Out of Africa(1985)


The movie  stars Meryl Streep( Yes, I love her!!!!) as Karen and Robert Redford as Dennis.Okay, lets get to the point, I for one hated this movie. If I had watched it when it was made , I would have been 'Out of theatre'. (get it? ) It revolves around a love affair between Karen and Denis. The first half  of the movie deals with her marriage to a hunter who vanishes after the 1st day of marriage (to hunt). At one stage, she travels  a long time....that is a long distance I suppose, to get to him .( Yes it was all on fast forward).
Finally when it gets to the point of the 'affair'..I don't see it, the chemistry. It is just not there.
I don't know if the movie is flawed (because Im no good judge ), but it did not interest me. The sweet looking native Africans did manage to 'aww' me a little ,but that is all. I yawned a lot through the film. It bored me.
Well then why did I review it? Well because this is my review. Any contradicting views?Anybody out there who thinks it is a non boring film? Feel free to counteract.
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Love Sex aur Dhokha

Yesterday i came across an interview of Dibakar Bannerjee and i don't know what talent he has but, he has managed to become one of my favorite director. For the record he's an Indian filmmaker mostly known for movies like Oye lucky, lucky oye!!!( looooved it), Khosla ka Ghosla, and Love Sex aur Dhokha.
LSD has been shot completely on DigiCam and talks about 3 stories interconnected to one other. Each story depicts nothing more than the simple reality of Indian youth, "Camera" being the sole medium of storytelling.
Love:
This one starts with a young wannabe director Rahul, filming for his low budget diploma  movie who falls for his film's actress, Shruti. The intial too much love & filmy mode changes when the great Indian villain, Girl's father comes in to give the couple a little treat of reality. The reality too shocking, the reality too harsh to digest, the reality of Honour Killing. The whole story is narrated via Rahul's camera.

Sex:
Wow!!! Indian audience and sex. a good debate topic. But this story is about Adarsh and Rashmi who meet at the supermarket where Rashmi works on night shifts and where Adarsh is the guy taking care of the newly installed CCTV in the supermarket. Adarsh finds a way to pay off his debts by shooting a sex scandal video and tries to woo Rashmi for that. Eventually she falls for him(unknown of his intentions), but things become serious when Adarsh starts to reciprocate her feelings( in a serious way). This one ends on a predictable note and  we get to encounter the Indian MMS world. The narrator in this section is the supermarkets CCTV camera.

Dhokha:
Dhoka which means Betrayal or Deceit revolves around Prabhat, a sting investigator, journalist and a big time loser. He saves Naina( while jumping off the bridge), a dancer and item girl aspirant,who has been ditched by Loki Local for a video contract on her refusal to provide sexual favours. Both Prabhat and Naina plan to take revenge on him by exposing him off aka A Sting Opeartion. They both later try to blackmail him and in the mishap Prabhat gets shot. In hospital he refuses to give the footage of the Sting to his boss just to protect Naina's identity. Naina visits him in hospital and betrays him to join hands with Loki Local for his latest videos. Story is narrated by Prabhat's camera
Most unconventional Indian film, LSD has become favorite of every movie-lover and the movie's natural depiction on the serious issues is a complete eye- opener. Though it would be criticized for some technical flaws but the movie will make you forget all about them. Its definately a 4/5 rating from me.

Okay so guys just rate this movie and post comments.
Varsha