‘Cursed’ Netflix series: Analytical review

‘Cursed’ Netflix series: Analytical review


Netflix released its new Fantasy adventure drama ‘Cursed’ on 17 July 2020.It was one of the most hyped show from Netflix. Katherine Langford plays the lead role in the show along with Devon Terrell as Arthur, Gustaf Skarsgård as Merlin, Daniel Sharman as Weeping Monk/Lancelot, Sebastian Armesto as Uther Pendragon, Lily Newmark as Pym, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Igraine/Morgana, and Peter Mullan as Father Carden. The series portrays the medieval period, before King Arthur. It is an Arthurian tale which based on a sword which is considered the symbol for the power. It consists of ten episodes having a run time ranges between 40 to 60 minutes.

ABOUT

Feys are different creatures similar to humans. Nimue is a fey girl tries to run away from the village. Red palatins, the church army, tries to wipe out the feys and hold the supreme power by taking the sword in possession. Red palatins attacks Nimue’s village and kills people including her mother. As per her mother’s last wish Nimue escapes from the village to hand over the sword to a man called Merlin. The Iceland king and the king of pendragons are also trying to capture the sword.  During the journey, she had to face lots of challenges and overcomes different problems. Who is Merlin? Is Nimue able to hand over the sword to him? What were the problems she faced during travel? First season of cursed discusses all these questions. Watch and find out the answers.

POSITIVES

The base story of the show is an interesting factor. The show is already stated that it is an Arthurian story, before the king Arthur wielded the sword. And during the beginning it says before Arthur the king the power of sword chosen a queen. Cursed is trying to convey the story of that unknown woman called lady of the lake. Lots of TV shows are based on King Arthur, but it is a fresh one as it stated.

Medieval periodic dramas are always focused on a king or kingdom or the wars they led. But this one upholds a feministic nature by focusing on the evolution of an ordinary woman into the Queen. Even Game of thrones shows the story of Daenerys Targaryen it is not completely focused on that or never showed a feministic nature. This one makes a difference by considering the story of a Queen.

Cinematography and Visuals are the important factors to be mentioned. Even at some lagging portions, good visuals and cinematography helps to keep the viewer engaged. It has a good graphic novel style which makes it visually important.

NEGATIVES

The show is very slow at the beginning which had nothing interesting to convey. First few episodes are boring and lagging to a great extent. It kills the interest to watch the further and there are lots of unnecessary scenes which again make the show boring. Predictability is also a great problem which hinders the enjoyment. It offers no exciting twists or events.

VFX is an important thing for this kind of series. But here the VFX quality is not much great. There is a scene in which Nimue fights with wolves. We could feel lack of good visual effects clearly in this scene.

The fights are not much engaging and not well choreographed. Some fights are satisfying but most of them are not, especially, Katherine Langford’s fight scenes. She performs not too well in the fights.

For a woman oriented story a strong performance from the lead actress is the back bone. But Katherine fails in portraying a strong leading queen role. Her performance in emotional and romantic scenes was really good but couldn’t provide best as Fey Queen.

Other important characters are not explained well or didn’t get much space to exhibit them. This is a main drawback and affects in understanding and enjoying the whole story. Proper character explanation is needed to create an attachment with audience. This drawback pulls down the effect of show.

OVERALL VERDICT AND RATING (STRICTLY PERSONAL)

Those who are interested in fantasy-periodic dramas can try this one. It is enjoyable if you watch without any expectations. Even though it lags first becomes interesting after few episodes. It is a good story with some troubles in execution. Overall it is good but not great.

Rating: 6.5/10

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Breathe: into the shadows –Spoiler free Analytical Review

Breathe: into the shadows –Spoiler free Analytical Review

Breathe season 1 starring Madhavan and Amith sadh in lead roles was one of the well-known thriller series from Amazon prime. So expectations were high from the announcement of its second season. Season one ends with the completion of the story it showed. Season two is a new story with the same police officer in the main lead (Amith sadh).Breathe into the shadows is a crime thriller drama released in Amazon prime on July 10, 2020. Abhishek Bachan and Nithya Menen are the newly added lead actors in the renewed season. Amidh Sadh plays the role of the police officer role, Kabir sawant, same as in the first season. Abhishek Bachan acts as Dr. Avinash Sabharwal who also helps police in certain crucial cases. Nithya Menen plays the role of Abha Sabharwal, Wife of Avinash. The show is created and directed by Mayank Sharma and produced by Abundantia Entertainment. It consists of 12 episodes with running duration ranging between 40 to 60 minutes.

