Sankham movie review

My rating : 2.75/5

Story:
The story is about Chandu (Gopichand) who is brought up by his uncle (Chandra Mohan) in Australia. Mahalakshmi (Trisha) stays in Australia along with her uncle. Chandu is fond of martial arts and he never gets a chance to exhibit them in real situations. Mahalakshmi is another martial arts freak. After a few misunderstandings they fall in love. Mahalakshmi is forced to come back to her home town in Kadapa (Rayalaseema ). Chandu comes in search of her. Meanwhile Sivaiah (Satyaraj) and his opponent Pasupathi (Kota Srinivasa Rao) belong to two neighboring villages. They have longtime enemity. The central part of the movie is how Chandu and Mahalakshmi are related to Sivaiah and Pasupathi.

Artists Performance:
Gopichand excelled as Chandu. He portrayed the required histrionics for his role. You have not seen him as full time comic role ( in the first half ). He is simply good at that. In the second half you can see trademark of Gopichand with his fights and all. But he needs to change doing such roles and do roles appealing to family audience. Well, coming to Trisha, its a normal role for her. Proper justification is not given why she suddenly falls in love with Gopichand. Nothing special about her character. The on screen chemistry between them is good. Tamil actor Sathyaraj is adequate. But I don't know why he was taken. Prakash Raj might have excelled in that role. But he is okay. Kota has done such roles before and he is good. Rest all contributed well.

Screenplay-Direction:

The director ('Souryam' Siva ) seemed to have inspired from many movies while writing this story. Direction is strictly ok. Its good in parts. Its a straight story without any twists. Should
have been better. Screenplay is not that gripping. There is vulgarity in some scenes in first half. Double meaning dialogues also find enough space. This may not appeal for family audience. It appeals only for masses.

Other departments:

Music scored by Thaman ('Kick' fame) is average. BGM is not that good but ok. It could have been far better. Manisharma could have been a better choice but he too is losing his magical touch these days. Songs are actually leg brakes for the movie. The could have been avoided. But u know..no songs..no Indian movie(general opinion). Cinematography is fine. Editing should have been better. Action sequences are good though much of it is thread work.

Analysis:

First half is comical. Ali's comedy is saving grace. His episode with Gopi is hilarious. Vulgarity and double meaning dialogues find enough space in the first half. The actual story is in the second half with typical Gopi style with full pack action sequences and blood shed. Venumadhav is wasted except for a couple of laughs. Climax is routine. No justification is given for the title 'Sankham'. Plus points are Gopi and action sequences. Negetive points are confused narration and lack of sensibility. It might appeal for B and C centers. You can give it a watch to kill your time.

The Hangover Movie review

My Rating: 3/5

The Hangover is a 2009 comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, written by Jon Lucas and produced by Daniel Goldberg. The movie was made for Warner Bros. Productions and made by Legendary Pictures. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, and Heather Graham.

The main plot follows four friends who travel to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, only to wake up the next morning not remembering a thing and missing the groom, whose wedding is scheduled to occur the next day.

Doug (Justin Bartha) is about to be married to Tracy (Sasha Barrese), and his friends — Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and soon-to-be brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis) — take him to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. Tracy's father lends them his car, a vintage Mercedes convertible for the trip. The four get a suite at Caesars Palace hotel and casino, then sneak onto the roof and toast to the night ahead. The next morning, the three groomsmen wake up in the suite with no memory of the previous night, and realize that Doug is missing. Clues abound: the suite is in severe disorder, a tiger is in the bathroom, a baby is in the closet, Stu is missing a tooth, one of the suite's mattresses is impaled on a statue outside, Phil is wearing a hospital bracelet, Stu has an $800 ATM receipt, and a valet brings them a stolen police cruiser they dropped off the night before.

While retracing their steps, a doctor at the hospital informs them that they had traces of roofies in their blood, explaining their memory loss, and that they came from a wedding. They find the chapel, and learn that Stu, despite planning to propose to his controlling girlfriend Melissa, married a stripper named Jade (Heather Graham), the mother of the baby in the closet. The men visit her apartment and return the baby, but are taken by surprise and arrested for stealing the police cruiser. Phil negotiates their release in exchange for the three groomsmen "volunteering" as targets for a taser demonstration. They then retrieve the Mercedes from an impound lot and discover a naked Asian man in the trunk. The man attacks them and runs away, and Alan admits to spiking their drinks the night before with what he thought was ecstasy, but realizes the drug dealer must have sold him roofies instead. They return to the hotel and find former boxing champion Mike Tyson in their room, who was looking for his stolen tiger. Tyson knocks out Alan and orders them to return the pet to his mansion. They drug the tiger with roofies and transport it in the Mercedes, but before they reach Tyson's mansion, it wakes up and destroys the car's interior. Tyson plays security footage of the groomsmen's activities from the night before in an effort to help them locate Doug.

Resuming their search, the three are confronted by the thugs, who, as it turns out, are led by the naked man they found in the trunk of their car, Leslie Chow. According to Chow, the groomsmen have $80,000 of his money, which they accidentally took the night before. Chow demands it back in exchange for Doug, whom he has kidnapped. Unable to find the money, Alan uses his knowledge of card counting to win it playing blackjack. The money is repaid, but Chow had kidnapped a different Doug, who turns out to be the drug dealer who sold Alan the roofies. After a conversation with the Doug the drug dealer, Stu remembers that hotel windows do not open in Las Vegas, and deduces that the mattress on the statue must have been thrown from the roof, and therefore they must have locked a sleeping Doug on the roof as a prank. Rushing back to the hotel, they find him with less than four hours before the wedding. Stu and Jade agree that they cannot remain married, but promise to meet the following weekend to see what develops between them. Jade also reveals that Stu had pulled out his own tooth on a dare from Alan. As they rush home and make it to the wedding, Doug discovers he has Chow's $80,000 worth of casino chips in his pockets. Doug marries Tracy, and Stu breaks up with Melissa. As the reception ends, Alan reveals a digital camera he discovered in the back seat of the Mercedes chronicling the events they were unable to remember, and the four agree to look at the pictures only one time before destroying the evidence.

The BGM is situational and according to the sync of the film. Also photography. The photographs during rolling titles are hilarious. U wud enjoy a lot watching this film. Especially Alan's comedy. U can give a watch in ur free time.

Aliens in the attic Movie review

My rating: 3.25/5

Aliens in the Attic is a 2009 adventure family film produced by 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises and starring Carter Jenkins, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler. The plot mainly revolves around the children in the Pearson family having to defend their vacation house. The film's previous title 'They Came from Upstairs' has been used as the film's tag line.

The Pearson family arrive at their dream vacation house in Michigan. The children discover a friendly alien living in their attic. However, he lives with three other aliens that are attempting to rule the universe. The plot mainly revolves around the children in the Pearson family having to defend their vacation house. Much of the comedy is derived from the aliens being able to occupy the minds of adults, and turn them into "space zombies". The kids, however, are immune. As Ricky has lied about his age, he quickly succumbs to the alien mind control, with predictably funny behaviour and actions. The kids must therefore forget their differences and start working together to defeat the aliens. Tom is anxious to cast off his "geeky" image, so much so he deliberately starts to fail at math, much to his Dad's chagrin. This causes them to clash often. Bethany is besotted with Ricky, who is a no-good womaniser, preying on younger girls. Tom and his cousin Jake could not be more different, but, by the end of the movie, they have both learned something from each other.

This movie really worth a watch for its nativity and comedy. U'll really like it. And the run time is 80 min. I recommend it.