Saturday, June 13, 2009

My Favorite Movie Quotes - Out of Time

Out of TimeThe dialogue I enjoyed the most among many from the movie 'Out of Time'.

Ann Marie Harrison (Sana Lathan) married to her abusive husband, Chris Harrison (Dean Cain) gets it going with her sympathizing high school friend - the present day Chief of Police - Mattias Lee Whitlock (Denzel).


When Chris gets suspicious, he confronts Matt and here is the dialogue from this high octane scene:

Chris: Next time that little pussy comes around...

Matt: Little pussy?

Chris: Sure. The guy scurries out the back door the second he hears my voice.

Matt: "Scurried"?

Chris: Yeah. You know, I could almost respect a man who had the balls to confront me, tell me, "Yeah, I'm banging your wife."

Matt: Maybe this.. this ..this guy,maybe there's nothing he would rather do than, you know, to tell you that you're a lousy husband and that you don't deserve Ann.
Maybe there's nothing he would rather do than to walk up to your face, look you right in the eye, and say to you, "Chris, I'm banging your wife...Good!"
Maybe, you know, maybe...maybe your wife won't let him.

Chris: I'd respect him at least.And if he did that, then I'd go up to him, look him in his eye, and I'd say - "Just come near her again...and I'll kill you."

Matt: Wow. You're talking to the wrong guy, because as a police officer...I can't let you go around threatening people's lives. If you're serious, I would be obligated to do something.

Chris: Really?

Matt: That's right.Thanks for the beer...and the conversation.

Chris: Thanks for listening.

Matt: You give Ann my best,...if you can.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

My Newest Blog - http://dreamrecalls.blogspot.com/

I am a big time dreamer. Seriously…I feel like there is this guy inside me who meticulously weaves all these vivid illusions that feel so real and authentic.


If one could compile all the dreams I have had, we could make a hundred movies on almost all genres. More than just the number of dreams, it is the sense of exactness and the attention to detail given by this guy inside me.


I decided to write about it and went on to create a brand new blog devoting it entirely for some of the strangest, funniest, erotic, horrific and mostly nonsensical dreams I have had.


While setting I up I wanted to use a nice looking template. I had to spend quite some time to get that up and working. So much so that I think I should post a note on my technical blog about it.


But anyways, please do visit my new blog extension at:
http://dreamrecalls.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

My Favorite Movie Quotes - Johnny English

Movie: Johnny English

A movie that made me LMAO. Strange that a few of my friends did not like it that much.

Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) not knowing that the man standing beside him is actually Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich), expresses his true feelings about the Frenchman.



JE:
"You know, I think I'd rather have my bottom impaled on a giant cactus than exchange pleasantries with that jumped-up Frenchman.
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing the French should host is an invasion.

Sorry, can I help?"

PS:
"Pascal Sauvage, - jumped-up Frenchman."

Also during the climax, Johnny would mistakenly conclude that the arch bishop is a fake and would display the true arch bishop’s bare ass, wide open on national television - hoping to show a tattooed message – “Jesus is coming, look busy.” After he sees the “clean bottom” –

“All right, so I was wrong about the archbishop's bottom.”

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My Favorite Movie Quotes - Notting Hill

Movie: Notting Hill

William Thacker (Hugh Grant) after spilling orange juice all over Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), tries to convince her to get cleaned up at his place, one among the many funny quotes from that classic movie:



“l'm really sorry.l... l live just over the street.
l have, um, water and soap.You can get cleaned up.
...l also have a phone.l'm confident that in five minutes we could have you spick-and-span and back on the street again - ln the perfectly non-prostitute sense, obviously.”

My Favorite Movie Quotes - A Few Good Men



“…I don't want money and I don't want medals. What I want is for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform, and with your Harvard mouth, extend me some fuckin' courtesy…
You gotta ask me nicely.”

- Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) in reply to Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) who carelessly asks for the transfer order of Santiago.

And then again in the climax during the trial, Nicholson does a splendid delivery of dialogs:



“Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? …

… You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties; You want me on that wall! You need me on that wall!”


