Movie reviews...

Saw 'Bluffmaster' the other day. Good movie. Maybe the plot was a little weak but total tp. Especially the acting. Thought Nana Patekar and Ritesh Deshmukh were awesome and maybe Abhishek's best performance as a solo hero not to mention Priyanka Chopra looking hot as hell. From any angle better than 'Neal n Nikki'. A titfest that got people in theatres just cos Yash Chopra produced it. Wooden actors, fuckol direction. Yet, (surprise surprise) 'the most widely read' English daily in India gave the former 2 stars and the latter 3. Why, one might ask. No answer. 'Reviews are the reviewers personal opinions.'
Reviews are maybe the one thing in papers i look forward to. i remember a time when i did not watch any hindi movie without reading what Khalid Mohamed wrote in TOI. Then somewhere down the line i lost faith. 5 stars for Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was too much i guess. Since then its become worse. A lot of the reviewers are aspiring directors (as even Khalid turned out to be). Makes sense to suck up to Yash Chopra and co. Fine. But don't run good movies down cos you don't like the director. Orson Welles made 'Citizen Kane' and was widely criticized by all the newspapers (incidentally owned by the guy on whom the movie was based). Flopped miserably. 60 years later its acclaimed as the best Hollywood movie ever. Bluffmaster ain't Citizen Kane. But give it its due.