Faisalbatcha Reviews

Antlers (2021)

A concept ruined.

[4/10 · 26 December 2021]

For me horror movies always supposed to give me chills or sleepless nights or flashes of certain scenes in unexpected situations in real life.

This one has a lot of promise with the concept and idea. But the end product lacked the feel.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Dream come true.

[10/10 · 23 August 2019]

Oh what a movie! It was a dream come true for me to see both of my favourite actors together. And the speed of the movie was absolute perfection. Attention to details were next level of perfection. The charecter's and their perfect way the role was played by each of the actors were demanded to absolute perfection by Tarantino.

It was the best 3 hours of my life. And I didn't even know it was almost 3 hours. I didn't even watch the trailers or teasers or anything related to this movie.

Not knowing what it even is about, is the perfect way to watch any movie and this was blowing my brain into pieces since the start.

Ohh the acting, the dialogues, the movements everything was crazy crazy good.

Apologies for freaking out on the reviews, but very rarely some movies takes me to this kind of happiness.

Last Flag Flying (2017)

How did I miss this?

[8/10 · 15 April 2019]

I watched this couple of days ago. And I'm typing this April of 2019. And my only question has been, how did I miss this?

The story is simple, yet beautiful. Funny yet emotional. And most of all, at the end, it takes you to a place where you start to appreciate your close friends or try to be an amazing friend for your close buddies.

And most of all, the acting was quite genuine. It looked as if they all just got together and they were just being themselves.

It was a pleasure seeing them all work together.

Aruvi (2016)

Simple yet deep

[8/10 · 12 January 2019]

**Not definitive spoiler**

Okay, I understand we are at an age where you want to demonstrate the problems that run deep into society. I get that, but then there is a fine line where you decide how to portray this as an art and reality.

I went into this movie with a clear head space where its open to anything that starts to paint a picture in my head. (Same approach to all movies btw)

You had me more then half the movie then you lost me. If you guys watched it then you know which point of the duration is when you just lose interest.

BUT.

Hats off to the acting. You wanna watch this for acting. Which we all know there has been a major epidemic in the movie industry where actors don't seem to exist. (Currently this problem exists in India) This movie allows the true form of acting to take place. Bravo to that.

The Mule (2018)

Unexpected feeling

[8/10 · 12 January 2019]

Been a while since I saw a slowburner. That's something you have to be aware before you start this. It takes you little deeper, leaving you yearning of more intensity on the charecters.

I got some real issues with the outcome, possibly because I believe there are alternative scenes which were shot and never went into the final editing due to some ideas being jostled around.

For some reason this leaves you with a feeling that it could, it would and it should be much better done.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Annoying thriller

[7/10 · 22 June 2016]

Yep. That is how I would describe this movie.

Seriously, how confusing can someone make the viewers, but still in the end you give a feeling that you spending time on this movie was not complete waste.

Every scene, every dialogue and every moment that happens in the movie kept me thinking, what the hell is happening. Till the very end that leaves you thinking - What?!

Honestly, giving a review without the spoilers or this movie is very hard.

So I would leave you'll to see this movie, experience the annoyance yet splendid movie that this is.

Room (I) (2015)

Patience yet rewarding

[8/10 · 18 June 2016]

Yes I know. It's late. I finally had the opportunity to get this movie out of my way, after hearing good reviews online & friends.

Then the movie started, the whole while, it was very compelling for me to fast forward and see what happens. It was slow, slow & slow. But the feeling you get after watching this was really relaxing. And someone you started to form one way or a different connection with the characters played.

Love how the movie POV was from the kid only. Brilliant details and overall bit drop of suspense.

I felt, there could have been more to the movie. But I guess that's all you could fit in.

All in all, good one.

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Disturbed and Intrigued

[8/10 · 14 June 2016]

This movie was all of a sudden for me. "GoodKill" was the previous movie I saw which was made on the pilot behind the control's of the drones. But this took the movie to another level and did not let it stay stagnant.

I went into watching this movie with no idea, apart from the fact Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren are in it. It took me on a edge of the seat, nail biting suspense to understanding of all the decisions and effort that goes into putting a mission into effect.

If you wanna see a rare movie, shot splendidly, beautiful cast, perfect emotions and acting - this is a movie to watch. It might even crack your tears up if your so engrossed into the role these actors play in this movie.

One to watch, and I feel one to definitely own in Blue Ray.

Triple 9 (2016)

Done and Dusted

[8/10 · 12 June 2016]

Hey guys,

Dismiss the reviews given by many other people who actually rate this movie way less, then what it deserves.

As a normal movie buff, the beautiful thing you want to see is the stars coming together and playing their roles beautifully in the movie. This is usually the director's headache when they cast such an amazing 'Crew'.

I'm not biggie in watching trailers, when this came out, I stopped in middle and said to myself when it comes out, it's a definite watch. (Why can't trailers be short and sweet and leave the rest to imagination now days?)

From the get go itself your bond to be engrossed in the movie. Not a second did I feel like I should get off the couch (It's a different story when you feel good in the washroom after). It takes through each and every character in the time they are afforded in the movie.

All in all. You hardly get to see a cop movie this well made, with reasonable yet realistic action sequence.

Beyond the Mask (2015)

Good Idea with Bad Execution

[3/10 · 9 November 2015]

It was a promising storyline with a pretty clear start. In my knowledge I haven't seen a movie with story as this one. But somehow the quality of the production started to deplete as the movie went on.

Knowing that this wasn't qualified to be a 'A' grade movie, I was pretty astonished by the camera as well the costume effort put into this. Seriously excellent work.Only reason that kept me going on to watch this movie till the end. Kept trying to find something out of place. But till the end of the pocket watch, nothing else seem to caught my eye.

If you don't have any other movie left to watch. This would pass your time. Although it took me 5 hours to complete this one.