All the Best: You get what you expect!!

You get exactly what you expect from this movie.. A totally crazy mind less comedy with ammmazing feeel.. The jokes are lame but still work. The script was written on the set and still is kick ass.. The comic timing is just about raapchick.. and performances.. The same old slapstick returns with 'situational' tricks.. Take some crazy friends along, maaro some seetis on PJs, ennjoy, come back, forget and get back to work!!

Okay, first things first. If you the 'Intellectual Cinema Lover' and dont belong to the David Dhawan, Rohit Shetty genre of comedy then, DO NOT read this review. Just go and watch some film festival type movie and discuss the camera angles. IF you just watch movies for fun and dont try to find logic anywhere, then also DO NOT read this review.. Go to the theaters and watch this flick!!! hehe..

Plot: Do you realllly care??? Its just some confusion thrown here and there. Add to that some funny characters with some very funnny PJs and decent treatment and you get the plot.. If you are still interested its about lies and coverups and rest you can go and figure yourself

Performance: Obviously nothing award winning, but yeah, nobody seems like an awkward fit anywhere. All were decent. The girls anyways dint have anthing to do but look pretty. They did that. Johny lever dint have anything to do but to make strange faces. He did that. Ditto applies to others too. Sab theek thaak hai..

Technicals: Yeah sure.. IF you are actually gonna watch this.. I am sure you are NOT the technical types anyways.. But ya.. the color combination could have been slightly less pink, green, orange-ish..

Positives: Tremendously funny comic timing, Crrrazy pull your hair out PJs, Slapstick.

Negatives: Arrrey Chill maar, relax karr aur forget about the negatives

Overall: Dont Think. Just Grab a couple of wella and crazzy friends who dont make faces while watching un-intellectual cinema, Go, Enjoy and come back.

Feel-O-Meter: 6/10 (Yes.. You are right.. I rate it higher than Blue)

Blue: Just Style No Substance

Well, Its not the worst movies ever made But definitely not worth a second watch. Pathetic Performances, Almost No Storyline, Good for Nothing Script. On the positives, It has some kick ass action sequences and ammazing under water photography. Go only if you have nothing much to do this weekend. And restrict yourself to the normal seats, dont waste money on the Gold/Premier Class.

First things first, The movie has almost nothing on the substance front. One line story, Bad performances, Stars who dont fit in characters, no script, no direction, almost nothing. What it lacks there, it compensates on the style front. Lara Dutta in her usual cleavage flaunting best(or should i say breast.. hehe), Classy action sequences, Kick ass marketing with all the hype around it being the most expensive movie ever made(although i couldnt understand WHERE that money was spent), Decent background score etc.

Plot : As already established, its about a treasure hunt with a few twists and turns (The bad part is that the hunt itself lasts for 15-20 mins and the build up to the hunt stretches almost 1.5 hours) and honestly i was not impressed by nothing there.

Performances: Not a single name comes up. Akshay kumar anyways is only known for his action sequences (although in Blue i dont even remember a single one from him) and not his acting prowess. Sanjay Dutt should take a break from action movies and concentrate on stuff like lokhandwala. He in his 50+ looks such a miscast that its almost pathetic. And Top that with her pairing with LARA.. I mean dude.. get a life.. Zayed khan: No comments. Lara Dutta: Does her bit in those tiny winy bikinies.. (Hey.. what else you expect from her). Katrina : Yeah, she is there too in a couple of sequences. NOBODY impressed.

Music: A Couple of tracks are nice but i doubt if you take 'em with you after the movie is finished. Background score is kick ass. Those chase sequences have some really ammazing background score. Full points there.

Technicals : Okay, THIS was the only saving grace for the movie. The phoren cinematographer captures the underwater shots ammmazingly well. The lighting, the colours, everything just perfect. I think for me he was the actual hero for me. Honestly speaking, I think the director was too bored to direct the movie so he just gave some extra money to the action coordinator who did a pretty good job in most sequences (specially the earlier chase sequences, which became repetitive later on though).

