Yes a lot of people told me not to go for this movie, but I decided to go anyways! :) So. The movie. The plot is basically laid out within the first five minutes. Two strangers coincidentally meet at the G.Washington bridge in NY because both of them are about to commit suicide. However, fate has something else in mind. So their repeated attempts to suicide keep failing. They then make a pact to die some 20 days later and during that time they want to fulfill their 'Do before I die list'. I'd say they could've done a LOT more even with this concept in mind. It didn't have to be so superficial and simplistic. He has severed ties with his family, friends and become business-minded. When he loses it all in the stock market crash, he has nothing left to live for and hence decides to die. She was in love with this person for years together, and when she finds out that he cheated on her, she's shattered and hence doesn't want to live. This was too silly for a plot. It's too superficial and it's not a good enough reason to die / kill oneself. It's not even disturbing. The way it's portrayed, you want to think, seriously? Is that why she wanted to die??! I mean that's just stupid!
Anyways, so the story's toast. The acting, only Ranbir saved the day. He was focused and he gave it his best shot I think. Priyanka's character in itself was flawed, very superficial, very hyper, laughing at all times, drinking at all times, and crying if not laughing. I mean there was nothing else for her to do! One thing I couldn't understand, in spite of being such a tear-jerker at times, I didn't even once feel like crying. And I cry at the drop of a hat. So clearly something was wrong!
On the other hand, Priyanka's makeup especially was terrible. Her skin looked cakey, dull and old. Ranbir's skin looked much better! I wonder why they made her look like that! She looked so pretty in Dostana!
The music was the saving grace, though as one friend pointed out, there was too much of it. One song got over and another one started!
I wish they'd done a better job of the movie. It could've been so much better. But anyways, I'm glad at least it had a happy ending and not some morbid romeo-juliet attempt! Though I'm quite disturbed with the portrayal of suicide being an option to evade these stupid issues in life!
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