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Review: Shanghai, a frighteningly fine film


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howudoudo
great art defined in this movie - how ?
by howudoudo on Jun 10, 2012 10:32 AM

laughing goofily in the toilet with stained teeth with adjoining fellow doing his job. that is so great, no ?


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anand anand
Movie is about what?
by anand anand on Jun 10, 2012 10:20 AM  | Hide replies

watched full movie but do not understand what movie maker want to say? Movie is about what?

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ziddimiss
Re: Movie is about what?
by ziddimiss on Jun 10, 2012 01:05 PM
There is nothing to understand. The film is such a compilation of a series of events. Like news. I dont even call this fiction. Such an average film. So hyped...

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Ranjinee Sengupta
Re: Re: Movie is about what?
by Ranjinee Sengupta on Jun 10, 2012 01:56 PM
It is done in documentary style .. the use of camera , lights are reflection of those...

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anand anand
Re: Re: Re: Movie is about what?
by anand anand on Jun 10, 2012 03:15 PM
I do not think it is documentary style. If it is documentary then why need waste this much time , energy and money for a movie? Just make a documentary for DD Doordarshan.

Camera and lights is also horrible . Really even simple camera like Canon D mark 2 can shoot beautiful video.

First thing they did big mistake by promoting this movie like a great film, people think it is some great patriotic movie.

I feel it is just like Ramgopal varma's AAG .

It is more bad than that movie.

It wasted lots of time and energy.

This movie is not at all patriotic, comedy , love or action or adventure.

What kind of movie is this?

Anyway I hope producer or director of this movie should not get heart attack by money loss.

Even small child of India can make good movie than this. Even a beggar and uneducated person of India can be good Prime minister than MMS and good president than (Rubber stamp)

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anand anand
do not know what is movie about
by anand anand on Jun 10, 2012 10:19 AM  | Hide replies

watched full movie but do not understand what movie make want to say? Movie is about what?



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greatbihar
ROWDY RATHORE
by greatbihar on Jun 10, 2012 10:16 AM

DON'T MISS IT

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ck rao
SHANGHAI SUCKS
by ck rao on Jun 10, 2012 09:47 AM

From the opening shot, to screenplay, to story line, to dialogues to direction, SHANGHAI SUCKS! Many places camera is blur or still movements!!!

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Ruchita Agrawal
duhhh
by Ruchita Agrawal on Jun 09, 2012 11:48 PM  | Hide replies

A BENGALI PROMOTING A BENGALI...


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A B
Re: duhhh
by A B on Jun 10, 2012 02:40 AM
Pls see Pat Gross' posting who is definitely not a Bengali...
...."For people whose literary aspirations would not rise beyond those of comics books, this movies is not for them. Please stick to AK, SRK and SK movies. There is nothing wrong in doing that. By being a ticket payer at the theater, you are still contributing to the industry as a whole. But please do not badmouth this film just because it is not dumbed down to your level of intellect. For some of us who appreciate meaningful and realistic cinema, this is like a breath of fresh air. I would gladly pay $10 to see this at least once more."

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ziddimiss
Re: Re: duhhh
by ziddimiss on Jun 10, 2012 01:01 PM
Our reviewers and viewers are not exposed to contemporary world cinema. Thats why such an average film like Shanghai gets such rave reviews. A film like Shanghai neither has the depth and layering of films like "The wind that shakes the barley" nor the entertainment value of silly films like Dabbang. If you want to watch good cinema , watch films like " once upon a time in Anatolia" by Nuri Belgi celyan or" A separation".. You will understand how shallow and immature Shanghai s film making is.

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MeraBharatMahan
Re: duhhh
by MeraBharatMahan on Jun 10, 2012 10:50 PM
Mr Ruchita...that comment shows how narrow your thinking is....Whenever someone praise someone else you go and try to find their origin and ethnicity....what a shame...By the way do you also think the same way when a Marwari praises another Marwari or Punjabi to another Punjabi or Tamilian to another Tamilian and for that matter all other states/ethnicity??

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rajashi ghosh
Re: duhhh
by rajashi ghosh on Jun 11, 2012 10:33 AM
So, why don't you promote your mardwadi fraternity, you baniya. Only living for money, these marwadis.

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warid
Hi
by warid on Jun 09, 2012 11:08 PM  | Hide replies

SALMAN KHAN KATRINA KAIF, KABIR KHAN SLEEK DIRECTION, CONRAD PALMISANO OF HO;;YWOOD SUPERB ACTION DIRECTION, YASH RAJ PRODUCTION MUSIC, ROMANTIC THRILLER IN WONDERFUL LOCATION OF ISTANBUL, CUBA, HONGKONG, DUBLIN, IRAQ N INDIA. GREAT TEASER TRAILER...
EH THA TIGER.......WOWWW CANT WAIT MORE...ONE MORE BLOCKBUSTER..ALREADY CROSSED 3 MILLION VIEWS IN ONE MONTH...

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surya das
Re: Hi
by surya das on Jun 10, 2012 06:31 AM
U are barking_in wrong article again and again

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Pat Gross
Its not Kahaani, but important in its own way
by Pat Gross on Jun 09, 2012 11:08 PM  | Hide replies

For people who are expecting it to be another Kahaani, that it is not.
The context, pacing and the narrative elements are all different. At the risk of sounding close to defending Raja Sen, I must say it is probably one of the more important Indian movies to come out in recent times, possibly with more teeth than "Rang De Basanti" and "Swadesh" combined.
For people whose literary aspirations would not rise beyond those of comics books, this movies is not for them. Please stick to AK, SRK and SK movies. There is nothing wrong in doing that. By being a ticket payer at the theater, you are still contributing to the industry as a whole. But please do not badmouth this film just because it is not dumbed down to your level of intellect. For some of us who appreciate meaningful and realistic cinema, this is like a breath of fresh air. I would gladly pay $10 to see this at least once more.

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ziddimiss
Re: Its not Kahaani, but important in its own way
by ziddimiss on Jun 10, 2012 01:22 PM
Indian film makers in the past have made much better films on similar subjects. This is so average.

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warid
HI
by warid on Jun 09, 2012 11:07 PM

SALMAN KHAN KATRINA KAIF, KABIR KHAN SLEEK DIRECTION, CONRAD PALMISANO OF HO;;YWOOD SUPERB ACTION DIRECTION, YASH RAJ PRODUCTION MUSIC, ROMANTIC THRILLER IN WONDERFUL LOCATION OF ISTANBUL, CUBA, HONGKONG, DUBLIN, IRAQ N INDIA. GREAT TEASER TRAILER...
EH THA TIGER.......WOWWW CANT WAIT MORE...ONE MORE BLOCKBUSTER..ALREADY CROSSED 3 MILLION VIEWS IN ONE MONTH...

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