odadune
Star of the item number
not around much due to stuff in my personal life.
Posts: 1,494
Favorite actor: Currently a certain Kumar, but I like most of them
Favorite actress: whoever's in films I'm interested in this week
|
Post by odadune on Apr 4, 2015 22:14:39 GMT
|
|
|
Post by MrB on Apr 5, 2015 6:55:22 GMT
We saw it yesterday. As Rangan says, it is beautiful to look at - the costumes, colours and sets are ravishing. The film is set in the 1940s, but evokes a caricature of the that period - it reminded me a little of the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy. However, the looks aside, I found it unengaging, with my attention wandering for large parts of the first half. It takes the germ of the very first Byomkesh Bakshi story and inflates it with a femme fatale, pan-Asian gangs, and the wartime threat from Japan. But none of it really gripped and, while I quite enjoyed it, I came away feeling that the film was a waste of great cinematography.
|
|
odadune
Star of the item number
not around much due to stuff in my personal life.
Posts: 1,494
Favorite actor: Currently a certain Kumar, but I like most of them
Favorite actress: whoever's in films I'm interested in this week
|
Post by odadune on Apr 6, 2015 16:57:41 GMT
We saw it yesterday. As Rangan says, it is beautiful to look at - the costumes, colours and sets are ravishing. The film is set in the 1940s, but evokes a caricature of the that period - it reminded me a little of the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy. Yeah, I know what you mean-when i saw the trailer it kept making me think of the Tintin comic books.
|
|
|
Post by corbie on Apr 6, 2015 17:22:06 GMT
Saw it yesterday. I enjoyed it, but wouldn't see it again. The costumes, sets were incredible and then they filmed it in the dark. I liked the actor. But I never was into murder mysteries that much. So I am mixed. Very well done in many ways.
|
|
odadune
Star of the item number
not around much due to stuff in my personal life.
Posts: 1,494
Favorite actor: Currently a certain Kumar, but I like most of them
Favorite actress: whoever's in films I'm interested in this week
|
Post by odadune on Apr 7, 2015 11:18:01 GMT
thanks for reporting back!
|
|