Tag: Film

I love 3D films!

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I have not always loved 3D films. In fact, I have always managed to avoid them for 2 main reasons: 

(i) Since I wear spectacles, it is very uncomfortable to wear the 3D glasses.

(ii) The thought of wearing glasses which countless others have worn before me makes me squeamish.

But all this has changed. Thanks to some hand sanitizer for the 3D glasses (my niece’s idea), and Big Cinemas‘ comfortable 3D glasses, I finally watched a film in 3D—Shrek The Final Chapter.

And what a movie! I can barely remember the storyline and not even a single dialogue, but I can remember every single 3D effect, which was enhanced by the really big screen at Imax (in Wadala, Mumbai).

Right from the opening scene with the horses riding towards you till the end with Shrek and Fiona’s kiss—it was one memorable 3D effect after another all the way.

Suddenly, the word ‘perspective’, has an entirely new meaning for me. 🙂

The doubly inspired ‘Rajneeti’

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 Rajneeti…—an intense course in ancient Hindi. If d film is a bouncer just remember Godfather and put things in perspective…

I received this text message from my friend Shalini, who watched the film the day it released.

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The Godfather angle was a new one, as all reviews and speculations about Rajneeti was that it was based on the Mahabharata.

Now I had to see this doubly inspired film. So off I went to see Rajneeti.

And…?

 

The first half was well-paced, had some strong  characterisation, and kept me hooked. All this of course changed in the second half. It was downhill all the way, particularly the dialogues.

In fact, I would say that the dialogues are the biggest drawback of the film. I did not have a problem with ‘ancient hindi’, as Shalini had, as it fitted in well with the geographical area that the film is based in. My problem was that the dialogues did not match the character who spoke them. For example, Katrina Kaif’s character suddenly changes from speaking ‘regular Hindi’ to ‘ancient Hindi’.

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The Poetry of Kites – The film

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Poor Kites. The film, that is. The way reviewers have mauled the movie has been savage.

I’ll probably be lynched by a quite a few people and disowned by many of my friends when I say that I quite liked Kites.

It is not like the film is flawless. On the contrary, it is full of them—patchy story line, half-baked characterisation, overacting, underacting, … You must have read the reviews or seen the film to know what I am talking about.

But, in spite of the flaws, it has a redeeming quality that no one can ignore—the beautiful cinematography by Ayanaka Bose. It is sheer poetry.

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