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Man Proposes Marriage via Foursquare Check-In - http://mashable.com/2009...
No longer cool to propose on twitter
- Roshni
And the Most Popular YouTube Video of 2009 is… - http://mashable.com/2009...
Am not surprised, are you?
- Roshni
Who is hotter? Anne Hathaway or Scarlett Johansson?
Niranjan, VinonaGroupServicesUSA, Jayavasanthan J and 47 other people liked this
I vote for Scarlett.
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Scarlett.
- Call me Bronco
Scarlett
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
Anne.
- Spidra Webster
That is NOT fair. Scarlett but not by much
- Mo Kargas
ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE
- embee
Whoever the brunette is (I am celebrity challenged)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I'm on Team Anne.
- Joe Pierce
tough choice, but I think I'd have to go with Anne mostly because i'm partial to brunettes
- Imabug
Scarlett by a hair.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
scarlett = http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Logan Lindquist
Hathaway
- Mitch
I like them both, for different reasons. But I'd go with Hathaway because I'm a sucker for a brunette.
- Jason Huebel
I like brunettes, so Hathaway.
- Steven Perez
Besides, her picture looks a lot less photoshopped of the two. So she wins for that by default.
- Jason Huebel
Scarlett
- Steve
I do love Scarlett, but I have to say that the last few times I've seen Anne on television (SNL, Letterman, etc.) I've been blown away by her beauty... and those long long legs!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Scarlett. She's obviously outdoors in the sun, whereas Anne is inside, probably with air conditioning. She's much cooler.
- Mistletoe Glen
Anne's beauty is otherworldly. It's hard to believe she's real, actually.
- Spidra Webster
@Glen, Hathaway won't look like a dried up prune when she gets older since she spends her time indoors. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Ouch, really tough one but I'll have to go with Hathaway too.
- ronin
Hathaway
- Marissa
Oh damn.. Most likely Anne, but Scarlett will win if she starts singing to me.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Plus, I've never forgiven Scarlett for being in that awful SPIRIT movie.
- Steven Perez
Scarlett Johansson. Anne always looks like a corpse to me.
- Alex Scrivener
Hotter: The brunette, prettier: The blonde
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
I'm a brunette guy so...Anne
- David Cook
I'm a boob guy so...Scarlett
- Mo Kargas
I'm voting Anne.
- Christian (Simply X)
Anne! Scarlett sux big time
- Freon
both, plz. kthxbai!
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Winner of the catfight between the two is the hotter woman. End of discussion.
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
I vote for wrestle off in a large pool filled with jello...
- WarLord
better fill it with chocolate and milk so I can lick off the chocolate later.
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
Considering the background, I go for Scarlett.
- Amir
Scarlett for ever. :P
- janet
it's like asking which I like best, breathing in or breathing out!
- Toby Graham
Yes.
- Bren -- feeling merry
please dont make me choose
- sean percival
mmm gonna have to go with Scarlett. though both are too pretty to make this kind of a choice...
- Sascha Silberholz Wasek
Scarlet ;)
- ★ Soner Gönül
Scarlet FTW! ;-)
- Carlton Hackett
anne! by far
- Demetrios the Traveller
Anne hathaway.
- Roshni
@Mo Actually, you're just a boob. :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Anne - No plastic surgery fakeness to her look
- Matthew DeVries
anne tabi ki :P
- KURTAY
Scarlett
- david la tache
Oh no, men prefer blondes again :)
- Citronella
Scarlett- all day.
- © b e e n s w a n k
from iPhone
Anne Hathaway
- به نریمان گوش بده
Yes. (aw, sorry didn't see you there Bren!)
- Lo
Anne looks more natural in that pic (which is the hotness), Scarlett looks uncomfortable in that pose.
- yurei
Definitely Anne from those pics
- Ian Rudy
Anne Hattaway
- imath
Anne Hattaway, because she's kind of crazy so I have a shot at her. Scarlett is married to a guy with a six-pack, so there's too much for me to compete with. Translation: Hotter = the one more likely to fuck me.
- Ciaoenrico
anne hathaway - she never looks like a cliché - pure style
- barbarars
On the other hand, Scarlett was pretty good in THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING ...
