hey...yeah Masand shd probably listen to the music...which is fabulous...I am not a big fan of Masands reviews anyway..However ive heard from a lot of ppl that the movie is really very bad...I mean..somethings even good music cannot save a film.. What do u guys feel?
Its just sad that Rahman was associated with such a film (..tho im glad his music got appreciated..)..It really deserved accolades..esp Tour of the Villas and Kuru Kuru...awesome tracks.. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Rivjot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in > limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will > surely change his mind (at least about the music) > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@...> wrote: > > > > Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake > > > > *Rajeev Masand* <http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author/Rajeev+Masand/> / * > > CNN-IBN* <http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/> > > > > [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, > > Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in > > **< > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html# > > > > *Entertainment <http://ibnlive.in.com/entertainment/>* section > > > > > > *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau > > > > *Director*: Peter Billingsley > > > > There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks > has > > ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about > everyone > > in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a > > coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. > > > > If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film > that > > was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's > been > > written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who > > probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. > > > > Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* > (which > > Favreau wrote incidentally), a comedy about twenty-something guys > figuring > > out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming > > from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative > letdown. > > > > This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island > > resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of > therapy > > and soul-searching instead. > > > > Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and > > suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't > > resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings > store. > > > > Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and > > Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage > > mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. > > > > *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so > it's > > not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't > think > > of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's > > score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* > > > > One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so > formulaic > > and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, > get > > divorced or are eaten up by sharks! > > > > *Rating: 1 / 5* > > > > * > > > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html > > * > > > > * > > * > > -- > > - Regards > > > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ > > > > >
