 What got a new camera? Do we look pretty? Do we look, do we look so much prettier now? And I got a microphone. What? We're real YouTubers now. I guess. Welcome to our stupid reactions. Art and We Pretty. Uh, today we're doing a movie review of the new film that just came out on Z5. Interestingly, part of the title, you can say it the same way forward and backward. Did you know that, Corbin? Bob. Oh, I thought you were saying Bishua. No. I said part of the title. Part of the title. Part of the title. Bob. That's true. Bob backwards is Bob. Bob backwards is Bob. But Bob Bishua. Yes. How would you actually say it? Bishua. Bishash. Bob Bishash. That doesn't make any sense. No, no. Bob's clever. Bob's clever. I mean, that's the big one. You just don't pronounce W. Which is weird because this is, this is- It's like Bishua. Well, it's, it's- They say it like you in the film. That's what they say. Yeah. Yeah. Anyways. But yes, it's a new 2021 film directed by Ardost's daughter. I believe it's her debut. It is a debut. It's her direct old debut. Dia- Jo- Ghosh. Ghosh. Sojoy Ghosh. Because I always say Sojoy Josh. Yeah. No, Sojoy Ghosh. Ah, so I- Ardost. Ardost's daughter. But- Who, when we interviewed him- He talked about it. He said I can't- He, you know, we didn't have the details, but knew she was working on her first film and he was helping writing it. Yeah. It's written by- Sojoy Ghosh. And Raj Vasant. Yes. And produced by Ardost. Composed by- Oh, he's not there. Sorry. Sentimentary she was- Why is there no credit in there for score? I'm sure I could figure it out. But anyways, starring Abhishek Bakchan. Abhishek Bakchan. And a few other- Shikandra Singh. Yes. And then a few other supporting actors as well. Since it's new, just came out. We'll do a little bit on- Saw it on Z. Yeah. Saw it on Z5. If you're going to watch it, go watch it. But yeah, we saw it. And since new films, we like to do a little non-spoiler, because there might be people who haven't seen it yet. Correct. Obviously, do not want to use the word- Let the movie tell the story. As opposed to all the old films that we always watch. Correct. But, so we'll do a little bit non-spoiler, and then we'll get into the spoils, if you want to be spoils. Yes. Rick, your initial thoughts- Non-spoiler. Non-spoiler initial thoughts, and I won't go too long because I have a lot to say, but we'll get into that in the body of it. Ultimately, I liked it. I found that I hope we can help you, going in to see it without spoiling anything, because I think there's more to like about it than dislike. I didn't love it. So I gave it like a B overall, with my favorite parts of it being the directing, the score, and the acting. Particularly, Abhishek did what I was hoping we would see him do. Yeah. It just fell into, we'll talk about this in a moment, it fell into a kind of a genre and a feel that I wasn't anticipating, but I did my best to not let that shape my overall feeling for the film. Because overall, I told Indrani, she was going to watch it with me, but it didn't work out with our schedule. She wound up being asleep and I watched it in the morning, that if it was on TV, and we didn't have anything else, it was a rainy day and you're just looking to watch it, especially if you've seen Kahani, I would say see this, you're probably going to enjoy it. Yeah. I definitely enjoyed it. It was a mixed bag for me. Exactly. As well. There were parts that I really, really enjoyed, performances, the score I thought was really, really nice. Directing, I thought for the most part, she did for a directorial debut. Exactly. She should be very, very proud of this film. Yep. I definitely think everybody, it's worth a one-time watch at minimum. So it fell a little short and it also, in the writing, it was a little predictable. Yeah, there was some predictability and there were some things, some believability that it was like, you left a hole there. And I do agree, it never hit the mark. It was, I don't think you can say it's a bad film. No. But it never hit the point of being great to me in terms of like, I was like hoping for just something a little more. I don't really, you can't really explain it either. I don't really know what else. I think I had a two-fold expectation that I made myself toward the end of the film, because it does, I think the last act is the best part of the film. Yeah. It's very, it's the least predictable per se compared to the rest of the film. Literally, there were moments where, oh, that's, and it happened. Yeah. And oh, that's. You could basically tell what was going on. You could tell what was coming. But I really allowed myself toward the end to take away what I had previously felt because if you've seen Kehane that has a very particular feel, it's, well, should we get into spoilers? Yeah, we're getting into spoilers. Just go, it's definitely worth a watch. It's definitely worth watching and supporting. Especially for Abashik. Yep. Because I want, even though I probably, I probably would have wished for a little more of Ragham Raghav 2.0. Yes. However. Or him. However. But that doesn't take away from his performance. No, and without spoiling anything, while it's not Ragham Raghav 2.0-ish for a movie that is genre more of a kind of quirky, upbeat tempo film, there are some moments that are like, okay, dang. Yeah, that was, right? There was a lot of moments that were a lot of fun and a lot of like almost John Wick. Yes. Fun. Fun. That you'll get into. That's why I said this. I think it's, like you said, it's mostly good, but it never got into the realm of being a great film. Yeah, set genre and story kind of off to the side somewhat and give it extra grace and go in for, in my opinion, this order, Abashik watching the debut directing and the choice that