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the pursuit of happyness

I happened to see this movie last friday.I went with a lot of expecation because i am a fan of will smith and besides that i had read reviews about the movie and was just waiting to get released. I will have to say that the movie exceeded my expecatations by a large distance.It is one of those movies which you will never forget.Such has been the impact of the movie. It is based on real life story of Chris Gardner's rags to riches story.Though there has been some slight changes in movie adaptation but mostly it has been the same real story without any attempt to dramatise that.The movie goes like the chapters in his book with Chris narrating it.It talks about the life of a sales person Chris and how he struggles to keep things better but finds it difficult to do so.It talks about the dissappointment in his life and how he tries hard to turn it around for himself and his family.But his wife slowly starts losing hope in him and when he says he wants to become a stock broker and b

Blood Diamond - Movie Review

This is a movie which i saw recently.I was really impressed by the way it was narrated. Well we all know what a Blood Diamond is.For those who might not be knowing it is the conflict diamond which are sold by african nations to buy arms for their civil war. The important characters are played by Di caprio a smuggler,Jennifer Connely a reporter,Djimoun hansou (Gladiator fame) a native fisherman and Arnold Vosloo an evil colonel who is the master mind behind this smuggling. The story is grippin and it says abt the djimoun who has lost his family due to the attack by the rebels in Sierra leone.He is taken by rebels for workin in diamond mines.He accidentally discovers a huge diamond which can change his live dat is what he believes. during a raid by the army rebel lord and djimoun is taken to prism.meanwhile leanordo is also in prison caught while smuggling.He understands that he has a huge diamond.He tries to get the diamond from him and the price is his lost family and di caprio acce

Malena - Impressive movie

honestly i sat to see this film for seeing Monica Bellucci.But i also knew that the director of the movie is Giuseppe Tornatore who gave the classic "Cinema Paradiso".but it turned out to be a censored version of the movie for my dissappointment though.but neverthelss it was a beautifully made movie.though certain scenes seem to be exaggerated it never takes away the beauty of the movie.it is a movie about who gets infatuated to beautifull woman(Monica) who has lost her husband.All the men start to approach her.Though she loves only her husband , due to difficulty she starts having relationship with a guy.this small fellow is watching all that is happening.and the women in the town are furious.finally when things get worse monica who was doing things on sly decides to become a whore.But the war ends and during the celebration the women who had been waiting all along take their anger on monica who serviced the Nazi army.she escapes from the town after.when his husband comes ba