Sorry sorry, forgot to put up this post until the last minute! Not to worry, it is here now.
Jodha-Akbar! Swoony, romantic, surprisingly historical accurate! And on Netflix!
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and PLAY!
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Off we go.
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I like this UTV logo so much! And then the changed to the stupid weird abstract dancers thing. This is one of my strongest held opinions, that the finger paint was better than the dancers, and I almost never get to air it.
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I’m also here because I unexpectedly have time and have never seen this movie! It can convince me to maybe finish it in a week when the silent film festival is over!
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Yaaaaay! Everyone has amazing jewelry
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What about the eyeliner?
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Less so
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boooo
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As a history lover, this opening text makes me so happy
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It’s really trying.
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I already love this movie. Yes! He married a woman from that family and she was the mother of his heir, but all the rest of it is made-up! Live with and learn to love the uncertainty!
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I’m here!
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My shorthand to remember the Mughals-every other generation is good. Impressive man has lackluster son who has an impressive son who has a lackluster son…..
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This little girl is terrible at water color
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She’s using it like acrylic.
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Yes yes, names names names.
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You got that? Jodha’s best friend is her male cousin, the prince? But when his Dad dies, Jodha’s father steals the kingdom from her nephew, cousing the poor little boy to be confused and unhappy? Like Hamlet, but in a desert
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The helmet doesn’t even fit him! Let the little boy be a little boy!
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You’d put padding under it anyway, or so I understand.
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They’re standing over him, tapping their watches “GROW UP GROW UP GROW UP” and like….he’s a kid!!
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He’s like 12, that’s basically an adult!
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If I were in a 1600s Indian army, I would want to be one of the elephant people, or else an archer. Definitely not one of the runny swords people. I think about it every time I watch this scene.
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No CGI. Probably one of the last films to do a battle scene entirely analog, but isn’t it amazing?
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It’s nice, but not enough to make me care about crowd fight scenes.
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Honestly this battle seen made me sit up and pay attention. I was wowed by the beauty. Jodha Akbar may have been one of the first Indian films I saw.
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I could be an elephant drummer person! That seems like a really good job to have.
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Agreed!
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That’s a lot of elephants.
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Especialy non-CGI elephants!
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They all look so friendly and sweet.
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The non-CGI in these fight scenes are just heaven compared to movies nowadays
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Yes!! There’s just something that just looks better when it is a real thing to look at, because no matter how good CGI is getting you can tell…
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Some of the special effects make up is just brutal in this first battle scene, I alllmost noped out of it when I started this movie the first time because I didn’t want to watch a blood-bath movie that day.
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I just opened up Wikipedia. He was 14, and this whole thing is super accurate. There was a whole battle over his inheritance, his Dad’s general fought this big battle on his behalf, and after words had him declared emporer.
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Question: would you rather be the messenger who has to bring this declaration to enemy territory, or a runny sword guy in the army? I think I might rather be a runny sword guy.
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Hey! Eyeliner! Just for the messengers
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Hardcore eyeliner, 10 points.
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SO MUCH BLING!!!
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This is one of the all time greatest hero introduction scenes. Putting on his physical armor, and also putting on his mental armor around that little 14 year old inside.
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cue: broken heart at the image that creates also OH MY GOD SO TRUE
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The movie is “Jodha-Akbar”, but really it is “Akbar continuing to grow as a person and Jodha helps him”
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It’s a good title, I think we should get in touch with the director and ask him–nicely!–to change it
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Whaaaaaat is that one guy wearing, like a fringe of camel hair?
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I appreciate that we get to see Hrithik’s pretty pretty face, but that is really not the best helmet design.
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yeah that helmet is going to go right through his pretty nose the first time he gets bopped on the head’
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That one guy in the back has one that has a Hannibal Lecter style mouthpiece to it, I refuse to believe that is a historical design
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Put some padding under that helmet right now young man do you want a brain injury?