Positives: Hmmmm.. Action Sequences, Cinematography and Ishtyle Quotient

Negatives: No story, Pathetic Script, Bad Performances

Overall : Only style no substance. Watch only if you dont have anything better (or as i always say "Less worse") to do. Got some extra cash to spare. And you dont really bother about storyline, script, performances and like a movie for ammazing marketing and hype!!! ;-)

Feel-O-Meter: 5/10 (2 each for action and underwater cinematography and 1 for sheer scale and bravado)

Do Knot Disturb: Do Not Bother!!!

Yeh kahaani hai Gobar, Buntoo, Nunnu, Mangu, Dolly aur Diesel ki.. Yes, These are names of the characters from the movie!! Need i say more. Honeslty, i dont mind goofy, stupid, DD-Govinda ishtyle comedies.. But iss baar thoda zada ho gya.. Everything was too repetitive, as if DD had decided on a 20 min movie and then thought its too short and stretched it to two hours. Funnily enough, Even 2 hours seem like 4..Infact, I started accessing FB in the middle!!!

Top it up, with some sleazy shots of Lara Dutta at her cleavage exposing best. I felt she was kept so that atleast the male audience keeps their eyes on the screen (For sometime atleast!!). But that too became too repetitive!!

I am not the 'intellectual cinema lover' types and understand that I need to keep my brains out of the cinema hall while watching a DD-Govinda movie. But, even after that. It was just not funny. Every scene was stretched like a chewing gum. Ek hi joke baar baar.. Thoda zada ho gya.. I sooo wanted to see this movie after the 'Dolly dolly' Ad.. But that too was used atleast 10 times in the movie!!!

Also, the whole starcast (supposedly) lives in Delhi and the movie is entiredly shot in Dubai!!! (No, i am not finding logic here, but wondering WHY did DD mention Delhi anyways.. It wasnt required right??) A Slapstick comedy is something but this hamming personified. I felt as if the dialogues were being written on the sets!!!

On paper, it was supposed to be an Awwwwesome laugh riot.. Imagine, just the starcast is enough.. Govinda, Rajpal Yadav, Ranvir Shorey, Riteish Deshmukh, Manoj Pahwa.. All of them excellent comic actors.. Add to it, two stunningly hot former Miss Universes, Lara and Sushmita and then put the DD brand name!! Still.. It didnt work. I guess this proves that brand names alone cannot make a movie. You cant take the audience for granted. And Songs itneee wahiyaar hai ke bass kya kahein!!!

As a BIIIIG DD-Govinda fan, I wish that come back with an insanely comic relief and wash this 'Daaman ka Daag' for them! :-(

PS: I am not getting into the positives, negatives, technicals, performances and plot of the movie. Reason- I am too damn bored to even write the review!!!

Overall: Even if you are a crazy DD-Govinda fan like me.. Still dont think you'll be able to tolerate it beyond the first half hour..

Feel-O-Meter: 4/10 (Woh bhi thoda zada hai, but still Thodi toh DD-G ki izzat karni padegi)

Wake up Sid: Refreshing.. Loved it!!!

Its like a breath of fresh air.The movie is about 'growing up'. Its about movement from boyhood to manhood. That too without any preaching.. From the first scene onwards. The pace is set. Ranbir(surprisingly) has done a Fab job. You just cant seem to find anybody else fitting in the role so amazingly well. Great music. Tight Script. Fresh 'Feel'. Nice performances. Everything worked for me. Funny enough, I cant find anything bad about the movie. (Given that i am known for my 'destructive' criticism!!). Nothing overdone. No preaching. No zabardasti ka emotional drama. Just a plain, sweet script with nice performances. But scores on the 'FEEL'. A mustt watch!!!

The best movies are those where you can see yourself in the characters. Its like watching your own self on screen. The days when you were in college. When all of us wanted to do something 'creative' and not run of the mill stuff. When all we cared about which movie to watch and things like career, life etc took a back seat. And then, you realize that you need to find your place in the sun. What you are meant to be or do. What is it that you want to or have to do. Whats your story and how are you gonna write it.

The Plot: Its a no brainer. The movie is about a boy who needs to wake up and realize that life is not only about partying hard, cars, movies, gaming, credit cards, spending father's money etc. And how an event changes his life and how he transforms form a 'kid' to a man.