Perfect diction!

1408 - My All Time Favorites #3


My all time favorite horror/psychological thriller movie. I usually like this genre of movies, even the bloody gory ones like Quentin Tarantino’s “Hostel” or the “Saw” pentalogy (btw, Saw VI is coming up later this year, Yay!!).


But 1408 is undoubtedly the best. There is not a single scene that shows any real zombie or spooky creatures or screaming mutants. It is entirely psychological; people who enter into this room get delusional and start hallucinating.

Samuel Jackson does a splendid job of laying the ground work for a great dare devil ride – that is the rest of the movie. I personally could easily relate myself with John Cusack’s character. Everything that is shown in the movie would neatly fall in place.


The reaction of a character to a given situation – the way they talk and the way they respond is what makes a good script stand outside from the rest, and this is one such movie where the script was perfectly written.


One of the best photography in movies of this type, it does not get too dark nor too bright; just the right amount of light that sets the mood of the movie throughout.

My Favorite Movie Quotes - Mr.Deeds

The one thing I enjoy the most by watching a movie is the dialogs in it. Some of them are so funny or too powerful that you can never forget it. So I decided to start a string where I would post some of the most memorable quotes which I enjoyed.

To start with a really really funny one –



“The hideousness of that foot would haunt my dreams forever”
– Emilio Lopez (John Turturro) from the movie Mr.Deeds referring to the “wickedly” frostbitten right foot of Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler)

Absolutely hilarious! I had the movie paused, laughed, and rewound it again and again laughing at this scene.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Religulous


It is a documentary movie all right, but it did not bore me with some glum topic like Global Warming or some alleged conspiracy. It talks about God, Religion, Faith and Government - about the tacit idiocy of the politicians who govern the country in the name of God.

Bill Maher mercilessly ridicules almost every major religion – pointing out the incoherent beliefs that form as a base for most decisions made by people. He questions a vast bunch of such people about things that they deeply believe in and asks them questions which, an ordinary person like me would think twice or thrice and would finally decide not to ask.


His sarcasm would have certainly hurt a lot of people. It is like some of the arguments I have with my Mom, where she would simply stand up and leave, calling my all my opinions as blasphemy.

There are so many things in every religion that have not been proven – things which I am sure can never be proved, ever. I personally believe that history is nothing but a story being told. Story told by humans - of what they saw, heard or believed. We can see in our day to day life how different incidents are told in many different ways, how rumors and gossips spread. Given this fact, how can anyone be positively sure that every thing given in the religious books happened the same exact way? I would like to quote a line from the movie – The Man from Earth – “The truth is very very simple”.

After all, these religious books were written by humans. I have witnessed so many people who tend to exaggerate and over glorify a simple incident, probably to gain attention or maybe to make themselves feel special or important. This is normal human tendency.

Most of these works, which spans across centuries and contain many incidents which cannot be reasoned with logic, could have been such things. It is totally the freedom of an individual to believe whatever he/she wants. But when the magnitude of such beliefs decides the way the government functions, that’s a problem.



If you are a fair-minded person, open to discuss your faith or absence of it, without any prejudice, you would enjoy this movie.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Last Chance Harvey


A really pleasant romantic movie. When almost everything and everyone you knew lets you down, even when you are old, even when you feel guilty of your past – still you can fight and win any challenge that life has to offer. Hoffman plays a man who had abandoned his family for his profession but never reached the heights he anticipated in it either.

He is in the verge of losing his job, his ex-wife and his daughter are really not so proud of him. His daughter wants her step dad to give her on her wedding. Hoffman has reached the rock bottom of his life, and looks completely belittled. But he learns to adapt and work on it and is pulled into the life of a woman whom he met at the airport.

