Thursday, 10 April 2014

Noah

Being a muslim, I had fairly strong views about this story and therefore was disappointed that Noah's character is misrepresented. Noah is shown to be confused about the message he was being given by God.

At best, this story satisfies the delusional fictional mind of an Atheist and if watched with an open mind, you can see past it and perhaps appreciate the special effects and cinematography.

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Sunday, 6 April 2014

The Raid 2

This sequel is better in every conceivable way.

The action might take up a little less screen time percentage wise, but is more brutal (way more), even better choreographed, varied and memorable. I think this movie has the greatest overall collection of fight scenes in the history of action cinema, and a fantastic car chase too.

Characters have depth to them, even if on a comic book level, and are well cast and well played. Story is fairly intelligent, and more than services the action.

Everything else; filming, editing, sound design, stunts, special effects are stellar.

My favourite movie this year.

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