Siddharth Anand: If I make a morose film, it might appeal to critics - Page 5

All I can say angoor khatte hain. As much i like hr , Siddharth is really bad director.. All of hus screw UPS in bb.. I watched bb coz of Kat n hr.. Hope in future hr don't sign his movies

In general the reviews for Bang Bang have been VERY skewed for reasons beyond my understanding...even in this thread, as far as I can tell, most people haven't seen the movie but are passing sweeping judgements on it...ironically doing the same thing they are accusing Sid Anand of doing.

Originally posted by: AreYaar

In general the reviews for Bang Bang have been VERY skewed for reasons beyond my understanding...even in this thread, as far as I can tell, most people haven't seen the movie but are passing sweeping judgements on it...ironically doing the same thing they are accusing Sid Anand of doing.

I don't blame him for reacting to how overboard critics and people have gone in general to trash this film...Knight and Day was no great film to begin with...so I don't understand what great story people were expecting going into Bang Bang...it's a stylized film packaged with good songs and action...simple enough...but people want to hate on it simply cuz it released with a smaller budget critically acclaimed film like Haider? Haider must be a very good film no doubt and I really want to watch it but I don't see the need to pull down Bang Bang simply to venerate Haider...this herd mentality of automatically hating all big budget entertainers and presuming that all small budget films are wow is strange...cuz that is never the general case...I've seen plenty of small budget crappy films being released recently too.

And I must say...nowhere did he mention Haider or small budget films in general but the way that has been interpreted and RUN WITH...lol the internet is a very amusing place.

What I got from this interview was that Sid tried to shift genres within what he's worked on before...good or bad, his previous films DID have some sort of story in them...he's not the world's most terrible director and certainly nothing like Sajid Khan who comes across as a crass PIG in general.

Bang Bang did raise the bar when it comes to action and stylized packaging...it was far better than the likes of Dhoom 3 which apart from lacking any story or characterization also had pathetically half-baked action sequences...but nobody wants to acknowledge the good Bang Bang DID have...I don't blame the director then for feeling resentful after putting 2 years of work into making this.

Also the Rohit Shetty comparison is totally invalid cuz Rohit Shetty has developed a cult following through the continuous blockbusters he's churned...and Sid Anand doesn't have anything like that to his name...it takes a while to build a brand.

Nobody sold this movie as some kind of pathbreaking Nolan type flick to begin with...and for a stylized action/romance, it still had substance compared to many recent brainless potboilers.

^^ I don think the issue is about whether BB is a good film or not..I mentioned in one of my posts that a film being critically acclaimed doesn't automatically make it good..But through this statement, Sid Anand is generalizing & thats where the problem lies..In a way, he is saying critics only appreciate morose films with poor ppl thereby ignoring a lot of other films which have been anything but morose & managed to get great reviews..Moreover, he intends to say that the only reason why BB is being trashed is because its a happy film & not the sad ones critics generally appreciate..Common, he is taking it too far here..No one is expecting him to say BB is a bad film..But to make such a sweeping statement & stereotyping all the critically acclaimed films as morose ones with poor ppl is ridiculous..Atleast IMO 😆

try it then off ur own funds !!! 😆

But I do believe Sid Anand is a crap director, any competent director would have made a better product, he almost destroyed Saif and Ranbir's career. Hrithik stay far away from this guy

Looks like BB's underperformance has severely rattled his cage. Doesn't he realize this makes him look like sour grapes? 😆

Originally posted by: Piyatrix

Word!! 👏 The biggest disadvantage it had is that it released against a small budget highly praised film. The critics felt a moral responsibility to bash a big budget film. I am yet to watch but from neutral members it appeared Bb wasn't as bad as its made out to be.

Originally posted by: Piyatrix

But I do believe Sid Anand is a crap director, any competent director would have made a better product, he almost destroyed Saif and Ranbir's career. Hrithik stay far away from this guy

Originally posted by: rogerrocks

^^ I don think the issue is about whether BB is a good film or not..I mentioned in one of my posts that a film being critically acclaimed doesn't automatically make it good..But through this statement, Sid Anand is generalizing & thats where the problem lies..In a way, he is saying critics only appreciate morose films with poor ppl thereby ignoring a lot of other films which have been anything but morose & managed to get great reviews..Moreover, he intends to say that the only reason why BB is being trashed is because its a happy film & not the sad ones critics generally appreciate..Common, he is taking it too far here..No one is expecting him to say BB is a bad film..But to make such a sweeping statement & stereotyping all the critically acclaimed films as morose ones with poor ppl is ridiculous..Atleast IMO 😆