Gravity

I remember seeing Jurassic Park for the first time. The feeling you get after seeing that brachiosaurus for the first time, in all its grandeur. It’s majesty forcing your jaw muscles to loosen, making you gape at the majestic, beautiful creature. Gravity did that to me in its first scene. In many ways, Gravity is what films were started out for. In the 1910’s, when movies were still a luxury, the script of the movies didn’t really matter. The fact that stuff was moving on screen was what made people happy most of the time.  It was meant to inspire wonder and transport us into another dimension. Gravity does just that. With the marvel of modern technology and sound mixing, it is solid proof of the fact that a simple story, if directed to perfection can still manage to woo audiences worldwide.

The story (for those who haven’t heard it by now), in spoiler free terms, is basically about a crew of people stuck in space after encountering debris. Now, there are some who might argue that the movie stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock but really, it’s just Sandra Bullock. George Clooney is supporting cast, at best. The front runner is clearly Sandra Bullock who has almost definitely booked herself an Oscar nomination. The reason for that is this, the only person, who Cuarón decided to give some background to, was Sandra Bullock’s. George Clooney’s character remained as anonymous as ever. George Clooney, plays what he did in almost every one of his previous films. Fun when it’s required, calm and composed in a situation of distress. I don’t even remember him playing anything different.

The cinematography throughout the movie is jaw dropping. Consider this, if you were watching this on your laptop, and you paused one frame, that frame would serve as a kick-ass wallpaper. The feel of the movie changes drastically from one frame to the next. I discussed this in my post about Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón (the movie’s director) has a way of direction in which disorder comes so suddenly that it leaves a higher impact on the mind. For instance, when the first wave of debris hits them, the transition from ‘order’ to ‘complete chaos’ took roughly 3 seconds (I counted :p). It seemed similar to the changes that happen in an opera. The smooth transition of the ballerina during rapid surges in the notes played. The orchestration of disorder is what makes it so gut-wrenching. The fact that this is all happening in space adds another element of horror to it. Seeing catastrophe of such magnitude over the background of absolute beauty adds another element of horror to it. It’s like the scene from “Silence of the Lambs” when Hannibal Lecter is listening to opera with blood on his face. Beautiful music in an eerie scenario.

The second thing I loved was the sound mixing. The entire dialogue of the movie is in that speakerphone voice. The odd harsh factor adds to the authenticity. But apart from the attention to minute detail shown, the soundtrack is perfectly employed in the movie. There are scenes where there is no sound at all and it adds to the eerie factor of the movie. The whole Idea of “In space, No one can hear you scream.” Propagated by Alien is executed to perfection here. There is a scene in the movie when Sandra Bullock is sitting in a spaceship and she’s shouting. The camera zooms out and as soon as it leaves the ship, there is utter silence. The feeling of hopelessness it creates is immense.

If a person was not completely wowed by the cinematography (I was, slightly, because of my stupid decision to not watch it in IMAX.), there are certain flaws in the movie. None of them take anything away from the movie at all, but could have been touched upon a little. For a person who spent 6 months training for a space flight, Sandra Bullock is slightly “amateurish”. I bet that those guys have a pretty high cutoff for this shit. It’s not like that they wouldn’t drill you for any possible situation. Still, considering that this was her first flight, I’m willing to let that go. The second thing was, the casting of the movie gave something away. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock play exactly the same sort of characters that they have played in every movie. This is not suggesting the fact that they are not good, just that they might have tried to do something different with them. There is a scene in the movie when Clooney comes to save Sandra Bullock and says something like “You might not have noticed how gloriously handsome I was before.” Typical, right? And Sandra Bullock has to play the struggling person learning to cope with a difficult situation who has had terrible past experiences. The exact character from Speed and 90 days. I guess a lesser known cast could have served them better.

Apart from that, the only possible flaw that this movie had was the impression that Chinese products actually work. (You’ll get it if you’ve seen the movie.)  Amazing cinematography, Amazing soundtrack and a visual treat, Gravity, following Life of Pi, is a movie which does not use 3D as a gimmick and leaves you with a feeling of awe and wonderment, the same one generated by previous greats like Jurassic Park and Star Wars.

