typical me!!!

After watching Last of The Mohicans, My Left Foot (eons ago), Gangs of New York I have to admit that I was very impressed by and therefore have become a fan of Daniel Day Lewis. A Method actor, takes his roles seriously….actually very seriously, I’ve read about it. This man is sincere and crazy.

So I was very happy that Daniel Day Lewis got the Oscar. I heard it was a easy task for the jury members, cos it was like Daniel Day Lewis should win. From many blogs I I hoped he’d win, cos I want all my best actors to win an Oscar or get their second oscar( don’t worry Johnny, you’ll also get it). So since it was an Oscar movie, PVR( only PVR) released the movie in Mumbai.

So I went for this movie which is about a man Daniel Plainview(Daniel Day Lewis) an oil prospector/businessman along with his adopted son H.W. Plainview(Dillon Freasier). When Daniel gets a tip from a Paul Sunday (Paul Dano) about existence of a lot of oil in a remote place, he goes in pursuit and meets Eli Sunday(Paul Dano), Paul’s twin brother, a Pastor who has his own ambitions.

Amazing Background score by Johnny Greenwood. Paul Dano after Little Miss Sunshine gave a mighty performance as a Pastor Eli Sunday which took me a back in time( just a few years ago), especially at the scene when he pounces on his father and the scenes where he gets back on Daniel at the Church. Dillon Freasier as H.W Plainview, now that someone I would want to talk about. Boy of few words in the film, but his silence, his way of noticing people and what they talk has amazed me of how young kids can really act. Now that’s where Silence is Golden. Good that Paul Thomas Anderson gave him a good screen space. Daniel Day Lewis, well he got the Oscar for his performance, therefore I don’t have to mention anything else.

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Director ; Ben Affleck
Cast: Cassey Affleck, Morgan freeman, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan, Michelle Monaghan

Adapted from the novel of the same name, Ben Affleck(?) gives us the story of Private Detectives Patrick Kenzie(Cassey Affleck) and Angie( Michelle Monaghan) in pursuit of a missing girl with the help of the local Police headed by Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris.

Bloody good performances by Cassey Affleck and Ed Harris. I love this movie, but not only for the performances and the suspense, but also the ending cos of how difficult it is to sometimes to me to differentiate between the right and wrong. Sometimes doing the right act may not be that right act to person next to you. It is all about doing the right thing, right?

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After Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Mixed Doubles’, he teamed up with Ranvir Shorey again and gave us this clever, well acted, black comedy movie called Mithya, (Impostor).

Mithya is about VK,  an aspiring actor, who’d anything to get a good role in films. He takes too much sugar for his tea, hangs around in the sets, lends his voice to cheap cartoons and spends the rest of his night with a bottle of whiskey and a free glass with one gets with it, until life takes an unexpected turn. It so happened that VK resembles a don, Rajabhai. Therefore a gang not so in favour of Rajabhai decides to kill Rajabhai and replace him with VK. As an Actor, from being a junior artist in Movies, VK gets main cast(crucial one) in real life….and series of  unexpected events follows.

The film’s biggest asset are the performances. Excellent cast for an excellent story and screenplay. Thankfully my money was not wasted.