grim22 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) What the hell? o_oWell, Bollywood has a complete lack of sci-fi movies. At a recent movie convention (named Frames, if i remember correctly) this was one of the questions asked at a panel discussion involving directors and screen writers. One of the explanations given was the comedy part. It is really tough to get the point across in expository dialogue in Hindi. They demonstrated this by trying to translate the "Dream within a dream" explanation from Inception, and the audience was laughing throughout. We are used to our heroes solving problems by punching stuff than by deduction etc. Edited July 27, 2012 by grim22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Well, Bollywood has a complete lack of sci-fi movies. At a recent movie convention (named Frames, if i remember correctly) this was one of the questions asked at a panel discussion involving directors and screen writers. One of the explanations given was the comedy part. It is really tough to get the point across in expository dialogue in Hindi. They demonstrated this by trying to translate the "Dream within a dream" explanation from Inception, and the audience was laughing throughout. We are used to our heroes solving problems by punching stuff than by deduction etc.Wow it's really a different culture :oI guess an improvement in English skills would be helpful there :PI learn interesting things :)I would like to see more Hollywood movies about Indian legends and tales, Disney could have some materials, a little bit like Mulan about China ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Wow it's really a different culture :oI guess an improvement in English skills would be helpful there :PI learn interesting things :)I would like to see more Hollywood movies about Indian legends and tales, Disney could have some materials, a little bit like Mulan about China ^^Disney did. See this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K-R-Q0YRtQThey created pretty good animation, and the reviews were good as well. Unfortunately, they dumped it into theaters with minimal promotion alongside 4 other movies a week before a major monsoon release was going to hit theaters. In short, no one saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) They created pretty good animation, and the reviews were good as well. Unfortunately, they dumped it into theaters with minimal promotion alongside 4 other movies a week before a major monsoon release was going to hit theaters. In short, no one saw it.Do you Indians like animations? Edited July 27, 2012 by Invincible Olive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Do you Indians like animations?I would say, by and large, no. There is a perception that animation is only for kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Disney did. See this trailer: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K-R-Q0YRtQThey created pretty good animation, and the reviews were good as well. Unfortunately, they dumped it into theaters with minimal promotion alongside 4 other movies a week before a major monsoon release was going to hit theaters. In short, no one saw it.If they made the same movie but live-action and an A-list star starring in it, it would have easily grossed 100 crore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think Mahabharata in LOTR-style or Ramayana in 300-style will be just plain EPIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think Mahabharata in LOTR-style or Ramayana in 300-style will be just plain EPIC! I only saw one Indian movie 3 Idiots, it's quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think Mahabharata in LOTR-style or Ramayana in 300-style will be just plain EPIC!I think they should just adapt the Ramayana books by Ashok Banker, they are already written like a spec script in the vein of LOTR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I would say, by and large, no. There is a perception that animation is only for kids.It's because most Indians never watched a Pixar movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Some comparisons for first dayInception 53.3 mlnBattleship 61.4 mlnPrometheus 64.8 mlnHancock 69 mlnWrath of Titans 70 mlnThe Dark Knight Rises 72 mlnThe Amazing Spider-Man 76.2 mlnUpdated Thursday est.1. The Dark Knight Rises 2,184,000 - 2,412,0002. Ice Age 4 642,035 (-63%) 37,842,0393. Step Up 4 641,6884. That's My Boy 200,208 (-57.8) 3,656,9455. Red Lights 81,903 (-58.5%) 1,296,132 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think they should just adapt the Ramayana books by Ashok Banker, they are already written like a spec script in the vein of LOTR.And Hollywood has some Indian American actors, like the actors in TV shows Heroes / The Big Bang Theory, so I'm sure they could do something interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Some comparisons for first dayInception 53.3 mlnBattleship 61.4 mlnPrometheus 64.8 mlnHancock 69 mlnWrath of Titans 70 mlnThe Dark Knight Rises 72 mlnThe Amazing Spider-Man 76.2 mlnUpdated Thursday est.1. The Dark Knight Rises 2,184,000 - 2,412,0002. Ice Age 4 642,035 (-63%) 37,842,0393. Step Up 4 641,6884. That's My Boy 200,208 (-57.8) 3,656,9455. Red Lights 81,903 (-58.5%) 1,296,132Interesting to see TASM higher than TDKR :POMG the drop for Ice Age 4, not good, it could be lower than Ice Age 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Even Hindi movies find it hard to find a sizable audience in South India. TDKR and TASM have actually performed much above expectations here. TASM is looking at a 45 crore finish (highest ever) and TDKR is looking at a 40 crore finish (3rd highest ever). In 2nd highest ever, surprisingly is 2012 (the John Cusack movie).what is surprising in that, an Indian saves the world in this movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 No one expected IA4 ends up less than IA3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Some comparisons for first dayInception 53.3 mlnBattleship 61.4 mlnPrometheus 64.8 mlnHancock 69 mlnWrath of Titans 70 mlnThe Dark Knight Rises 72 mlnThe Amazing Spider-Man 76.2 mlnUpdated Thursday est.1. The Dark Knight Rises 2,184,000 - 2,412,0002. Ice Age 4 642,035 (-63%) 37,842,0393. Step Up 4 641,6884. That's My Boy 200,208 (-57.8) 3,656,9455. Red Lights 81,903 (-58.5%) 1,296,132John Carter Of Mars 182m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 No one expected IA4 ends up less than IA3.Given the growth in admissions and inflation it's disappointing, really.Madagascar 3 passed Madagascar 2 (+$8m) so we could expect better for IA4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) John Carter Of Mars 182mThe most frontloaded movie of the year, maybe all-time Edited July 27, 2012 by Fullbuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Given the growth in admissions and inflation it's disappointing, really.Madagascar 3 passed Madagascar 2 (+$8m) so we could expect better for IA4.thanks to Vitaly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 thanks to VitalyVitaly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
