Wooo, our first Sunday watchalong! And a great sunny vacationy kind of movie! The perfect ending to my vacation, I am going to order fancy coffee/breakfast for delivery and relax and enjoy. And then go over to my parents and officially rejoin the “real world”.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara! Hrithik and Kat are hot like fire together, and also a really well-written love story. And then Farhan and Abhay are also there. And Kriti is too good for any of them.
At 8:30am Chicago time I will put up an “And PLAY” comment and we will just go from there!
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Here!
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And PLAY!!!!
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Have you noticed my “and play” comment usually goes up a few seconds early? That’s because I know sometimes you have to refresh the screen to see it so I want to give a little extra time.
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I’m here but I’m finishing up my cooking so
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I’m watching and cooking, is what I mean
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OOOH! What are you making?
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cabbage casserole!
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Here! My computer managed to turn on in time today!
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Mine did not. It decided to update itself! Hence I am late. Stupid computer!
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“Spice” is always the media consultant, and whoever they are, I think they do a TERRIBLE job!!!! Every movie gets the same promotion campaign, trailer and posters and song release and blah blah. There’s never any fun gorilla style marketing unless the stars take the lead on it themselves.
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There are many many sincere thanks.
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They are a very grateful people.
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Kriti!!!!! I love her look in this movie. It’s clearly a woman who enjoys fashion in an adventurous kind of way, not just what looks “right”.
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Kriti?
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Kirti, sorry
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No idea who that is!
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KALKI!!!! Ugh, thank goodness you caught me, I would have had the wrong name the whole time.
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Oh nooo I hate Kalki’s hair
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It’s her character! She is going to have a distinctive unusual haircut because she is interested in fashion and stuff.
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Yeah but they shouldn’t have chosen something so angular. I love her clothes and jewellery though.
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Her friend has the exact same hair style.
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They bought a job lot of wigs.
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Here! Might dip in and out.
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Farhan!!!!!!
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I don’t think I would enjoy this party, by the way. I would feel too not-rich and not-cosmopolitan. I would be sitting there with big eyes thinking “how do these people LIVE??? Where do they buy their suits? Is that real jewelry?”
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Maybe that is Hrithik actual secret reason for not attending!
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Yes! Certainly Kat’s character would also hate it, and they are the perfect match.
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I really like that the first time we hear about this trip, it is a bunch of woman going “God, boys are stupid”. Sets the tone of the movie not really taking the concept seriously on it’s own.
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Ooooo, Ladoos served in their own syrup with a spoon! I bet they are hot too. Maybe I would want to go to this party.
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So, my newest theory of this movie is that we are supposed to see our heroes as little boys, flawed at the start. So Abhay and Farhan’s little joke is supposed to be cringey and too young.
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Ooooooo!!!! Hrithik in a vest!
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Farhan looks terrible.
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It’s the hair!!! Terrible terrible hair!
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Maybe this was the subtle early sign that his marriage to his hair dresser wife was dying.
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I am pretty sure the ex-wife did the hair for everyone in this movie.
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hahahaha he looks like a stripper dressed up as a businessman
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YES! And then in War he looks like a stripper dressed up as a soldier, and in Krrish he looks like a stripper dressed as a superhero. It’s his “thing”.
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True! Good thing he never tried to get a real job, imagine what working with him would have been like.
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Woo Hoo Hrithik and legalized gambling!
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I love Kirti’s “casual” meeting with wedding planners outfit. You know that thoughtless comfy white tunic cost as much as my car, but it is perfect for a “casual” day time meting.
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Kalki?
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YES! Thank goodness, Kainat caught me.
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Of course you are depressed, everything you own is black or grey!!!!
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Hrithik’s ex was pretty good with the eyes and facial expressions. Why haven’t I seen her in other stuff?
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She is very cute
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Maybe she was a London actress cast just for that part?
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FArhan is SUCH a brat to his Mom here! SUCH a brat! I’m telling you, we are supposed to find them immature and unsympathetic at this point.
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Yes, but we didn’t really know the backstory that his father just died and he just found out he wasn’t really his father. Few folks would fly through that one.
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Oh, it’s a good character, but the first time I watched the movie I thought we were supposed to be going “woo, truth to power, good for you Farhan!” in this moment. And then on later watches, I see that we are supposed to be rooting for him to get past his emotions and apologize to his Mom.
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I hate Farhan, but I think I pack more like him than like Hrithik.
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Also, This soundtrack is SO GOOD!!!!! One of those where I am going to think “oh, this is my favorite song!” with every song.
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Why don’t I get to fly first class?
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Farhan’s hat is when I lost all possibility of liking his character.
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It is the ultimate man-child and F*ckboy hat that it reeks of disdain
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I am proud to say that I pack like Hrithik!
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First class looks really nice.
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I have a thing against kermit the frog hats.
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What are our feelings about Hrithik’s side burns? I think I am anti, they make his cheeks look too full.
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His face looks so narrow, gaunt!
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I’m remembering now, part of his amazing performance in this is is keeping his face tense and his eyes miserable for the first half. It’s like a different face by the end.
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In my friendships, I am 100% the Abhay. Always getting along with everyone, planning activities, trying to smooth things over.
