- They are one bunch of emotional exploiters who make money on your emotions.
- They make people show off their bodies, to make a rush of audience to theatres.
- They make meaningless scenes just to bring the glamor factor into the film.
- Some songs, are utterly meaningless and do not go with the film's storyline. [I even wonder why there are songs even. People do not sing songs when they fell in love, in real life. And I am talking about the all-orchestrated-instrument-included muZic. Not our [my!] out of tune songs.[?]]
- They make some very 'wonderful' stunt scenes, which for a normal human being, is IMPOSSIBLE. [Thanks to them, Special Effects, is an industry now] Some defy all the sciences yet "discovered" by man. [God knows if they have already discovered "easy paranormal ways to fight" and are hiding it from us, the lesser mortals.]
- Most start off with a guy and a gal, [Either guy is poor or the gal] falling in love, and then, the saga goes on, to the very cruel father in law, or watever, who tries stopping them. With some dances, songs, emo dramas, and some vulgar body shows being "thirukikayattaled" into it, the story ends on the same note, always! They get married and live happily ever-after. [Man!! Get a life and be practical at least for a while will you! If that was the case, loads more of love marriages would have happened in the past. ]
- Some very poor people, suddenly go to Holland, Singapore, Florida, Switz etc and dance around those places, throughout a song. And right after the song is over, they are back to normal, the very old poor things.
- 3rd rate jokes, with double meanings and stupid 'catchy' lines.
And watching it in the theatre, is yet another nightmare for me.
- The long queues just for a small piece of paper. [OK, they call it the ticket.]
- The pest infected seats that give you a good time throughout the film screening.
- Those idiots, who come in and go out every once in a while, just to make sure that it is still daylight outside.
- And then, the rush at the end to leave, where guys with 'nerve disorders' come into the rush just to find if the gals are in good health.
For both these, I found some very wonderful solutions.
- Watch movies after a year or so, after they come out. Only the real ones, stay put in people's minds by that time.
- Get reviews from a lot of people. A lot, can not be wrong.
- Watch it at home. If you miss popcorn, buy a packet and have it while you watch.
- And finally, try liking films. :(
3 comments:
I think you are getting an overdose of Bollywood. :D There are some truly great movies too. I urge you to watch 'em. On a more practical note, people enjoy masala movies (movies that are not true reflections of life) for a temporary respite from the harsh realities of life. In fact, masala is nothing but their far-fetched fantasies coming true, even if enacted by someone on celluloid. People accept fantasy and enjoy it because of the "willing suspension of disbelief" as Coleridge puts it.
But I agree with you on the movie hall experience. Safety pin is known to cure nerve disorders.:D
heheh.. :D
Well, I only wanted to bring home the reasons why I do not watch much films. And that does not mean I dont watch films at all. Just the ones that stand the test of time. :) And I have seen people who are so engrossed in those so called "masala movies" that they forget to live their life. Fantasies or not, it s real life that they gotta live.
Btw, one unsaid reason :- Most of the time, I end up having a fight with those people with 'nerve disorders' or blind eyes to rules. So, dad is also against me going for films. :D He says he cant manage me. :D
It is all fantasy dear. Movies ARE about that. Main stream movie means fiction, and anything can happen in fiction. The quality depends on how all the things are put together including glamour and story. And not all movies "plotless". Yes, some arwe there though.
If there is no glamour quotient, there is no movie. Movie hall expreience is true though :)
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