Posted by: Vhootee November 22, 2006
bollywood chor
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It's been a while since I saw a Hindi movie, although I hate to defend Hindi movies, I want to share my experiences. I know Bollywood makes copie of Hollyhood and get away with it, but sometime it's the other way around,not from Bollywood. Nooooo way! The recent movie from Martin Scrosse's "The Departed" with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon is an exact copy of a Hong Kong movie, I forgot the name. They do not mention it's a copy, just like Bollywood. Going back in the old days, movies like "Few Dollar More" with Clint Eastwood and "Last Man Standing" (Bruce Willis) is an exact copy of a famous Japanese movie from Akiro Kurosawa, I think it's called "Yojimbo" if I'm not wrong. Recent days surge in horror movies in Hollywood are all from the line of the popular "The Ring", a copy of a Japanese movie "Ringu". Even George Lukas (Star Wars)was influence by Eastern movies, especially the work of Akiro Kurosawa and he's put characters that were copies of Eastern culture. Come on! Jadi's with long hair, swords like torch light, clan based, living with strict codes, I think it's called SAMURAI in the East. Yoda with those chinky eyes, short, with broken English is nothing but an earlier version of Asian that came to US like those "Me NO Englishhhhhh. Me hornyyyyyy" Insomnia with Al Pacino and Robin William- exact copy of a Swedish movie. I think it's called Insomnia too. "Tortilla Soup"-copy of "Eat Drink Men Women" from a Chinese director, Wangker Wai. What's up with Quintene Tarantino ! All he does is bring some Chinese movies over to Hollyhood (damn with his fasication with martial arts) and are edited like hell so American audience will concieve it. I know there're lots of copies Hollywood make from other countries. Making copies of Bollywood, now that's something out of question. There's no culture who wants to see a movies with action, tragedy, comedy, singing, dancing all sqeezed in a single movie, except Indians and of course we Nepali have accepted them.That's why Bollyhood can never make on the mainstream world of entertainment. While a Taiwanese director has an Oscar for best director, even though we watch and brag so much of Hindi movie, it will never become realistic for Bollywood to be accepted in Hollyhood. Apu from Simpson is more popular in America than any other Indian actor. How about that? What does it say? It will be wise for Nepali to be open with all culture and copy only the best, instead of copying blindly from Hindi movies. My 2 cents opinion
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