Geostorm

Scintillating, mind-blowing, exceptional and it’s definitely one of those Gerard Butler movies that will keep you at the edge of your seat. I can’t really recall a similar exciting moment in the past coming out of a Sci-Fi movie. So much energy, character and emotions were placed brilliantly throughout the whole movie. Massive credits to Dean Devlin for such an impressive script. It was so clever that the special effects played such pivotal role that dialogues, actions or any form of human connections wouldn’t have matter. Such a brilliant piece!

Playing the lead role, Gerard Butler as Jake Lawson also known as the ever-famous satellite designer, spices up the script with his ever-versatile acting pattern. He is one of those actors that puts on a great show regardless the role he plays, and I have to say this should be one of his best, undoubtedly!

The movie starts off with a voice-over of a little girl, precisely describing past catastrophic natural disasters that endangered mankind and the failure to survival. This movie will clearly remind us all what natural insanity is all about and the repercussions if things go wrong especially when it involves global satellite system.

It was so brilliantly penned down and you’ll see network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack earth, and it’s a race against the clock to uncover the true culprits behind this unpleasant scenario. Exceptionally mind-blowing acting by all the casts in this movie especially identifying the real threat before a worldwide geostorm appears and wipes out anything and everything on earth.

In the midst of a typical Sci-Fi patterned movie, you will see how critically important it is to stay united regardless having a feud with one another. This was shown clearly when Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), the estranged elder brother to Max Lawson (Jim Sturgess), were tasked together with solving the program’s malfunction before the catastrophic geostrom erupts which will certainly engulf the planet.

Another cast that impressed me so much would be Abbie Cornish, who played as Sarah Wilson, fiancé to Max Lawson. She was the very definition of women authority, the voice of feminism and how she dominated the entire movie playing the role of a secret service agent was so cool and yes, she was HOT!

Gerard Butler, who’s also known as the Dutch Boy, who’s service and satellite management intelligence was much needed when things went wrong. I simply enjoyed the scene in the court where Butler was centred and was rudely interrogated by the senator and of all the accusations that thrown at him. With that being said, I even further enjoyed and was so much impressed when he countered boldly against the senator without giving a piece of respect, and wow how well was profanity allowed in the court. Reasons why I admire Butler so much.

On an overall view, an excellent movie that deserves massive credits, especially for the special effects used and the pitch perfect storyline that hugely derived malfunctions on a whole new level, relating back to the satellite global systems. One learning outcome, no matter how deconstructed mankind become or even its human qualities, the call for unity to repair a damage that promises an insane threat to mankind is a must and it was well proven in GEOSTORM! A must watch for all Sci-Fi fans! 

The Pursuit of Happyness

sharing a laughter moment with my daddy!

one of the best lines in the movie!

A good script is what explains how the movie enrols throughout, this one is definitely one of the best movies ever made in the cinema industry. Well done to Gabriel Muccino, an impressive Italian director who worked his way up in the industry from merely countable short films to being one of the highly recognized American Filmmaker. Apparently, this also happens to be his debut English film and wow, didn't he just produce a script that will go down memory lane for years to come!

The entire film is based on entrepreneur Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle being homeless. This will definitely be one Will Smith's best movies ever, a masterpiece act on screen and it was so good that he was nominated for Academy Awards and a Golden Globe for best actor. I am huge follower of Will Smith because I strongly perceive him as one of the faces of Hollywood. The amount of intensity and dedication he brings on screen is almost incomparable to anyone in the Hollywood. Pure, genuine and realness is what describes Will Smith's presence on screen and never to forget, the emotions that evolves around him brings chills almost all the time. You will notice that not only the visuals will spark much positivity and values to human lives, but the dialogues will indicate how important it is not to GIVE UP in life now what shit gets thrown at you!

A father-son relationship was well pitched in this brilliant movie and the chemistry between the two was close to flawless, well for a simple reason it could be because his very own son, Jaden Smith, co-starred in this, playing Christopher Gardner. This is Jaden's debut film and I have to say, the young boy had a great say in this playing a pivotal role and his act was seamlessly integrated in the film. We know how frustrating it can be for young kids if they fail to get what they want, especially living with parents who can merely afford a cotton candy at times due to financial difficulties! Will Smith's wife, played by Thandie Newton who also had put on a great act as his wife, but more of a bad mother I would say. His relationship with his wife erodes to a point where she was not able to accept the fact that Will Smith agreed for an intern stockbroker for several months. I mean, come on, who wouldn't be disappointed over such a matter! But nevertheless, it was his courage and never give up attitude that provoked a sense of braveness to allow his wife to leave when she decides to.

The entire plot developed excellently and it was so heartwarming seeing the pain a father goes through just for the gain of his son's well-being. At times, while witnessing some highly controversial scenes in the movie, it makes me to pray that no father in this earth should go through the routine troubles that Will Smith goes through. It was so painful but yet he was so patient, but of course throwing tantrums and the ugly side was revealed at times. It is totally normal to feel such as we are all normal human beings and not God, so we surely are entitle to feel the way we want to.