- Steven Perez
Anne
- Uncle CW™
Scarlett
- Majento
Scarlett looks like fake. I vote for Anne Hathaway.
- \(*_*)/
Anne Hathaway
- Hutch Carpenter
I would say both are hotter in their own style. As a personal preference I am always leaning towards Scarlet
- Jayavasanthan J
Anne is pretty, but Johansson is Hot.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
If boobs were noticeable in these photos, we would all say Scarlett.
- \(*_*)/
Onur: Yeah, I agree that Scarlett's boobs just might be the only things going for her. :P
- April Buchheit
Anne
- David Monroe
Bumped... just cuz.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Scarlett FTW
- Bryan Lee
Ana Yang, Casey Muller - Weddings and Celebrations - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
Mahdi Ebrahimi, Jimminy Fuller, Arvind Sundararajan and 87 other people liked this
Congratulations!
- Jess Lee
from Bookmarklet
Congrats!!
- DeWitt Clinton
Cute picture and big news!
- Louis Gray
congrats!
- imabonehead
Congrats!
- Ruchira S. Datta
congratulations, sweet news on the FriendFeed :-)
- Nimaa
Congratulations!!
- Ashwin Bharambe
Congrats!
- Itachi
Congratulations, Ana and Casey!
- Anne Bouey
FFantabulous!
- Johnny Worthington
Whoa - FF Wedding in the Times. Congrats you guys!!
- Charlie Anzman
Congratulations!
- Mona Nomura
from iPhone
Congrats!
- SAM
"Ms. Yang and Mr. Muller met in May 2008 while working at FriendFeed, a startup social networking Web site in Mountain View, Calif." / Congratulations, guys!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Wow, in the NY Times!!! Congratulations!!!! :)
- niniane
Congrats Ana and Casey! Terrific!
- Hutch Carpenter
Congratulations! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats, Ana!
- Darren
Wow, what a great story you guys have!! So happy for you!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Congratulations to the two of you! May you enjoy many blissful years of marriage!
- Skye Miller
Wow, congrats Casey & Ana!
- Gabor Cselle
Congrats!
- Stephen Mack
Congrats, guys!
- Shannon Jiménez
Congrats
- ★ Soner Gönül
aw, "immersion romance"
- anna sauce
Congrats!
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Congratulations! :D
- Anna Haro
Best wishes you guys, you're awesome.
- Kevin Fox
Congratulations, Casey and Ana!
- Mark Trapp
The first and only FriendFeed wedding!
- Sheila Taylor
There have been other FriendFeed weddings, but no double-FriendFeed weddings! And yup, this'll be the last one (unless Prop 8 falls and there are a couple other big surprises!).
- Kevin Fox
Kevin wins the thread. :)
- Louis Gray
Congratulations, Casey and Ana.
- Roshni
Awesome! Best wishes for a great life together...
- Mitchell Tsai
Fox News Makes the Best Pie Chart. Ever. | FlowingData - http://flowingdata.com/2009...
such loveliness
- Roshni
Pandora - http://xkcd.com/668/
xkcd does indexed?
- Roshni
Saree stories… « Thirtysix and counting - http://thirtysixandcounting.wo...
Drape, drape, drape, pleat, pleat, pleat, pin, pin, pin.
- Roshni
The Associated Press: Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace Prize - http://www.google.com/hostedn...
The nomination deadline is eight months before the announcement, with a strictly enforced deadline of Feb. 1.
- Roshni
Someone please recommend a good compact camera?
Faraz Mullick liked this
Apart from a Nikon D60, which is bulky, I use a Canon Powershot SD800 IS for regular use, I have been using it for over a year, it looks good and does everything well. http://www.amazon.com/s... There is an SD850 IS which is a good alternative.
- Faraz Mullick
What is wrong with the one in your cellphone? :-)
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Faraz: thanks, checking it out. I have a dSLR, but for the upcoming trip I need something not bulky.
- Roshni
Ashwin: I detest cellphone cameras.
- Roshni
YouTube - Maksim-exodus - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I like the description in this video "a pianist who play piano very well"
- Roshni
from Bookmarklet
Glorious Bastard – Forward.com - http://www.forward.com/article...
Read the comments section?
