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lost in confusion
lost in confusion has rated 0 movies, and has posted 48 comments.
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lost in confusion has rated 0 movies, and has posted 48 comments.
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The much applauded Khuda Kay Liye's execution didn't quite suit me; so I'd skip this one too. BTW, is the misspelling of Quran intentional?
I've always been interested in this genre. But unfortunately, here the whole story is already laid out before me and all I'm supposed to look forward to is the camera and technical work. On one hand I feel that this genre deserves more space, but at the same time if there's hardly anything for the movie to reveal, I'd rather skip it (well, at least on the big screen). Foreign movies (Karla, An American Crime, Memories Of Murder, Grimm Love, Amanda Knoxx: Murder on Trial in Italy, etc.) have the benefit of the "mystery" element... of course, given that you don't don't know the story in advance, which usually is the case. They keep you hooked if told/executed appropriately. Bollywood hardly explores the subject in detail and when it does, it hardly gets it right (Monica, The Stoneman Murders, NOKJ, etc.). But it's understandable because whatever the end product is, it hardly gets its worth. People like me will have to thrive on foreign movies for this genre.
@meetu: yeah, I can understand it from the viewpoint of a professional movie reviewer. Some movies make me wonder how you people can sit throughout its runtime. BTW, what's the reason of skipping 404? Any special reason besides it being not your cup of tea which, I take for granted, must hold true for lots of movies you *need* to watch?
"I was looking forward to a deeper understanding of the issue, I got songs."
Understanding won't help any (let alone the harm this kind of movies do in its to succeed via publicity); songs might. And I was kinda surprised when I visited this site a few days back and found out that you're looking forward to it.
"I was told an amazing cast will put up the two sides of the issue out on the big screen, they just came in and went out (just like the issues) with no flow and justifications."
Now, do you believe everything you're told? Besides, in this case, we even had the example of Rajneeti (which also boasted of a powerful cast and...) as an alarming alert in front of us, didn't we?
"I was promised a film that will shake up the sleeping common man into action, but I got a solution that was no better than what the villains of the film were upto."
Hope you're awake now and having a good time. But still keep dreaming. That's honestly better than having nightmares.
@meetu: Thanks for specifying that you didn't mean it literally. Or else it would only have encouraged me to express my thoughts so freely and uniquely that the moderators of this site might have felt the need to redefine "overtime" (among others).
Of course, kidding.
Before you leave, just wanted to add that everyone has the right to express their opinion and am glad that wogma doesn't delete the ones that are not in agreement with its own. (I can recall that even I told meetu something in the lines of changing "- meetu, a part of the audience" to "- meetu, apart from the audience"!!!) Also appreciate that no one has sought to cussing here. Hope the wogma community continues with this spirit forever and ever. So long. Amen.
@Durgesh: Sorry for the miscommunication, but as meetu has already clarified I was asking her. Yet, the fact remains that I'm pretty much lost.
@Neetish: Maybe meetu took the title of the movie a bit too literally ;)
And I guess we all are biased in our own way..... if looked upon from a certain viewpoint (by others). I too disagree with quite a lot of meetu's and Taran's ratings, and the latter's reviews really get on my nerves at times, but that's just the heat of the moment. BTW, what's so intolerable here? Can someone help me see it? Wait, don't bother. Hail "To each their own." (If I ain't wrong, meetu mentioned those words of wisdom in one of her recent reviews, which I use more often than not these days around. Sure it's hard to come to terms to that and put it to practice in real life. Unfortunately, much easier said than done. So better start concentrating on it right now, it might take forever to achieve it.)
That's it for now. More preachings ASAP. (TIP: You can save yourself from such holy ramblings by not staying tuned.) Amen.
I'd rather wait for the DVD, and fetch it if I like it. When I rented Bas Ek Pal, I'd no idea that I'm about to see such an indulging story. Hope this one's also as great as BEP. But all fingers aren't alike, are they?
@Pragya: I'm quite aware of that; that's why I'd added "the keen" therein & mentioned "especially" before "Sallu fans". I'm not a Salman Khan fan & was skeptical about (Prabhu Deva's) Wanted, but much to my surprise, ended up liking it way better than the Eastwood's 'Wanted' (Angelina starrer). Funny how these things work; had high expectations from Eastwood's Wanted, but was disappointed by it; didn't expect much from Prabhu Deva's Wanted, but found it fairly entertaining.
@meetu: My sympathies.
@bhupusingh: Which Om Prakash Mehra are you talking about? The director of 'Delhi 6'? Awaiting your response & probably a chuckle!!!
@meetu: Guess you should have added "the keen, especially Sallu fans, should check it out in theaters" in the rating scale (you did something similar with the rating scale for Aladin). That *might* have saved a bit of trouble here ;)
@Samir: I'm cool with a heated discussion :P
@rishabh: I'm processing your request.
@everyone else: Why so serious? ;)
@meetu: okay, then apologies for the typo there. Should have been:
"Kinda belated Happy b'day, but hey, you can't blame me for that :P"
Perils of late-night surfing the net.
Kinda Happy belated b'day, but hey, you can't blame me for that :P
Happy big-day, wogma, way to go. Good to learn about the changes in store. Eager to know (not crossing fingers though, since it's a painful exercise if it takes too long) if my suggestion for including the date & time of the review makes it there or not.
testing (being unable to comment on "Happy 4th To You" post).
@Pondy: Good points. Quoting a para from there:
What it means is that the star rating system is relative, not absolute. When you ask a friend if "Hellboy" is any good, you're not asking if it's any good compared to "Mystic River," you're asking if it's any good compared to "The Punisher."
After reading that, I first thought: "I don't understand why you need to compare it with any movie, irrespective of its genre. Why can't the movie be rated solely on its own strength, independently?" But then I realized how I myself have failed to avoid comparisons on several occasions (not all, though). Specifically happens when you're watching a sequel/prequel or remake.
W.R.T. Dabangg, I was looking forward to watching it at a cinema (instead of waiting for DVD as I generally do) yesterday, but fell ill at the last moment. (Even if I hadn't, I'm not sure if I'd have got a ticket, since I hadn't booked it in advance.) Still recovering from illness, but my enthusiasm for watching it is diminishing. Guess this one will also have to wait for DVD. Can't fight fate!!!
"When you start watching Stepmom you feel like you have started reading a book from the middle of a chapter. We Are Family sort-of covers that gap and gives a more rounded beginning. Also, the missing backstory of the three main leads, from Stepmom, is provided briefly."
Guess they should have opted for a prequel (of course, to Stepmom) instead :P
@meetu: Sorry, I didn't get that last time. And thanks for considering it for the next set of changes. Yeah, it's not important, but it's something I'm used to, in general. It's too trivial, yet for me, it falls under the 'basics'. To each, their own.
@meetu: I asked this once before too, but I don't know whether or not you responded to it. Can you tell me whether or not is it possible to know the date & time when the review was posted?
The creator of the trailer/promos is to be blamed if the movie is truly good. Besides seeming formulaic, its resemblance to Dushman (1998) too puts me off.
@meetu: sounds good; will try to adapt & adopt that attitude.
@meetu: To be honest, I didn't find that specific comment quite out of line. But still, I'll take care of it in future. I'll see to it that my comments are limited only to the movies, unless something else is largely called for.
And my response to GOne would have been one sentence less had I seen your (similar) response to him just a few minutes before mine. My bad, I didn't refresh the page (as usual, I was multi-tasking, so I came back to this page quite long after opening it) before entering my comment.
@GOne: You too need to chillax.
And going by your standards, if I'm to be blocked for my previous comment, I wonder what treatment you'd ask for yourself.
I appreciate your opinions w.r.t. the movie, though. But then again, I'm a person with no taste.
@meetu: whatever. Going by the trailer, this movie doesn't seem to be my cup of tea, but being a movie buff, I'd still give it a chance on DVD. A pleasant surprise is always more than welcome, doesn't matter if it comes at the cost of proving me wrong.
@Ram Singh: What are you? A redneck? (I'd have further asked: Or a 1 year old? But that would have been like insulting a child's innocence.) Chillax, dude. meetu is merely suggesting; take it or leave it. Nobody is gagging & forcing you here. And yeah, sometimes the movie you get to watch in a theatre varies from what you get to see on a pirated DVD. Not just in terms of quality, but even in terms of quantity, i.e. length of the movie.
Hope curiosity won't kill the cat.
BTW, after being more open to Hollywood & other foreign flicks in the past few years, I feel that I'm not enjoying Bollywood flicks as much as I would've had I not gotten used to the tight-scripted, fast-paced, song-less foreign films (of course, there are exceptions). And to such an extent that I hardly visit cinemas now, unlike monthly (or even more) visits some 2-3 years back.
And I don't think Bollywood is gonna change much even in a decade. As I said, it's a long way to go, & I, for one, won't keep my fingers crossed.
As for this movie, the trailer itself gave me that (pretentious) feeling cinefreak has mentioned here. So I've decided to rather wait for its DVD release (then again, it's something I've been doing for almost all Bollywood movies lately).
'we serve masala because that is what the audience demands' days are numbered. **fingers crossed**
Way to go, dear. My sympathies for your fingers.
Missed your reviews, meetu. Can you tell me where can I find the time at which this review (or any review on wogma, for that matter) was posted?
I'm wondering if I should cry out for the missing 'Notepad' on other's behalf b'coz I, for one, have never cared for it.
Isn't the title 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'???
Akki has proved his versatility as an actor (Hera Pheri, APD, Dhadkan, Jaanwar to name a few), he no longer needs to prove his acting skills anymore. But looking at most of his movies in the last few years (Tashan, Singh Is Kinng, Chandni Chowk To China, Kambakkht Ishq, Blue, 8x10 Tasveer, De Dana Dan, & now this one that I haven't watched as yet), I think he surely needs some wise agent who can select movies on his behalf.
And btw, I'm still awaiting a response from you for The Stoneman Murders. Let me know if that's possible.
Great review, meetu. Hope the movie would be equally great.
So, will it be okay now to officially declare that the wait for a good (Bollywood) movie has finally come to an end for you?
Is it possible to catch it on DVD???
@meetu: I'm not too good at putting my thoughts in words, so I'd skipped that explanation part. But I'm giving it a try anyway. To cut the long story short (for my convenience), I meant that you'd find the movie a bit good & fairly watchable, but not tremendously great to run to cinemas to check it out.
It's not too hard to predict your likes & tastes (of course, only as far as movies are concerned) after having followed your reviews for quite a while now.
BTW, while responding, you can abbreviate "lost in confusion" to LIC (:p) if you're not doing the copy-paste work (just a suggestion from a lazy bone).
@meetu: Thank you ji. BTW, the review's almost as I'd expected it from you.
@meetu: dare I ever give you a hukum???!!! I was just sayin'. BTW, Monday's just about to end :p
Looking at the reviews & ratings it's received, I don't think it'd be that bad when compared to the movies churned out by Bollywood lately.
Anyway, I'm not too keen now. So I don't mind whether it's reviewed here or not.
Quoting meetu:
"thanks for the appreciation. but i try my best to watch all films that come out in a decent theater at a decent time in Pune. It's only fair, i think."
So meetu, where's the review for "Red Alert - The War Within"? I can bet it's in a decent theater at a decent time in Pune.
Can't believe they're gonna torture us with a sequel. Hope it won't be as torturous as this one.
Just saw the movie yesterday, & I'd give it 3/5. And the scene Samir mentioned above annoyed me the most.
@Mr. Inkenti: If you're saying that reviews on TOI & bollywoodhungama are based on the collections of the first three days at multiplexes, let me tell you that they generally post reviews on the day of the movie release, & sometimes even earlier. Now, they can't know the collections beforehand. And if you mean that they estimate the collections on the basis of advance bookings & thereby form their reviews, I think that the advance booking of Kites was as good as (if not better than) Raajneeti. Yet Kites did not receive as good a review on either of the sites as Raajneeti. Think about it.
@Mr. Inkenti: No, I haven't watched Raajneeti as yet. I'm not sure, but I guess I'll wait for the DVD release (as I've been doing for most of the movies since more than a couple of months). So, are you implying that I've no say here since I haven't watched it? I'd stop passing comments here if the admin or someone having an authority on this site would let me know so.
@Mr. Inkenti: FYI, TOI is not an individual, Nikhat Kazmi is. BTW, I was just sharing my observations, not crying. But maybe that's what you're doing.
"Hits are not measured by the yuppy crowd that digs into their popcors in Mumbai paying Rs 250 for tickets"
Oh yeah. Hits are measured by you, alone by yourself or a few in a cinema hall, enjoying a movie that hardly anyone cares about.
Movies with hardly any audience in the cinema hall maybe your idea of a hit film (hit film may not always be good. Then again, the definition of a "good movie" too varies from person to person). But commercial movies are about the box office, & how big a crowd can it manage to pull counts by & large. If you didn't like the movie, it's okay, but speak for yourself. Don't pass the judgments, let the BO decide whether the movie is hit or not.
Finally, stop crying if possible, & take a chill pill ASAP.
I'd also like to add that I hope you'll continue sharing with us your actual thoughts about the movies, & not make them up to go with what others in general think of them. Hope you won't let any naysayer (for a lack of better word entering my mind this very moment. And yeah, that may even include me at times, so bear with me) cloud your opinion & hence the review of the movie here.
@meetu: Opinions differ, & ours often differ by & large. But that hasn't made me stop checking out your point of view as yet.
Just a suggestion: Why not change "meetu, a part of the audience" to "meetu, apart from the audience in general"??? ;)
@meetu: thanx for the alert, but I'd like to say something. Please don't take it in a bad way (it's just something that I've observed as a *somewhat* regular reader of your reviews & would like to share), but *almost* whenever it comes to movies with high expectations, & which get reviewed & rated fairly high on other sites are often reviewed in a relatively bad light here.
Talking about wait for a high-octane, all-engrossing drama, since Mahabharata's modern take didn't quite work out for you, I hope it ends for you with Raavan.
@meetu: So far, it surely seems that we Indians weren't the target audience. Most of those I know are saying that it is not recommendable.
And regarding great reviews abroad, my observation there is based on Hrithik's tweets.
I'm a bit confused. It is getting fair reviews abroad, while "not so great" reviews in India. Is it specifically meant for the foreign audience or what?
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