We have already established that Bollywood movies are like FMCGs, something like McDonalds. Then, obsessing over bollywood movies is like eating at McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner, everyday for the rest of your life. It is extremely monotonous and dull. The same actors who are mostly out of character or do not know how to act, who are in there for their looks only, same unimaginative storylines and same song and dance, etc.
Why are songs even part of movies? None of them are doing it right like it used to be in the early days. In the early days, the song sequences, though still lame, seemed like a part of the movie. That is, it used to match the art style of the movie. But now, it seems like it is just forced or used to advertise the movies. So, bollywood movies are just an investment for someone who has more money than brains.
As for the audience, how would the people, who do not care when the govt. kicks them in the *** time and again, care about what sort of movie they are watching? The reason I grew out of bollywood movies is because it is in my nature to explore. Therefore, if I find something that I like, I will dig out more of the same things from any sources that I can. These people on the other hand do not wish to explore or experiment, possibly because of negative indoctrination since childhood and therefore will consume whatever is put in front of them.
Observing people these days, I am not sure if it is bollywood that is making them docile or whether it is now a part of their nature. Not to question things but just go with the flow.
I see 1 Bollywood film per year ... and that's my fill .
I see that mostly accompanying friends where majority of them decide on this particular movie or while I am travelling in a bus with video.
Bollywood is awesome. Dol wit et.
I created this thread to deal with it.
+1.
Good reads : Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry
Really good reads, Hollywood has its own **** to deal with and their quality is diminishing fast. More and more sequels and reboots are coming out and no new ideas and so many box office bombs.
I disagree with what vyom said
BOLLLYWOOD FILMS ARE TEH BEST SALMAN BHAI ROKSSSSSSSSSSSS
Salman Khan has KILLED people. Why is he walking free!!!??? How can people idolize such a person? Sanjay Dutt had an indirect hand in the Mumbai blasts in which people died, Indian people. I am quite convinced that Bollywood is run by the mafia, no doubt.
I made some categories of movies currently made and seen by people in India...
1. B-Grade sex-comedy movies with poor jokes and double meaning words, which are abundantly available in whatsapp, fb and other social media, largely liked by age group 18-22. These guys all cherish the idea to see, feel and show other people that using slang in a secular way is in now, thus movies using the idea and hence proved its befitting...more like "swag".
2. So called "Inspired movies" and with incredibly stupid and newton-law-killing actions and humor, fundamentally copied ( sometimes dialog, sequences and music) from Telegu and Tamil movies, largely seen by people either bored with every other categories of movies there is, or for sheer fun being partly brainless while watching it and forgetting the movie after the first step outside the hall.
3. Romantic movies which rarely comes with good humor, not so stupid story, aligned with a more sober and healthy attitude towards current-gen idea of affairs and relationships. Sometimes equipped with really good music, some unconventional thought or act carried out by growing and genuinely talented actors there is now in Bollywood, seen by sane-minded people who admire romantic movies not because of the sake of it.
4. Political/Social eye-opener type movies, with heavy-duty star cast, dragging but with some realization of truth over corruption, anti-establishment, society degradation and other burning questions lurking there in... does not make it out to be hit, often criticized to have twisted facts or facts too embarrassingly true to be shown in Big screen, predictable but free, largely seen by people with age group of 25+ who despises movies with dances in colorful short-shirts in Switzerland.
5. totally off-the-track movies, built on anything which never crossed minds, or existed far-off in some good-read novels, drama, short stories and legibly put by theatrically sound movie artists and veterans still existing in bollywood with a handful of talented directors and growing artists. Rarely made any profit, seen by extremely restricted mass of people who are intelligent enough to spare the "intellectual" crap given by others for this movie and enjoys the movie solely because that was a piece of work in its entirety ...deserving praise.
This is pretty much spot on. But I think that the producers do not wish to experiment is because it is too risky and might not be worth the investment if it bombs.
One genre that I believe that bollywood totally sucks at is horror. I used to watch Zee horror show and I used to love that show. The Ramsay brothers used to come up with some really creative stuff. Even though some of the stuff was plagiarized from hollywood movies, they were made with such a twist as to seem believable in an Indian setting. But there is a dearth of horror movies now because the audience now is probably desensitized by scenes which used to scare the older generation. The only way to truly scare the audience these days is to add subtle amounts of gore (non existent in Indian movies) for shock value, but the Indian producers cannot do that because that would give their movies an A certificate in the censor board and therefore limit their audiences and subsequently they cannot make enough money. Therefore I think the horror genre will always suck in bollywood until someone pulls off a really good one or until the end of time, whichever comes first.
Bollywood also sucks at War movies, Science fiction and fantasy for their own reasons.
them by mentioning that this is pocket money for hollywood actors.