Before Sunrise [Movie-1995]

Has to be one of the most brilliant romantic movies I've ever seen. It's so simple yet so mesmerising. It dares to go away from the clichéd movies of the genre, and yet seems to win the hearts of those who watch it.

Jesse [Ethan Hawke] and Céline [Julie Delphy] meet on a train departing from Budapest and immediately strike a connection. Jesse asks Céline, whose name he doesn't even no yet, to spend the day with him in Vienna, from where Jesse has a flight back to United States the next morning. They spend the entire day, and night together, walking, talking, in bars, restaurants, and in the park, amidst, falling for each other. Knowing they will probably not meet again, they decide to carry out the time they have left in the best way possible.
They sleep together in the park, as none of them have enough money to stay somewhere. The next morning, when they depart, they decide to meet again after 6 months at the very same spot.

Thus ends, one of the most fascinating, yet simple romances on screen. The conversations are enough to keep you engrossed in the movie, with Delphy, portraying such bubbly-ness, and Hawke, depicting a shy, yet charming man. Fact that the movie is shot in Vienna, makes it much more beautiful, as it is one of the more beautiful cities of Europe.

In all, highly enjoyable movie. Look forward to watching the sequel now.

My Rating - 7.9/10

Grown Ups 2 [Movie-2013]

One word. Disappointing. After the first part, which I found hilarious, this one left me dismayed. There was no originality, and was highly stupid to some extent. It crosses the limits of 'over-exaggeration'. It is plotless, pointless, and soulless. Adam Sandler's ever so good comic timing is the only good thing we can pick from the movie.

There is no point going on about the story, because, there is no story. After the events of the first film, Lenny [Sandler] and all his friends have moved back to the old town where they all grew up, and there continues the unrelated, mundane and bullshit events, which Dennis Dugan has conjured up into a movie. As the saying suggests, too many cooks spoil the broth, it goes true for the movie, which has too many characters, and their side plots.

Avoid it.


My Rating - 3.5/10

Last Vegas [Movie-2013]

Last Vegas. You do not get dissapointed when you put together legends of the industry such as Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline. [you might not have heard of him before]

Yes, it is not something really brillitant, or innovative. The story is quite predictable, but it is a fun movie to watch. The jokes really crack you up sometimes, and you can see these 'oldies' have not yet lost their charm.

Mary Steepenburg, at 60, looks beautiful, and proves that your age doesn't determine your beauty.

The story is quite simple, with 4 best-friends, Billy [Douglas], Paddy [De Niro], Archie [Freeman] and Sam [Kline] who have known each other since kids, plan a trip to Las Vegas, to celebrate Billy's bachelor party as he is getting hitched to a girl half his age. We could say that this is the 30th sequel to Hangover, without the 'roofie'.
This trip acts as a 'get away card' from the monotonous lives of the characters, and thus, they have full intent on making it worth it. Thus, they dance, drink, gamble, fight and flirt to make some joy out of their lives. In the end, we see Billy and Paddy patching up after a long ensued troublesome relationship after a revelry of a long kept secret, Billy ending up marrying a woman he actually loves, Paddy learning to enjoy life after the demise of his wife, Sam restoring his happily married life, and Archie learning to stand up for himself against his son.

Jerry Ferrera, you might remember him as 'Turtle' from the brilliant show 'Entourage' plays an excellent cameo.

In all, the story is weak, held together, just by the brilliance of the actors.

My Rating - 6.5/10