Talkie Tuesday: WAR 2

 

"Death before dishonour. Service before self. India First. Jai Hind!"

 

Hello everyone!

 

As promised, welcome to the second week of our Bollywood action extravaganza.

 

Like I said in last Tuesday's post, I definitely took the time to sit down and watch the sequel to WAR, because, well, when Netflix decides to upload it to their streaming services, there's just no saying no.

 

... I do have a bone to pick, however.

 

They didn't have WAR up there when I was looking for it to watch the first time!

 

Now, they released the sequel first, THEN uploaded the first one?!?

 

I swear, make it make sense!

 

I suppose, if the sequel generated enough views and garnered enough momentum, they'd consider putting the first one up as well to see how it does, which is kind of funny, as the second wasn't as much of a success as the first. 

 

But without further ado: it's time to fight another war, with lots of class, and lots of sass, because our favourite rogue agent Kabir is back, in WAR 2.

 

Talkie Tuesday: WAR

 

"Your country comes first, second, and last."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to a two-week Bollywood action extravaganza that's about to happen on this blog in terms of movie reviews.

 

Because Netflix just put the sequel to tonight's movie choice up on its streaming services, and you KNOW I'm going to be watching!

 

Mostly because of it's male lead.

 

Listen ... this isn't me, this is just how it goes. If Hrithik Roshan releases a new movie, you generally run along to watch it, if only to see whether or not the opening sequence has somehow changed from all the others he's done in the past thirty or so years.

 

But we're also headed back to the spyverse tonight, the one YRF has been building slowly but surely since the early 2010s, so it goes back a bit.

 

And there's also a female-led movie that's coming at the end of this year, so buckle up!

 

Because for now, we're headed into WAR.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Agneepath

 

"To gain something, you have to give up something to the path of fire."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to yet another Hrithik Roshan movie, back from what I consider to be his golden days of cinema when he was practically booking roles left, right and center, and mostly all of them shot him further into stardom.

 

Not that I blame anyone.

 

I mean just LOOK at the man!

 

Ahem.

 

Tonight's movie of choice is one I'd had on my list to watch for a very long time, but somehow never really sat down to it until I had a few days off at the start of autumn here and could muster both time AND energy to sit this through.

 

These ole Bollywood movies ... three hours! My body just can't anymore lol. 

 

Without further ado, we're going to walk right down the path of fire with the goat, Roshan, in Agneepath.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Mujhse Dosti Karoge!

 

"Love is sacrifice."

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm finally back, after pretty much living like a vampire for the past ten-ish days or so.

 

I generally have no problems getting up in the middle of the night and heading into work, but truth be told it IS nice to be back on afternoon shifts for a little while. I have to admit as much!

 

That said, with afternoon shifts and my schedule evening out a bit (for now ...), it's back to the drawing board, baby, and with it, my review posts.

 

Tonight's movie of choice is a return to old school Bollywood and, yes, you should have seen it coming, that I'll be going back that is.

 

Because I love Bollywood movies. I tend to enjoy some of their campiness and silliness, and their stories usually bring a lot of laughter, general happy feelings, and a sense of amusement as well as contentment in the end.

 

So buckle up, because we're headed back to the start of the 2000s, and that includes layered tops, velvet denim, and Mujhse Dosti Karoge!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

 

"Sometimes, the youngsters in the house show the right path to the elders in the family."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back ... again.

 

I'm not even going to apologize anymore.

 

At this point, it's safe to say that I'm in my Bollywood era, which means that I'm trying to cram as many of these into my psyche as I possibly can, within reason of being able to watch that is, since binge-watching anything is out of the question for me.

 

My eyes and head need breaks!

 

But this movie caught me right in the feels, and while I PROMISED myself I'd hit pause at the intermission (a regular, sure thing in these old Bollywood classics), I knew I didn't have work the next day so I kinda just ... kept watching. LOL.

 

I've since watched it two times already, and will probably do so again very soon. There's a reason this thing is called a classic! 

 

Let's have a look at Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Mohenjo Daro

 

"To fight injustice is justice itself."

 

Hello everyone!

 

We continue - or we return, depending on how you look at it - to the Bollywood obsession that's currently happening with me.

 

And I know it's probably unbearable. I'm sorry!

 

But here we are, and here we'll stay for the foreseeable future.

 

... or at least, until I run out of good movies to watch, I suppose.

 

Right now, for tonight, we're taking a look at a movie which features a young man, a farmer, dreaming and yearning for something beyond his narrow horizon, but his uncle won't let him spread his wings to fly further than what he knows.

 

If you think this is Star Wars, you'd be wrong, although the premise is wildly similar - almost identical.

 

In fact, this is a 2016 BC kind of story, with no Death Star or Darth Vader in sight. This is Mohenjo Daro.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Jodhaa Akbar

 

"The goal was clear, but the path was unknown."

 

Hello everyone!

 

I know, I know, you're probably getting sick of me by now with these.

 

I wish I'd be capable of apologizing but, I'm honestly REALLY enjoying my foray into Indian cinema, so why would I stop?

 

Although I'll admit it takes some serious stamina. This thing I'm reviewing tonight is over three and a half hours long! That's like ... a lot, compared to most movies nowadays haha.

 

But that said, I actually didn't have that much trouble sitting and watching it through in one go, because apparently, my attention span can and will adapt to what it needs, once I'm interested enough for that to happen that is.

 

So let's not waste too many introductory words, then. We have a lot of ground to cover.

 

Instead, let's travel back in time to roughly 16th century India, in a time when religious upheaval seemed to be rather prevalent. Let's go back and see Jodhaa Akbar.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Fighter

 

"Jai Hind!"

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to another Bollywood extravaganza.

 

I mean it, too.

 

Because while I might have tentatively dipped my toe into the waters of India-based movies initially, this one threw me right into the middle of the ocean and forced me to swim, sans life-jacket.

 

It was either that, or sink right to the bottom, so swimming it was!

 

Man, I loved it too. Tonight's choice is probably going to be one of my top spring movies to watch (I say spring, because that's when it was released on Netflix, despite the fact that it premiered back in January, so mid-winter). Very few will be able to top the sense of loyalty and love for your country mixed with just the right amount of absurd that seem to make up a lot of the Bollywood niche.

 

So without further ado, let's buckle our seatbelts - it's time to fly high in the sky with Fighter.