shovon-1 Reviews

Alien 3 (1992)

just a bloody waste of 50 million dollars & your time

[1/10 · 29 December 2023]

One of the worst alien movies I've ever seen. It's really at the bottom of the pit. According to IMDb, the movie was made for 50 million dollars. Had they given this to me, I'm 100% sure I would have made a better tripe than what I saw in this one. The movie came out in 1992. I had already seen it then, and during the Christmas holidays of 2023, I decided to give it one more go - to watch it once again. I'm in my 50s, a sci-fi buff, and I think I am wise enough to understand life now. I've got a family and kids who are settled. With all that wisdom, when I look at this movie... what a shame. It's an alien movie, after all, and I saw it when I was in my 20s. So, I was thinking my take on this one would be different, say 30 years later. During these Christmas holidays, I had to watch it over three times. The first time, after one hour, I had to switch it off because, with all the time I had, I just couldn't bear to watch it more than the first 60 minutes. Then I gave it a second try, watched another 30-35 minutes, and again turned it off. On my third attempt - maybe two or three days later - I watched the final remaining part of the movie, and this is just pure, absolute tripe. This director is just hogwash; the adjectives fail me. This movie is so bad that I would not even go into the content and turn it upside down or inside out to tell what exactly went wrong with it. First of all, it's green and white to look at! I've seen black and white movies; this is more like green, brown, and white. And to just imagine that Ripley is not supposed to move alone-strict orders , and then er she come on her own into the canteen la-la blady-bla. Not to mention the high-tech biotech engineers not wearing state-of-the-art bunny suits but instead waving white trash bags in the wind. And did anyone notice those 'backpacks' on the soldiers/marines who came in for rescue? I have seen better lunchboxes at school. I'm just plain insulted here. I mean, everything that was being said or shown in the movie, it's not even understood by the creators themselves, including this director. It's just a bloody waste of 50 million dollars.

RoboCop 2 (1990)

a straight 10...& why not

[10/10 · 28 December 2023]

"R2 is not a bad film at all. While the first one had serious underlying issues disguised as jokes, this one has flat straight one-liners that work well in their respective places. The makers, I think, knew they won't surpass the first, but this one gets very close to the former's greatness and can be viewed as a cult follow-up. The action and battle scenes are very good, considering the negligible CGI of those days. The Nazi-like flag of the OCP draping the building and the Nazi-style helmet Cain carries on his robot avatar give a comic dark view of the ongoing aspects. Also, the cops towards the end are very reminiscent of Nazi Gestapo uniforms-not exactly, but one can make out the glaring inspired similarities. I found it a very enjoyable movie, with its share of laughter at society and corporate decisions that are still rampant now (in 2023, about 30 years later)- salaries getting cut & pension plans to the docks. The ozone layer has diminished, thieves can be electrocuted while the focus remains on battery drain, a nuclear facility in Amazon has blown its stack, and a surgeon general's assassination just 20 minutes ago, takes a backseat in the news, even long after the ads, heh heh heh. The pickup string of scenes in Motor City, from the bag woman getting robbed to the robber being robbed, the prostitutes walking by with robbed loot, the store blazing off, murder mayhem, and lo and behold, our favorite hero walks in. Very well strung together by Irwin Kershner. Not an easy movie to make, especially after the first one's mega success, but Kershner is no mug here and handles it gallantly. One of my dear favorites, it will always have a place on my computer's hard disk to be viewed again and again in my lifetime."

Blue Beetle (2023)

My two hours, or whatever, lost into a worthless oblivion.

[1/10 · 4 November 2023]

What was this movie actually about? Mexican immigrants and their sob story in the United States? I just could not grasp WB's plot here at all. Was I watching a superhero movie or a mash-up of Power Rangers mixed with Bollywood emotions among a group of Spanish-speaking immigrant people who think doing education brings you in debt ? I was completely alienated from the plot, story, and the general content. If immigration sob stories are what WB wants to delve into, they might as well make a documentary rather than enticing potential customers with this worthless content. My two hours, or whatever, lost into a worthless oblivion.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Cow dung

[1/10 · 1 April 2023]

Absolute Cow Dung. More can not be said about this one.

The same goes for the Oscar judges or the board that decides which movie is the "best picture". The entire Oscar bandwagon must be dismantled. Both the movie makers and the Oscars are high on LSD or other such psychedelic substances. If the movie maker claims that I did not understand the movie because of my shallow I. Q, then these guys must anyway be banned or banished from making movies that are beyond the capacity of normal human intelligence(considering downcasting my I,Q is right). Our two hours were completely wasted on this tripe, and as somebody mentioned, it was a colossal waste of time, home electricity, apparatus wear and tear, and the family who was coerced by me to watch this because it was an "Oscar's Gem".

