What is the difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies?

 Hollywood dialogue :

You're the first boy I ever kissed Jake and I want you to be the last.

Bollywood dialogue :

Isi gaal pe pappi degi tere challe ko. (She'll kiss this very cheek of mine).

Titanic - Hollywood tragedy.

Gareebo ki tragedy. (Tum Mile movie Disaster)

Hollywood's defence mode

Bollywood's defence :

Hollywood's Mind numbing sci-fi thriller

Gareebo ka time travel : (Action Replay movie-time travel)

Here's an epic war saga that went unnoticed and unappreciated

And here is a guy who just walks in snow for 150 minutes and people liked because of “art” and “Oscar”.

Why does it cost millions to make a Hollywood film?

 On a big picture it is because we make EVERYTHING that you see. It might be an entire world made of plywood and minimal stick framing, but there is a lot of it and it’s all custom. Every costume is hand built. Robin Williams robot costume got an academy award or nod.

The six roof ribs each have hundreds of man-hours worth of work.

Everything in the room is custom built including the room. This is probably the largest single enclosed set I ever worked on. For 7 weeks, I hammered away just making the blank segments of the 180′ diameter perimeter wall- a twenty foot tall truncated conical shape that is totally undetectable. That was an extremely wasteful design detail, but the Hollywood designer said “Make it So”, Disney opened the checkbook, and this one million dollar Bicentennial Man set was ordered up and built for about 5 minutes of screen time.

Alcatraz TV pilot

Working ON Alcatraz is very expensive so they usually fake it in Hollywood. Or Canada! I’m standing in an Alcatraz set, on Alcatraz, next to real Alcatraz bars and cells. The set was built in Vancouver and trucked all the way south to San Francisco for a 4 day shoot at the National Park (the whole island is the park). I was just one of about a sozen carpenters- we all got a couple thousand for the work.

Carpenters are the low pay folks on set. That’s why I specialize in effects props:

The ‘escape props’ I created for a shoot in 1991 are still on display in the “MGM cells” at Alcatraz. (power drill, paper mache vent cover, hand tools)

In house Google ad that totally did NOT rip off JJ Abrams Star Trek set… (yeah, it did) Just a little plastic model… $7,500.

Toyota Prius “jet pack” $4,000

It’s all custom. Lights and camera equipment cost millions and millions of dollars too. And because everything is so high stakes, everyone above the carpenters gets paid eye watering chunks of change.

Does height matter in Hollywood?

 During Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart had to stand on wooden boxes just to appear taller than Ingrid Bergman. It proves a persistent Hollywood truth: height is just a malleable prop.

For leading men, there is a pervasive illusion that every action star is well over six feet tall. In reality, the camera favors proportion over sheer size. Actors with slightly larger heads and broader shoulders often register as massive on screen, regardless of their actual vertical measurement. Sylvester Stallone, Mark Wahlberg, and Tom Cruise all hover around or below average height, yet they have dominated the action genre for decades. Directors use low-angle shots, forced perspective, and specialized footwear to enhance their stature. When an actor is exceptionally tall, it can actually create framing problems. A massive height discrepancy between two actors requires the camera to pull back, which can disrupt the intimacy of close-up dialogue scenes.

To solve this, production crews rely on a simple piece of equipment: the apple box. During the run of The X-Files, the crew built custom ramps and boxes—affectionately dubbed "Scully boxes"—so the 5-foot-3 Gillian Anderson could comfortably share the frame with the 6-foot David Duchovny.

However, height expectations historically placed a different burden on female actors. For decades, traditional casting dictated that women should not tower over their male romantic leads. Actresses like Sigourney Weaver and Geena Davis, both hitting the six-foot mark, have noted that their height initially cost them roles, as some leading men refused to work alongside women who were taller than them. Fortunately, the industry has become slightly more flexible over time. Today, tall actresses frequently share the screen with shorter male co-stars without the production resorting to trick photography or trenches to hide the difference.

Ultimately, casting directors are far more concerned with an actor's screen presence, charisma, and facial geometry than the tape measure. In Hollywood, physical height is just a starting point; the camera, the framing, and a few wooden boxes handle the rest.

