Royal Tenenbaums
Dr. Jai Maharaj
> Just saw Royal Tenenbaums. What a crap movie. Sort of
> like a Hindi Art movies. Mostly made for the director to
> show how smart he his, how sensitive he is, how symbolic
> he is etc etc.
>
> Shishir Yerramilli should see this if he thinks Lamhe was
> the product of a sick mind. (FWIW, I don't think either
> movie was the product of a sick mind)
>
> Posted here cause it was recommended here - don't
> remember by who.
> - "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com>
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"Bezwada Ramudu" <b...@msn.com> wrote:
> "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Just saw Royal Tenenbaums. What a crap movie.
>> Sort of like a Hindi Art movies. Mostly made for the
>> director to show how smart he his, how sensitive he is,
>> how symbolic he is etc etc.
>
> Crap movie? Damn, Hindi art movies are nothing like Royal
> Tenebaums. Even "art" movies are not all alike. To
> compare this to a Shyam Benegal type movie or some other
> Indian art movie, you are showing your ignorance. Some of
> the Indian art movies are good in their own right, but
> have NOTHING in common with Royal Tennenbaums. Your
> typical bollywood blockbuster can't even match the vivid
> colors scheme, the music score, and the postproduction
> involved in an "art" movie like Royal Tenenbaums. It not
> as mainstream as Rushmore(made by the same people), but
> it is a pretty decent movie. The use of music and the art
> design in the movie was very good.
> - "Bezwada Ramudu" <b...@msn.com>
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"Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bezwada Ramudu wrote:
>> "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:bdn6b4$uniev$1...@ID-27262.news.dfncis.de...
>>
>>> Just saw Royal Tenenbaums. What a crap movie.
>>> Sort of like a Hindi Art movies. Mostly made for the director
>>> to show how smart he his, how sensitive he is, how symbolic
>>> he is etc etc.
>>>
>>
>> Crap movie? Damn, Hindi art movies are nothing like Royal Tenebaums.
>
> Thank god for that.
>
>> Even "art" movies are not all alike. To compare this to a Shyam
>> Benegal type movie or some other Indian art movie, you are showing
>> your ignorance.
>> Some of the Indian art movies are good in their own
>> right,
>
> Actually I feel most of them are crap like the Royal Tenenbaums.
> Showing lot of camera angles, lot of symbolisms etc.
>
>> but have NOTHING in common with Royal Tennenbaums.
>
>> Your typical bollywood blockbuster can't even match the vivid colors
>> scheme, the music score, and the postproduction involved in an "art"
>> movie like Royal Tenenbaums.
>
> You must be Hollywood's answer to Habshi.
>
>> It not as mainstream as Rushmore(made by
>> the same people), but it is a pretty decent movie.
>
>> The use of music and the art design in the movie was very good.
>
> Who the f* cares - the movie was an exercise in pointlessness.
> - "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com>
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"Loony Tunes" <kamesh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:bdn6b4$uniev$1...@ID-27262.news.dfncis.de...
> > Just saw Royal Tenenbaums. What a crap movie.
> > Sort of like a Hindi Art movies. Mostly made for the director
> > to show how smart he his, how sensitive he is, how symbolic
> > he is etc etc.
>
> I thought the Royal Tennenbaums was downright silly, but watchable. There's
> little point rating such movies. Another movie with an impressive star cast
> but is downright silly is "The Rat Race". Both are watchable and that's all
> there's to them.
>
> -k
> - "Loony Tunes" <kamesh...@yahoo.com>
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"Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Raghu Jetley wrote:
> > Just saw Royal Tenenbaums. What a crap movie.
> > Sort of like a Hindi Art movies. Mostly made for the director
> > to show how smart he his, how sensitive he is, how symbolic
> > he is etc etc.
> >
> > Shishir Yerramilli should see this if he thinks Lamhe was the
> > product of a sick mind. (FWIW, I don't think either movie was the
> > product of a sick mind)
> >
> > Posted here cause it was recommended here - don't remember
> > by who.
>
> 2 desi references in the movie.
> They have an Indian housekeeper called Pagoda - who originally
> was an assasin in Calcutta - how stupid is that.
> There is also a Tennis player called Gandhi who beats one
> of the brothers in a Tennis match.
>
> How stupid/cliched can the names be
> 1) Pagoda - isn't that a type of Buddist temple
> 2) Gandhi - you can't get more cliched than that - atleast
> they spelt it right.
>
> Plus this Pagoda chap once knife's Gene Hackman for no
> reason & then treats him - must be some deep symbolism
> there - but I didn't get it.
> - "Raghu Jetley" <jraghu...@yahoo.com>
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