I thought the movie was great. But I don't entirely agree or disagree with the poster.
My interpretation of the film is entirely different. I don't think it meant to stereotype or generalise women to being bitches. It's pretty obvious that the audience isn't stupid, and nobody's going to assume that ALL the women in the world fall into one of three categories: the user, the abuser and the one who keeps you hanging.
I think the director just chose to show how men can be vulnerable too. And that's why these three men got into these three very different relationships. The background of the boy characters that is given in the first half hour, makes it easily plausible why they would be "dumb" enough to fall for the ploys of the three girls.
And as someone said in the thread before, it's about friendship - it's only because of the other two that the third is able to stand up for himself or even discuss his problems, as people tend to have this silly belief that men don't discuss their feelings. This is something confined to womankind again.
I agree that perhaps some people may feel that the feel generalises that all women are like this, I'd like to think that it's about three men who fall into three different yet wrong relationships with three women. Plain and simple.
I presume if there would have been an inkling at the end that the boys found true happiness in some other girls who were wonderful and sweet then nobody would care as much.
I personally think that 5-minute monologue about women is one of the most inspired pieces of writing for a hindi movie. It may be stereotypical, but to a certain extent it is true. We must remember that stereotypes are born out of a group of people having a similar characteristic and not one individual. I've known so many girls my entire life (including myself), I can easily say that we do tend to do most of those things. I guess if you're in love, you'd be sugar coating most of your partner's faults. And this works both ways.
Finally, I understand that the OP is a guy. But dude, guys have had to take on a lot of flak all these years and have been stereotypes into "dogs, commitment phobes, horny bastards and the like." I really think you should open your mind and let women take it for a change.
"They shouldn't be having S-E-X around the B-A-B-I-E!"
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nikomachette31
12 years ago
phunsuk_wangdu
First of all, THANK YOU for making your point WITHOUT dissing me and my point of view. Most other people on these threads seem to be exceedingly good at that.
Secondly, your point makes sense. I guess I didn't see that angle. And now that you put it that way, it seems more acceptable. At least we agree about the stereotypes.
About letting women take it though.. Hmm. maybe not. I don't think any retaliation is justified. There is good AND bad on both sides of the fence. Notice that in my opening post, I do mention this. The cycle of aggression will never be broken if we don't break it!
"The only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced, FAIR!"
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