Some Academy award favorites this year…..

“Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.”
-Eric Buttterworth

Some of the great movies will compete for this year for Oscars which is to be held on 27^th February……but as usual only few will have the pleasure of carrying the trophy home…..i would like to share my favorites for this years award…..but that will be solely my opinion, so you can share your opinion by participating in the poll, to choose your favorite……….

BEST PICTURE

There are ten nominations for this category…

Black Swan

The king’s Speech

Inception

127 Hours

The Fighter

 The Social Network

The kids Are Alright

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter Bone

But I think the real competition for this award will be between Inception,The king’s speech,The Social Network and Black swan…..with Inception having slight edge over the others…….

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem –Biutiful

James Franco-127 Hours

Jeff Bridges-True Grit

Colin firth-The King’s Speech

Jesse Eisenberg-The Social Network

For this category my favorites are Colin Firth for portrayal of role as King George 6 and James Franco……..

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale-The Fighter

John Hawkes-Winter's Bone

Jeremy RennerShare My PickShare My PickShare to Facebook Share to Twitter -The Town

Mark RuffaloShare to Facebook Share to Twitter -The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush-The King's Speech

This could be decided between Christan Bale and Geoffrey Rush…..

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening-The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman-Rabbit HoleShare My PickShare to Facebook Share to Twitter

Jennifer Lawrence-Winter's BonShare My PickShare to Facebook Share to Twitter

Natalie Portman-Black Swan

Michelle Williams-Blue Valentine

Although I haven’t seen all the movies in this particular category, yet I have supreme confidence in my choice for best actress in leading role…..Natalie Portman……for her role in movie “Black Swan”…..after watching the movie its hard to imagine the kind of effort Natalie would have endured for the preparation of such a actress centric role, which requires demanding dancing abilities in proportion to the acting skills for portraying the character of “Nina”….

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan-Matthew Libatique

Inception-Wally Pfister

The King's Speech-Danny Cohen

The Social Network-Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit-Roger Deakins

Real competition will be between Wally Pfister(Inception) and Matthew Libatique(Black Swan)………

 

DIRECTING

Black Swan-Darren Aronofsky Share My PickShare to Facebook Share to Twitter

The Fighter-David O. Russell

The King's Speech-Tom Hooper

The Social Network-David Fincher

True Grit-Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

It would  be toughest to pick any one particular director from the above five nominees(so close is competition)and judges will surely have hard time choosing one…….so I have no particular favorite in this category…..

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit through the Gift Shop-Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

Gasland-Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

Inside Job-Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Restrepo-Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

Waste Land-Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

“Exit Through The Gift Shop”…..after watching this documentary one can realize that how there is sometime joke on art or how media hype and word of mouth can create significant buzz for not so significant things, this is funny yet intelligent documentary and fabulous direction by Banksy an street artist himself…..only rare chances are there that it’s director will attend the awards due to his secretive and hidden identity……anyway it will remain my favorite……

There are other categories also but it would to be too lengthy to discuss all of them…..but it’s easily predictable that this years awards will be dominated by movies like-

The King’s Speech...Inception ...Black Swan.....The fighter......The social network

I will keep my fingers crossed till 27^th……….

 

Gustavo Santaolalla

If you have listened and appreciated the OST of recently released movie “Dhobi Ghat”…than here I would like to mention some more movies whose soundtrack was by composed by Gustavo…….why he was the best choice as music director of Dhobi Ghat???.... Will be evident if you look closely at few of the movies he has done as music director….

21 grams, Babel, Amores Perros, Biutiful, Brockback Mountain, North Country, and Motorcycle Diaries are some of the names……Looking at first four name make it evident that all the four have different stories, interrelated to each other, hence it could be said that he has expertise in giving music in such movies…….

All the above mentioned movies are critically acclaimed and it may be easily stated that, the music of these movies has good amount of hand in their success….the unique thing about his music is that, it could be deeply intense as well as soothing at the same time…….visuals are not required when listening to his music, as one could imagine the scenario without any effort……good example is motorcycle diaries……….

Before ending this article it would be worth mentioning…..some of good tracks contributed by Gustavo in the above mentioned movies……

Motorcycle diaries

Apertura

La partida

De usuahia a la quiaca

Brockback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain 1

Brokeback Mountain 2

Brokeback Mountain 3

The Wings

21 Grams

Do We Lose 21 Grams?

When Our Wings Are Cut, Can We Still Fly?

