tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post511097531687816569..comments2023-10-26T17:15:40.259+05:30Comments on Clipboard Conversations: Roman ColumnsJ Ramanandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-60873611315830012042008-07-14T11:14:00.000+05:302008-07-14T11:14:00.000+05:30quaint raman: fair enough. This is a fan-boy speak...quaint raman: fair enough. This is a fan-boy speaking so you are not going to get much objectivity from me on BR:-)<BR/>For someone who hasnt had much exposure beyond Gowri Ramnarayan, Deepa Gahlot, Subash Jha etc, Baradwaj Rangan is a star from the heaven and maybe, as I grow, I will come out of the fandom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-82579474327667955452008-07-12T16:36:00.000+05:302008-07-12T16:36:00.000+05:30raj: not sure I'd completely agree with you, since...raj: not sure I'd completely agree with you, since I don't know enough about the rest of the country's reviewers. I used to like what meenakshi shedde wrote, but I can't see her any place these days. <BR/><BR/>santosh: thanks for the note on the telugu side of things. even if BR gets verbose, he still remains interesting<BR/><BR/>daemon: do you think the star-power is only limited to a loyal core in the audience and can only take the rest for the first week (which anyway gets swayed by the trailers)? I think so. From coffee conversations around me, I could see this dynamic kick in for Sarkaar, where people seemed to be very confused with the conflicting "ratings".J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-14754988372982553712008-07-12T10:39:00.000+05:302008-07-12T10:39:00.000+05:30I am not sure that the audience is swayed by crit...I am not sure that the audience is swayed by critics enough to make an impression on the movies fortune. They are more likely to be swayed by the prior standing of people associated with the film rather than what critics think about them. For example, I am not sure if "Jane tu..." would have got the opening it did if Aamir Khan was not associated with it. Likewise, "Hancock" got a bumper opening across the world in spite of being universally panned by critics. Perhaps the other way round might be true for smaller films, may be in Hollywood. But Bollywood, by and large, is ruled by star-power, I guess. As far as the question of personal intentions while going for a movie is concerned, its about individual entertainment index on the whole. Perhaps, it is too judgmental to expect people to watch a movie in its (movies) context rather than their own. Because even a person with that ability has his own entertainment index tipped by that very factor rather than anything else. My take on the problem, critics and audience alike, is that it is about "love for the movies" (as you also pointed out). Thats why people who love movies, possibly identify the critics who love the movies and not with others. So, its a question of frequency. <BR/><BR/>BTW, "high recall - low precision" is a very precise description :-)daemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198264960822326579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-18977602599561100232008-07-12T04:15:00.000+05:302008-07-12T04:15:00.000+05:30oh even BR tends to get a tad too wordy at times a...oh even BR tends to get a tad too wordy at times and though "the" rating or some such thing doesn't matter, reading long winding stuff does get onto nerves at times. But then it is his blog, and his column in the newspaper. One could surely give the benefit of doubt of it being a very "personal" expression. This rating disease has afflicted the Telugu audience a lot it seems.Every movie going experience is dictated by how many stars or quantum of rating given by some obscure reviewer on more pathetic gossip site. Also more than their own perception they seem to go by the BO status, with a "hit" or a "good talk" almost and always warranting a sure viewing.Santosh Kumar T Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221949516685134707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-84642177219645377002008-07-10T13:25:00.000+05:302008-07-10T13:25:00.000+05:30on BR, I think they should reserve the NA for crit...on BR, I think they should reserve the NA for critics by default every year to him. Again, good as he is, it is a reflection of our country's standards that we can say this with fair amount of confidence now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com