Woot, A Gentleman! Such a great Indian-American movie. I am super excited to watch it with y’all.
Right here in about half an hour, at 3pm Chicago time, we will all start up A Gentleman on googleplay or youtube or whatever we choose. And then I will start the comments up below, and you can leap in with your own comments. I’m excited!
and PLAY!
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Here!
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…Am I the only one here?
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Never mind lol.
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Nope! It’s you, me, and Kirre. So, YOUNG PEOPLE PARTY!!!!
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That car gag already made me chuckle
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I hate it when the subtitles censor stuff! Such a great line!
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I’ve been to Florida so this film is perfect for my limited personal knowledge of America
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I have also been to Florida! It’s like they made this movie for us to watch.
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I’ve only ever been to Disney World in Florida, but me too!
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Sid is so CUTE in this!
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WOO! Sid M!!!! Lookin’ Fine, and Lookin’ USA, right?
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That Yorkie was adorable and so is Sid
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Already this movie captures the American experience better than any other Indian film. Commute to work in your big car, get donuts from the local place, say “hi” in the elevator.
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How are you supposed to say Dixit then?
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I DON’T KNOW!!!! I would be Nancy in the elevator.
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I want to know too!
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Hey, an Adult has arrived! The most common age is still about 25 though, so try to get into a 25 mindset.
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Oh my God, am I old enough to be everyone’s mother here? I guess age is a mindset? Or something?
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Well, not me, I’m kind of in between. But Kirre and Courtney are young enough to lust after Sid M and not feel weird.
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I do not feel weird at all about lusting after Sid! I thoroughly enjoy it!
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Me too sis
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Jackie!
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I find the Sid and Jackie relationship really cute in this movie. I would happily watch a standard Indian romance just about the crazy woman and her sane responsible best friend with a crush on her.
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I want Jackie’s hair, it’s so perfect and curly
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And low maintanance! Totally works for a character who is always running late.
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#BrownIsTheNewBlack kills me. So does “It’s the complete family car!”
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The minivan is the BEST running gag!
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5 min behind sorry
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Oh boo! Just fastforward and join us!
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Chucky is so good and cute in this movie and I wish she would get more challenging roles because I think she can handle them. She does light comedy really well.
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Oh my God autocorrect Jackie not Chucky
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Confession: I got a new coffee table and suddenly I am obsessed with using coasters. I have become boring.
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Hey, a new table costs good money, you best be using those coasters! That’s just good sense
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My Bed Bath & Beyond has adorable coasters and I might buy some when I move out.
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Sid M. is, like, really good in these action scenes, right? I don’t think he had an special training, just works hard to learn the moves on set.
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This is his sweet spot. He needs to do more action roles.
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But not Aiyaari, because that was shockingly bad. Other better action roles.
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Nice that their secret commando squad also pays for handtailored suits, right?
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Motorcycle chase! Always have to have one in Indian action movies.
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I’m torn, would this scene be better shirtless? The tux with button undone is a smooth look, but shirtless has a kind of simple grace to it.
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They really went all out in filming this in Bangcock, props for accurate locations and not just shooting the film somewhere else
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Do they really have outdoor markets like this at night? It looks so fun! I want this!
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Bangkok…my mind is very very much somewhere else XD
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As I said in a previous comment, you are young! You are allowed!
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Oh man, I want to go to an outdoor market!
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I like that they show him in pain, he’s not superhuman
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Yes! And scared too. And tired
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And a moment of conscience. I really like how they build Sid’s character and how it subverts action movie tropes.
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When I first watched this movie and it got to that no cigarette scene I knew I loved this movie, such simple comedic perfection
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Super commando squad, also pays for the tailored shirts. They really go all out
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Suniel Shetty is 1000000000% believable as an amoral gangster
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Of course my family would make me fill out my mail in ballot almost immediately after this starts. I’m back.
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Suniel Shetty, good hair, hot old dude, but most importantly MOST GORGEOUS HOUSE IN THE WORLD!!! LOOK AT THIS PLACE!!!!
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Is that his real house??? WOW!
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YES! The living room is in the middle of a pond, with all around glass doors. The bedroom is a loft that looks out on the rest of the house. It is the most beautiful place EVER.
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Oh hellllllllllllooooo fan service workout scene ***drool***
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Thank you for successfully becoming 25 years old in order to fit in with the rest of us.
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I like how Sid is all “She’s so cute when she thinks she’s threatening me.”
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“Sorry aunty” at Patel’s hot dog stand, that’s what makes this movie so brilliant, all those throwaway lines that are so funny and incisive
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Mini story: When I was still working in person, I caught my first cheater of my teaching career, and her name is Kavya. Spells it differently, but sours this and HSKD for me a bit.
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Can we agree that this sequence starting here is the most stressful part of the movie? SHE DOESN’T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT! YOU ARE GOING TO RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP!!!
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Listen, if Jacqueline doesn’t want Sid in a navy suit, I’ll happily take him.
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And he has a nice house! And coasters! And a family minivan!!! She’s a fool.
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Exactly
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I really really like Jackie’s character in this scene. Perfectly written and acted. no sense of her “owing” him something or feeling guilty, just really worried about hurting his feelings and breaking the friendship somehow and trying to stop him without stopping him.
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Deep thoughts while getting a tattoo
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Best time to have deep thoughts
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I love Dixit’s family!!!! And that we never get a backstory or anything, he just has a nagging wife who happens to be central Asian!
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This movie is a really nice juxtaposition of my..preferences, I guess, looks wise. “Rishi” Sid is my fantasy guy, but terrifies me, tattoos included. If I actually had to pick, I’d go with “Gaurav” Sid. Still got the looks, but sweet and nice and…tame.
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That’s why so many romance novels have this kind of hero! Reformed Bad Boy is a sweet sweet spot.
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Bad guy that you could reform
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No no, I want him pre-reformed. More like “his love for me makes him temporarily return to his bad guy ways as needed before going back to the good minivan kind of guy again”
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I’ll allow it
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Daaaaaaaaamn he looks good in that leather jacket. Is this his hotness peak?
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Yes, if we consider his peak as just a continuous high plateau starting with SOTY.
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“Bad boy” Sid really is the best. This, Ek Villain. I love it.
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“Don’t talk disgusting about your babi” lolololol
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He is such a good boy
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OH MY GOSH!!!!! The office Kareoke!!!! Is this the most American scene of the movie?
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His song pick made me guffaw!
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No Sid! NO! It hurts!!!! WE are all Jackie!
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Gotta give him credit for singing Hindi in an American bar. Even if there are no subtitles on my movie for some reason.
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Chandralekha is SUCH a good song and not talked about enough. Catchy and fun! The leather jacket! Sid actually dancing kind of! I love it so much!
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LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! So fun, so happy, makes me smile. And Sid M’s terrible dance moves are the topping on the happiness cake.
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They managed to find a crowd o f white people who can dance, amazing
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