Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

bjacob I love the Merchant Ivory films and I love the 70s aesthetics, so I was quite drawn initially into this movie. The initial sequence around the giant typewriter is spectacular. Unfortunately, it just fizzled out from that moment onwards. I just couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters: the guys are stupid, the female lead vain, narcissistic and self-centered to the point of implosion.It remains somewhat watchable as a document of an era, but it's a surprisingly poor movie.

MartinHafer This is a film about two very annoying people from very different cultures. Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal) is a British author who is visiting India. A screenwriter is obviously enamored with her but she is drawn towards Vikram (Shashi Kapoor). The two begin an affair--one that seems built on selfishness. After all, she's already been married four times and he is currently married. Because of this and Lucia's unpredictable and moody behavior (the b-word comes to mind when I think of her), it's really hard to care about this couple. However, it also seems that they are doomed for disaster--something I actually looked forward to! Normally, you are NOT supposed to wish to see a tragic ending--but because I hated both the characters so much, I couldn't wait! Unfortunately, it isn't horrible enough--as even killing the couple wouldn't have been good enough to merit my wasting my time on "Bombay Talkie"!This is a rather bad romantic movie. While I love the behind the scenes look at the Indian film industry, the story itself was tepid and the characters vapid. And, interestingly, the romance between Lucia and Vikram is totally unconvincing, as in real life the pair were married and remained so for many years (until Kendal's death). The only thing else I really liked was the way the opening credits were done! All in all, a very poor film--mostly because the script is poor and the dialog is even worse. A clear misfire.

Saman Perera An early film by my favorite trio Ivory, Merchant and Jhabvala, failed to light my senses in this nonsensical musical farce. The additional content on the DVD is much better with a feature on the very talented Helen and the customary chat with the trio on making of this movie. This film seems to insult everyone: a very uncaring and self indulgent white authoress, a very lustful Indian actor with no scruples, a charlatan guru, and a mediocre poet with an obsession to murder. Mix this lot in a movie and you get the customary tale of confusion and bad acting. Some moments of the film are memorable including the beginning scene on the giant typewriter, the incredible shots of the staircase at the hotel, and the general view into Bombay film making of the 70s. The ending is, well, rather abrupt, and I was glad it was. Rent it just for the extras on the DVD.

Lisa This wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, but it was pretty awful, and I would only recommend watching it expecting the worst so that perhaps you are pleasantly surprised by it. My least favorite thing was the main female character, Lucia, and her self-obsessed, insensitive, manipulative, passive-aggressive way of behaving. She was a terrible person and also looked much older than her supposed 32 years of age! It was difficult to understand the motivations or behaviors of most of the characters and the scenes/events seemed rather disconnected. I also was hoping for a lot more of the Bollywood movie industry and got very little of that except for the opening scenes. I'm not a fan of this movie.