Sorry i didn't get it


Generally i watch hollywood movies and see bollywood stuff only if its connected to Aamir khan or Anurag kashyap. Saw this movie because of its association with kiran rao but sorry didn't get it. Though i found her dhobi ghat & delly belly brilliant experiments but this one was crap. Maybe even after watching movies like Pulp fiction, fight club, memento, inception, donnie darko i need to increase my intellectual level so as i can understand a movie like ship of theseus. This movie is rated 8.5 only because kiran rao is related to it. Without her it's rating would go down to 4-5. After watching this crap i watched The Lunchbox again to bring back my lost smile:)

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Mam with all due respect to the white trash aka donny darko and inception which was a typical summer blockbuster i would like to bring into ur notice that sot trumps all the above movies hy miles. Try reading will durants the 'story of philosophy' for casuality, determinism and memetics, concepts im sure u were totally ignorant about. Condemning a movie like sot, which not only stands out in the cacophony of our bollywood box *beep* but even shows the hollywood styled godmen their place us i think blasphemy. Mam i think its time for ur retribution. Ur wasting time on tuis page. As maitreya says, weve had enough of reason, now its a matter for disposition

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You reaction is valid but you need to open your eyes too... Donnie Darko is a brilliant experimental film... far from a summer blockbuster...

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As maitreya says, weve had enough of reason, now its a matter for disposition

Brilliant movie. I will also look up Will Durant. But I must correct your quote of the Matreiya character. The quote actually is,
"I guess we all agree with reason, now it's only a matter of disposition."

The distinction is important because he is an atheist that has his whole life respected and upheld reason, even unto death, because a disposition does not suggest you forgo your reason. Disposition is a nuance that can be laid on top of reason so that two reasonable people may actually end up disagreeing on whether to live and compromise their stated principles, to to die and preserve them. Even a single person can disagree with themselves on this point. Both positions still regard reason as the only arbiter, as shown in the movie. Disposition may change, but reason is never abandoned.

Your quote suggests the monk regards reason as something to be discarded in the face of mortal adversity which actually flies in the face of the movie's message and the actual words the character said. He never "had enough of reason."

Just the opposite. He couldn't get enough. He made in the end a reasonable choice to continue living, instead of dying for political and ethical principles. Reason saves and improves lives, is what the movie is saying. It even made the photographer worse at her job, but clearly better at her life, which is more important. The entire movie is a celebration of reason, educated and considered and insightful reason. What a breath of fresh air.

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Gunjandubey, Perhaps second viewing with a clear mind will help you. And if u still don't get it, please stick to your kind of cinema.

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Try reading the SOT paradox on Wikipedia.. will help you in understanding the film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

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please dont say that the movie is crap.. its a great one actually..we are used to a different kind of cinema,thats all.. now i dont know about kiran rao whom you mentioned but i liked it very very much.. its a really thought provoking movie...i enjoyed it quite simply

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Yes, you do need to raise your intellectual level. Not just you, but most of Indian audience. If your setting the bar on Aamir Khan being the "perfectionist" then that's not helping.

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