 When I die, I want to go peacefully. Are you not dead? Like a sore you were Hey, we'll go back towards two directions up Corbin. I'm dead. That'll be funny someone Decades from now Like a hundred years from now It's gonna watch that I'm gonna go. Yep. You are Rick. I do not want to be 150. Yeah, no, I'm 104 You know my goal. Yeah For you can push me as long as it's a good one. Oh, yeah, I want a good 104 I don't like crappy like you're in a wheelchair and you're just no I don't want to be I don't want to be I don't want to spend 20 years like this Yeah, then you know Anyways today we're doing a movie review And we're doing a movie review of the 2007 film Cheney Coon Cheney Coon Roger sir, which I did not realize I was oh, yeah, you didn't realize I'm during the film No, I didn't I wasn't oh, so you didn't see opening credits. I think I saw them, but I wasn't paying attention Okay, yeah, so the credits like oh, it's Roger. I didn't know it was Roger sir. Anyways, but it's directed and written by our bulky and Starring We saw the trailer for this long ago We were very excited to see that we wanted to see it instantly. I want to talk about John and taboo and it also has a part part facing Patech Roa, which who we know about as well I think we've seen him in a few things, but I think he's most notably he was in that new Rishi film that he's Finn it he's the one that's finishing it for him. Oh, yes, that's right Yeah, but anyways and obviously many other films like her Hereup, Perry, which obviously is a massive film that we have not seen yet. I don't know that But anyways, it's gonna be a hundred minutes before we came out 2007 You haven't watched it. We saw it on Z5 Z5 Z5 So if you haven't seen it watch it go watch it come back as soon as you have seen it It's gonna be spoiled spoil the room. So this is our 23rd of the year our 143rd Hindi and our 231st of all time Last night and Johnny and I went to see the new Sandra Bullock Channing Tatum comedy the lost city because the trailer made it Look like a great rom-com and we were ready for a fun night of laughs. We didn't get any Thankfully India was making better rom-coms nearly 20 years ago than Hollywood's making today Because the very next morning we got to watch Chini Khoom which Indrani seen long ago and has always loved a sweet funny often Very subtly so fun and entertaining movie That's exactly what you'd expect and hope for from Big B and Taboo in addition This hits home in some very personal ways I mean a lot to Indrani and I because we like veggie and sexy legs Know firsthand what it means to be judged ridiculed and shamed for simply having an age gap that others demand and declare to be utterly Unacceptable. I love this movie Same with me and my wife a year or a year It's hard. It is rough Lot of tension lot of tension different generations. You're both white different. Also look at my shirt. Yeah, that's really good That's very cool. Yeah, Dosties. I like it. Dostie. Dostie. Oh, man I got emotional the second time I saw our are I really I did and all of them loved it They loved it. Anyways, yeah, this is another if you'd like to our view go watch that. Yeah, go see that Anyways, I thought it was a really good film. I'm so so glad Taboo and Big B or the leads in this absolutely. I think of the lesser actors I Don't think I would have liked the film because my biggest issues with this film are probably the whole overall filmmaking or it's a Very dated. It's a very dated movie and I'm but obviously you can't hold that really You know what else is like I used to love this movie and I watched it with Andrani. I was like This isn't very good Taken. I've never seen it In its day it was good. It was it was gritty Mm-hmm. I remember showing it to Ashley and Alexis when they were like 13 and 15 because it talked about the dangers of what could happen If you're not responsible and Anyway, anyways, but overall I I'm so glad that they were at the helm of this because if you didn't have a strong of actors Which we've seen in some rom-coms before that if you don't have a strong of actors, especially with you know Subject matter of like this one. Yeah, which I also really enjoyed that subject matter of the film as well It could just be real bad because I think the weakest points of this or some of the writing in this film in terms of making it really cheesy dated But the strongest moments of this film are Them too and they're just able to be together fall in love and their whole story And it's it's really great to see to see them act together And so that's my by far my favorite and I like I like this film But there was there was issues film-making wise and writing wise that I It this is one of the reasons why you get actors like big bee and taboo and it's not just because they have notoriety It's because what helps it like I wouldn't recommend this to somebody who's never seen big be your taboo Yeah, no, I'd want them to get to know them because once you get to know them and really love them It adds so much to the immediacy of the likeability for them