hair Do and his cool sense of dressing does impress every guy again . Although i have to agree that the dresses are a little too bright at some place that it just pains the eye :P

Amala Paul had given her decent best . Although she fails to pull of the cute and Cultural Girl Act poorly and looks like she had been dipped in Asian paints ;-) , If u know what I mean :P

Catherine Tresa of Chammak Challo is back and yet again another heroine who has been dipped in paint  , I don't know wats the necessity of it as she looks good normally . I think the make up artist is the one to blame as everyone looks like a ghost on the movie with too many Kg's of make up in their face ...

DSP makes another debut with his cool BGM's and songs . Adding  another point to the movie's strength , the songs are just rocking  . Combine that with Allu Arjun's dance , u have got a nice package .

The story is where the movie falls short . An ordinary revenge movie , but  the movie falls so low is the absolute stupidity of no Logic theme .I mean the first half is absolutely a riot with fun filled laughter and the beauty of Europe to tease ur senses while on teh other hand second half is just horrible . Be it the story sequences or the characters's role playing . It made me wonder whether this was the guy who made Pokkiri . Well lets just say that the first half is the one part where you will be happy for your money's worth . My advice : see the First part alone and then get out form the theater in the second half .

Stunt Sequences are amazing especially the pre-interval one .My god , i don t know where they got this Shanking idea from . From Yutham sei along Billa 2 , Thuppaki to this movie this shanking Sequence has become quite famous . I am still searching for a Holywood movie or Korean movie where they must have taken it from :P But still the sequence looks much more brutal and long when compare to other movies  and Allu has pulled it of with his own unique style ..

Interval Fight - Amazing  Shanking Sequence

Pro's :: 

1. Allu Arjun's Amazing Dance performance + his sense of dressing does not fail to impress you.
2. Songs and Music , thanks to DSP .
3. First half is a absolute riot .

Con's ::

1. Awful story line . No logic at all .
2. The Villian is such a comedy tin this movie , and the reason he starts murdering everyone seems so silly to look .
3. Poor choice of cast at some places that they just fall down from the movie.



























Overall :: can be watched only by Allu Arjun Fans :D

Rating : 7.2 / 10 ( Poor )

Regards 
Ram 

Twilight : Breaking Dawn Part 2

Exactly one year back , Breaking Dawn Part 1 left every one astounded with its astounding detail to the book and a cliffhanger Ending . Now one year later , Breaking Dawn Part 2 has hit the screens with  an awesome opening . Is the movie worthy enough to be declared as the beautiful end to a Epic Saga ??? read on , 

The First Hunt 

When the first book in the series was released back in 2005 , Twilight was just considered a New York best seller with a few of the crazy book fans reading it . When the second Novel got released in 2006, the series slowly started picking up some expectations and had a huge fan base following it .2007 saw the release of third book and finally a hint of the expected movie of the book was in the air. Twilight - The movie released in 2008 with a major opening and created a group of followers who started searching for the books like crazy . The fever that started then and had finally come to an end in this month.

Coming back to present ,as you all know Breading Dawn Part 1 ended with the note of Bella opening her eyes to Vamphirehood .There is no need to explain the story as most of the persons who will be going to the movie would either have read the book or would have[Twifans ;-)]  friends who did and must have got the entire story from them . So no suspense there . But a major Factor rested here . Will the director be able to portray  the exact feelings and emotions that were described so beautifully in the book ? . Or would it be messed up and corroded like how Harry Potter series was a mess of after the first two installments  Thank god , Director Bill Condon has proved that its not to be the case .

*SPOILER ALERT *

If You haven t seen the movie yet or heard from anyone , please don't read the below  Paragraph alone as it spoils the Entire twist in the end

He really got me going with a huge and epic battle that started at the end of the movie . I mean the movie was moving so beautifully sculptured with every scene of the movie getting aligned naturally to that of the lines of the book , The one major flaw which I realized was that the passport details would be given to Jenkins By Bella herself in the book . But in the movie it would be like Jasper has already given the order for the Passports and Bella would be going to just pick them up . But tats understandable as Meyer would have unnecessarily elongated the book with that part . The on screen part was really a good idea . Thanks to Melissa Rosenberg , screenplay ,  for that :D.

Seth , Leah and Jacob

*SPOILER ALERT *

If You haven t seen the movie or heard from anyone , please dont read the below  Paragrapgh alone as it spoils the Entire twist in the end


