Arshi Hayat

Most of the people, would have watched this movie due to ofcourse hugh Bonneville. People are fan of him from downton abbey and Paddington. Both pieces are also favourite of mine. I was watching hugh's insta stories and due to that, I was waiting for its release. The words 'thrilling, suspense, breathtaking, horrifying' are perfectly suitable for this movie. I think this is the first movie where he performed negative role but I must say he did it with 100% accuracy. When you start to watch this movie, you can't skip scenes and will watch till the end. Every character did his/her best. However, there were some gaps in the movie. I don't want to write spoilers but the purpose of killing has not been explained clearly, we just get the idea that he doesn't love gays or foreigners from Aisa due to his past. And, at the end, the movie ends at once. I think we would have informed what happened to him and jay? The background music of the movie was sometimes too loud. I am not a musician or any kind of music reviewer but as a watcher, sometimes music was too loud and not according the scene. Maybe it was intended for some kind of new experiment form film maker. Finally, the movie is absolutely watch worthy. You will find different look of Hugh Bonneville. And it will not bore you for a minute, the movie is quite tight.

Every piece of masterpiece is obsession. The series ‘les miserbelas’ is another obsession for me after ‘downton abbey, the durrells, and sandition.’ Dominic west is something different in the series. he does not speak much and his eyes and expression tells the whole story. Actually, He charmed me throughout the series. He was the reason for watching this series. However, besides dominic west, other actors like josh O’Connor, Olivia coalman, lilly Collins and ellie bamber were undeniable. The angle crafted face and temperament of Josh O’connor made him eye candy for the watchers. Also, the angelic beauty and innocence of cosette (cosette) make her adorable throughout the series. we love her with all our heart and wish her best and she also find best in the series. Olivia coalman is something different, a cunning lady yet appreciable for her acting. And the fate of fantie (lilly Collins) really hurt most, as I did not read the book and watched other movie on it, I was not expecting her such fate. Her ending was horrible. And the obsession of Inspector towards Jean first make us angry towards inspector but then we also appreciate him for performing his duty in such dedicated way. The actual miserable was france. A wretched, miserable france. It is really surprising that in 200 years, france progressed itself too much. It is quite appreciating for French people. Believe me, although I am habitual skipper, but I did not skip the scenes in this series. every scene is compelling, full of emotion and worldclass acting. If you are the lover of period series and movies then you should not miss this masterpiece. And yes, you may find first episode boring or uninteresting, but don’t quit before watching second episode. It starts from second episode. Happy watching.

If you already have watched masterpiece's victoria then watching 'The young victoria' is like revising syllabus from different teacher who have no interest to teach. I don't think there is any cinematic piece which can compare itself to masterpiece's victoria. In 'young Victoria', except victoria, there is no other character likable. Lord Melbourne does not have the charm like rufus swell had in masterpiece's victoria. Everything is like as we watched in 'victoria', you don't need to revise your syllabus which you have learnt by heart.

I watched this movie for alexis, I am his great fan after watching him in 'the durrells', however he has not major role in the movie and his chemistry with lead actress also don't come natural. There are many other characters as tourists, some are interesting and some are too cheap to watch. Movie is skippable if you don't have any particular reason to watch it. I also skipped scenes many times. Only the thing, you may love is the information on greek ancient sites and ofcourse alexis, if you have came from 'the durrells'. The vibes that alexis give in the durrells, don't find here in this movie. It is average movie with some good things.

I hooked up to the series immediately after seeing spiros. I watched whole series due to spiros. Spiros was an apple of eye. the relationship of spiros with the durrells family and especially with the mrs. Durrells was quite touching. I loved the scenes (literally waited) between spiros and mrs. Durrells. The series also showed me the ultimate beauty of Corfu and Greece and inspired me to go there whenever I get chance of foreign travel. I saw josh O’Connor in “the crown’ but in this series, he is totally opposite to his character of prince in ‘the crown’, I loved his character as writer, radical and modern thinker and many times comical. Cullum woodhouse looking too handsome in the series. the characters in the ‘the durrells’ also mention that. It is although interesting that I quitted ‘all creatures great and small’ due to Cullum but now I am going to watch that series again just due to him. The character of Theo is appreciable, he is genius and amusing. And Gerry found a great mentor in him. Although, Louisa is the main character of ‘the durrells’ but in later episodes, I did not like her quite, her accent was looking too artificial, like she was making up. Apart from her, every other character’s accent was natural but Louisa’s accent was so artificial. However, I did not like her relationship with other characters because of spiros. This is a lovable series, and gives the vibes of Downton abbey too, (in case you are dying fan of that series like me), a recommended watch absolutely.

The movie is really good. It walks in its first half but run in second half. The reason it seems somewhat boring and long to some audience because when people watch it in its first half, they lose interest already and they don’t bother to watch the second half. But if we skip some scenes of first half and come to second half then it is really a great movie. I really loved the lead actor and actress in the movie. They both makes a beautiful couple. Stewart and Kelly are very beautiful and handsome. Their romance and humour scenes with Stella and mystery with the neighbor makes it watch worthy. Some scenes are really beautiful like the expression of Stewart’s face when he sees Kelly is in trouble and also the romantic surprised face when he sees Kelly in new dress. And also the confidence of Kelly when she argues with Stewart but don’t let him over dominate her. The blue eyes of characters charm us. Overall, it is a good movie.