9.4/10

Children of Men

As many of you might know, the new Science Fiction movie, ‘Gravity’ has been making huge waves in cinema lately, wooing both audiences and critics worldwide. In India, the movie seems to be in IMAX only till now. Now people, I’m not saying that I’m unwilling to pay for a good movie, but an investment of that amount requires insurance, and hence, I saw Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron’s first English masterpiece). Long story short, I’ve booked my tickets for Gravity.

Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction thriller drama that starts off in 2027 Britain. I cannot review this movie without spoilers, there are sonnets that can be written about the last scenes. Interested parties, you have been warned. The movie shows us a future in chaos, where, for a reason which the movie does not choose to explain, women have become infertile and the whole world except Britain is in a state of disarray. (Fat Chance!) So, refugees are flooding England and the British government is now forced to put refugees in camps without proper living conditions. The refugees form a protest group demanding equal rights and recruit the lead character of this movie for a top secret assignment. The assignment being, the safe transportation of a woman, who, miraculously, is pregnant. (These are not spoilers, I’m just giving you the description of the trailer. Shocked? You should be.)

The first thing that attracted me about the movie was the realism of it all. Mostly, with science fiction movies set in the future, directors tend to hype things up a little too much and show us an era of flying cars and holographic messaging and cloning, all of which seem a little far-fetched as compared to actual reality. Consider Blade Runner, a movie which told us, that flying cars, humanoid armies etc. would be a reality by November 2019. It’s 2013, I don’t see that happening in the next few years. The view taken by Alfonso Cuaron is much more realistic, albeit haunting. The dark tinge in the movie adds more to the gloom of the script.

Secondly, the camera work of the movie makes it even more shocking than it already is. The feeling of shock you got after watching the 9/11 attacks for the first time is exactly what you feel here. For instance, there is scene when our lead character is in a car with 2 other women. They’re all driving, playing fun little games on the way. A happy sight, perhaps a message from the director that even within gloom and certain extinction on their hands, humans will find a way to stay happy. Without a warning, a burning car, comes on the road and the mood changes within milliseconds as tons of protesters start chasing their car with bricks in their hands. It happens as quickly as it would happen in real life perhaps and is thus, highly shocking. The movie is filled with scenes like these and although the description may say that the scenes are jump scares, they’re not put in place as a gimmick. Kudos director, for amazing camera work.

Thirdly, there was a scene right at the end of the movie when the government comes to destroy the refugee camps and an all-out war breaks out. The scenes reminded me of Saving Private Ryan a lot. The way the scenes were shot and the realism of the blasts justify the comparison. But where the movie really stood out was when a baby, born after almost 18 years on earth starts to cry and everyone drops their weapons in shock. The lead actor and the mother escape with the baby with stares from everyone in shock and disbelief. As soon as they leave, fighting resumes. I personally think the scene was a larger comment on humanity. There could be tons of interpretations of the scene. Put in a box though, the scene is very, very powerful and should definitely leave an impact on anyone who chooses to see the deeper meaning in movies.

The movie’s ending is ambiguous and the onus of interpretation is left on the viewer. I think anyone’s interpretation of the film will depend on his/her belief in the power of ‘hope’. The movie leaves you with something to think upon for hours on end. In that sense, it is potent.

Perhaps the only gripe I had with the movie was the fact that it left us with too many details to be filled on our own. If one views it as ‘science fiction’, which it claims itself to be, there are plenty of questionable twists in the movie. Easy links whose justification the movie did not choose to provide. I would love to see a director’s cut of the movie where all of those scenes might be included. However, that is a problem with almost every second movie ever made.

Final Verdict: This is a movie which I did not review while watching. Transporting me to another dimension altogether, with gritty realistic direction and camera work, it left me in awe. If this is what Alfonso Cuaron has done with Gravity, it should definitely be a treat to watch.

8.7/10

(It felt a little cheap to make this review light hearted. I think I owed it to this movie.)

Grand Masti

So far my blog has been filled with a host of good to awesome movies. It’s high time that I chose a movie which I did not like. As always, being the stuck-up prick that I am, I had a host of Bollywood flicks to choose from. But there was a movie which stood out much above the rest. It’s towering load of shit, higher than the one created by Twilight and Glee combined, which stunk my entire following week. Grand Masti.

