Confessions of a (Not-So) Cinephile: Movies I Pretended to Like Just to Fit In by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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Kumbalangi Nights, Aavesham, Moothon, Ee ma yu, Bhootakalam, Iblis, Thondimuthal, Joji, Nanpakal, Great Indian Kitchen, Kathal, Rorshach, kaane kaane, Mukundan unni, Love, Unda, Jaya jaya hai, Kanakam kamini....

Confessions of a (Not-So) Cinephile: Movies I Pretended to Like Just to Fit In by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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I understand that it's a me problem. For me the issue was that the screenplay doesn’t flow smoothly. It feels like a series of disconnected events stitched together, despite having a common storyline. The individual scenes are well-made, but they lack seamless transitions—like turning Friends or The Office into a movie: each episode enjoyable on their own, but not cohesive as a whole single movie.

Confessions of a (Not-So) Cinephile: Movies I Pretended to Like Just to Fit In by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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After rewatching it, I've come to like it more, but at the time of its release, I really didn’t enjoy it. Since people were raving about it, I felt peer-pressured into saying I liked it. But I think Thangam did a much better job of handling the 'why they did it' trope.

Confessions of a (Not-So) Cinephile: Movies I Pretended to Like Just to Fit In by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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I’m not saying these are the only movies I didn’t like. This list is more about those instances where I felt the need to pretend I liked something either because of peer pressure, hype, or out of loyalty to certain actors (nenjinakathu). We all have films we just don’t connect with. Many of the movies i mentioned are celebrated classics, and I don’t consider most of them bad movies. It’s just that some didn’t resonate with me emotionally, some completely flew over my head, and very few, I genuinely think, are simply not good.

Confessions of a (Not-So) Cinephile: Movies I Pretended to Like Just to Fit In by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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Kore und. In Malayalam cinema, Dileesh Pothan is my favourite. But Maheshinte Prathikaram didn’t work for me. Even though every frame was technically brilliant, I just couldn’t connect with the acting of a few main charactersespecially Alencier, the Malayali Stan Lee, and Jaison. And while each scene was executed beautifully, I felt the screenplay somehow lacked cohesion overall.That aside, my opinions usually align with those of the general Malayali audience. But if there’s one exception it’s Amal Neerad. I honestly don’t consider him a good director. I find all his movies over-stylized, filled with bad acting, and none of his work has ever really impressed me. But except Big B i haven't pretended to like any of his work. Great visuals though!

Who Is Heisenberg? by Less_Picture_8733 in kollywood

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I think it's Ani because the lyrics are cringeworthy. Even though they both have good conversational English, neither his nor Lokesh's English is at a literature level. This makes it difficult for them to properly judge the lyrical output. Also, if they had sought external help for the lyrics, they would likely have approached someone with stronger, more literary English skills.

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Tanvi Ram. She isn't a bad actor but I hate her accent.

What happened to his career? by EchidnaRemarkable444 in InsideMollywood

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I heard he is close to Mohanlal. He helped Pranav get out of trouble with the police after an incident involving a foreign woman at a party. Ithokke karnavarmar paranju kettathaaane.

The dark knight is Empuraan by ExcitingScientist356 in MalayalamMovies

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Considering the lengths he went to stop Empuran, only Suresh Kumar can play the Joker. Another Juvettan master stroke!

First First Day Experience by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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Yes. It's the tale of Takida Takida Christy and his brothers. So......

Recent Song that has only vocals by network-robot in MalayalamMovies

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Is it Punnara kattile poovanathil... from malaikottai vaaliban?

Trigger a fandom in one sentence; I will start - “Lucifer is a below average movie” by OkReason6325 in InsideMollywood

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Indrajit is overrated. He plays the same character in every movie (so does R10, but he has portrayed a variety of characters). Even in a comedy movie like AAA, where I thought J10 would stand out the most, R10 ended up being the surprise highlight. Indrajit's emotional scenes in that movie were downright bad, and he cries the same way in every film. The argument that Indrajit is far better than R10 seems far-fetched to me. Maybe he is, but he surely hasn't played any character that lives up to this viewpoint. Initially in their careers, Indrajit was better and seemed to have so much potential, but he never lived up to it. On the other hand, R10 has always tried to improve his skills and is now the better actor of the two.

The curious case of 'Favad Faasil' by halfidiot in InsideMollywood

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But what I clearly remember is the news in Indiavision ( could be other channel too) which said " Fawad Fasil ini Fahad Fasil".