This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
Getting some people to venture into the wonderful world of foreign cinema can admittedly be a tall order.
Weve all met one, right?
The I go to the cinema to watch, not to read!
There is nothing wrong with having your entertainment packaged as you like it.
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Everyone loves a bit of subtitling now; even Statham has been known to indulge!
But not really with Bollywood.
Those films take a good deal of investment.
But what if you do fancy a dip?
Im not even a hardcore fan.
This is the obvious place to start for me.
Oh, and the songs?
Here she discovers more about herself than she ever did with her traditional family back home.
I know, so far so cliched right?
But there is something deeply satisfying aboutQueenthat sets it well above the average Hollywood find yourself flick.
A moving treat that knocks Hollywood, sincerely, into a hat.
Bollywood horror is a strange thing.
It is true to say that the songs do not really work here.
They often diffuse tension and come across like a daft Halloween disco.
Genre connoisseurs should get stuck in.
Kaanteis my go-to film for trying to convince people that they should have a go at Bollywood.
If you could cope with the sheer audacity of that cut-and-shut crime though,Kaanteis an absolute hoot.
Its like a modern day version of theA Fistful Of DollarsinspiringSeven SamuraiinspiringThe Magnificent Sevenstory.
Honestly, get a few friends round, have a few beers and play spot the difference.
That film unfolds like a Scorsese biopic, and all three films are worth shouting about.
When trying to imitate this on a lower budget, Bollywood sci-fi can be unintentionally hilarious.
They may imitate Hollywood but it never feels like a cheap, lazy knock-off.
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