I do not know what I expected going into a movie like this. My friends convinced me to go to this movie. I reminded them of the colossal pile of cow dung this movie would turn out to be. They applied the same argument that men apply when going for an orgy “It’ll be fun if you have company.” In either case, it’s not entirely true. Like the latter, it turned out to be awkward, frustrating and made me crave for alcohol afterwards. I’m not even going to discuss the story because in order to do so, it has to make a sliver of sense.

The movie is a collection of the dirty predictable SMS jokes put in a random order. The jokes are so obvious and uninventive that you can see them coming miles away. I was literally dreading the jokes to hit me. I was praying the whole time “Please, no, not so obvious. AHH! COME ON!! Show some fucking brains, faggots.” (Sigh) On top of that they add the characteristic tabla roll after every joke. It’s so desperate of the directors whenever they do that. It’s like the script writers were saying “Haha, see? That was clever, wasn’t it? Now laugh, motherfucker.” Maybe, just maybe, if they showed any restraint, I would probably have laughed.

It’s pointless to even mention ‘objectification’ in a movie like this. It’s funny how ‘Munni Badnam’ is female objectification whereas a movie which does not even attempt to show females as real people is not. It’s movies like these which degrade Indian movies and take them back by around 50 years, when a man slipping on a banana and hitting his head on cow dung was funny. (In hindsight, that’s probably still funnier than most of the dated double meaning jokes in this movie.)

Final Verdict: This is a movie not meant for any human being with the possession of a well-functioning human brain and perhaps a sliver of respect for women. A good lawyer could probably accuse this movie of Human Rights Violations and get it banned from public viewing. I sincerely hope that happens. It thoroughly deserves the rating I’m about to give it.

0.0/10

Amour

Love. The true meaning of which only Taylor Swift is stupid enough to claim to understand. The theme of this movie is about an old man who is supporting his ailing wife. There have been movies which express the pain and neglect felt by people of Old Age, but none of them portray the sense of self- respect and the courage shown by senior citizens as well as this French movie.

The movie, in short, was as close to perfection as any movie could be. Near perfect direction, amazing acting, heart-wrenching script and an appropriately timed soundtrack make it next to flawless. Reviewing such movies is very hard for any movie reviewer worth his salt. It’s like when a mortal is brought in front of perfection himself and asked to critique it. The only thing we can come up is an odyssey of praise for such great works of cinematic perfection. But still, I will make an attempt.

The movie starts off with a couple of scenes depicting a happy married couple. There is a scene where the man is flirting with his wife after a visit to the opera. The scene was so ‘typically’ French, I had to smile. Two 90 year old people, living in an apartment, all by themselves, visiting operas, without a care in the world about the neglect they face from their children. Just two people enjoying life at its dusk. Since the movie starts off in such fashion, there was almost no more need for any character development. I sympathized with them right away. The scene where the woman has her first stroke is shocking, unsettling, in fact. That is where this movie turns into a gut-wrenching ride into what love demands from a spouse. There is a scene in the trailer where the wife (who is also a piano teacher) is playing the piano and the man, who till now has shown no visual sign of him missing her, is sitting in the corner watching. He suddenly turns off the tape recorder and sighs. The woman on the piano disappears. Silent, short, powerful. It is the subtlety of the movie which makes it such a treat to the observant eye. A quality which seems lost on both Hollywood romcoms and almost 90% of all Bollywood fares.

The movie is predictable, but in a further unsettling kind of way. As in, the feeling when you know what is going to happen, but you dread it so much that you don’t want it to. The slow pace of the film only adds to that dread. This movie could very well be used as a reality check by most modern couples. Just watch the film and ask your boyfriend “Would you be willing to do that for me when I’m old?” and bam, you are single. (You’re welcome, Ladies.) I will concede, the first thing I did after watching the movie was call up my grandparents. It guilt-tripped me so badly that I just had to.

Final Verdict: This movie is next to flawless. A haunting, gut-wrenching experience, it will leave you with a ton of tears at the end and an experience you will never forget. It thoroughly deserves the rating I’m about to give it.