she makes as a director because she makes some really good choices. Yeah. And then the score. Yeah. Yeah. I do. And there was actually a bunch of really good supporting actors as well. There weren't any bad, there aren't any groaning moments where you're like, oh no. All the acting in this is solid by everything. So once again, hats off to a rookie director. She did a great job. Good performances out of a bunch of veterans, which is. It says a lot that she helmed this and this is a departure for Abashik to do what we have felt he can do. So, okay. Go watch it. Go watch it. And then mark the time and come back. Come back. Spoilers. Yes. So let's talk about Abashik. Yeah. I think he did a really, really, really good job. Me too. At one, making it his own. Yeah. Because obviously I think probably everybody wanted the original actor to play the character. Yeah. He's legendary and he made the. Legendary. I mean, he made the character. He's so good in it that you get a spin-off film from a less than supporting role. I think it's like 10 minutes in the original. It's a less than supporting role, but it's such an iconic character that you want more of it. Yeah. But I feel like he did a good job at making it his own. Yeah. But also, there were moments and I'm like, you did your homework, buddy. He sure did. He walked, talked, carried himself. And allowed his body to shape to become that. Just like the original character really did. So he did his homework and he did a fantastic, I think by far the best part of the film was his performance. It's Abashik. And which is wonderful because I think as we know now, he has not got the credit he deserves as good of a quality of actress, because one, his dad's one of the biggest stars of all time. So that's a big shadow to love too. And also apparently like some of his films, like he'll put on good performance, but the script is not great or whatever. Right. I mean, so he's had kind of a tough go of it, but I commend him for doing this style of performance. And also this is not a normal, in terms of Bollywood, right? This is not a normal style of character. A lot of people probably won't like this because it'll be like it's glorifying assassins. Right. Right. He turns him into an anti-hero. He's an assassin. He kills people, but you feel bad for him. Yeah. He's not a good person. No. I actually, after you see this, it makes you want to watch Kahani again and look at Bob and go, you know what? I don't mind you shooting that guy. I don't mind you shooting her in the head. I understand, man. I understand. I personally love films that like, I don't need it to be a good person to be your lead in the film. Just like Kabir Singh. I didn't need him to be a good person in order to enjoy the film and also for that story to be told. Right. I don't, I prefer the style of stories, honestly, because I'm, you've seen the good person in the lead for their entire, for the entirety of cinema. The entirety of storytelling. You have a protagonist. You have an antagonist. You have a climax resolution. We're getting to a sweet spot in cinema where like villains and bad people are now getting the forefront in films. Yeah. And I love it. I do too, because what it does is it takes the complexity of the human experience and does, you know, what Shakespeare did in inducing it into the theatrical realm by showing you the complexity of the human being. It actually takes it to a completely different level now by making somebody who would previously have been, say, the Claudius and Hamlet, to actually become someone you're rooting for, because you don't root for Claudius and Hamlet. I do. If you would. Or at least somebody that you could have some compassion for in ways that you ordinarily would. Are you doing all right there? I know. It's a new camera. And so I'm making sure it's working. So yeah, I am. And I'm going to say something too, because I know there will probably be comments about it. It always comes out. But this film for me underscores there are pros and cons to nepotism kids. This is one of the pros in that you have a lead actor who's the son of a legend and you have a director who is the daughter of a director or a legend. Nepotism. And there's a reason that I believe they're as good as they are. And it's because they grew up in and around this. And we've always felt that Abysshek came across as the kind of a guy that we believe did it, because he has a love for this thing. And it showed in this. I really believe that this was a departure for him for a lot of reasons. He's a Christian Ludo as well. Exactly. He is what I anticipated. I think my favorite moment, he doesn't have a bad moment. But I really liked his moment in the car before she lets him out of the back of the van. Because it was just, I wonder how many takes they had. And if maybe there were a couple of takes where he didn't tear up. Because everything felt genuine. I felt like he, this could have been such a stupid caricature by a lesser actor. And I felt like he did a great job. It's a testament to him and it's also a testament to her and her directing. Yeah, so let's talk about her. Let's talk about her. I thought she did a, I do remember in our interview with our Dost. Um, let's do Joy Gosh in case you didn't know. Yeah, if you haven't seen that, watch that, we've interviewed him. He's our Dost. But when he talked about this, he was like, I think he's like, I'm so excited, but it's also incredibly stressful. I think is what he did, something along those lines, which makes sense. Absolutely. Because as, you know, one, you're a dad, so you want your daughter to succeed. And you also don't want to hover over her. Yeah, you want to give her freedom. You want, you're like, this is your film. If you need me. That's what I assume he