02-26-2008, 10:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-26-2008, 10:26 PM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is there list of Hollywood movies that copied ideas/stories from European, Asian & other movies? Many a times when we see B/K/Tollywood movies copying things from Hollywood some of us wince at the shoddy quality, and wonder why desi folks can not come up with good quality material often. It is not as if we don't make original quality movies?
I know Kurosawa movies had wide following and was inspirational for several Hollywoood movies, were there others? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Departed from Internal Affairs a Hong Kong flick.
The Ring from Japanese Ringu
Those are 2 i know.
To be honest we DON'T make original quality movies, 90% are just standard love story crap with song & dance thrown in switzerland (as if India isn't good enuf).
The last really good movie I remember seeing was RGV's Company. Sarkar was okay not that great when compared with the Godfather.
Remember LOC Kargil, that was so long and full of needless melodrama.
They also insert songs even when they are not needed and totally unsuitable, like making some dirt poor "hero" in love with the super rich "heroine" dance in swiss alps, what the hell is that.
Hollywood copies movies too and it has it's fair share of crap, but for all that crap there are directors like Scorcese, Tarantino, Spielberg etc, what does Indian cinema have right now besides RGV (some movies turn out gr8 others dreadful) & Mani Ratnam.
Where is the Bollywood list comparable to:
1) The Godfather
2) The Godfather 2
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) Pulp Fiction
5) The Usual Suspects
6) Goodfellas
7) The Silence of the lambs
8) American History X
9) Reservoir Dogs
10) Raging Bull
Instead we get bs like Devdas, Main Hoon Na, Don - The Chase Begins Again, Om Shanti Om (none of which i fully watched, i only watch clips online to judge).
I know Kurosawa movies had wide following and was inspirational for several Hollywoood movies, were there others? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Departed from Internal Affairs a Hong Kong flick.
The Ring from Japanese Ringu
Those are 2 i know.
To be honest we DON'T make original quality movies, 90% are just standard love story crap with song & dance thrown in switzerland (as if India isn't good enuf).
The last really good movie I remember seeing was RGV's Company. Sarkar was okay not that great when compared with the Godfather.
Remember LOC Kargil, that was so long and full of needless melodrama.
They also insert songs even when they are not needed and totally unsuitable, like making some dirt poor "hero" in love with the super rich "heroine" dance in swiss alps, what the hell is that.
Hollywood copies movies too and it has it's fair share of crap, but for all that crap there are directors like Scorcese, Tarantino, Spielberg etc, what does Indian cinema have right now besides RGV (some movies turn out gr8 others dreadful) & Mani Ratnam.
Where is the Bollywood list comparable to:
1) The Godfather
2) The Godfather 2
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) Pulp Fiction
5) The Usual Suspects
6) Goodfellas
7) The Silence of the lambs
8) American History X
9) Reservoir Dogs
10) Raging Bull
Instead we get bs like Devdas, Main Hoon Na, Don - The Chase Begins Again, Om Shanti Om (none of which i fully watched, i only watch clips online to judge).