Two decent movies in a month isn't bad at all. Vinod and I had gone to watch the movie, Namesake by Mira Nair, but being the lastminute.com we are, we didn't check the name of the theatre properly and ended up in the wrong one. So we decided to check on Will Smith's 'Pursuit of Happyness'. Well paced and intense. Some of the incidents and dialogues in the movie reminded so much about some of my experiences!
Water wasn't bad either. A bit artificial, especially when the lead roles come together. Definitely not a great movie, but compared to all the masala that comes out in Hindi feature films, these kind of movies are a relief. At the least, these days we have decent theatres (bit pricey though) to sit and enjoy these movies. Whether we have excellent infrastructure in terms of movie theatre or not, certain things haven't changed at all. Loud talking, continuous ringing of mobile phones etc. It is so annoying. One of those OTS moments!!
We might be able to change the infrastructure, but not the mindset of people!Probably this is one reason why I miss the movie going experiences in Europe.
Cochin © GP 2007
Cochin © GP 2007
2 comments:
Even knowing the story that Deepa Mehta had to pack her bags to Sri Lanka and had to recast and resume the shooting there, the movie was an eyesore seeing so many coconut trees in the background, while the movie is going on in Varanasi! MIght have worked with the western audience, not with me..in any case, i appreciate her courage to pursue the idea of shooting.
have you ever had the collective movie-watching experience so common in our local theatres not so long ago.waiting in serpentine queues ,outside ,in the scorching heat, the rickety chairs & all prevading beedi smoke the catcalls,the applause esp.rajinikant starrers,the endless supply of peanut cones.....
when the entire audience held their collective breath & noisily thrashed the villian...
and the dialogues carried beyond the theatre walls....
GP, hasn't a/cs & multiplexes robbed us of that uniqueness?
European experience? so tame and lack-lustre in comparision
-Anonymous
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