tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post2205866524770082756..comments2023-11-10T08:26:51.182-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: Bachna Ae HaseenoBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-46987291012354878542009-12-14T02:22:50.375-06:002009-12-14T02:22:50.375-06:00Two thumbs up. =)Two thumbs up. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-82987531071217264072009-12-13T00:27:36.541-06:002009-12-13T00:27:36.541-06:00Beth, you're absolutely right that Raj dumps o...Beth, you're absolutely right that Raj dumps on Mahi and Radhika a second time when he suddenly reappears in their lives with his agenda of being forgiven. At least he eventually comes to realize that perhaps there's something more than his own self-regard at stake.<br /><br />And yeah, cut off the last 15 minutes of the movie and burn the footage. It's a betrayal of Gayatri's character and of the entire message of the film up to that point that they wind up together at the end.<br /><br />I'm not one of the many Deepika-haters out there--I felt she did pretty well with a character who, in the last moments of the film, is forced by the screenwriters to repudiate everything she's said and thought up to that point. But the ending did make me want to rip the DVD out of the player and send it flying out my window like a Frisbee.<br /><br />As for your real-life experience and its parallels in the film, I'm so sorry. It makes me ashamed of my gender--not for the first (or last) time...Pessimisissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-75206115983793986642009-12-12T14:13:48.574-06:002009-12-12T14:13:48.574-06:00Your view on this is exactly how I felt about the ...Your view on this is exactly how I felt about the dreadful AAAAAAAAAAAH with Ranbir's grandpa.memsaabhttp://memsaabstory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-82135036107424723752009-12-12T11:10:07.271-06:002009-12-12T11:10:07.271-06:00I enjoyed this movie, but Bips storyline was my fa...I enjoyed this movie, but Bips storyline was my favorite of three for sure (though I love <i>Johi Mahi</i> and so the picturizations is one of my favorite moments of the film - I'm starting to have a whole new appreciation for Kunal since then). <br /><br />I totally agree that the ending was ridiculous. Raj should have stayed alone (I agree with your reasoning 100% about Deep's character), or found someone completely new. <br /><br />Sorry to hear about your unfortunate encounter with the opposite sex. How about a story line about the live-in boyfriend who goes overseas for a small school trip, cheats, then breaks up with you the night he comes home BUT YOU STILL LIVE TOGETHER because youre broke college kids who live with his parents(oh and then a week later you get a postcard sent from said overseas place that says "I Love you" on it.<br />I'm sure we could write one doozy of a screenplay together!Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758282383525747870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-50552481235695827922009-12-12T10:29:50.281-06:002009-12-12T10:29:50.281-06:00We were just watching the Rocket Singh video last ...We were just watching the Rocket Singh video last night, & I realized I haven't seen any of Ranbir's movies! I thought about starting with this one but, uh, maybe not. Grrr. I like my heartbreak catharsis without eventual reward for bad behavior. Say what people will about Devdas, at least he dies pathetic and alone, which is exactly how it should be. If you're guessing you wouldn't want to be any of MY old boyfriends, you'd be right. :)Anarchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599522097057431891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-80406838281312706792009-12-12T00:03:51.936-06:002009-12-12T00:03:51.936-06:00Beth, I totally understand where your coming from,...Beth, I totally understand where your coming from, being ditched at the last minute sucks and thats why i liked the bipasha smackdown! Raj was a true dickhead to the first two gals, <br /><br />But the deepika storyline ending just blew, as if she would give all her beliefs and mantra because a sexy thang like Ranbir comes along! lol not being objective here but the cute and adorableness of Ranbir made it worth watching! Have u seen wake up sid, i think you might enjoy a less bastard-like ranbir!<br /><br />Love that subtitle, i think on my crappy version it was "let me think, because thats hard to do" and a big boinnggg went off in my head as she said that and the perfect subtitle with it! The swooshes made me dizzy after a while i guess they were trying to highlight the scenery and how ranbir and the twirling deepika looked behind it lol!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-9498773983178206252009-12-11T23:00:45.018-06:002009-12-11T23:00:45.018-06:00It's rare that I say this but I agree 100% wit...It's rare that I say this but I agree 100% with your review. I did enjoy the film BUT I think the writers totally blew the ending. Ranbir managed to make Raj much more palatable than he would have been other by sheer force of charm; Bips was divine; and Deepika was a black hole.<br /><br />It does seem really, really bogus that the independent woman would crumble so fast when she realized that he was gone. Maybe a stronger actress could have pulled off the transition but somehow I don't think even Hema Malini at peak adorableness could have pulled this one off.<br /><br />And the swooshes have to be hiding Deeps terrible dancing skills... LOL! I like to call it the Saif Ali Khan school of song picturizations - shoot from the waist up and substitute camera motion for actual dancing.Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182245444783020664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-66649206411218088572009-12-11T22:33:48.847-06:002009-12-11T22:33:48.847-06:00Yeah, I love Ranbir, but this movie...oh, big fail...Yeah, I love Ranbir, but this movie...oh, big fail. I think the Mahi story could have been a film in itself, like a cute po-mo retelling of DDLJ, and it would have worked. Raj f*%ks up, goes back and redeems himself by making sure Mahi ends up with the person she is meant to be with, THE END.<br /><br />But OH the Gayatri story. The ending really killed BAH for me, because it was so...stupid and out of nowhere, like her character suddenly had a lobotomy. <br /><br />The best thing about this movie is the title song, by far, and Ranbir's cute dancing which you have already highlighted. Otherwise, yeah, I'm with everyone else. SO MUCH MEH.Nesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107616228716988730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-26593063357028470952009-12-11T21:22:27.371-06:002009-12-11T21:22:27.371-06:00I really really liked Bipasha's performance in...I really really liked Bipasha's performance in this - it felt very, well, real. She gave Radhika some dignity and some steely resolve but still showed all the damae. Well done, that girl.<br />Ranbir is not a fave of mine - he seems to be playing a self indulgent man-child in pretty much everything. This was the second movie I had seen him in after he played a gormless manipulative man-child in Saawariya...The lack of consequences for him, as seen against the major impact his thoughtlessness had on these women was a disgrace. Everything about his character in this movie was distasteful - even his best friend with the smutty t shirt wardrobe was a sign of how ick this all was. You cannot fix up a broken friendship or marriage by doing a little dance and implying it is all the girls fault for having become a frigid cow.<br />I was disappointed in the whole movie and disappointed that a young actor would be interested in a role that is so backward in it's gender relations. <br />To me, this movie was pure male wish fulfilment dreck. With no good dancing to redeem any of it.Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02100144509902267935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-65969195591411917252009-12-11T21:18:35.307-06:002009-12-11T21:18:35.307-06:00Yeh, Even I wondered how Raj managed to 'freez...Yeh, Even I wondered how Raj managed to 'freeze' up two gorgeous girls, esp Mahi, who should just have used some really bad words for him and enjoyed her honeymoon with her gorgeous gorgeous Kunal Kapoor.. Sigh !<br /><br />The ending was too 'pat'. The songs take up so much time, that I am guessing the editor had no choice but to make the ending 'pat'. Chalo viewers, Ranbir gets Deepika, go home, its 3 hours already.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-68716286500473126252009-12-11T20:43:10.494-06:002009-12-11T20:43:10.494-06:00I remember reading talk about a fourth story/track...I remember reading talk about a fourth story/track (starring katrina kaif)that had to be cut to allow for an agreeable movie running time. Don't know how true this is but may be why the movie seems incomplete...ay's rhymeyreasoninnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859839975453486628noreply@blogger.com