I was looking for a review to repost and discovered I had done two mini-reviews, one about this film as showing a matriarchy, the other about it as showing an interesting idea of different kinds of love. But no actual regular review! So, time to write that. (previous posts on Matriarchy and on love triangles)
Continue readingWhat an interesting movie! It feels like it must mean something when you first watch it, and then you decide it means nothing, and then you decide it means everything. It’s an exciting journey.
Continue readingWhat a pleasant movie experience! I’m not sure what it means, or if it “means” anything at all, that’s for the SPOILERS review. But what I will tell you know, which is that this is a very calming pleasant strangely peaceful movie watching experience. If you need two hours of peace in your life, I recommend this film.
Continue readingThis movie discussion should be a fascinating comparison with my re-review of KANK from yesterday. Both films are about married couples struggling with the distance between who they are as people, and what they feel their married roles should be. Only in this movie, our husband and wife really truly love each other, so they are able to fight their way back together, even when he fails as a provider and she fails as a mother/homemaker.
Continue readingI am stupidly excited about this. “Stupid” because there is no reason a slight change in the schedule of a virtual viewing should feel like some wild adventure. And yet, it does. Early morning watchalong! I could have pancakes! And on Friday, I could go to the park in the middle of the day!
Continue readingI do not like it AT ALL. Bad movie, bad BAD! You should not like it either and I will try very hard to convince you of that, while being aware that there are poor misguided souls who just keep enjoying this movie. Even though it is Bad and Wrong and Bad!
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I woke up early for no reason, but at least it gives me time to answer comments and write this post before work.
Continue readingI’m considering rescheduling this week, partly so Filmikudhi can attend, partly just because I’ve had an exhausting few weeks and shaking up my schedule slightly sounds nice. But I don’t want to do it if it ruins anyone else’s life.
Continue readingI just reread my original review, and it was quite good, but there are so many other interesting points to discuss that I didn’t even touch upon! I’m excited!
Continue readingYes! It’s true! We are finally watching Bang Bang! I was waiting in desperate hope if it appearing back on Netflix or Prime or something, but that’s never gonna happen. So we are einthusaning it!
Continue readingI used to show this song as a hazing technique the first time people came to movie nights. It’s so scary! I would dare them to keep their eyes open straight through! And then I went on The Internet here and discovered that some people LIKED it! How could you????
Continue readingYou know why I haven’t reviewed this film before? Because it’s BORING! Boring boring boring! It has this great all star cast, and this great question of matrimony center theme, and yet, DULL! Hopefully I can make reading about it more entertaining than watching it.
Continue readingIt’s been 20 years now, this movie has been made fun of and rehashed and ridiculed over and over, it’s easy to forget what a massive industry changing international hit it was when it first released.
Continue readingI saw a friend on Saturday that I haven’t seen since quarantine started, and it was surprisingly sort of sane-making to tell her what my life is and hear what hers is. Something about feeling seen and real by sharing, and making sense of it by saying everything that happened in order instead of just bits and pieces. So it made me think that I should give the same option here, to our DCIB community. Tell your story, read other people’s stories, feel a little less alone and a little more stable.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I am back at my parents’, where the heat is turned on and the apartment is too hot, versus my place where the heat isn’t turned on and it is freezing. But I think opening the window at their place, and digging out my space heater at mine, will give me a happy mediun.
Continue readingI’m doing the countdown and reposting the reviews of every film, and writing new reviews of the few I have missed. But what movies do you want me to take a fresh look at? Ones I’ve already reviewed in the past but you are eager to talk about more, and differently? Yes, I will write a 5th (6th? 4th?) review of JHMS if you want.
Continue readingOh, I hope some of you comment on this one! I don’t like it, but I know a lot of you do, and now is the time for you to reveal yourselves and defend yourselves.
Continue readingYet another movie I was sure I had reviewed! But I hadn’t. Oh well. Time to do it now!!!!
Continue readingThe ridiculous drug investigation into Hindi film society continues to roll on, and what I find vaguely interesting about it (if anything), is the glimpse it gives into the morality of drug use as it is currently seen in Indian society, something that had not previously come into my awareness. And that started me thinking about the morality of drug use as it is perceived in general and how much it has changed just in my lifetime.
Continue readingI think this question makes sense. At least, it makes sense in my head. I want to see if I can make it make sense in your heads.
Continue readingSpellcheck wants me to replace “Mohabbatein” with “Mountbatten”. This makes me giggle every single time. Do you think it is possible that the whole film is an allegory for Edwina and Nehru’s affair? Amitabh is Mountbatten, Aish is Edwina, Shahrukh is Nehru, the school is India, Anupam Kher is Gandhi? It TOTALLY WORKS.
Continue readingHuh! I thought I was all done with the unreviewed films now that I was in the recent era, but I guess not! Poor sad Josh is hanging out there, unreviewed.
Continue readingDid I forget yesterday? Pretty sure I forgot. Oh well, I’m having a lazy Saturday, so I will just put up three reviews today and make up. Fun fun!
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I have such a busy day planned! I “casually” reached out to a bunch of friends who all leave near each other suggesting a walk, but secretly just wanting them to see Albie Dog in his Halloween costume and tell me that my dog is the best dog. Albie doesn’t know it, but he’s going to spend most of the morning looking like a little flower.
Continue readingWhat a fun title! Just makes you eager to read the post, right? Way more fun than “who is the sexiest man/woman”.
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