This is my third post on this movie, after one that dealt specifically with the worst bits of propaganda in it, and my general No Spoilers review. And now I will dig into the details of the plot. Feel free to read this even if you haven’t seen the movie, it’s a familiar story so there’s no big surprises.
Continue readingWell, I saw it! Despite freezing temperatures, far theaters, and not being particularly interested in the film. And it was not very good. Oh, and MKP just gave me a link to an interview with Krrish!!!! Which points to the same things I noticed, so I wasn’t imagining them. Interview here: https://amp.scroll.in/reel/910912/kangana-ranaut-wanted-everything-to-herself-manikarnika-co-director-says-in-tell-all-interview?__twitter_impression=true
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I successfully saw Manikarnika last night! And then was up way too late doing my first post on it. And now have woken up way too early. Hopefully I will manage to go back to sleep.
Continue readingI’ll do my usual actual reviews, but before I get into the themes and style and blah blah, I want to pull out separately the three elements that struck me as particularly dangerously egregiously in support of the extremist religious community in India.
Continue readingThis is a repeat from August for Independence Day, but it is a really really good post, and I checked my views for the original and they weren’t THAT high. So I am repeating!
Continue readingThe simple answer is to just not drive for the next few days until it gets above freezing again. But I want to see Manikarnika tonight, so that’s not a good plan. Any other ideas?
Continue readingThis is just disturbing!!! It’s like watching some sort of Salman Ken doll go through the motions, that is how plastic his face looks.
Continue readingWell, this was a hard watch! That kind of thoughtless unmeaning hurt that happens all the time every day and there is no way around it. I am so glad I watched this first thing in the morning so I didn’t have to try to sleep with all that unpleasantness in my head! Oh, and it was also a very well-made and acted and filmed and written movie.
Continue readingWell, Angie was right, this was terrible. The hero is always always right, against all logic of any kind. Or any sense of the realities of the world.
Continue readingBollywoodhungama comes through again! Two really good clear graphics to help us understand what is happening at the Indian box office.
Continue readingWhat a lovely thing to wake up to! I had a really bad day yesterday, no particular reason, and then I woke up this morning to have these two lovely videos waiting to cheer me up and start the day off right.
Continue readingNot usual to do a news post on a Wednesday night, but I just could not resist the Manikarnika story. You know how addictive I find that whole disastrous soap opera.
Continue readingKoode! Such a beautiful movie, and such a sad and then hopeful movie. I hope a lot of you saw it so we can discuss it here, and also just because it is worth seeing.
Continue readingI never listen to these (too agonizing hearing your own voice), but my memory is that I was exhausted and hyper and babbling all at the same time. So be prepared for some word mistakes and general confusing sentences.
Continue readingThis suddenly occurred to me while showering, and we’ve still got 7 days before I close voting, so why not add another category? Oh, and if you haven’t voted in all the other categories yet, you still have time, you can find them all here.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! This is the place to talk about how we are spending this very very snowy week. Or at least, snowy where I am.
Continue readingHuh! Really interesting week. The global markets are very unaligned, which is always worth a discussion. (as always, figures from bollywoodhungama)
Continue readingWell, I’ve now moved out of the “genre recommendations” arena and into straight “what are fun tropes to list off”. But hey, I have to do something to kill time while all these patriotic movies I refuse to watch are releasing. Oh, and this post is littered with illegal youtube videos, so watch them FAST FAST FAST before they get pulled.
Continue readingWell, Ranveer’s version came out today. Version plus video. And I’m just gonna put it out there, I like the original better.
Continue readingWeird full moon night here, one of those evenings when everything is just a bit strange. For instance, I spent 5 minutes in a traffic tangle in a parking lot that was finally resolved when I backed up onto a sidewalk so two other cars could get out. Anyway, I am finally home and tired and I am going to spoil myself by writing a movie that has been bouncing around in my head since I got lost down a George Hamilton wikipedia hole this afternoon.
Continue readingI sincerely recommended 30 separate movies about Indian history. This is the silly version, when I try to tie together the entire history of the subcontinent in 10 films. And only use films I haven’t listed in any of the other posts. Be warned, none of this films are exactly “historically” “accurate”.
Continue readingEither there is always a lot of news on Mondays, or I am always catching up on all the news I missed over the weekend. Either way, here is a post!
Continue readingHappy Monday! Which is also, in America, Martin Luther King day. But I still have to work. Distract me from my misery!
Continue readingThe history streak continues!!!! This time, focused on that early 1900s era right before independence. And I am pretty sure I can come up with a whole other 10 films. Also, prepare yourself for a whole lot of versions of “Rang De Basanti” (yes, according to contemporary accounts, Bhagat Singh did sing it while preparing to be hung) and “Vande Mataram”.
Continue readingTotally did not plan to have this movie re-reviewed the same week as Magadheera! But didn’t that all work out nicely?
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