Some Memorable Cinema: The Boy With Striped Pyjamas (2008), King's Speech (2010), K-Pax (2001)
The Boy With Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis
Genre: Drama, War
Plot: An emotional, heart-wrenching drama set throughout the Holocaust events of WWII. This brilliant movie shows "Death of innocence", literally.
A young German boy - Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends a new Jewish boy - Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), after Bruno's family relocates to a different place. Bruno's father (SS Commander) is in charge of the prison camp where Shmuel is detained regarding his family as being a prisoner.
This prison camp is in reality a Nazi Death Camp--a fact Commander has concealed from his wife and family. Commander's wife is devastated once truth dawns onto her.
Innocent Bruno isn't aware that of a Death Camp is. For Time to Pull Your Socks Up? of the prisoners in Striped pyjamas are participants in the game. He visits the prison boundaries secretly and plays with Shmuel - that's equally unaware about realities. Bruno also convinces Shmuel that it's all a casino game and so they together opt to seek out Shmuel's missing father.
Back in the home Commander and his awesome perturbed wife understand that Bruno is missing. They track him down to the Prison.
But now the Game may have gone a touch too far.
A movie that impacts your soul in-deep.
8/10
King's Speech (2010)
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush
Genre: Drama, Biography
Plot: Real life story of King George the VI with his fantastic fight with speech deformity.
Incredible performance with the whole cast. Especially, the chemistry between King George 'Bertie' (Colin Firth) and his ahead-of-time Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) is backbone with the movie.
The progression of friendship from the 'Royal' along with a somewhat 'Rogue' may be captured immaculately, their ups and down, the Royal snob, common man's perseverance - it's all regulated perfection personified.
Indeed a higher point for cinema in terms of direction.
8/10
K-Pax(2001)
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Kevin Spacey,Jeff Bridges
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Plot: Prot (Kevin Sapcey) is really a mental patient whom his psychiatrist Jeff Bridges tries to help.Though one can possibly probably guess who helps whom but it is HOW for which you must watch K-Pax.
Somehow the title K-Pax is just not very attractive if you have not already seen the movie. It's only when you've seen it that you get a grasp over the things--especially the title!
It is definitely an emotional movie and extremely heart wrenching for someone a little more sentimental.
"And even when you know it won't happen you continue hoping it does-The Beam of Light." This sentence may well not make any sense for you, if you have not seen the movie! But the whole movie requires this sentence.
As to me I wasn't even aware this movie features among my personal favorites - Kevin Spacey and another one whom I hold in high esteem being an actor - Jeff Bridges. Watch it for the children.
8.2/10
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis
Genre: Drama, War
Plot: An emotional, heart-wrenching drama set throughout the Holocaust events of WWII. This brilliant movie shows "Death of innocence", literally.
A young German boy - Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends a new Jewish boy - Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), after Bruno's family relocates to a different place. Bruno's father (SS Commander) is in charge of the prison camp where Shmuel is detained regarding his family as being a prisoner.
This prison camp is in reality a Nazi Death Camp--a fact Commander has concealed from his wife and family. Commander's wife is devastated once truth dawns onto her.
Innocent Bruno isn't aware that of a Death Camp is. For Time to Pull Your Socks Up? of the prisoners in Striped pyjamas are participants in the game. He visits the prison boundaries secretly and plays with Shmuel - that's equally unaware about realities. Bruno also convinces Shmuel that it's all a casino game and so they together opt to seek out Shmuel's missing father.
Back in the home Commander and his awesome perturbed wife understand that Bruno is missing. They track him down to the Prison.
But now the Game may have gone a touch too far.
A movie that impacts your soul in-deep.
8/10
King's Speech (2010)
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush
Genre: Drama, Biography
Plot: Real life story of King George the VI with his fantastic fight with speech deformity.
Incredible performance with the whole cast. Especially, the chemistry between King George 'Bertie' (Colin Firth) and his ahead-of-time Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) is backbone with the movie.
The progression of friendship from the 'Royal' along with a somewhat 'Rogue' may be captured immaculately, their ups and down, the Royal snob, common man's perseverance - it's all regulated perfection personified.
Indeed a higher point for cinema in terms of direction.
8/10
K-Pax(2001)
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Kevin Spacey,Jeff Bridges
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Plot: Prot (Kevin Sapcey) is really a mental patient whom his psychiatrist Jeff Bridges tries to help.Though one can possibly probably guess who helps whom but it is HOW for which you must watch K-Pax.
Somehow the title K-Pax is just not very attractive if you have not already seen the movie. It's only when you've seen it that you get a grasp over the things--especially the title!
It is definitely an emotional movie and extremely heart wrenching for someone a little more sentimental.
"And even when you know it won't happen you continue hoping it does-The Beam of Light." This sentence may well not make any sense for you, if you have not seen the movie! But the whole movie requires this sentence.
As to me I wasn't even aware this movie features among my personal favorites - Kevin Spacey and another one whom I hold in high esteem being an actor - Jeff Bridges. Watch it for the children.
8.2/10
Public Last updated: 2021-12-27 07:45:18 AM
