 I can see what's happening what and they don't have a clue who they'll fall in love And here's the bottom line a trio's down to two Who the sweet carousel twilight? There's magic everywhere. They'll probably copyright Hey, we'll go back to our stupid director. He needs some Corbin. I'm Timon and he falls up I wish you were Nathan Lane. You'd be way cooler. It's true Today we're doing a movie review of the Hindi English I guess it would be a English film More so than anything monsoon wedding from 2001 Space Odyssey. Yes. A stressed father a bride-to-be with a secret a smitten event And relatives from around the world create much adieu about the preparations of an arranged marriage in India Directed by Mira Nair Right, that's how you pronounce it. Yes Who we know from namesake. Yep. Who we saw like that film Yeah, and then it's starring a whole bunch of people that we love. Yep. Nasseridin Shah Shai Fali Shah, right? Yes. Okay. Vijay Rodz, Telo Thama, Sharma, and then a whole bunch of other people Yeah, but those are the ones that we know and we love. Yes. 100% for the video came out 20 years ago 2001 was 20 years ago. His son's not going on the window. He's a hell of a man Yeah, sure does. He just got a helmet because he has one of those balance bikes. Yeah Anyways, but yeah, 100% for the video 20 years ago. I'm sure you've all seen it. I know it's crazy, right? Anyways, but so if you haven't watched it go watch it come back and Prepare to be spoiled. Yeah, Rick, your initial thoughts, please. I liked it. Mm-hmm I didn't love it, but there was way more to like than not Gotcha, and I'm gonna make I'm assuming if I if this came if this is coming first then you know one of the reviews It's coming should I mention it? Yeah, okay, cuz I don't know. All right. Sometimes it's there's a movie of reference like a milf a film Okay, so I Can't it's this one you just go ahead. That's fine the This does things I wish that other film did I'll say that gotcha, but you don't know what the heck I'm talking about. Anyways, I I enjoyed it as well I actually I thought it was really good for I enjoyed it more than namesake Just because you know the problems I had with namesake. Wow. Well, cuz this I told you remember namesake I said the second half after your fun Yeah, I know I know I just didn't realize it didn't turn out to be a bad film after that Yeah, I agree. I like yeah this I enjoyed way more. It has problems and we'll get into that But I enjoyed this film Quite a bit. I enjoyed a bunch of the performance especially by the people that we already yeah The ones that we know and have seen and not just because we're familiar with them But because we knew the moment we saw them they can act oh they can and they and they did and they did They're my favorite parts of the film. So we'll get into that. But yeah, I think we both enjoyed the film Oh, I figured out how I can do it. Here's how I can do without getting down the one away I mentioned this in the review So when you see the review where I mentioned this because I've never mentioned it before until the review I'm referring to I can make a comparison of the two. We'll see when they come out. Correct. I in this other review Yeah, and this other review I mentioned in good writing the difference between bad writing and good writing is that in in Bad writing or weak writing the story is propelled by and then Versus Therefore because whereas something happens that shifts them the momentum into something there was far more Therefore because yeah in this as well as well now if you know what I'm referring to film wise I felt like the characters in this which is a tribute to the writing as well as The acting I felt like the characters were believable well-rounded human beings who had something invested in every situation I believe this was a real family. Yeah, and I felt like there were a lot of things at stake. Yeah, everybody Yeah, for sure. Um and So it carried me through and we made this reference in this other film in a similar way But this had a little bit more this be an attic hoots up. Yeah, and then Deborah a much deeper Yeah, exactly this one had Whereas I made this reference in that other review about Deborah and how the characters went on a journey and you went with them And you were you were invested and it resolved some lessons for them This did that as well, but it had it had some deeper stuff. Yeah, especially because of them the main thing which We'll talk about in a second. Yeah, so we'll talk about the acting first. Yeah This film just made me love the four actors that I already loved even more. Yep Like and we'll get it to each of them But I want to get into specifically the people that should have their own film. Yeah, it's VJ Toma they they they need to have a romantic comedy right now Because in Johnny's seen it she was gonna watch it with me, but she was tired and sleeping Yeah, and she asked me what I thought of it And I told her and I said but for me my favorite story the thing that I felt it vested in and actually got an emotional Response to was VJ Roz and until the time I met and it was great Obviously this this has been on our radar this film