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Commented on nextcent's review

3-Ring circus with latest animation technology
Jaaneman

There is no anger lol I am simply pointing out the blunders in your review and comments. For starters, your section on technological blunders, was a blunder itself :)

Commented on nextcent's review

3-Ring circus with latest animation technology
Jaaneman

I initially gave your review a U rating, but after reading it again and your comments, I realised I disagreed with too much of it, to warrant that, so i've downgraded to SU. First of all, King Kong as an example of a good film that marries technology with the art of storytelling? I mean come on, ...think of better examples, that one made me laugh. Moreover, what's with this idea that romance cannot use technology? That's a very narrow-minded outlook. Why can't akshay Kumar carry a telescope? An astronaut having an interest in space and astronomy -- what is hard to believe about that? I think it's not the director who can't tell a difference - but you. Moreover, Akshay Kumar using the image from the telescope to project on the screen. Has it occurred to you that Akshay Kumar is a science and technology geek in the film and works at NASA? Finally, do you a problem with technology or something? There is nothing sci-fi about space stations and video-calling from space. Sci-fi is short for 'science fiction' and space stations and video-calling from space is science fact. I think much of your opinion stems from your narrow-minded outlook on romances not being allowed to use technology.Read More

Reviewed Jaaneman

A film that needs to be seen on the big screen

As of late films in Bollywood have become a lot more slicker and glamorous and production standards have really hit an all-time high. We saw some international standard special effects and action scenes in Krrish; then some uber-cool car-chase scenes, a skydiving sequence, a Hollywood-like heist...Read more

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Commented on Canyoudigit's review

Disapounts
Jaaneman

[quote]i havent seen it but jaaneman is no way near better then don mate.[/quote] How can you say that, if you haven't actually seen it? You shouldn't make your bias so obvious lol

Commented on khiladi007's review

Don=Average movie
Don: The Chase Begins Again

... please use paragraphs. When you see huge chunks of text, ones natural reaction is not to read. Your review is good, it just needs a few paragraph breaks to make it easier on the eye.

Commented on Canyoudigit's review

Disapounts
Jaaneman

I am giving you an NU, because I think your review is very poorly written and you seem to have barely put any effort in writing it. A good start would be a spell check, some punctuation and dropping the SMS speak. I especially did not approve of 'Anupum Kher is discusting' use better words to exp...ress your opinion, and do it maturely. Speaking of which, I know a review is about sharing your opinion. However, there should be some objectivity and some sense of reason, which I think is chronically lacking in your reviews.Read More

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Reviewed Don: The Chase Begins Again

Don: The Crawl Begins

I am just going to gloat to all you MSers, that I am one of the privileged few - a VIP - who got to watch the Don preview(here comes the non-recommended raining in :P) I was eagerly awaiting this film and had to watch it as soon as it was being shown. I was not that eager though, I skipped the m...Read more

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Commented on acidelia's review

Yaaaaawn ......
Kal Ho Naa Ho

Sorry, for such a low rating, but I think you have been too harsh in your review(or rather rant) to this film, which is actually a lighthearted contemporary entertainer which has been received well by the world. I only reseve one star ratings for really bad films, and KHNH is not an example of s...uch. Your review more reflects your resentment of the actors in it, than it tells me about the film. You've made some pretty unjustified statements about them too. Preity Zinta's performance in this film was one of her most appreciated in her career. I can understand that Shahrukh Khan is typical, but that is his own peculiar style, otherwise even his performance was good. Moreover, this film is not a remake of Anand. The only similarity is the protagonists are suffering from a terminal illness; there are countless films that have that.Read More

Reviewed Rudraksh

It's a shame; it could have been really good

I was just watching it(again) on television. It's been shown a few times now. I was just thinking, it's such a shame. It could have been such a good film, if it was made on a bigger budget, with a better director and a better script. The story is actually good and a very original Indian sci fi, ...Read more

