Spiderman: Far From Home Review

Spiderman: Far From Home is the first MCU movie to be released after Avengers: Endgame and it gives the audience a glimpse of how the blip (that is what MCU is calling the period from snap to the unsnap) has affected the people, which the audiences no doubt wanted to see. Thus it is no surprise that the movie is currently dominating the worldwide Box Office. Following up immediately after the success of a movie of humongous proportions is a tough task. So let us see if this movie has the ability of stand on its own feet or needs the support of Avengers: Endgame to be successful.

Far From Home begins some time after the events of Endgame and in the first few minutes introduces audiences to how the world is adjusting to the blip. Once that is taken care of it quickly gets down to business and sets up the story. There were a lot of predictions going on regarding the story of the movie. While some of the predictions were bang on, the movie still manages to amaze you with its story and script. The movie's story keeps moving forward at a fast pace and you get one interesting scene after the other that keeps you engaged. There is a lot of action in the movie and the action scenes have been choreographed really well. I was really impressed with how a swinging Spiderman has been woven into the action. This is the most innovative Spiderman action that we have seen in all of the Spiderman movies released till date. I am very curious to see where they can take this from here to keep surprising us. The visual effects in the movie are again spectacular like most MCU movies and the background score is also very good. One such example is the use of background score from the first Iron Man movie when Peter Parker is working in the same way that Tony Stark used to do. That one got the audience really excited, and I must say I have never seen the audience get so excited with the use of a background score. Full marks to the team for including that particular background score.

The acting in the movie is very good. Tom Holland really owns the role of Peter Parker and has brought out the best version of him yet. Zendaya as MJ is fabulous at presenting the awkwardness of the character and this is again the best version of MJ for me. Samuel L. Jackson is good as Nick Fury, again. Jake Gyllenhaal is also good in the role of Quentin Beck. All the other supporting actors (Cobie Smulders,Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon and Marisa Tomei) are good in their respective roles.

John Watts has done a really good job at making this an interesting movie by his presentation and style of story telling. He is really making a superb Spiderman Trilogy and should also direct the third Spiderman movie. This trilogy may well up end up to be one of the best trilogies in MCU.

Overall, this is a fabulous movie, even for a non MCU fan and does not need to rely on Endgame's success. So everyone should go and enjoy this movie with friends, family and loved ones.

Rating - 3.5 / 5

Article 15 Review

Article 15 is a movie based on Article 15 of the Indian Constitution which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. The movie stars Ayushmann Khurrana, who is back with a movie after the commercial and critical success of his previous two movies, Andhadhun and Badhai Ho. His movies are known to be entertaining along with having unorthodox stories. So let us see whether this movie lives up to those expectations.

Article 15 follows the story of an IPS officer who investigates a report of three missing girls from a village in UP, and discovers the ugly tentacles of discrimination being faced by the lower strata of society in the area. The movie has a hard hitting premise and the first half of the movie introduces the audiences to the discriminatory practices being followed, and it does so in a crisp and entertaining way. The second half takes you through the investigation and whether the lead character can unearth the evidences to put the wrong doers behind the bars. While most of the second half is good, it does begin to confuse towards the end, as it stops being a movie about discrimination and more about a politics of rich and poor, which hasn't even been tackled very well in the movie. In the second half the discrimination is just brought out by people recalling old incidences through the dialogues, and it does not directly connect with the main case gong on in the movie. Even with this poor scripting towards the end, the movie does leave the desired impact on the audience. Had the script in the second half been better, it would have become a far better movie.

This is a different kind of movie for Ayushmann Khurrana who usually does comedies or light hearted movies. But even in this genre he has portrayed the character very convincingly, thus telling of his acting prowess. There is not a main villain in the movie which does baffle a bit, but there is a horde of good actors in supporting roles which kind of makes up for it. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub as the rebel, Kumud Mishra as a police officer risen from the lower strata of society, Manoj Pahwa as the corrupt officer and Sayani Gupta as the sister of one of the missing girls have all done good in their respective roles. Good acting is what raises the bar for this movie.

Anubhav Sinha is the director of this movie. Somehow while watching the movie it does not seem that this is his movie, since it is very different in style from his earlier movies. He has come a long way since his Tum Bin (2001) and Ra.One days (2011). He has maintained a continuous tension among the characters and in the situations throughout the movie and thus the audience is glued to their seats to find out what happens next. After Mulk, this is his second movie tackling a sensitive subject, and he has done a good job at directing it. Lets see where he goes next with his direction.

Overall the movie is a good watch, but do not expect it to entertain you like a normal Ayushmann Khurrana starrer. So go ahead with your thinking hats put on for this one and enjoy the movie.

Rating - 3 / 5

PS: If you enjoy watching videos, you can go to my YouTube channel below where I have put up a review of the movie.

https://youtu.be/SDmAgf6fahw