That is to say, that comment is not at all why I actually dislike his writings in the first place. So yes, you're right that, as a standalone comment, it's nothing more than way off target.
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That is to say, that comment is not at all why I actually dislike his writings in the first place. So yes, you're right that, as a standalone comment, it's nothing more than way off target.
ZNMD must watch at least 5 times...wonderful movie
What I'm trying to say is. People stripping WA of his Jewish Manhattan background, his own physical-intellectual equation, etc, is beginning to trouble me, as well. This is true of any filmmaker. Be it Scorsese, Spike Lee, Lumet, Coppola, their class, race & intellectual leanings (be it through books/interviews/wikipedia) enriches my understanding of their films, relationships, class conflict, and heck, "their" NY.
And a critic's job is to make sense of it. He has to filter through filmmaker's glasses, not just his. Let's assume the person is urban middle/upper middle class chennai PSBB-ian. How he would have filtered it through his own glasses, stripping it off the intended nuances & meaning (P_R's eyes widen up), is easily revealed in his reviews. Now, if I could identify with this person, I would identify with his position on the filmmaker/film. Unfortunately, the only feelings I hold to him/his critiquing is amusement, with a tinge of aversion. And to me, these days especially, it's getting harder & harder to identify with most critical positions. I have to really, really identify with the critic first, or at least be convinced that the critiquing isn't defaced of the presupposed conception & choices made by the writer/filmmaker. At least, a gesture of acknowledgment, would suit fine. Perhaps it's also the style of writing that bothers me.
sabbaas...nallavarundra.
I didn't get the overall drift, but why do you assume (if you do) mine is any different? I've never so much as mentioned him just to make a deriding remark!Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
No, I got that. Just unwinding my own feelings on this issue. Btw, have you tried his philums? :mrgreen:
I don't quite hate his writing as many of you do.
But then I don't follow film reviews closely - either his or BR's or anyones. Opinions and discussions I have here :lol2:
(I read Confli's express reviews every week - adhu vERa department)
When I read it a newspaper review I simply want to know what the film is about and whether it is 'oru thadavai paakkalaam' or not.
I find the star ratings, vigadan marks and telling-the-story all quite useful.
Of course, all these are things reviewers are lampooned for doing. But hey, I am just a ruthless, short-on-attention reader.
'I think I get why you are saying what you are saying. I know what to expect' is the kind of reaction I have to reviews.
So from a purely utilitarian PoV, I am hardly ever as annoyed as you guys are, after reading his reviews.
And when he cruelly rips apart a film, sometimes it is quite fun. adhu thozhil dharmamA etc. are not things that interest me.
I remember the social irresponsibility rant about 7G. 'vazhippOkkan sollalaam, oru critic ippadi sollappadaadhu' 'ngra maadhiri ellAm naan react paNradhu illai.
Hate ellAm strong word. Even I don't. Just that I feel free to be annoyed by patronising reviews such as his. "'vazhippOkkan sollalaam, oru critic ippadi sollappadaadhu'" 'nnellAm sollalayE. yAr sonnAlum kELvi kEkkaRadhu dhAn. (nAn vItlayE ippallAm silarai vidaRadhillai... vayasAyiduchillaiyA.)
Venkiraja
Haven't you read the jokes/cliches about boyfriend/girlfriend, girlfriend is right, custumber is king etc?
And ennanga modern interpretation? Moonu perum wimps (Sudhish hates wimpy portrayals) on a Vikraman scale - here the problem is not portraying a wimp, at a time la moonu perukkum lined up-aa similar events, similar wimpy reactions, and then a closure Chetan Bhagat would have been proud of. WA comparison ellaam pesave vendaam, adha vidunga - Idhula engerndhu complex unraveling of women, relationships ellaam?
And nayagan sogathula guitar-a eduthu vaasikka aarambikkaraaru, sevuthulayum kadhavulayum Pink Floyd - idhukku namma Sudhish "has an uncompromising vision and confidence to switch from laugh-out-loud comedy to indulgent drama to angst-ridden rock" !!!!
