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My Name is Khan Review
By Yasser Syed
It seems as though this is going to be a good year for Bollywood. Only into the second month of the year, we have witnessed some incredible Hindi cinema. And without a hint of hesitation, the same can be said for Karan Johar’s latest cinematographic work of art, “My Name is Khan”. The industries most acclaimed and applauded pairing Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol hit screens once more, this time leaving behind the trails of melodrama associated with their roles. The Karan Johar effect remains with vivid imagery and meticulous detail, but along with it surfaces a striking message encapsulated in a much bolder theme.
The film provides a stark insight into the post 9/11 America. Rizvan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), the protagonist who suffers from a rare disorder known as Asperger’s Syndrome embodies the struggle of an innocent Muslim branded a terrorist. Due to his unique condition, Rizvan is socially isolated and fails to interact with individuals other than those close to him. With the demise of his mother (Zarina Wahab), Rizvan is brought to America by his younger brother (Jimmy Shergil). In an endeavour to integrate Rizvan within the broader society, he is given the opportunity of becoming a salesman. Through his work, he comes across Mandira (Kajol) and his perception of life begins to take change. The ambiguity and uniqueness of the relationship is brilliantly captured and conveyed with emotional renderings that reflect the challenges posed by the disorder. The story continues to build but the news of the 9/11 terrorist attacks dramatically change the course of the film. The backlash from the attacks leave the newlyweds Rizvan and Mandira in turmoil and to add to their grief, their son fails prey to a fatal racial attack. A devastated Mandira overcome with anger and frustration parts way with Rizvan. The helpless Rizvan is left to embark on an epic journey, one that will bring justice and bring back the love of his life. The audacious and optimistic Rizvan endeavours to meet the President and state that his name is Khan and he is not a terrorist. In his quest which winds across America, Rizvan emerges to become an unlikely hero. His innocent nature and firm belief in only good and bad ensures that he is able to overcome the most complex of issues and obstacles.
Nonetheless, Shah Rukh Khan is brilliant to say the least. Not only are we able to observe every nuance of the Asperger’s syndrome in SRK’s facial expressions, but every emotion equally showcases the tribulations of a misjudged and wrongly accused Muslim. Kajol not only matches SRK’s performance but surpasses him in many facets of the film. The sheer distress and emotion associated with the loss of a loved one is personified exceptionally by Kajol when she confronts Rizvan on the ballpark. The all star cast is complemented by Jimmy Shergil, Zarina Wahab and Soneya Jehan, who all fulfil their roles with remarkable performances. The quota of child actors who play Rizvan’s childhood, never fail to disappointment and play their respective roles to perfection.
With a stellar cast and inspired direction, “My Name is Khan” is a stunning and sharp portrayal of the trials and tribulations that Muslims face in the post 9/11 world. A new era of Indian cinema continues to rise and along with it comes cinematography that leaves nothing to be desired. So, brave the controversy and flock to the cinemas this weekend to a witness yet another remarkable piece of Karan Johar brilliance.
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WorSt movie ever it sucks the kid must have mental proplems
Title: Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl, is a low- key romantic comedy film in which Lars, an antisocial, dysfunctional man who orders an expensive doll offline named Bianca, to keep him company. He uses the doll to express his fears and feelings through the doll. If you like to laugh to death this might not be the precise movie for you, but if you like the offbeat humor and to watch two people fall in love in a strange way then this might be the movie for you.
The fact that whole film made sense; it went in an orderly sequence and had a somewhat clear lesson at the end of the film. The story had the sequence right, starting with lonely Lars. He was lonely at the beginning; he was crazy when he bought the doll, and at the end he ended up with Margo. The lesson taught at the end was almost clear, in the sense that the audience caught that even though they knew he was in a delusion, they all helped him cure himself and didn’t ostracize him.
The moods of the film were quickly captured. There were many emotions that were noticed. There was loneliness, happiness, sadness, and jealousy. Loneliness was captured at the beginning of the film. Lars was a lonely man who spent time in his dark house, looking at the dreary winter day, or working in his office. Sadness was captured in most of the film. Film was there in the moment when Lars showed sadness to find out that Bianca was sick and dying. Another sad scene is when Bianca dies and even though she was a doll the town were all sad, and they were mourning for the doll along with Lars. Lars showed jealousy of his co-worker, Margo when he found out that they were going out with someone else. At the end he showed some type of satisfaction or happiness to end up going out with a real girl, Margo.