10/10

Moon

As soon as I read the description of this movie on IMDB, I was piqued. A movie about a crew member of mining on the Moon? My mind was racing along the lines of claustrophobia, mental breakdown, insanity and the like. As long as the movie didn’t include any goddamned aliens, it had potential to be classified “Awesome”. Surprisingly, it turned out to be quite different than either one of the scenarios.

One of the first things that struck me about the movie was the gritty realism of it all. Most movies based in space tend to have that over the top grandeur associate with them which works to some extent but we have rarely had a movie which portrays it for what it truly could look like in the future. When multinational corporations start exploiting the moon for minerals and going to the moon becomes a “Placement” issue more than anything. The movie moves at a brisk and comfortable pace. The correct amount, where if it goes a little too fast you’ll have to pause and think too much and if you slow it down it becomes boring and yet, at no point during the movie, do you want to stop it. (That came out wrong.) Anyway Kudos editors, well done. The concept of the movie is something that one cannot possibly guess. Hence, I won’t elaborate on it too much. All that you know is that our lead character has been heading mining operations on the moon for his contract of three years and it’s just about to finish. From then, the movie moves into some very weird and unexpected directions.

I will say this, for a person who’s been alone on a planet for three years with virtually no contact with the outside world and only a robot to keep him company, the lead actor appears sane than a person in his condition should be. I imagine the current users of orkut face a similar problem. My whole theory of mental breakdown fell flat there. Another plus point of the movie was its soundtrack. Created by Clint Mansell who brought us the famous “Requiem for a Dream” theme, the tunes are creepy, haunting and add to the overall lonely feel of the film.

The only gripes I had about the movie were that big and completely unexpected events which happen during the course of the film are underwhelmed. As in, if you were just told that you had been living a dream so far and are actually the king of neverland, your reaction would be little more than LOL, right? The actor here shows very little emotion when being told something extremely life-changing in this story. Like he’s being handed a million dollars and his face just says “Cool, thanks a lot.”

Final Verdict: The underwhelmed reactions and the lack of mental breakdown aside, the movie was next to flawless. An extremely engaging Science Fiction movie with an amazing background score and gritty realism in execution. Moon is a collector’s Item.

8.0/10

The Secret World of Arietty

The secret world of arietty is an adventure film about, well, little people. By that, I don’t mean midgets but actual little people, the size of a pen. I saw this movie in its original Japanese version. I don’t like dubbed versions, it changes the feel of the film entirely. It’s there that ‘Sushi’ will turn into ‘Big Mac’ or ‘Tentacle porn’ will turn into ‘Amateur’. It just lacks authenticity, that’s all I’m saying.

The movie, overall was an average watch. I’ll begin by stating some things that I actually liked about movie. Firstly, the cinematic beauty. Japanese movies generally tend to get this right, but here, as we are viewing things from a miniature being’s perspective, the grandeur attached to everything just escalates to another level. Secondly, the soundtrack. I believe this movie has one of the most invigorating and intoxicating soundtracks in the last decade. It is one of the major saving graces of this otherwise ordinary film.

Now to why the movie is not as awesome as it could have been. Maybe it’s just me, but the formula used by the movie has been used very effectively by plenty of Hollywood movies before it. “Honey, I shrunk the kids”, “Ants” and “Toy Story”. All focused on miniature beings who, for some arbitrary reason, never choose to interact with humans. All of the above mentioned movies were either funnier, more effectively built or more imaginative than this one. The movie was as predictable as it could have been. When the trailer of your movie is the biggest spoiler of all, your movie or your trailer has some serious issues. In hindsight, I think this movie could have been made into a much better and much more impactful short film.

There were a couple of details in the movie which were just unnecessarily added to generate extra audience sympathy. For example, the child who finds out about these creatures is suffering from a terminal disease. I have no f**king Idea why that was necessary. It didn’t have anything to add to the movie and I wouldn’t have cried if he had died halfway.

Finally, the movie did have an adventurous feel to it as a movie of this genre is supposed to have. The whole LOTR, “Us against the world” thing. The soundtrack only makes it more epic. That is where the movie really stood out for me. There was a little bit of subliminal messaging in the movie as well, the whole “Avatar” bullcrap where the writers try to add their little bit about how Humans are the biggest danger of all. Unlike avatar, this aspect of the film was well portrayed here without it taking centrestage.

