Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (2007)

The 3rd installment of Johny Depp..err Pirates of the Caribbean is the Cinematic equivalent of a jigsaw puzzle...throughout the movie, i was trying to understand what was happening, failing mostly. Thats kinda bad when it could all have been much clearer coz this is not meant to be a thriller. The movie starts from somewhere, goes all over the place, rams back to a focal point and fizzles away, blatantly pointing towards a 4th installment..which sounds desperate. The freshness is already lost, so much so that Capt. Jack Sparrow's (Depp) eccentricities fail to tickle as much this time. will turner and Elizabeth are the same boring selves. basically its all the same, except with lot of new confusion. All that is the bad about the movie

what's good is the thrill associated with trying to piece together tit-bits of information that come your way. The graphics are as always exceptional and the action sequences are well done. The humour element is still strong albeit a bit stereotyped. Johny Depp as always is marvellous...its all about him now; thats not a nice thing to opine about a movie

Cuba's the next..watch out!!

Concept 6.5/10 (for all the chaos)
Performance 8/10
Screenplay 7.5/10
Technical 9/10

Overall 7.8/10

Delhi Heights (2007)

Delhi Heights is the cinematic equivalent of bullshit. There is nothing good worth mentioning about the movie. This is a script which even Tom Cruise would not be able to pull off. Do i now need to say anything further with the ilk of jimmy shergill and Neha Dhupia in the lead? Jimmy Shergill can still act, but Neha Dhupia!! What is she doing in bollywood? Forget acting, she doesn't even look great. At times she cons you into believing that she's showing the right emotion, but soon u'll realise that the dead-pan expression is all she has to offer, whatever be the situation. to top that, we have ridiculous direction, outrageous dialogues and an abysmal supporting cast. The only positive for the movie is rabbi shergill's song. Om Puri does justice to his role and so does the bookie character, but they're purely auxiliary roles!

a few hours of torture, thats Delhi Heights in a nutshell

concept 4/10 (done to death theme)
performance 4/10
screenplay 5/10
technical 4/10

overall 4.3/10