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Influential mainstream daily, teetering suspension bridge
Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan” is getting rave rev iews in the American media with the New York Times making it “a Critics’ Pick”, a distinction rarely if ever earned by an Indian film.
The Los Angeles Times as also entertain ment trade papers “Variety” and “Hollywood Reporter” too have praised the film that opened Friday on over 2200 screens around the world in 35 countries including US and Canada.
“Raavan” has “Bollywood glamour aplenty, with the lovely if occasionally dramatically challenged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bachchan’s wife, playing the Sita stand-in,” said the New York Times. “The real star, though, is Ratnam, a talented visual storyteller who directs action crisply and fills the screen with striking imag es.”
“Artful but not arty, Ratnam, whose films in clude ‘Dil Se’ and ‘Guru,’ del ivers the goods,” said the influential mainstream daily praising A.R. Rahman’s “excellent score” and “an eye-popping climactic battle... on a teetering suspension bridge.”
“And that, folks, is entertain ment,” was the Times’ verdict.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article473984.ece
The Los Angeles Times as also entertain ment trade papers “Variety” and “Hollywood Reporter” too have praised the film that opened Friday on over 2200 screens around the world in 35 countries including US and Canada.
“Raavan” has “Bollywood glamour aplenty, with the lovely if occasionally dramatically challenged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bachchan’s wife, playing the Sita stand-in,” said the New York Times. “The real star, though, is Ratnam, a talented visual storyteller who directs action crisply and fills the screen with striking imag es.”
“Artful but not arty, Ratnam, whose films in clude ‘Dil Se’ and ‘Guru,’ del ivers the goods,” said the influential mainstream daily praising A.R. Rahman’s “excellent score” and “an eye-popping climactic battle... on a teetering suspension bridge.”
“And that, folks, is entertain ment,” was the Times’ verdict.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article473984.ece
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The influential mainstream daily may be a magazine or a critic's website. Saying that it was a climactic battle means that it was the high point of the movie where all of the tension builds. Saying that it was on a teetering supension bridge could mean that the movie's climax was very good, but it was unexpected because the movie didn't lead up to that scene.
- The influential mainstream daily may be a magazine or a critic's website.
- Saying that it was a climactic battle means that it was the high point of the movie where all of the tension builds.
- Saying that it was on a teetering supension bridge could mean that the movie's climax was very good, but it was unexpected because the movie didn't lead up to that scene.
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The influential mainstream daily may be a magazine or a critic's website. Saying that it was a climactic battle means that it was the high point of the movie where all of the tension builds. Saying that it was on a teetering supension bridge could mean that the movie's climax was very good, but it was unexpected because the movie didn't lead up to that scene.
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All of those words are in the dictionaries.
influential - having authority or prestige
mainstream - in the prevaling direction of activity; not unusual or strange
daily - a newspaper published every weekday
climactic - related to the point of highest dramatic tension in a film, play, etc.
battle - an extended contest, struggle, as between persons o
influential - having authority or prestige
mainstream - in the prevaling direction of activity; not unusual or strange
daily - a newspaper published every weekday
climactic - related to the point of highest dramatic tension in a film, play, etc.
battle - an extended contest, struggle, as between persons o
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