Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Chrysanthepop
With a cast like Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan, I wasn't expecting a film with substance thus I already knew that this film lacked quality. There are a few pluses which I'll mention first before going into all the minuses. I liked how the Bahamas were portrayed. This is perhaps among the very few movies that shows that there is much more to it than beaches and bikinis. Secondly, the Kylie Minogue track is fun. She delivers her two lines very well. I hate that A.R. Rahman gave her such a horrible song which is only worsened by Sonu Nigam's pathetic singing but for me, Minogue is always a pleasure to watch and a treat to listen to. This also ranks among A.R. Rahman's weakest works. The cinematography is at times overdone but works in many sequences. The action sequences are boring. Not only are they lengthy but they don't even look natural on screen. The overuse of slow motion does not help. It is painfully obvious that the writer has ripped off scenes from many other films such as 'The Fast and The Furious' and some James Bond flick. Then again, one does not expect much originality when it comes to an Akshay Kumar film. The underwater sequences are well shot even thought they are lengthy and kind of pointless to the story. Akshay Kumar is quite adequate while Sanjay Dutt is miscast. Next to Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan, he looks like an old hag. Khan is terrible as always and Dutta sizzles, period. Katrina Kaif keeps reminding us again what a bad actress she is. On an end note, 'Blue' does have a few positives but overall it's dull.
Sherazade
Poo-poo! Yuck. Suck. Agh! I can't even begin to tell you how bad this film was. Completely horrible. Tried to copy the Dhoom movies and Race but failed horribly. The story does not take off until well after 1 full hour and by that time if I was watching it in theatres I would have left a long time along (and requested my money back), the editing was very poor(it looked all senselessly chopped together) and the acting was woeful. It was almost like they were shooting ads for different kinds of products (like look at what the ducati can do, Ducati 999 buy one today! Or Lara's line of bikinis, get yours today etc. etc.) Anthony D'Souza needs to apologise to everybody who saw this film.I have finally figured out what the problem with Lara Dutta is, she is too comfortable in fluffy roles, she does not even try to challenge herself nor does she want to. And as for Kylie Minogue, I can't even begin to tell you how shocked I was to see her like that. I cannot talk too much about her because I know she just went through breast cancer treatment and only God knows what she is going through personally. I just did not expect to see her face all pulled back and botoxed up like Nicole Kidman. Do they think because they live far away down under we wouldn't notice the surgery and injections? The less said about her trying to dance like Beyonce(from her video of 'Upgrade you'), the better.That aside, this movie was so shockingly lackluster, the only good thing about it was the song compositions by AR Rahman and the exotic locales of The Bahamas and Bangkok. Katrina Kaif, should have said no to her cameo(the minute she showed up I figured the stupid plot) but of course she thought the film was going to be a hit that's why she couldn't help herself.
Tim Jay
Starring :- Sunjay DuttAkshay KumarZayed KhanLara DuttaKylie MinogueDirector :- Anthony D'SouzaRating :- * 1/2Since the past one month or so wherever i go, be it a night club, or a wedding, or just usual hangout spots, i noticed the songs of "Blue" playing over 'n' over. That's called excellent publicity. It would do good to any movie, only if, with a BIG "IF", the movie is good, or at least decent. That is not the case with "Blue".Excellent publicity can't do good for a really BAD and PATHETIC movie. When i first saw the promo of the movie i thought this might not be the most critically acclaimed film of the year but it should be a "Fun to watch popcorn movie". But no, it turns out to be a stinking affair, smellier than Mr Akshay Kumar's socks which he's wearing since his last successful film "Singh is Kinng" although that movie wasn't a good one, but still it was way better than "Blue". First lets just get to the premise of the film. The plot revolves around the trio mainly Sunjay Dutt(Sagar), Akhshay Kumar(Aarav, Sagar's friend) and Zayed Khan(Sam, Sagar's younger brother). Also there is Lara Dutta(Mona, Sagar's better half) and Katrina Kaif(Nikki) and Rahul Dev(Gulshan).Sagar and Aarav are friends, together they go fishing and have an occasional boxing face off. Aarav tries to convince Sagar to go treasure hunting with him, because only Sagar knows the whereabouts of it. But Sagar refuses due to the reason that his father lost his life while searching for that treasure and blames himself for his father's death.The story cuts to Sam, who is in Malaysia doing bike races, he gets a job from Gulshan(Rahul Dev) to deliver a package, but he loses it on the way, now Gulshan wants either his package back or $50 million. Nikki(Katrina, Sam's love interest and also working with Gulshan( advices him to leave Malaysia and go somewhere else, so he goes to Bahamas to his elder brother Sagar, that's where the main story begins.Coming to the main highlight of this film, the underwater sequences, believe me they were that good. Excellent lighting and camera angles and shots makes it look like an international affair. But that's the only thing good about "Blue". The action sequences are passable to say the least. No thrilling action sequence is to be found here. Only lame-money-spending-good-for-nothing kind of action sequences are there. Specifically the bike chase sequence, the one involving some 4-5 bikes and a train was so lame, the bikes which were supposed to be on the chase seems like they are out on a picnic and are grouping together to enjoy the sight-seeing, including the guy on the bike they were supposed to be chasing. If that doesn't make you shake your head in disbelief then the dialogs would definitely do that, for instance Aarav saying "Lets go take out the treasure from the sea", as if he's talking about going for window shopping and that too for a toothbrush. Also there's another one Mona saying "Can't we just talk peacefully with them?", even when she and Sagar are being attacked by armed men. These do work as "Unintentional jokes". And believe me there are many more.Also the plot holes are so big you can virtually make Jupiter pass through it. For instance, the "So-Called" treasure which is lying in the bottom of the ocean is so mysterious that many people even doubt its existence and people who tried to take it out lost there lives, but our protagonist Sagar(Sanjay Dutt), sleepwalks his way through the ocean and finds out the treasure just like "that". Either he is a combination of Columbus and Sherlock Holmes or the director and his team of writers were too busy thinking about the cinematography part that they forgot about the minor details in the story.Talking about the "so called" surprise ending of the film, the only surprise you will get is that you'll notice that most people are actually laughing at what had to be a serious moment in the film, "Unintentional Laughs" arise universally.The second highlight of the movie is Lara Dutta, who is looking like a zillion-gazillion bucks, she rules the waves and many a hearts too. The perfect eye candy.The cinematography is top grade, but under that glossy finish lies a decomposed chunk of wood, that is being eaten by termites and at the end what is left is that glossy finish with a BIG HOLE inside.The music is average, although some notes are easy on the ears, but still considering A.R. Rahman is the music and background score director, the music is disappointing and so is the film.And don't get me started on the script, like Akshay's previous outing "Kambakkht Ishq" the script is "Missing". Although at some points in the movie you feel like there's a decent script developing, but as soon as you think that, the director puts all your doubts aside and comes up with another blow up.With holes that BIG, even the unsinkable Titanic sank, and sadly so does "Blue", but with the sinking it stinks too.I go for * 1/2 out of five for director Anthony D'Souza's "Blue"An opportunity lost, this film made me wonder why am I even reviewing it.Under all that gloss lies a BIG HOLE that takes "Blue" down that smelly drainpipe which hasn't been cleaned since the medieval ages.Watch it only when someone threatens to kill you for not watching it.
Vedant Bhutra
BLUE is simply a waste of time & money. The story is very weak, predictable right from the beginning, extremely illogical in some parts. The stunts are not at all shot well. And whenever it comes to action, Bollywood still lacks the feel of amazing action. Thus, action scenes in Blue are clumsy. Scenes copied from movies like Hitch & Torque looks idiotic. However, some underwater scenes have been shot well. Akshay's negative role in the movie is good. Even the role of Rahul Dev is good. Sanjay Dutt is out of shape; his tummy is clearly visible throughout the movie. Zayed Khan is a terrible actor. Lara Dutta & Katrina Kaif are just for crowd attraction. The only thing good in the movie is A.R. Rahman's music. Apart from one or two good things, the movie is a complete failure.This is certainly one of the worst film of the year. Skip this movie even if you don't have anything to do. Don't spoil your day.Stay Away From This Movie & Save Yourself From A Headache!
