Thursday 15 October 2015

Bridge Of Spies




Plot
An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.

Cast



            Mark Rylance                                               Rudolf Abel
             Domenick Lombardozzi                                 Agent Blasco
             Victor Verhaeghe                                          Agent Gamber
             Mark Fichera                                                 FBI Agent #1
             Brian Hutchison                                            FBI Agent #2
             Tom Hanks                                                   James B. Donovan
             Joshua Harto                                                Bates











Acting
Mark Rylance got the depth of a Russian spy in his performance to the extreme correct.Tom hanks was as usual great in his work. The supporting characters also made it look realistic.
Billy Magnussen was good at his job too but Mark Rylance took the movie into his court even though he had only small bits in the movie.
90/100  

Direction
Its Spielberg ,What do you think!
There is not a single moment where you can give out errors in the entire movie.
Spielberg made it look legit "the era of cold war." One can actualy feel he is in the world of wars!
 90/100

Dialogues
Dialogues here where pretty simple and raw. However there were some catchy lines like "WOULD IT HELP" which brought a certain amount of laughter even during such an intense film.
65/100

Screenplay
The pace of the first half of the movie was a bit slow but however second half of the movie was at its best.
Screenplay was fascinating.
65/100

Editing
Editing couldn't have been better. There was not a single scene that could have been dropped out of the movie.
95/100

Story
The movie starts with a man in his early 60s drawing a painting and within 5 mins we find out this simple looking old man is actually a Russian spy . He is caught and held in the court of justice .
The court provides him with a lawyer ( James B. Donovan ) where thee actual story starts.
James tries to get the spy treated properly in terms of their justice system. In parallel to all this fudge there is a team of pilots selected to work for CIA where one of them crashes during the mission and is captured by Russia.  
90/100

Overall
Go watch this movie if you are a fan of Tom Hanks or you are interested in historical drama.  
Verdict
My rating is 3.5/5.

Trailer

Friday 9 October 2015

The Intern


Plot
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

Cast





Robert De Niro...
Ben
Anne Hathaway...
Jules
Rene Russo...
Fiona
Anders Holm...
Matt
JoJo Kushner...
Paige
Andrew Rannells...
Cameron
Adam DeVine...
Jason
Zack Pearlman...
Davis
Jason Orley...
Lewis
Christina Scherer...
Becky
Nat Wolff...
Justin
Linda Lavin...
Patty
Celia Weston...
Doris
Steve Vinovich...
Miles
C.J. Wilson...
Mike





*Source IMDB



Acting

Now who can I say about Robert De Niro. His expressions ruled the entire Scene!
He didn't even need to say the dialogue and you can literally feel the emotion.
Anne Hathaway was also good at her job.Coping up with Robert De Niro is however a big deal. 
90/100 for actors
  


Direction

Nancy Meyers has done an excellent job in terms of catching each and every emotion of the characters.
But however we have seen similar movies in terms of direction so nothing extra ordinary here. 
70/100 for direction

Dialogues

The lines written here were upto mark. There were moments in the movie where the dialogues makes you laugh and cry at the same time!
60/100 for the dialogues.


Screenplay

Scenes where written such that every part of the movie would touch your soul.
Screenplay supported actors very much.
90/100 for the screenplay writer.

Editing

The job could have been much much better .
Some scenes though nicely written felt a drag for the movie.
40/100

Story
The movie revolves around two characters viz.
1) A senior citizen (Ben) ,bored of life,finding something new and exciting for his age.
2) A workoholic girl (Jules) CEO of a successful online shopping website who face a lot of issues from her investors on one side and from her husband on the other .
Her investors find her inexperoanced and so suggest her a new CEO to help her out.
The husband is a full time father and seeks time from her, saying that he starts cheating on her and later realizes his mistake.
The story is quite unusual as this man in his 70s opts a job at this firm as an intern.
But doesn't even know how to use a computer.
He helps this girl to manage all her problems in quite  traditional ways.
And...thats your story....
60/100 for the story

Overall

A nice emotional movie which touches your heart leaving tears of joy at the end.

Verdict

My rating is 3/5.

Trailer