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Media Watch: Bend It Like Beckham (2002) on satellite TV last night. It was directed by Gurinder Chadha, who recently did Bride and Prejudice with Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai. Her cast for Beckham are all capable actors, if not as stellar as Ms. Rai.
I like BOTH movies, but they have similar flaws (from my point of view) -- The tangle with Jess, Joe, and Jules would have be much better if it would have been a one-way crush on Jess' part, with Jules protecting innocent Joe from the consequences of false, but perceived intimacy with his players, while Joe tried to spare Jess' feelings while keeping her on the team. What romance there was in the movie wasn't really coherent, and was a serious flaw. Strong, affable Papa-ji (Anupam Kher) had every right to punch not-completely-innocent Joe in the nose. Jules' mom (Juliet Stevenson) was just plain badly written, much like the male lead in Bride. Stevenson looked as if she was doing a parody of Jennifer Saunders' Edina character from Absolutely Fabulous without the necessary humor, and as Spike Lee says: "Bad acting is the director's fault."
F.O.E. Club, Kalispell, Montana; September 30, 2005
Tyler Eng, first-rank drummer for Norton Buffalo
(formerly with the Greg Kihn Band)
a truly humourous movie with a collection of pretty females. Ash of course was dominating and etheral. Her acting was understated and superb. Henderson was handsome but totally lost in front of Ash. Do see this movie with family for light hearted enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteParminder Nagra played Jesminder 'Jess' Bhamra and Keira Knightley played Juliette 'Jules' Paxton. Young Jonathan Rhys-Meyers played 'Joe' the coach.
ReplyDeleteWe may have a language problem here, since I don't see any actors or characters named Ash or Henderson in the cast list.
There are a few half-baked scenes in Beckham, but I don't blame the actors -- they generally played their characters well.
Mrs. Paxton should have been played by Jennifer Saunders, though -- she would have made the stupid mom funny at least.