Ranvir Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sholay is great, a movie I watched several times in my childhood but it is just a Western copy. The culture depicted belongs in 1850s California not 1970s Uttar Pradesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Mariyam said: Aside of Schindler's list and Fault in our stars, don't think I've been emotionally invested in any Hollywood movie. Anyone else feel the same? A good movie is a good movie respective of where it is made. Human emotions can come across through any medium to make you connect with the film. Try the below films (based on my understanding of what you would like) to see if anything changes: * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (a French musical. Many Bollywood films have been inspired from it including Julie) * Life is a Beautiful (Italian. A Jewish father walks this son through a concentration camp, making it appear like a game. There was a Saif Ali Khan movie like that where he was a race car driver) * City Lights (Silent movie starring Charlie Chaplin. A quest for love. A bit like Sadma but with a different twist and comedy blended in) * Bicycle Thief (Italian. Do Bigha Zameen) * The Mad Fox (Japanese. Animals can take human forms and fall in love with humans too but ...) Ankit_sharma03 and Mariyam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Mariyam said: I don't know which version of jaws it was, but I couldn't see it beyond 20-30 mins. PS The original Jaws directed by Spielberg is the best one. Other parts are cheesy versions that may not have aged well. In the first film, the shark only comes (or more precisely is shown fully) towards the end. More time is spent to introduce the characters, convenience the town, which relies on tourists and wants to get the most $$$ out of the holiday season, of the threat (dealing with politics), the emotions, and eventually forming the team for the mission. Some of the time on the boat is spent on camaraderie as well before the confrontation with the shark. Edited March 2, 2021 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 PPS https://mafilm.org/2010/09/20/10-reasons-jaws-might-be-the-best-film-ever-made/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, zen said: PS The original Jaws directed by Spielberg is the best one. Other parts are cheesy versions that may not have aged well. In the first film, the shark only comes (or more precisely is shown fully) towards the end. More time is spent to introduce the characters, convenience the town, which relies on tourists and wants to get the most $$$ out of the holiday season, of the threat (dealing with politics), the emotions, and eventually forming the team for the mission. Some of the time on the boat is spent on camaraderie as well before the confrontation with the shark. It probably wasn't this one. Maybe Jaws 2 or 3. There was hardly any character build up. Its difficult to feel bad for a character who gets devoured by a shark if you've introduced him just 3 mins before his demise. Thanks for the recommendation. Shall try and watch Jaws 1. Edited March 3, 2021 by Mariyam zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 @Khota Fault in our stars is not a chic flick. Think you are mistaking it for some other movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 18 minutes ago, Mariyam said: It probably wasn't this one. Maybe Jaws 2 or 3. There was hardly any character build up. Its difficult to feel bad for a character who gets devoured by a shark if you've introduced him just 3 mins before his demise. Thanks for the recommendation. Shall try and watch Jaws 1. Actually, I have not been able to finish any, All the shark horror movies have limited set of screen play and scenarios coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Mariyam said: It probably wasn't this one. Maybe Jaws 2 or 3. There was hardly any character build up. Its difficult to feel bad for a character who gets devoured by a shark if you've introduced him just 3 mins before his demise. Thanks for the recommendation. Shall try and watch Jaws 1. Jaws was restored in 2012 for Blu-ray and recently again (mainly using the 2012 transfer iirc) for UHD so it also looks good too Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Mariyam said: @Khota Fault in our stars is not a chic flick. Think you are mistaking it for some other movie. Never watched it and never will. I think it is but to give it credit I did like one of the songs out of it. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 @Mariyam Not as good as Tan Tana Tan tan but stil she can sing pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 hours ago, mishra said: Actually, I have not been able to finish any, All the shark horror movies have limited set of screen play and scenarios Agree, highly overrated. I have watched only the first one in a theatre, rest all snippets. The original was ordinary, not much of emotional content , boring in the middle. Plus the main character is a chicken. Only appreciate Shaw who dies. Climax is thrilling, you can sleep through the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Agree, highly overrated. I have watched only the first one in a theatre, rest all snippets. The original was ordinary, not much of emotional content , boring in the middle. Plus the main character is a chicken. Only appreciate Shaw who dies. Climax is thrilling, you can sleep through the rest. Disagree. I could not put the book down and movie was equally good. zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Khota said: Disagree. I could not put the book down and movie was equally good. watched it a long time ago, I remember what I felt. Have to watch it again, but the subject matter doesn’t enthuse re-watches. Aliens , first two. Is much more thrilling from start to finish and is a better horror movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: watched it a long time ago, I remember what I felt. Have to watch it again, but the subject matter doesn’t enthuse re-watches. Aliens , first two. Is much more thrilling from start to finish and is a better horror movie. Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) in Alien is a masterpiece/ Very few movies are that good. And talk about a god looking actress, she is hot. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Jaws may have touched upon horror when it was released but now it feels more like a seafaring adventure film ... there are not too many such good seafaring adventure films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Jaws final face off (spoilers) Khota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Del Edited July 17, 2021 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevada Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 11:18 AM, Mariyam said: Sholay is a standout because its one of the very few films remembered for/by its villain also. Gabbar Singh. The only other movie that comes to mind is Mr. India with Mogambo. Could count Agnipath too, but commercially it wasn't as successful. Yeh post dekh kar "Mogambo khush hua"! Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevada Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 11:57 AM, Mariyam said: Somehow, I don't recollect much of the Hollywood movies that I see. Nor am I able to associate much with them. There would be a 100 Bollywood movies where I'd have felt very bad for a certain character or in extreme cases even shed a few tears. Somehow, even the good/commercially sucessful Hollywood movies do not leave any impact. I don't know which version of jaws it was, but I couldn't see it beyond 20-30 mins. Ditto Godfather. Don't get the hype. Couldn't watch it in one sitting. Even the book was so so. Aside of Schindler's list and Fault in our stars, don't think I've been emotionally invested in any Hollywood movie. Anyone else feel the same? Same here. Hollywood doesn't seem to have the emotional connect of Indian movies. Maybe it's the language, cultural differences and difference in general outlook towards life. One Hollywood movie I felt sad after watching is "The Wild bunch". It is a 50+ year old cowboy movie directed by maverick director Sam Peckinpah, who is considered the Godfather of showing bloody, ghastly violent scenes. Before him, cowboys would shoot out and drop dead without shedding a drop of blood. Peckinpah changed all that with over the top violence. Directors like Quentin Tarantino have adopted a similar violent style in their movies. His Django Unchained is an orgy of violence reminiscent of the Peckinpah movies. Amidst all the violence, Wild Bunch is a story about an honest reflection about a failed, outdated way of life and a tale of redemption of even the most incorrigible, irredeemable characters. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 11:15 PM, zen said: A good movie is a good movie respective of where it is made. Human emotions can come across through any medium to make you connect with the film. Try the below films (based on my understanding of what you would like) to see if anything changes: * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (a French musical. Many Bollywood films have been inspired from it including Julie) * Life is a Beautiful (Italian. A Jewish father walks this son through a concentration camp, making it appear like a game. There was a Saif Ali Khan movie like that where he was a race car driver) * City Lights (Silent movie starring Charlie Chaplin. A quest for love. A bit like Sadma but with a different twist and comedy blended in) * Bicycle Thief (Italian. Do Bigha Zameen) * The Mad Fox (Japanese. Animals can take human forms and fall in love with humans too but ...) Tara rum pum? Theres no similarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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