tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post114417295519684699..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Movie-hall rant, and Brokeback MountainJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144740511976182352006-04-11T12:58:00.000+05:302006-04-11T12:58:00.000+05:30you remember the song "it happens only in india" ....you remember the song "it happens only in india" ...well yeah what u r sayin here happens only in india.....i was watching "being cyrus" on sunday at a good multiplex in madras...a woman had a crisis bout having all her family (8 of em) to sit together and we were on her way...mfing bitch called eveybody from the theatre boy to the manager to make sure that they get it done right...fuking bitch screwed us for like half hour of the movie and the movie aint even long...<BR/>another time i had a bastard who was snoring throught "crash" because (i am guessing here) he probably doesn't have an AC back home. i guess he took the movie name literally. ...this shud be made a crime....issue death penalty for crackheads like these.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144495366540138142006-04-08T16:52:00.000+05:302006-04-08T16:52:00.000+05:30No I am not. I usually go for movies alone, and I ...No I am not. I usually go for movies alone, and I hate missing any part of a movie.<BR/>In fact I love the trailors, so I'm usually much before time.Once the Conmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956852783072121752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144461701380474222006-04-08T07:31:00.000+05:302006-04-08T07:31:00.000+05:30Hilarious.Hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144441690798128232006-04-08T01:58:00.000+05:302006-04-08T01:58:00.000+05:30Jai, I have sympathy for the girls and their "ocul...Jai, I have sympathy for the girls and their "ocular --> verbal" response to the film. The Texan drawl (esp Ennis') must have really made it difficult for them. So the moment they see sheep, up the go: "Sheep!" So, now we know the "visual --> auditory --> cerebral" mode is not the only way of absorbing cinema! ;-)thorswheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738817905093696166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144434227333501992006-04-07T23:53:00.000+05:302006-04-07T23:53:00.000+05:30I could totally relate to those comments from the ...I could totally relate to those comments from the crowd..At PVR Bangalore, when Jack and Ennis lock their lips the entire hall broke into laughter when one wise ass shouted out "yuck...thuuu" ..!!<BR/>The line i found which best sums the tone of the movie -" It is not about Gays or about cowboys, but about Love under suppression".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144320414326657502006-04-06T16:16:00.000+05:302006-04-06T16:16:00.000+05:30On audiences... Delhi by far has the worst of them...On audiences... Delhi by far has the worst of them. No manners, talking away, eating noisily, pretending everyone around wants to know your agenda ('arre mujhe yeh bhi film dehknee hai' is something I hear for every single trailer that is shown) and I dont think most of them know how to turn off their cells or switch them to a silent mode.. In fact just rowdy(if I may use the term) behaviour is something I have seen for plays too.. <BR/><BR/>skipped the movie.. thanks to the hype.. because Crash did not live up to it.. Oscar or no Oscar..Janakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068622582534965333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144318150708473702006-04-06T15:39:00.000+05:302006-04-06T15:39:00.000+05:30Why can't you watch a movie, what where you doing ...Why can't you watch a movie, what where you doing eavesdropping or listening with ears WIDE OPEN on conversations that went around in a movie hall...People come there, spend their money and some also have a habit of talking like Sidhu all the way. <BR/><BR/>Does that mean that your ears work the same way in office too? Must get smart when you are around.<BR/><BR/>PJAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151477909242351149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144295872487806782006-04-06T09:27:00.000+05:302006-04-06T09:27:00.000+05:30When Brokeback Mountain ran here in Trinidad, many...When Brokeback Mountain ran here in Trinidad, many people had no idea what they were in for when they went to see it. Audience members would get up and leave in the middle of the film (well, by and large after the love scene) and in some instances demand their money back. It got to the point where cinema management began instructing staff to ask patrons before buying tickets if they knew what the film was about.<BR/><BR/>As for the movie itself, I thought it was excellent, though I think Ice Storm remains Ang Lee's masterpiece.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527923077560932437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144253636746059522006-04-05T21:43:00.000+05:302006-04-05T21:43:00.000+05:30Hey, enjoy reading your blog. Just a few random co...Hey, enjoy reading your blog. Just a few random comments: in my opinion Sense and Sensibility was the better movie by the director, I rate that as one of my all-time favorites. I liked Brokeback but it did inevitably get a little overhyped. Undoubtedly, a very professional job, both in terms of acting and directing, but I find it hard to passionately recommend it to anybody. I think the `meeting the parents' part towards the end was the best part of the movie---very authentic, very touching. The few minutes after that seemed pointless to me and somewhat of a drag.Mohit Nayyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604824108900488694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144252255491546402006-04-05T21:20:00.000+05:302006-04-05T21:20:00.000+05:30About movie going crowd... My experience in Pune h...About movie going crowd... My experience in Pune has been that the more expensive the ticket is, the worse the crowd gets. So if you go to Vijay or Alka (Rs 30 & 25 respectively) - single movie theatres there are no cell phones, no chit chats.. hell there aren't even people.