What is the difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies?

 Just for fun don't take it seriously

Hollywood: Aliens attack only America

Asteroids fall on America

The world is about to end- saved by Americans

The whole world revolve around America

Asteroids will be falling on America only- President will break protocols and will perform stunts and action to save the country. Scientists will perform all kind of experiments and will observe the monitor every minute to see what is happening. But at the end of the day the world will be saved by our inexperienced hero who has no knowledge about science, asteroids or about anything. In the end, Hero and his love interest will k**s while the world is still damaged by the asteroid!!

Bollywood -

Bollywood: Asteroid attack- Hero will enter with a song, then will save the heroine from goons, then they fall in love, song some songs.

Asteroid attack- slow motion, camera on hero, then heroine, then supporting actor, then background artist, everyone giving their reaction shot (while Dhoom Tana na plays in the background). Out hero chants Hanuman Chalisa, God enters the body of our hero giving him invincible powers. He takes the asteroid out of space and destroys it.

Then he returns to his area, everyone claps for him. He goes to his girlfriend to sing another song. The End.

Now on a serious note

1. Bollywood films use music and songs way more than Hollywood. Hollywood use songs mostly in the background or if they are musical. Indian films have music and even dance mostly inherent to the narrative.
2. In Hollywood Sci-fi, animation and fantasy are commercially viable genre. Even their animated features have a budget of 100–300 million dollars which translates into more than thousand crores rupees. In Bollywood the animation and Sci-fi genre are not as developed. Our highest grossing animation film is Mahavtar Narasimha with collections of 300 crores rupees but by and large we hardly see animation films, even films like interstellar or inception cannot be conceived in Bollywood because it will lack the commercial elements to make its successful and niche subjects are hardly Blockbusters in Bollywood.
3. The market- despite having much larger population Hollywood has a wider exhibition with more theatres, more wider overseas reach and more revenue. India has only 12000 theatres with sizeable amount of theatres in the South where Hindi films do limited business. Our ticket prices are also way cheaper than Hollywood. So our revenue is expanding but it is not comparable to Hollywood
4. Hollywood is an actual place in America which became associated with film production in early 1910’s due to availablity of land, and cheap cost of production. By 1920’s Hollywood emerged as a town around which Hollywood studios established their offices. Bollywood is not a place but is basically a derivative of Bombay and Hollywood because Bombay was the centre of Hindi cinema so it got identified as Bollywood a term many people don't find amusing. Also the regional languages have their own wood- Kollywood for Tamil, Tollywood for Telugu, Sandalwood for Kannada, Tollygunj for Bengali, Bhojwood for Bhojpuri etc.
5. American Cinema organise Academy awards also known as Oscar which has huge reputation all over the world with almost every country vying for it. Indian awards don't have the reputation. We have National Film awards which are given by Indian government and we have Filmfare awards which is the most significant awards for Bollywood film but our award shows don't have the same reputation as Hollywood.

What Hollywood actor/actress refuses to do love scenes with his/her co-star? How so?

 One of the most famous ones is Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte:

Julia Roberts called Nick Nolte “disgusting” and Nolte responded by saying that Roberts was “not a nice person.”

They clashed so much on the set that the director had to use body doubles for the love scenes, though, the director did get them to do a kiss on screen.

Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt

Brad initially refused to do a love scene with Cate to appease Angelina, Brad’s girlfriend at the time. The director David Fincher stepped in and eventually got him to do the scene.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams

Gosling hated McAdams so much he demanded that she be fired from the movie because they “lacked chemistry.” Director Nick Cassavetes refused to fire her and forced them to work it out. Ironically, the two ended up dating for several years after the movie.

Harrison Ford and Sean Young

These two could not stand each other. It got so bad that their love scenes were described by the crew as “hate scenes.”

Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton

On Mission Impossible 2, Thandie Newton was not a fan of Cruise’s kissing style and found it very off-putting.

Speaking to Elle, Thandie described her reluctance for the scenes: “Kissing Tom Cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet.”

Which Hollywood actors/actresses look stunning without makeup?

