ds-12 Reviews

Vertical Limit (2000)

awful movie

[5/10 · 9 January 2002]

The movie has been shoddily made and too many holes in the story. The climbers are shown to make too many mistakes like losing their backpacks, ice picks or whatever they are called getting loose, not expecting avalanches after big explosions. Actors especially Wick muttering gibberish as if he is praying in Urdu.

They could have made it better if they had shown graphics indicating base camp, the routes of the 3 search teams and time line of events happening.

It had some engrossing parts. 5 out of 10.

Haré Rama Haré Krishna (1971)

Great music and good looking actresses but poor story

[22 August 2001]

Dev Anand (or Prashant) and Zeenat Aman ( Jasbir/Janice) are siblings brought up in different countries. Because of poor parenting (crudely shown), Zeenat joins the hippie movement and also does drugs. Dev Anand after getting a letter from his father to locate Jasbir in Kathmandu visits that place, falls in love with Mumtaz( Shanti) and is also accused of stealing antiques.

Jasbir has blocked her painful childhood memories and Dev Anand sings the song which he used to sing when he was a kid to jog her memory.

Other than the great R.D.Burman music and Anand Bakshi lyrics and the footage shown about the ISKON movement and the beautiful stars and the Kathmandu location, the movie sucks big time. The story is extremely weak.

The Player (1992)

over rated by other viewers

[6/10 · 31 January 2001]

If you work in the film industry then maybe the movie is amazing but for other viewers like me, I think the movie was ordinary.

Lot of loose ends which did not make sense to me. How does Tim Robbins figure out (wrongly) the writer of those threatening postcards? Why does he get his ex girlfriend fired? Why did he change his original plan about the Bruce Willis/Julia Roberts movie where he was trying to get the other executive fired but in the end got his own ex girlfriend fired?

The good parts were the satire of Hollywood business and the shallowness. I give a 6/10.

Undercurrent (1998)

good entertainer for guys.

[6/10 · 28 January 2001]

Liked the story (James Hardley Chase type - likeable guy falls in trouble because of beautiful women and riches) and also liked the location. Brenda Strong was amazing!

Ending was a bit contrived though.

Nurse Betty (2000)

story was contrived and not that funny.

[5/10 · 21 September 2000]

When one watches a movie, the viewer has to quickly conclude if the movie characters are trying to be stupid like in Dumb and Dumber or the characters are average people like us in Dramas or they have extraordinary strength and courage as in Action movies to make sense out of the movie. But this movie had its characters acting weird some of the times and normal the other times. The consistency was missing. Morgan Freeman falling in love with Renee was the most unbelievable part.

Rajkumar (1996)

boring and predictable

[2/10 · 7 June 2000]

Its a story of two kingdoms at war with each other. Anil Kapoor is a prince of one and Madhuri Dixit is the princess of the other. They fall in love but Naseeruddin Shah is the evil prime minister who wants the heroine, the kingdom and rest of India. Danny is in Anil Kapoor's side. After some songs, sword fighting, horse riding, mother(Reena Roy)- son melodrama the movie (finally) gets over. Even the songs are forgettable. Avoid if you can. I actually fast forwarded most of the movie and don't remember seeing Shammi Kapoor or Aruna Irani. Must have been a flashback. Let me know if you still see the movie.)

The Fifth Element (1997)

entertaining but the plot is weak. 5/10

[20 August 1999]

The problem with such movies is that they try to be everything. The main story is sci-fi but comedy, action and a little drama is added making the movie commercial minded. Instead of making a good unforgettable movie the director succumbed to the fears of a box office success. I give it 5/10

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

must see film if India interests you.

[5/10 · 4 August 1999]

It's certainly an erotic movie. And if you are interested in seeing full nude and sexy Indian women then I will recommend the movie highly. Also the portrayal of old India is interesting. A must see film for all the Indians.