Producer: Lloyd Phillips
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts
The International is an English movie that falls into the genre Crime/ Thriller and that indicates it is an exciting entertainer. The protagonist Louis Salinger is played by Clive Owen.
Sounded OBVIOUS? It’s the movie’s influence, don’t blame us!
Unless you are above 6 and below 10, the movie is more or less going to keep you busy, enjoying the ambience of the theatre, sending messages, playing a game, watching others doing similar things.
Sometimes, you meet destiny on the road you take to avoid it.
The plot is about nobility and the courage of a single man to stand by what he believes in inspite of all odds, sounds familiar? Apparently, the makers didn’t think so.
There is a very intriguing murder, the solution to which our honourable detective/officer hits upon in a newspaper report.
He confronts the murderer (how indirect is that?) who covers his tracks with a very simple explanation, “There was an error in the report” and gets away.
He confronts the murderer (how indirect is that?) who covers his tracks with a very simple explanation, “There was an error in the report” and gets away.
Next, there is the assassination of an honest and sympathetic Italian politician (keep reading, honest was followed by Italian followed by politician, not Indian) with aspirations to the country’s highest office, in a public rally.
The excitement is in the fact that it is at the juncture when the Italian, Calvini was supposed to give our naïve protagonist some information, the suspense is extreme and the audience is wondering about the interval (please, please, tell me there is one!) when they discover a lead to the assassin.
The next half an hour is about tracking this lead and then there is finally a key to this film maker’s real strength, action!
Though, it’s not the stunts but more the location that catches your eye, giving you the answer that the choice of location and cinematography really are the only good departments in this guy’s team.
Not to digress, just trying to be positive and appreciate.
And after this, the noble Salinger, and the even more noble Naomi Watts make the hardest decision of their lives (did you forget she was in the cast?) and go separate ways.
Owen travelling to a new and beautiful location (now you can forget her), he finally tracks the villainous banker (who earlier covers his tracks with a brilliant move) and aims the gun, but before he can shoot, the villain drops dead.
The Italians are known for two things, Pizza and Revenge.
Bottom line, order a pizza and stay home or else..
3 comments:
don't wanna sound too critical - but you gotta tone down the sarcasm and snide comments.....also wat's with all the cynicism - it's a movie (look up: suspension of disbelief).....if wanna seriously review - watch a movie and then come to a conclusion - sayin u played with ur phone while watching it kinda hurts ur credibility! and asides like - "...meet destiny on the road you take to avoid it" hmmm, is this the place for your random musings?
i must sound like a total ass after u showered praises on my blog - but u started off so professional - listing the cast and crew and then went into your personal ramblings....thot i'd point tht out...
movies are serious business and not just a movie..
secondly that wasn't a random musing.
oh well - movies are part of the 'entertainment' business. thts the tax levied on them btw - entertainment tax. so i feel a movie maker's primary responsibility shud be to entertain - not be all arty farty.
now i aint defending these movies - they mite be crap anyway (one of them is, i know) all i ask is - watch them with an open mind and then apply your highly critical analysis to it.....
as to the musing - i think u meant tht you went to a movie to avoid other mundane stuff, but ended up doin them anyway.....but thts ur personal experience and as such doesnt warrant a place in a review i felt - but then again - i may be wrong - no offense meant...
and all this i say with the view that u wanna be considered a serious reviewer. if all u want is to pen down ur feelings - way to go - its ur blog and there's no better place for expressing urself..
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