since a long time Delhi belly because right because if you've seen that review we raved about VJ Roz And how incredible he was in that role and some people like you got to see monsoon wedding And so this has been on a radar for a long long time I can see why because one completely different Character yeah, even the way he held his voice template was much higher and I didn't expect the story No, not at all. I thought I was like, oh, we're gonna get some funny VJ Ross I mean I thought he was gonna be the comic relief Yeah, and he was for a while. He was popping flowers Yeah, there were some shots that the director did so well like it would just there'd be some having then it Would you pop to VJ Roz flowers covered popping? But yeah, he started off this like Like the guy who wants you he wanted Necessarily and I think he was really responsible when he really wasn't responsible And really did think that there was just gonna be this comic relief and grading relationship kind of between the two of them And then till a time I came into the the equation and she just like in sir And I saw I want to see I want to see everything she's done She's such a talented actor and she carries this Innocence about her at least in these two roles That it's almost a very similar role. I was gonna say it was like the younger version of the same character But she cares just innocence and so you just care for her immediately on seeing if she's great eyes Yeah, and then what VJ Ross did they almost did like what's that film where he comes in with the Love actually or something like they come in with the like the writing on the The oh, yeah, I haven't seen love actually but I think but what VJ Ross came in at the end with the heart I was like, this is adorable Exactly when I saw him do that. Well first he came in with the heart and then when I saw he had that whole For her I I was a dork. I literally went. Oh, and then that beautiful wedding That was going on alongside the bigger wedding at the end. So I thought the writing of them and obviously they're acting Love them. I think they're so so phenomenal. I agree. They could have a film Just the two of them as a romantic comedy and I would love I would love it Immensely, but the other two that were extremely also impressive, of course sir. We're miss Eridan Shaw, which He's so believable. He's so good that in that moment at the end When once again spoiler review, yeah, and so you see you'll watch it but Because it took you on a journey because obviously his characters very complex. Yes kind of an asshole to the gay kid, right? and he was kind of And I thought it was why for a while. I do love it made me laugh Every time he called him idiot. Yeah, I just hear every even when he's saying goodnight goodnight idiot everything Yeah, but he's a very complex character complex relationship with his wife Yeah, but there was a bunch of moments that I thought were extremely beautiful and only a really skilled actor could have pulled off I like necessarily in shock one that moment obviously after he figured out the whole situation with a chef which we'll get into but That moment with his wife. Mm-hmm one. I was weirded out for a second. He said I thought they're about to have sex I was like, that's a weird thing to get turned on by But they obviously it's not where it went But it so turned out to be a very sweet moment because they like they have been like a strange it seemed like probably for a while You know, you know what it reminded me of it's a completely different scene But it reminded me of the emotional vulnerability that swastika gave to us in public. Yeah, absolutely a similar kind of scene Yeah, yeah, and then obviously that moment when he actually told the guy off Yeah, he said to get it because obviously my initial reaction is like why aren't you killing him? Mm-hmm, right? Obviously, that's my initial reaction would be to do that if somebody if I heard it doesn't matter who it is Yeah, I get the complexity and obviously that this character wouldn't have done that But he wanted to I could tell but then you're like, okay, he's still at the wedding He broadens the wedding you you're like a guess because you know, he's paying for it He's meant a lot to the family, but then he he obviously everybody was Like acting so like put off obviously because this guy touches little children and their family and Everybody was trying to act like stuff was normal and he was like I can't I can't do this And so that whole scene was beautifully done by this area. He was very subtle. I know like big over-the-top like Explosion which I'm sure he wanted to but you see that inside of him Yeah, I would have loved this is one of the things that we would love to see like Real behind-the-scenes stuff when you're approaching a scene like that What what were his questions with for the director for uh, yeah for for mera? Yeah for for uh, mera nair What was the conversation about that was that was it his decision to take it there? Was it her decision when she said wherever you go with this? I don't want this to get too big I want this to stay contained for whatever reason or was it just Take it wherever you