ABOUT

Dr. Avinash Sabharwal is a psychiatrist, who also helps police in investigations with his knowledge in psychology. Abha is his wife and a leading chef. Siya is their six year old daughter. Their happy life comes to a turn when siya is got kidnapped by an unknown man. After ten months, the kidnapper contacts them and insists to fulfill his conditions. Avinash had to commit crimes to protect his daughter. Things becomes more complicated when Kabir Sawant take over the crime cases. Who kidnapped siya? What are the crimes that the kidnapper made Avinash to commit? Did he able to protect siya? How Kabir deal with the case? The show explains the answers to these questions.

GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE SHOW

The story line of the series is good. Although it developed in a poor manner, the story that it intended to convey is good enough. The flash back, present and the story of Kabir all is connected in a good manner. It is the first good thing to mention.

The story is able to give a justification to the characters, especially villain and the crimes he committed. It is always a good factor that there is a reason behind all. In this season a well reason is given and it is showed well. Lack of a good justification is present in the last season for most of the characters.

The main twist of the show is interesting. And it has enough thrilling moments. But at some times it fails to keep the audience with the flow of story. It is less thrilling compared to the first season except the last few episodes. The Climax of this season is far better than the first one. Climax episodes are interesting and thrilling.

NEGATIVES OF THE SHOW

The development of the story is done in a poor manner. It is tagged as a crime thriller but the show follows a dramatic mood more. Dramatic moments are more compared to thrilling moments.

Lack of freshness and predictability are other problems with this show. There are lot of movies and series based on kidnapping child and forcing to do crimes. This one too follows the same pattern and almost predictable. An exception is the twist at the end of fifth episode.

Even though it had a good story with a twist, it didn’t portray well. The twist was interesting but they reveal it before the story progress. After that, there is nothing interesting to make the audience watch further. But somehow they managed to build a good and thrilling climax.

Unwanted scenes ruin the flow. Over promotion of brands and institutions were annoying. Certain restaurants, hotels, shops were highlighted more than actually it needed. It felt annoying when it is repeated. There are 12 episodes totally .It would be better if the episodes were reduced by eliminating the unnecessary scenes.

PERFORMANCE OF ACTORS

Amith sadh played his role well. His performance was not good enough in the last season. But in this season he nailed as Kabir. Abhishek Bachan tried well. His performance at the climax portions were really good even it was not much good at the beginning.Nithya Menen also done well as Abha. All the other characters played their roles neatly.

OVERALL VERDICT AND RATING (STRICTLY PERSONNEL)

Overall the show is just watchable. Thrilling moments are few compared to first season. And lot of predictability there. But have a good story and an interesting climax. Even though it becomes boring at some points, it is a one-time watchable series for all type of audience.

Rating: 6.5/10

 

 

 


ALL GOOD AND BAD WITH ‘BREATHE’: INDIAN SERIES SPOILER FREE ANALYTICAL REVIEW

ALL GOOD AND BAD WITH ‘BREATHE’: INDIAN SERIES SPOILER FREE ANALYTICAL REVIEW

Breathe is an Indian thriller series released in Amazon Prime on January 26, 2018.R.Madhavan,Amith Sadh, Sapna pabbi and Neena Kulkarni  plays the main roles. It is a crime thriller genre which depicts the adventures of a father to save his son from premature death. How much an innocent man can be cruel enough to save his loved one? This show is merely based on this question and the paths that the man takes for his aim. It shows a hero turning into villain situation where the audience is confused whether to consider him as a hero or villain. Madhavan plays the character Danny, the innocent and desperate father who turned evil for his son. Breathe is the second original series from Amazon prime whereas the first was ‘Inside edge’ released in 2017.The first season consists of eight episodes with a running time ranges between 30 to 40 minutes. First season ends with completion of the story. A second season for Breathe, with a new story and starring Abhishek Bachchan is all ready to release on July 10, 2020.

