Woot, Sunday movie! I had such a day of accomplishments yesterday, got groceries and hung a picture and all kinds of things, and now it is lovely to just have a nice sloooooooooooooow morning.
Double XXL
It’s on Netflix, it looks fun, it has Sonakshi and we love her.
At 7:30am Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and then we will all comment along from there.
dontcallitbollywood 
Gasp! Cameraguy, you sly fellow!
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I dont’ really understand why he did it on the sly – why wouldn’t they immediately upload it as soon as it was finished!
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Because she didn’t believe in herself and refused to upload it!
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That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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They had all been expecting Huma to upload it, but then she told him in the conversation on the balcony that she was planning to hold it back.
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Awwwwww! Stoner camera dude!!! All quiet and supportive!
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Huma’s coming home outfit is fantastic! That pink jacket is great.
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Oh man, I feel like this is gonna be an awkward sad scene
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Who wants two houses in the same city?
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Boooooooooooooo! Not because of Ma!!! Because of YOURSELF! And your friends and your cameraman boyfriend!!!
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I love the sneaky little reactions that dad and grandma are shooting at one another c:
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Woooooo, new hair!!!!
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Hey, Zo’s here! He can meet her brother and propose!
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It is so hard to believe that someone as gorgeous as Sonakshi, who is so well put together with fantastic hair, felt that she was defined by her weight. The Huma character okay, but Sonakshi’s character clearly knew her worth with her designs, though I do admit the boyfriend using her would have been hard.
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I can imagine that all the external pressure of working in the fashion industry, surrounded by conventionally pretty people, would be enough to make you doubt your own judgment.
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Maybe if they put in something about “I got into fashion to make clothes for myself, but after 4 years in fashion school that got trained out of me”. Because I could believe that the training in “this is what professional clothes designing is” changed her concept of fashion even if it didn’t change her feeling about hereself.
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Her stage clothes are awful.
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Blah blah, career, empowerment, what about the romances?????
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Not the point of the movie I guess.
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Not really sure why Huma is sharing the stage with Sonakshi – it is Sonakshi’s glory, not hers.
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Awwww, romance is back!!! Love it. And they are hot and would get stupid young boys being stupid over them
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At first I was getting annoyed that their worth would be defined by stupid guys thinking they were hot, but then as the romantic interests were left unsure of their status it linked back to the women’s power and then I was good with it.
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I watched Double XL last night and I was completely underwhelmed. I now think that Zaheer Iqbal is one of the worst actors I have ever seen. HOWEVER, I do agree totally with Genevieve that at least they had the slow burn romances be truly secondary and gave the power to the women at the end.
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Aw, that was a sweet little button : )
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I enjoyed that much more than I expected. Thanks, guys!
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“Director Sir” is a really cute endearment. Way WAY better than Sonakshi’s idiot boyfriend who just kept calling her “baby baby baby”.
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That was cute, I loved Sonakshi’s clothes, but it needed more of Huma dancing. Thank you for the watch a long Margaret!
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Enjoy!
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Thank you for joining!!!!
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Whoops! I gave you the teaser by accident. Here’s the full song:
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SHe is amazing on the dance floor, really fun sexuality.
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That was a delightful little movie! And I am so SO glad Sonakshi got a good part. When she is good, she is very very good, but when she is bad, she is awful. Also, I hope this inspires her to start dating better dudes in real life.
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It was a relatively inoffensive film for sure, but I could not stand Huma’s character and Zo was annoying and Zaheer Iqbal was terrible in the role. I remembered him being fine in Notebook but I may have been distracted by the beauty of the Kashmir setting. This movie couple with the ridiculously terrible Blockbuster video with Sonakshi makes me hope we never see him again on screen. But since he’s dating her and he has Salman in his corner, not likely.
I think the writing was most at fault overall…very slow pacing. The body image and girl power messages were fine, but the execution was horrid. Plus the white extras in London were absolutely cringeworthy (though nice that they tried to fit in some reference to LGBTQ content).
I watched Noor yesterday as well and while that movie has its problems it’s still very watchable as a slice of life story about a young urban woman’s career and love life.
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I actually enjoyed this more the second time around, must be the watchalong effect! Thanks for the watchalong and have a great Sunday. everyone!
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