One should not make an impression of a movie without watching it. Well, I broke my own rule and skipped 'Singham' completely. Maybe there are million fans out there who want Dabangg to go more over the top and enjoy the treatment. Count me out!
Maybe intelligent cinema caters to 10% of bollywood audience but please keep giving it to this minority for keeping our interests alive. Waiting for the next one.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara; Best Ad of "Spain" till date; rest is ok.
Question: Who was the lead in ZNMD? Your choices: a) Hrithik b) Farhan c) Abhay d) Spain. If you chose 'd' then you are thinking like me. Well, 90% of people will disagree with this review on ZNMD and they are the ones eagerly waiting for a sequel. So, let's start on what I did like:
1. Location: Beautiful Spain and very well captured. 2. Some good jokes like "Moshi Moshi" 3. Some good chemistry between the 'Bwoys' 4. Good theme: Three guys re-discover themselves on a roadtrip.
Have a longer list for what could have been better:
1. Character Transformation: A guy who is a financial broker transforms seeing fishes or the 'mermaid' within 1/2 hr. Really? 20 yrs gone in 1/2 hr? My take is transformation should happen gradually and a good movie would not show transformation getting completed at all unless the story spans years. A story should show beginning of that transformation at the end. A recent movie that reminds me of that is "Udaan".
2. Chemistry: Missing, Missing, Missing especially between Hrithik and Katrina.
3. There was no lead in the movie. I understand that all three characters were strong and shared equal space but how many ever characters are there in the film there should always be a lead character, a protogonist, that carries the movie.
4. Stale jokes: How many movies have used Hinglish to make fun: Salaam Namaste, Phans Gaye re Obama..
5. Unwanted scenes/ bad editing. Doordarshan tune? Gimme a break. 3/4 of that scene could have been easily removed and parts of so many other "Spain views", scuba diving scenes..
Can go on but don't want to be too picky.
Overall rating: 6/10.
1. Location: Beautiful Spain and very well captured. 2. Some good jokes like "Moshi Moshi" 3. Some good chemistry between the 'Bwoys' 4. Good theme: Three guys re-discover themselves on a roadtrip.
Have a longer list for what could have been better:
1. Character Transformation: A guy who is a financial broker transforms seeing fishes or the 'mermaid' within 1/2 hr. Really? 20 yrs gone in 1/2 hr? My take is transformation should happen gradually and a good movie would not show transformation getting completed at all unless the story spans years. A story should show beginning of that transformation at the end. A recent movie that reminds me of that is "Udaan".
2. Chemistry: Missing, Missing, Missing especially between Hrithik and Katrina.
3. There was no lead in the movie. I understand that all three characters were strong and shared equal space but how many ever characters are there in the film there should always be a lead character, a protogonist, that carries the movie.
4. Stale jokes: How many movies have used Hinglish to make fun: Salaam Namaste, Phans Gaye re Obama..
5. Unwanted scenes/ bad editing. Doordarshan tune? Gimme a break. 3/4 of that scene could have been easily removed and parts of so many other "Spain views", scuba diving scenes..
Can go on but don't want to be too picky.
Overall rating: 6/10.
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