Comments on: Freeze Frame #118: Dhool http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/ Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain't heard nothin' yet. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: veracious http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-685 veracious Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:03:43 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-685 Dhool was my first Tamil masala so I just took whatever it gave me as something standard. It was only later that I heard that old ladies singing during action scenes was not totally common. Though now that I think of it, it probably was odd to me when I first watched the film, but I didn't think twice about it anyway. Dhool was my first Tamil masala so I just took whatever it gave me as something standard. It was only later that I heard that old ladies singing during action scenes was not totally common. Though now that I think of it, it probably was odd to me when I first watched the film, but I didn’t think twice about it anyway.

]]> By: Ramsu http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-678 Ramsu Fri, 30 May 2008 04:48:55 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-678 Oh yeah, <i>Face/Off</i> is utterly and completely preposterous masala! But it's also an interesting challenge from a narrative standpoint because it has to be good enough to let you, as a viewer, cut away from the faces and concentrate on the characters. Not easy, and not often well done. But as far as the action and the general plot developments go, yeah, totally fantastic masala. <i>Die Hard</i> is a good choice, too. Even <i>Independence Day</i> - Will Smith was in complete Rajni mode in that movie. I can totally imagine a late 70s Tamil version of that movie, with Sivaji in the Bill Pullman role. Only in Tamil movies can he get his tummy out of the way while flying a fighter jet :-) My favourite choice in international cinema, though, would be this French movie called <i>Taxi 2</i>, starring Samy Naceri and Marion Cotillard (this year's Oscar winner for Best Actress). If you haven't seen it, you might want to give it a shot. It's quite a trip, that one. ~r Oh yeah, Face/Off is utterly and completely preposterous masala! But it’s also an interesting challenge from a narrative standpoint because it has to be good enough to let you, as a viewer, cut away from the faces and concentrate on the characters. Not easy, and not often well done. But as far as the action and the general plot developments go, yeah, totally fantastic masala.

Die Hard is a good choice, too. Even Independence Day – Will Smith was in complete Rajni mode in that movie. I can totally imagine a late 70s Tamil version of that movie, with Sivaji in the Bill Pullman role. Only in Tamil movies can he get his tummy out of the way while flying a fighter jet :-)

My favourite choice in international cinema, though, would be this French movie called Taxi 2, starring Samy Naceri and Marion Cotillard (this year’s Oscar winner for Best Actress). If you haven’t seen it, you might want to give it a shot. It’s quite a trip, that one.

~r

]]> By: Shalu http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-676 Shalu Fri, 30 May 2008 04:32:08 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-676 One movie that comes to my mind (although it was a total entertainer!) is "Face off". It was an utterly ridiculous plot with some total desi style hero moments..don't you think? Another movie (although I love it) is Die Hard. any of our desi heroes could have fit that role like a glove! But thank God dear ol' Brucie did it! He is like the desi hero who gets beaten to death only to rise again and again and thulp the villains. All singlehandedly too.. One movie that comes to my mind (although it was a total entertainer!) is “Face off”. It was an utterly ridiculous plot with some total desi style hero moments..don’t you think?
Another movie (although I love it) is Die Hard. any of our desi heroes could have fit that role like a glove! But thank God dear ol’ Brucie did it! He is like the desi hero who gets beaten to death only to rise again and again and thulp the villains. All singlehandedly too..

]]> By: Ramsu http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-671 Ramsu Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-671 Shalu, Apparently, Nigerian cinema is nearly as good :-) You make a valid point. Let me try and unearth some "gems" in international cinema. Let me know if anything comes to mind. ~r Shalu,

Apparently, Nigerian cinema is nearly as good :-)

You make a valid point. Let me try and unearth some “gems” in international cinema. Let me know if anything comes to mind.

~r

]]> By: Shalu http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-668 Shalu Wed, 28 May 2008 00:49:36 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-668 Ramsu, that song is just so over the top funny! It really made my day. So proud to be a tamilian today ;-) I seriously wonder if any other country in the world makes movies that are even close to the ones (most of them anyway) we make (in terms of sheer other-worldliness and "I cannot believe they did that!"). Wow, the hero placing his hands in front of the welding sparks was just too much. Who has the mental capacity to think of such things? Not me. I would love to see some reviews of crazy foreign movies like our good ol' tamil ones. And, while I am waiting for you to come up with some good ones, let me rack my brain to remember any that I might have seen.. Ramsu, that song is just so over the top funny! It really made my day. So proud to be a tamilian today ;-) I seriously wonder if any other country in the world makes movies that are even close to the ones (most of them anyway) we make (in terms of sheer other-worldliness and “I cannot believe they did that!”). Wow, the hero placing his hands in front of the welding sparks was just too much. Who has the mental capacity to think of such things? Not me. I would love to see some reviews of crazy foreign movies like our good ol’ tamil ones. And, while I am waiting for you to come up with some good ones, let me rack my brain to remember any that I might have seen..

]]> By: Ramsu http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-661 Ramsu Mon, 26 May 2008 16:21:09 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-661 Thanks, memsaab! Embedded the video. Thanks, memsaab! Embedded the video.

]]> By: memsaab http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/freeze-frame-118-dhool/#comment-660 memsaab Mon, 26 May 2008 15:19:52 +0000 http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-660 I was inspired by this post to find it on YouTube (it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQgrD1sj4Y8) and it is...just DEEEElightful! :-) I was inspired by this post to find it on YouTube (it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQgrD1sj4Y8) and it is…just DEEEElightful!

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