It shows a state; I don't know that it indicates problems that must be overcome for the industry to be of worth. Again, I hate when a movie is absolutely plagiarized — e.g., Hum Kaun Hai?, Ek Ajnabee — and I hate the gusto with which some filmmakers defend the practice (especially when they holler back, "AMERICA, TOO, DOES IT!"); but, I think India makes more than its share of appreciable films. Of course, the bad outweigh the good (and, of course, "good" and "bad" are matters of perception), but in an industry that produces, by a large margin, the greatest number of films annually, globally, I think the overall quality of work is not to be seen as inferior to that of America. Again, I agree with you this far: I cringe when I hear someone like Apoorva Lakhia of Sanjay Gupta boast of how his cinema is "new" ("for India") and has "never been done before" ("in India"), because those parenthetical remarks indicate that the director largely wishes to profit from others' work. In the cases of some of these people, even superficialities are left intact, sometimes not even transplanting well in India (despite how they almost always claim that the film "has been altered in accordance with 'Indian sensibilities'"). All this beration said and done, I don't feel compelled to look at an Indian film-release with suspicion; "I hope it's OK...though it is an Indian film." That just speaks detestable bias to me.

I agree.

Gotta be kidding me;



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Ali

LMAO!

Is the film industry itself to blame for this?

Did the writer of this even watch the film? Krrish couldn't fly (though he could jump...well). Anyway, I wouldn't be inclined to believe this little tale -- lol.

I heard it on Zee TV news.

- I did not ask the theatre which sound format it was, as it was quite obvious from the sound that film screening was in DD. There were distinct directional sounds at various times and mainly front channels most of the film. So far, in Ottawa, we haven't seen screenings in DTS audio for Hindi films. They never ask for or never get a DTS disc. Silver City thetres are equipped with both audio formats and good ones at that.

- Diff bet Hollywood and Bollywood Super Hero films is the romance/ song and dance sequences. So, I'd rather prefer Bollywood.

- Hritik - Priyanka travel through mountains/ hills on their way to meet Hritik's mother reminded me of RTGM sequence where Mandakini leads Rajiv to Gangotri. RTGM seq was much better and interesting.

- There are a few twists and turns in the plot, unlike Hollywood S H Films.

- Krrish plot is not like HW Super Hero plots where Super Hero is out to defend America and Americans. Here, it's for himself and his family, with just a hint at possible catastrophe if evil succeeds.

- Film ending was much better than what I expected.

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BTW, kids comments:
First one: Krrih #1, Dhoom # 2.
Second One: No Way. Dhoom is still #1, Krrish # 2.
(For some reason, Dhoom clicked with my kids and Dhoom, as well as, Krrish beat Fanaa, VZ, SN, other SRK films, etc)

That is MI3 style!! Evil prof holding dad was also in HW movie LOONEY TOONES BACK IN ACTION where Brendon Fraser goes and save Timothy Dalton, with help of Gal and Toons!( next idea for Rajesh Roshan) He did not spare inspiration from nothing spared!

I was underwhelmed. Lots of masala shenanigans. Uneven sfx (some Matrix stuff was Matrix quality but some other shots were second rate). The digital intermediate had some issues with noise and noise reduction. Some shots looked fuzzy and had color fringing...
And the assorted women at the edge of a nervous breakdown, someone please outlaw them in Bollywood. KMG was better overall.
The circus scene was decent with a nice musical theme, good visuals/pyrotechnics. The showdown was also ok. Hrithik deserves much better material than such a formulaic enterprise, though. 2 years for this is a waste of his time (except for the Roshans' bank account).

I think that technical nit-pickiness is a bit too much (:-D), but I agree with some of your other comments about the film. I don't, however, feel that this was a "waste" of two years of Hrithik Roshan's time.

I have seen better DIs from Bollywood. And 2 years for this, well, it pays off financially and it might set a new trend and change Bollywood somewhat. In that regard it's not a waste of time. But artistically (beyond body control/stunts) he could have done several more interesting projects (Rang de Basanti comes to mind first) in that time. I expect little from "Dhoom 2" as well. Jodha-Akbar though with Gowariker looks promising.