There are some serius eighties influences in this movie. The clothes (oh god the clothes are awful), the haircuts, the soft focus closeups, the choreography (including one bit straight out of the Vogue music video). Heck, the plot would make a good Lethal Weapon movie. Fun (mostly), but not really that good.
Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai […]
It’s hard to right a ~900 page book that can keep a reader’s interest throughout the entire book. Robert Jordan lost this ability about five books ago in the Wheel of Time series. Neal Stephenson managed it with Cryptonomicon, but not with the Baroque Cycle. Susanna Clarke manages it admirably with her debut brick novel.
I […]
So I’m watching Supernatural on WB (by happenstance I swear) and they’re at Lost Creek Wilderness in Colorado. The two main characters just posed as CU Boulder students (though they said “UC Boulder”).
Stopped by the Apple store today. Yes, the iPod nano is that small. It’s insane. The demo models at the store were pretty scratched up, but they still looked pretty nice.
Well, Erica is out of town on a collecting trip, which means it’s time for Jackson to clean out the ol’ Netflix queue. This week is Bollywood week! I’ve got some big names lined up: Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, A.R. Rhaman, and Aishwarya Rai.
Bride and Prejudice (OK, so this one isn’t really Bollywood) Swades Kandukondain Kandukondain Devdas Mujhse […]
I think this movie must have been sponsored by the repatriation comittee of the Indian government. Big shot NASA scientist (actually filmed at NASA too!) goes home, learns that despite the problems he sees, he loves India (and the village teacher). He goes back to the US, but his heart is in India, and so […]
Somehow I was thinking this was based on Pride & Prejudice, it’s actually based on Sense & Sensibility. Still, that makes two indian Jane Austen movies this week (and two Aishwarya Rai movies).
I enjoyed the movie, but had a hell of a time understanding what was going on. The subtitles are awful. Wacky grammar, […]
Gurinder Chadha has a good feel for romantic comedy (see Bend it Like Beckham), but not so much for musicals. The english language songs are awful, and the choreography looks silly more than anything else. There a few decent musical bits, Ashanti’s cameo in particular, but I think she would have been better off incorporating […]