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Originally posted by feral cat
Sorry urgeok, I know you know your stuff most of the time, but HK cinema really has nothing to do with Bollywood at all ... I have watched quite a few Bollywood films as well and the two are worlds apart Completely unrelated in anyway,
If you don't like the more fantasy HK films I would still strongly recommend "Untold Story" at least.
For me I like the way the chinese are able encompass many genres in one movie, I think its a postive, you just have to leave your westernised idea of film making at the door and watch them as an entity in their own right.
... but everyone has their own taste ...
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the bollywood comparrison is the 'genre jamming' - the HK films (for the most part) at least dont have the musical element ...
The other line of comparrison for me is the lack of 'sofistication' for lack of a better word..
It is indeed a matter of taste but i find that (for my taste) they are more 'common mass - in your face films' where they try for such a large appeal that they lose their focus .. I've seen my share of both HK and Bollywood films as well, and thats just how they hit me ..
I dont mind when a movie switches tracks (like Dusk til Dawn or Miracle Mile) but for me the HK and Bollywood films are to hectic and scattered .. and worse - i find the humor is too obvious ... and the acting is sub-par (stagey and wooden)... but again .. i dont mean to step on the shoes of the folks that like these films .. they are obviously finding something to enjoy that i cant