Friday, January 02, 2009

3/10 (1 for using a good potential subject. 1 for good casting (esp Kangana Ranawat impressive acting at some of the scenes)) 1 for good music )

To me the opening of movie is very important. That is where it captures my attention and ignites a desire to know further about the film/story. For the first 21 minutes (of a more than 2.5 hrs movie) the only thing that you can conclude is that Priyanka Chopra's character is from Chandigarh and she wants to become a model despite lack of support of family. Talk about bad editing in Hindi movie do you need 21 mins to tell me that?
Probably, the fashion industry is littered with gay man but some of the characters in this movie are so desparately gay that they want to make sure u know they are gay. And by the way every other man is gay in the movie. Was the movie about gay man in fashion industry??
The fate of protagonist is clear and am not sure what I was watching the movie for so I quit half way through...
And talk about struggle which the lead faces, she is frustrated within a week of arriving in Mumbai, but somehow everybody starts helping her and she sky rockets to the cloud 9 of fashion industry. And all this somehow consumed 1.5 hrs of the movie ! disaster.
GHAJNI
2/10 (1 for little acting that Aamir had in the movie and the other for buffing up)
Pros: specified above
Cons:
1. lack of genre of the movie. 3 hrs of hotch potch
2. Pathetic editing as always
3. The fight sequences are shot in a werid south indian style effects where punchs and man-throwing are sped up to create a hazy glazy scene in ur head. (perhaps to induce short-term memory loss)
4. the movie is 3 hrs long where the first half is about this bubbly girl who Aamir wants to revenge for. (think a little bit about Refugee or the remake Criminal and all ur suspense is over) 5. there is no edge of the seat thriller u can relax for the first 1 or 2 hrs and come back in the last hr to find some thrill. (let me know where you found the thrill)

Once again the pathetic condition of Indian cinema makes me sad.
On the happy note 'A Wednesday' is a brilliant movie. (full credit to the newbie writer director Neeraj Pandey)