At the get-go and yeah, I mean it would take it you could do it with unknowns But boy would they have a they'd have a hard time It could also This is an evergreen movie in that you could remake this over and over again for generations I wish they would actually remake it because I think some of the issues I had would be would be remedied Probably like some of the cheesy writings I may have liked more of the cheese and you did it the same way. I like the school teaching classroom stuff in English There was a lot of that in this thankfully like I said when you have the strong leads it definitely helps out But yeah, there was some weird dated stuff that like right at the bat. He called. It's like hey sexy to this Little girl Obviously I understood why I thought it was cute obviously throughout the film I was like, okay, I understand why they're doing it right all the kind of stuff But it was very striking right off the bat. I was like, why is this 60 year old man calling this little girl sexy? That's really weird But I actually thought she did really well. Oh, I thought the little girl was great Oh, she did great. She did really good. I like that element that they brought into this. I love that part of the story writing too I loved the relationship and how they both were Very much accepting of the fact of like she's like, yeah, I want to watch all these movies I want these adult movies because I need to watch at least 10 of them because if I wait any longer, you know That that kind of just yep Is and their whole relationship, you know calling her sexy letting her why you see the three movies She's got laid out there. She's got the exorcist Pulp fiction. Yeah, no no kill bill. No kill bill. Yeah, but I agree. I like that relationship I also really was I laughed out loud several times in this movie, especially in right off the bat I really enjoyed when the guy comes in and he's got the dish on his hand And he walks in and you know the minute he walked in you knew from the character established by big B that that dish Shouldn't be walking back into the kitchen. And if you've worked in restaurants at all, you know that at a nice restaurant Food shouldn't be coming back in ever. Yeah ever and the I love the relationship He had with the kitchen staff and how it goes from him freaking out on them because someone had a phone To that moment when his phone They all go I Thought that was funny, so let's get the big B in taboo Yeah, I really like I thought the introduction of their relationship was great too with her sending it back And then the next day it gets sent back again, but it's like this is great This is obviously has everything it needs and it's like it's not yeah It's not wasn't coming from our kitchen and then he opens the door and there she she's walking. She's turns So I agree love that was really cute and their whole yeah, it's it's hard to maybe like if The only way you could get better in terms of an older actors like if you get necessarily Sean there I guess but it would be it'd be different as well. They're different types of that it would still it would work That's what's a little great about the evergreen aspect is you can you can just put somebody and you can flip the genders You can make it an older woman and a younger man. You could make it interracial. You could make it same sex It's just it's this beautiful love story about people who are facing some kind of an I like Including the age gap. I think that's central to the relationship So it's 30 30 years 30 year age gap. Yeah, my my Mother and stepfather 10 years. Yeah, and Johnny and I are 23. Yeah, 20 10 years apart So yeah that that whole aspect of it. I thought it was really really cool because you don't see often You don't see you don't rom-coms With that usually rom-coms or people around my age. That's usually right. That's usually the demographic that they play or younger, right? Usually it's not I mean, they'll sometimes be some niche ones that have two older people and falling alone Which is great as well because you don't see that a lot But the you hardly ever see something with a Pretty big age gap like that correct that there's a lot of stigmas around in every culture But especially Indian culture. Oh, let me tell you I love the fact that he was older than her dad Yeah, that was really great. That's like, oh, yeah And then Johnny and I don't have that and Johnny's dad who had passed away when she was 15 But he was born this one year before my dad So her parents are actually comparable in age to my parents But that being said that I could have had that situation as well And that's one of my favorite things about the story is the two-fold one the They didn't get it from all sides like and Johnny and I got it when we first started seeing each other I mean y'all have no clue what we both Received on that end in that regard But also they covered some of The reality of when two people love each other what you change you don't pretend there isn't a gauge at an age gap You talk about it like I remember when when we were On the verge when we realized we were falling in love with each other and talking about our relationship I was presenting Just you know the stark realities of what we would be facing potentially and Because I loved her and cared about her and I wanted to make sure You've thought this through and she's like uh then attracted older men all my life and I was exactly what this is There's a reason and that moment. She's always loved this. She said when this movie came out I don't remember how old she was but she It was it was when she realized okay I just have to accept the fact I like much older men because she would have married big b She told me that today. She said I was ready to marry big b after this I'm with you. I do not like the For lack of a better term. She calls them the fuck boys I do not like them because men don't grow up until they're older. I want a mature man bring on the big b Yeah, and I also love the the whole element of because you didn't see you still don't see it a lot but the sexual attraction and the almost like Him buying the condom how him wanting to is that him wanting to take her into the hotel and how Fun was that she wanted to see how much stamina he had So we're gonna catch a tree why want to see how much stamina you guys? I want to make sure that I don't kill you if I take you to bed, buddy Love that so that that whole writing. I thought there's a lot of this film that that worked really really well You know was one of my favorite moments When they're sitting outside and he drops his napkin on her feet. He goes to pick it up and she goes oh bless you I know that was great. There were so many little subtleties like that like when they were They were walking side by side during one of the songs and the only thing that was conveyed was hand gestures and facial expressions There were so many little subtle quirks and funny things that could easily be missed that throughout were a credit to I don't know if they were scripted or if they were improved But it was the chemistry of them and the quality of the of the storytelling and again The bull I thought them on the smaller roles the mom I loved his relationship with his mom and the going to the gym thing constantly getting thrown back in They told him to go to the gym two days in he's he's getting married. It's so good And then obviously the the relationship with with uh with sexy. I thought uh pro um Sorry, say his name. Parish Rahul. I thought he did a really good job as well. Yeah, I did In his quirky Weird role in that whole element because that's that's a whole different side of something like if obviously I kind of figured it was coming with knowing indian cinema, of course Obviously, it's something that would happen here. No, obviously, there would be stigmas and there would be people like He's 30 years old and what are you doing? Right? Obviously the whole i'm not giving my blessing the whole The shame of him being older than Him your father and and being told I was told this I was flat out shamed By many people who sent me messages or had comments on videos that said shame on you at your age You should be getting ready for retirement and meditation Yeah, yeah, I don't like Okay, if that if you're if you're ready to call it in at 50 years old go right ahead pal. I've got another five decades Yeah, um, but yeah the uh, so I thought that that whole element was was really good I think probably the biggest thing is just the fact that it was a lot of dated writing and dated stuff Yeah, I I wasn't judging it too hard. I knew it was a rom-com. So that's where my mind was And I knew it was a early 2000s bollywood rom-com right and so I kind of expected it But I still had some of those same elements of I mean he hit the nail on the head. He was I think a producer on english venglish Oh, yeah, yeah, he was I've had a contributing voice to english venglish. He was a producer Just like the chemistry in the kitchen I like the chemistry in the classroom in english venglish. I like that more is more the It's not really chemistry. It was more the the writing and the The starkness of I didn't believe some of the the writing I would I would say there's a and I I don't remember English venglish as a newer film, but it's the style 2012 Yeah, it's a 10 year newer film nothing Nothing this one. No english venglish was Was came after this yeah, but it's only like five years So yeah 2007 wasn't it seven? Yeah, so that's Yeah, five it feels it feels even more english venglish feels less dated. Yeah, it does by by far. Yeah, yeah, yeah But again, it didn't like for example taken it taken feels really dated comparatively and I meant what I said this is I am not kidding The the quality of cinema In the past 20 years and especially right now. I'm I am enjoying far more example Saw the batman current release bored me. I've many people liked it bored and drawny and I spitless Our our our Adored loved want to see it again and again saw it twice. I would go back and see it again in a heartbeat Went and saw a brand new rom-com Humorless did not make me