[cyberhippie]

So has anyone seen this film? I see it's available at my local video store so I was thinking of hiring it.

[Somerset]

The reviews were unanimously bad. It was generally considered one of the worst movies of the year, if not the decade. Check out the reviews on Rotten Tomato: http://www.rottentom...ritic=creamcrop

Here's a quote from AO Scott of the NY Times: "The Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again."

Then again, some people liked it.

Edited by Somerset, 30 December 2008 - 09:02 PM.

[jyotirmoy]

This one is a very so so comedy... not recommended.

[cyberhippie]

Well I went to the local DVD place and Love Guru wasn't one of the films I hired, cheers to my peers here on The India Tree!

I chose to go with The Band's Visit, which I've seen before, but it was a distracted viewing. Hilarious plot and some thoughts for our time

Also got The Children Of Huang Shi which I haven't seen before.

Finally Babel recommended on a trip in September.

[noflylist]

Love guru, all thumbs down, not funny at all. No intelligent dialogue or joke, I wasted 290 minutes!

[Somerset]

cyberhippie, on Dec 30 2008, 08:24 PM, said:

I chose to go with The Band's Visit, which I've seen before, but it was a distracted viewing. Hilarious plot and some thoughts for our time

Also got The Children Of Huang Shi which I haven't seen before.

Finally Babel recommended on a trip in September.

Looks like quite a good list of movies. Haven't heard of Children of Huang Shi; how was it?

[iwanttogoback]

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Finally Babel recommended on a trip in September.

brilliant, but very depressing.

and speaking of films, has anyone seen slumdog millionaire? i'm taking myself to see it sometime this week.

[jyotirmoy]

The band's visit is one the very good films that I have watched in 2008. And if you ask the best film I have watched in 2008 it would be Children of Heaven.

[Hyderabadi]

Recieved "The Color of Paradise" by Majid Majidi today.

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Eight years old and blind, Mohammed (Moshen Ramezani) returns home from school for the summer after nearly being abandoned by his widower father (Hossein Mahjub). Mohammed savors the country (special sound effects capture his acute sense of hearing), but warm days and wildflowers have no effect on his father's mood. Believing his blind son will ruin his chance to remarry, Mohammed's father needs no less than a miracle to have a change of heart.

http://www.netflix.c...48?trkid=188469

Will watch it tomorrow hopefully.

[jyotirmoy]

Hyderabadi bhai I am sure you will like this film. The sound tracks & back ground chrores of Majidi's films are fantastic and so intensely expressive, much like those by Ray.

[rebeccam]

Didnt see "The Lov Guru" but..."The Guru" with Jimmy Mithri is fun .

[Somerset]

rebeccam, on Jan 1 2009, 07:13 AM, said:

Didnt see "The Lov Guru" but..."The Guru" with Jimmy Mithri is fun .

I also thought The Guru was fun!

[vandy]

Got a couple of Movie Tickets for Xmas and contemplating going to see "Before the Rains" sounds like a Love Story set in India. Has anyone seen this one ?

vandy