I was actually interested to see how an Indianized version of Memento would turn out.
The start of Ghajini was totally disappointing. Everything from the camera angles, to the exaggerated fighting to the overacting. I stopped watching at about the 17 minute mark after the film turned into a 3 minute expose of Aamir Khan’s body. I can’t stand movies that treat the audience as stupid, this movie seemed to be one of them.
Another thing that annoys me is when people don’t credit “inspiration”. You just have to come out and say, “inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Memento”. Please, please, please treat the audience as if they have intelligence. Thank you.
If someone did see the movie, and if it somehow magically turns out to be good, please let me know.
after negative reviews, i decide not to watch this movie
My only regret about watching this movie is that I didn’t switch it off at the same point you did.
i just saw it the other day and does it suck. so apparently, the director made a tamil version of the same movie before making this one, both of them being /inspired/ by memento. oddly enough, critics agree that the hindi remake is better than the tamil one. all of that still doesn’t undo what it’s done to memento. darn it.
this movie’s crappiness aside, here’s where aamir khan is wrong: he focuses on the moustachio (mangal panday), stubby muscularity showcased in tight pants and rolled up shirt sleeves (ghajini), and stolen haircuts and attempts at coolness of movie ideas (taare…). maybe he should just stick to doing the formulaic, expected bollywood stuff, but doing it /well/.
i just saw it the other day and does it suck. so apparently, the director made a tamil version of the same movie before making this one, both of them being /inspired/ by memento. oddly enough, critics agree that the hindi remake is better than the tamil one. all of that still doesn’t undo what it’s done to memento. darn it.
this movie’s crappiness aside, here’s where aamir khan is wrong: he focuses on the moustachio (mangal panday), stubby muscularity showcased in tight pants and rolled up shirt sleeves (ghajini), and stolen haircuts and attempts at coolness of movie ideas (taare…). maybe he should just stick to doing the formulaic, expected bollywood stuff, but doing it /well/.
re aamir, i don’t know, i thought taare zameen par was a fantastic film (sure, exaggerated in some parts, with a couple of stereotypical characters, but i’ve excused that) down to the songs, not just “maa”, but specifically “jame raho” which shows a typical day for ishaan, and “bum bum bole” where aamir is dressed as a clown. i thought that was very important, though i’d suspect kids in “real life” would take more time to respond to those techniques.
so while not “perfect”, i thought it was a very very good directorial debut, and the subject matter was important. but also, if you’re trying/creating new things, you ought to be given a certain license to produce crap so as long as you recognize it was crap and learn from it. you have to put stuff out and be judged. how else would you improve? and we’d be stuck with the formula films otherwise.
i didn’t see mangal panday, and didn’t complete ghajini, so i can’t compare.