I guess most of us only think of the musical productions as "Bollywood". Does it encompass the whole gamut, like Hollywood, which would include the dramas and such? If so, is any of the serious stuff good, or just derivative as you mentioned? And what is the appeal of the lavish musical movies if they're pretty much the same? Seems as if that'd get old after a while...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:07:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Bollywood To be honest a lot of the stuff that comes out of Bollywood is a rip off of American films in one way or another. There's a Bollywood version of every American hit from the Godfather to Memento to Spiderman. They do however put a slightly different Indian spin on it which can make it sometimes more enjoyable. For example, I have yet to finish the American movie Memento. The Indian version I sat through the whole thing twice. Pretty much the same storyline but it had a bit of flexibility to the storyline that made it a little easier to watch. Where Bollywood shines IMO is when they do their dance numbers and action sequences. Also in their historical films as well. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: There used to be an Asian channel on Comcast that showed a lot of Asian movies, stuff from Kirosawa, as well as other Japanese, Chinese, and Korean filmmakers. It was great: I saw all kinds of cool period pieces and miniseries I'd never seen before. Alas, the station went black a couple of years back. I check with IFC to see what they're showing, and look for films like "Red Cliff" to come out on DVD. I also watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies, which is one of the best "free" sources we have for films of certain genres and ages. I love Indian films that make the indie circuit like "Monsoon Wedding" and "The Namesake". But I've never been into Bollywood stuff. What's your attractiion? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" < dar...@darylelockhart.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:29:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions I've been really immersed in Bollywood and Asian films on DVD/online lately. "Raaavan" was the best Indian film I've seen in a couple of years. "Kites" was the most accessible, as it's in English. It's playing near you as "Kites: The Remix", which was re-edited by Brett Ratner. I'm down for Last Airbender and Inception, but I gotta say...I'm really not personally looking forward to any big budget films except Tron Legacy. I'm way more excited to see "Scott Pilgrim" than anything else this summer. Daryle On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:54 PM, angelababycat wrote: Saw your original post and felt sad I had nothing interesting to offer. But the new Predators movie opens July 9th and I will be there for the 11:00 am Friday showing of course. Also on my "see at the theater for the special effects vs waiting for PPV" list: June 30th - Twilight Saga: Eclipse July 2nd - The Last Airbender July 16th - Inception August 27th - Resident Evil: Afterlife Other than Predators maybe, not a very exciting summer movie list for me I'm affraid. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre? Recently I've > seen "Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan to see a > little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret in Their Eyes". It's > way off the summer-blockbuster path... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions > > > > > Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth seeing? > > Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate Kid, > Splice, Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek > > > > With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with all the > next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action-heavy movies. > Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so many of them nowadays seem > to be mediocre films based mostly on explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron Man 2" > was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. I need to watch the money I spend at > the cinema, so don't want to plop down my six bucks for something that I can > wait for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and Child" and > "Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually rely on plots > and good acting. > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
