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[rivka]

saoba and I went to see Bride and Prejudice, which I absolutely adored. It's an extraordinarily silly Bollywood rendition of Pride and Prejudice - every ten minutes or so the story grinds to a halt for an elaborately costumed and choreographed musical number. I was disposed to like it from the beginning, but from the moment the troupe of Indian transvestites showed up to waggle their hips at a young bride-to-be, I was lost. I stayed lost right up through the triumphant conclusion with the painted elephants. For frivolous eye candy - which was exactly what I was in the mood for today - Bride and Prejudice can't be beat.

This evening, as we settled down to watch the pregame show (Opening Day!!!), I started having contractions. Every seven minutes. For more than an hour. "If it goes on like this until nine, I'll call the midwife," I told saoba, who allowed as how that was a sensible plan. At eight-thirty, the contractions stopped. At least this time wasn't like Friday night, when the hour's worth of every-seven-minutes contractions was painful enough - and unresponsive enough to attempts to stop them, such as a half-glass of wine and a warm bath - that curiousangel ran around putting our toothbrushes and things into the hospital bag.

I begin to doubt that I will ever have this baby.

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[densaer.livejournal.com]

I have a relative who had a speaking role in the film, and I still can't bring myself to view it. I heard it was horrrrible. (not like Bend it Like Beckham, which was from the same director).

Jane Austen might be rolling in her grave. Or dancing to a random Bollywood number.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I think whether or not it's horrrrible depends on what you're looking for. It definitely doesn't have Jane Austen's sly wit and incisive characterization, for example, and people who go looking for that will be disappointed. On the other hand, it's a very pretty movie with a lot of gaudy fun.

What part did your relative play?

[papersky.livejournal.com]

I thought it was more faithful to the book than most adaptations. It kept in all the plot, all the plot twists, and most of the major speeches. It cut Captain Fitzgibbon and was more explicit about what had happened with Wickham and Georgiana, but it kept everything else, translated. I liked it as Austen. Sly wit and incisive characterization are things you lose when you make something a film. I was impressed that they managed to keep the speech where Lalita tells Darcy he's insulted her in his proposal.

Oh, and you will too have the baby, any day now.

[selki.livejournal.com]

Yup, all that, and a cool stick dance too! I enjoyed it.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I liked it mildly--a fair amount of the humor was funny, but the songs, singing, dancing, and filming all seemed unpolished, which probably indicates that I am not in harmony with Bollywood. I liked the big production number in _The Guru_ better--and I recommend that movie as much funnier.

[densaer.livejournal.com]

You have to get in touch with your inner kitsch when you watch a true Bollywood film (The Guru doesn't count), because for people who are in cities, you have to suspend disbelief. The people who are out in the rural parts of India (most of the filmgoing audience) will have no problems believing that people in London all drive Italian sports cars, have HUGE houses, etc.

It's escapism. It's very colorful, all the same. You can see the influence of American pop culture, though. I don't recall seeing big groups of choreographed dancers in these films until Michael Jackson in 1984 taught the world. Now it's a staple.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

My Bradley instructor was fond of pointing out that no one has ever been pregnant forever. :-)

Sounds like the critter's just content in there. Take that as a compliment, maybe?

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

You will. You will. We're all well-wishing you till then.

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

Bride and Prejudice rocks as a movie. I went in with totally open mind and gave myself a bad fit of the giggles mentally assigning characters to all my indian friends.

If you forget its Austen and just go with the flow its a perfect no think, take your mind off everything movie.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

I begin to doubt that I will ever have this baby.
There is no doubt at all in my mind that you will have this baby, and in relatively short order. Li'l Critter just had no intention of coming out for a Yankees victory, that's all!

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Arggh... baby needs to book a time and a room and stick with it. :)

Bride and Prejudice got cynthia1960 and I more excited about our friend Subrata's wedding at the end of this month, so we went up to Berkeley this afternoon and shopped for garb to wear to the extravaganza.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I begin to doubt that I will ever have this baby.

Sure you will. It just seems like it's taking forever.

[lietya.livejournal.com]

Good luck. No one has ever yet managed to stay pregnant forever. :)

[eeyorerin]

I had a dream that you had the baby last night. Alas, it does not seem to be so, unless things have changed in the last eight hours. She was a very cute baby, though!

[redbird]

Yes, you will have the baby.

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

Maybe you won't have the baby and you will have to wait for 21 years until you can legally drink for two! You'll be able to vote twice in elections eventually, though, and that would be pretty cool. Of course, if she wants to go to grad school, you'd have to go with her and there's no reason you should be subjected to that hell again.

Message to wee little Alex: You seem a little confused so let me clear this up for you: HEAD TOWARD THE LIGHT!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

You know, if you're going to be that helpful, you could at least do it from close up where I could have the opportunity to express appropriate levels of appreciation.

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

I thought about you all weekend -- hoping for you. But as others have said, you *will* eventually have your daughter! It will happen!

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

I was two weeks late and my mother tells me that this was due to my insistence on making sure my name was written on the walls.

Perhaps the wee one is of the same inclination...

Baby? What baby?

[ailbhe]

I doubted that Linnea existed from right about when labour began to get really serious until about a second *after* she was born. She existed, all right.

Don't sell the crib yet.

And I have firmly decided what to get for you and it's not on our list but you NEED it, sorry, you do. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for about 2 years.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

You will have this baby. Sometimes, they just take their time, but they then come out nice and large and so well-padded and snuggly! Relax, consider a pedicure to work the points in your feet, and have a lot of water. I know, easier said than done, but they all come out eventually.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

If you're not already into Scandanavian folk music, this is probably not the time to introduce yourself to it by picking up Garmarna's Vengeance and listening to the song about the woman who was pregnant for nine years.

I am quite confident that you will have given birth before May 1, 2005.

[snippy]

Somebody on my friends list just had a baby last month--3 weeks overdue! with a midwife, no less! Being threatened almost daily with induction, but she managed to fight them off and wait until labor started naturally. She and the baby are fine.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

That was my first ever Bollywood movie and I adored it! So much color and singing and dancing and pretty boys....

MKK

[xopher-vh.livejournal.com]

pretty boys...

OK, I'm sold! Gotta see that...in fact it sounds like a date movie.

[xopher-vh.livejournal.com]

You will have the baby. Here's a spell to recite if you wanna:

Come forth, o Child Within! Your mother would hold you in her arms and not her belly!

Come forth, o Child Within! Your father would touch you, and grows impatient!

Come forth, o Child Within! All things begin in darkness, but must come into the light for a time, and yours approaches.

Come forth, o Child Within! As Spring comes forth from Winter's dark womb, to warm air and bright day, come!

Come forth, o Child Within! And greet your adoring public with a cry of grief for the quiet darkness of the womb -- yet a cry which brings joy to all who hear it!

Come forth, come forth, come forth, o Child Within! In the name of $DIETY, I call you forth!

OK, maybe not the greatest thing in the world, but I wrote it just for you. Insert diety of your choice.

[carbonel]

I saw Bride and Prejudice in the theatre, which means a lot for me, since I generally see only three or so movies per year. I'd really liked Bend it Like Beckham, and Ebert recommended seeing it on the big screen, so I gave it a shot. I adored it.

I don't think I'll ever become a major Bollywood fan, but this one had enough Jane Austen to counteract the fluff, and the fluff was so well done that it was forgivable in any case.

I don't generally rewatch movies enough to make it worth buying them (this is why Netflix is my friend), but I expect I'll want to see this one again.