Justice League proves one thing, we are better off without super hero films, especially if there are many in one.

For those familiar with the cartoon strip and the characters, there is a lot to cheer. But young or old, everyone will take a liking to Charlie Brown who is as lovable as he always was. The animation is reminiscent of Schulz’ and keeping in mind the changing times, the colourful backdrops are eye catching.

Much on the lines of Bahubali, Puli is also a fantasy, adventure drama except that this one is an ordeal to sit through. Pedestrian to the core in almost every department of film making, the good old Chandamama stories were a zillion times better than watching this story unfold.

Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar is one of those rare films where what is being said is much more than what is being shown on the screen. Based on the Aarushi Talwar murder case which was debated and dissected endlessly in the media for quite a while, Talvar tells us of what possibly could have happened on that fateful night. This is our Rashomon.

Much like George Miller earlier this year with Mad Max: Fury Road, it is impressive to see Scott so much in command of his craft, especially when back home, the career span of a director is barely ten or fifteen years.

To be fair to Akshay Kumar, he puts his best foot forward and pulls off some scenes admirably. But otherwise what can you say of a film that has songs with lyrics like “My heart says chu che chu che che.” I’d rather hear the neighborhood dogs howl.

The CGI is impressive with the apocalyptic visuals of Los Angeles but beyond that, perhaps the book doesn’t have enough firepower to make it into an engrossing film. All we see is, the teenagers escaping from one place to another, fighting soldiers or zombies.

We know what a fine actor Robert De Niro is but here his performance exceeded expectations. He adds a different dimension to the character to Ben. The talented Anne Hathaway also matches him at every step –in fact she has to portray a wider range of expressions which she does so well. The Intern is as heartwarming as a modern day film can get.

The film ends up becoming mash up of previous Bhandarkar films. If the idea is to follow the same style of story-telling then there still has to be enough novelty to keep the audience engaged. It touches upon subjects like the IPL betting (not so new anymore) and various other real life people and incidents but the formula is all too familiar.

Create as much as chaos and confusion is the only mantra of screenplay, rest all be damned. The scenes are artificial and look forced, while there may be the odd funny line, there is very little reason to cheer in this oddball story.