Comments on: the weight of recommending http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/ Bollywood blogged - international Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Beth http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-19196 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:32:48 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-19196 My long-lost kindred spirit Post-Punk Cinema Club lists some recommendations... <a href=\"http://p-pcc.blogspot.com/2007/06/recommended-viewing-india.html\" rel="nofollow">klick</a> My long-lost kindred spirit Post-Punk Cinema Club lists some recommendations…
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]]> by: Beth http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-16296 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:16:03 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-16296 Here's another one from Sanni of "...so they dance" (http://sotheydance.blogspot.com/) http://fivil.livejournal.com/200637.html Here’s another one from Sanni of “…so they dance” (http://sotheydance.blogspot.com/)
http://fivil.livejournal.com/200637.html

]]> by: Beth http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-10830 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:23:01 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-10830 This isn't quite the same thing, but it's a great list of movies that the author thinks will make a positive impression on people who are skeptical about Hindi films: http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/09/06/bollywood-for-non-believers/ This isn’t quite the same thing, but it’s a great list of movies that the author thinks will make a positive impression on people who are skeptical about Hindi films: http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/09/06/bollywood-for-non-believers/

]]> by: Beth http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-10296 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:44:14 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-10296 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/starter-movies/\" rel="nofollow">Here\'s another great response to the question </a>by Greta at memsaabstory.wordpress.com Here\’s another great response to the question by Greta at memsaabstory.wordpress.com

]]> by: Good Golly, Miss Bolly! » Trying Bollywood: “Can you recommend a movie to start with?” http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-5840 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:24:12 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-5840 [...] Ah, the infamous question. Yearned for and dreaded at the same time. Yearned for because I love talking about Bollywood, but dreaded because&#8230;well, I think Beth Watkins of the wonderful blog Beth Loves Bollywood put it best when she posted this on Bollywoodbloggers.com: You hold in your hands the fate of someone’s relationship with an entire subcontinent of cinema. If you choose wisely, you’ve made a new friend or strengthened a bond - at the least have a new film-watching companion. But if it goes wrong, you find yourself justifying pleather pants or defending Kareena Kapoor or assuring someone that they need not worry too hard about why om has the all the resonance of the living universe and just to trust that it does or encouraging someone to just sit tight while we take a momentary detour to Switzerland because we’ll get back to Mumbai in just a minute. It’s even worse if you’re present for the watching, witnessing every little reaction, trying to figure out when you should pipe up to explain something or acknowledge ridiculousness - or trying to discern whether you’ll get chucked out of the room if you dance along to your favorite picturization. [...] […] Ah, the infamous question. Yearned for and dreaded at the same time. Yearned for because I love talking about Bollywood, but dreaded because…well, I think Beth Watkins of the wonderful blog Beth Loves Bollywood put it best when she posted this on Bollywoodbloggers.com: You hold in your hands the fate of someone’s relationship with an entire subcontinent of cinema. If you choose wisely, you’ve made a new friend or strengthened a bond - at the least have a new film-watching companion. But if it goes wrong, you find yourself justifying pleather pants or defending Kareena Kapoor or assuring someone that they need not worry too hard about why om has the all the resonance of the living universe and just to trust that it does or encouraging someone to just sit tight while we take a momentary detour to Switzerland because we’ll get back to Mumbai in just a minute. It’s even worse if you’re present for the watching, witnessing every little reaction, trying to figure out when you should pipe up to explain something or acknowledge ridiculousness - or trying to discern whether you’ll get chucked out of the room if you dance along to your favorite picturization. […]

]]> by: michael http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-206 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:37:12 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-206 one question is: should i introduce in something known as bollywood - masala movie with lots of romantic moments - or should i introduce in the bollywood (or indian cinema) which fits not in the common genre? should i show k3g or black? maine gandhi ko nahin mara or should i show ddlj? has anybody first to know common bollywood or should i start with independent, less common one? and how much is indian cinema to be introduced? more questions than answers :) one question is: should i introduce in something known as bollywood - masala movie with lots of romantic moments - or should i introduce in the bollywood (or indian cinema) which fits not in the common genre? should i show k3g or black? maine gandhi ko nahin mara or should i show ddlj? has anybody first to know common bollywood or should i start with independent, less common one?

