Do you PREFER Hollywood or Bollywood, and WHY?!

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😉😆 This will surely be a cross-over topic. Whatever you call it, Hollywood and Bollywood are constantly compared and I would like to know which one you prefer the most, or if you like both equally. I actually prefer Hollywood because I grew up in the U.S. and it related to me more. I speak fluent English, not Hindi. I enjoy Bollywood, but since I see most movies copying the Hollywood themes, it is like "been there, done that." And even showing Bollywood films to Americans has been interesting to say the least. Some love KKKG (Americans love family-oriented films and Rhona Dhona). But, some hate the songs and dragging of 3 hours. Whereas Hollywood films are only 2 hours and no songs. But, some of them are long now (like J. Edgar). 😕 Do you prefer Hollywood or Bollywood, or like both equally? And if so, why?! I think it is great to get the best of both worlds. 😊

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Mainstream hollywood churns the same type of crap that mainstream bollywood does. Its just that hollywood can afford to have better packaging. But crap is crap whether you wrap it pretty in pink or not. You have your Megan Fox and Jessica Alba for every Katrina and Deepika. So there's not much difference there. I'm more a fan of independent films/world cinema rather than either Hollywood biggies or Bollywood.

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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 13 years ago

^^ @Chokri -- well said!

Any movie...as long as it's sensible or entertains me.

After watching a movie, I should feel like I learnt something new, a movie should always give me a new outlook on life, like, it should enrich my brain/emotions, in short, it should touch me 😆 ... I cant express my thoughts well , but hope you get my point 😆

I do like spoofs and horror movies though. whether it's hollywood, bollywood, tollywood, Korean, French, doesnt matter... ^Dexterkichokri said it all.

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this is like asking do you prefer water or urine?... ofcourse Hollywood!

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blue-ice.

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Posted: 13 years ago

Of course Hollywood...kahan raja bhoj(HW) aur kahan gangu teli(BW)...

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MissIffiy

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Posted: 13 years ago

bollywood films i only watch if salman or PC are in it & a few films that really interest me hollywood i watch almost all of them 😆

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Originally posted by: MissIffiy
bollywood films i only watch if salman or PC are in it & a few films that really interest me hollywood i watch almost all of them 😆

only Salman and PC😉...didn't u claim to be a Hritik fan in the other thread just now😉...and u don't watch Hritik's movies...what kind of fan are u?😉

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Originally posted by: Heisenberg
this is like asking do you prefer water or urine?... ofcourse Hollywood!

😆 I didn't know God can get so graphic!!!!!!

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MissIffiy

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Originally posted by: blue-ice
only Salman and PC😉...didn't u claim to be a Hritik fan in the other thread just now😉...and u don't watch Hritik's movies...what kind of fan are u?😉

😆 not a die hard fan he is my 3rd fav actor after salman & shahid 😛

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Posted: 13 years ago

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I like Hollywood more there make more variety, in terms of horror and sci-fi and action thrillers and superhero movies. Plus, only in Hollywood can someone get so creative and make something like Avataar, which has revolutionized world cinema or a movie like Inception, which amazing graphics.

I also love the fact that not every single film is a musical unlike Bollywood where every movie has to dance/item numbers. Thank god there's Broadway to separate out the musical items.

And lastly, I love the standard of acting. Meryl Streep does both "art" and "commercial" cinema and she's appreciated in both. I wish more mainstream BW actresses could balance both styles too. Okay don't with my rant.

I agree with Dexter...mainstream does churn out crap..American Pie anyone? But she's right, it's packaged better. Also, INDIAN cinema is amazing if you factor in regional films...there are A LOT of mind blowing Bengali, Marathi, and South Indian films but too bad BW represents India more than regional films.