Dustin Hoffman really carries the movie all by himself. That being said, the rest of the cast have done a very decent job too. A smooth script sprinkled with some naturally funny dialogs, colorful photography and mild music, this is the kind of movie which, at the end, leaves you with a big smile and your heart filled with a lot of pleasantness.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

12 Angry Men - My All Time Favorites #2



A timeless classic - the kind of movie which has a powerful message. Sidney Lumet's debut movie. Probably Henry Fonda and Lee J Cobb's greatest performances. Almost the entire film takes place in the juror room. 12 ordinary people coming from different backgrounds having different interests need to decide on the fate of a teenage boy from the slum, accused of murdering his abusive father.


All of the jury members feel the same disregard towards the boy as the lawyers who defended him did. All but one, Henry Fonda who reminds the others that they are deciding the fate of a young man who is just a step away from capital punishment. Even if there was a speck of reasonable doubt available, it should be given in favor of the boy.

He slowly gains the support of a few other members and the case is actually trialed in the jury room. Witnesses and their sanctity is discussed in detail, despite the displeasure of a few. One of them has other important things like a baseball game to attend to. Another one is prejudiced inside out. Lee J Cobb plays a father who is hurting over the betrayal of his son and feels the same against the boy now in trial.

The movie never really proves the innocence of the kid. But only proves that there is enough room for doubt. It proves that the members of the jury have their own personal likes and dislikes that made them take their decision on the case. 


With some great intelligent dialogs the movie moves at a really good pace and in a very involving manner. The greatest thing about the screenplay is it would try to cover everything that would come up in your mind. A real classic and a great movie

Friday, May 1, 2009

Philadelphia - My All Time Favorites #1

I got so bored watching some of the more recently released movies that I thought it is not even worth mentioning them in my space here. So I decided to start a new string listing my All Time Favorite movies - the ones that I would watch whenever, wherever and any number of times.



Philadelphia - It is the kind of movie that discusses a touchy subject but in the most decent, yet powerful manner. I don’t think anyone else could have performed the role better than Tom Hanks. This is the movie which made me a big fan of Denzel Washington. 


Excellent screenplay - especially the transformation of Denzel that makes him look at the objective fact that a law has been broken despite all his personal opinions about homosexuals.

The movie is actually built on him - an average man, who cannot and does not, want to see or know, how gay people happen to be what they are. The very thought of such men makes him feel sick – but he goes on to take a homosexual as a client. A homosexual who has intercepted the deadly dreaded disease – AIDS.



Great dialogs as it deals with a big bunch of smart ass lawyers – but Denzel outsmarts them all. There are some really nice moments for Denzel – the scene where he hands the summons, the court scene where he counter attacks about the lesions – he proves it that he is ‘The’ man.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

District B13


A colleague of mine lent me this DVD and said anyone would love it. I had never heard of this movie before but sure was curious enough to see what was so great in this movie.

It was an extremely fast, power-packed action entertainer. Absolutely no
wasting of your time.

Takes you right into the few moments of the life of the characters.
Nice screenplay that quickly tells you about the heroes (again filled
with kick-a$$ action).

Nice chase sequences, sprinkled with some humor in a fast moving action
flick.

The music was apt and surprisingly mild at some places (which made it
sound really good) Overall, I enjoyed the full 80 minutes of it. As
mentioned by another user, do not expect a deep suspenseful plot. Just
watch the movie whiz past you.

I thanked my new friend for introducing me to this movie.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Gran Torino - Yet another great movie from Dirty Harry!

Gran Torino Clint Eastwood

After watching Million Dollar Baby and quite a few other Clint Eastwood movies, I went with the expectation of a sad finish. Probably that took away the surprise element for me. But he himself gave it away in one of the scenes by reading his horoscope predictions. So let me say that maybe I already knew the climax.

But this movie was so enjoyable just because of Clint Eastwood and some good supporting cast. His energy level simply surprises me! Truly a living legend he is. Amazing acting and at the same time charmingly funny. He growls like a scruffy dog when he gets angry but he is a good guy. Ahney Her is so pretty and does a very good job.

Yet another great movie from our beloved Dirty Harry!

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Amazing! Most Powerful movie seen in recent times

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Schmuel
I recently have been watching a lot of war movies and before I entered to watch this movie, I was like - "Oh no not another war history movie!".  