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Commented on own review

There is something awfuly wrong with this world
V for Vendetta Movie

The reason it did not get it's due, was because it hit too close to home and was too liberal... which today is considered something wrong in the land of the liberty. If these people do not wake up, they heading for what this film shows. I have those neo-cons on record, saying that after the next ...big terrorist attack...'the experiment of democracy would be ended' There have been countless articles written by lawyers, journalists and documentaries made to drive this point home... but V for Vendetta has to be the biggest effort yet.. If they still don't get it, nothing can help them.Read More

Reviewed V for Vendetta Movie

There is something awfuly wrong with this world

Another politicised topic, from yours truly. There seems to be a trend right now in Hollywood and Bollywod, about fighting your own government and inciting revolution. Earlier this yearwe had Rang De Basanti, andlast yearwe hadV forVendetta.They are both obviously very different films, but are a...Read more

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Commented on own review

Fails to bring you home
15 Park Avenue

That's okay, you can rate my review as you like. That does not, however change my opinion on it. I was tempted to say this film was 'pretentious' but actually the film does not pretend to be anything. Where it fails, at least for me, was how under-developed the subjects were and how they were ...nothing more than passing references. You get more depth from reading the back of the cover from a book. I would only give credit, if the subjects were exploreld in some depth -they are not. I don't really think there was anything particularly surreal about this film. The only abstract aspect is the ending - as I said it's a film that relies on it's ending.Read More

Reviewed 15 Park Avenue

Fails to bring you home

Films like 15th Park Avenue, are very rarely made in India. Most films fit into two categories; commercial and parallel cinema/art. 15th Park Avenue, is not really either, it is more intellectual cinema. The kind of films David Lynch is famous for, it provokes thought, raises questions and leave...Read more

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Reviewed Krrish

Krrish: Repeat value definitely!

The first time I saw this film, I saw it in a theater with a handful of people. It was the first show, in the afternoon, and here in UK, no matter how big the film, the first show never reaches full occupancy, or even half of the potential. The second thing was, there was this couple that contin...Read more

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Commented on own review

Misguided propoganda
Rang De Basanti

Thank you for your comments sk27. I am fine with you not agreeing with me, in fact I thought at the outset of writing this review that I would get a uanimous disapproval for this review. I wasn't expecting anybody to agree with me; so I am pleasently surprised. I also wanted to say, I never said... I am not accepting others viewpoints on this film. Finally, Paanch and Black Friday. Black Friday got entangled in legal issues, because of it's subject matter of showing the Mumbai bomb blasts. Paanch, from what has been written, was an extremely violent film, so censorship never passed it. Censorship have double standards though, I'll give you that. But you did not understand what I was saying. I was saying that the oppressive and reactionary regime shown in RDB, would have had no problem in silencing this film. After all this regime in RDB, doesn't care about public approval. It ridicules the death of an army pilot in public, it attacks a protest march being filmed by television reporters, it commits day light murder of the group in public. The Indian government is not this bad, and you would be very naive to believe it is. Raykesh Mehra could not make a film with a social message for the contemporary Indian youth, if he is not actually portraying the reality of India. His film may have struck a chord in Iran, but not in India.Read More

Commented on own review

Misguided propoganda
Rang De Basanti

The irony is, this film was actually first watched by the defence minister, who okayed it and in doing so has made a fool out of Raykesh Mehra - who now has egg on his face. This film shows it's alright to kill, if it leads to a better cause. Not just kill anybody, but cabinet minister ans your o...wn father. Really, am I the only one who thinks that is wrong?Read More

