THE CONTEMPORARY MASTERPIECE OF SCORSESE: THE DEPARTED

Hi everybody, i'm here again to talk to you guys about a movie. Today's movie is "The Departed" which is a 2006 movie by Martin Scorsese and by far one of the bests I've watched...

The only bad thing I can find about the movie is that the movie is the remake of a 2002 Hong Kong movie named "Infernal Affairs". This means that the script is not original but still the cast is so good that it makes you feel like you're watching a totally different movie owing to the actors/actresses's great acting talents.

The movie takes place in Boston, US and is based on two "rats". The Irish mob boss, Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), plants the boy he's been mentoring for years, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), within the Massachussetts State Police as an informant. At the same time, the state police assign undercover cop William Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) to move into Costello's crew. When both sides realize the existence of the informants, each "rat" tries to find out who the other "rat" is...

Besides these, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen also have fairly major roles in the movie...

Although the movie had been a remake, it managed to win 4 Oscars including the Best Picture and the Best Director, which was the first Oscar of Scorsese throughout his whole life.

According to authorities, including the Rolling Stone magazine, "The Departed" was the best movie of the year 2006.

In conclusion, if you want to see a crime masterpiece with an original script and loads of talented actors, you'd better watch this as soon as possible!

Here is a very good scene from the movie, enjoy!

A CRIME CULT: PULP FICTION

Hello to all our readers!! As a brand-new movie blog, it's time to post our first review. It's going to be about "Pulp Fiction", a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino.

The movie's two main characters are Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), two serial-killers who act as the errand-boys of Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), a black mob kingpin who has become infamous because of the rumours about what he has done to a man who hitted on his wife, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) who is a cocain addict.
Apart from the story of Vincent and Jules, meanwhile, another story is going on; in which Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), an aging boxer whom is paid a big sum of money by Marsellus Wallace to lose a match, is the main character. At first, Butch agrees to take a dive in the match and accepts the money but afterwards, he suddenly remembers the old days and those days remind him of the honour he's got deep down. Not doing what Wallace told him to, Butch comes across with Marsellus. In the end, Butch ends up killing Vincent Vega, Marsellus's hitman, but somehow he manages to make peace with Marsellus.
Just like all the other Tarantino movies, "Pulp Fiction" has many humorous and ironic dialogues mixed up with violence. That can be a thing which helped the movie become a classic. Besides being a crime classic, the movie was nominated for 7 Oscars and won "The Best Picture Award" in Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, the movie is also well-known as the movie which revitalized the career of John Travolta. The movie is fifth in the IMDB list and ninth in the Empire list of best movies ever. Furthermore, one of the main songs of the movie is "Girl, You'll be A Woman Soon" which is a great song by Neil Diamond.
In conclusion, if you want to see a movie which is both humorous and full of action, this is the one for you. I suggest you watch this as soon as possible (for the ones who haven't watched yet).
Here is the trailer of the movie for you guys to make an idea of what the film is like:

THE BEST OF THE BESTS IS CHOSEN: THE GODFATHER

EMPIRE, one of the most prestigeous movie magazines in the world, has recently compiled a list of 500 hundred best movies ever. EMPIRE polled more than 150 directors, including hotshots like Tarantino, some celebrities of the movie world and thousands of readers for this list. "The Godfather" (Released in 1972) of Francis Ford Coppola has topped the list.
Here are the movies that got into the first 20:
1. The Godfather
2. Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Star Wars- The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Jaws
6. Goodfellas
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Singin’ in the Rain
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Fight Club
11. Raging Bull
12. The Apartment
13. Chinatown
14. Once Upon A Time In The West
15. Batman- The Dark Knight
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey
17. Taxi Driver
18. Casablanca
19. The Godfather II
20. Blade Runner

Among all the movies that got into the first 20, "The Dark Knight" is the only one which is a movie of the 21th century. All three episodes of Peter Jackson's "Lord of The Rings" found themselves a place in the first 60. Moreover, some other surprising results have come out of the poll, too. Certain classics such as "Shakespeare in Love" and "Easy Rider" couldn't get a place even in the whole list. Moreover, the latest movie of James Bond, "Casino Royale" got the 56th place. Furthermore, "Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban" became 471th and the last movie of the list, the 500th, came out to be "Ocean's Eleven".

Salutes to My Dear Visitors!!!!

Hello everybody!!!!

I'm Hamdi Soysal and I believe I can call myself a "movie lover". That's why I have chosen this topic for my blog. In fact, this is the very first blog of mine, so I'm a bit of a "rookie"on blogging but I suppose that won't be much of a problem since blogging doesn't require being a computer genius.

Obviously, the blog is going to be about movies. At first, I'm planning to post movie reviews each week but after a while, I may start posting once in 1-2 days... Other than the review, you'll also be able to see some decent screenshots of the movies. Moreover, I'm planning to post contest questions and even polls sometimes, this way, I can get an idea of what my visitor population(you guys) thinks about certain things... If you come out with different ideas for the blog, you may share them with me and I can take them into account of course.

These are my short term plans for the blog. Besides all these, most importanly, my main goal is to make this blog a portal which embraces "movie lovers" from all around the world!!!

With the hope of a nice, entertaining blog!!!