The Disappointing Watchmen Movie

My highly anticipated movie turned to be my biggest disappointed.

When I first watched the preview of Watchmen, I thought this is going to be action-packed, emotion-driven, blood-racing helluva movie. But I was so wrong.

Sure, there was the usual mark of the movies made by Legendary pictures - Sin City & 300's cinematic effects are still very much present in the movie. However, the storyline was admittedly, well, boring. Too many emphasis on the side stories and yet, when you watch the movie, you can sum up each and every one's sob stories in 30 minutes or less. The real action only started when Nite Owl and Silk Spectre decided to start being vigilantes again.

i give credit to the filmmakers for at least closely relating the screenplay to the original graphic novel. From the start of the story, until Rorschach's demise, is very much like the comic book itself.I understand that in order to appreciate the grandiose design of the whole plot, you have to immerse yourself in the stories that surround each of the characters. However, there was little opportunity for you to absorb the events as it transitions to another side of the story.

This is one of those movies that I can say whose original material should have been left as is. It has to take a lot of modification and approval from the the make of the comic novel to make it adaptable to film, since the plot of this story is beyond just the ordinary - its dark, gory and even sexual content is better left in the graphical form.

Three candies out of five.

The Underdog becomes the Millionaire at the Oscars

With the recent victory at the Oscars, garnering at least eight of its ten nominations, my curiosity led me to watch the film...finally. My hubby was able to borrow a DVD of this movie, and I went straight in watching it. After all, it has been like how many weeks since I last logged in here, thanks to my **&***** internet connection. (Hmph!!!)

Start of the film: a question was raised on how the kid won the million rupees. As the movie progressed, it recounts the experience of the protagonist Jamal Malik, from his early life in Mumbai to his job as a call center assistant in Mumbai. His adventures, compared to one of the three Muskeeteers, is as bittersweet as his characters experienced the life and love that is India. His love for Latika over the years had not daunted his soul to give up on her, and his longing for his brother Salim transcended even to his realy adult years.

The movie is almost devoid of all the Bollywood drama, except that I feel that they just had to include that song and dance number in the end just to follow the usual Bollywood formula. I just didn't like the ending. Okay, I admit I am not a fan of the song and dance thing and no matter how they filmed it, it still gives me the creeps. But the depiction of the slums of India, its real ugly face peering out in the open, the corruption and the discrimation and the sense of danger were all there. You will almost admire the kids on how they manage to live their lives that way was amazing. I was almost on the floor rolling with laughter when the younger Jamal jumped into the dump of poop just to get out of the so-called "comfort" room just to get a glimpse of his Bollywood hero Amitabh Bachchan.

In the end, Jamal won the contest, and found Latika, but at the cost of his brother's life. It was bittersweet indeed, but the question remains on whether they would live happy ever after.

I give 4 candies for its good cinematography, its realistic and prfound view of Indian society, and story.