After watching ‘Downton abbey’, everyone suggesting me to watch ‘Poldark’ next. I am a fan of ‘PBS Masterpiece’, there is also, ‘Poldark’ is a recommended series. But, why I couldn’t like the series? I tried my best to love the show but failed. There is not a charming story. Generally, a series glue us due to expected romantic destiny of lead characters, interesting suspense and intrigue, but in this series, we just find ‘a struggle to establish a mill’. In the first episode, he is just preparing for the mill and till season 3, he is just struggling to establish his business, I can’t tell about further seasons because I couldn’t waste time on a thing, in which I has no interest. His romance story ends when he marries in the first season. And throughout whole season and next season, we just watch normal life of a husband and wife. The again and again failure of the mill tire us. We just think, oh come on! Let him establish the mill and move the story further. The series is nothing about but the story of establishing mill, making him a leader of downtrodden people, and law and courts. I am lawyer but I tired up watching courts again and again. While watching the series, I also had a thought that a tiny land England ruled on the whole world but could not give happy lives to its citizens. All money, which England looted from other countries, just concentrated in some people. The only good thing in the series is the characters of Poldark’s servants, sometimes I laughed too hard on their behavior and dialogues. The villain in the series is such a character that we could not resist ourselves to like him. He does everything to ruin the hero of the series but still he is likable character. The scenery and cinematography is attractive and good and characters also looks good. But, story lacks. If you are also wanting to watch, you can watch but don’t expect too much.

When this series was announced, I had great expectations from it. Because, there are many movies and series on first English queen ‘Elizabeth I’ but there is not ‘good’ movie and series which covers the whole reign of the queen. ‘Starz’ has good reputation on historical series. I really loved ‘white queen’, ‘white princess’ and ‘Spanish princess’. Therefore, I was expecting a good series with good production value and script. But, ‘becoming elizabeth’ disappointed. I tried to take interest in the series but could not develop the interest. Even though, I will watch the whole series. but it has not such charisma like previous series had. There is too much dark in the movie. Either, there is wet and cold weather outside or dim light inside, we could not watch a scene with a good light. There is no sun light after all in the series. The script looks also absurd. The character of Thomas irritates too much. I really hate that character. The voice of Elizabeth’s character is not queen worthy. When I first heard her voice, I really wondered why they selected her for the show. Six episodes has released but story is still revolving around Thomas and Catherine. I lost my interest in the show but I hope that I will recover it. But showing the affair of Thomas and Elizabeth really sucks. Some last words about the king also. A boy when became the king after his father death, was too weak and vulnerable but suddenly he become too smart. How such a little boy can be so good in state’s matters. There is only one character who is watching worthy and that is marry. Her acting and character is solid and effective. I hope I would edit my review in future.

If this have to be summarized in one word, then it is ‘entertaining’. However, you have to keep aside your logics while watching this movie. There are many relief and comic elements in the movie. The band of pundits have the responsibility to create comedy in the movie. The sets are according to the need of movie. It has beautiful vintage colour tone. Costume department did good job. Tabu looked beautiful and her beauty got exposure in the movie. Kiara wore trending kurtas. However, she is just to hide and seek, the main actress is Tabu in the movie. Kartik did great job, and the last scene is quite wonderful, a dance which was performed by him. The level of horror is not too high, may be because they did it intentionally as this was a comedy movie that may be watched by children also. But the background music while filming the movie is good and create scary environment in the picture hall. The makeup of manjulika was good and balanced according to the theme of movie as it was a comedy movie and they had to present manjulika for a longer time before the audience, so, if they would have presented a very scary manjulika, it would be difficult to watch her. The dialogues of bda Pandit were too funny. I still remember one of his dialogue ‘hme Bengali utni hi aati hai jitni hme french’. Also the scene of his, waiting for customer was also too funny. Sanjay Mishra nailed it. However, the ending of the movie is not quite satisfying. May be, they make another part of bhool bhuliyaa. The twist in the movie is the soul of story but it not satisfying. Movie has happy ending without happy ending. I don’t want to write here spoilers. It really a funny movie and everybody should watch it if they are searching any movie for entertainment.

I don’t know why people did not like this movie. I found this movie in the worst movie list of George Clooney but still I watched it because it had also Hugh Bonneville. The movie has everything, it has emotions, comic and romantic element, sense of pride and friendship, and leadership. The background music is also not dull and boring. The movie is not slow as generally happens with this kind of movie. There is not excessive violence and scenes of too much wounded soldier. Historically, there may be some lacking but it still gives a lot information about a different perspective that was to ‘save art’ in the middle of events when young men were losing their lives. If you love to watch period movies, you should watch without seeing other reviews. It has many things to tell you about history.