ABOUT

Denzil "Danny" Mascarenhas, A football coach, is struggling to keep his son Josh alive from Lung disorder. Aruna is the doctor of Josh, and Danny’s girlfriend. She informs that Josh is fourth on the lung recipient list and there is maximum six months for josh to get saved. Since his blood group is a rare one, it is a tough task to reach the first position. Danny decides to save josh at any cost which turned him into a serial killer who murders the organ donors with that blood group. In parallel, story of Kabir Sawant a depressed and alcoholic a police officer is also shown. He lost his daughter due to his own mistakes, which he thinks, and this turned him an alcoholic. When he was on the verge of divorce he had to take over the case and which ultimately lead to a cat and mouse game between Danny and Kabir. Watch the series to know what happened next and how it ended.

POSITIVES OF THE SHOW

It is an engaging thriller. That is the prime factor to watch the show. There is lot of thrilling, nail-biting, seat edge moments in the show which makes you enthralled throughout. It can be said as a spine chiller with necessary elements to engage a thriller fan.

The tension buildup and the twists included in the show are best ones to be mentioned (some twists are predictable too).As it is a crime thriller there is something which triggers you to watch the show. Some methods chosen by Danny to eliminate his victims are shocking and breathtaking. This keeps you glued to the seat until the show is over.

Technical aspects are good. The direction, cinematography and especially the intriguing back ground music helped to raise the show to a technically good one.

It conveys a social message about the need and importance of organ donation. It implicitly criticizes the people those who are reluctant to donate organs on the basis of some religious believe. The team deserves real appreciation for talking about this problem.

NEGATIVES OF THE SHOW

The story is basically a mix of some other movies which we have seen many times. This drawback increases the predictability of the show to a great extent. Even the climax twist became predictable.  Almost all the events, except the killing methods, felt seen somewhere. The character of Kabir Sawant, a depressed alcoholic police officer is the iconic symbol of all the thrillers nowadays. It is sad that the same pattern is followed here. The show becomes failure in presenting freshness in its events and characters.

Logical mistakes are the main things that can’t be avoided from a movie or series recently. Even though it doesn’t kill the entertainment or eagerness to watch the show, it is a mentionable one if we think more about the story.

The last episode destroyed the chance for the series to become a great thriller. It has a good story buildup which made us watch till the last episode. But the finale had nothing to offer other than a predictable cliché climax.

About the performance of cast:

Madhavan had done a great job. It was him who holds the life of the show. He deserves a good appreciation. The performances, other than Madhavan and Neena kulkarni, were not much impressive. Amith sadh failed to create an emotional feeling with his depression, which he was supposed to be. Sapna pabbi’s over dramatic acting some time felt like a mega serial-wife character. But the kid as Josh had done an outstanding performance compared to those main stream actors.

OVERALL VERDICT AND RATING

It will be a good one time experience for a thriller fan, without any expectation. It may be disappoint you with the climax and the predictable events but can be watch for a good thrilling experience.

Rating: 7/10

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Best Five Thriller Movies Based on Magic

Best Five Thriller Movies Based on Magic

Thriller movies are more spellbinding when it is mixed with magical elements. Magic has always a special power to surprise and excite its audience. By using magic as a theme or subject of a movie, exceptionally thrillers, there have chance in bringing the film to an extraordinary level of visual experience and Storytelling. A great magical story which succeeded all over the world and has huge fan base is Harry potter series. By analyzing the success of this movie, it can be say that the subject ‘Magic’ has a great influence on visual experience. Harry potter offered a new world with magic. When the story which we had only read came into a visual form was an amazing factor to experience. The sight of the magical world and fantasies made by the technical team really amused the audience. Viewers are always lean to something that astonishes them. Magical movies paved a way for that purpose. Later, brilliant film makers proved that magical movies are not only fantasy movies, but also something beyond that.  Here discussing best five magical movies that we presume will make the viewer enjoy rather than fantasy elements. Since Harry potter is the most renowned one and already mentioned it is not included in the list.

1) The Prestige {2006}

It is a marvelous mystery movie from the brilliant director, Christopher Nolan. It says the story of two magicians who were competent enough to build a concrete career in their field. Christian Bale and Hugh jackman acts as Alfred Borden and Robert Angier respectively. It is set in the period of 1878.Christopher Nolan brilliantly created movie by considering Magic as the prime factor in the movie. If you haven’t watched the movie yet, go for it. Surely it will surprise you with the story visuals and twists.

2) The illusionist {2006}

It can be considered as one of the best movie which portrayed a good story in the background of magic. Like prestige it is also set in old period, 1889. Eisenheim, a great magician, is arrested for conducting a magic show in which he communicated with the dead. Later it expands to the story of Eisenheim and the events that led him to the current situation. This movie also ensures a good and amusing depiction of magic.  Edward Norton and Jessica Biel play the lead roles. Watch the movie it will amuse you.

3) Now you see me {2013}

Daniel, Merritt, Henley and Jack, four finest magicians but are less known were brought together by an unknown man for a specific mission. They begin to perform under Arthur Tresler in the name ‘The four horsemen’. Their final act was something really amusing; transferring one from the audience to the vault of credit republican bank. This act ended up in a surprising thing and it was the start of some upcoming thrilling incidents. It is a perfect entertainer which goes in a fast pace. Do watch the movie. It is enthralling to watch.

4) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them {2016}

This 2016 released movie can be considered as a spin off or prequel to the harry potter series. It says about the adventures of Newt Scamander, a writer and  British magi zoologist, in New York's secret community of witches and wizards before seventy years of Harry potter’s arrival. And bout the incidents after he enrolls a non-enchanted Jacob's assistance to gather together some magical creatures who were escaped. It is a good movie with great visual amusements.

5) The House with a Clock in its walls {2018}

It is a dark fantasy comedy movie. Lewis, Ten-year-old boy starts live with his weirdo uncle in a creaky old house that contains a baffling 'tick tock' sound. He before long discovers that Uncle Jonathan and his neighbor, Mrs. Zimmerman, are amazing professionals of the Magic. At the point when Lewis coincidentally stirs the dead, the town's sluggish veneer out of nowhere springs to life, uncovering a mystery and risky universe of witches, warlocks and dangerous curses. Do watch the movie to experience the magic.

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BEFORE YOU SEE DARK SEASON 3: RECAP AND EXPLANATION TILL SEASON 2

BEFORE YOU SEE DARK SEASON 3: RECAP AND EXPLANATION TILL SEASON 2


Dark, the most anticipated show of 2020, is coming to an end with its third and final season. Before watching dark season 3, let’s go through an overview of the last two seasons.

The Story of Dark is a dependent of its characters itself. The confusion and excitements given by the identity of each character is the backbone of Dark and of course it can be considered as the prime reason behind the enormous success of the show. So, identifying and remembering characters are the important factors before heading to season 3.

STUDY ON MAIN CHARACTERS

The characters are spread between 3 time lines in season 1 with a gap of 33 years: 2019, 1986 and 1953. In season 2, there are 4 time periods 1921,1954,1987,2020 and 2053.

Main events starts with the disappearance of mikkel, son of Ulrich from the city of Winden in 2019.He travelled back to 1986 through a worm hole connecting three periods. Ines kahnwald adopt him as her son and he grown up and become Michael of 2019.Michael is married to Hannah and Jonas is their son. They all belongs to the kahnwald family

But Mikkel of 2019 is the son of Ulrich Nielsen and Katherine Nielsen. Mikkel, Martha and Magnus are siblings. Tronte Nielsen and Jana are the parents of Ulrich. Ulrich had a brother who disappeared in 1986 and not yet been found. And Agnes Neilson, Mother of Tronte can be seen in 1956. Together they constitute the Nielsen Family.

Regina Tiedemann, a hotel manager in 2019 is the wife of Alexander Tiedemann, the director of the Winden nuclear power plant. Claudia, is the mother of Regina, was the director of the power plant in 1986.Regina and Alexander has a son, Bartosz. Egon Tiedemann, the father of Claudia was the chief inspector of Winden in 1986 period. His younger version can be found in 1956 along with his wife Doris Tiedemann. They together form the Tiedemann family. 

Charlotte Doppler is the present Winden police chief (2019-20).Peter Doppler is her Husband .Elizabeth (deaf by birth) and Franzisca are their daughters. Helge Doppler is the father of Peter. His parents are Bernd Doppler and Greta Doppler, Bernd was the founder of nuclear power plant in 1956. They form the Doppler family.

Connection between the characters

Jonas, Martha, Magnus, Franzisca and Bartosz are teens in 2019-20 and are friends. Jonas and Martha were in love but later she became the lover of Bartosz. After Jonas rejoins the school, she again gets attached to Jonas. Francizca and Magnus are also in an affair.

Coming to their parents, Ulrich Nielsen and Charlotte Doppler are police officers working together. Ulrich is cheating his wife with Hannah, Jonas’s mother. Back in 1986, Hannah had a crush on Ulrich but he got attached to Katharina. These made her jealous and she faked a complaint against Ulrich by accusing him for raping Katharina. Egon, the police chief, who was not font with Ulrich, arrested him. Later Katharina justified it was not a rape and thus he get released. But Ulrich and Katharina misunderstood Regina (Granddaughter of Egon) for getting him caught with police and they treated her badly. On that events going on Mads, brother of Ulrich got missing. Claudia, the director of plant at that time, have a relation with Tronte Nielsen, Ulrich’s father.

Further going back, In 1953,we can see that little Tronte Nielsen and his  mother, Agnes Nielsen renting a room from young Egon Tiedemann and Doris Tiedemann .Thus Claudia Tiedemann and Tronte Nielsen becomes friends and the relation continued. Meanwhile Agnes and Doris become closer.

An ambiguous character present in the first season is Noah. There is no proper explanation is given to Noah in the first season, rather than he appearing in all the three years in the same physic. But in second season it is revealed that he is the brother of Agnes Nielson. Also, nothing speaks about the identity of Charlotte Doppler. Later we come to know that H.G Tannhaus, the clock maker appearing in 1953/54 as young and in 1986/87 as old is the guardian of Charlotte.

RECAP THROUGH EXPLANATION OF MAIN STORY

Let’s look at the important events through the perspective of main characters (Only important events are discussed)

Children start missing from Winden in 2019. Ulrich investigates Mikkel’s disappearance. A body of a boy found with the eyes damaged, but was not Mikkel. Ulrich doubts the present disappearances with the ones happened 33 years ago including his brother Mads and comes across the fact that his dad Tronte Nielsen was sleeping with Claudia Tiedemann at the time of his disappearance. This information lead him to Regina Tiedemann (Claudia’s daughter), from whom he understands that it was Hannah who cheated him in 1986.Ulrich searches Egon Tiedemann’s diary (who investigated mads missing) and understands that he planned an interview with helge Doppler in 1986 but never happened. He doubts helge for the kidnaps and follows him which led him into the worm hole. Helge travels to 1986 whereas Ulrich reaches 1953 by mistake. There he meets little helge and tries to kill him for abducting children in future and dump his body in a bunker. But before escaping, he got arrested by the police and gets trapped in 1953.Meanwhile Helge travelled back to 1986 meets his younger self. It is revealed that Young Helge is kidnapping children for Noah. Helge was manipulated by Noah for the purpose of making a time machine and testing the time machine. Noah explained to him that it is all for a good future. Older helge tries to stop his younger self but Noah had a great influence on him. So Old helge crashes into young one’s car but he got killed and young one escapes.  

Helge: little,adult,old

Meantime in 2019, Charlotte doubts her husband for lying about his activities during the time of kidnap. But the secret was that, it was Peter who found out the body of mads’s falling from nowhere into his bunker. He informed Tronte Nielsen and they met older Claudia in the bunker. She asked them help for correcting the time line. It was them who moved the body of mads into the woods. The body of different kids are turning up in the bunker at  different time due to the experiment conducted by Noah and helge at the same time in past. Time travel tunnel is right under Helge’s basement that’s why they are doing experiment there.

Jonas of 2019, find out about time travel with the silent help of his future one. Adult Jonas is wandering in 2019 and 1986.He had a time travel machine which was broken. He travel through the worm hole and meets H.G Tannhaus in 1986, where Jonas ask him to repair the machine. The machine had a sign which indicated that it was made by him. But later it is revealed that Older Claudia from future gave him a design to make such a machine (in 1953). He gives it to the adult Jonas.  Whereas, young Jonas travels back to 1986 and knows the truth about his father. He tries to bring Mikkel back but before that helge and Noah kidnap him and locks him in the experiment bunker. Where he sees his adult one and asks for help. But he refuses by saying that it should happen. Adult one goes back to 2019 and tries to destroy the worm hole using the time machine. But instead of being destroyed it closes only. The closing produces black hole above the tunnel (including the bunker) in all the three periods. This makes Jonas (at bunker in 1986) to see little helge (at the bunker in 1953, who wakes up after the attack of Ulrich) .But the space time glitch transfers Jonas to 2052(Post apocalypse Winden) and helge to the bunker in 1986.Noah then transfers little helge to 1954 (Little helge successes in travelling back unlike other kids). Thus Helge start to believe in Noah.