and how much is indian cinema to be introduced?

more questions than answers :)

]]> by: Sanni http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-183 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:51:56 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-183 I agree that recommending and introducing and all this business is a huge pain. I can't help but take it way too seriously in every way. There are so many pitfalls to consider.. Basically, in my experience, you want a film that a) impresses its viewer - makes them think "Wow, Indian cinema can be so good!" b) piques their curiosity in that "I want to see more!"-way, and doesn't leave them satisfied, thinking "Okay, now I've seen everything Indian cinema has to offer!" c) isn't too Western, so they'll think, "That was just like Hollywood, only not in English!" d) isn't 'too Indian', thus making them go "WTF?!" because as foreigners and newbies to Indian cinema, they just don't get some things about the way Indian films tell a story. And sadly some people are just awfully vague about what they want in a film, so it's difficult to consider even after asking them about their possible likes. I did a post in my Livejournal once with some movie recommendations, describing the films, which I nowadays sometimes link online friends to, if they ask (and also mention which films would be most available to them). I agree that recommending and introducing and all this business is a huge pain. I can’t help but take it way too seriously in every way. There are so many pitfalls to consider..
Basically, in my experience, you want a film that
a) impresses its viewer - makes them think “Wow, Indian cinema can be so good!”
b) piques their curiosity in that “I want to see more!”-way, and doesn’t leave them satisfied, thinking “Okay, now I’ve seen everything Indian cinema has to offer!”
c) isn’t too Western, so they’ll think, “That was just like Hollywood, only not in English!”
d) isn’t ‘too Indian’, thus making them go “WTF?!” because as foreigners and newbies to Indian cinema, they just don’t get some things about the way Indian films tell a story.

And sadly some people are just awfully vague about what they want in a film, so it’s difficult to consider even after asking them about their possible likes. I did a post in my Livejournal once with some movie recommendations, describing the films, which I nowadays sometimes link online friends to, if they ask (and also mention which films would be most available to them).

]]> by: jhaji http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-175 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:53:07 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-175 nameste beth, i second maja and babasko making a list will be a great fun... cheers jhaji. nameste beth,
i second maja and babasko
making a list will be a great fun…
cheers
jhaji.

]]> by: Maja http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-174 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:32:03 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-174 This post is so me! I always spend ages worrying about what to recommend when I'm trying to get a friend interested in something I like (sadly, no one's asked me to recommend any Bollywood movies so far) and then feel all disappointed and rejected if they don't like it. I also used to think Dil Chahta Hai would be one of the safest choices for a recommendation, but after lending it to a friend who didn't even make it past the first hour, then said it was boring (?!), I really don't know any more. I'd say we definitely need a list, like babasko suggested! This post is so me! I always spend ages worrying about what to recommend when I’m trying to get a friend interested in something I like (sadly, no one’s asked me to recommend any Bollywood movies so far) and then feel all disappointed and rejected if they don’t like it.

I also used to think Dil Chahta Hai would be one of the safest choices for a recommendation, but after lending it to a friend who didn’t even make it past the first hour, then said it was boring (?!), I really don’t know any more. I’d say we definitely need a list, like babasko suggested!

]]> by: babasko http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-173 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.bollywoodbloggers.com/2006/11/19/the-weight-of-recommending/#comment-173 I love this post. And you tackle a very important question. I had my share of successes and failures in recommending people bollywood fare. I think we should make a list (I love lists) with pro and con comments for every film... I love this post. And you tackle a very important question. I had my share of successes and failures in recommending people bollywood fare. I think we should make a list (I love lists) with pro and con comments for every film…

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