Final Verdict: An awesome soundtrack, A dated but well treated concept make it worth a one time watch.

6.5/10

The Social Network

Anyone who remembers the 2011 oscars will remember this movie. The movie watching world was split into two parts at the time,  the "King's Speech > Social Network" and  the "Social Network>King's Speech" groups. The point to note here is that supporters of the King's speech too did not think that the social network was a bad movie unlike the Social Network supporters who thought that the King's Speech was boring and predictable. That alone says milions about the movie's reach and connect with the audience.
So, the social network is a movie by David Fincher who gave us Fight Club, Seven, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the more recent The Girl with the dragon tattoo (Daniel Craig version).This movie is basically about a wannabe nerdy douchebag who wanted attention and fame, in the process of which he loses all his friends. Yeah, if sesame street tried to make the movie that would be the plot. It stars Jessie Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield (the new spiderman) and the himesh reshamiya of hollywood Justin Timberlake. I wonder how bad Zuckerberg blogged about the oscars after they got snubbed. I guess it would have gone something like this "Academy, I know you have done your homework so you know that money isn't a big part of my life but currently I'm in a place where I could buy out the King's speech therapist and his palace and turn the speech therapist's home into my ping pong room." Seems legit, right?

When?/How?

There was a lot of hype about this movie when it came out. The concencus of which was, it's a movie about facebook. I guess that had worked for its benefit in the long run as a movie about facebook will receive about as much attention as Aishwarya Bacchhan agreeing to strip. But, just like the latter, the news is false. The Social Network is very little about facebook, it wouldn't be entirely correct to classify it about Mark Zuckerberg either considering the historical inaccuracies and close observation suggests it's not a courtroom drama either. The Social Network, for me would fall somewhere between a movie about Zuckerberg and courtroom dramas. See it with that mindset and you'll enjoy it. If you see it as a movie about facebook, you'll be sorely disappointed with the ending as many King's Speech Fans are.

The Good

The social network would fall on my list of the top 10 feature films of the decade 2000-10. (I added feature so that the classics from Pixar could be disqualified. ) The reason being multi-dimensional. The first one I'll like to discuss is Direction. David Fincher has been known to be a director for thrillers and for him to direct a screenplay which, to a large extent was drama was a stroke of genius. The crib most people have with dramas is that they are slow paced and Fincher doesn't let that happen. Maybe he learned something  after Curious Case of Bejamin Button's fall at the oscars. Something about the camera work in his movies is always just so engaging. Anyone who has seen Fight Club, Seven or The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo will know what I'm talking about here. The second dimension is the acting. A young cast with Jesse Eisenhower leading is superb in their own roles. Even our Himesh Reshamiya is not so bad, although that it could be said that he didn't have to do much, just be himself. But Jesse Eisenhower is essentially the big daddy here. He kills it with his cool, comfortable dialogue delivery almost all of which is written to perfection. Very tarantino-ish minus the funny factor if you ask me. The second best performer would be Andrew Garfield who was a lot better in this movie than in the new spiderman movie which was FUBAR for me. (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition for those unfortunate souls who haven't seen Saving Private Ryan yet) The third dimension I'll be talking about is the music. This aspect of the movie really stood out here. Trent Reznor provides a different type of background for  drama entirely and it works perfectly for the movie. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, go see it. There's a version of Creep by radiohead playing in the background that is just so damn haunting it will chill your bones. Creep-Scala. 

One more thing I would like to discuss is the ending. Which has been a put off for many. The ending, for me was like alcohol. Yo hate it the first time you see it, the more you think about it, the more apt it seems. The movie ends with Mark Zuckerberg sending his ex a friend request. The scene was basically representative of how zuckerberg had given up on trying to be a douche. Thing is, you don't expect the movie to end at that note. That's why it's a put off for some and if you think of the movie with the perspective I just mentioned it fits in a lot better and is kind of perfect. 

Another wierd effect it had on me at least is that I found typing a lot cooler after this. They had these old school keyboards in the movie which Seeing Zuckerberg take out a dozen networks to get profile pics of students was just too cool and I'd be lying if I said I didn't pay more attention in C++ classes after watching this movie.

