The Queen

I began my "quest of lifetime" by watching this movie. Surprisingly this movie went under my radar over the years. Just could not manage to see it. Frankly i never thought it will be any interesting either.

I have this habit of not reading anything about the movie before seeing it. Not even the genre. I believe knowing the movie what is about kills half of the unexpected experience of movie watching. It has worked for me over the years. It certainly worked for "The Queen"

"The Queen" is directed by Stephen Frears; the director of "High fidelity", "Dangerous Liasons", "Mary Raily". This is the movie for which Helen Mirren got her Oscar. She plays HM Queen Elizabeth in the tumultuous time of princess Diana's death. First 5 mins i thought it will be a very dry and boring. I Mean what interesting about Diana's death worth making into a motion picture?..... right? ........wrong.......

It's a well crafted tussle between public life and personal life of celebraties. More over like a classic case of "they have to take decisions which does not bother us". Movie also take us through the emotional state of various members involved point in time. Overall the movie does connect and appeal to us at various levels. Emotionally as well as cinematically.

Performances by Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen are scorchers. Brillient!!! Movie is beautifully shot and builds a certain whats next about itself.

On flip side the movie is rather slow. Uses lot of metaphors to depict state of mind of The Queen and you need to understand them. Patience is the key to enjoy something like this. Give it a shot. "The Queen" will educate you if not entertain you.

Watching this film did make me say "Now thats why we watch films" ...........

Movie watching has been really thin at this end

i saw few good movies over last 1 month or so........ we had our summer placements going on. plus term end exams. so overall it was very hectic.

i will not talk about the obvious good movies which all of u must have seen like rock on etc.(cant think of any other obvious)

to start of, "Flashback of a fool". Daniel Craig the bond actually drew us into watching this movie. in the end he was least of the reasons why i liked it. Movie has very explicit content and highly inappropriate ones that too. But still the drama involved is really good, it will touch you if you had failed romances and great friends which is almost everyone of us. Still a word of caution " family movie....... to be seen separately by the members" .....;-)

"welcome to sajjanpur" ; i was shocked to see that this was the film by shyam benegal... oh my god......... but movie lived up to his name and fame.It had the satire, the fun which was all worth the village setting and not so great pace. It had its share of drama which will defiantly involve you. recommended stuff...... acting wise no body really sparkled apart from that eunuch's pleading scene.

also I did see " don't mess with zahan". typical adam scandler movie. very bad at it. i think it will be his worst ever. please avoid.

i am actually saving best for the last. " riotous kill" robert de niro, al pachino. Movie is well made with really well crafted scenes. Acting of both the veterans is not Oscar material i must admit. Still its not as bad as some of the dailies have expressed. If i divulge more then it might ruin your fun. must see.

see you tomorrow