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Originally posted by prpboy:
hey guys ...
i am very curious about egyptian movies, even though i am half egyptian .. i still do not understand what is it that makes the stars of egypt so ... unpleasant i would say !!!!
i am half egyptian half lebanese and lived most of my life in new york, i am a performance arts graduate and i thought that as soon as i set a foot in cairo i am gonna be a celeberity .. but to my own surprise .. that didnt happen and it doesnt look like its going to happen !
for some reason the standars or qualifications for celeberties in egypt are very different from the ones that are known worldwide !
i pay very close attention to the trailes of the big blockbuster movies in egypt and i was shocked to see that all the "stars" are very unattractive ( usually weird looking ), overacting, talentless people !
mohamed henedi, hany ramzy, mohamed saad and ahmed helmi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i made the mistake of my life by watching mohamed saad's movie " el lemby " on video which supposedly has the highest box office digits in the history of egyptian cinema !
i was shocked ...annoyed, depressed ... and overall just the movie ruined my night !
why did egypt go low to such standards ?
no wonder other arabs think of us low .. because the movies we send to them are the likes of the lemby !
there is a huge difference ( and i am speaking from a professional point of view )
between a sit com .. and over acting to make ppl laugh ( like talking weird, or looking weird, or behaving in bizzare manners )
in my opinion thats not art .. i do not laugh at mohamed saad because he talks like a retard .. nor that i laugh at mohamed henedi cause he is very short and weird looking .. nor that i laugh at hani ramzi cause he puts on such a dumb image !!!
and i have no respect for those "actors" whatsoever .. cause they want me to laugh at them .. when i should be laughing with them !
my question here is .. why are egyptians attracted to such movie ? why are rediculous comedies overtaking the egyptian movie industry ?
do egyptians actually enjoy this ?> does it make u laugh ??!!
if a drama or any other kinda movie was released in egypt .. would u go see it .. or does it have to be mohamed saad or henedy ?
thanx a lot for reading .. hope to get an answer to the riddle of the egyptian movies and the mentality of the audience !!!!
bye

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Originally posted by prpboy:

mohamed henedi, hany ramzy, mohamed saad and ahmed helmi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i made the mistake of my life by watching mohamed saad's movie " el lemby " on video which supposedly has the highest box office digits in the history of egyptian cinema !

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Mohamed Henedia is annoying, how can such a short bald dude become a star. Saidi in the American University was a very agrivating experience to sit through. I felt like kicking this small guy in the gonads for the next few months when I saw him on TV.

Mohamed Sae3ad is a extremely funny guy, I have to be careful and not stare to hard when he is doing his hip swinging or hubby will be annoyed. He can also sing, but the hip shaking is the best. Yet what does this guy have against hair transplants?

Some of these new stars are aweful, but some are really entertaining.

No there will not be any Adel Imams for a while. Ahmed Zaki might not recover from his illness to act in many more films, real shame. My hubby looks a little like him.

Hany Ramzy I will say is really funny without being totally dorky. "Wedding by State Decree" was actually pretty good.

Now who is that red head that plays the strong seductive woman all the time. Now she is doing TV and I wish she wouldn't, playing weak roles.

You know who that red head is?

And who is that actor in Mafia? The lead actor with the large mole on the side of his head? A recent actor. He annoys me.

Mahmoud Qabeel I think this is the guy he was in college with Saddam Hussein and most of the time he is a real macho jerk in these films. I don't think he could possibly act without having at least 20 female co-star slaps in a film. I possibly could stomach his performances if he wouldn't smack women so much. Unfortunately ART has subtitles for his films often and not other films he's not in.

Hussein Fahmy is cool and often doesn't make men look like asses.

You well, if Egypt could start making films that didn't revolve around stupid love stories or try to reproduce hollywood guy films on a limited budget it might get better.

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Originally posted by Samia:
Also.. Egyptian soaps!!! the ones I've seen.. the women look like overpainted sluts, the men all seem to have dodgy wigs!!!

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Yeah, theres alot of make up on those gals. But remember Dallas and daytime soaps in the 1980's in the USA. Egypt fashionwise seems to be stuck in the 1980's. That goes for the hair and makeup.

Yussra always looks fashionable and clean faced. Rarely too much makeup.

My daughter will sit down only for one thing and that is to watch Grandma's favorite soap opera with her.

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Originally posted by Tigerlily:
Commenting on your post I would say you are might too smart and too good-looking to get a big break in Egyptian movies.

Try Hollywood!

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Not a good idea. Hollywood blockbusters are dominated by men over 45-75 who chase around after girls young enough to be their daughter's or grandaughters.

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Originally posted by Farhana:
Speaking of Limby - I watched it on the flight over to Egypt, on returning from the bathroom it was on the screens of only the Egyptian travellers and they were ALL in hysterics (remember that they are sporting headsets!!) I had to read the subtitles to be honest, what kind of an accent is that???

Anyhow, tamsiliya's are fun, where else could you see such drama? Overpainted or not - it's a darn sight better than the scantily clad types on the box here

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While Limby's 3 movies may don't have alot of content regarding the story but the indeed the funniest between all recent movies. The guy is just so unbelieveable and is talented in his way however his movies besides that of Henadi maybe regarded as very Egyptian because of the accent and expressions involved that even arab people wouldn't understand them

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Originally posted by Samia:
Has anybody ever travelled on the ElGouna bus from Hurghada to Cairo?? 90% of the time, they show the same movie.. a comedy... don't know thename, I cant read arabic!! its about 2 guys getting caught up in a robbery by mistake.....
One of the guys is very cute.... he sings too.. the other one is stupid-looking!

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