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Thugs of Hindostan (2018)
The masses aren't just ready for such a good movie. Good entertaining movie with great visual effects. Ignore bad reviews.
Just came back after watching TOH with my better half and we both found it to be entertaining and much better than the boring Badhai Ho which we had seen a few days back.
Amir Khan again delivered a superb performance in a Bollywood adaptation of Johnny Depp and the remaining actors' acting was also good.
Story: 5/10
Performances: 8/10
Visual and sound effects: 9/10
Editing and screenplay: 8/10
Overall entertainment: 8/10
Watch it and ignore the bad reviews. The masses aren't just ready for a quality production.
The Donkey King (2018)
Political Satire mean't for Adults and not Kids. Targets new Government. Overall, a Disappointment.
Contrary to how this picture has been and is being projected "Fun for all ages", I found only adults understanding the political satire thrown at the viewers throughout the movie while most of the children seemed oblivious and consequently uninterested at what was happening.
While the quality of animation was much improved as compared to previous Pakistani animated productions and so what the music, this movie comes out as just another attack on the new political government and while at it, the movie makers also question the current democratic system, role of media and of the hidden hand behind "elected" representatives.
Overall, the movie wasn't what it was portrayed out to be and turned out to be a big disappointment.
Yalghaar (2017)
Great Movie. Captures the true spirit of Sacrifice, Jazba, Junoon and above all, the Emaan (belief) of Officers and Jawans of Pakistan Army. WELL DONE !
Had high expectations about YALGHAAR and wan't disappointed watching a movie which reflects the improving standards of our local cinema productions. In all fairness, cinema-goers should not be comparing our improving local productions with Hollywood's action flicks yet, instead should appreciate the fact that the quality of our local productions is improving and improving fast.
The movie successfully achieves it's aim of highlighting the spirit of Sacrifice, Jazba, Junoon and above all, the Emaan (belief) of Officers and Jawans of Pakistan Army. It successfully brings forth the experiences that the family members of a soldier go through on a every day basis.
The movie started appropriately right from the word go standing true to it's nature and keeping the audience glued for the first ten to fifteen minutes with the opening action scene. The quality of action scene shooting was much better and improved than Waar (for comparison sake) and on several occasions comparable with any top of the line Hollywood production. Aerial photography tools (drones) were very effectively used and added depth to the canvas. Almost each scene and dialogue seemed to have a purpose and didn't seemed like force-fitted in the movie. Comic relief was sprinkled around in the movie very appropriately and the humour seemed true to the culture in army. Reminded me of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.
Waqar Rana seems to fit the General's role well and does a good job on screen, as do most of the other actors and actresses (exceptions mentioned below).
If you're a patriotic Pakistani or like action movies, you must go and watch this movie.
On the "Things that could be improved" front, following are my observations:
CGI - While the CGI was top notch in most areas, small firearms shooting is something which looks great only when done in "real" and not through computer graphics.
EDITING - still requires major improvement. Some scenes were cut and/or joined with next scenes, too abruptly.
ACTING - should be kept as close to being natural as possible. There were times when one felt that the acting was overdone.
ADVERTISEMENT / PRODUCT PLACEMENT: Too much right-in-the-face. Should be avoided in future.
HUMAYOU SAEED: Just doesn't fit the "Villain" role, especially the kind of negative role which this movie's script demanded.
SHAAN: While he's a legend and has a great screen presence, it is high time that producers and directors start relying on fresh(er) blood. There's great talent around and should be used.
TOO MANY MESSAGES/ACTORS/STORIES: There were too many Stories with too many Characters giving so many messages within this single movie. This movie will be watched by all types of cinema-goers and not everyone would be able to keep track of it all and might seem lost, like the gentleman sitting on my left (at Nueplex) felt yesterday night whilst the gentleman on my right was totally comfortable with the plethora of messages being thrown at him.
FINAL VERDICT: This movie is another step by our local cinema in the right direction and based on what I watched last night, I am anticipating it to be a bigger success than WAAR. Kudos to the team which produced this movie. WELL DONE !