This is the funniest, slickest Hindi movie I've seen. It is what I hope Bollywood is changing to. This film gives me hope for Indian movies in the international scene. The dialogue, the acting, the plot, and the asides were all meticulously crafted. I haven't been this more thoroughly and cerebrally amused by a movie, let alone a Hindi movie, in a while! Yes, some of it was predictable, but what movie doesn't borrow from predecessors (Or Tarantino?)? I particularly liked the voiced-over thoughts for Puneet (Arshad Warsi) and Agni (Sandhya Mridul). Gangubai (Pratima Kazmi) was a hoot; Mahima's cameo fantastic. And the music -- what a refreshing change. Besides the My Name is ... song, everything else is beautifully fitting. A side note: it's unusual to find a short-haired heroine in a Hindi film and that, too, was striking.
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Shadow of the Vampire
(2000)
blew me away
23 January 2001
This has got to be the pinnacle of movie making genius. Anyone even remotely interested in suspense, film making, vampires, German Expressionism, or simply in being entertained should make it a point to see this challenging, evocative, thought-provoking and funny film.
Reviewers I've read seemed outraged at the liberties the film took with the premise of Nosferatu. I thought it was an imaginative and extremely compelling take.
John Malkovich, as always, is brilliant, but nothing prepared me for how scintillating Willem Dafoe's Schreck was. The man is amazing.
I'm taking my friends to see it this weekend!
Reviewers I've read seemed outraged at the liberties the film took with the premise of Nosferatu. I thought it was an imaginative and extremely compelling take.
John Malkovich, as always, is brilliant, but nothing prepared me for how scintillating Willem Dafoe's Schreck was. The man is amazing.
I'm taking my friends to see it this weekend!
The First Wives Club
(1996)
yuck!
23 January 2001
Perhaps I shouldn't have read the book first. Or perhaps it's a good thing I did, else I would have blamed Olivia Goldsmith for this vacuous, vapid, vile movie, and she doesn't deserve it.
The film should have been called something else; it doesn't deserve to bask in the book's praise. Where are the issues of self-image, age, mental illness, abuse, reconciliation, motherhood, and strength that Goldsmith's Annie, Elise, Brenda and Cynthia deal with? Instead of seeing these topical themes unfurl, the viewer is saddled with the enactment of inanity, vanity, and greed by the three filmic "heroines".
Do yourself a favour: avoid the movie. *Especially* if you've read the book.
The film should have been called something else; it doesn't deserve to bask in the book's praise. Where are the issues of self-image, age, mental illness, abuse, reconciliation, motherhood, and strength that Goldsmith's Annie, Elise, Brenda and Cynthia deal with? Instead of seeing these topical themes unfurl, the viewer is saddled with the enactment of inanity, vanity, and greed by the three filmic "heroines".
Do yourself a favour: avoid the movie. *Especially* if you've read the book.
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