What mistake in a movie is so dumb that you wonder how didn’t the directors notice it?

 Power inconsistency.

In a lot of movies which involve superhuman power, the characters sometimes forget that they have powers or their power keeps dropping as the movie goes on.

In the boys series on one season they have certain power and in the next that power completely disappear.

Homelander can tank pretty much anything, which vought themselves said but at the same time Queen Maeve stabs him and he starts bleeding.

Black Noir took a blast to his face and from machine guns and healed without any issue but in the end he dies from knife attack. He also forgot he can fly.

The Deep is insanely durable as he can effortlessly withstand the pressure at the bottom of Mariana Trench but in the end easily dies after a massive squid shove his tentacles in his Ahhh.

Thor, who is known as the god of thunder gets electrocuted by a tiny device on his neck.

In which Bollywood movie did the villain have a valid point?

 In almost all the rich guy poor girl or rich girl poor but type of love stories the father has always a valid point.

Case in point, Pyar Jhukta Nahi (1985) one of the biggest hits of Mithun Chakraborty. Rich girl poor boy love story. The problem is not rich and poor falling in love but rather poor man taking a moral high ground and constantly demeaning the rich father with lines like “Seth ji aapki daulat mere pyar ko nahi kharid sakti”!! (Your money cannot buy my love)

I mean in this film the girl's father asked the young man to meet him. He asks him how much he earns? Mithun replies 850 rs. Father gives him a reality check- How will you be able to feed my daughter properly with this meagre income. And what does the man does- he and the girl start singing song embarassing the fatjer in public. Eventually the gir and boy get married.

The father in law tries to upgrade the lifestyle of the boy by getting him a promotion. But when the husband gets to know this his ego is hurt because apparently he has bought his dignity. Father says I am doing this so that my daughter and son in law can live a comfortable life. So what does the son in law did- he resigned from the job because “unhone meri khuddari ko lalkara” (they hurt my dignity and self respect).

He comes home - where his wife is attending relatives from her mother side unwillingly. But he misunderstands it, accuse her of behaving like the daughter of a rich girl, she accused him that he is not ready to upgrade himself. Her father had told him that he would sponsor him. He can get a photo studio of his own. But he rejected. The girl asks why- won't it secure our future? We can take it as a loan and return it to them. But our “khuddar” hero doesn't agree. Eventually conflict escalated and he asks the girl to leave his house.

Long story short it took a long time and emotional route for them to reconcile and the parents apologise for their selfish behaviour. But I also felt that the conflict could have been easily resolved had the hero not been a j*RK throughout and accepted his father in law’s advice and not made it a question of his ego. The father in law was questionable at times but he did had a valid point a lot of times.

What is the psychological fact behind movie 'Kartik calling Kartik'?

 In the film Karthik calling Karthik, Farhan Akhtar suffers from schizophrenia and alter ego.

An introvert Karthik holds himself responsible for his brother’s untimely death due to a childhood incident. He fails to understand reality and exhibits abnormal social behaviour. A person with schizophrenia often mixes reality and fiction.

A delusioned Karthik finds it difficult to distinguish between external reality and internal thoughts. His chaotic work environment worsens his situation and he decides to end up his life.

The Alter Ego:

He starts receiving his own voice messages. He would wake up in the night, leave messages for himself and then receive them at a specific time in the morning.

He gives suggestions to himself and there is a good change in his personal life. His alter ego threatens him not to reveal his calls to anyone and if he does, his life will be ruined.

Here the mystery caller is the manifestation of his own alter ego who offer him advices. In one way a secondary alternative personality that exists within Karthik.

Finally with the help of a psychiatrist he stops engaging with his alter ego (the phone) and confronts the reality that he himself is responsible for his own life.

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What is the most poorly designed movie poster of all time?

 Brace yourselves this is gonna be huge. DVD covers will be included as well.

So to start off we have

Jurassic World.

The original Jurassic Park had a very iconic poster.

