The Machinist is a great movie to watch.. Dark, and so a little disturbing. But comparing with all the other similar movies, this is one movie I comprehended much more. No major gaps or doubts regarding the story remained after watching it. Christian Bale stars as a machinist who leads a very solitary life... And due to some reason, he doesn't get any sleep (he says he hasn't slept for a year - a bit far fetched?!). From this disorder, starts all his problems... He starts imagining people, he creates problems at work - his whole life becomes a mess. Ultimately, he sorts out all the issues he faces - talking of which, the mysterious hangman game is quite fascinating. Not spoiling the suspense, but in the last scene, he finally gets down to have a calm, undisturbed sleep. Acting by the cast is great. Christian Bale looks quite ghostly as the 'hero'. Overall, I would give it a 9 rating, maybe because I . Worth a watch.
The Shaun of the Dead is a movie which tries to delve into all possible genres - but basically its horror and comedy - interesting mix. Our protagonist, Shaun is an employee at an electronics shop. He is lazy and absent-minded to say the least, which is why he loses his girlfriend. Meanwhile, London sees an incident which results in dead people turning into zombies... Its zombies everywhere and our hero has the duty of rescuing his girl and his mom from the situation. The movie is a fresh break from the American brand of comedy... dialogues are humorous too. Rating 8-8.5
Watching too many 'dark' movies could become boring, so for a change I went on and watched Open Season. The movie is about a grizzly bear who has been adopted by a forest ranger. The bear does shows to entertain people with her and lives in her garage, so he doesn't know what the wilderness is like. Due to some circumstances, his owner feels that its time to release him into the wild. So, she releases him to a faraway part of the forest (since he should be safe when the hunting season begins). The bear struggles to survive initially and is ridiculed by all the other animals. He also has a deer with which he happened to rescue earlier. When the animals happen to be in the midst of Open Season, the bear and the deer plot against the hunters. All the while, our grizzly hopes to return back to his owner's place. The movie is quite bright and colourful - especially the outdoors - even though the characters are not as good as those in Pixar animations (this one is by Sony Pictures) Story is also not bad, though Over the Hedge is maybe better. Overall a 7, and a good watch.
Others I've watched include The Shining, Apocalypto and RocknRolla... will write about them later.
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