Well, that was a bad movie! In a frustrating way, because it is trying to sell a lie as the truth. I am fine with movies selling lies, that’s kind of what fiction does, but what bothers me is when it packages that lie as a truth.
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TGIF Hrithik Week: Which Hrithik Look is the Best Hrithik Look?
Mostly Hrithik is handsome enough not to be able to do wrong. But within the realm of stunningly handsome, I feel like there are still slight variations that will allow us to pick the best options.
Continue readingHappy Birthday to My Sister!!!!
My sister turns 36 today. She’s ooooooooooooold! Or, to put it another way, she is a multiple of 3 which is her favorite number, so that’s a good year (she’s a math teacher).
Continue readingFriday Classics Hrithik Week: Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, A Star is Born
This is the third time I’ve posted this review, but I’m just gonna keep posting it! This was a really big deal movie, it deserves to be talked about again and again and again.
Continue readingHrithik Week Discussion Post: What is His Best Song?
Oh, this is hard! This is very very hard! He has so many good ones. I had a hard time even limiting down which to include in this post.
Continue readingHrithik Week: Aap Mujhe Acche Lagna Lage, Kaho Na Pyar Hai But More So
This and Na Tum Jaano Na Hum are the two bad Hrithik movies that I secretly like better than the good ones. He’s just such a bad actor! And the plots are soooooooooo stupid! It’s great “turn off your brain” fun!
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: Love Triangle Voting! Who Should End Up Together in KKHH, KHNH, Veer-Zaara, Devdas, DTPH, and More!
My goodness he’s been in a lot of love triangles! And we don’t always have to agree with the pair the director decided to end with.
Continue readingTrailers! Aryan as Simmba, Bhumi and Taapsee As Old Ladies
Huh! Two teaser trailers today and I’m not sure what to think about either of them. Luckily, I have you all to help me decide what to think!
Continue readingShahrukh Summer Discussion Post: What is His Best Costume Look?
You ready for hard HARD choices? Although I will let you mix and match a little if you want to put a shirt with different pants.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer Discussion Post: How Would We Fix His Hair?
There are no bad ideas here! I am open to “stop dying it” and also “grow it shoulder length like in Asoka”. But I think we can all agree that there are better options than “slightly too long bangs and tan highlights” that he is going for now.
Continue readingHrithik Week: Na Tum Jaano Na Hum, Hrithik and Esha and Saif, Oh My!
Such a silly fun light weight movie! You may say it’s stupid, and I won’t exactly argue with you, but it sure is fun too!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! I get to have a long weekend this week, so this is my last full day of work (woo!).
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Hrithik, the Cursed Golden Boy, Part 1
I’m breaking my own rule because Hrithik is still in his career, things could still happen in his life, so it is a bit early for a 101 post. But he also has had such a fascinating unexpected life so far, I feel like he deserves a post. Or two posts, because there is SO MUCH.
Continue readingHrithik Week: Mujshe Dosti Karoge, Hrithik’s Movie That Should Have Been a Hit, But Wasn’t
Full disclosure, I love this movie. In all its cheesy ridiculous glory. This is the most early-2000s or all early-2000s films. And one of my all time favorite Bad Hrithik performances. It’s not even so-bad-it’s-good, it is a level higher, so-bad-it-is-more-entertaining-than-if-it-were-good. Can you imagine this movie if Hrithik’s role had been played straight and serious? Blech! BOR-ING!
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: Choose Your Own Ending! Which Of these Alternate Endings Do You Prefer for Dear Zindagi, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Zero?
This isn’t a “fixing” the movie post. Maybe you think they are okay as they are. But if you HAD to choose an alternative ending, which one of these would you pick?
Continue readingTrailers! Saaho Song and Mission Mangal Teaser
Well, we have a song that openly imitates every other club song ever, and a trailer that openly imitates every space movie ever. Hurrah for Indian ingeniuity (I’m grumpy this morning).
Continue readingHrithik Week/Shahrukh Summer: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham!
Happy Hrithik Week! 5 reposted reviews, 2 new ones, I’m excited! And we are starting with the one link between Hrithik Week and Shahrukh Summer, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.
Continue readingUpcoming Review Announcement! Hrithik Week in Honor of Super 30!
Well, this should be fun! I’ve already reviewed a bunch of Hrithik movies, almost all of them, mostly because he just doesn’t make that many movies. There’s a couple others I haven’t reviewed yet that I know well enough I can write the reviews by memory. And I’m gonna be celebrating my mother’s birthday this weekend, so I may not be able to see Super 30 until who-knows-when. In the meantime, these should keep us all busy!
Continue readingShahrukh Summer Discussion Post: Let’s Fix Raees!
Well, this is a fruitful source of discussion! So many Shahrukh movies that are almost perfect, but not quite.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: Discussion Space, How Would We Fix Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna?
Fun fun! Emily and I started kicking this around yesterday, and I thought why not put it out for all of us to talk about?
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week Super 30 Releases?
Happy Monday! I had a lovely weekend, and now I am back at work all refreshed and rested and ready to chat online with you all.
Continue readingSunday ReRun: Baar Baar Dekho! Let’s Look At the Last Time Sid Did a Rom-Com
I really need to rewatch this movie. I think I might like it a lot better knowing where it is going. And I already liked it a decent amount. It wasn’t great, but it was far from terrible. Oh, and it’s on Amazon Prime! So you should all watch it. Oh, and watch out, I had a lot of time the week this released so I did a full scene by scene discussion. VERY LONG.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Sequels! Dostana and B ‘n B Are Coming Back, Why Not Laaga Chunari Main Daag, Aaje Nachle, and Agneepath?
I love sequels. I always want to know what happened next and to whom. What about the kids? What about five years later or ten years later? Of course, usually it is more of a franchise than a sequel, taking the central idea and remixing it, but I can live with that too.
Continue readingOh! Baby Review (SPOILERS): Gentle Misogynist Comedy
Oh dear, I did not like this movie. I don’t like not liking movies, especially when I think that some of you might like them. Oh well.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: Walking Songs!
Ready for a silly theme? I just went for an extremely long walk this morning, and now, worn out and not ready to write something big, I am going to write a post of Shahrukh walking.
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