Bollywood
July 23rd, 2018 at 9:12:20 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Dhadak is breaking box office records since it's release. I wonder if kids go to these movies or adults. They seem so much different than Western movies, even those from the 1920s. |
July 23rd, 2018 at 10:21:09 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11799 | Not into Bollywood but I am watching Sacred Games on Netflix that takes place in Mumbai Looks like a India/Netflix co-production So far pretty good but I've just seen EP 1 last nite. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
July 23rd, 2018 at 12:39:29 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5109 | Bollywood seems to mean a lot of dancing. Watching this, I wonder if the older generation disapproves of this new dancing? I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
July 23rd, 2018 at 12:46:39 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Bollywood is about where we were in the early 30's. Lots of bad and silly movies, stuff that's unwatchable now. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 23rd, 2018 at 1:28:54 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11799 | At the end of Slum Dog Millionaire, they did have a big bollywood routine during the closing credits. I actually enjoyed it a lot Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
July 23rd, 2018 at 5:02:37 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Well that was a fantastic song and a great production. I find that a lot of Asian pop is fascinating in small doses. I like watching a song or two, but if I am going to listen to an hour of music it must be European, North American, or Latino. I can't listen to an hour of South Asian or East Asian pop music. |
July 23rd, 2018 at 5:50:40 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
The video was pretty amateur, like a HS would do. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 23rd, 2018 at 6:36:43 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | Can't really say I appreciate what I think is traditional India music. The use of semitones and odd tone of the singing does not appeal to me. But it's more than that, because lots of Jazz does that, but it's a different framework. However videos that Paco has linked have a very definite western pop, or Japanese pop feel to the music style. The dancing is still Bollywood style. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 23rd, 2018 at 6:54:08 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's cornball. Like something you expect to see in your travels in 1900 and tell people back home about. And they severely over-act in their movies, much like the silent movie stars did in the late 20's in their transition to sound. They miss the subtle nuances that can be seen in a really good movie. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 23rd, 2018 at 7:48:47 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11799 |
Perfume been around a long time Take away their vocals and its techno bubble gum pop that sounds like it could have come out of Europe. Not a big fan but their music is kind of catchy As to listening to an hour of music, too each their own I could sit and listen to 3 hours of grateful dead music. (typical concert length) but I also understand that some would consider it torture. lol Perfume is highly choregraphed but they can also loosen up. Here is an interesting and long video of Perfume joking with their fans at a show in San Francisco 1/2 way through they finally find an interpreter in the audience Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |