This just the 1st movie. Slowly he will go for better movies... Hopefully...
http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 --- On Sat, 10/10/09, sahilthaker22 <[email protected]> wrote: From: sahilthaker22 <[email protected]> Subject: [arr] Re: Just watched Couples Retreat! To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:23 PM Also just saw the movie. I am pretty disappointed that ARR did this movie. The music has been totally suppressed.. n ot like bollywood films where music plays a big role in the story. Makes me question whether its worth for ARR to take hollywood projects with directors who won't do justice to his music. Unfortunate. . --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "kaissiom" <kaiss...@.. .> wrote: > > So, I went to the local theatres at the earliest convenience to catch this > flick. > > The movie: It's okay, I had a few good laughs, but nothing great. The > content is for mature audience really. I'm surprised this movie is PG-13, it > should really be R. > > The music: Well, given that this is a comedy movie, the music should not be > taken too seriously. Music in these comedy movies just plays in the > background, without getting too involved in the movie. And that is exactly > the treatment it's received here. Although, Rahman's tracks have been used > throughout the movie, the movie contains various other tracks not featured on > the Soundtrack. > > The good: > -Rahman's first Hollywood venture :) > -Music used at some prominent places > > The bad: > -Rahman's music is not the only music in the movie > -Movie doesn't start with Rahman's music > -Sajna, the song, is not featured in the movie, although, the theme can be > heard > -Kurukuru is not featured in the movie, bits can be heard here and there > -Nana is featured in the movie, and also for the end credits > > Sure, from above, you can see that there's more bad than good, but I'm not > disappointed. I'm glad I'm finally able to walk into any records store here > in LA and pick up a soundtrack by Rahman and that I can hear Rahman's music > in a Hollywood movie. > > Looking forward to more Hollywood ventures and some amazing soundtracks by > Rahman in the future! > > Regards, > Wasim >
