Logan Review

                             Its the final chapter in X Men series , its about saying bid adieu to seventeen years of Wolverine journey of splendid breathtaking performances we are all accustomed to . This movie is unlike any other X-Men movie and is raw, emotionally draining while giving best possible unique compassionate sendoff to its central character ‘Logan’ and yes, your eyes do betray your resolve and get moist when Hugh Jackman eventually fights and succumbs after his chosen last battle.

                             Unlike any other X Men movie, this movie starts with Logan being robbed and beaten by bunch of hooligans while he struggles to shrug them off . He is old, has lost his healing power and draws his claws slowly a sorry figure as compared to old days . The year is 2029, he is hiding near Mexican border with Charles Xavier who is old and has lost his power to control his mind and thus branded WMD by government . Soon you realize the idea was the two wanted to remain aloof from civilians and die in oblivion but the turmoil in their life occurred as a female approached Logan to drive a young mutant girl to safety. The movie took a violent turn (brutally violent with claws stabbing face and heads chopped off, arms ,legs amputated in rough raw ways with blood oozing) as the young mutant is vulnerable to band of mercenaries who are out to capture or kill mutants like her. The responsibility to take the girl to safety rests on Logan who soon realized the relationship he had with her, thus drawn into one final battle, this time to save his daughter.

                                    The final act by Hugh Jackman surely is worthy of watching , undoubtedly this Wolverine will be greatly missed . He did full justice to his role and excelled in acting skills which is noteworthy. One can easily enjoy watching it for raw action and superb storytelling, a must watch for all wolverine fans after all its the end of one of the iconic super hero.

The Great Wall

                              Another silly movie that one should avoid. Earlier it was only Americans who were tilling relentlessly to save humanity from Aliens , diseases etc. But seems Chinese have now started shouldering this responsibility voluntarily with USA. It seems as the Chinese economy grew and American hegemony is continuously being challenged around the globe , Chinese now have started thrusting their contributions to humanity in movies . Like all Chinese goods are, this movie too, has some scenes blatantly being copied from other movies (Watch World War Z).

                          Firstly the story , its movie has two potent Chinese historical characters woven with glimpses of socialism ( this tale shouldn’t be revealed to outside world one General said , typical Communist policy of censorship - lol ) and implicitly acknowledging and taking credit of introducing gun powder in battles . Instead of revealing much about story , let me try and rephrase the whole story in different context to make it more interesting for my readers . So here it is…

                           For some time now , PLA (People Liberation Army of China) has been practicing to invade Tibet. The Tibetans have constructed a formidable wall around Lhasa as defensive tactics to evade the bloodsucker Army( btw PLA role is played by Dragons). The Tibetans are peaceful and brave community , who are facing the onslaught of Chinese for sometime with no help whatsoever from the outside world (only hollow sermons of respecting sovereignty and peaceful resolving conflict was heard from different quarters that Dragon don’t understand as animals only understand violent measures ) .Finally the day of reckoning came and on the D-Day, PLA attacked the Tibet . Newer weapons were employed by Tibetans who fought bravely , thus successfully thwarted the PLA from invading Tibet and saving the world from communist monster .

                             I have rephrased the movie in my thoughts and told the story, I seriously hope and pray for Tibetan independence . Some of you might be wondering where did Matt Damon go? Truth is , his role is inconsequential . I don’t understand why he decided to do this movie , he actually demoted himself after working in this movie , guess this is what happens when one lives out of his means and smoke excessive weed , your debt forces you to do mediocre Chinese garbage .

                                     
                                             Verdict - Useless movie “ A Must Avoid ”. 

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

                             One of the worst movie that I came across lately . It(Film) created so much hype but turned out to be a damp squib and only later you remember the idiom “Everything that glitters isn’t gold”. So much hoopla created by media and blushes of Deepika (to be working for a Hollywood movie with Diesel ) make gullible people to fall in the trap , and you end up cursing your stars for wasting precious time over a mediocrity .

                           I would refrain from elaborating upon story line not because it will ruin the suspense but unfortunately there’s none . An over smart, oversized Uncle( Diesel or Petrol I don’t really care) does kiddish stunts and forgot acting in the meantime . Some gizmos and bunch of idiots will be entrusted task of saving humanity from disaster(watching this movie is a catastrophic event for me) . Couple of actors from Asia were taken (for visibility quotent) so as to increase the world wide collection of this otherwise pathetic movie . 

                           I am recusing myself from commentary on Asian actors except Deepika. Like other girls in movie, she also tried successfully to join the harem of Gigolo /patriot/ hunk/ engineer /scientist etc. .Perhaps makers believe the monkey stunt performance is the latest fad seducing girls . One advice to Deepika, for how long you think people will watch your legs and tits and satisfy themselves ? Its time you seriously start acting or take the plunge and use your legs more creatively enchanting audience for some more time .

                           Overall a wasted effort and anyone planning to watch it, should do it at his own risk, as watching Xxx can seriously damage your brain cells. If you want to watch purely for entertainment watch “Chota Bheem” instead .

India Shastra by Shashi Tharoor

                                            The book “India Shastra” is written by an eminent Congress politician and author Shashi Tharoor. The author paints the picture of contemporary India and its state of affairs after recent unprecedented victory of BJP in parliamentary elections in 2014 . This book has 100 essays segregated into 8 chapters touching different aspects of political and personal triumphs in his life though a sizeable part is devoted to trivializing achievements of PM Modi and mocking Natwar Singh(Former External minister and Gandhi family loyalist).

                                              After reading the book, one can’t help but conclude that the landslide victory earned by the BJP in 2014 parliamentary elections (75 crore girlfriend jibe) has disturbed some people immensely and prompted Shashi Tharoor to devote a couple of sections to ridicule Modi in individual capacity and his government . The author can’t keep his political bias in check and indulged in his mischievous narrow one sided commentary to belittle government. The author halfheartedly appreciated some social schemes implemented by incumbent government (Swatchta Abhiyan or Beti Bachao Beti Padhao) as opposing such schemes would have risked readers wrath while going berserk in criticizing other policy decisions .

                                           The fun part is the accusations of continuing with the previous government policies by Modi government . In a democracy, a regime change at center doesn’t necessarily mean abandoning of all the policies of the previous government . He very shrewdly sidestepped the truth, that before implementing policies, they were debated in parliament as it should be and thereafter suitably amended. It would have been stupid to dump schemes merely because UPA governments inept leadership adopted them, the prudent thing was to tinker with wasteful part while implementing rest as taxpayers money isn’t politicians personal fortune.

                                           As a Congress MP and to be in good books of his party also to remain relevant at national scene, it was expected and customary of politicians from their self proclaimed secular front to trade communal charges at Modi government. Author could have spared readers from this mud slinging ‘Cricket’ but then author has the liberty to express himself which he claims is getting stifling under present dispensation . This is a non-fiction book and readable if you can ignore the blabbering and sympathize with pain these rich brats are undergoing as the power slipped out of their hands which they consider their birth right .