Aaditya Trivedi

What I love about The White Lotus is that it respects the viewers' time. Every scene, B-roll, dialogue, decision has a meaning to it. It goes as far as to not confirm to a 10 hour marathon just because the studio pressures them to or actor deals.

Although acting chops, direction and cinematography is vivid and on a boundary pushing level, Severance is deliberate in keeping expectations and exposition to a minimum for a slow-paced drama. But it simply does not have enough content to fit in format for 9-10 hours per season. It would've had much more zip if it were 7 hours in the runtime. It defies expectations but sadly not the OTT standards.

A father-son story with insensible violence, and this is coming from a die-hard John Wick fan. Even with the questionable social messaging aside as the director and lead actor say, this movie is painfully & unreasonably long and equivalent to three poorly edited 1 hour episodes of an OTT series, trying to depict the lead as a flawed, outlawed but a man ready to do anything for his father. The director's insecurity towards critics clearly reflects as it seeps INTO THE PLOT of the movie and the lead actor while having a passable performance couldn't deliver a convincing accent. Extremely visceral and slow, bullets have left a gun faster than this movie trying to make a valid point. I want my three hours back.

Realistically I would give around 3.5 - 3.7 stars. Season-1, Season-2 and first half of Season-3 are really good with the plot being innovative and going places which justify the 10 hours per season run-time. Season 3 and 4 plots are more depended on the events of previous seasons. This makes the pacing slow in these seasons and less novel. I get the idea of the series' characters being cyclical in nature, but it gets too drawn out to the point of viewing it as a chore. Also, the humor is pegged significantly down after S4E3 iykyk which is not so great considering the show runs on Drama-Humor-shock.

Wolfs is an okay-ish movie at best. Don't let the casting of Brad Pitt and George Clooney fool you, the movie is painfully boring. There is a chase scene, a shootout, a reveal, another bigger reveal, ends good, and another 20 yards, but it feels like a pilot of a good series. You don't know anything about the characters through the storytelling. The movie starts off with a very dark tone and holds it until Brad Pitt arrives and then it goes astray. Don't get me wrong, the plot of a fixer's job gone wrong is always interesting like Harvey Keitel but there is more to it. The chemistry between them is awkward as they interrupt by accidently speaking and doing the same things, its a long, boring joke. I whole heartedly blame John Watts for this as this neither leaned into to comedy nor a thriller and played it safe. People don't go to theatres for that especially when there is a current trend of doubling down in Hollywood. Only he can make the idea of joining Brad Pitt and George Clooney so dreadful to watch. At the end, I would have much preferred an extended trailer that basically tells the rest of the story as trailer leaves almost nothing to be revealed and makes the movie build for an uneven ending. If you have watched it then you have already watched 70% of the movie.

Thor: Love and Thunder is better than the first two Thor movies but a step down from Ragnarok. First two acts don't cement the seriousness of the movie. The excess jokes give it off, but the third act is one of the most redeeming one in the entire MCU. It doesn't feel forced, it's hits you and you won't see it coming. Christian Bale is definitely underutilized, so much so that it makes you feel that Taika just slashed 15 - 20 good minutes with Gorr. To be honest, the movie feels rushed for the first two acts. Russell Crowe and Natalie Portman are the best in the movie. Especially with the Zeus's accent. The movie has a high repeat watch factor. Atlast, please don't dumb down Thor. I am waiting for Thor: 5.

Being an avid thriller and horror fan, I admit I have a soft spot for movies of the same genre. But even I could not defend this movie in my full conscience. TL,DR:- A disappointment at many fronts, a waste of two hours. This movie was a dumpster on a fire. Positives:- Set was great. Bachchan Sir and Anu Sir were great. It had a nice plot. Movie had a new and nice message. Negatives:-. First act was wayyy to long, half the movie was setting up of the movie. I can count that there were 4-5 characters which did not even make a dent on the story, leaving them out would've been a better idea. There was not enough backstory for Sameer's character and everything about him was vague and not in a good way. Direction was terrible. It was utterly painful to watch such good plot be done such injustice. Acting of many actors (almost 90%) was at the level of C.I.D. or Crime Patrol hire actors and not up to the par of cinema standards, hell not even close. Story was too predictable. I think half an hour into the movie I knew what was going to happen in the end, and I was right! Bachchan Sir's climax monologue was a good speech for audiences to understand, but not apt. to the case in study at all. That made it feel politically correct and forced. Why drag Nirbhaya and Uri attacks into a simple murder mystery? Does it make sense? This movie was based on a book called a dangerous game, and it felt like the director tried to read the book in one hour and made a movie in a rush. Emraan Hashmi acted in a cliche way , there were some scenes where he shined but his acting was also not par.