- Roshni
120+ Exceptionally Beautiful HDR Pictures of Airports Around the World - http://techxav.com/2009...
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HDR makes the world look better.
- Roshni
from Bookmarklet
Diablo Cody Might Write Ratner's Long Awaited Playboy Movie - http://www.firstshowing.net/2009...
Note how many times twitter is mentioned.
- Roshni
Good Night and Tough Luck - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com - http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
Ashwin Nanjappa liked this
(via @cynwonders)
- Roshni
from Bookmarklet
Party Talk - http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekand...
Balaji Dutt liked this
Heh that strikes a little too close to home ;)
- Balaji Dutt
We'll test this on thursday!
- Roshni
How About Stephen Colbert As...The Riddler? - http://www.comicvine.com/news...
Colbert as riddler.
- Roshni
To Run Better, Start by Ditching Your Nikes | Wired Science | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/wiredsc...
Harini Calamur and Ashwin Nanjappa liked this
I am not about to throw out my shoes yet, simply because barefoot won't cut it on the surfaces I run on. But, I like this trend, I look forward to running without any cushioning in the coming years. http://gonnafly.wordpress.com/2009...
- Ashwin Nanjappa
A friend's been raving about these.. http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/
- Roshni
YouTube - Smokin' Joe Robinson - Classical Gas - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Where do sixteen year olds learn to play like this?
- Roshni
from Bookmarklet
Why Didn't I Think Of That?: Banana Phone - http://www.geekologie.com/2009...
I need this. I must have it.
- Roshni
Gadget Love - http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekand...
Done to death, this joke.
- Roshni
Finally!: Heart And Star Shaped Cucumbers - http://www.geekologie.com/2009...
Veetrag liked this
What we needed..
- Roshni
40 Modern Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read - http://www.marcandangel.com/2009...
I have read only a few. very few.
- Roshni
I am marked as a "probable Twitter nuisance" by http://www.twitblock.org/scan_us... ouch!
Thomas Power, barce, Jeroen De Miranda and 19 other people liked this
at least you're noticed, mate :)
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
Ha!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
True!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
and FWIW, you'd be on my #followfriday but everyone follows you already, @scobleizer
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
Does it give a reason why? crazy!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
hahaha! scoble the twitter nuisance, like a spammer even
- Abhijit Kadle
Heh. it works, then?
- Roshni
If the shoe fits, fella!
- Akiva Moskovitz
So the only reason is that you've been blocked by 10 Twitblock users? Out of your 94000-odd followers?
- Rahul Gaitonde
wow! it thinks my username (wordsforliving) was randomly generated + one twitblock person blocked me! LOL!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I am blocked by 3 TwitBlock users. "That's a pretty strong indication that this account is a nuisance."
- Louis Gray
my score is zero, nothing, nada, niets (in dutch) :) does that mean Im boring????
- tattoocats
I'm zero as well :)
- Roberto Bonini
TwitBlock gave @alebaffa a spamminess rating of 0 (http://twitblock.org/~alebaffa)
- alebaffa
from twhirl
does that matter?
- testbeta
Clearly, I need to ramp up my nuisance level! Only 1 block is not going to cut it!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
What a great service! Really helped me clean out my list of followers.http://www.twitblock.org
- Frode Stenstrøm
Squirrel Picture Goes Viral | Squirrelizer - Make Your Own Squirrel Pictures - http://www.theage.com.au/technol...
Easy way to ruin pics, you reckon?
- Roshni
from Bookmarklet
We really needed this. Post one bit at a time. http://abitbit.com/ (via @reddit_feed)
Faraz Mullick liked this
I love Zeroes ! Wait ! Or was it Heroes?
- Faraz Mullick
I love the one. Neo. Sigh.
- Roshni
How are you today? - http://theinspirationroom.com/daily...
azalea, Arda Çetin, Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ and 52 other people liked this
Yellow?
- Rodfather
Orange
- Shevonne
Green.
- Zach Flauaus
Red!
- Keke
Red :D
- Penny
green.
- Parth Awasthi
Red, have the whole week off. Very relaxing day.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Red :D
- Darren Heydon
Gray
- Morton Fox
Blue
- Roshni
@Morton Are you color blind? ;) @Roshni I'm sorry
- Shevonne
Blue
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
orange it is
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Orange... always orange.