So coming to the battle . According to the book , Volturi would be on one side with Cullens and the entire friends on the other side to help them . They would argue and finally Aro would decide that the enemy was too powerful to continue their fight today and leave as soon as Alice appears with evidence . In the movie ,This will be true until the part where Alice comes . Then the movie takes a frightening turn of its own.( Following are the exact sequence that takes part in the movie , I have tried to depict as far as my memory could allow , Please correct me if you find anything wrong). Aro's 2 gaurds takes Alice captive and drags her back while the other 2 kills Jasper right before her eyes . Enraged by the loss of his son ,  Carlisle launches himself off at Aro who easily decapitates him and the other brother burns his body . Before that Reneesme is sent on the back of Jacob by Bella . As soon as he sees his father go down before his eyes , Edward springs forward with a snarl along with the entire clan running towards each other and meeting up in the middle of the ground.Jane's brother goes down , While Jane makes Seth to reel in pain after he finishes off another Volturi Guard . Benjamin , seeing the entire annihilation going on before him ,Creates a major shock wave that opens the earth into two , Seth reeling with pain falls into it . Leah sees this starts howling which is heard by Jacob who immediately loses his concentration in escaping from the pursuing vampire and slows down. But he gets back to his senses and snaps the head of the Vampire as he pounces on them. Esme fights another Guard and both trip and hang on the end of the crevice tats in the middle of the ground . Leah sees this and jumps on the guy who is trying to pull Esme down and takes him with her into the abyss. Sam senses it and howls with Anger and attacks the others with Multiplied Vengeance . Edward is thrown by Another guy into the crevice while Bella watches but he comes back with a spring and takes the guy's head off . Stefan and Vladmir take the other two of Aro's brothers. Alice finally frees herself and runs at Jane while being protected by Bella's shield . She catches Jane by her hair and throws her to SAM who rips her apart . Aro enraged finally enters the battle .Edward and Bella fight with him with Bella finally taking his head off and throwing his body into flames . I was holding my head in my hands with fingers pulling my hair and was on the verge of tears as this happened . I mean what I had feared the most had happened . In order to attract fans with a huge fight they had entirely deviated from the story . This is much more horrible than what they did to Harry Potter was my entire thought.' Why , Why do they have to do this ' But as Aro's body goes into flames , the camera zooms into his eyes and comes back out to the scene where Aro touches Alice's hands . With Alice saying " That your future if you start a fight ..." . My god the happiness I felt at the moment was beyond words . Only a second later I realised that the roar I was hearing was mostly coming out of my mouth , "YEah , hell yeah" moment . I turned around and could see most of the audience with the same expression and happiness on their faces with roar continuing for a better part of 2 minutes  ' They didn t mess it up , HELL !! , they haven t messed it up at all ' was my only thought  as I watched the movie roll towards a beautiful finish.

The Final Battle 

So coming to cast , Isabella 'Bella 'Swan done by the now famous and highest paid actress Kristen Stewart has done a remarkable role in the movie . Although she fits the role of small , soft and clutz ' Bella ' to the skin , many critics were hard on her for her in-existent facial expressions . You may have seen a lot of Troll Memes floating around too , depicting the same . But in this movie she has finally shed the fragile layer that is of Human Bella and has transformed into a fierce and enthralling beauty of Vampire Bella remarkably . I mean I was totally expecting her to make a mess of the scene where Bella jumps on Jacob with a growl after she comes to know that he had imprinted on her . Her delivery of ' You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?..... ' was really impressive . And the difference between human Bella and Vampire transformed one was remarkably shown in the way she dressed , the Beauty she radiated on the screen, the confident way in which she walked. I have to say that I was really impressed with her . Hats off to you Kristen aka Bella.

The Before Bella

The After Bella  :: 

 Robert Pattinson again returns as the beautiful and Angelic Edward Cullen who demands wolf whistles from girls as soon as he enters the screen . Has always maintained the role of Edward to the core from the first movie .

Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black earns another set of Whistles from another team of girls that go by the name of  Team Jacob :D ..It really was funny seeing them fight as to who was the best . Edward or Jacob :D.

Senna and Zafrina - African Vampires

Reneesme starred by Mackenzie Foy has filled her part well . Like in the book she doesnt speak much but goes around with what she wants to say by simply touching people's cheek. Her growth from Baby was fully graphically shown which was a little awkward at first. But atleast tats what they could do in order to show the resemblance and speedy growth, I guess.

Other characters come and go the same . Thank god they didn't change the cast anymore or it would have messed up the entire series. New Vampires like Alistair , Benjamin have been selected aptly although they dont share that much of a screen space .

Denali Clan - Kate , Irina, Tanya, Eleazar , Carmen

Bella , Reneesme ,Edward and Jacob - Happily Ever After 

The Romanian Clan - Vladamir and Stefan

Alistair

Jane and her Brother Alec

Alice and Jasper

Amun , Kebi , Benjamin and Tia

Emmett and Bella arm Wrestle

Marcus , Aro and Caius - The Volturi

The story ends with the Alice's vision showing a fully  grown Reneesme , Bella , Jacob and Edward living happily on Beach  and then the meadow where Bella allows Edward to read her thoughts by lifting her shield and finally showing how much he means for her . The screen shows the last page of the book with the word ' Forever ' highlighted and slowly the credits roll .An astounding finish , I have to say and judging from the cheers and standing ovation the film got when the credits rolled , I have to say my fellow fans had agreed with me too :D

Pro's : :

1. Once again get lost in the Magical World created by Stephenie Meyer and portrayed by the best actors.
2. Feel jealous of the pure love that can ever exist between two persons , Edward and Bella of course .
3. Impactfull battle at the end that makes you to scoot to the end of your seats and shout in horror and weep with joy .


Cons :

1. The minor slip where they deviated from the story somewhat with the passports.
2 . The graphical enhancements of Reneesme looks a little awkward at some places.
3. Less Screen space for Jacob :( ..I think most would agree with me ;-)

A movie which will never be missed by Hardcore Twilight Fans . So answering the question which was asked first ' Hell Yes'.

Rating : 9.5/10

Regards
Ram