First of all, I'm a die-hard F.R.I.E.N.D.S. fan. I have watched the whole series over 5 times already and am planning for the sixth. To say in few words: the show was good for the better half. There were many things that I liked and disliked and here is a comprehensive list below: Likes:- 1) A lot of unreleased footage/BTS footage was released and it was thoroughly enjoyable. 2) We got to look at the whole set from a completely different perspective which revealed the cameras, light stage above and the place where the audience was sitting. 3)We for the first time had these interview-style moments of the three producers Bright, Kauffmann and Crane which were again novel and enjoyable. It was refreshing to hear their side of the story of how they came up with the show, how the characters were inspired by the people in their lives, how did they cast the actors and the whole lot. 4) The fans from all over the countries shared their perspectives and their relationship with this show. This also destroyed the irresponsible notion that you need people of colour/LGBTQ characters for that audience to relate with the show(not that they shouldn't be casted). It also showed who F.R.I.E.N.D.S. helped them overcome a rough time in their lives, which I could also relate to. To see this was a big relief. 5)The editing was done nicely and even the old footage had a good quality, which is under-appreciated. Dislikes - 1) I had the obvious expectation of Paul Rudd and Cole/Dylan Sprouse showing up. That was a big bummer. 2) They added David Beckham, Reese Witherspoon, BTS, Malala, Justin Bieber, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga. It seemed kind of pointless as I was more interested in the cast and crew experiences. The star addition could've looked good if the quantity was less, to be honest. 3) Their reaction were a bit too cheesy at the start, though this all slowly seeped into my heart and I cried at the end, that still doesn't change the obvious elephant. 4)WHY JAMES GORDEN?? He was literally cringy, extra and did not fit well, it did not work. 5)Some of the cameos by the secondary cast were the most inauthentic, cheesy lines which were heavily generic and bland. 6)Matthew Perry spoke some to almost nothing. I love that guy and his contribution would've been really appreciated even more. Even a small thing like that he would be in constant anxiety throughout the taping for audiences laughs, that was very little said but revealed a lot. But of course, you could not tread more into that territory without talking about his addiction which I think would have been a nice thing to discuss as right now is mental health awareness month. 7)David Schwimmer was awkward for the ENTIRE duration of the show which was also again, very obvious. 8)Every individual 6 members' opinions and memories just like the producers would have worked great but they DID NOT DO THAT. 9)They also forgot a lot of iconic scenes like Bamboozled, unagi, Ross' sandwich, etc. If they did all the recreation of scenes might as well have eliminated the concept of James Gordon ALL-TOGETHER AND SHOULD HAVE used the time in personal interviews/opinions and recalling even more scenes. *Final Verdict:- The reunion was unevenly meta, good and watchable but had a lot of room for improvement, they focused on pumping up the audience by bringing stars that were not that needed and missed out on Paul and Cole/Dylan which was a biggie. Some parts like the producers' interviews were really gold see to see. In the end, when I saw Matthew Perry almost crying, I got emotional too and genuinely felt that.

Overall, an outstanding show! It is action packed, political drama, and plot twists. John Krasinski kills it with the perfect ratio of performance. Solid cast and gripping villains, and the camera doesn't always focus on the lead which is a very good and rare thing to find these days. Every character has a storyline equally astonishing. The first four episodes of both the seasons are kind of slow, to prepare you for the other four which feels like a big climax. Final verdict :- Totally binge worthy and satisfied you in ways ways you've always imagined an action series to be.💯