This poster works because it keeps the dinosaurs look a mystery and may make you wonder what exactly this movie is about. Is it about a excavation, the creation of dinosaurs, or a thriller. While Jurassic World is a good movie, there is a very slight problem with the poster. The first poster was great and looked like this.

Then we got this one which was used for the blu-ray as well.

It is too blurry, none of the other actors are listed which the final poster should do, and it shows some of the dinosaurs, which may ruin the surprise for some young fans.

Next up we have

Spider-Man Homecoming

I loved the new Spider-Man movie, but I did not love the poster.

This is terrible because of Iron Man taking up much of the space despite not having much screen time in the movie, Aunt May being unusually happy while everyone else is serious, and poor Vulture being shoved up into a side. You know they messed up when a meme version is better.

Next up we have

National Lampoon’s Vacation

I love the original poster, it makes this hilarious comedy look like a epic pulp journey through America with Clark Griswold.

Here is the lame-ass DVD cover.

Even Chevy Chase looks like, “Yeah this cover sucks.”

Finally we have

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

I’ve always loved Godzilla since I was a kid and you could imagine my surprise when I saw this beauty in a comic book shop.

Hand-drawn (maybe I’m not sure), vibrant colors, and just enough destruction to make any monster fans want to see this movie. It even makes SpaceGodzilla look even more threatening than he usually is.

This is the English DVD and VHS cover.

Photo shopped images, Little Godzilla looking like a toy, and just lame compared to the other one.

What is the best movie of Rajendra Kumar?

 Rajendra Kumar was an Indian Actor, Dialogue writer and Producer of Hindi Cinema.

He was born on (20-july-1929) in Sialkot, west Punjab, British India and died on (12-july-1999) in Mumbai, India.

He was popularly known as the “Jubilee Kumar”

Rajendra Kumar started his acting career with a small role in the film “Patanga"(1949). After this film he played a supporting actor role in the film “Jogan" (1950).

The Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri in 1970.

Some best films of Rajendra Kumar are:

1. Mother India (1957)
2. Kanoon (1960)
3. Mere Mehboob (1963)
4. Zindagi (1964)
5. Saathi (1968)
6. Talash (1969)
7. Suraj (1966)
8. Dharti (1970)

What movie effect do most people mistake for CGI?

 Most of the scenes in the Terminator 2 Judgment Day movie are not CGI effects but use models.

Remember the scene where the T-1000 was shot with a shotgun right in the head?

When it comes back to form it's all CGI, but during the first reassembly, a sort of string system is used to hold the separate heads together.

Remember when he was cut by an iron bar?

The effect uses models as well.

or when he was blown up using a grenade? also using model effects.

What is the most overused movie trope that Hollywood just needs to let go?

 Where do I start?

​Breakfasts: The mother cooks a massive, five-course morning feast with pancakes, bacon, eggs, and fresh juice on a random Tuesday. The teenager runs downstairs, grabs a single piece of toast, says they are going to be late, and runs out the door.

​The "Enhance" command: Detectives look at grainy, pixelated security footage shot from a mile away. The tech guy types furiously, says "enhance," and suddenly they have a crystal-clear 4K image of the killer's face.

​Makeovers: The supposedly unpopular, unattractive girl in high school is actually a stunningly beautiful actress. To hide this, she wears a messy ponytail, oversized overalls, and a pair of glasses. Once she takes the glasses off, the whole school realizes she's gorgeous.

The classic Hollywood 'Ugly Duckling' makeover. Source: Reddit

The cough of death: A character gives one tiny, polite cough into a handkerchief. It's never just a tickle in their throat or seasonal allergies; it means they have a terminal illness and will be dead by the third act.

​I suspect most people who wear glasses wish taking them off made them instantly popular instead of just making everything blurry.

What do you think of the movie "Uri: The surgical Strike"?

 Warning: Spoilers ahead!!

