So monday night became movie-session till 3 am.I still have my exams but VS had come over...sooooo....we saw
Friends, Gilmore Girls, Castle aaaaand... LSD.
Reasons why I actually loved the movie (that most people found crass, vulgar, long and senseless)
I'm already giving you the Other side of the argument just in case you sue me for gross-misrepresentation after reading This review.
Warning- Watching LSD with your dadi and co. may lead to the squirming-syndrome. Avoid.
Love, Sex, aur Dhokha
It broke away from the typical 3 stories interwoven and butting in every 3 minutes. It had 3 distinct plots with clear breaks so one could actually register a connection with each.
The most drastic (read violent) plot was kept at the beginning. Cleverly keeping the audience mentality of a 'happy' ending in mind. It's very important that people aren't Haunted by the movie. Bad dreams don't translate into money in the producer's bank.
Unconventionally, the most intense scenes didn't show the faces of the speaker. Eg. in the narration of a death of a friend, attempted seduction of a star(?).
The former was brilliant because it could be understood as an admission on the part of the director that there are some things film cannot do justice to.
Raw emotion can be very ugly. Overwhelming. It admitted to the inadequacy of the very medium through which they narrated the story. I think that's pretty brave.
Also the actors!!! The director didn't go for a Single good looking chap to relieve the eyes. I mean, it was ordinary brilliance. People you can pick up off the street, boys whom you will never speak to, girls you won't find incredible attractive. Sweet, yes. Beautiful, no.
And somehow they all 'fit'. Brilliant apt casting.... right from the verbally abusive father to the giggly naive daughter. Apt.
The subject wasn't unfamiliar. Episodes described have happened, are happening... sadly, may continue to happen. It's not a *beware* story. It's intent is not to make one more wary (though perhaps we should be) but it just Is a story that almost documents the process behind daily tragedies.
The dialogues Deserve a mention. Unlike Ishqiya which seemed to shove in swear words for audience hoots... LSD made the language seem a natural accessory of the characters portrayed. It never felt out of place or unexpected coming from the mouths of the people it was put into.
Harsh? Yes. Inaccurately put? No.
In fact, even the nasty remarks about colour were quite brilliant. They exposed the bias of people of course, exposed a man trying to wriggle out of a spot his conscience wasn't comfortable in... an interesting tool to expose prejudice and dying sincerity(half-heartedly attacking what's vulnerable)
I could go on... technical tools, the digital format, the depth of characters, the lack of unnecessary drama(skipping the decision making process and mentioning the result in passing)... I found them all favorable.
But, that's just me.
I don't know if I would 'suggest' the movie to a lot of people, or any!
This would be me putting my own personal take out there...whatever that's worth :)
(probably a few million dollars, someday!) :)
Have a happy weekend!
Ps- Judge away but the respect is back for Ekta Kapoor! :D
day all!!! 