want to go and that's just where he went for that take and they kept that take That's why I would love to see some behind-the-scenes now something I do know This is And I know this from personal stories from stupid babies The sad reality is a situation like this More common than not Would be the woman Being chastised and the little girl being chastised and told to shut up. Oh, they versus And nothing done to the guy. Yeah, zero done to the guy You saw a little bit of that obviously when shife was first The shouting about it and getting saving the little girl. Yeah, um, because the bunch of people were like, uh, She's being erratic. She's she's a non-married woman. Just say say stuff like this All this ridiculous stuff But uh, obviously Nasser knowing his his his daughter was like he who's like I He was almost in shock Because he said one this is his lifelong best friend who's helped his family out again Again, I know personal stories of some situations just like this Where the dad and the uncle. Yeah, we're like on the same team and told the women shut up That's that's I know stories from stupid babies where that happens. It's awful. And here Um, first of all, I don't want to make a comparison to the us I want to talk about the fact that I felt like that whole storyline Was written and directed and performed. Yeah, the whole the whole, uh, um, child rape thing, right? How how soon did you figure out? Pretty quick. Yeah, you could tell immediately like I was watching it with my wife and once Sheif Ali Shah Once he came in the room And a sheif ali shah looked at him. My wife is like he's molested her. Oh, I didn't get that quick But I got it quick and it is a it's a testament to mariners capacity As a director as well as the writer putting it in the script To not be heavy-handed and also not pull back. I felt like they did a really good job of making it But the we viewed it the way other family members would view it and you have an opportunity in that point You follow your gut and your instinct and recognize that's off and you do something about it or you ignore it And it's definitely and he did a great job Not judging that character and just making him a villain. You know who he was. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah Yeah, we've seen him and obviously a caporn sends in the one way that he flies. Yes, the brother flies. Yeah Uh, I thought he did a really nice job of not Judging the character and making him a stereotype And I'd love to get into the mindset of what it would be like because I know what I would have to do I wouldn't enjoy it one bit to have to play a child molester You know what you have where you have to go as a an actor to not judge the character. That's tough Well done. Yeah, yeah, and obviously shy for the show. We haven't talked about her yet, but obviously You know, we love her. She's extremely talented actors and She gave a really powerful performance In this in this entire film and as she does, she's a very natural actor And then obviously that that moment when it finally comes out Yeah, obviously we and as an audience has figured out by this point, right what what happened, right? But she is an outright set it. Yeah Um, I would have actually liked him to make a bigger deal of about it in the uh, in the scene Like if I was directing it, I would have let it linger a little longer But this was like almost 90s And so it was sure I think it was still a groundbreaking film for the time I I'm just personally with stuff like this I want to make people even more uncomfortable and put it in your face Yeah, yeah, yeah, and that's I noticed at the beginning of watching it It said that it was it was an r-film Did you notice the rating when it popped up right as the film started? They didn't say motto chowed a lot, which is great. I guess I guess. Yeah, that would give it No, it would hear. Yeah, you said if you said that a lot in America They said that a lot and there was some sex. Hey, there was quite a bit for a Bollywood film. I don't know if there was a lot of mouth to mouth kissing I don't know if this Bollywood or American kind of like Names say like names say she's she's a very hybrid director. Oh, yeah, she we just did the thing She directed the queen of Katwa. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, which is so yeah, I don't I'm not sure if this is considered Bollywood or Hollywood. I don't know. But yeah So all those actors I thought did a really good job. I thought the score Yeah score was really really nice The only problem I had with it really was I felt like there were some of the supporting roles I mean, it's it's hard to when you're measuring The other actors. Yeah, you really it's it's very hard to find a full cast that's going to be up to the level of them It's quite it was quite obvious once you go from some of these actors and then to probably the main two that are getting married or the the australian and the girl he was having sex with Or Whoever else and it's one of those things where um, I I felt like they gave the best of what they can do and I don't fault them for that in any way It's just when you're sharing screen time opposite