So last night after like 3 months I was on movie spree due to some light headedness and reduction of guilt plus I has some free time. So, I downloaded 4 movies from someone who has a complete repertoire of top 250 Imdb movies. The 4 which I took were: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Magnolia, 3:10 to Yuma and For a Few Dollars More.
I started with One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest because the novel is so famous and so is the movie plus there was Anthony Hopkins. But 5 minutes into the movie and I realized that Salman Khan’s Kyonki had spoiled this movie for me forever because I has watched Kyonki which is a complete ripoff of One Flew….. So there! I could not take it further because I was agonized once again by the Bollywood Plagiarism. In fact, I think that we should coin a new term for it Blagiarism.
So, then I went to 3:10 to Yuma. It’s a western style but not only violence and bullets and gore. There is much much more to the movie. There is sensibility in there, there is emotion and off course, being a western it is all topped with the Cowboy action and style. Russel Crowe features as Ben Wade, a famous outlaw and extremely good in his trade and guess what!! Crowe kicks ass!!! He is so bloody charming and convincing that you believe in him and you tend to forgive him for being so cruel otherwise. His gun is called the Hand of God. The movie also has Christian Bale, who is an impoverished rancher, trying to save his family and feed them and gets to escort Crowe to the prison train for a reward. Now, that reward is monetary off course but holds much more significance than that. That is what the movie is about. Bale is another tremendous actor. No need to say that he plays his part well. The chemistry that Crowe and Bale generate is phenomenal. One can easily see that brilliance is happening onscreen.
Personally, Russel Crowe blows me off every time I see his performance. He is one of the best actors we have in Hollywood and world wide. Hats off!!
After I witnessed this fine movie, my appetite craved for more, so I then started Magnolia. Magnolia is an assortment of different characters and their lives who somehow are all related in some or the other way. The concept of the movie is that weird things and coincidences which seem like divine providences do happen. The film can boast of a number of major actors and all the central characters are awfully good. Each performance is a gem in itself. There is Julian Moore who never fails to impress me. She is so good looking and plus such a bright actress. Simply brilliant. Tom Cruise, who plays a sex god who gives seminars on Sex is mindblowing. His interview with a reporter is like a knockout punch. He just blowed me over. Amazing performance. In his aggressiveness there is a desperation and anger and his past. I just loved him. Then there is another gem of an actor : Philip Seymour Hoffman. He plays a male nurse and what can I say about his acting. Nothing less than exemplary. Yet another of the finest actors we have the privilege of seeing in our day and age. Magnificent. Other characters are all equally brilliant. That is why the movie despite being a little incoherent manages to be riveting.
I loved both the movies and I am glad i watched these.