The Bad

Engaging as it is, The Social Network is not without flaws. Most of which emerge when you come out of the theater. There are many historic flaws in the Social Network. Zuckerberg basically denied the whole thing, which was obvious from the word go. But the thing that did it for me was when I saw what Sean Parker looked like in real life. 

Does this look anything like the guy who would pick up chicks in clubs and be like the ultimate party guy? They just got this character so wrong. It's like hiring Shah Rukh Khan to play The Joker. Some things just do not fit. Let's just put that aside and take this movie as it is and consider that the whole thing is factual, you'll enjoy it. There's nothing much wrong with the movie otherwise. One could say that characters come up with monologues out of thin air but then, you don't really mind that in the movie. It actually adds to the movie than taking away it's legitimacy level. Also, to all school guys out there, the freshers party scene in the social network is.. (sigh).. not even close to true in India. I wouldn't be lying if I said I had expected strip poker but, I was disappointed. 

When Do I see it?

Social Network is an ideal movie for nerds. It's the ultimate "muggu revenge" saga. There is a scene in a movie when Zuckerberg just walks out of the class after the CS teacher asked him a question and tells him "Better men than you have tried and failed at this class." and he tells him the answer to his question coolly and walks out. Ultimate bitch please moment. I would love to do that one day. Although I think it would go like "42 is the answer." and the teacher goes "sorry, no.. " and then it would be like "Oh... really.. I'll just go back to my seat.. please continue..". So, with that image in mind, I would like to say that the Social Network is a fun movie and can be seen at almost any time and some of the best possible options would be if you've been thrown out of the class for indiscipline/ you friends ditched you for a movie/ dumped by a girl or some random depressing shit. This movie will lift your spirits and will give you hope that it doesn't matter what they did.. just do the following steps:

1. Come up with a good Idea

2. Ask your friends to join

3. Make it big

4. Screw you friends over

5. Get a gazillion dollars 

See.. simple enough..

Final Verdict

The Social Network is a great movie, not entirely factual and badly advertized but still, if seen for what it is, a very enjoyable time. With some awesome acting and great direction, the social network is one of the best movies of the past decade. A must watch for today's nerds. Watch it for the dialogue, for the acting, the brilliant music and watch it to beleive that yes, nerdy coders can get laid. There is hope, my fellow brothers..!!

Django Unchained

Sorry for the long hiatus, now that people have stopped giving a shit about Confessions or Compliments regular posts from now on. Just like the unapologetic director of this movie, i will offer neither an emotional explanation nor a reason for why I decided to stop. In other words "Let's get this review started niggas"..
Django Unchained is a movie by Quentin Tarantino about .. well.. a slave(Jamie Foxx) whose wife has been taken captive by a ruthless white guy(Leo) and he pairs up with a bounty hunter (Christopher Waltz) to get her back. Now the highlight here, not taking anything away from Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Di-Caprio and waltz is Quentin Tarantino. The man has literally redefined what movie-making is about. Let me put it like this, if steven spielberg was showing the death of a man, it would probably go something like this.
1. the victim would tremble (close ups)
2. Killer's hand trembles
3. the man would die
4. the killer would look at his gun
5. regret what he has done
6. be scarred for life
7. the corpse would be gruesome beyond imagination
8. John Williams would be going ape-shit on the orchestra
9. and you would probably feel a little something in your heart.
 Jump to Tarantino, most probably
1. the killing would be done in a matter of seconds
2. blood would gush out like a busted water balloon on holi
3. the song playing in the background would be the kind you play in a rave
4. Killer says some borderline psychopath cum sarcastic line like "coffee?"
5. You bust out laughing, feeling no regret at all..
Before going for this movie, just take that picture into your mind.

When?

I've seen this movie 3 times already and the first time I saw it was alone on my laptop I guess. I have this tradition of watching a movie before I go to sleep. Mostly it was just Star Wars but I decided to go with something different this time. The thing with Star Wars was that I usually got sleepy in the middle portion and would have a good night's sleep dreaming about light sabers. The decision to watch Django Unchained turned out to be a bad one after all, the reasons for which shall become clear later in the review.

