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06:19:27 pm on November 21, 2010 |
I love romantic movies (who doesnt anyway?) ..and one with weddings in them.There is something about happy endings that end in “I do” that can send my toes curling even now ( sheesh! and I thought I was a cool confident woman in her 30s !)
Nevertheless, its that time of the year when the wedding season begins. And leading the way is ex-best friend who is getting married the coming weekend. Suddenly there is pressure on yours truely to fly the miles pronto to Delhi and ”brighten” up his wedding ( ya his exact words) and yours truely has just joined a new organisation a week back and cant possibly start taking leaves yet! I guess I have to be try to be there for him else I shudder to think he may just end up wearing Pink on the D day
After spending a lazy afternoon at Aunt’s watching a horrendous reality show called ” Big Boss” and also getting my laundry done since the maid is on leave to attend a wedding ( see I told you the season has begun) when I got home I really wasnt in the mood to do any more reading today. I was in the mood to watch a movie on a soapy wedding. Serendipity was watched yesterday so why not get a couple of laughs and also get the tears rolling with Katherine Heigl in 27 Dresses.
I watched the movie soon after it released in April 2008. One would think I have phenomenal memory to remember the date. I could have taken credit for it but then I do have an old blogpost on an old blog in O3 ( I used to blog there 2005-2008) dated around the same time to remind me why this movie was so special for me then. I must have seen the same movie several times over the past couple of years and it still remains one of my favourite of all times.
I dunno if I think or write any different now but I still hope any girl who sees this movie today believes in love the way I did in 2008.. less cynicism and more hope for a happy ever after. I laughed and shed a tear while watching the movie today ( yes I always cry in the last scene when she walks the aisle towards him) and I smiled while reading through the old blogpost.
….thought about sharing the same here too. A direct copy paste lies below.
I have been wanting to write this post for quiet sometime.. nothing dil se since dil se likhi baaton ko koi appreciate nahin karte … just another movie review .. sometime back I went for a chick flick .. 27 Dresses.. for all those who are thinking why did I waste Rs250 bucks on such a movie … I think it was worth it …
I went with a good old pal of mine and both of us had a good time discussing men-women relationship much to the chargin of a cute male sitting beside us ..( he came alone to see the movie ..
)… I mean I was intensely discussing why I find the main lead cute and what part of his anatomy was cute ( dimples actually .. ha ha ..gotcha )… and this young man wasnt too happy with the noise we made.. so he politely asked me “ Ah.. I’ve come here to watch a movie…” and I was quick to reply back “ I dont see anyone else doing anything else anyway” … mean.;).. maybe .. but then cute guys are dangerous.. dont trust them… not even their soulful stares and I-would-promise-u-the-world looks… they never deliver..Back to topic… 27 dresses is about this late twenties ( or was it early thirties?) girl .. who is a girl friday.. an amazing woman who can juggle between two wedding in one night .. and also manage to be the maid of honor of both the weddings… infact she has 27 bridesmaid dresses in her closet .. from classy to trashy to exciting and well even a a few kinky and wierd…
Her troubles manifolded when she met this pesky journalist who observes her wierd transitions from a ballroom dress to an indian sari all through the fateful evening and wonders what is she upto ? … definitely God is playing a cruel joke on her … he turns out to be this amazing columnist from a wedding paper and duh he even writes her fav column “ commitments“ …( I swear she is typically me … beleiving in romantic shit despite everything ).. but then since he uses his avataar for writing ( definitely he wishes to do some serious work and not attend weddings and write about their stories)…
Guy mets girl.. guy finds an interesting story and makes a deal with his editor to dig up the dope behind the girl and her 27 dresses… befriends her and gets to know her well…. in the meantime .. we find the girl going through trouble… well in the name of her so meaty boss.. a handsome guy more perfect than my new red sleek sony vaio
… and well she obviously has been in love with this guy since ages and the whole world knows about this but him ( Duh! he surely is a dud) … But Mr. Dud is not so Duddy .. ( sorry )…. he soon falls in love with her kid sister… a wanna be model … totally barbiesh ! … Barbie lies through everything to get Mr. Dud into her jaal ( typically like men lie through their teeths to get women into their jaal … ) and soon Mr. Dud and Miss Barbie are to get married … and our Betty is asked to be the bridesmaid for little sister…Painful … trying to be good friends with the person she loves is perhaps the most difficult things to do …. thank god atleast they werent lovers… imagine being best friends with someone u slept with ..of course that would be a man’s dream come true…….. anyway to the rescue comes the journo …they hit it off quiet good and even manage a night of passion stuck in some deluge …
but all is not well with Betty …. she is unable to take it anymore and doesnt want to be a pushover …. to make things hell she finds an article on her 27 dresses along with her embarassing pics ( her modelling them) on the wedding daily and realises it is her “friend“ who betrayed her…. she had enough of people taking her for granted and finally got bugged with her selfish sister and asked her to let Mr. Dud know about all the lies since a relationship should be based on trust and honesty etc etc etc.. Lil Sis asked her to buzz off… Betty gives her an ultimatum and finally on the day of the rehersal dinner Betty downed a few glasses of alcohol and just let loose all the angst inside her…
Uska nateeja yeh tha.. shaadi called off … Barbie hates her elder sister..journo friend unhappy since it was his editor boss who got hold of the story and printed it … and he suddenly realises that he loves her … ha ha …wierd way to know you love her… after hurting her… anyway… time passes… and Betty and her Dad mends fences with Barbie and even her boss suddenly finds her beautiful….and they even kiss… just to be sure …about the chemistry … by then Betty is sure her Mr. Right is Mr. Journo and she makes a very filmi declaration of love in some arbit wedding Mr. Journo was covering …. phir kya? Happy Ever After .. with a dream wedding in the beach … I would love to get married on the beaches of Goa in a moonlight night…
The best thing about this movie… definitely the Hero … well am not saying because he was cute and he has amazing dimples… but the look in his eyes was so genuine… I mean u cant see love in anyone’s eyes nowdays … and he was actually reflecting the same on camera… ( maybe his Gf/Wife was around )…that made this movie so memorable for me … ( ha ha right …sucker for romance ..)..
. Anyway almost 4 in the evening and am listening to Shaan’s- Bhool Ja for the whole day … the lyrics of the song are damn good and so right ..I did learn that one should give your love to someone who appreciates it and treasures it ….“In ansoonon se kisko kya hua hansil……Jane kya soch kar tune de diya apna dil …“ ..
Enough! …
Ps: a cached link to my old blog here
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AmreekanGandu 6:09 am on January 13, 2011 | # |
well good post, enjoyed reading it