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Mr. Perfectionist in His Debut in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Movie: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Director: Mansoor Khan
Year: 1988
Stars: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla and Goga Kapoor
Snapshot of the story
A big block buster of the 90’s. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” was a super duper hit of the decade, it brought a new concept for the Indian moviegoers who were fed up with action movies and brought back the trend of romantic movies. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is a story of two rival families and how two young hearts find love with each other in the midst the rivalry.
Movie Reviews and Ratings of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Storyline
The story starts with Raj’s (played by Aamir Khan) father - Dhanraj who spent years in jail for a charge of murder of a man of which his sister had committed suicide. As a result of this family of Raj and Rashmi (Played by Juhi Chawala) becomes bitter family rivals with each other.
There is moment in the movie when Raj saves Rashmi from roadside thugs and they become good friends. This friendship turns to love and they fall head over in ove with each other. Both of them are not aware of their family’s rivalry. As Rashmi’s family come to know of this, they force Rashmi to get married quickly but Raj and Rashmi attempt to elope and decides to get married.
But this act was unbearable to Rashmi’s family and they send a group of gangsters to kill Raj. When the goons find the whereabouts of Raj and Rashmi, instead of killing Raj they end up killing Rashmi. This killing was too great to bear by the shattered and heartbroken Raj and he ultimately commits suicide. Climax was quite unpredictable as Indian love stories usually end on happy note.
Final Thoughts
“Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” was a debut movie of Aami Khan and he looked a college pass out youngster, which was the demand of the story. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” also did world of good for struggling actress Juhi Chawala as it went on to become her first hit. Duo Anand – Milind gave soul touching romantic music that contributed to the film’s success. This movie was the biggest hit of 1988 winning the best movie of the year in Filmfare awards. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is a timeless romantic movie and a must watch.
Rating
Rating “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is not a difficult task and it scores a commendable 9.5 out 10. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” misses the perfect 10 not because it lacks anything in particular but there is always scope for improvement even in a good movie such as this.
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Movie Reviews and ratings of Sci-Fi - Predator
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Movie: Predator
Year: 1987
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Director: John McTiernan
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers and Kevin Peter Hall
Snapshot of Story:
Predator is a fast action packed sci-fi that finds a group of commandos battling with a superior alien in the heart of a South American jungle.
Movie Reviews and Rating
Storyline:
Top hit movies of today leave a lasting impression with viewers long after they have watched the movie. This would apply to Predator where it is not so much the subject that is appealing but the fact that the director manages to create an overall atmosphere that keeps viewers engaged in the showing. The same applies to great entertainers such as Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley where they have superb inner talent to keep the audience engaged.
The commandos led by Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) are immediately dropped off by a helicopter in the heart of an unknown South American jungle and assigned to a mission that is not all that clear. There is no waiting about for the action to start and they soon find themselves battling with an unknown enemy who seemed to know their every move.
In one scene Dillon (Carl Weathers) finds himself in an opening in the jungle and rapidly fires his machine gun which is torn away along with his arm by the enemy’s blasts. The director does an excellent job of using the jungle to show off the enormous firepower of the commandos to give an heightened sense of realism.
The rest of the cast in the movie were well chosen with each offering a different perspective on the enemy and in particular when one of them started meditating as to assume an evil force that is hunting them. This was an excellent touch to the movie as it slowly brought the commandos to the realization that the enemy was not of this planet.
In true ‘Arnie’ style, the commando Dutch has to battle with the alien single-handedly after the demise of all his comrades. Using his wits and great improvisation Dutch is able to finally defeat the alien.
In one scene Dutch realizes some of the limitations of the alien when he finds himself in a mudslide and covered in mud where the alien is unable to detect him.
Final Thoughts:
The movie Predator was another barometer of its time in creating an atmosphere that fixated the audience and kept the pace right through to the end. One has to ask questions as to the motivation of the thrill of hunting and killing on the part of the alien. In most cases when we refer to aliens, we see them as invaders or as friends but the twist here is that we have aliens that are neither and their only objective is to hunt and kill. This movie spawned off many other offshoots using this primary theme including Predator 2 (1990), Alien vs Predator (2004) and more.
Ratings:
8/10
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