probably did. He was like, if you need me, I'm here. I'm the producer. I'm the writer. Right. Just come to me if you need me. But you're the director. You are the director. So you have final say. So I'm betting, like it was hard for him at times to be like, you shouldn't do that. Yeah. I bet it also has to do a lot with. And he probably wasn't really proud at times. Yeah, their relationship in general, because assuming he had a relationship, like say like I do with Ashley, Alexis and Micah, let's say if Ashley wanted to be a director, I would absolutely want to give her everything I've got. And there would, I'm sure she'd be making creative decisions. Now, if I see that she's making a blatant mistake. Yeah. I'm going to say, you know, take her to the side and go, your DP should have told you this, but don't use that lens. Please don't use that lens. But I bet he really was very standoffish. And I, one of my favorite things that I, one of the things she did, I love to talk to her about it too. If she didn't intend it this way, it sure came across. The quirkiness of Bob, she made evident in the quirkiness of her direction. The use of music and then hard edits into, I loved the consistency with which she did these weird hard edits and stop, stop music. Like there's the moment, it's like this romantic moment where Bob and his wife, Mary are, he's like, Hey, you want to go to the terrace? And she says Bob and the music stops and someone from behind Bob goes, There was another great edit when there was a page turning and it was a wonderful edit. Then it went to a different scene. I was like, a lot. I was like, that was, that was fantastic. Yes. So yeah, I thought she did a really good job with a lot of the pacing. It never felt long. No. And so it kept moving. The pacing of it was real good. There's some like stuff that like, like we said, the believability of certain moments. Yes. A lot of stuff was a really convenient in the story at times. Too convenient. Yeah. And so that's probably my biggest gripe. Outside of like the overall feeling, I wanted maybe some a little different. Yeah. I wanted from the trailer and from Kahani, and because of this character, I think we would be the same. We were wanting it to be more raw and rock of 2.0 and a little bit darker and a little bit more grounded. Yeah. But I understand the commercial accessibility. Yeah. Of not making it that way. Yeah. Um, I don't necessarily agree with the decision. It's part of the thing that I don't, I'm not jumping him down happy about the film, but some of the believability things, like I was waiting till later on for them to explain something, but for someone who'd been in a coma that long, I don't know what that hospital's feeding them, but he wouldn't look like that, you know. He'd be a bit thinner, but you can't make him too thin because he's got to convey Bob. Yeah. So that believability factor, I understand the quandary they probably had. I also didn't like the end when it came in full circle with Kahani. And I was like, I don't think this is the same timeline. Yeah. I'm just going to be honest with you. Didn't, you know what I've seen like years before. Here's where I think a mistake was made in that regard. Because if this is successful, and I think it will be, it doesn't need to be part of awards conversations, it's not that kind of a film. But I think it's going to be popular, one, just for the names involved. Yeah. But two, because it's fun watching, it's worth watching. Yeah. And I, the mistake I think that was made, it was cute that they brought it full circle and you see the picture of Vidya, right? But what I was thinking was, let's have some sequels, man. Let's turn this into a Bob franchise. You could get a couple more films out of this and build a really deep prequel. Like a less athletic John Wick. Yeah, at least a trilogy. You could have at least gotten, but that's gone now because you showed the Vidya picture. So you've got Kahanis the sequel to this. There's no, I just didn't know middle stories anymore. I didn't think this was like that close to that. Me too. I was hoping it wasn't, and you could have had a trilogy. Yeah, I didn't. So I didn't really, I didn't really want that. Also a different part that I didn't like was, I don't know why this was the choice, but it was the series they made, the CGI tears. I didn't, CGI tears. I mean Abhishek was crying in the van. Yeah, there was CGI tears. No. Oh, it was obvious. No. Yeah. I don't think so. No, there was obvious CGI tears. When he's crying in the van, I don't know exactly when the part was. I can't remember. It's right. The time that I saw tears, it's a close-up, he's leaning forward, he has his glasses on, he's bloody, and the cop is in the van with him. And he's, he, I forgot exactly what he's saying. Oh yeah, that was it. But he's talking about Mary. Yeah. And then she gets out of the van when they stop and she has let him go. Yeah, that was it. No way, those were CGI tears. Go back and watch it. No way. It was bad CGI tears too. No way. It was bad CGI tears. I need to know the answer to that because I believed full fraud. Go back and watch it. I swear to you, there was CGI tears. Somebody needs to find, we need to know the answer to this. Yeah, anyways. But if, if they were CGI, I just don't understand. I was like, because you could literally put eye drops in eyes. It's a common thing that's been done for a long, long time. If you like, if an actor can't physically grab a course. You know, what just happened? Many actors can't. No. It's not a bad thing. No. I just, I, when I saw it, if I am correct, which I do believe I am, I didn't understand that choice. I don't, I hope it's not CGI tears. Really, really hope it's not. Just let me know. I think I'm right because, or