laugh the trailer did but the movie didn't This is how you make a rom-com um It's just the quality of the the the acting the storytelling and it helps the more and more we learn about india and indian culture and like Wouldn't have gotten in our first or even our second year maybe the slight little joke of Dropping the handkerchief at roofing saying bless you also like with our our I don't even think I've mentioned this in the review The moment where beam is singing his song after his flagellation There's a lyric I turned to andrani when we watched it the second time and I got emotional I put my hand in my chest and she was like oh because you know I understood The blood is running through the ground and lyrically it talks about my blood is running like the familiar the vermillion on mother earth's forehead Yeah, wouldn't have gotten that reference before but that the power in that lyric Uh, just the more we learn about india the more enjoyable everything in indian cinema is overall I really enjoyed it. I'm glad we kind of waited a little while And we've seen some a big b and some of taboo and we love both of we think they're two of the best actress actors taboo I think debatably is The best actress overall that I think we've seen and like everything else I turned to andrani and I said if there's one word I said over and over again. She just exudes Class what a classy lady and she's very effortless in her effortless. That's why she was constantly with paired up with earphone Yeah, you need an effortless actress to match him and she she did always when they were together. It's crazy because obviously What was the most recent thing we've seen taboo in probably anda handa hand The most recent release did we see anda handa handba? Oh a recent release. Yes, her most recent her most recent release for us Would have been anda handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa handa and better but I was thinking of other actors that that you could do and then I don't know but I think I think Nisar might look a little too old now yeah he might be because like if you do a 34 to 60 I think you look a little older you know what else would be fun to do is if you had it I don't know if South has done this in any way shape or form but if you had Kamal Hassan playing Big B's role or if you had Rajna Khan yeah playing Big B's role maybe Samantha yeah that would be fun that would be good maybe it has been maybe this is really I don't have no clue but I think they could do it in America as well absolutely they could that's a it's an I mean that it's an evergreen story it could be told in so many ways and it could be told in all cultures you can you can take this movie that's definitively Indian but you could then take it and and make it whatever you need it to be for whatever culture you come from yeah and this would have worked for romance month as well absolutely almost got to but there was a lot of new stuff that came out in romance so I wasn't able to get to everything I wanted to but we got to it now and so that's good but yeah overall I thought it was a really good film I would watch it again me too I think it's a really nice watch obviously I knew like Robin I knew the subject I was like Rick's probably gonna really appreciate it and Johnny always loved it so when she saw we were she gasped when she saw we were watching it and she went oh Jimmy Coom I loved that's good yeah it's better than that watching what okay no I'll go watch TV anyways well let us know what you thought about this film what should be the next big B obviously as a ton taboo as a ton yeah I would love to see more from both of them yep and have they how many times have they worked together good question oh and we didn't say it at the beginning we were kind of goes without saying but I thought for a very contemporary modern rom-com is there anything that Roger sir can't score oh yeah because the score was great it was funny when it needed to be it was moving when it needed to be it was out as always he's just he's superlative I never thought we'd be able to be talked to our non-bar yeah Ramon but I would also like another non-bar Roger sir absolutely talk to him I think that'd be I don't know if he speaks English obviously at all right but we had the same challenge with with Nawaz Nawaz so we can be done we had an interpreter with Nawaz yeah and we punk gosh too no we almost had an interpreter almost and he said no right and there were a couple times his wife was there who helped a couple things yeah but that's shouldn't be I don't know but I would still love it I would because obviously he's equally as amazing and legendary as they are on absolute and so I would love to be able to sit down and talk with him as well because I thought the score was really nice her whole theme yeah I kept every time it came on most some of the times I'd get up and I'd be going whatever however the melody was going to get the melody let us know what you thought about the film which will be the next big B and taboo films we should watch down the left