 Hollywood Actors and Actresses (mostly Actresses) who I believe look stunning without makeup include:

Kate Beckinsale

Jessica Biel

Laverne Cox

Penelope Cruz

Salma Hayek

Audrey Hepburn

Stana Katic

Adam Lambert

Jared Leto

Jennifer Lopez

Marisol Nichols

Keke Palmer

RuPaul

Yara Shahidi

Gwen Stefani

Bella Thorne

Ariel Winter

Zendaya

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Sources: What 70 celebrities look like without a lick of makeup

18 Photos of Makeup-Wearing Male Celebs Without Their Makeup On

Images of Audrey Hepburn and Stana Katic taken from Pinterest

What are the best Hollywood movies?

 I’ll start with recent movies then work my way down to the classic Hollywood movies at the end of the list. In no particular order:

• Rush (2013) [IMDB 8.1]

In the mid-1970s, charismatic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) share an intense rivalry in Formula 1 racing. Driving vehicles that are little more than gas-filled, rolling bombs, Hunt and Lauda burn up the track, all the while pushing themselves to the breaking point of physical and mental endurance. Meanwhile, the women (Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara) in their lives can only watch as both drivers risk death with every lap.

Source for plot: Rush

• The Tree of Life (2011) [IMDB 6.8]

In this highly philosophical film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick, young Jack (Hunter McCracken) is one of three brothers growing up as part of the O'Brien family in small-town Texas. Jack has a contentious relationship with his father (Brad Pitt), but gets along well with his beautiful mother (Jessica Chastain). As an adult, Jack (Sean Penn) struggles with his past and tries to make sense of his childhood, while also grappling with bigger existential issues.

Source for plot: The Tree of Life

• Moneyball (2011) [IMDB 7.6]

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.

Source for plot: Moneyball

• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) [IMDB 8.1]

Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads the despot's five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance with Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a loner and former captive. Fortified in the massive, armored truck the War Rig, they try to outrun the ruthless warlord and his henchmen in a deadly high-speed chase through the Wasteland.

Source for plot: Mad Max: Fury Road

• Black Swan (2010) [IMDB 8.0]

Nina (Natalie Portman) is a ballerina whose passion for the dance rules every facet of her life. When the company's artistic director decides to replace his prima ballerina for their opening production of "Swan Lake," Nina is his first choice. She has competition in newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis) however. While Nina is perfect for the role of the White Swan, Lily personifies the Black Swan. As rivalry between the two dancers transforms into a twisted friendship, Nina's dark side begins to emerge.

Source for plot: Black Swan

• Ex Machina (2014) [IMDB 7.7]

Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) a programmer at a huge Internet company, wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), his firm's brilliant CEO. When he arrives, Caleb learns that he has been chosen to be the human component in a Turing test to determine the capabilities and consciousness of Ava (Alicia Vikander), a beautiful robot. However, it soon becomes evident that Ava is far more self-aware and deceptive than either man imagined.

Source for plot: Ex Machina

• Manchester by the Sea (2016) [IMDB 7.8]

After the death of his older brother Joe, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked that Joe has made him sole guardian of his teenage nephew Patrick. Taking leave of his job as a janitor in Boston, Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his working-class family has lived for generations. There, he is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife, Randi (Michelle Williams), and the community where he was born and raised.

Source for plot: Manchester by the Sea

• Shame (2011) [IMDB 7.2]

Successful and handsome New Yorker Brandon (Michael Fassbender) seems to live an ordinary life, but he hides a terrible secret behind his mask of normalcy: Brandon is a sex addict. His constant need for gratification numbs him to just about everything else. But, when Sissy (Carey Mulligan), Brandon's needy sister, unexpectedly blows into town, crashes at his apartment and invades his privacy, Brandon is finally forced to confront his addiction head-on.

Source for plot: Shame

• The Social Network (2010) [IMDB 7.7]

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield). Based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires."

Source for plot: The Social Network

• Inception (2010) [IMDB 8.8]

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief with the rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from their subconscious. His skill has made him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage but has also cost him everything he loves. Cobb gets a chance at redemption when he is offered a seemingly impossible task: Plant an idea in someone's mind. If he succeeds, it will be the perfect crime, but a dangerous enemy anticipates Cobb's every move.