they look CGI if they were real. Well, we know that you need CGI tears because you can't cry. I can make myself cry. Oh, I know that. I can make myself cry. Yeah, that's sweet. But the actual crying of emotion. No way. I don't believe it. Regardless. But yeah, I didn't understand that choice. I also didn't really like or understand the choice of letting him go. I was like, okay. Yeah, the believability factor on that was really low for me. It got really unbelievable towards. I was expecting and was glad they followed through on two things. And again, I'm hoping you've seen the movie because we're in the spoiler zone. I was expecting and hoping for both his wife and the kid to die. Yeah, I expected that. So when the shot happened and it hit her in the neck, I was like, okay, good. This explains a lot. And in my back of my mind, I'm like, I'm hoping he turns and the kid's dead too. Yeah. Because we need Bob to really turn the page. That's one of those things I was like, this is pretty good. I knew they were going to die. I was like, he needs to go full on crazy. And what I didn't know. And one of my favorite moments in the film is it's kind of Shiva-esque going back to the most recent thing we've watched and like giving too much away maybe. The moment when he, the very climactic moment when the guy's trying to bargain with him and he's loading up his gun, he just empties it. Yeah. It's what is it? Like eight shots? Just, I really appreciated the gore in this. Yeah, I did too. I would have liked even more. But the fact that they were like headshot, headshot, headshot, headshot, not pulling the punch with the blood, I loved that. But again, believability factor, the two guys in the alley, he shoots the one in the head and the other moron just starts running out and yelling. Who would do that? Yeah. You know. But I loved, I loved the graphic gore. Yes. I could have even had more of that. And moving the guy's arm before he gets in the elevator and saying sorry. Yeah. All the kills I thought were really, really good, which one commending for this style film, for Bollywood? It just, you don't see it a lot outside of our New York Cush. Yep. True. Yeah, true. He's the one that makes these style of films. Yeah. Those porting actors, I thought the, his friend, the Chamin, a guy, one night, his death was great too. Great. It was like, I'm not going to do that. Bam! So quick. I was like, oh dang! That shocked me. And so that was fun. I thought he was a good actor. Me too. Great character. The great sound effects on the breaking bones too. Good directorial choice. Wet, loud cracks. It was really bad. And then the old man who helps him all the time. Yeah, he's a great actor. Sure, that guy's got theater background right there. He could have his own movie, honestly. Those were some of my favorite moments was when they were interacting because you could tell the level of experience between them. And he had some great lines. The other person I felt like who, yeah, she was believable. I loved every moment she was on screen. I found, and again, this is not an easy script to write because you have so many different threads you've got to go with. And one of the things you have to do is create the believability. Like, at some point I was wondering, is this been all... Like, when the two guys tell the doctor you've done your job, I thought, was he really out for this long or are they wanting to make him think he's been out this long? So for part of the film... I didn't even know if that was his real wife. Exactly. For part of the film, I thought it was this like born identity kind of stuff and he really hasn't been in a coma. That all of these people had... There's just some weird facade going on that was a cover-up to protect him from the killings he had done. Well, it turned out he really was in a coma. It became a little more... Just again, too simple for me. Especially in terms of the willingness and readiness of Mary in the script and the story to just get back on track after... I mean, I find it hard to believe there's a lot of stories... Here's a spoiler cast away where somebody is gone and they're not gone that long but if you think they're gone there was no... It was just like, yeah, he's been in a coma and now we're back on track. You know? But again, that's just harping on some of the smaller things that were hard to just believe. Overall, I think it was a good film. Me, too. And I think it's definitely... I give it a B. I think it's definitely worth watching. I'd probably give it a B minus for a film. Definitely one that I think worth watching and enjoyable. Especially for Abhishek and seeing Dya. I was really happy for her directing you as well. And the score, which you haven't talked about but I thought it was beautiful. Yeah. And unique. Yeah, I thought the score was unique. I thought the score was used. It seemed very obvious. I could be wrong, but it seemed very obvious that there was a real close collaboration between... It usually is, but a real close collaboration with score editing, directing, everybody working really, really seamlessly together. And I thought the score was just added to the fund because it's weird. It's a very strange... I think that's one of the biggest helps for somebody because going in after you've seen Kehani, I have a certain expectation based on the genre and the groundedness of everybody in that. And there's actually this real moral to the story at the end. Right? It's cinematic. It's a film. This is more a movie. Yeah. And it's not its fault that it is that. You just need to let it be its own kind of thing. Yeah. And for what it is, I think it's... Yeah. Well, let us know what you thought about the film and what you think about the camera quality and auto quality. Yeah. Down below.