The Performances: For me, Ranbir has actually 'grown up'. or may be the part was written just for him. I cant seem to imagine anybody else but him in the role. He is ammazing. Kongkona is as usual fabulous. Anupam kher and Supriya pathak score in their cameos.

Music: I generally dont mention music in my reviews but couldnt help this time. ALL the songs were better than the other. Be it the soft 'Iktara' to the full feel-ed 'Kya Karoon' which describes the plot unbelievably well. The title track is just too ammazing and even the english parts (as background scores) are just fabulous.

Technicals: Top notch. Script is tight. Story is simple. Direction is gripping. Music is fab. There are no dull scenes. Anil Mehta has done wonders in the cinematography department. Sets. Colour combinations. Even the clothes are just class..

Positives: Everything. Be it performances, Plot, Script, Music, Direction, Lyrics, Feel. Everything was just right.

Negatives: Funny enough, I cant find anything negative in the movie. Its just scores perfectly well for me.

Overall: Its just such a refreshing story telling that i just cant describe. Script is tight. Direction is almost perfect. Music is Fab. Performances rocking. Everything just how it should be. Go and Grab your seats NOW!!!

Feel-O-Meter: 9/10 (I am sure all are gonna say its too much but you tell me why not??? )

Inglourious Basterds: Mr Waltz.. Get the oscar speech ready!!

Good(and i hate to use that word for a tarantino movie) but not Great!! I think the problem lies in expectations and build up. I expected too much from the movie, and thats where i was disappointed a tad bit. An Excellent setting, Good Story, Great Actors and above all.. The Brand called QT.. But still, the movie is above average for me. Watch it if you are NOT a QT fan. If you are.. you might be disappointed. And

First things first, It took me almost half an hour to think of the opening paragraph to describe the movie but still couldnt get it right. The worst part is, I already had a DVD of the movie with me and even then i decided to watch it in theaters just because its a QT. I thought a QT deserves to be seen only in a cinema hall, more for the respect i have for 'The God' !! And then, coming out of the movie, i felt kinda disappointed. Had it been any other movie but a QT, i would have liked it still. But i guess its about expectations(As always)..

It had every possible 'tickmark' for a masterpiece, that you can imagine. A World War setting. Jews Vs Germany. Great Actors. Phenomenal performance by Christopher Waltz. But i was disappointed by the slow pace of the narrative(That took the magic away). The problem area according to me was scene length(There were only appx 5-6 scenes overall in the movie). No matter how amazing the dialogues are. No matter how great shots/Camera angles/Background score you might have. No matter how good the actors(and the performances) are. If the scene is too long and verbose. It tends to lose its effect.

Plotwise: I think it was FAB. The movie might be 'Ahistorical' but its interesting in its own way and you tend to keep guessing how the end is going to unfold. For me, the plot was just too amazing. But longish scenes spoilt the fun. I dint like the way Hitler was portrayed in a comic book villain kinda style. And 'Ingluorious Basterds' (The group) themselves look like a cameo rather than THE plot.

Performances: Its a cracker by Christopher Waltz. For me he has already EARNED an oscar this year. Ammazing.. Ammazing.. Ammmmazing.. is the word. Every scene he comes on screen. He sets it on fire. His dialogue delivery. His mannerisms. Man.. I am already a fan.. Full points to him. Except him. I dint find anybody else being even half as good as him.

Technicals: Meri Aukaat nahi hai QT pe comment karne ki. And (for obvious reasons) i dint(and i cant) have any problem what so ever. Great background score. Amazing camera work. Kick ass action. The QT trademark violence. All good.

Positives: Great work by Christopher Waltz. Amazing Storyline and Overall setting of the plot. Ammazing sequences here and there.
Negatives: The slow pace. Long sequences. Too many Dialogues and less QT action!!

Overall: A good watch (and ek baar to banta hai) but you tend to feel like going for a walk when the sequences get too stretched. Go for Christopher Waltz and you will NOT be disappointed. Or else, 'I' will reimburse your tickets if you don like HIM.. Kick ass performance by him

Feel-o-Meter: 7/10 (3 only for Chris ;-D )