The characters in this film were either flat or round. Lars would be the only round character in this movie and the rest of the characters are flat. Even though these characters were flat, they showed character development throughout the movie. Gus, Lars’ brother had a character depth, when he spoke to Lars about what it is to be a man, and how sorry he was for leaving Lars when he ran away, which taught us a part that we didn’t know about them. Gus also shows development throughout the movie when he accepts that Lars had a dysfunction, and had to play along even if he did not want to. The town shows character development throughout the movie because like Gus they also ended up accepting that everyone has problems , and they have to help their neighbor cure himself back to normal. Lars the protagonist of the film is the one who has the most character depth. He has to deal with his boring life, of being an antisocial. He has to cope with living alone, and scared of being touched by a girl. He is scared of his brother’s wife dying giving birth, like his mother did. He got a delusion, and had a relationship with a doll he uses to express his fears through her.
The movie “Lars And The Real Girl” is based on a guy that has come to the conclusion that he will become lonely for the rest of his life. Doing his normal routine every day, Lars the main character goes in to job and his working buddy shows him a page in the internet where he can order plastic dolls to become a wife or a girlfriend to somebody. Lars brother Gust lives right across the street from him and Gust and his wife both worry’s that Lars will never find the true happiness of love. Until one day Lars knocks on their door explaining them that his has found somebody and that’s he’s ready to introduce them to her. Little did Gust and his wife knew that Lars new girlfriend was a plastic doll that couldn’t walk as Lards mention. In that moment Gust realize that his brother is crazy, Lars treats Bianca (the dolls name) as a normal human being. Lars takes her to doctor appointments, shopping, walks in the lakes, and much more. Bianca doctors help Lars throughout the way. In the ending Bianca dies due to Lars , Lars is the one that makes all the decision for Bianca and he chooses to let her die due to the fact that he has truly fallen in love with a real women that can show him what’s real love and true happiness.
As soon as the movie stared it showed mood being depressing and sad. The music was sad it was just normal tunes. The town was always cloudy and it was always snowing or cold trough out the movie. Ryan Gosling played a good role in the movie as Lars. He knew the right moments to act sad, happy, umcortable, caring, lonely. His face expressions change throughout the movie and we can see the real story behind Lars and why he was the way he was. For example in the beginning of the movie Lars is staring out the movie if the actor Ryan Gosling was smiling or laughing it would give the audience the right mood of the movie and it would show that he does not how to act like the character he was supposed to act as. He did a thumbs up job as the character Lars and I believe that if another actor was to try and act this part the wouldn’t have gotten it the way Ryan Gosling did.
All the characters I must say did a great job playing all their roles. The topic was reasonable and easy to understand. The place and theme was perfect and I didn’t receive any surprise through out the movie. It’s an easy movie to understand and to follow on. The only part that may be a little confusing might be the beginning when Lars refuses to go eat breakfast in his brother (Gust) house. I asked myself why? Is there a conflict between his brother and him? Maybe if the director stared the movie as why Lars is lonely might have been more interesting and better to understand.
I give this movie 5 stars it was very pleasant to watch and I didn’t get bored not one time. It was funny interesting nice to watch. The director picked the right actors to play the roles and the character he wanted them to play. The place where he decided to shoot the movie was great since it was cold and always snowing it gave the mood a more realistic touch. The topic I believe was unique and interesting, I never seen or heard of a movie where the main character is so lonely and desperate that he decides to get a plastic doll to replace his emptiness and then have the courage to introduce the doll to the whole town and his family. That topic to me was very fascinated and it showed the director knew exactly what he wanted to portrait to the viewers watching his movie. To finally end this review I must tell you to watch this movie and you will end up as amazed as I was.
Lars and the real girl are about a lonely man name Lars who fall in love Bianca a blow up doll. He begins a delusional relationship with the doll.
Lars is living in the garage of his brother Gus and Gus’s wife Karin house in a small town. He has a job, but doesn’t hang out with anyone and really doesn’t like to be touched. One day he tells Gus and Karin that he’s met a woman on the dating service online but that she was in a wheel chair and he wanted them to meet her. Lars is convinced Bianca is a real woman. The Doctor tells them that going along with that Bianca is real will help him and soon the whole town is playing along. A funny part of the movie is doctor is touching Lars to see what will happen. When she touches his neck he jumps right off of the table and scares her. Another funny part in the movie is his two co-workers that did not get along. Margo would go hide the other guy’s action figures he hung her teddy bear. Then Lars is when he begins to perform CPR for her bear.
