I saw it about a week back.On the 17th I believe.Went with a couple of friends and friends of my friends for the afternoon show.Frankly speaking, JBJ is THE worst Hindi movie I have seen in all 22years of my existence.Hell,its probably THE worst movie I have ever seen.period.Ok, its not like we were expecting something great(c'mon the movie had Bobby Deol in it.... don't think anyone would expect too much).But man oh man,this movie sucked so bad.The dialouges spoken during most of the movie,especially the 1st half,are unintelligible,what with Lara Duttas 'French' accent(u really feel like kicking her shapely arse in the 1st half), and B.Jrs Punjabi rapper style lingo.So we have no idea whats going on.But alas,even when we can decipher what the cast is saying,we have no idea whats going on.Preity Zinta overdoes the sophisticated Brit-speak(her mouth moves in all directions when shes not pouting).In fact,she overdoes her entire cute-but-sexy-as-hell routine.Somebody should tell her that its getting kinda old and boring,like her.And who the hell cast Bobby Deol as a stud?I heard some guy on TV(someone having to do something with casting 4 JBJ) say he wanted a '...Greek-God kinda look....' for the part.and so they cast Bobby??geez...wonder what Hrithik Roshan has to say about that.I thought the Greek-God label in Bollywood was reserved for him.And oh yea,the blond curly hairstyle doesn't help Bobby one bit.Apart from all this,there is absolutely no plot.The jokes are stale.The song sequences are simply costume and color extravaganzas.The songs themselves are totally forgettable.The only song thats a little fun is the title song.But unfortunately,the director seems bent on making us hate it with innumerable 'different' renditions of the same song.And Big B gave one too many of his 'special apperances'.He shoulda left when the going was good.Comparatively good I mean.When he re-reappears towards the end of the movie it's just too much.
What the hell is wrong with Shaad Ali?He's wasted tonnes of money on the stunning foreign locations and designer clothes to come out with a super dud of a movie.Admitted,his 'Bunty aur Bubbly' was no work of art,but it was immensely more watchable.And though 'Saathiyaa' wasn't an original,it was a good take-off of the Tamil version.So,did he just direct this to show the industry he's alive?Or did he assume that a multistarrer movie shot abroad,with the cast swathed in haute couture and huge publicity would fool the public,Karan Johar style? Whatever the reason,it's a total waste of time and energy, folks.What pisses me off most is that a lot of TV channels have rated this movie as a 'good entertainer'!! Given it a 3 on 5, for God's sake!! Did they watch the same JBJ I did?
Me and my friends were busy sleeping or groaning in despair when we weren't sleeping.
We had fun discussing what each of us understood after watching a particular scene.
A close friend of mine was leaving in 2 days time so even though the movie was a major disaster,we had fun hanging out together.And oh yea,the fact that it started to rain like hell just as we left the theater was the icing on the cake.The downpour caused major problems in getting an auto.4 of us had 2 run around back and forth in the rain,getting drenched despite our umbrellas,till we found ourselves an auto. All in all,only the fact that I had fun with my friends that day made it bearable :-)