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He is also the cutest. Yes Hrithik is beautiful, but Abhay’s dimples are soooo cute!
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Genevieve, our Europe expert, where are they? Do you know?
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NEVER went to Spain….
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Oh oh! Go back! With the kids! They are learning Spanish, right? It’s perfect!!!!
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They are now in Barcelona and then going to make their way to Costa Brava, Seville, and then to Pamplona.
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Thank you!!!!! I wrote that comment and then felt weird for not asking the actual European. But weirdly, you are European who lived in Thailand for a long time, and Genevieve is an American who lived in Europe.
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No problem! Happy to help 🙂
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Abhay’s stylish backpack looks really uncomfortable.
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Agree!!!! And it has all these weird outer pockets which are just begging for pick pockets so you can’t use them.
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Smooth Hrithik ordering in Spanish 🙂
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I’m realizing I haven’t had coffee yet watching them drink.
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I have had 2 coffees! I couldn’t decide which one, so I ordered two. Raspberry and honey cinnamon.
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Raspberry? Is it good?
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Yes!!!!
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As a human Margaret, you have many strengths. Your taste in coffee is not one of them. Can’t stand that sweetened stuff!
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It’s great, it doesn’t taste like coffee, which is the goal of coffee so far as I am concerned.
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Cookie. I want to meet Cookie!
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Hrithik’s face with FArhan!!!!! That’s like Shahrukh level non-verbal communication. “I am so mad at you that I am not going to respond and I kind of resent that you expect me to forgive and acknowledge you.”
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Ugh, Farhan’s hoodie shirt. Did he buy all his douche-clothes post his father’s death? Do I have to forgive that as well? Or was their a pre-grief horribleness.
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The nine year old LOVES hoodie shirts! All our clothes are hand-me-downs and he has some, but only in a size too small. So he wears a lot of tight hoodies.
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My nephew is all hand me downs! My sister is linked into the local mother’s network, so it is all “Venmo me $20 and pick up a bag of random shirts from my porch”. Very weird collection of clothing.
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I worked at the bookstore when my first son was born and people would come in with bags of clothing for me.
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I thought everything was so cute, but as we got more and more clothes as more kids came I realized later that my first child was dressed in rags.
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My family had 5 female cousins each 2 years apart from each other, so we never had hand-me-downs from outside the family. I had no idea this whole underground world existed!!!! It was all getting big boxes of clothes from relatives, and then shipping out our own clothes later
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Farhan and the bag crack me up!
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Well, Abhay and Farhan, maybe if you weren’t SUPER RICH, and actually understood what it is like to WORK FOR A LIVING, you wouldn’t be able to just relax and enjoy the view all the time!!!!! I hate them so much right now.
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I don’t think Farhan is rich. Just spoiled and stupid.
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I think he is “rich”. He isn’t taking first class planes rich, but he is “doesn’t have to worry about starving or being homeless if he is out of work for a while” rich.
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He isn’t poor by Indian standards. But his dad was a mid-level government employee. (There is a dialogue between Farhan and Anupam Kher in one of the deleted scenes that goes into it) But he comes from a family where if he continues not working, his mom won’t kick him out of the house.
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What kinda accent are they making fun of?
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Parsi. I think.
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TERRIBLE PEOPLE. I enjoy this movie so much more now that I have embraced the fact we are SUPPOSED to dislike them all at this point.
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Is everyone here pro-Hrithik at this point? Yes, it is rude to be on the phone during a trip, but Farhan really really crossed a line.
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100% Pro-Hrithik
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Their immaturity, is fun to watch. And it reminds me of the text thread between my spouse and his friends that I sometimes get included on. Last night I had to ask them how old they were as they were trading Beavis & Butthead lines…
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Every time I watch this movie I think it is just so male! It is exactly how men talk and deal with conflict.
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And yet, it was written by two women!
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I’m thinking that is why it is so good? Zoya has gotten to watch dumb boys be dumb her whole life from the outside and maybe sees it more clearly than people on the inside?
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The jerky filming, is it a symbol of their jerky irregular friendships?
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Either that, or a symbol of this being Zoya’s second film.
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How about this for the point of the film? When the 3 of them get together, they immediately revert to their teenage/college personalities. So we are in some ways seeing them at the worst of themselves, but it is also entertaining. The story of the film is watching them work through their immature parts of them so that by the end they are not “pretending” to be adults, but have reached true maturity.
Huh? Huh?
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Yupp. I always thought that. It’s boys becoming men through this journey.
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The first time I watched it, I thought we were supposed to like/care about them from the start and I haaaaaaaaaaaated it. Thank goodness DCIB forced me to rewatch it.
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I appreciate Zoya for casting her brother as the most immature and most terrible person in the group. I mean, Abhay is more tolerable than him.
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And this is after Luck By Chance, when he was even worse. Maybe she just hates him?
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A good way to get back at him! Have the audience hate him and him thinking it is a profound and important role. A win-win situation!
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Farhan’s refusal to take sincere responsibility and apologize is INFURIATING!!!!! It doesn’t matter if it isn’t that big of a deal any more, or if it was a long time ago, him not saying “sorry” is what makes it a big deal. You hurt your friend! Acknowledge that!!!!
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Swimming through the little fishes! Sigh.
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Farhan looks best half dressed.
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