Actually indha padatha paathu pengal offend-aavaangala? :lol2:
Equa
Regarding the point about class , just a guess - i think it may be something personal to him. Based on some experience(s), perhaps... Kindal adikkanum nu sollala, baadhikka patrukkaar nu nenaikkaren
No, haven't seen his films.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Btw, there have been instances where I've also found his rip-apart reviews funny. idhellAm nadakkAma irundhirundhA dhAn criticize paNNanumA enna?Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
+1
"Play each ball on its merit" - objective na appadi oru objective :razz:
Sudhish comet :lol: - indhALai ban paNNungappA for "untimely generation of laughs in the midst of Sr Mgmt meeting, thereby endangering an innocent corporate career" :evil:
appadillAm illai. adhu baattukku adhu, idhu baattukku idhu.Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
I wanted to point out that my afroach to reviews is more superficial.
Of course. Oru indhiya kudimagan...Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
NeengannA neenga illai. I clumping you together all those who have been having blogs since time immemorial and are familiar with world of intense opinion-exchange. adhOda neetchiyA paakkuREn.Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
I don't quite argue, disagree etc. as I tend to do in the Hub. Newspaper-la varradhu ellAm oru distance, disinterest, vandhavarai laabam - maadhiri padippEn.
btw bloggers-turned-hubbers-aiyin, hubbers-turned-bloggers-aiyin reNdu jaadhiyaa piRikka paakkuREn :lol2:
Yeah, when Comet rips apart, it is usually a guilyt pleasure - SiNs, Kisna review ellaam masterpiece in that genre :lol:. Bala - avar baadhikka patta kadhaiya neRaiya avaru blog-la avarE volunteerA ezhudhi irukkAr. But class conflictlaam adhula vandhudhaannu gnaabagam illai...
Internet vambu archivist non-pareil Flau, pliss give link.
//DIGQuote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Nalla velai. I have a big problem with people writing "vandhadhu", "irundhadhu" etc (instead of "vandhuchu"/"vandhudhu") when they write in conversational Tamil. Remba uncomfortable-a feel aagum. Naama ezhudhum podhu, naama ezhudharadhu namma kaadhukku kettu thaane ezhudhuvom. Why does one then use a spelling which doesn't gel with how it is pronounced?
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Neengale light-a slip aayitteenga :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Correspondent: You got into a fight with Alexander Walker, a man who, by the way, you’ve outlived. Other critics have called your films monstrously indecent. Walker was not the first one. So why did you hit tap him on the head, or beat him on the head, with a newspaper. I’m curious. Do you remember what was going on in your mind at the time? Or did you finally have enough of all these critics who were needlessly shitting upon what I think is a remarkable output?
Russell: Well, I guess I got tired of him putting me down. When he said, “You change things. We actually see Oliver Reed’s testicles crushed.” And I said, “Excuse me. That’s in your mind.” We don’t see his testicles crushed. Because they weren’t crushed. Only in your dirty little mind, you pig. And so he took exception to that. So I hit him over the head with his own review. Which happened to be a tissue of lies from start to finish. So that was a reason.
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It'd please me to no ends if someone does this to SK...
adhe! paya nEththu dondoo va kadichchu kodhareettaan. oru alpa sandosam :noteeth:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
LMQuote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
:notthatway:
Ezhudharadhu/Ezhudhuradhu != Irundhadhu
:oops: OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Spent Boxing Day watching Koyla. SRK delivers his finest performance ever. This, Swades and to an extent Ram-Jaane are my all time SRK favs.
:oops: ippo dhaan parkuren..
:lol: Agreed. It was very much a Stage Drama/ the recent trend - short movies. Yes, just that it felt like a good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
naan kaambilex-nu ellam sollalaye. interpretation-nu dhaan sonnenQuote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Precisely, I liked it better than DCH.
aaf kors not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
indha padatha egoobitha oogobitha-nu ellam sollaleeng.. just that it was a good timepass movie.. ;)
Pyaar ka punchanamam was pure torchal. And it had ugly gEls too. Waste of the time.
Watched 7KM on the flight back. Mudiayalai :-( innum manja boots mattum paarkkalai. Very very worst year for Bolly I thing.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara :clap: Kadi'ya irukkumnu ninachaen, but the movie was good.
Hrithik should do action oriented movies, but not like Krish
Hulla
Lovely film :clap:
Karthika Rane :slurp:
innum konjam complex-A explore paNNi irukkalaam.
anga inga acting sumArA irunch, found the dream-scene slightly overdone and predictable. But otherwise lovely.