The movie was around 2 hours 10 minutes long, but I was at the edge of my seat almost for the entire time. The way the movie is broken into Chapters like Tarantino style, makes it easier to link events and understand the background building up to the actual surgical strike.

The casting tried to resemble even appearance of the respective individuals.

Ajit Doval (Played by Paresh Rawal)

Manohar Parrikar (Played by Yogesh Soman)

Which looks more realistic to whoever who knows the actual background of the surgical strike.

The film definitely keeps you adrenaline running, be it the dialogues or the action sequences.

Farz aur farzi mein bas ek maatra ka antar hota hai. Agar main apne desh, apne bhaiyon ke liye ab nahi lada, toh main apne hi nazar mein farzi ban ke reh jaunga.

(There is not much difference in the way we write duty and useless. If I don’t stand up for my country and my brothers now, I might as well become useless in my eyes.)

Yeh Hindostan ab chup nahi baithega, yeh naya Hindostan hai, yeh ghar me ghusega bhi, aur maarega bhi.

(This India will not remain silent, for it is the new India, it will kill the terrorists in their own home, an eye for an eye.)

Unhe Kashmir chahiye, aur hamein unka sar!

(They want Kashmir. And we want their head!)

Waqt aa gaya hai khoon ka badla khoon se lene ka. Indian Army ne yeh jung shuru nahi ki thi, but we will bloody hell finish it.

(Time has come to avenge blood by blood. Indian Army did not start this war, but we will blood hell finish it.)

And the most iconic.

How’s the Josh? (How is the morale?)

High Sir!

Goosebumps, every time.

Coming to the innovative ideas, the eagle drone, was quite impressive, though fictional. Using the drone to reece the terrain ahead, before crossing it, was another sly technique to minimize casualties.

Paresh Rawal cracking his phone cracked me up every time.

Got some Zero Dark Thirty vibes with night vision and all, but it was used adequately. And taking the cave route was also a clever example of ‘improvise, adapt, overcome.’

The actual strike sequence was also well planned and executed in a quite organized fashion.

And this legendary shot when Vicky Kaushal sticks a C-4 on a terrorist and simply walks off.

When the guys had trouble getting back,

Pilot Seerat comes to the rescue spectacularly,

and goes guns blazing like,

and the whole movie hall cheers loudly.

And the final all-knuckle Boss fight, which takes your adrenaline to the max.

The movie is a great watch, sticks to the facts and keeps you on the edge of the seat till the end. Overall, a must watch.

Jai Hind. (Long live mother India.)

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Which film remake do you think was better than the original?

 Agneepath (2012) was vast improvement over Agneepath (1990) in my opinion.

Agneepath is a cult classic no doubt but there are many problems with the film. Firstly, Amitabh looked too aged and his voice experiment was a total disaster. Hrithik Roshan played a middle aged man far convicningly without altering his voice.

Second, the character of Mithun Chakraborty was caricaturish and it adds nothing to the film in terms of narrative. Plus his South Indian accent was all over the place. New Agneepath did away with the character and added some new characters not in the original Agneepath like Rauf Lala played by Rishi Kapoor who became the highlight of the film.

Third was music. The music of old Agneepath was pretty ordinary with no standout songs. Kisko tha pata is hummable but other songs were passable at best. New Agneepath had brilliant soundtrack with songs like Abhi Mujhme Kahin, Saiyyan, Gun Guna re, Chikni Chameli etc.

The casting was appropriate in the new Agneepath with actors playing age appropriate roles. It was a bit of sore to see 42 year old Rohini Hattangadi playing the mother of 48 years old Bachchan. Also Neelam was cast to have a romantic subplot with Mithun. The new film made her character a school going girl and it helped well with the proceedings. Similarly Madhavi had previous little to do in Agneepath while Priyanka Chopra had a more defined role in the film.

One thing I like about the old Agneepath was that it was dark and gritty and had wonderful dialogues. But otherwise I consider the new Agneepath as the better film.