- Kol Tregaskes
Green.
- cecily
orange with moments of red.
- Jim: Dead Like FF
I don't know really, maybe yellow.
- Kristian Salonen
I'm way up there, red.
- @CrystalinaB
I'm brownish-orangish.
- Joey Gibson
Orange
- Adriana E. Reyes
Blue-Purple
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Orange
- Darren Heydon
Still RED for me :D
- Penny
purple is good...it's one-half of my 1st alma mater's colors
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Yellow ^__^
- Nia
blue-green
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Red :D now
- Darren Heydon
Still Yellow
- Rodfather
RED :D
- Ayşegül Şamiloğlu
between green and yellow (:
- Batu
That far left one. Magenta, right? Whatever. Don't care. Blegh :(
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Orange
- Darren Heydon
Color blind.
- Steve C
Lavender.
- cecily
Doomsday black
- Mo Kargas
Yellow
- Nia
Light blue.
- Alix Whitmire
Orange. No, Blue. No, Orange. No, Blue.
- James Myatt
Yellow
- Rodfather
Green
- Darren Heydon
red:D
- Ekin Acar
:))
- Darren Heydon
I'm the red one :D
- ♥ Stephiepooos ♥
red onee <3
- ♥ Jessmiiccaaaa ♥ ♫
Orange+Yellow!
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Red because I am now at home!! :D
- Darren Heydon
Red.
- Iván Abrego
Green
- Rodfather
so very green
- Morgan Haley
green
- Darren Heydon
Yellow
- Rodfather
Yellow, for the first time in a very, very long time.
- cecily
Green :|
- Darren Heydon
I was blue earlier but I took a nap. I'll be red once I spend some time away from FF :)
- Heather
>___<
- Nia
I'm a rainbow today.
- Mellissa Claus
is this what's hot in the streets these days?
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googirl, Jacob, Jesse and 48 other people liked this
man.....
- Cee Bee
NOT HOT!!!
- Jimminy Fuller
Somewhere between interesting and disgusting.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
That makes my skin crawl. Literally gives me the tingly chicken skin thing. Thanks for creeping me out, gotta click away and go hum a tune now.
- Chad Harris
SEXAY
- Bill Kinney
Uh... wha?
- Michael McKean
gaah
- Imabug
ICK!
- BEX
:|
- Anna Haro
*flees*
- Mo Kargas
wow
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yet another sign of the coming apocalypse.
- Bill Sodeman
GAAAAAHHHHH!
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
gaggg
- Kim Landwehr
:O
- chaz2b
all that's missing is them wearing real, live octopus hats
- Cee Bee
eeyuck.
- Roshni
Gross
- RetiredTeacherD
gack. skeeves. squicked out.
- Leslie Poston
someone swapped her false lashes with her hair extensions
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
o.O
- Mellissa Claus
had to hide this, too ugly to keep seeing.
- Will Higgins™
Must hide this item, too ugly for words...
- Bill Sodeman
no.
- Bren -- feeling merry
Whhaaaaaa
- Shevonne
Um. Uh. I got nothing.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Silly.
- Derrick
EEEkkk
- BeeLing
whaaaaaaa? o_O
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Hahahaha
- Rodfather
Just grow your fringe like every self-respecting teen does - then you can hide behind that! No need to....whatever it is they've done there...with the horse-mane eyes...the hidden eyes not staring...blinded by the self-inflicted... *ARRRGGH!* MAKETHEMSTOP!
- WorldofHiglet
what in the name of hell is that?
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
That's just creepy.
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
What in the flying fuck!
- Divided By Zer0
Good for hitting Cthulhu
- Jemm
That's simply stupid
- Diego Barros
Gross.
- Zackatoustra
That's disturbing
- Joe Dawson
gross. :-P
- albameccanica - Arianna
Oh man what is this s*it ? Grosss
- Jacque
WTF!
- Randy
she's got something in her eye
- sofarsoShawn
thats why we need dislike
- Drago
Hot? Thats just weird, come on, give it a name! lol
- Kevin J Hatton
I'll name it: Hide!