Jonas : young, Adult, Old (Adam)

Jonas, now in 2053, knows about the apocalypse at Winden on 27 June 2020.He wish to travel back to 2020 and stop the apocalypse by any means. But the people there believes in some prophecy and they are waiting for the opening of passage which bring them to paradise, A grown up, deaf young lady, Elizabeth Doppler (daughter of charlotte Doppler) is their leader. They try to stop Jonas from going back. He trespass into the half destroyed power plant (due to apocalypse) and sees a flooding sphere like object said to be god’s particle which he uses to go back. But unfortunately he ends up in 1921, where the tunnel is not yet been created. He meet teen Noah, who is a member of sic mundus (the time travellers).Adam is the leader of sic mundus. Later Jonas understands that Adam is his own older version who comes from future (probably 2085) for some purpose. He created a black hole similar object (like the one in the apocalyptic future) which enables time travel. He sends Jonas to 2019 to stop his father’s suicide which, he says, can change the future. But thing took a turn when Jonas meets Michael. It is revealed that it was Jonas (younger one) who brought little Mikkel to the cave (so there was two young Jonas present at 2019.Now also, the original one and returned one).Then Claudia visits them and says Michael’s suicide is necessary for the existence of Jonas and about the hidden agenda of Adam (i.e., to start the last cycle).And then he suicides, the events starts to repeat again. May be this version of younger Jonas was took Mikkel to the cave.

 Claudia Tiedemann’s older version meets younger one at 1987 and tells her about the time travel. She hides the time machine under soil in 1954.Later young Claudia finds out this using the map provided by her older. Using that machine she travels to future and learns about Egon Tiedemann’s(her father) death in 1987.Whereas Egon in 1987 now understands time travel is possible(by talking with Ulrich who trapped in 1953 and living in a mental asylum in 1987).He starts to doubt the power plant about this. This creates fallout between young Claudia (who tries to save him from death) and Egon and unexpectedly Claudia kills him (not by purpose). Young Jonas meets depressed Claudia and asks her to join with him as per the wish of old Claudia. (Question arises how Jonas reached 1987.He was at 2019, trying to stop his father’s death. It is only possible to travel back 33 years. May be, After took Mikkel to the cave he may reached 1986.Lived there because he has no duplicate in 1986 and waited for right time to meet Claudia as per older Claudia’s words).They travels into 2020 to enter the bunker( Only those who are in the bunker will survive). Claudia meets her daughter Regina (adult) and brings her too to the bunker. Jonas goes to his home to bring his mother to the bunker.

Claudia : little, young, old

By this time almost all characters in 2020 knew about time travel. Hannah knows it from adult Jonas. He also informs it to Charlotte Doppler, Peter Doppler and Katharina. Hannah steals the machine from him and gets settled in 1957. Martha, Magnus and Franzisca know about time travel from Bartroz (he had a machine given by Noah).This machine is later taken by Katharina to Adult Jonas. He saves Magnus, Fransisca and bartosz with this machine during the apocalypse. [Note: An adult version of Magnus and Franzisca can be seen in 1921 with Adam. They may be working for Jonas who becomes Adam later]

Franzisca : young, old

Magnus : young, old 

So during the time of apocalypse Peter Doppler, Elizabeth Doppler, Claudia, Regina and also teen Noah from 1921 is present in the bunker.

Noah is the most mysterious character in the show. He was actually a teenager belongs in 1921.He joins with Adam to create a world without time. An adult version of Noah can be seen in many time periods. He is making a time machine in 1987.Actually he was only a small prawn in Adam’s big game. His sister Agnes Nielsen is working undercover for Old Claudia (she is against Adam). Agnes joins with Noah again to work with Adam (by Claudia’s instruction) in 1957.Noah kills Old Claudia (in 1957) and understands Charlotte Doppler is his daughter. Later it is revealed that Elizabeth (daughter of Charlotte) is Noah's future wife and Charlotte is their daughter (happens years after apocalypse).May be Charlotte was actually born in the future and it Adam or someone gave her to Tannhaus by coming to past. By knowing the truths, Noah turns against Adam but Agnes (Appears in the same physic as 1954) kills him, in 1921.Adam then transfers teen Noah to 2020 to enter in the bunker. Now teen Noah is in bunker along with Elizabeth without knowing about Adam's play (beginning of last cycle).