The movie will also explain how he manages his daily expenses, and the one way would be him investing his lifetime savings in portable bone density scanners, which he uses to demonstrate it to doctos and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-Rays.

As an intern stockbroker, Will Smith portrayed a true workmanship, dedication, passion and most importantly the energy that he brought to the company was absolutely amazing! He was quick and steadfast in making calls especially big timers just so to capture a lifetime opportunity which may come knocking on your door ones. He made full use of his tenure there as intern. He even had diffulties having a consistent pay mark for all his commitments and it was just flushing down the junk! He kept going and he was even jailed for a day for failing to pay up his parking summons which he has been accumulating for months!

It was the day to decide if Chris stays put at the company for a full time paid position as a stockbroker or get his ass kicked out waving goodbye! He probably had the least confidence compared to the rest of his competitors and he was well dressed thinking it would be his last, and therefore decides to at least impress his fellow managers on his last day. The moment you hear words like "You have to wear this tomorrow Chris because you have just got the job as a full time paid position Stockbroker". WELCOME ABOARD CHRIS!

The emotions that poured out from Will Smith was so good that words could merely describe it. It was an award-winning act man! So good that it made me to tear guys! Probably the most touching scene of the entire movie and what better way to cap it off when he runs heading to the daycare to embrace his son. It was extremely heartwarming.

Ending on a positive note is what's healthy and this just had it all. Seeing the father and son walk down the street joking with each other reminds me of my days as a kid being pampered by my dad. hmmmm.... Will Smith may have gone through all the roughs and tears in life that was shown in this movie, he may even have failed as a husband, a bad American citizen for the multiple faults he committed, but you have to remember that he never FAILED AS A DAD FOR HIS SON. Hats off for Will.

Panchathanthiram

May seem unexpected, questionable on why reviewing on this movie, but hey, this will probably be one of the most complete Kollywood movie ever made. It just had it all what a movie would require to meet the audience's expectations. Panchathanthiram, directed by the ever versatile kollywood film maker KS. Ravikumar, is a 2002 tamil-language comedy film that sees the life of pilot take a huge twist and turns, and what better way to complete it with 4 of his incredibly humorous friends that adds up the spice of fun elements into the movie. The main cast played by the one and only Padmashree Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Hassan, carries a role of a carefree pilot and a womaniser who lives in Canada.

The concept of portraying Kamal's role for the entire movie was defined clearly at the early stages of the movie as it starts of with a song where gets surrounded with ladies he has been hanging around with. KS. Ravikumar always never fails to impress his audiences as I would say this will surely be his best script ever thus far. The story then develops with an aircraft hijacking where Kamal bumps into Simran, who plays the heroine in this one. It is a rare phenomenon to witness a love story being developed after a meet up in an hijack, and that too an AIRCRAFT HIJACKING! Well, what's a Tamil movie without a weird way of building a love tale.

Kamal Hassan has and always will be one of the top most influential actors not only in Kollywood, but in various dialect movies within the Tamil Cinema. Acting since he was such a young boy, he is now well renowned and one of the least celebrities that's been given the stardom and privilege to stand next to top big superstars like, MGR, Sivaji, Nagesh and so on. Panchathanthiram will definitely be one of his best movies as one will be able to witness inch to inch excellent act by the main man. Kamal Hassan who is often an individual that carries the weight of a movie on his own and unsurprisingly, he has never failed to make an impact that's worth remembering forever. This time around, he is accompanied by 4 of his funny friends, namely Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman and Yugi Sethu and the very moment these 5 guys join forces, you can only expect laughter, laughter and laughter all the way!

Kamal who wedded Simran and thought that he has already escaped the unwanted ladies in his life, that is when things just got worse and it was so well crafted in a way that you may think that no other actor would be capable to pull it off except for Kamal! The story then develops with his 4 friends planning to bring in the gorgeous looking Ramya Krishnan to accompany and satisfy Kamal as it was his birthday and also because he was having a feud with his wife, Simran. He was very much against it and not happy betraying his wife. Kamal was then brilliantly abducted by his 4 friends to Bangalore, and there they hired a call girl, Ramya. The switch of the plot was excellently scripted after the Bangalore scene and hats off to Ramya Krishnan as well for living the characted she played. After putting up an excellent performance and almost flawless acting in Padayappa, this will be Ramya's 2nd time of sharing same screen presence with a stardom. She is a versatile actress that gives not only her best in what she does, but often a person who lives up to the director's expectations.

If there's one person that should be hugely credited in this movie, it will be none other than Jayaram. I personally like Jayaram simply because of his realness in acting and wow, I have to say he definitely played the comical role so well that even his presence on screen without dialogues would trigger laughter. That's how good of an actor he is. Nagesh, the evergreen actor played a great supporting role as well, and of course Ramesh Khanna who played minimal role in the movie but was so much effective. Manivannan did a great job as well.

Overall, a great watch and as mentioned earlier, one of Kamal's best thus far and watchable countless times.