Is That The Worst You've Got?
At times I really don't mind torturing myself by watching some really crappy mindless movies. Maintains the balance. Keeps the perspectives. Hehh...yeah...as if :D
Anyways, now, most of these turn out to be from Bollywood shouldn't come as a surprise. Just one of those guilty pleasures of life. Witnessing how *dumb* can a movie actually manage to get. It's painfully sad and weirdly funny at the same time. Few snippets from those which I watched over the last few days -
Neal 'N' Nikki - Ok. I confess. I actually sat through this...err.. movie(?). Actually, if you watch the movie as...let's say.. a challenge thrown by the filmmaker, it starts making sense. It's as if the director is beating his chest hard and daring, mocking all filmmakers to try..just plain try...to make a worse movie than this one. So yeah...it's all about how you look at it.
Fight Club (Hindi) - Given a choice between an answer to "Is there a God?" or "Why would *anyone* make this movie?", I would unhesitatingly choose the latter. Mind you, haven't watched it yet. Wanted to witness this monstrosity in theatre itself but thanks to ALL my friends who weren't actually keen on such near-death experiences.
Shaadi Se Pehle - Yours truly has always maintained that Akshaye Khanna is the most underrated actor in Bollywood today. He's brilliant and far better than most of the Khans, Kapoors et al. Though the movie didn't turn out to be *that* bad as a few friends of mine had warned me it will, the flick's no ground-breaker either. Few enjoyable moments, lovely songs, trashy looking Mallika Sherawat (yeah..nothing new there) and a controlled, superb performance by Khanna - all circumvented by a 60's-70's styled tacky childish non-existent script.
36 China Town - I *used* to respect this director-duo, Abbas-Mustan that is. Having made one of my all time favs 'Baazigar' and the immensely enjoyable 'Khiladi', they actually managed to hold tight to their senses - till a few years ago. And then 36 China Town happened and there they are...exposed. Sigh! Once again - the only saving grace was Mr. Khanna and his unlit cigarette.
Malamaal Weekly - Boring. Draggy. Loud. Inane. Frustrating. But again, that's exactly what I went fishing for. Characters trying a bit *too* hard to extract a laugh. Actors of the calibre of Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Rajpal Yadav wasted. Shamefully wasted. Priyadarshan takes a break from rehashing his Malayalam movies and attempts originality(?). And falls flat. With a resounding thud.
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) - A true classic. A cult in every sense of the word. 'Hailed' as one of the worst movies ever made I sure was in mood for some extreme guilty pleasure while borrowing this one. And boy did it live upto the expectations! Plan 9...rules the roost when it comes to the 'So-Bad-It's-Good' genre. An immortal film and certainly one of the best unintentional comedies ever. The plot's something about aliens trying to stop we earthlings from exploding the sun by resurrecting an army of the dead (three zombies so far). Absolute laugh-riot and one of the best entertainers. *Evil grin*
Mission:Impossible 3 - Up there. Right up there with those Mithun Da and Rajinikanth movies. Perfect for one of those days when you feel like inflicting a mind-numbing headache upon yourself or feel like getting some praayashchit done for any of your heinous paaps. And we accuse Bolly/Kolly/Tollywood for coming up with mindless action! However, GreatBong does much justice to the movie here.
Enough said. Despite these adventures, I am not willing to give up my 'love' for such terrifyingly bad flicks. Wise friends are advised to stay away and the insane ones are welcome to join in the ride.
Anyways, now, most of these turn out to be from Bollywood shouldn't come as a surprise. Just one of those guilty pleasures of life. Witnessing how *dumb* can a movie actually manage to get. It's painfully sad and weirdly funny at the same time. Few snippets from those which I watched over the last few days -
Neal 'N' Nikki - Ok. I confess. I actually sat through this...err.. movie(?). Actually, if you watch the movie as...let's say.. a challenge thrown by the filmmaker, it starts making sense. It's as if the director is beating his chest hard and daring, mocking all filmmakers to try..just plain try...to make a worse movie than this one. So yeah...it's all about how you look at it.
Fight Club (Hindi) - Given a choice between an answer to "Is there a God?" or "Why would *anyone* make this movie?", I would unhesitatingly choose the latter. Mind you, haven't watched it yet. Wanted to witness this monstrosity in theatre itself but thanks to ALL my friends who weren't actually keen on such near-death experiences.
Shaadi Se Pehle - Yours truly has always maintained that Akshaye Khanna is the most underrated actor in Bollywood today. He's brilliant and far better than most of the Khans, Kapoors et al. Though the movie didn't turn out to be *that* bad as a few friends of mine had warned me it will, the flick's no ground-breaker either. Few enjoyable moments, lovely songs, trashy looking Mallika Sherawat (yeah..nothing new there) and a controlled, superb performance by Khanna - all circumvented by a 60's-70's styled tacky childish non-existent script.
36 China Town - I *used* to respect this director-duo, Abbas-Mustan that is. Having made one of my all time favs 'Baazigar' and the immensely enjoyable 'Khiladi', they actually managed to hold tight to their senses - till a few years ago. And then 36 China Town happened and there they are...exposed. Sigh! Once again - the only saving grace was Mr. Khanna and his unlit cigarette.
Malamaal Weekly - Boring. Draggy. Loud. Inane. Frustrating. But again, that's exactly what I went fishing for. Characters trying a bit *too* hard to extract a laugh. Actors of the calibre of Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Rajpal Yadav wasted. Shamefully wasted. Priyadarshan takes a break from rehashing his Malayalam movies and attempts originality(?). And falls flat. With a resounding thud.
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) - A true classic. A cult in every sense of the word. 'Hailed' as one of the worst movies ever made I sure was in mood for some extreme guilty pleasure while borrowing this one. And boy did it live upto the expectations! Plan 9...rules the roost when it comes to the 'So-Bad-It's-Good' genre. An immortal film and certainly one of the best unintentional comedies ever. The plot's something about aliens trying to stop we earthlings from exploding the sun by resurrecting an army of the dead (three zombies so far). Absolute laugh-riot and one of the best entertainers. *Evil grin*
Mission:Impossible 3 - Up there. Right up there with those Mithun Da and Rajinikanth movies. Perfect for one of those days when you feel like inflicting a mind-numbing headache upon yourself or feel like getting some praayashchit done for any of your heinous paaps. And we accuse Bolly/Kolly/Tollywood for coming up with mindless action! However, GreatBong does much justice to the movie here.
Enough said. Despite these adventures, I am not willing to give up my 'love' for such terrifyingly bad flicks. Wise friends are advised to stay away and the insane ones are welcome to join in the ride.
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