<BR/><BR/>Wonder if the same is true for Delhi or other parts of the country too.punithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167051768054394026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144249187684090152006-04-05T20:29:00.000+05:302006-04-05T20:29:00.000+05:30'Post was written largely for fun, and most of the...'Post was written largely for fun, and most of the comments just got too serious.'<BR/><BR/>HAHAHAHAHAHA<BR/>Well then let me say when I first read your post, I was laughing my ass off. <BR/><BR/>Instead of worrying about the idioticity of dillibilli or dillibellas i was just focusing on how you narrated the whole thing--your style, and how fucking hilarious it was. Had me in stiches. (or may be i was just too caffeinated, no seriously).<BR/>Loved the point about the connection between eyes and mouth...dog, sheep, haha. <BR/>On the same note--here is something i stumbled upon:<BR/>http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2686449<BR/><BR/>That said, i was happy to read the serious points as well. Its an important film. And the great thing is it manages to focus on love and I think that fire did not acheive that. In 'fire' i did not realise when and how they fell in love. it was all too rapid like fire. and gay love seemed to have been sanctified or justified on the basis of the fact that they both were in bad marriages!(saw it many yrs ago though so dunno if i will look at it differently now). Anyhow, after that long comment, feel like admitting something: I havn't actually watched brokeback yet.(embarassed yet loud laughter)<BR/>But i have watched trailers and have talked to friends abt it, hope to see it sometime soon though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144246297431574922006-04-05T19:41:00.000+05:302006-04-05T19:41:00.000+05:30Falstaff: was hoping you'd weigh in. Post was writ...Falstaff: was hoping you'd weigh in. Post was written largely for fun, and most of the comments just got too serious. <BR/><BR/>Ditto on the male insecurity thing.<BR/><BR/>Venkatesh: I know - we had many house pics on CD but apparently they weren't good enough. And there were also a couple of shifts in the story's focus - was meant to focus on the architects originally, then shifted to houses, then reverted to architects.<BR/><BR/>(Btw, would prefer it if you mailed me rather than put up a comment on an unrelated post.)<BR/><BR/>eM: one advantage of there being only 8 people in the hall (two of whom were struck dumb anyway) was that the giggle outburst was at a tolerable decibel level. I had a slightly hard time though understanding why some people giggled when Jack died.<BR/><BR/>Rohit: to be honest, there is an element of exaggeration in the post - but then, much worse things than I described here have happened in PVRs on other occasions. Btw, aren't you one of those "hormone-tank" guys who walk in with their girlfriends 20 minutes after the film's started? :)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144243433589743962006-04-05T18:53:00.000+05:302006-04-05T18:53:00.000+05:30First time commenting, but i've reading ur blog fo...First time commenting, but i've reading ur blog for long. Love your movie reviews.<BR/><BR/>Bangalore multiplex crowd is alright most of the time. But for Brokeback Mountain, a few people found the guys kissing amusing.New Dik On The Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499354529536935950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144241602234624352006-04-05T18:23:00.000+05:302006-04-05T18:23:00.000+05:30Jai: Thanks for linking. Though would rather have ...Jai: Thanks for linking. Though would rather have had a review of the movie by you than been fobbed off on my own :-). <BR/><BR/>Am (obviously) totally with you on the anti-revisionist brigade - saying Brokeback is like any other love story only gay is like saying Jaws is about any other small seaside town, only with a shark. One wishes people would apply the same logic to the question of gay marriages - what's the big deal? It's just like a heterosexual marriage, except the two participants are gay.<BR/><BR/>I do think the fact that the love between Jack and Ennis so closely parallels heterosexual desire is an important part of the film though - I think a big part of the point is precisely that love is love, even when the two people in it are the same gender. That recognition is a big part of where the movie's emotional impact comes from. Plus come to think of it, when was the last time we saw a heterosexual love story that was that carefully, beautifully made? <BR/><BR/>Re: Brown Magic's comment (well, the final line of it) the other thing I've heard a lot is how male friends of mine refuse to watch the movie with another guy - they say it makes them too uncomfortable. I think that's just hilarious (statutory disclosure: Okay, so I watched the film alone as well, but that's because I almost always watch films alone). I mean, would they not watch a romantic / drama type film with a woman, even if they weren't interested in her? You begin to wonder how insecure about their sexuality guys truly are.