I would cordially invite Mr. Will smith to come to the podium and slap the whole oscar board for showering this misery on us.

Total Recall (I) (2012)

After watching the Original

[1/10 · 5 February 2023]

This then only deserves a '1'. So the idea behind it is not to watch the original at all, not even know about it and then with a clean slate watch this one and then give it a review. I could not because I went physically to the movie hall to watch the original in 1990. But I have to counteract my own philosophy because the three-titted bimbo in the first fifteen to twenty minutes of the remake has been lifted as it is from the original! So The 'Original' stands out as a towering Monolith even for the remakers. Seriously, I could not even get through the first twenty minutes of this film and had to shut it just down. Even seeing the 'hero' I kept on asking, where is that middle-aged man in his late thirties, or early forties which is so clearly etched into my mind from the original? Let us keep it straight here, the original was so good, no remakes should be ever made of it ever....if done they will just pale away .. as this one did. A very miserable hand at Philip K. Dick's story.

Total Recall (1990)

A-17 was the Jack in the Box

[10/10 · 16 November 2022]

A-14 = Millionaire Playboy, A-15 = Sports Hero, A-16 = Industrial Tycoon, A-17 = Secret Agent.

Had the choices made been for A-14,A-15,A-16 the movie would be jack straightforward. Because no matter which was chosen out of these three, he will still go ahead and save the Planet & would result in a very Linear story. The trick & jack in the Box was choice A-17. This makes the movie go on parallel forky versions . Namely: A)- all is being fantasized on a chair, in a Lab, B)- Quaid is Hauser & Hauser proposes to be Quaid

My take on this flick is it's 'A' & Verhoeven did not (deliberately)show Quaid's face in a suckered-Bliss still on the chair with a smirk on his Face, inside the Lab, right after the Last kiss & famous Little last words: 'well then kiss me quick before you wake up.'.....and why would He ?

Two (1965 TV Short)

Long before Pixar made their shorties, here we have the Master making them already in 1965

[9/10 · 1 October 2022]

The storyline by 'Nick Riganas' here just hits the spot,So I would recommend everyone to read that one first.

This exactly is happening too in the Russian war with Ukraine, with russia being the absolutely spoiled brat just unable to see the street urchin having his simple unbridled fun!. Sixty-plus years have passed, but the events portrayed are even true today and will be true another 600 years after now too. The envious/destructive human nature inherent in us all portrayed by the Master himself.

And Long before Pixar started to made their shorties, here we have the Master already making them way back in 1965...wow.

Prey (I) (2022)

An average action Predator Movie

[6/10 · 6 August 2022]

This is just an average take on the Predator series.

It's much better than its horrific predecessors, so It was watchable right till the end. People should stop recycling the Predator in my opinion, because nothing can Tip or Top the 1987 God-Like original. Some movies are just better to be left alone, just like the 1985 Robocop. These movies just can not be bettered, so no matter how many more Predator sequels and prequels come out, the Legend is still the one from 1987. Ohh..btw the jungle in this one just didn't feel like the jungle, and need I say ....from the one from 1987.

Into the Night (1985)

Boring Humdrum

[3/10 · 30 July 2022]

After reading so many accolades about this one, I watched it. It turned out to be Classic B or C grade movie from the 80s. The Iranians are all bungling goofs, while the two amateurs(protagonists) are smart, efficient, suave and also deadly. Pfff.

Frontal nudity and some dry jokes let me pass the time I spend on this. I remember taking a look at least three times after the first hour on the clock regarding how much of this tediousness was still remaining. It goes on for a good 2 hours. When an hour and a half is the max, I will give this one. Some would say I will have to be in the spirits of the 80s to fathom this, I don't think so. Some 80's movies are still rock solid even today, this one was just a damp squib.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

A shabbily produced and hurriedly made movie.

[3/10 · 24 July 2022]

A shabbily produced and hurriedly made movie.

It's clear the makers wanted to cash on the capcom flagship bandwagon but didn't have the patience nor the brains to dig deep and make a good product.

Has Johannes Roberts ever played through a RE game ever? Not like playing for the sake of it but devoting hours to play through a RE game?

And Leon Scott Kennedy is some totally misplaced Indian guy !... what !!

This, for me, was the biggest horror element act in the movie.

