I saw ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ recently. Before you ask what was I thinking, lemme tell you, I try to watch Madhavan movies. There, I said it. 
My random-points review of the movie follows:
. Such a waste of such a potentially bright story. Such a waste. They even had Madhavan. If only they had replaced Kangana ‘must-act-mad-always’ Runout. Or even tamed her a lil bit.
. Madhavan’s character is so spineless. I know that’s the intention, so that in the end he can mouth a 2-bit dialogue about ‘backseat pe baithne ka time chala gaya hai’. Still, a half-bit of bone wouldn’t have hurt him.
. The scene in which he mouths the following dialogue to Kangana made me want to slap him. I’m surprised she didn’t do that, shown as she is to be a spitfire. “Sabne jo kaha, woh kiya. Engineering, doctori…blah blah…pacemaker.. blah blah.. email. facebook.” and then breaks down and starts sobbing. Really? Email? Facebook? People told him to do that? And he obeyed? Just for the heck of it? *Eyes wide as saucers*
. The story completely loses it after the intermission. Jimmy Shergill is Kangana’s beau. How? Didn’t he already have a fiancee? Madhavan makes so many back and forth trips, vacillating between ‘to be or not to be’ that he must have a special frequent-travller ticket for that journey.
. Don’t you just dislike those movies which bankrupt themselves of all their interesting, or awwww moments during the trailers itself? Watch the trailers and the movie is watched.
. How does such a sharif, cultured family get a daughter like ms. runout? Where does she get her regular doses of Vodka et all, and manage a string of boyfriends under all that strict supervision?
. Such a waste….. 
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On another note, wanted to mention a movie (P.S. I love you) I haven’t seen completely yet, only snippets here and there a couple of times.
Saw some part (until then unseen) of it some days back, where Gerard Butler (Sigh…..) tells his wife (forgot her name… ) how he fell in love with her when he first met her. That scene just made me go all Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.
So what’s your favourite ‘awwwww” scene from the movies? And what’s your ‘could have been so better than this’ movie?
May 22, 2011
alice-in-wonder
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SEV
May 22nd, 2011 at 23:53
Heh, I wanted to quote scenes from ’500 Days of Summer’ or ‘Peter and Vandy’ but I risk spoiling the movies. Guess it has to be something more mainstream.. off the top of my head.. the last scene of ‘You”ve Got Mail’ when Meg Ryan whispers “I wished it was you.” Pansy to think of that.. but hey, it was Meg Ryan.
Could have been better than this.. way too many movies that come to mind, again, off the top of my head, Yeh Saali Zindagi. Started off brilliantly, and then the director had to ensure he gives every single character closure. Which can’t happen in an ensemble cast of a black comedy.
DewdropDream
May 26th, 2011 at 06:35
‘Runout’ BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
What a waste of a movie indeed. And I wondered exactly as you did, what happened to Shergill’s existing fiancee, why Madhavan was spineless and where that Runout got her vodka and bfs from. And I watched it for Madhavan too
I did like a few of the songs though!
My favourite line (right now) is from 500 days of Summer: I don’t know how to tell you this, but … there’s a Chinese family in our bathroom!
