Views of a Patzer!

I came back from my movie-less vacation last week only to be greeted by my "movies-to-watch" queue, overflowing with 23 films. What a way to start my work week!! I started off with Ocean's 12, which was a major disappointment. Ocean's 11 was so impressive, I was eagerly waiting for the sequel to come out, to see Mr.Ocean pull off one more of that "oh-not-possible-at-all" jobs, but the movie is a huge let down. The plot is so weak. No "wow! cool" ideas this time. No action scenes. Ahhhh!! The only consolation is Brad Pitt. He is his usual charming self. This movie is actually Ocean's 2 or something like that, certainly not Ocean's 12!!

When I started watching National Treasure, I expected it to be one of those boring, "shoot-at-everyone" kind of movie. I was happy that I was wrong. Storyline is simple: Treasure hunting. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) is searching for the treasure-of-treasures hidden by FreeMasons. He follows a trail of clues, ends up stealing the original "Declaration of Independence", fights goonies & finally, finds the treasure (What else!?)...Cage was good, adding a witty comment here & there, but I liked Justin Bartha ("Riley") more!! This is a good movie, providing solid entertainment. Do see this (if you like these kinda movies, that is!).

The Grudge is certainly not the best horror flick out there. Infact, it leaves you wondering why all Japanese horrors nowadays resemble "The Ring" so much!! Mere plagiarism or am I missing something?! I don't know. The film's plot: Bad things happen in a house & it causes a "stain". Whoever enters the house is cursed and is eventually killed by the ghost. A caretaker (Sara Michelle Gellar) tries to find what actually happened. I was disappointed with the total lack of fright-factor seeing the films's ghosts. C'mon, ghosts are supposed to be frightening, right?! May be I am getting used to Japanese ghosts (woman with her hair covering the face)!! If you are new to horror movies (esp. Japanese) or if you like horror movies a lot, go ahead and watch this film. For others, I suggest, go see SAW or Old boy again.