Movie of the week

At last, I am starting this column. "Movie of the week" column is going to be the most happening column of this blog. This column will be posted every week on Wednesday.

Movie of this week is "American History X". "American History X" is a 1998 American film directed by Tony Kaye. Movie stars 'Edward Norton' and 'Edward Furlong' in lead roles. The movie is portrayed in a beautiful manner in black (Used for flashback) and color (Used for Present). The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California. Both are extremely bright and charismatic students, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement after their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to put out a fire in a South Central neighborhood. Derek kills two black gang members trying to steal his truck, and is sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. The story shows how Danny is influenced by his older brother's actions and ideology and how Derek, now radically changed by his experience in confinement, tries to prevent his brother from going down the same path as he did.

Special features of movie:
(1) Powerful acting by lead pair of Edward Norton and Edward Furlong.
(2) Pace of the movie.
(3) Background music.
(4) Direction of movie.

Lows of the movie:
(1) Theme of the movie. (Tussle between blacks and white Americans. Repetitive one)

Facts and figures:
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $23,875,127
Oscar: 1 (Nominated for best Actor award)
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10*
IMDB Ranking: 39*

* As on July 29, 2009

Top 10 movie of all time

What could be the top 10 movies of all time in the world. I always like to ask this question to friends who are having a good taste of movies. What are the qualities which make them great, unforgettable and entertaining.

Why these great movies are loved by people of every country ? Is there any relationship between the great movie and the revenue generated by that movie for their producer ? Why commerce comes in front of creativity ? Is there any possibility of making fine balance between creativity and the commerce ?

As far as my knowledge goes there is a great possibility of making a fine balance between creativity and the the commerce. Godfather and Shawshak Redemption are the example of movies with a high level of creativity with commercial success. But there are example of movies which have scored very badly at box-office but have established the new benchmarks of creativity. Citizen Kane is the example of movie falling under this category.

Here is the list of movies which every movie lover must watch before he/she die:

(1) Life is Beautiful
(2) The Godfather
(3) The Shawshank Redemption
(4) Casablanca
(5) The Lord of rings-1
(6) The Matrix
(7) The Silence of Lambs
(8) Taxi Driver
(9) One flew over the cuckoo's nest
(10) Forrest Gump

There are many more movies which I want to share with readers. Those movies will be discussed in subsequent posts in this forum.

Movie of the week

Yeah, I have decided to write a column about the movies which are worth watching. Movie could be old or the new release but that movie will have something special of its own. Post will try to focus on each and every aspect of the movie. Unbiased view towards the movie will be discussed under this posting. I want readers to suggest movies on which we can have a healthy and unbised discussion.

Welcome to all...

Why people watch movies ? Part- 1

This questions is going through my mind from atleast a month now. There could be many reasons apart from; to be entertained, to have a good time with my dear ones and time pass. Sometimes people go for watching movies without any reason. yeah... It's true, there are people who fall in this category.

There are certain dimensions which must be fulfilled before you are qualified to be part of movie watchers group. These dimensions are:

(1) Time
(2) Situation
(3) Circumstances


If you are having money and desire to watch movie but you are short of time, you fall in the category of movie viewers. Movie viewers are the group of people who just view movie because they want it. They don't evaluate movie on its every aspect because they are short of time. Movie watching is all about giving time to the creativity of the movie and evaluating its every element right from script to the direction.

Situation is another factor which is very crucial when it comes to watching movie. If you are having money and time but you are not in mood of watching movie and your kids are forcing you for movie. You don't have any option other than going to view the movie in cinema hall. (Oh Dear )

Apart from Time and Situtation there is third and the most important factor which plays very crucial role, when it comes to movie watching. Circumstances play very important role in making movie watching possible. If you are financially going through tight situation, then watching movie on even DVD becomes difficult.

These are just few of the factors which I think are crucial in making movie watching possible.

Next post will discuss in brief about the reasons which are behind the persons movie watching habits.

Keep reading....

Why EntCon ?

The main objective behind creating EntCon is to discuss our views on the way we would like to enjoy movies, serials, Music and the documentaries.

We will discuss the good, the bad and the ugly moments of the past. We will discuss the present of Entertainment. We will discuss the future of Entertainment and what we want to be the future of the Entertainment.

Apart from this we will discuss about the day to day ways of entertaining ourselves.

Its good to entertain ourselves