Just back from Guzaarish. This movie shows a director's height of self-indulgence. Pretentious! Mr. SLB should definitely go back to masala movies. At least they will earn him some money.
Mercy killing is such a delicate subject and a certain SLB rips it apart and makes a joke out of it.
1. Ethan lives in a mansion fit for Adam's family. I guess they would feel insecure of the creepiness.
2. He is in constant pain and for such a patient there is utter dearth of medicines in the movie frame.
3. His mom doesn't bother to turn up after the first plea of mercy killing when the TV, newspapers are abound with such news.
4. She then later shows up to shed some tears, rattle a mouthful of dialogs in hushed voice and dies when her son is fighting with water droplets. Ooouch!
5. Ethan starts singing "cutting off" the Father when his mother is buried. No one bothers to console him - let him sing (he is crazy).
6. Omar is goofy, almost drops his "teacher" and snoozes away when Ethan screams for him. Sad and unwanted characterization. And Omar wants to be the best magician. Umm... all the best!
7. Sophia gets bashed up her husband and then a divorce just in time marry to Ethan. That was a quick divorce!
8. SBL should know that sometimes silence is golden and if hell-bent on heavy dialogs then make it relevant to the scene.
9. Ethan tries to be witty but every line is cliched.
10. No one bothers to trim Ethan's hair or beard.
11. Thank God, Ethan didn't ask for votes via SMS. Btw, he starts off with the ridiculous radio show even without revealing his supposedly non-existent sad story. The radio show eventually fizzles out.
12. His ex-flame calls him up and speaks of her support of i-know-why-you-want-to-die while her husband and child are in similar frame. Shameless! Come on SBL you could have shown a photo frame besides her. She could sit daintily on a chair rather than on the floor to express her feelings.
13. Court room in Ethan's house - SLB must be kidding. He puts Kapoor in a trunk to prove a useless point.
14. Even the bright Goa looks bluish. What's with SBL's fascination with blue?
15. "Uddi" number is grossly misplaced but Rai does a fab job.
16. The songs are a BORE.
17. Ethan laughs, laughs, laughs and then cries - have seen this zillion times.
18. Ahh! May every magician kiss and make out with his assistant in front of an audience.
19. Sorry, what was Sophia dressed in again...?
20. Where is the pain, where is the silence? Ethan's final eulogy to life takes much time to end. So why does he wants to die? If he can utter mouthfuls of dialog without a single expression of physical pain then he seems perfectly fit to live.
Oh! I've reached 20, so no more.
There are some good moments but only worth a DVD watch.
I have seen Black but only in bit and pieces. I wonder why Rani had to walk like a lunatic whereas her character is blind. Again, why would Amitabh speak like a psycho at all times? Again, why would it snow in no-where land? Maybe I'll see that movie in entirety to solve the puzzle as I've heard good reviews.
Guzaarish is emotionally unattached, just some reels of picture-perfect frames put together. Utter garbage making unpardonable mockery of mercy killing pleas.
Sorry guys, I know, this is "The Movies I Liked" thread but...