- Jordan Hofker
That reminds me of an Japanese horror movie "Ekusute" http://www.imdb.com/title...
- Wao || 大号真皮人偶
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
- Steve C
Truly disgusting! And just plain dumb....
- Bonnie Foster
gawd. HIDE.
- Melissa
"Doctor, can you help me? I got ROGAINE in my eyes!"
- James (!?)
i wish i could unsee this
- sean percival
@Sean Percival -- You can. Let them show you how.
- James (!?)
See? This is what happens when you let your eyelashes grow out. :)
- Morton Fox
This just can't be real. Is it possible to grow your eyelashes that long?
- Jason Huebel
No, eyelashes can't grow that long. You need eyewigs.
- Morton Fox
http://www.flickr.com/photos... For those who wondered where those pictures could come from.
- Zackatoustra
With-out looking for proof, I'd say they're the obvious and glaring fake eyelashes (extensions) but what's the point of such a creation? To be different? What I'd like to think is they were designed and produced as part of a make-up prop for a film or one those funky fashion shows but one never knows, could be an upcoming, just because, trend.
- Mac Sharp
thats jacked up
- Jesse
Worse than any horror movie I've seen in the last ten years.
- Type Micah
There’s nothing good about Bollywood | Sathnam Sanghera - Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
Guru Panguji and Roshan Vyas liked this
"I realise that for some Indians this is a source of pride: an indicator that the sub-continent now has both economic and cultural clout on the global stage. But personally I find it depressing that a country that has produced so much important music, literature and philosophy has become synonymous with its most moronic cultural phenomenon."
- Deepak Jois
from Bookmarklet
The author is right about Bollywood, for the most part. He misses out on *some* (very few, in fact) movies that have come out recently that actually showcase good cinema, notable examples being : Omkara, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Luck By Chance, Manorama Six Feet Under, Mithya
- Deepak Jois
Deepak: Those recommendations of yours better be good. Going against my principle of not adding any Hindi film made after the 80's I have added some to my Netflix queue from your list.
- Thaths
Thaths, let me know how that list works out for ya. I would prefer to use a second round of filtering on Hindi movies, so that me and Mona can watch them. She doesn't usually watch Hindi movies cause I don't. :D
- Sid
Umm.. Ok now you are making me nervous! I would classify Manorama SFU and Mithya as acquired taste ;), but can wholeheartedly recommend the first three. One other addition would be : Khosla Ka Ghosla (same guy who made Oye Lucky Lucky Oye). I am still waiting to see DevD, but it has got rave reviews.
- Deepak Jois
Deepak: I don't know how much your "indie" movie list can be considered representative of the general phenomenon.
- Roshni
Roshni : Not disagreeing with you, which is why I said 'very few'. I would rather watch indie movies than mainstream stuff.
- Deepak Jois
Thaths, Sid - Try Dev D as well. And I am confident, "Kaminey" by Vishal bharadwaj will turn out to be fine.
- Roshni
Deepak: Yep. I figured, the problem has always been that for Bollywood, storytelling has never been as important as ensuring there are "stars" in the movie.
- Roshni
Roshni : Just to add, it is actually a good thing that the Indian movie industry actually has an 'indie' movie phenomenon. Earlier, it was either the mainstream stuff, or art movies. Film studios like UTV are doing a good job marketing these movies, taking a leaf out of their Hollywood counterparts. As Indians adapt to watching movies in multiplexes, or on DVDs, I would bet at some...
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- Deepak Jois
Just read all the comments here and bringing out the "those-who-live-in-glasshouses-should-not-throw-stones-at-others" card. What is good about hollywood again? Endless Pirates of the Carribean sequels? Or Transformer sequels? There were a lot of great Indian films in the late 70s-80s. It went downhill since.
- divya
some great 70s-80s movies: ardh sathya/chasme badoor/golmaal/jaane bhi do yaroon/bhumika/shatranj ke khiladi/arth/saransh/katha/. personal favs which not many may agree with: baaton baaton mein/khatta meetha/khoobsoorat/naram garam/chitchor/rang birangi (who can forget "Dhurandhar Bhatwadekar")/sath sath
- divya
Divya: Exactly my point! There's nothing good in Hollywood either, going by the same logic. Books, movies, music, in all of these, there have always been mindless crowd pleasers (for the majority) and thoughtful creations (for a minority/niche) since time immemorial. I do not see the reason to complain unless the kind of content *you* want is running out (which I do not see happening in any of these media).