V for Vendetta (2005)

if not then just for the use of the eloquent English language

[9/10 · 29 December 2021]

If not then just for the use of the eloquent english language

When V makes his 'Grandiose entrance' he uses a volley of words and phrases to explain himself and his situation to the hapless Evey.

Thsose were some Damn Good usage of English words , many of which I failed to understand and had it looked up later ... what an eloquent use of the english language indeed. I fell immediately in Love with this character ...so even 'IF' the rest of the movie is flawed or uncohorent (which it wasn't) ...I was just swept away :)

Just for the records the vocabulary used that I could not get placed at the first attempt :) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -sobriquet = nickname -vaudevillian = Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France -vicariously= that you're experiencing something indirectly, -vicissitudes=a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

-Veneer =thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material.

-Vivified=make more lively or interesting; enliven.

-Vexation=irritation -valorous visitation =showing great courage in the face of danger, -vouchsafing = reveal or disclose -volition =the faculty or power of using one's will.

-Votive=offered or consecrated in fulfilment of a vow.

-Veracity =habitual truthfulness.(bonafide) -vichyssoise = a soup typically made of pureed leeks or onions -verbiage =excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing.

-Vox populi = the opinions or beliefs of the majority. (I had some idea here) -Verbose = using or expressed in more words than are needed.(I had some idea here) ==================================================================================================

My english teacher back at school would have been thrilled , and secretly ...so was I.

Dragon Kingdom (2018)

I rest my case

[4/10 · 22 June 2020]

I have just seen the trailer. and I have read the reviews here. without even budging ahead from here now a single millimeter , I would say this would have been a nice T.V flick back in the 80's , ...but a full fledge movie in 2020, naaaahhhh. I have never reviewd a film not watching it, I make the exception today. I rest me case.

Balika Badhu (1976)

A gallant effort in Cinema Making with a Hidden Gem of a Role inside.

[8/10 · 23 May 2020]

A gallant effort in the Hindi remake of the Bengali classic by maker Shakti Samanta. I have not watched the Bengali classic but now after seeing the Hindi counterpart I would. But I am sure I will miss the eloquent costumes, maybe the impressive sets and ofcourse the colored photography. One thing I will like to point out is the way Rajni Sharma carried out this titular Role. Full cudos, and if there was anyone else who was to fill up these shoes, would not have pulled it off any better than her. I just can not see a 'balika bodhu' better than what Rajni Sharma has portrayed. If I will see this movie again in the future I will do so only for this specific quirky, eccentric, fidgety, yet Bold , intelligent and ever so bright ''balika bodhu''.

Gemini Man (2019)

An Inherent Bad Film

[1/10 · 29 April 2020]

This movie was just bad. Simple said and enough. why would a small girl get up from her train seat out of nothing , walk to a (to be shot) victim in order to add cheap 'sensation' to the early sniper drawing scene just beats me? This is where the expectations failed and it just mounted ( or rather crashed down) to the abyss by it's very last minute, which was quite painful to sit through by the way . Maybe this film was made keeping in mind the Chinese audience? That's where the major revenues are generated nowadays , aint't so ?

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)

they make it just for the cash Now ...and they suceed

[4/10 · 15 March 2020]

Awful things include: -messages get transferred with thick black cables. There is no USB concept, no wifi concept,no Bluetooth concept of transferring data in a galaxy that is far more advanced than us earthlings.

-as a matter of convinience, people will rise from the dead as ghostly souls and help the scene out. -In the final sith battle the sequence goes like this -he dies -she dies -he gets alive -she gets alive -he dies again

enough of this non-sence ...but looking at the cash this movie generated I would not be surprised at another meat grinder sausage coming out in the next 2 years. amen.

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

was entertained seeing Rambo doing what he is best at

[7/10 · 22 February 2020]

The film storyline is completely Bollywood style. A lot of revenge faces, junk emotions, and spicy relations decked up. The fight sequences are true to Hollywood style. just about every 'enemy' dies a horrible death, either impaled or bludgeoned or perforated or eviscerated and the gleeful List goes on. So just for the fights and stylish disembowelments, I would say a Pure 10 ....but as I put it , for the spicy emotional Bollywood Junk I will give it a 2 ...so my take is a 7 on this. I was entertained seeing Rambo doing what he is best at. and that being : amputate & maraud a whole army single-handedly.

White Snake (2019)

Nice, swashbuckling adventurous ballad for all ages.

