No spoilers - read on!
Somehow, I never had very high expectations from Fanaa even though it starred the most choosy of stars. The promos, previews, etc never did the trick for me, and never aroused a strong desire to go watch the movie. It seemed to be a regular run-of-the-mill senti Yashraj film... And it was only the compulsive-Hindi-cinema-freak obligation that made me cave in. Well, I was not disappointed... actually, frustrated would be a more apt word!
Dont take me wrong here... I think that with some luck, Fanaa may turn out to be a hit. If movies like Raja Hindustani, Raam Teri Ganga Maili, etc can be huge superhits, then anything is possible in Indian cinema. Like every Hindi movie, Fanaa too, would appeal to a fair share of people... but unfortunately, I am not one of them.
In this age of modern slick movie-making, Fanaa takes you back some 10-15 years with unrealistic dialogues, melodramatic background music, over-dramatized scenes, predictable twists, side actors breaking into coordinated dance sequences at lip-synched ill-timed songs, horrendous horrendous make-up (what were they thinking), patchy ugly editing, numerous unacceptable scripting errors, and the worst of all -unbearable, intolerable SENTI! (whew!)
I have to resist a very strong temptation to take apart the whole storyline, and also publish a long, long list of indigestible mistakes... but I guess I will hold off for a while, in the interest of people who may not have yet seen the movie and are still planning to (God bless them!). A separate post will follow in a few days about that. So, the obvious question is - Was there anything good about the movie? Answer - Umm, well (scratching my head) ... only thing I can think of is - well, nothing!
[Update : I could not hold on to myself for much longer... so here is the detailed version of the review (with spoilers and bloopers)... I hope you enjoy it!]
Somehow, I never had very high expectations from Fanaa even though it starred the most choosy of stars. The promos, previews, etc never did the trick for me, and never aroused a strong desire to go watch the movie. It seemed to be a regular run-of-the-mill senti Yashraj film... And it was only the compulsive-Hindi-cinema-freak obligation that made me cave in. Well, I was not disappointed... actually, frustrated would be a more apt word!
Dont take me wrong here... I think that with some luck, Fanaa may turn out to be a hit. If movies like Raja Hindustani, Raam Teri Ganga Maili, etc can be huge superhits, then anything is possible in Indian cinema. Like every Hindi movie, Fanaa too, would appeal to a fair share of people... but unfortunately, I am not one of them.
In this age of modern slick movie-making, Fanaa takes you back some 10-15 years with unrealistic dialogues, melodramatic background music, over-dramatized scenes, predictable twists, side actors breaking into coordinated dance sequences at lip-synched ill-timed songs, horrendous horrendous make-up (what were they thinking), patchy ugly editing, numerous unacceptable scripting errors, and the worst of all -unbearable, intolerable SENTI! (whew!)
I have to resist a very strong temptation to take apart the whole storyline, and also publish a long, long list of indigestible mistakes... but I guess I will hold off for a while, in the interest of people who may not have yet seen the movie and are still planning to (God bless them!). A separate post will follow in a few days about that. So, the obvious question is - Was there anything good about the movie? Answer - Umm, well (scratching my head) ... only thing I can think of is - well, nothing!
[Update : I could not hold on to myself for much longer... so here is the detailed version of the review (with spoilers and bloopers)... I hope you enjoy it!]
10 comments:
dude.. cant u wait to publish your comment on a movie for a day or two..i got my ticktes fom tomm..but i dun feel like wacchin it now...since u have made ur criticism so dramatic.... or may be i shud thank u for saving 2 1/2 hours of my life...
@Tulsi, that's why I have not mentioned anything about the plot or script.. and I would suggest you watch it. I guess, even I would have ended up watching it in spite of the harshest of criticisms
Also, there's nothing to suggest that you would not like the movie. You might actually like it... you never know. If you like senti movies and all you might turn out loving it
Nothing good? C'mon dude. Don't hide it from us all. Weren't you ogling at Kajol's cleavage in a last ditch effort to get some bang (ahem) for your buck?
hahah The cleavage afterall, wasn't lost..... I desperately wanted it be good and how they skillfully spoiled it... your description is apt though :-)
dude..just could not wait to tell u....am goin for the england v sweden match on the 20th June to Cologne...finally getting a chance to see Beckham in all his glory...
@Prakriti - Lolzzz. You caught me on that one :) Maybe I should have scratched (my head) a little more
@Tony - Haha... totally. I will be following up with another post soon :)
@Tulsi - Awesome... and dont waste this chance on beckham... there will be much better players on the field... lampard, gerrard, larsson, ibrahimovic, ljungberg... go see them in action
Shabbash !! 100% agree ! vot a disastrous waste of a movie. As for Kajol's cleavage - yes ! big + factor no doubt, but then come on ! there's so much more available and that too in movies that are far, far less hyped, have absolutely no pretenses in being what they are.
Thanks for commenting on my blog and I'm linking you up on my blogroll.
thank god i'm not the only one who feels this way! :)
I know! I'll wait to read the exclusive flaw post. I shouldnt be so critical, its damned difficult to make a movie. But THIS was the guy who represented india at the oscars,so we'd have expected more perfection from people around him... he he!
@Bombay Addict - Thanks for the blogroll. And to speak the truth, I didnt notice much cleavage too... must be on one of the few occasions when I nodded off to sleep in between
@ Rums - Feelings are totally mutual :) Thanks for dropping by!
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