 [Note that in 2020, Alexander (Real name is Boris Niewald but he impersonate as Alexander Köhler) is suspected by new police officer Clausen for the activities of plant. Later it is revealed that Alexander Köhler was actually Clausen’s brother who was gone missing. So he came to Winden in quest for his brother’s disappearance. ]

Clausen and team open the radioactive waste disposal but Charlotte tries to stop them because she knows the after effects .But they open the drums which has rock soiled with dark matter (There was an experiment conducted on god’s particle. These wastes were the remnants). This creates a portal which connects charlotte with Elizabeth in 1953.Meanwhile; Jonas meets Martha at his home, while he was searching for his mother. But it didn’t end up happily. Adam approaches there and kills Martha. He says the apocalypse will happen. Then surprisingly another Martha claims to be from another world, reaches there and escapes with Jonas using a ball like time travel machine. And finally the Black hole created over Winden ends up in an Apocalypse.

Thus the season 2 ends with the Apocalypse. Hope you got an overall idea about the story and characters. Expects Season 3 will clear remaining doubts. Comment your response and Share to the need if you find it helpful.

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Five must watch classic thrillers from Alfred Hitchcock, The master of suspense

Five must watch classic thrillers from Alfred Hitchcock, The master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock, known as the master of suspense was an eminent director and producer in the English film industry. His creativity in film making made him a director who surpassed the time. His works are still well accepted and even modern film makers are considering many of Hitchcock’s works as references. Thriller mystery suspense films were his Masterpieces. During the time span of 60 years of career as a film maker he had created over fifty films most of which were thrillers. Hitchcock was the director who introduced a new way of thriller mystery movies through his own unique making style. This unique making style and artistic nature in his works resulted in the creation of numerous classic thrillers. Several thrillers nowadays are slightly or mostly adapted from his classic movies. There is also a term called Hitchcockian style in the film making, representing his way of film making. Eight of his movies were selected to keep in U.S National Film Registry. Acclaimed top five movies from his career are discussing here which we recommend to all thriller fans to watch at least one time to experience the style and method of the legendary director.

1) PSYCHO (1960)


It is now considered as one of the best Psychological horror thriller from Alfred Hitchcock by International film critics and scholars and also complimented as a prominent work of cinematic art. It is a Masterpiece from Hitchcock. Marion crane, a real estate secretary elude from his boss with a handful of money. During her travel, she had to stay in a motel named ‘Bates motel’ for one night. The motel was run by a simple young man called Norman Bates. Having good terms with Norman, she came to know about his mentally ill mother, who reluctant to welcome stranger ladies to her house. And later unexpected events were happened and that night became the last night of Marion. What happened to her? What happened to Norman and mother? Watch the film for answers. Don’t miss this classic thriller. It is a complete package of horror thriller and suspense. The movies were released as sequel to Psycho after Hitchcock’s death. A remake was released in 1998 and a TV series was released in 2013 as a prequel set in 2010’s.

2) REAR WINDOW (1954)


It is 1954 released mystery thriller film starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It is considered as one of the greatest films ever made. It depicts the story through the views of a photographer who is resting in his apartment due to broken leg. It is a film which proves the Hitchcock’s the different style of making. Jeff, a professional photographer got his leg broken and confined to a wheel chair. Getting bored, he starts to observe his neighbors through his rear window. Some sights strike his mind and he doubt one of his neighbor as murderer. The story progress as he tries to confirm his doubts with the help of his lover and friends. This one is a best thriller and it offers a good cinematic experience.

3) DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)


It is the best crime mystery thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of a professional tennis player, Tony Wendice who is planning to kill his wealthy wife Margot and thereby taking possession of all her assets. He assigns his acquaintance Charles for the murder by blackmailing him with his criminal activities. Charles agrees to that and Tony clearly describes the entire brilliant plan. But unexpected things were happened which ruined his entire plan and made the scene more complicated. What was Tony’s plan?  What happened? Did Charles kill Margot? How things get turned? Watch this classic thriller for the answers. It has a very engaging screenplay and has a lot of nail biting moments. Go for this without a second thought.

4) VERTIGO (1958)


Detective john retires from his service due to his fear of heights and vertigo. He tries to overcome his problems but friend advice that another emotional shock is the only cure. Later, an old friend approaches him and seeks help to follow his wife because she is suffering from a behavior disorder. He accepts his requests and starts to follow her. This leads him to more complicated problems and to some hidden truths. What happened to his friend’s wife? What were the truths he found out? Watch this thriller movie for the answers.