Ameros perros

Chivo Groove

Tema Amores Perros

Zeitgeist Moving Forward

After watching this,i could not resist sharing my thoughts about such a wonderful documentary,so here is my impression about this one..... 

This one is third installation in Zeitgeist Series, which takes the legacy further by providing more in-depth analysis for issues like social inequality, consumption pattern, advertisement brainwashing, addiction, diseases, human behavior, genetics, childhood environment, market, stock exchange etc. and beautifully knit all these things together to answer problems related to current unsustainable n mindless consumption based economy with only finite resource availability.

                This documentary is divided into 3 parts, which are unique, at the same time closely related to one another and are priceless with regard to their content, depth, creativity, narration, uniqueness and above all relevance to current global scenario. By the time I finished watching this documentary I felt privileged and enlightened to share my thoughts about this enigmatic creation.

                Here I will try to give glimpse of issues discussed in respective parts:

PART 1

How some basic human childhood needs if not full-filled can affect our health, social behavior and Addiction during adulthood?

How we are moving towards formation of a more individualistic society and how this is depriving us of our basic human need of companionship, to be loved and to be accepted for who we are as a person. One who is not able to get access to these basic needs will seldom carry traits like compassion, cooperation and empathy towards fellow human beings.

Intellectuals like

Dr. Robert Sapolsky - Professor, Stanford University.

Dr. Gabor Mate - Physician, Author, Portland society.

Richerd Wilkinson- Professor, University of Nottingham.

Dr. James Gilligan- Harvard medical School.

argues on our current notion about Genetics.

They state studies which show certain relevant points in favor of their argument, like:

1. If a mother is starved during pregnancy than their children are more likely to have blood sugar related diseases during their adulthood.
2. If a pregnant woman is in mental stress, than their children are more likely to become addict.
3. Children who were severely abused during their childhood were more likely to show following traits- commit violence, have a tendency to be addicted to certain behavior or drug, not opening to new relationships, Keep them self away from intimate relationship, see world as unsafe place, having higher sense of rejection, have Suicidal tendency when they become adult.

How Human adulthood Health and behavior are related to our childhood environment, which is stored in our implicit memory which we can’t recall, since hippocampus which encodes recall memory is not full developed until child is 18^th month old and the irony is that most of our health n behavior during adulthood is determined by the environment we were in during that 9 + 18 month period of childhood which we can’t even recall.

                Overall in this part they discuss how biology of human being depends on their interaction with psychological and social environment.

PART 2

This part discusses our current monetary and economic policies with context to sustainability andcurrent and future harm and injustice.

Why 1 % of total population on earth owns 40 % of its wealth?

Why so much progress in the world with context of science, technology, prosperity etc. is unable to stop thousands of children dying of hunger and starvation?

Why social inequalities exist?

What is the reason behind endless and mindless consumption of finite resources?

How social inequality, false need creation through advertisement, endless consumption and desire to possess infinite materialistic things are products of current monetary and economic structure.

If these are some of the questions in your mind, than this part of documentary satisfy them all, with assuring facts and theories. This part very justifiably answers all these and many more questions.

PART 3

In this part all the intellectuals interviewed in this documentary suggest a solution to current problems and shows their concern about current economic and monetary structure, regarding its highly unsustainable nature which is deprived of any human concern.

Discussing this documentary any further will be disrespectful to the people involved in its making and also I don’t posses that much wisdom to discuss such a thought provoking and intellectual piece of documentary any further. So I will end my article here only, watch this one if you are curious about all the questions posed above. Have happy time…:)

Few movies for those who like meaningful cinema .......

In this article i am including some of the finest movies i have seen recently(that not necessarily mean they have been released recently)......to some of you these movies may seem boring,slow paced and not fun-filled....but for those of you who appreciate introverted,sensitive,meaningful,performance packed  and directed form heart kind of movies,i can assure you will love and feel humbled after watching them.......you can watch the tailor by clicking on the title of the movie.......i am not giving much description about each of them,since it could act as an spoiler,by reviling the story.......

Ordinary People

This one is directed by Robert Redford .....the story is 
build around a family.....

coping with death of their elder son........and is really a 
mighty fine movie...

with good performance by all lead artists..and powerful direction is 

hallmark of the movie.....

Boy A

A boy with troubled childhood is trying to start a new life after been released from the prison.....but

may be said about this movie "We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us"....

is lively depicted in the movie......good performance by Andrew Garfield.....a must watch.....