Commented on own review

Misguided propoganda
Rang De Basanti

This is why this is not a good film. It does not deserve the acclaim it is getting. The youth should ask these questions and not be taken in by the propoganda, that albeit has been given a youthful flavour(in my opinion artificial) to woo them. As for Faranheight 9/11, first of all it was not ...a film, but a documentary. Secondly, it stayed within it's limits as to how far it went in critising the American government. Thirdly, it was not an expose, but a sarcastic commentary on the situation of the country. Another documentary filmmaker called Alex Jones, regarded as a rabid anarchist and crackpot in US, makes films about the kind of brutality the government inflicts on people. He made a video called 'Police State' that you can watch online and exposes the government totaliterian acts, that almost nobody in the country is aware of. He is considered a threat by the government and is hassled frequently. The fact that WACO, and this is true, a building was burnt down in the 90's by special ops containing children, men and women over a politcal issue. This and Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles riots have not been shown to the public in the form of popular media is testimony enough that it is not tolerated in the system. But the fact that Raykesh Mehra has the political freedom to show such government brutality, even when it does not exist to this extent, shows you just how much freedom the government allows its citizens. This is why I said that the oppressive, reactionary and sinister regime exists only in Rakyesh Mehra's mind. Don't be caught up in his Never Never land. Indian government can be bad, but it's far from the Taliban, China, US or even France. You enjoy a lot of freedoms in your country, and I think perhaps too many if films like RDB are allowed. If I was on the censorboard, I would have had a really difficult moral dielmma, letting this film pass. The irony is, this film was actually first watched by the defence minisRead More

Commented on own review

Misguided propoganda
Rang De Basanti

Raykesh Mehra tries to justify what they did as a 'wake up call' and infers that we need such insanity to bring about change. So he does actually promote violence as a means to an end. The climax of the film shows that a revolution has begun and everybody in unison are decrying the government. ... In reality, there would have been just as many people who would have supported the government's reaction to these terrorists. There is a truth to the saying that 'One mans terrorist, is another mans freedom fighter' Here I am arguing that what they did was terrorism. While others here are saying 'No, they were freedom fighters' But, you also have to admit, that they weren't exactly deprived of freedom. On the contrary they had all the time in the world to piss around, go wild on their motor cycles, blast music, dance and go to the cinema. How can you be fighting for freedom, if you already have it? They also had the choice to go to human rights, civil rights or even take this international. They did not even think about it - rather Rakyesh Mehra did not think about it. The characters were representing his skewed ideas and philosophy. It's as if this was made by a clueless anti-government activist. The government shown in this film are completely BLACK. In reality we know that nothing is completely black. The reaction of the defence minister to the death of the pilot, by publically ridiculing him and all other pilots, is not what an educated defence minister would say. In such cases, moral support is given to the famiies and a promise to investigate what happened. The reaction of the police forces at the end, even in light of them being watched by everybody and everything being transmitted live on air, would not have gone Taliban on the youth. This is India; not Afghanistan. Raykesh Mehra has not thought this through, he's just oversimplied a very complex system and portrayed it in black and white terms as a conveniance. ThiRead More

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Misguided propoganda
Rang De Basanti

Thank you for your wonderful comments Dr Shafique and Mansoor and thank you to others as well for taking your time out to share your thoughts. Mbfarookh, Yes, a governments credibility would suffer if it meddles in the affairs of a movie. But then again censorship is a common practice in India.... The point I was making, the oppressive and reactionary regime depicted in RDB wouldn't have have had any problem in censoring Rakyesh Mehra. In fact, I am pretty sure most governments around the world would have not allowed this film though, on the grounds of national security. In the US, anti-government filmmakers are being put on watch lists and being hassled post 9/11. So just imagine the fate of a Hollywood filmmaker makes an anti-government film and green lights assasination of cabinet minister Even, if it were passed through, it would be widely decried as unpatriotic and anti-war liberal rhetoric. I am a patriotic Indian, but not a nationalistic Indian. I know our government has many problems, just as I know the people have many problems, but violence is not the answer. Even Bhagat Singh and his party realised that. You should recall, that Bhagat Singh did not use violence as a vehicle, but the explosion of a smoke bomb in parliment designed to cause no harm. Yes, I know the message of the film is not for youth to take law into their own hands. Believe me, I do not think this film is going to stir up a rebellion. My issue is, with the fact that Raykesh Mehra has green lighted the assasination of the defence minister, and a son murdering his father over corruption as a necessary evil. I am completely against that. It tells me, that Mehra shortchanged us by not thinking through his second half and resorting to violence as a solution. He tries to be novel, but in the end fails himself and the viewers. Iamwalrus, The characters do not regret what they did. They're just uncertain of what they did. Raykesh Mehra tries to justiRead More