The movie has a superb start with a man being murdered by a faceless stranger albeit with a huge explosion at a port to boot...one of the survivors is Roger “Verbal” (lol) Kint...special agent Dave Kujan (has done a neat job) persuades Roger to tell him what happened that night...
From here on the movie shoots off like a rollercoaster of emotions,suspense,comedy,revenge,fear,mystery...the movie itself is difficult to follow because of the innumerable twists and turns,we cannot guess what will happen next...but at the same time the script in my opinion is one of the greatest of all time...the score only adds to the existing tension...Alexander Mcquarrie truly deserved an oscar for original screenplay for this MASTERPIECE .My favourite scene is when Roger explains to the cop the persona behind KEYSER SOZE who resembles a mythical being with his long locks and myterious appearance the lighting and photography plus editing in this scene is simply dazzling ,he lays aside his principles and murders his own family,this is the same scene where Roger utters the infamous dialogue (the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that did not exist)... the ridiculous hindi remake Choclate was so horrible that I felt like crying lol...what a shame...but on the other hand Kaante (2002) paid a decent tribute by incorporating the scene where the five hoodlums meet for the first time in jail...
which brings me to the highlight of the movie,the climax!!!it is unexpected and totally unpredictable which is how the climaxes should be...again people have criticized and praised the movie in equal measure...the first time I saw the climax me and my friends where watching the movie together...among all of us only guy was able to interpret what was actually happening...this movie really supports the adage “Script is king”...love it or hate it..u cannot forget it or ignore it...Mcquarrie take a bow...
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