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Responding on Twitter is too painful. First, let me point out that I hate most Bollywood movies for the exact same reasons as he points out. However, I strongly disagree with this article and I think it is somewhat elitist in its framing. The author is perfectly right when he says that writing is predictable and that characters have no depth. However, this ignores the vast number of...
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- Sriram Krishnan
Divya: Agreed, nothing fantastic happening in Hollywood either. Still, if we keep to the Bollywood discussion, the mainstream cinema in 70s (like Sholay or golmaal) still had some steam. [Love your list, thanks]
- Roshni
@sriram I agree. And the point is almost all film industries are like that. 90% movies are crap. There is no need to trash bollywood alone.
- divya
The second question is whether it is ok for Bollywood to 'represent' India. I dont see what's wrong with that when there is obviously a large number of people in India who love Bollywood. This is no different from Hollywood and the typical summer blockbuster representing the US.
- Sriram Krishnan
@roshni I agree. I cant believe I left out Sholay.
- divya
P.S Does anyone know how to split long comments into paragraphs in FF? :)
- Sriram Krishnan
And I would like to say Bollywood has a fan following far beyond just India (sorta like Hollywood) - however crap the films might be.
- divya
@sriram : Its a pain isnt it :). Pretty much everyone gets caught out by it http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Deepak Jois
Sriram: Totally agree. See the movie space as a free market. The audience is getting *exactly* what he wants. This is true because if X does not deliver what the audience wants, there is nothing preventing Y from delivering it to the audience. So, our current Bollywood mix of mainstream masala movies, multiplex feel-good movies and special screening 'art' movies reflects the audience...
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- Ashwin Nanjappa
Sriram, Ashwin : Popular opinion is not the sole benchmark for excellence, which is why we need critics. I would be willing to accept arguments about the quality of the criticism in the article than merely stating the (obvious) fact about how Bollywood is popular or saying that the criticism is 'elitist'. All good criticism is 'elitist' by definition, because a critic cannot go by...
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- Deepak Jois
@deepak I would agree if the author cites examples of "Good" bollywood movies or what the benchmarks for criticisms were (those cited are too vague). This article just seems like an opinion without substance, which is my primary objection.
- divya
Deepak: I agree with the fact that popular opinion is not a (personal) benchmark for excellence (meaning, I may not like the movie), but I am not so sure about the critics either. It's not just a question of them being elitist, it's also about whether I am forced to fit in my taste according to what they have to say (for instance, force myself to like what Roger Ebert says he does]. Why is popular opinion not an indicator? Why do critics have to tell us what is good?
- Roshni
Deepak: Do note that the author is not writing a critique about a movie, but about the entire "commercial" movie output of a nation. He would have some point *if* there were restrictions preventing visionary directors from creating their works in India. Since this is not the case, I do not see the point of his article. Coming tomorrow in the Times from the same author "Oh my, there's nothing but pulp fiction in bookstores these days!" and "Bejesus! What's with the load of pop crap in music stores?" :-D
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Divya: Agree. The article has all the signs of something written just to stoke emotions (+/-) and drive sales or page clicks or whatever. One man's masala is another man's art.
- Ashwin Nanjappa
Nice convo guys.
- Guru Panguji
@Sid: I have watched Omkara before and was not impressed. Going to try a couple more from Deepak's list before coming to a conclusion.
- Thaths
Rogert Ebert is a good example to talk about. Ebert actually likes 'populist' movies and treats them for what they are - mass entertainment. Having an arbitrary scale across all movies just seems wrong. I say 'elitist' since this is the same kind of criticism I see of Chetan Bhagat. Chetan Bhagat is interesting since every literary critic hates him but his books are immensely popular. A...
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- Sriram Krishnan
On a tangential note, I found it funny that the author thought Indian movies are too long. My mom used to hate coming to the theater to watch English movies since she thought English were too short and hence not enough return on investment :). Just another case of different audience sensibilities
- Sriram Krishnan
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