Happy Friday! I am going to try to convince all of you to hate this movie along with me. Because it is the WORST.
Tamasha! It’s on Netflix, it’s easy to find and easy to watch, and I HATE it. And I am worried, because I think everyone else watching may be neutral? Oh well, hate is contagious, I will convince you.
At 3pm Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and then we will all go along from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
But maybe we’ve been vaccinated and had the booster!
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Here!
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Here : )
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Here! For some reason the reply box is only showing the top half of text, so typing may get a bit random. Just had a bath, feeling mellow and a bit apprehensive about how annoying this may get!
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Ach, this poter! I’m waiting to see if Ranbir can produce an expression that doesnt annoy the crap out of me.
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And PLAY!
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I hate the new UTV logo! Already I have strong feelings on this movie. the old one was subtle and classic, the dancers are dumb.
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Oh boy, it’s experimental metaphorical theater.
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Not going to lie, as a former theatre kid, this first intro really gets to me
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As someone who’s seen a fair amount of experimental theater, it gives me terrible flashbacks to BAD shows.
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Just gotta let you know Kirre, that the reason I couldn’t make this watch-a-long, is because I was organizing children’s theatre. (Theatre is way snootier than Theater in America).
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Are you talking about spelling between theatre vs theater? I just write the UK way, because I’m used to it. Also theatre is more about the medium for me and theater is the venue in my mind.
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At least in the U.S., Netflix must have “Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui” now! It was on the “front page” as I was navigating to “Tamasha.”
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Deepika is perfect. Ranbir can short circuit for all I care
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Didn’t even realize that was Dips! Yeah, she is throwing herself into it and literally not recognizable, Ranbir is all “watch me watch me”
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Aw, that kid is cute. Let’s appreciate that he isn’t Ranbir.
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It’s a very pretty movie, I will give it that
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So far, confusingly reminiscent of Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman.”
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Awww, I like the kid’s eagle sweater also.
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I think if I weren’t doing a watchalong, I would turn it off at this point. As in, the childhood flashback has now gone on slightly too long for my interest. Give me something more to care about than sweaters.
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Other than sweaters, hmmm. . . I liked the family’s green car. And they also have nice green grim at the front of their house.
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and of course the music is good, that’s something?
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The sweaters are great!
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I like a kid who loves stories
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Now I’m googling O Superman because Shelomit mentioned it and I am bored.
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You-all were subjected to experimental theater in college; for me it was experimental music ( ; But “O Superman” is actually fairly easy to appreciate compared to a lot of things, IMO.
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You know what it is? It’s that it’s a movie which is only enjoyable if you are consciously thinking “I’m watching a Film. I am Analyzing. I am Theorizing”. It’s nto a movie that you can just let sweep you away and straight up enjoy.
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More brain than heart, indeed
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And I don’t think it is actually good brain? I think it presents itself as an intellectual challenge and makes people think it is smart, but actually there isn’t much there-there. Versus Love aaj Kal 2 which presented as fairly simple got was emotionally complex.
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CHRISTMAS
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Whoa, flashforward to the rest of the movie! I’m confused.
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My guess is that they don’t have copyright for that very blue and specifically designed Jinn
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Huh, all the stories are love stories. I get the point that all stories are the same (oooo, it’s almost like patriarchal societies in which women’s reproductive abilities were tightly controlled are all the same!), but it’s not acknowledging tyhe choice to only look at love stories.
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Enh, not all. Musa? I guess if you tell the story all the way up to Tziporah, but the film didn’t and most renditions don’t.
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Oh no, I’m losing you! You are liking and defending this movie! RESIST! JOIN ME! EVERYTHING IS BAD AND HATEFUL!
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I don’t like it so far, I just don’t think your analysis is accurate either, lol ( ;
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You can’t hate it for your own reasons, that’s okay.
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Deepika’s fashion here is SO ON POINT!! Iconic!
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O God hes going to rescue her, nooo
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It’s going to be a statement on predictable love stories, and then it’s going to say “actual, love stories are predictable, ooooooooo, I’m so smart”
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“Pause” I hate him already!!!
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We are drowning in snow here and this landscape is making me want to swim so badly </3
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Same. Great advertisement for Corsica 🙂
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It’s freezing here and I am in the room with the most windows in my house. Makes it super cold, but worth it for the sunshine.