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If I’m a general, no way am I doing the swordy fighting! I’m sitting up in the nice tent drinking tea and watching.
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Love Hrithik’s hair in this movie
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Pornstache: yes or no? I am ona kind of “it doesn’t ruin it for me”
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I actually like it, but he’s so pretty I think he can wear basically anything
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That “Bwa-BWA” sting when he makes a big declaration always delights me.
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Made redundant
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this defeated king guy is in love with him, isn’t he? Hrithik is just too pretty
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And this ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!! He fired the general by saying “why don’t you go to Mecca? With a bunch of bodyguards I will provide for you just to make sure you actually go there?”
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That is so BADASS!! And also funny.
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Didn’t that general die? And then it became like a defacto death sentence after that?
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Yeah, but Akbar’s hands were clean, he died very far away by some random allies kind of thing. Akbar was as smart as he was noble.
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My sister, after reading up on Akbar was like “You could try your luck and lie to him about messages & stuff probably, but if he ever found out about it that was it for your career.”
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HA! Yes!!!! And it seems like he always found out, I mean, dying in bed of old age is pretty impressive.
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Aish isn’t exactly Wonder Woman in her sword play
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Or Xena
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Something I’ve grown to appreciate about this movie is how many historically accurate hats they make all the men wear–and not just the same hat made again and again and again, but different hats, in different colors, with different decorations. Like, you will wear the stupid hat and you will like it! Double bonus: Hrithik ALSO has to wear the stupid hats. (although he is someone who will wear ANY costume–evidence: Krrish. And Krrish. And Krrish)
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Am I the only one who remembers Aish was in a Hollywood movie just before this loosely based on King Arthur and co-starring Colin Firth? Anyway, pretty sure that’s where she learned a lot of the stunt fighting.
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?? I thought that there was one with Kiera Knightly & Colin Farrell? But Hollywood is always making two movies that are almost the same and betting on which will win when they’re released within 3 months of each other.
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Yep, exactly! This one was “The Last Legion” an dthe promotion materials had Aish with sword heavily featured.
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W H A T
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Wait, is Aish really short? I didn’t think she was???
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No, but Sonu Sood is a Giant and we should all worship him
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Did they film this bit in Amer Fort?
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Maybe? There was a super long thank you for all the locations at the beginning.
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So you get this? The Jodha’s Dad stole her cousin’s inheritance, and now isn’t even naming him as his heir. And we never get an explanation of it either, her Dad’s just being a jerk and holding on to power.
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I never understood any of that either, because it seemed so obvious that Sujamal was under the impression that he ought to have inherited, and Jodha’s brother is like “I legit should be the heir, no doubt,” during this scene, like—?
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The jewelry is really great. I want to wear all of it.
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Notice the other comment about all the awesome historically accurate male hats. That’s great too
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Yes, I know! I recognise all the hats from art. All the stupid hats!
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Costume department deserves Oscars
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lol what a pose. So intimidating and not ridiculous at all.
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Well, dude, maybe you shouldn’t have stolen your nephew’s inheritance!!!!!
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I am enjoying all the pretty forts and sets. Such a nice eyeful!
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We need to spend more time discussing facial hair. i think the guy with beard and mustache wins everything
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The hats are taking up all my attention sorry.
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No CGI! This is just Hrithik alone with an elephant. A “tame” elephant, but really, how tame are they ever?
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Hrithik can charm and elephant. He is so sexy!
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Also, needless to say, historically accurate. Akbar liked to tame wild elephants in his down time, for fun and relaxation.
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Well, if you’re an emperor and want to do an extreme sport in your downtime then why not go balls out on the possibility of danger for a high
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Plus, then you get mroe elephants for your enormous army
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Double win!
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NOOOOO! Hrithik lost his hat!
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I think it’s too try hard to only have the doodly dangly bit on one side of your turban, balance it out and have it on both sides like an adult.
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