Woo-hoo! Courtney’s birthday, party time! And Humpty time! 2pm Chicago time this week (an hour earlier than usual), and a very good movie. I’ll start the comments off at 2pm and you all can keep commenting along.
Humpty Sharma! So much better than the title implies. If you’ve already seen it, you probably already love it. If you haven’t seen it, prepare to love it.
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And PLAY!!!!
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Hopefully someone is here to play with me?
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Here!
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Hello, I have blankets and I’m ready for this.
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Ooo, blankets! I have an open window and a fan on me because it is getting hot again here
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Varun is SO handsome in this movie. I love the long hair!
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I don’t object to this hero intro, but it’s not my favorite. he doesn’t have to be a saint, but does it have to be the first thing we see?
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Here!
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If only teachers were this relaxed in real life…
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I would get fired so fast.
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Oh it’s fine, just drink with your students and let them copy the exam paper. Such fun!
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Such a great hero character! A rascal and imperfect, but also oddly innocent.
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Two minutes late, but I’m here now!
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I’m annoyed the song doesn’t have subtitles.
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Same
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Same.
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Pataka!!! (Firecracker) Alia’s tattoo.
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I was just going to ask about the tattoo. I’ve seen it but happy to watch it again and smile! I like Varun and Alia together.
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DDLJ!!!!!
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Love that he is crying
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As underwhelming as this song is, I love these shots. Such a great movie intro. Very real and lived in.
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And right away we get that both our hero and heroine are less-than-perfect, but love their friends and families and don’t really hurt anyone.
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Awww I love that Alia shares a milkshake with a nerd!
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Ashutosh Rana: Sexier in this movie than Varun? Yes or no?
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Varun is a sweet young boy who reminds me of squirrels and other small mammals. Ashutosh is definitely sexier.
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Oh good, it’s not just me.
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As the young person here, I have to stick with Varun as the one who I like more. But he’s definitely way sweeter in this movie than sexy. Wouldn’t use that word for Humpty.
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Why is Dharmandra translated to Sylvester Stallone?!?!?!
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I HATE SUBTITLE PEOPLE!!!! Why is DDLJ turned into Titanic? Or Laila Majnu always made Romeo-Juliet?
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Ashutosh has a master hand with the parental guilt, doesn’t he?
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I love Alia’s accent, especially her mouth movement in this movie. It is not easy and she does such a good job.
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I love that the mom corrected the son. I don’t often see that in Hindi films.
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And corrected him about his parenting of his daughter, even more taboo
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Agreed! Also, she defends Alia and says that she hated her wedding outfit that was picked by someone else.
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When I showed this movie to my friends, they basically had 3 points by the end. Varun is Indian Zac Efron type, Alia is a bada**, and they desperately wanted a sequel about Alia’s sister.
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YES! My headcanon is clear, the sister marries the fiancee and he gently brings her out of her shell with his kindness and decency. Definitely a scene where he stands up to the gossipy women of the Indian American Association in defense of her and she starts to fall in love.
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I love it!!
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Doesn’t it seem like it would be less work for them to just study for the test?
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This is kinda played off as a silly prank, but I feel it is HORRIBLE. How dare they?!?
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I don’t know, he seems pretty not scared and relaxed about it, which makes me think this isn’t terrible for him.
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It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that young men are idiots
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Since mentioning that Varun reminds me of squirrels I am not thinking, oh look a group of smoking squirrels, clutsy squirrels etc.
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Oh no, now I just keep thinking of Alvin and the Chipmunks while watching this scene.
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Worst disguises in the world! I know it is for film reasons, but they could have literally used any other masks or headpieces to hide their identities
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Good for Swati standing up to her mother and asserting that she married a person because it was her choice and he ended up being a jerk and not accusing god for it.
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I don’t know, I think it was this English poem that made me fall in love with Varun.
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Analytical fun experiment: What if this is DDLJ with reversed genders? Alia is the flirty confident spoiled one, Varun is the shyer less confident “good” one?