Stand By Me

The story revolves around four boys and their childhood friendship.....if you want to reclaim some of your childhood memories do watch it......but make no mistake about it.....its not some fairy tail kind of movie....the characters may be kids but.....but their acting is very mature.....i could relate to it so i liked it.....but believe me even if that was the case....i would have liked it anyway......

Papillon

You may have seen many movies about true stories of prison escapes....but this one defines human will power.....and off-course is based on a true story......

Speak

Is about a girl who does not speak much.......seems boring??.....watch Kristen Stewart had done good justice to her role.......not for everybody but 

some of you will love it....

Ghost World 

about a girl who does not fit in this world......in what regard???....find out yourself.....

.a very different movie....

The Sea Inside

I laughed whole time while watching "Guzarish"......but people had reason to cry....since many of them must have not seen this one........only one thing to say.....it raises questions about ones ability to direct...when he can make such a bad adaptation of a true story based,beautifully directed and  acted movie.....

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

True story about editor of a famous magazine.....who get paralyzed.....and writes a bestseller book with only one blinking eye.........

Departures

It's a Japanese movie and with very touching story.....it starts like a comic movie......but soon take turn towards more deeper side of human relationships.....and no matter of what metal you are made of, in the end you will cry.........ohhhh i forget to mention here is good news for music aficionados,this movie also has one of the best soundtrack......

well are many more movies but may be i will write about them in next post......till than have good time watching movies......

Few movies to watch out for.......in 2011......

One of the thing about 2011 is certain and thats the....."promising lineup of movies to be released".Although there may be many movies which would surprise us but some of the movies are sure to make impact.Here is the list of some......click on the title of movie to watch the trailer.....

 BIUTIFUL

This movie is in top of my list not only because starcast of the movie is strong but it is also directed by one of the most talented director who has directed movies like Amores perros,Bable,21 grams and is known for his ability to link different storylines into one.Although i have seen just two movies of Javier Bardem("The sea Inside" and "No Country for Old Men") but his portrayal of character in both the movies was very strong,i hope this movie will generate all the all the appreciation he deserves.If i have to describe this one in single line then i would say...."this one will make impact.....".... watch out the Trailer........

 The Tree of Life

Starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn

I Am

It's a documentary  and might not be of everyones taste but thinkers would like it....

 BOXING GYM

I must admit my biased selection while putting this documentary in the list,but one thing is for sure it's different........ 

 ANOTHER YEAR

 LIMITLESS

Bradley Cooper and Robert Di Nero two names and one very different storyline are enough reasons to watch out for this movie........

 RABBIT HOLE

Nice track by broken bells at the end of trailer.........if drama is the genre you are looking for....

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:ON STRANGER TIDES

What could be the reason for a commercial movie to be in list......well you need no reason to watch.......Johnny Depp....but Keira Knightley had been replaced by????.....well watch the trailer for that...... 

127 HOURS

If i had to bet on one movie....i would put my money on it.........

A tribute to greatest movies of all time.........

       This video is my tribute to the greatest movie makers and actors of all time who made movies that have become immortal,by showing the world what kind of powerful media is film making,weather in terms of powerful performances,capturing an era,showing injustice in the society,shading light on the life of people irrespective of the fact weather they were mafias,rebels or some legendary people who defied all the circumstances and overcame the basic human fears on basis of  sheer power of human will or simply by power of imagination.

        We all can acknowledge the fact that at one point or the other in our life we have been enlightened by good movies,which helped us changing various perspective of our life.Whenever we thought that what new could be told what hasn't been told in past movies at same time someone was thinking of a totally new radical idea,which had never been filmed before.Cinema would not have been same if their were no directors like Martin Scorsese,Francis Ford Coppola,Steven Spielberg,Alfred Hitchcock,Woody Allen, Christopher Nolan and Client Eastwood or actors like Robert Di Nero,Al Pacino,Marlon Brando,Jack Nicholson,Anthony HopkinsTom Hanks and Jonney Deep.

        Hope you liked the introductory video,will keep posting about movies.

Is Danny Boyle is back with a new blockbuster!!!!

After giving 8 academy award winner movie like"Slumdog Millionaire" the director is back with his new offering "127 Hours" it is based on true story of Aron Ralston an adventurer.It's trailer have generated immense buzz that it could be biggest hit from Danny's hat.Anyway we will keep our fingers crossed till it is released in January 2011.

Could it be biggest hit of all time????
well figure out yourself.......watch the trailer and give ur opinion about the movie.