Tuesday, June 4, 2013

My notes while watching Yeh Jawani Hai Dewani


1. Why can't Kabir (aaaa) be nice to step mom? Is it only to give some 'backstory'? An obtuse way of giving his character depth?

2. Must Naina wear glasses?

3. Kalki's scene with the fat boy: what about her is really wild? All I can see is that she is ready to expose her reed thin legs.

4. a) Why is Naina standing petrified on the platform? Would have made sense if she had been forced to undertake this journey. Which also makes her 'always seen studying' work.

4. b) Naina should have won the race to the top. No reason why Kabir had to.. unless it was the only way the writers could think of to show 'chemistry'. Also the scene by the bon fire should have been funnier, wittier. When she walks into the party, it should be hard for her or at least alien. It isn't clear what specific thing she overcome to finally fit in. Just that Kabir says she's cool?

5. Why would he have a book with him on the night trek?

6. Make their 'hi, how are you?' are recurrent thing.

7. The mention of bananas and apples makes the teenage boys laugh. Aspirational: he gets the hot white girls.

8. A mention that 'she didn't wait either' to seem fair to both sexes. Convenient.

9. Why should someone come up to him and ask him 'what are you thinking?'

10. The number of people who speak with an accent.

11. Random promotions from camera man to host: aspirational

12. Why should he have lost touch with his friends? Why not show how DP (Naina) was never really part of his circle. Or she chooses not to stay in touch

13. Why would aditi marry a complete loser? Ah... To make it look like it is set up for a run away.. but it is not. Cool.

14. Nice touch abt not knowing where he is... which city. Happens.

15. Naina's pearl of wisdom not bad at all: We don't have to cover everything on the list.

16. How many times is Naina going to dip her hands and feet in water? Is it that hot?

17. It is okay for Kabir to feel up other women. But if Naina so much as drinks with another man, he gets violent.

18. Band Baja moment.

19. Why don't they talk after the kiss?

20. Logic cover-up: break into a song after the wedding. Don't stay with the sadness.

21. Logic cover-up: How does he make up with his step mom? Her speech should have come in earlier. And has nothing to do with their issues. She comforts him! Like his losing a dad is a bigger deal than her losing her husband and her step son not even check on her even once.

22. Kabir's coming back to Naina is such a non event.

23. So what was Kabir big issue in life: NOTHING.