But things just turned the other way around in just a few minutes into the movie. I still don't know anything about the director or the crew but this movie shoulders with Spielberg's masterpiece - "Schindler's List". All that, without visually showing any violence.  

This movie has got such power! So well written, with very little dialog - but very effective. The holocaust as seen by an innocent eight year old kid, who is confused from what he hears and sees around. Every bit of this movie right from the beginning keeps adding up to a truly stunning climax. The characters have been so well enacted and shows different kinds of people with different views about the War and the tactics. People who disapprove of it, a small girl who blindly begins to patronize and a soldier who is torn apart between his family and reputation. This gives the story the essence of reality.  

The casting is fantastic be it the Mother of Bruno, the Jewish Doctor, Bruno himself and especially Schmuel. This one is the most powerful movie I have seen in recent times, if not ever.

The Alphabet Killer - Annoying Bland Comical




Bland is the right word to describe this movie. Absolutely nothing interesting, nothing new and a cruelly stupid plot.

Eliza Dushku is pretty but that is all she is. In most parts of the movie she walks and talks like a zombie. Not sure if that is how delusional people would behave, but her performance looks comical. And since the whole movie circles around her, she single handedly manages to bring the entire movie down. 

I really hope to see her cast in a better and more suitable role.

This is one such movie where everything looks bad, right from the acting, music, script, dialog, plot – everything.

I was shaking my head and hoping to see the movie end at some point. 

Stay away from this one – unless you want to totally waste your time.

Dimples - Awful Movie. Keep away


Awful. Truly Bad! 

It would be a crime to recommend this one. Got fooled by the name and some stupid reviews. 

Absolutely no twist, exceptionally poor acting. LAME LAME LAME!

Nothing seems to be fine - music is bad, voices sound distant. Story just makes you impatient. I was really hoping to see something big towards the climax, but there wasn't any at all. 

Apparently I was happy to see the credits roll as I could not have tolerated the boredom any further.

Keep away from this movie!

Ring of Death - Just not strong enough


Saw this one yesterday after reading the plot line. I was hoping for something similar to Prison Break but with a lot of action.

This could have been made with a lot more effectiveness. Cop goes into prison as a convict to nab a bunch of crooks who run a fighting tournament and stream it Live on the internet - old wine in a new bottle. 

Still it could have been handled better. Weak dialogs and ineffective editing, only shows that very little effort has been spent on the script. 

Stunt scenes look powerful but that alone cant lift the whole thing up.

Johnny Messner does a clean job - cannot complain about him. 

I was looking for something similar to Prison Break mashed up with some Urban Fight but sadly, the fight was present but the shrewdness of the Prison Break series was totally missing.

Righteous Kill - Great Movie - Enjoyable


Enjoyed every minute of the movie. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are simply great together. Nice story telling, though the twist was quite predictable for regular movie watchers. 

But still, very well handled with some good dialog and excellent narration. Excellent performances from both the veterans. De Niro is just superb when he has his emotional outbursts.


Everyone seems to have done their job perfectly in this movie and even when you know what is coming towards the end, you would want to see how it is told.

Has everything - action, sex and some cold blooded bent cop action.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Burn After Reading


One real funny and enjoyable movie. Great star cast and it is lovely to see them all in these odd situations. Life just goes from bad to worse to ALL the characters  in the movie and they are sll so intricately connected, and as aptly mentioned in the movie itself everything spins into a cluster fuck.

The movie has a lot of murders, a lot of bad language and a lot of odd situations where people can get into. It is nice to see Brad Pitt and George Clooney show some great comical skills. If you can see a murder scene but still realize the cause and consequences of the murder, you sure would find this movie funny.



It is an adult movie by all means, almost everyone sleeping with one another, but it is so well handled that it is really entertaining and makes you think a lot as you watch. The script full of interconnected characters, and some good dialog keeps the movie alive till the end.

I am sure a lot of people would dismiss this movie as plot-less, but I tell you this is one real intelligent movie and the Coen brothers stand up to their reputation!

9 on 10!