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K. JESHI
“At the centre of Unnale Unnale lies a fundamental problem. There is no story,” writes a film buff on his blog. “ …Movies like this do the worst damage when it comes to reinforcing gender stereotypes….does ‘candyfloss entertainer’ mean a ‘hare-brained film’?” he asks.
Elsewhere a reviewer on another popular film site www.mouthshut.com writes “The plot of Unnale is predictable….lots of scenes are lifted from movies such as Hum Tum (which is lifted from When Harry met Sally) and Dil Chahta Hai.”
Shimit Amin’s Chak De India, raises this comment: “The patriotism dose is just about right….a brilliant effort.”
These are the new age film lovers. They are a demanding lot. Style and substance matter to them. Access to an incredible amount of information on the Internet has helped them acquire a new taste for films. And, it is the meaty content that is getting the thumbs up. “What the Internet has done is that it has made specialised knowledge, that once only film critics had, open to all. I don’t have to remember every movie of John Wayne anymore.
It’s available to me at IMDB.com,” says Nandhu, a film buff. Be it world or regional cinema, information about movies, their background, history and directors helps people appreciate them better. “I am writing the review of Shawsank Redemption for a Tamil magazine. To get authentic details about the cast and crew, the background score, all I need to do is run an online search,” says artist V. Jeevananthan.
Today, the film buff can read a review of almost any foreign film worth watching on the Net. Also, one’s taste for films is influenced by the Internet.
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