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Varun flirts too, especially in a couple scenes. But I would LOVE this, especially if it was really reversed and Varun was the one arranged and Alia followed him home to convince his family why they should get married.
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Love Varun’s dialogue to DDLJ’s Anupam Kher’s reaction to SRK failing. Rich fathers send their son who failed to europe, my father will kick me in the a$$ and put me to work.
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Yes! More happiness
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I love this store, it’s a pleasant business that I can believe will last and last forever and ever. College kids will always need notebooks and pens. Humpty will be fine shuffling through life.
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Love this movie’s sense of place. It’s not hitting you over the head with “DELHI” but it is also different from a movie sent somewhere else.
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Do you feel you’ve watched enough movies now that you understand all the differences between the major Indian cities?
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Really just Calcutta, Bombay, and Delhi, seems like Hindi movies just move between those three.
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Leather jacket in the heat, but she is wearing a sweatshirt?!
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He has to look cool! He’s about to hit on a girl. Sweatshirt is believable, it can be chilly in Delhi.
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But the subtitles had her say ” Why are you wearing a leather jacket in this heat?”
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Oh, yeah, that might just be her being mean. Mean Alia!
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This is so nitpicky, but it ALWAYS bothers me in movies in any language when people take their headphones off without pausing the music.
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“Oh, the party should be over before then.” Still such a funny line!
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I know. So cute!!!
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Alia also looks stunning in this movie, but in a very sweet way, not sexy.
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For the record, Alia is CLEARLY already into this dude if she showed up for the party. Right? She can play the above it all cool girl all she wants, you don’t just show up like this at the time he said unless you like him.
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Yes. Not love at first site, but instant chemistry.
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Why is “IIT Fail” translated to nerd. Just use their own words. It is funnier this way.
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Also, “Devdas” to “Lovelorn”
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Lucky Tu Lucky Me is such a fun song and doesn’t get talked about enough. Actually, this whole soundtrack doesn’t get talked about enough. So many bops.
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Agreed. I love this entire sountrack so much! It makes me so happy
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This is such a great dance for Varun. I don’t like the song (soundtrack in general is not for me), but very good choreography for him.
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Was just gonna say that. Love the rhythm of his steps, love that beat on the mattress.
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He can dance better than she can.
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By like A MILLION. Alia was not born feeling the beat.
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I just think this song has such a wonderfully youthful feel to it. And I kind of love that Alia is not a good dancer yet. She is just a young girl having fun.
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Thank God Alia’s top has straps. Love the orange on her. I hope peplum isn’t out of style.
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This is minor, but I wish this song were more brightly lit. It mostly feels like fun college party in a gym, but the lights and stuff turn it into a disco club song. It would be more in tune with the movie at this point to have it feel more kind of childish and youthful and innocent, like a KKHH song.
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Some of the big college parties in the gym I went to were dark and had disco lights like that. This also happened to come out when I was in college, even if I didn’t see it at the time. Maybe it’s the vibe.
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I also just noticed that I think Varun has worn almost nothing but peach and navy so far. Love that combo.
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Humpty is such a good dude, keeping on eye on the woman who seems to be in trouble. Alia and her friend.
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The firling is so darn cute!!! I have the biggest smile on my face.
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*flirting
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This is such a cute little first date. No big romance talk, no posturing, just kind of chatting and enjoying each other and having coffee. This is how all teenagers should date.
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I like Alia’s little flaring nose.
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How much is 500,000 in USD? My friend just bought her wedding dress yesterday for $1200, which is not expensive at all.
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40 rupees to a dollar is more or less correct and easy to calculate. So, $10,000. Not totally impossible if your family is indulgent, but totally reasonable for her Dad to say “no”.
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~$6,500
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My sister and I quote this dialogue so many times!!! It is hilarious. Way to go Alia!!!
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These guys are so cute. And I am positive green shirt guy is gay and hasn’t realized it yet and probably has a crush on Varun.
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