people like that If you're not at that level in that caliber it shows. Yeah, but it's it's not, you know It didn't it didn't draw me out of the film at all I thought uh, what's her face the the main one that was getting married I thought of the supporting she did the best in terms of the four I was just talking about even though she wasn't she wasn't as strong as as everyone else But she also has beautiful eyes. Yeah, I was gonna say she's really really great screen presents Really pretty I wouldn't be surprised if she got better as her career progressed Yeah, me too because I think of the ones I was just the four or five that were pretty much the ones that Were my biggest problem with the film Um, was some of the those actors agree. She was probably the best of those ones and grew on me Yeah grew on me as the film progressed. Uh, and she had a good storyline too. She did but I The only problem I had with the script I only had one problem and it was it was her storyline And unless I missed some I saw no justification whatsoever From her going from I'm in love with this man and I'm in an arranged marriage and the night before my wedding weekend I'm going to go be in a car with the man that I love and I've decided I'm going to tell the man I'm going to marry that I'm not going to go through with this And then this guy after having an anger fit says I'm sorry how to fit we can work this out and she goes Okay, I didn't see any struggle any fight. It was just like she went from I can't marry you We'll work it out. Okay, let's get married and I love you. Let's kiss on the roof That was the one thing that I had a problem might be something along with the arranged marriage So because obviously that's even though we understand it It's still very foreign to us that that whole concept because obviously we we do not grow up with that here It's not really it's not really a thing even though obviously we understand it We've seen it in every film And so it couldn't just be that she's like this is this is what I need to do now And it very well may be the fact that What she needed to make the decision was for him to acquiesce to that and say Okay, then we won't go through with it. But the fact that he said we're going to work this out Put her in the position of recognizing. Well, there goes that I don't have any options. So maybe that was the justification. Yeah, I don't know Um, yeah, my those are probably my biggest issues was the the supporting cast of the film That's small. Uh, but uh, VJ's crew was all great. I thought they all did really well They did a very good job. Uh, and I thought the the um All the women were great. Yeah, the that whole song the whole song thing. Yeah, that was great And then I thought the writing in terms of right when you got Into the film I was like, this is this is what I imagine an indian wedding feels like So many people yeah everywhere huge event. You can't really multiple days. You can't really get in your own space. You can't really Uh be alone and family issues like any family issues and This aunt or grandma is putting her two cents on yeah Someone's putting that in and someone's kissing somebody in the back room over there And you're making allegations of that uncle who did something The skeletons and the closet are opened up and it's again a real testament to the writing Especially when you consider the runtime on this thing. They covered a lot of ground And didn't make it feel forced so 150 right? Yeah, the the rhythm of the film maintained itself Everything was believable. Uh That's probably for me the strongest thing about the film was the To take that story It's really difficult to take a story that has multiple characters and keep you engaged with every one of those characters And then bring it to a conclusion at the end that isn't like Unbelievable where you just like hollywoodized it at the end and they great writing So you could watch namesake more than you question this it depends on the mood I mean namesake is heavy man. Yeah, I could watch I would probably watch this more I would watch this more because this never had the full on drop-off that I felt the namesake had But if it was awards like if we're watching uh I think I would pick this if we were watching films and it's awards season. We're watching sad nominated films and oscar nominated films Namesake is that kind of a film for me. It falls into that category the first half. Yeah drama Yeah, see I didn't dislike the second half like the second half was absolutely I agree the second half wasn't as good as the first but I didn't dislike the second half Once he once he was gone. It's just I know I can't deal with that. But taboo was still there. Yeah, but also There was a guy from white castle You just like him more than I do Anyways, let us know what you thought about this film. What should be the next hindi or or film in general Give us more nissariden telotama, vjros and shai falisha Especially vj and telotama. I feel like they were I could watch I could literally you could cut this film to just their parts and I would probably give them a film Give them a film. Let them work together. Maybe they have let us know