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Thts worse. Not Don, but Douchebag, I’m thinking…
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I would not find this dude charming. I would find this dude scary in his intensity and the way he makes me feel slightly off kilter.
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Yep, alarm bells would be going off big time. Plus his face… Corsica and dips are very beautiful
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Oh God, he is so arrogant here…
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And the movie plays into it, because of course she does fall in love with him.
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YES! GOOD SONG!!!! I shall relax and pretend it is in a different movie. Or try to.
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I really don’t understand this parade.
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Foreign lands are always exotic and carnival. If this movie was slightly better, it would be cynical about that, but instead it feels like it weirdly falls into the stereotype? UGH
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It seems like it’s sort of Catholic, but also a Ren-faire. And then there is the pack of girls dressed like Popeye the Sailor Man.
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Wait, does one actually say “once upon a time par”? With both a preposition and a postposition?
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This scene is going on WAY too long!!! I’m comparing it with JHMS where their intro went through so much backstory details and changed scenes and had all this other stuff happening beyond just a boring convo.
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Imtiaz is so hard trying to be French New Wave here, but all I want is to punch Ranbir out of the movie and for Deepika to experience the magic of Southern Europe while being single and happy
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Agree
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Agree also
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GOOD SONG!!! Proceeding to block Ranbir out of it, concentrating on everything but him
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Question: Why is Dips charming and Ranbir irritating?
My theory is that Deepika is giving to the camera. She’s trying to charm us, smiling, being open, and so on. And Ranbir isn’t trying, he is just expecting love. He is saying “look at me” while she is saying “Love me”. Is that it? Or am I not syaing it right?
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SUCH A GOOD SONG!!!! I totally forgot about that little break in the middle that just SOARS
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Deepika has more screen presence and charisma than Rambir ever could dream to have. There, I’ve said it.
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He just stole that old man’s hat! Chor, chor!
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But he did it in a charming and rule breaking way. So we have to forgive him. Right?
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Well, the hat guy smiled at him initially, but now the song is OVER and he has NOT returned the hat and I am worried that poor guy’s sweet bald head will get sunburnt ) :
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Push Ranbir into the sea Deepika and save us from this movie!!
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So here’s where Margaret gets confused and writes a big long thing! Ranbir’s character is so immediately irritating in this, but presented as though he is charming, it makes me think that Imtiaz the writer/director just has no idea what an actual good male character looks like. But then I look at JHMS, LAK, LAK2, JWM, literally EVERY OTHER MOVIE, and he has awesome male characters. Flawed, but empathetic, and the film is aware of their flaws and critiques them.
Anyway, long story short, I think Ranbir is toxic to directors and makes them believe in toxic character roles they should be ignoring.
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How many items of mouth-themed clothing does Dips own?!
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It’s so funny that the implicit sexual stuff is muted on film, but the English subtitles just go for it without censoring anything
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Netflix is really into honest translation…it was a shock to start watching on there after years of seeing swear words all get politely translated as “rascal”!
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I think it is also the time the subtitles have to be on screen before the next line. Better to translate to something similar, rather than completely translate for time reasons
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WHAT is this accent?
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I muted. Too painful for my ears. My guess “vaguely Italian”
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This film is so pretty, also no dialogue, so that’s a plus also
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I meant the sunset scene
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Oh yeah, it’s always charming when a couple does a dare that involves unknowing strangers. I just love that. Especially if the strangers are of a different race/ethnicity.
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What accent is Dips doing? Also, this would be SUCH a boring dinner party.
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They had a sunset shot of her adoringly watching ranbir in ‘thinker’ mode. Now I feel sick. Hes just aggravating, but everyone is spellbound and laughing along at his crap. Cant manage this much suspension of belief. More songs!
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THANK YOU!!!!! And he seems to have pulled hte same trick on all his directors that he pulls on his girlfriends. HE’S NOT THAT GREAT!!! The film doesn’t work if the plot is “Ranbir is super awesome and all others are dirt beneath his feet”
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Once again, Ranbir feels like he is “acting” and “being funny” and “performing”. Instead of just BEING and being entertaining. I have seen some great one person performances, but they are not like this, and it should nto just be “laugh line laugh line laugh line”.
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These vaguely wierd Italian accents are offensive in SO MANY WAYS
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And, like, why? Why not do an Indian accent?
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