Jared your threads are always so entertaining to read, I’m not a fan of no one. So I wonder if you did some kind of casting call for all the Brangelina worshippers. It amuses me to read how many here worship a couple they have never met and don’t know personaly. It’s almost too scary!! I like Angie but reading comments from these crazy posters make her stories always seem weird. Get a life or an education people, if you where to tell those around you what stupid comments you post I’m sure they will think ya’ll are crazy. Brangelina’s fans are crazier than Tom himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ann, you don’t have to read. Make you days better doing something else instead of complaining.

tabloids,

You just beat me to it. I had typed something similar to what you posted (re Karishma claiming to be a fan of Angie’s, yet this is the first time I’ve seen her post) and yet she was willing to hang her despite the fact that the story has yet to be proven true? Demanding an apology when we don’t know yet what the real story is! And even though there were interviews, who knows if those interviews have not been slanted or biased or even just hearsay. You know how people can get excited over being interviewed by the meida and just say anything that they have been prompted to say!

bless you jared! there is a special place in BAMZS heaven reserved only for you and audrey :)

it should be a crime to be as lovely as angelina. oh wait, it kinda is considering the crap she has to endure from the media on a daily basis. i wouldn’t blame the jolie-pitts if they bought their own island and stationed battleships around it to keep the riff raff papparrazzi out. but, it’s a pretty safe bet that won’t happen. until then they’ll have to live with being blamed for every incident within 20 miles of them until the world gets bored of using their names for publicity.

Oh yeah and Im sorry all of you in here are right and true angie fans!!

Sorry to have written anything at all……..

Yeeeeah “my” Angie is back.
She looks so fresh, so young, so sweet.

Hi people!!!

She looks so happy and I’m happy for her. :)
Do you think eating @ McDo made her smile like that?!!! hahaha just kidding! :)

Thanks Jared!

Good morning everyone! Thank you Jared and Audrey for the new thread! Angie looks great! Love to see her smile but I’m sure she does that a lot at home! hehehe. I love how Brad stays away so she could have her space like that. I love this couple. They support each other but not in your face kind of way. I think they might be going to the wedding after all. Oprah didn’t get invited. I wonder if that is because they are going? What do you guys and gals think? Have a great day everyone!

People who claim to be fans sure do jump to conclusions without knowing all the facts. They then proceed to go on a rant against AJ and bring up her children without knowing all the facts. Then you have others who come here and think they are above people who are fans and act all superior. They pretend that they just happen to find this site and wanted to check out all the fanatics. Whatever. I am a fan of AJ. I think that she is a good person and has a good heart. I support her in this Movie role and hope that they complete filming without any further incident.

Observer Says:
November 16th, 2006 at 10:54 am

I wish the posts here are numbered like they used to be. Reason: I’d refer to a post withouth having to refer to the poster’s name.

Without referring to the poster(s), then –

Please! Brad’s fans: Those nice smiles comes from her own personality, not from “Brad”! It’s mooshy to always drag him in when looking at her. I’m glad “Brad” was not at the

what the hell are you trying to say. Brad doesn’t make her Happy?

PEREZ calls Angelina “SANTA ANGELINA” !!!!!

Jennifer Aniston is the Queen of all Frauds, definitely NOT the girl next door unless you live in a $7 million mansion with another $10 million in upgrades, there is no friggin’ way Mrs. Pitt is gonna get Friend-ly with you.

I’m bringing these two posts form the last thread here because I think some will read only the bad accounts without getting a bit of others who’ve worked in India’s opinion too.

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Frenchy Says:

November 16th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Good Morning all.

I have Deja Vu. That photo of Angelina on the cover of Maxim is an old one. It’s “done the rounds”. She’s looking goo if not “very maxim” on that cover.

Whoeve said that local production liasons in countries are resposible for any local shoots is correct. The failure of the local liaisons, who know local customs, protocol and the nature of day to day life has been magnified in this production. I don’t think it would have been like this in Pakistan. Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, South Africa, etc…all seem to have their ish together as far as film production. Anyhow, this incident will be seen for what it really was. Overblown like the other “incidents” reported with inaccuracies in the Indian tabloids and a failure of local productions teams.

Thanks to Tres Jolie of the fabulous photos of Angelina. Her natural hair color is growing in and looks more flattering than the goth black that she loves. She looks like a teenager!

Have a good day everyone.