The Good

There are some questions that are just factual inquiries, things you don't debate, the answers to which are clear as day. Stuff like "Is Untouchablity bad?", "Is Megan Fox Hot?", "Do the twilight movies suck?".. one does not simply debate these questions. So, when it comes to "The good in a Tarantino Movie".. the answer I'll give you first is "The Dialogue"..  A tarantino fan can identify a tarantino movie just by 2 mins of dialogue.. It's that memorable. That as Leonardo DiCaprio says".. Dialogue should be your first, second, third, fourth and fifth concern.. after that you can start thinking about acting, direction, screenplay and music." This movie is perhaps the only movie where the acting comes on comparable levels with the awesome dialogue. The actors are pitch perfect. This movie has a more linear storyline than any other tarantino movie so far so it might be enjoyable and a good starter for those who haven't seen/enjoyed any tarantino movie so far. For die hard tarantino fans, it's not a disappointment either.
Let's take the case of The Dark Knight. Now, whenever most people see the dark knight, even though you know that the acting's good, the scene is deep, the action's great but admit it, more than half the time you were waiting like all others for the Joker to come on the screen. The dynamic guy, to come and blow the roof off Gotham. There is always one guy in every movie who does that. In Silence of the Lambs it was Hannibal Lecter, Joker in The Dark Knight, Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. Here, there are four. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Waltz( God bless you oscars!), Jamie Foxx and Sameul L. Jackson, who once again proves that he can be the best performer in a movie even if he is introduced halfway in it. Now, let that sink in. Feel a little something? yeah, that's called ass kicking.
Another thing I really liked about the movie was that even though the theme of the storyline is so serious and the dialogue is pretty racist and highly offensive (I can't emphasize this enough) at no point did I get intense or  offended while watching the movie. In a wierd way the whole movie was a fun time. Many people have classified this genre as black comedy (and no fellow noobs, black comedy is not comedy by  black guys) and I see their point. This movie has a lot of violence and action sequences in it but at no point does it become an action movie. There is a shot in the movie where the violence is gruesome and when you cringe because of the brutality of it all and that would be the scene of mandingo fighting but the rest of the gun violence is mostly, and don't call me a psychopath/sadist for this, was kind of fun. I actually laughed out loud when a group of black guys killed off their owner with a rock. Judge me all you want, but when you see it, you will too. There is a lot of goodt in this movie and if I covered them all I would probably have to write another novel. So now we move on to..

The Bad

There is hardly anything wrong with the movie when you see it for the first time. It has its flaws but this is stuff that I could live with and if corrected, would have changed the movie's tone in general. There are two kinds of responses I got for this film. The first one being the kind who say this is the best quentin tarantino movie since pulp fiction (personally I put Reservoir dogs ahead of both unlike most.. but that's another story) and the second kind being the ones who say that the movie was completely random. Now, the second kind did enjoy the movie but as monsieur candyland says "If I was to take this hammer here and bash in their skull, I would find that they too had enjoyed the movie for the same three reasons as everybody else.."

For the sake of saying though, the movie is predictable and a little bit long although it doesn't really feel like it when you watch it for the first time. Oh, and yeah for the easily offended, avoid at all costs.

When Do I see It

Tarantino movies are usually all time movies. You could watch it after a funeral and still laugh your ass off. (I know that's a bit over the top but what can I say, that's what the movie is .. ) My advice, watch it with friends who love tarantino movies and you'll have a blast. And make sure that you have time to see it because the first time I saw it, I couldn't sleep during the movie and so.. lack of sleep made me miss classes. (In hindsight, it was probably worth it). If you haven't seen it by now, do it as soon as possible. Better yet, see it in theaters. (All those willing, just inbox me. We'll go in a group. Release date is 29th march. This nigga is ready.) 

Final Verdict

Being the tarantino movie as it is, I feel the urgent need to say something awesome, cool, witty, sarcastic and meaningful at the same time. But I hardly have any words left. Everything I say will probably be just a rehash of the lines of the movie. Let's put it like this I have a sincere feeling that people will be quoting from this movie in trolls for a long, long time. As Lord of the rings gave us the "One does not simply troll.." this movie can give us about 10 more.