5) ROPE (1948)


It is the first Technicolor film from Hitchcock and based on a stage play in the same name. He used long takes in the movie all along to edit as to appear like a single shot film. The movie is well received and acclaimed mainly due to this technique of making. Two youngsters murder their friend by strangling with a rope; in order to prove that they are highly intelligent enough to commit a perfect crime without getting caught. For the same reason they host a dinner party, in which they invited Rupert Cadell, their former school master, from whom they got the idea that a perfect crime is an intellectual and superiority over others. They hid the body in a wooden chest and served food above that. Did anyone identify their plan? Were they able to escape from the crime? Was it a perfect murder? Was Rupert correct? The movie answers this entire question. Watch this masterpiece crime thriller. It will be a great experience.

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Top Five Fantasy Adventure live action remakes from ‘Disney’

Top Five Fantasy Adventure live action remakes from ‘Disney’

Walt Disney productions, which created numerous memorable characters through their best animation series and movies stepped into live action category by a long time ago and made tremendous contributions in that field too. The Disney studio and their products have a great part in making our childhood memories so glorious. For the 90s kids it brings a nostalgic feeling. The new renovated creations from Disney influence today’s youngsters to go back to the early 90s where they enjoyed Aladdin’s journey on the magic carpet and other cartoons. Here discussing top five adventure-live-action remakes by Disney which brings us to a magical world.

1) The Jungle Book (2016)


This fantasy adventure film is actually the remake of the animation movie created by Disney in 1967 of the same name. Justin Marks wrote the screen play for this new establishment under the production of Walt Disney. All-time favorites characters, Mwogli, Bhageera, Sherkhan and Kaa where once again set the screens on fire. New Jungle book did hundred percent justices to the classic one. It was released in IMAX 3D and RealD3D and became the fifth highest grossing film of 2016 also the thirtieth highest grossing film of all time. If you haven’t watched the film yet, stream it now. The visual qualities will definitely amaze you. A perfect work of CGI with proper and effective sound mixing brings this classic story to a new extreme. Undoubtedly, it is the most appropriate one to include first in the list. 

2) Maleficent (2014)


Maleficent, the villainess of the ever green classic ‘Sleeping beauty’, is appeared as the title character in the 2014 adventure movie. Sleeping beauty released in 1959 portrayed Maleficent as a deadly cruel character where in this film the story of Maleficent is narrated from a different perspective. It is actually not a remake of Sleeping Beauty but a standalone adventure journey of Maleficent, which exploring different emotions of the character. Angelina Jolie nailed as Maleficent. The extreme performance of Angelina Jolie brought a new face to the character. Jolie’s performance and the well created fairy world is definitely a visual treat. Don’t hesitate. Go and stream .It will surprise you.

3) Aladdin (2019)


Aladdin, Genie, Princess Jasmine and Abu once again visit their fans for a wonderful fantasy ride. Aladdin released in 1992 was a land mark for Disney’s journey. In the re-establishment they created a wonderful fantasy world with Will smith as the Genie. It is a comedy-adventure, musical drama which is entertaining throughout. It could create a feel good effect in the audience, which is a plus. Mena Massoud plays the role of Aladdin and Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, along with Will smith as Genie. It will be wonderful visual treat for the fans those who were waited to see their favorite fictional characters in a live action movie. Don’t miss this one if you loved Aladdin story.

4) Beauty and the Beast (2017)


Emma Watson performs the role of Belle in this 2017 version of Beauty and Beast. The first film of the same name is released in 1991.Like all the above mentioned movies, this one too bring you to a wonder land. Emma’s performance makes the movie more beautiful. It became the second top grossing film of 2017 along with the credit of tenth top grossing film of all time. Guess the quality and range. Without any delay stream it now.

5) Lion King (2019)


Did you forget Simba and his friends Timon and Pumbaa? A 90s kid can’t easily forget these characters. Well, the characters ones again strike on the big screen as a new live action adventure.  The film got blended audits from critics, with acclaim for its special visualizations, music, and vocal exhibitions, however negatives for its absence of inventiveness, and facial feeling on the characters. Among the discussed films, this is the only one which is not up to the expected level. But it is a good entertainer to watch one time.

If you are fantasy adventure admirers go for these. These movies ensure a good visual treat. Do watch and let us know your response through the comments.

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