The town begins to get use to Bianca and begin to believe she is real. They get her involved in a lot of things like reading for children and getting a real job. In the movie Lars is a round character we learn a lot about him his past and about what is going on with him now in his life. Like about his mother dying while giving birth to him. He is scared that it will happen to Karin. Also his is brother leaving him with his depress father. Lars doesn’t really like being around people and talking to them or them touching him. He uses his girlfriend Bianca to express himself and his feelings. He starts to feel more comfortable with a girl, when he starts liking a girl that works with him and he let her touch him. Gus starts off as a flat character because the only side we see of him is an angry side because of his brother’s situation.
The mood use in the movie is being lonely. The director show lonely by using scenes. For example he uses a shot of the town. They live in a small town and the streets are always clear because there is no one is never outside. Another one is uses in the weather because is never sunny outside the snow always has like a gloomy feel to them. I think that the movie has a great topic to it. The movie is about a guy who is lonely so he decides to buy a sex doll to get some company.Lars is also an interesting character because he doesn’t feel comfortable around people and this mostly has to do with the death of his mother. No one would never think of a topic like that and it would never b been something that would of been inserting throughout the whole movie but they found a way to keep the watches draw into the movie.
Lars & the real girl is a film about a man(Lars) who is mentally ill, because of his mother' s death, which is cause by childbirth. Lars' brother, Gus who feel worried about Lars and feel a mental hospital can help Lars, and not people playing along with Lars' illness. Lars has been a problem for family, neighbors,and friends, because they are scared it might be more than seeing a life size doll as a real person. Lars feel worried about Gus' wife might meet the same fate as Lars&Gus' mother. The film is sort of a bad joke that is towards mentally ill people and the director choose a dangerous topic to deal with, I think the director should be more careful about choosing this kind of topic, but the end made it look okay, and might prevent any problem with people who might think it's a disrespectful to people who are mentally ill. The characters seem to be to appear to be flat and don't show much emotion. It look like they were doing a rush job and didn't want to check or double check, if it's done, correct or if anyone notice about how the actor & actress were perform the characters, right or wrong or rushing on the job.
I'm not even gonna sure code this movie. I don't wanna give it zero stars but this is one of the worst films I've ever seen worse than Behind enemy lines coulmbia no. But it is again one of the worst films to be made on disney channel.
( Selena Gomez ) should stil with wizards of waverly place which the TV show I loved the movie was just good. I think in this film it was horrible and unfaithful.
I'm not a huge fan of any princess movies. And I hate the charectors that the actors play in this film. I saw Demi Lovator in Camp Rock and she can do so much better than this. This one was bad and over done. Overall this movie didn't sent any point to make and it was truly bad and horrible acting throughout the whole movie.
For overall rating I give Princess Protection Progam * 1 star
I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last Saturday. My friend’s eight year old son want to see it having seen the ads of tv. Afterwards, I asked him what he would say to his friends about the movie.
He replied without hesitation, “I’ll tell them its not appropriate for them.> Indeed, I continued in my mind or for any of us. If ever a junk movies was made, Transformers ll is it. I was sitting in an aisle seat in the last row of the first section. Just to my right was a husband and wife. He was holding a two years old and a five year old girl, their daughter I thought, sat in the next row up. I kept looking at this girl and wondering how/why her parents brought her and he brother. The movies lasts 150 minutes. The noise level is at most times deafening, the scenes on the screen unremittingly violent, destructive, and senseless. If the term “gratuitous violence” ever meant anything—this movie is it. The movies has two intertwined plots which overlap is some incomprehensible way. The human plot is sleazy both in terms of character development (the mom especially) and language—which is not written for the ears of children under or over twenty-one, that includes everyone of us. This is a vile, offensive mindless trash movies, which should be an embarrassment to the American publics, but is rather, a blockbuster success if the NY Times art section is to be trusted. In addition, I read a review by Roger Egert whom we all know from tv. He worried his review may be too harsh. It isn’t. He should have slammed it harder. I worry about us Americans, and where we are heading. If this movie is an indicator—and the popularity it seems to enjoy—we had better worry more. Though my daughter, age twenty three, said she didn’t go to “that kind of film”, parent seem to take young ones. If you could have seen that five year old girl across the aisle from me, squirming, trying to turn her back to the seat, looking ahead at the screen assaulting us—you, dear reader, would know—this invasions of our movie theaters is a clear and present danger.
a retiring cornel sets out on his last mission, but on the way he is fighting a war between the Americans and the Indians. HE the one that could end this war, but ears that he would lose some of his men.