Source for Plot: Inception

• The Dark Knight (2008) [IMDB 9.0]

With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.

Source for plot: The Dark Knight

• There Will Be Blood (2007) [IMDB 8.1]

Silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) leads a hardscrabble life with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). When he hears about oil oozing from the ground near the Western town of Little Boston, Daniel takes his son on a mission to find their fortune. Daniel makes his lucky strike and becomes a self-made tycoon but, as his fortune grows, he deviates into moral bankruptcy.

Source for plot: There Will Be Blood

• Goodfellas (1990) [IMDB 8.7]

A young man grows up in the mob and works very hard to advance himself through the ranks. He enjoys his life of money and luxury, but is oblivious to the horror that he causes. A drug addiction and a few mistakes ultimately unravel his climb to the top. Based on the book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi.

Source for plot: Goodfellas

• Taxi Driver (1976) [IMDB 8.3]

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).

Source for plot: Taxi Driver

• Barry Lyndon (1975) [IMDB 8.1]

How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) the answer is: any way he can! His climb to wealth and privilege is the enthralling focus of this sumptuous Stanley Kubrick version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel.

Source for plot: Barry Lyndon

• The Godfather Part II (1974) [IMDB 9.0]

The compelling sequel to "The Godfather," contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. Traces the problems of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of a young immigrant Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) in 1917's Hell's Kitchen. Michael survives many misfortunes and Vito is introduced to a life of crime.

Source for plot: The Godfather Part II

• The Godfather (1972) [IMDB 9.2]

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.

Source for plot: The Godfather

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [IMDB 8.3]

An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

Source for plot: 2001: A Space Odyssey

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Now for the Hollywood Classics:

• Some Like It Hot (1959) [IMDB 8.3]

After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

Source for plot: Some Like It Hot

• It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) [IMDB 8.6]

After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel (Henry Travers) is sent to earth to make George's wish come true. George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted, and how they would be different if he was never there.

Source for plot: It's a Wonderful Life

• Citizen Kane (1941) [IMDB 8.4]

When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."

Source for plot: Citizen Kane

• City Lights (1931) [IMDB 8.6]

A hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets. Upon learning that she and her grandmother are to be evicted from their home, the tramp undertakes a series of attempts to provide them with the money they need, all of which end in humiliating failure. But after a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) lavishly rewards him for saving his life, the tramp can change the flower girl's life forever.

Source for plot: City Lights

• 12 Angry Men (1957) [IMDB 8.9]

Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror (Henry Fonda) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy's fate.

Source for plot: 12 Angry Men

• Paths of Glory (1957) [IMDB 8.4]

During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate, General Mireau (George Macready), to attack a German trench position, offering a promotion as an incentive. Though the mission is foolhardy to the point of suicide, Mireau commands his own subordinate, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas), to plan the attack. When it ends in disaster, General Mireau demands the court-martial of three random soldiers in order to save face.

Source for plot: Paths of Glory

• Vertigo (1958) [IMDB 8.4]

Hitchcock's romantic story of obsession, manipulation and fear. A detective is forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the death of a fellow officer and the girl he was hired to follow. He sees a double of the girl, causing him to transform her image onto the dead girl's body. This leads into a cycle of madness and lies.

Source for plot: Vertigo

• Psycho (1960) [IMDB 8.5]

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Source for plot: Psycho

• The Apartment (1960) [IMDB 8.3]

Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When his manager Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) begins using Baxter's apartment in exchange for promoting him, Baxter is disappointed to learn that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the elevator girl at work whom Baxter is interested in himself. Soon Baxter must decide between the girl he loves and the advancement of his career.

Source for plot: The Apartment

• Dr. Strangelove (1964) [IMDB 8.5]

A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

Source for plot: Dr. Strangelove

• Singin’ in the Rain (1952) [IMDB 8.3]

A spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in the late 1920s when movies went from silent to sound. When two silent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, latest movie is made into a musical a chorus girl is brought in to dub Lina's speaking and singing. Don is on top of the world until Lina finds out.

Source for plot: Singin' in the Rain