Bollywood movies kinda suck

[Kaleva]

Watched "Border" last night and it was a combination blood and guts war movie and musical. Picture George C. Scott doing Fred Astaire song and dance routines in the movie "Patton" and you'll know what I'm talking about.

The movie is based on a real battle that took place in the 1971 war between India and Pakistan:

"The movie is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala fought in Rajasthan (Western Theatre) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Bangladesh Liberation War. It is about how a band of 120 soldiers of the Punjab regiment of the Indian Army headed by Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri successfully defended their post all night against a whole Tank regiment of the Pakistani Army, until assistance came from the Indian Air Force the next morning. The film was a critical and commercial hit in India."

Now here's a couple of awards the movie, which was a blockbuster hit in India, won:

"Won: National Film Award for Best Lyrics, India - Javed Akhtar
Won: National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, India - Hariharan For the song "Mere Dushman""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_%281997_film%29

[CBGLuthier]

1. I find nothing in the body of your message to support your heading

In which way, to you, do they suck?

[Kaleva]

2. Well, if you think war movies based on true events & musicals go together..

then it probably wouldn't in your opinion.

[CBGLuthier]

3. You are aware that ALL Bollywood movies are musicals, aren't you?

It has become their dominant form of film making. As for war based musical, some true , some not so much, 1776, South Pacific, Cabaret....

[nolabear]

4. Oh no, they're wonderful!

That's what Bollywood is, a combination of big old dramatic plot, a love story or crime story or Indian version of a chop-sockey film and then suddenly, a dance breaks out! I love it, love it, love it. We were introduced to them years ago by coworkers from India and we'd lounge around making and eating Indian food and loving the drama and color and how much they could convery without the men and women touching one another.

It's an art form all its own, and I think they rock.

[Kaleva]

8. It's gotta be an aquired taste

I found it hard to go from watching soldiers singing and dancing to seeing a head blown off, body parts flying thru the air, and two men on fire bailing out of a tank.

For extra dramatic effect, a couple of the lead characters managed to give a speech before they died after being shot a dozen or so times.

[arcane1]

21. Who is the bigger weirdo, the one who likes Bollywood movies...?

Or the one who creates an account just to tell someone that they are a weirdo?

'Tis an age-old question

[Matariki]

5. "Picture George C. Scott doing Fred Astaire song and dance routines in the movie "Patton""

That's your idea of suckage?

NO, no no. That my friend sounds like pure genius.

[Matariki]

6. Here's some pure Bollywood genius for you...

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[pscot]

14. I lost it completely

when that plump, Shirley McClain look-a-like did the backstroke across the floor. Amazing stuff.

[Archae]

7. I'd like to see any movies in the West do this stuff!

[Orrex]

13. I've been dying for that to come on Netflix since before it premiered in theaters

When, Netflix? When?!?

[JI7]

9. i'm indian and i think Bollywood just Totally Sucks

[Tom Ripley]

10. But that suckiness is the only reason to watch them

[Kaleva]

11. Here's a scene from the movie

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[OriginalGeek]

12. The loony bun is fine, Benny lava

[Kaleva]

16. LOL!

[Codeine]

15. I want to like them, I really do. . .

but they're honestly just awful. I enjoy a number of Indian novelists and short story writers and would love to have the same enthusiasm for Indian movies, but they're such sappy, sentimental, simple-minded nonsense even without the musical aspect.

Maybe there's an Indian film tradition that doesn't follow the goofy Bollywood format; if so I'd love to be pointed toward it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. yes, but so do 95% of hollywood movies

at least the music in bollywood movies is good 95% of the time.

[Skittles]

18. kinda like offshore work in general