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144233538613193872006-04-05T16:08:00.000+05:302006-04-05T16:08:00.000+05:30Either you're exxagurating, or you were really unl...Either you're exxagurating, or you were really unlucky to get stuck with the wrong kinda crowd in a theatre.Once the Conmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956852783072121752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144232586416355982006-04-05T15:53:00.000+05:302006-04-05T15:53:00.000+05:30okay, you could NOT have had a worse time than I d...okay, you could NOT have had a worse time than I did, when, with every kissing scene there was a loud outburst of giggles. All the time. Grarh.eMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144231081674716922006-04-05T15:28:00.000+05:302006-04-05T15:28:00.000+05:30hey man just read your piece in CITY LIMITS on del...hey man just read your piece in CITY LIMITS on delhi's love affair with architect-designed homes. <BR/>But while the article was fine - there were no photos of the homes, just of the architects themselves. <BR/><BR/>???!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144218021686484652006-04-05T11:50:00.000+05:302006-04-05T11:50:00.000+05:30Havent seen Brokeback so wont be able to talk abou...Havent seen Brokeback so wont be able to talk about it but after reading yourthoughts on it I would surely watch it. <BR/>Besides the irritants you have listed, the omnipresent cellphones with obnoxious ringtones, ppl jabbing nonsense on phone, laughing and what not. Cant they put it on silent and keep their conversations short and hushed?<BR/>If its so imp call why dont u go out and complete. u r not watching the movie anyways...<BR/>Another clan of movie goers that bug me are ...the couples who have no other place in the world to make out. Please spare me I dont want to hear you both oohing and aahing. Ysterday I was watching Being Cyrus and the couple in front were obviously busy with something else. OK you cant keep your hands off each other fine but pls cut the noise arrrrrrrrgggggggghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144216053289456412006-04-05T11:17:00.000+05:302006-04-05T11:17:00.000+05:30One thing's obvious: the jerks who love to talk th...One thing's obvious: the jerks who love to talk their way through movies sure don't read our blogs. It's a pity, would love to have them know how an entire community feels about them, not just me. It might not do them much good but I'll feel heaps better!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144215934341896322006-04-05T11:15:00.000+05:302006-04-05T11:15:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144213967368956802006-04-05T10:42:00.000+05:302006-04-05T10:42:00.000+05:30I have stopped going to PVRs because of these ninc...I have stopped going to PVRs because of these nincompoops and their hormone-tank boyfriends. I have a great home theatre and I buy the DVDs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144212743881541312006-04-05T10:22:00.000+05:302006-04-05T10:22:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.venkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693708111831911585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144193256631638482006-04-05T04:57:00.000+05:302006-04-05T04:57:00.000+05:30This happens all over the world man. But the only ...This happens all over the world man. But the only difference is now some people in the theater are tired of this shit and god help you if you dare to ruin our moviegoing experience. We shouldn't have to suffer because some people couldn't afford babysitters or didn't turn off their cellphones because they're on call 24/7. <BR/>Seriously, if someone is that annoying throughout the entire film, give them some time and then just tell them to STFU and get out of the theater. <BR/>Its worked everytime for me. No need for politeness. We came to watch a movie, not to watch their antics. This isn't the street where you can walk away from it. I paid 10 dollars to be there and for 10 dollars I better get a good moviegoing experience. <BR/>And never expect help from the underpaid ushers. <BR/>You should read the industry press where people wonder why theater attendance is down. <BR/>For a $4 Netflix dvd who wouldn't prefer to go home and watch their movie in peace?Ananghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093712350047601404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144186500694829602006-04-05T03:05:00.000+05:302006-04-05T03:05:00.000+05:30Something about Delhi's movie growing crowd. They ...Something about Delhi's movie growing crowd. They believe that with 150 rupees they also bought the rights over all the eardrums in the movie theatre.<BR/><BR/>Horrible.neha vishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549996517146151040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1144186392791648902006-04-05T03:03:00.000+05:302006-04-05T03:03:00.000+05:30it happened to me once at PVR bangalore - this guy...it happened to me once at PVR bangalore - this guy was constantly on the phone - i walked out , spoke to the manager, who walked in with me and asked the man to either shut it off or walk out of the theatre and use is phone - it was peaceful from then on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com