Thanks Jared & Audrey Says:

November 16th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Oldie Says: November 16th, 2006 at 9:50 am

As the names of Jolie & Pitt raised the profile of this film shoot, I wonder how other producers in Hollywood will now look at India.

I read before that Bollywood is keen on attracting Hollywood to shoot movies in India, but the news from the AMH shoot seems not be positive. Will the money savings justify the aggravation that the actors and crew have to go through?

^^

Lurking here a few mths back somebody put up this article about filming there and Im so happy it got saved.

Passage India rough for foreign filmmakers
Bharti Dubey

[ 23 Oct, 2006 0057hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

MUMBAI: Two road accidents, numerous fisticuffs and schedules gone awry. These jottings in the Brangelina tour diary of Pune’s heat and dust say it all. Will the reel-life Mr and Mrs Smith ever return to India to shoot a film?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have realised by now why veteran Hollywood director Oliver Stone didn’t shoot his controversial movie ‘Alexander’ in India, despite his much-publicised reconnaissance trip.

They may even sympathise with the British crew who were not on talking terms with their Indian counterparts towards the completion of the Oscar-winner ‘Gandhi’ almost three decades back.

The truth is that Bollywood’s countryside is different from Planet Hollywood. Here, postponements are nothing out of the ordinary and laptops are alien to film sets. In contrast, Hollywood teams stick to schedules and juggle their production needs with computers. Stone flew out the moment he hit Indian red tape.

Worst, say actors who have been part of western filmmaking, there is a tendency to make a quick buck from unsuspecting foreign crews. When Hollywood actor Matt Damon and the ‘Bourne Identity’ crew came down for a shoot in Goa, they overshot the estimated budget by almost a double. Bollywood lore has it that room rates were overstated and so were local manpower costs. Hollywood teams depend on desi line producers, who keep accounts on paper unlike their Hollwood counterparts. Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’, too, had gone over budget.

Recalls a unit member of the film, “The total budget allotted that time was Rs 6.5 crore, but the amount was exhausted in making half the film.” Thankfully, the government of the day backed the project and the film was completed.
In hindsight, the unit member feels the British crew didn’t understand the Indian crew’s way of functioning, leading to costs spiralling. “But there is no denying the tension between the British and Indians. More often than not, they didn’t communicate with each other, which again affected the film,” he insists.
Twenty-four years later, the storyline is the same. The Indian line producers are still not able to handle the budgets allotted to them. Not surprisingly then, the Hollywood production ‘Marigold’, which boasts of an Indian star, has gone over budget.

India’s greatest defeat in this regard has been its failure to come up with efficient service providers a concept that has made countries like Thailand and South Korea a favourite with Hollywood. Service providers are literally people who hold the foreign crew’s hand through local paperwork and jargon.

In the absence of such professionals, Hollywood crew depend on word-of-mouth recommendations. The reccomendations are not always apt. Says Udayshankar Pani, who has worked for ‘Gandhi’ and has been a line producer for many German films shot in India, “There are not enough service providers and Indian film schools don’t treat production as a serious subject.”

Gulshan Grover, who has worked in many Hollywood films, feels both sides are to be blamed for the communication gap. He says, “We have some of the most talented guys who are good at multi-tasking despite the poor infrastructure, but a few among us have the habit of getting more out of the dollar-spending guys.
The foreign crew, too, have to shoulder a bit of the blame. They treat us very badly and behave as if they are doing us a favour.” German filmmakers like Michael Enke confess that though their companies are ready to invest in India, many are put off by their previous experiences.

Enke was helped by Pani for his film, but says that many other filmmakers are at the mercy of tour operators who double up as service providers. Hollywood’s favourite locales Goa, Kerala, Ladakh and Rajasthan in fact, have many such tourist operators doubling as service providers and making a hash of the job.
Says Dilip Borkar, who has been a service provider for Indian and foreign film units for 15 years, “Most often these so-called service providers fleece the foreign producers who are ignorant about India. The stories float around and international film producers prefer not to return because of the negative stories.”
But Arjun Bagga of Nora Films, who was the production manager for Omar Sharif’s ‘One Night With The King’, refuses to take a dim view of things. He feels we need to start by clearly revealing the ground realities of our country.
“For instance, it takes four days to get equipment cleared from the customs. If the foreign crew is informed about this and organises itself accordingly, lot of heartburn will be avoided,” Bagga adds.

source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/article…975,curpg-1.cms