Jaideep Varma, yaaruppA nee?
Jaideep Varma - script writer for Kashyapar and Varma kalai I think
Last I watched was ZNMD. It was a good movie with a much better message about life. the performances from the Star Cast was also good. Taught valuable lesson about life to let go.
Watched Agneepath
For those who have watched the original, don't expect many punchy dialogues. The plot this time round is more straightforward as there's less twists. This probably is due to the director expecting the audience to have seen the original. Just like the original, every character, old or new, is author-backed and leaves an impression, though this film is more character driven compared to the original where Ambitabh Ji's character stole most of the limelight.
When I saw the promos on air, I didn't feel intrigued and furthermore the item number kinda made me lose further interest. One point which made me highly detest the first promo was the cheap "Uncle Fester" look of Sanjay Dutt. When the audio released, I didn't listen to songs properly and was more so annoyed than bored of "Chikni Chameli" constantly being played on whatever channel I tuned into.
I saw the film today and completely take back my wrong perception of Sanjay Dutt, for me he was the man of the match and I can't stop listening to the songs, especially "O Saiyyan". Ajay-Atul :clap:
Villains are back in fashion, first Neil Nitin Mukesh showed his excellence in Players and now Sanjay Dutt becomes a synonym for the new menace on the block as "Kancha Cheena". Rishi Kapoor is class to watch in a role never performed by him and Hrithik counteracts these two veterans at every step, he doesn't go OTT and still manages to sink into the character, delivering more of a subtle yet power packed performance.
Overall verdict: 3.5/5
Didnt know where to post..
Shahrukh Khan reportedly assaulted Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder at the success party of Agneepath early morning today
And these were the tweets that followed..
"I don't get it. Jaan-E-Mann was years ago. Why now?" - Shirish Kunder
Shirish Kunder said something about Ra.One. In Response SRK MaRa.One
Breaking! TheHindu edited thr commercial & removed 'What is the pet name of hrithik roshan?' 2 'Who is Farah Khan's husband?'
After two back to back duds, Shirish Kunder finally has a Hit. Congrats. You have arrived!
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Sharad Pawar. Now, Shirish Kunder. I see a pattern here. In the first name of those who get Shlapped.
watched kaminey...
engaging, but not so great...
edho nalla irukkura madhiri irundhuchu... ennanu kurippa solla mudiyala...
priyanka looks were average to bad... avangalalaala adha thookkittu avlo easya nadakka mudila...
music was good... never knew the tan-ta-daan song was from this movie... whata composition...
Ek Main Aur Ek tuu :thumbsup: KAreena does another Geet :) but she did well..
Force-marana mokkai..too many changes to the original script..And John walking around with singlets and tattoos..WTF..:banghead: And i suspect the director is gay bcos he was so into Johnny's physique..
Watched Mausam some days befor...padam paarthittu rendu naal thoongala..
Ena feelings uu... chanceless..:clap: :clap:
Kahaani - sakkath! :clap:
I still don't know if this one's lifted from English/world cinema, but rarely do we get to see thrillers like these in indhi cinema (or for that matter, even Indian cinema).
Super neat writing (tie-ups, reconcilliations ellaam fall in place nicely), sub-plots handled beautifully, fantastic performances and skilfully put together as a film.
oththukkarEn, VBalan is appatakkar in the making! :clap:
Kahaani..
Agmark Thriller with no loose ends left.
What was more interesting was, no punjent masala, no songs, no comedy, no free shows, no item songs....Refreshing I should say. Directors who feel all of the above are "MUST" for an over all entertainer...please spare sometime to check out this movie.
Never a movie has given me a complete "reading experience" ......this gives it...Well almost...
when there is a theme like this, WHO NEEDS HEROES and their stardom :huh: ... Who needs their entry songs, dumb duets and punch dialogues. :bored:
"Vidhya balan" ... Way to go woman!
Has any one seen the film Trishna? any good ?
Kahaani
One word, CLASSIC. A film that doesn't need to be judged over a period of time. A must for all :clap:
Durga Maa :bow:
Sunil,
That durga maa add-on was extra bit to capture the sentimental side of indian audience. I think movie could have pulled without that. Anyway, if not for durga...some procession is good enough too....dir wanted to end with a "Durga note", alright the female power or whatever. :)
just my opnion.