It's Not Really THAT Good...

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2009)

Solid, fun, exuberant, vibrant, and over-rated. Good times, but im conflicted about this. Unique setting for a well worn subject, rags to riches, star crossed lovers, betrayal, destiny, etc. Pop culture inspired, music and TV shows which cross cultural boundaries. Novel narrative structure, and use of flashbacks. Its fun, and not every movie is. It's engrossing and over all enjoyable, it will please most, and I was smiling at the end.
Its a good pop corn, movie fun, light, you could pop it in on a bad day, and be whisked off. I don't think its fair to say don't nitpick this cus its nice, it is, but its not perfect, and its being hailed as the best thing since sliced bread. Its a great romantic comedy though, and as an exercises in genre, it works well. The torture sequences really weren't as brutal or prolonged as they were being made out to be(not that any torture would be easy).
The signature scene is the boy dipped in s&#t, to get his heroes autographs(its referenced at the end too), sometimes you have to suffer, wade through crap, to get what you really want. But the "it is written" ending was a cop out, a pleasant one, but it is what it is. At the end the tea server, is rich and gets a hot girlfriend, bad guys kill each other, just like "True Romance". I'ts romantic and boisterous as a Bollywood song, and depending on your mood, just as cheesy or as colorful.