If the movie is an ambassador of black power and brotherhood, it communicated all of that wrong. I am giving you just 10 reasons, there are tons of them in the movie: 1. Blacks can’t stick together. Movie starts with the Jabari falling out and ends with border tribe falling out. And, then a brother kills another. Point: Blacks are trademark leaders at infighting. 2. The kingship is apparently based on merit. Here merit is brute physical strength. But when T’Challa is humiliatingly defeated, he…Continue Reading “8 things Black Panther got totally wrong about black power”
You have failed me, social media. And, all my friends are either too lazy or liars. Otherwise, why won’t anyone tell me that the movie starts and ends with ‘I can bring him back into the program or we eliminate him.’ The story has not moved a millimeter. The chase scene in the end was unnecessary and too Fast & Furious for a Bourne movie. Most of the scenes were rehashed scenes from earlier movies. There was no honesty in the script. The franchise has…Continue Reading “Jason Bourne and social media failure”
I watched Haider. Most of you may have, already. Fantastic and bold movie. No? But I walked angry and felt betrayed. Not by the story, but by the storytelling. Vishal Bharadwaj may not have compromised on the content of the movie, but he definitely did on the methods used. Please explain what was the role of the Salman-Salman in the movie? How was their being Salman copycats take the story further? A friend explained that they provided comic relief. First of all, it was mimic…Continue Reading “Watching Haider & Vishal’s betrayal”