[8/10 · 16 February 2020]

It was and felt good to see it. The animation was very good, right up there with the disney standards if not better. The story it seems is deep rooted in the chinese culture but otherwise too it made some impact. Nice, swashbuckling adventurous ballad for all ages. Once again, the animation was way up there with the leaders in the Market.

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Rise and Fall of James (was he really involved here ?)

[2/10 · 26 January 2020]

During the whole movie I felt I was watching something from the U.S immigration policy dept. and it's immigration procedures. what wait ...it's a terminator movie. It was so bad.

Ready or Not (I) (2019)

Surely whets the appetite.

[8/10 · 23 November 2019]

Pact with the devil and it whets the appetite. Samara Weaving gives a good performance , and at times even better. Some minor flaws are present but a nice change and a breath of fresh air than the regular glut that floods the market nowadays. 6 million spent, 57 million raked in , just says it all for the time. I wouldn't mind to watch this again for one more time. Just for the kicks, and that black humor. Time well spend.

Apocalypse Now (1979)

overhyped piece of ham, that just goes on forever.

[4/10 · 12 October 2019]

Just the fact that hero and his stooges can sport long hair is a nuisance of a direction. Standard army is Short length hair and defined as : hair length that extends no more than 1 inch from the scalp (excluding bangs).

The animal slaughter is something that no one should have gone away with . Copolla does , maybe because in those prehistoric days he could . no peta ?

The film is boring , long, tedious and bases everything on 'insanity' because some American soldiers just can't place and exchange their BBQs, beach living and playboy mates for bullet exchanges in a jungle. My verdict: an absolute overhyped piece of ham, that just goes on forever.

Crawl (I) (2019)

been there , seen that.

[5/10 · 29 September 2019]

A fully grown alligator laying eggs and all, pounds with a 1000kg force. Heroine gets pounded once on the leg and once in her arm. Nothing happens, except a few gash bite marks. I have seen better intense dog bites of that magnitude .... Definitely not a 1000kg crusher croc. bite. But Heroine's leg and arm are right and Intact for the entire duration, even to hold a light flare alight with an semi extended arm. Also, you manage to creep from a 'safe zone' to an unsafe region to get your phone to dial an emergency number, so when you grab the phone , you stay in the unsafe zone to dial the number , but do not scram back to the safe zone you came from. Hmmm.... Croc effects are nice , should keep young audiences and teenagers riveted to the screen. But for the rest, been there , seen that , lets move on.

Orphan (2009)

Well I suppose no reviews needed at all.

[8/10 · 28 September 2019]

Well I suppose no reviews needed at all. why I say this is because, it has happened just a few days back in the year 2019 .

This movie came out in 2009, the reality event happens 10 years after ...I guess I need to change my review score of 8 to a perfect 10. and Yes... I am flabbergasted !

Ma (I) (2019)

meant for the teens audience I would guess

[4/10 · 22 September 2019]

It was a bad , maybe just average movie. It lingered on & on & on and picked up with the central stuff towards the last 20-25 min. The makers had to make a cinema out of this script so all that beer & dancing & vaping & more dancing was just to glue the movie together to give it some substantial volume of 1hour 50 min. of length . This could have been showed in just about 40-45 min....for a TV show /mini episode ...to the Max. However If I read what the movie cost , and what it raked in ...the producers are laughing all their way to the bank. and Maybe inspired with : Ma 2 -'Baba'....aaaarrrggghh..

The Last Stand (2013)

Schwarzy carries it through all fine

[9/10 · 21 September 2019]

I am a fan of Schwarzennegger and growing up with the likes of Total Recall , T2, Predator makes him larger than life definitely. Well...There was style in the movie and battle scenes were reminiscent of the likes I have mentioned above. chain Guns, commando like action, fist fights , car stunts , battle draws etc etc ...and all will be won by Schwarzy ....but O'Boy thats the reason we like him and want it exactly to happen like this. It happened the same way in Total Recall , T2, Predator etc ....against all odds..so why not here too. Agreed about the plot holes, 1000+ HP car never needs to have a pit stop, Heli loosing car on straight road , and some foolish fed agents...muaaahhh...arnie does it in style and thats what counts. I walked out with a satisfied glee on my face.

Blade: Trinity (2004)

Poorly crafted

[4/10 · 10 August 2019]

Bad direction. Badly displayed. Poorly crafted. Just a bad ending to the (nice)1st and the (kind of nice)2nd in the trilogy. Its like starting with Great starters, then having a decent Meal and end it all off with a 'C' grade dessert ... just Left a bad taste in the mouth.