This movie is about a cornel who is being retired in five days and is tiring to stop a war between the Indians and the Americans. He goes on his last patrol with his men. Then they get a letter that gives him his last mission. He gets his troops ready and the head out. As they go they take there war women with them. They encounter a couple of men that were selling guns to Indians. They were being burned alive. They did not try to help them. They just turned around and left. Then they finally reached there destination, mission failure. One of the older soldiers died. Then he takes his troops to the Indian camps and starts blazing there guns and the Indians start shooting arrows back. The American soldiers took no casualties. ‘She wore a yellow ribbon’ was a movie I saw, and I have to honest to my readers. It was horrible. I like western movies, but unfortunately, this one was bad. I like the westerns that have gunfire and horseback fighting. It was not very often in this move. It made no since. It jumped into the story way to soon. It was like watching an episode of a cartoon when it is in season two. So I am watching it like where it the first season? It did not have that many gunfire fights. There was a miniscule of entertainment. There was no action at all. The actors did there job. The sets and lighting were good but I do not think that the actors knew that they were going to make a movie this bad. The costumes were good, too. This movie was clearly not for me. If you like, westerns then watch this movie. I did not like the move but it was a good experience. It is the first western movie I have ever seen from start to finish. I have never understood why my grand father had liked westerns so much. They are interesting and cool. My grand fathers favorite western movie was ’the good, the bad, and the ugly’. He also liked some television show called ‘MASH’. Until I saw ‘she wore a yellow ribbon’, I thought that western movies were lame. Except this movie was not one of those cool westerns. I do not know what the movie was trying to say or show. I think it tried to show soldiers fighting the Indians. I have to say this is not the western movie that you should see. The plot seemed to fall out of place; the whole meaning of it just did not connect. It is as I said it is missing something. I felt that this movie was the sequel. Maybe the first movie is ‘she bought a yellow ribbon’. In my opinion the director, d did not know what he was doing. Although, it was the first time I watched a western movie before. I am probably not use to that gene because it is new to me.
people riding horses in the wild west
What is this seriously is it supposes to be a movie or what. I feel sorry for the director having to waist his time and his money on this horrible thing. It’s as if this movie goes has no ending it goes on and on. Even though this is about one hour and forty minutes it’s as if it goes on forever and ever and ever. I wonder what the director was thinking when he wrote and filmed this movie. He probably was criticized by lots of people for making this movie. I even think that when the movie was done and the director first saw it he probably hated it too. This movie has no point to it; it does not even have a main idea to it. Throughout the whole movie I was confused and bored. I did not know what was happening in the movie and I did not know why things were happening. I also did not know who was who and what the position of each of the characters was. I did not know what each character had to do or why they were where they were. It is movies like this one that makes hate old western movies. All the old western movies that I have seen I have hated it and this movie is no different from any of the others. One thing that always comes to my mind is why do directors keep making these kinds of movies when most people hate western movies. I feel sorry for the directors that make these kinds of movies because it is a waist of their money and their precise time. The people who suffer more from watching old western movies like this one are people who are force to watch it against their will. This movie is just a waist of time for people who watch it and anything they can do instead is one hundred times better than watching this movie. This film can be use as a way of torture by making people sit through the whole thing. The only thing that this movie is about is about people just riding on their horses and talking. That’s all the movie is pretty much about. Every once and awhile the people on the horse get in fights with Indians for no reasons. The only part that was alright was the fight that there was at the bar. Oh and this movie has the worst ending ever. All it shows is the people on their horses riding away into the horizon. Wow now that’s a bad ending. If you are bored and you want some excitement I do not recommend this movie to you, but if you want to be bore then watch this movie. The movie is called “she wore a yellow ribbon” and the movie has nothing to do with any lady wearing a yellow ribbon. Seriously why is a movie named like this if the movie is about something else? I would give this movie a 0,but 1 is the lowest.
