2 things you can notice upon the second viewing.... 1. You can hear the gun shot when Albert accidentally touches the record player. 2. You can see Maria's hands trembling when she pours the wine when she comes in the new dress. This is right after she has committed the murder.
I agreed with most things you all said. But the ending left me satisfied. The thing with sriram raghavan movies is that we tend to find the chekhov's gun, and i was able to spot 3 of them easily. Origami being crucial to story was apparent. The bird in the cage is like a loud scream of 'ye lo chekov's gun'. And then the story Albert recited to Annie. as we knew that the kid had stopped speaking at one point and it wasnt a born disability, she can start speaking again when someone will say choomantar in the end. Easter egg you missed - The night is darkest before the dawn. Appears on Albert's weighing machine ticket and Maria says it to Albert, after they return at Maria's place. It being a foreshadowing to destroying the replica room which happens just before dawn. which if you think about, is a pretty cold move on their part. Quote in the start - 'So this is Christmas...And what have you done?' Lyrics from a Celine Dion-John Lennon Song. The song is Happy Xmas. It mentions how the singer is wishing for a great year ahead, and Albert also does the same by sacrificing himself for Maria and Annie. Also i would like to say - If there never was an Andhadhun, we would have appreciated Merry Christmas more.
Gotta disagree with Snayhil with his thoughts on ending. If Albert (Vijay Sethupathi) wouldn't have falsely confessed, then the officials would have questioned the kid as she could speak now. And she would have said everything and then Maria (Katrina) would have gotten arrested.
And they show it with the brilliant camera work too . Camera zooms in and stays on Maria when she runs to her daughter who has spoken after many years . Then after a few seconds she realizes what it means for their story .
It’s interesting to me that after years of getting panned by critics, it seems like Katrina Kaif mostly gets critical praise now. I haven’t seen _Merry Christmas_ (though I’m cool with spoilers), and I haven’t seen most of her more recent performances, but I wonder if it’s simply that she was always a talented actress, but simply needed to become more fluent in Hindi to show it, and now she has. Or, given her reputation as a hard worker (even though it seems like a backhanded compliment), if she’s simply worked and willed herself into becoming a better actor. I don’t really have an opinion, since I haven’t seen many of her films, but I’m curious what others think, because it’s a pretty weird career graph for which I can’t really think of a precedent (Sophia Loren didn’t speak English when she first went to Hollywood back in the day, but I think her acting ability was pretty much always well-regarded).
I always had a take on this. It's nice you bought it up now. I can my give two cents on this. The statement that Katrina is not a good enough actress is something everybody believed in (but i didn't). She wasn't helped with the fact that whenever in KWK Karan used to ask others to rank actresses in acting capabilities, most of them used to place Katrina at the bottom, which I always believed to be wrong. Yes, she did had a limited range in the beginning of her career and her inability to speak hindi because of which they had to dub her voice, which just made more harm to her image. As both acting and voice was never good enough for me to call it a good combination. But if you think about even her earlier movies in which she has used her voice they always have been good. Be it a Serious part of Rajneeti or New York or the opposite kind of role in movies like Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani or Namastey London. Yes she was rough around the edges (which I guess any untrained actor would be) in early part of her career. But one thing is for sure is that her comic timings has been good from earlier part of her career. In every movie in which she had an important role since (the terribly underrated) Fitoor I guess she has been one of the strongest aspects of the movie she has starred in. So in conclusion I would say she was always a good actor, but people have just now started giving her some credit.
I wanted to watch this film in cinemas but there aren’t many, if any viewings near me. I will have to watch it once it comes out on streaming platforms.
The daughter starts speaking at that very time because of the story which was told to her by Albert. He had told her story that one day magic will happen and you will speak. And for fun inspector had done that magic to her when she had forgotten that caged bird ornament. Very new fan of yours and have already watched every episode. Some quite a few times. Great job. I look forward to new pop wrap episodes ❤❤
Not related to this particular episode but I have been binging this podcast and I want to give a big shout out to Snayhil, His passion and love for movies made me feel it was okay to go watch a movie multiple times despite what anyone else thinks. So a big Thank you. I saw images from Delhi Airport today and it's deadly. Pure nightmare material.
Abbas u must watch Raid . It's one of Devgan's better films ... Climax song is melodramatic but over all a fine film. Also Aamir is starting Sitare Zameen par shoot from Feb 2 in Delhi... Do an episode on his choice of remaking a Korean film Champions (SZM)
Bhai tum logo ko plot convenience ja mtlab pta hai qa? Every incident in a film that moves the plot forward doesn't mean its a plot convenience. Aise to koi movie hi qu dekhe theater me agr without coincidence mundane life hi dekhni hai.
I loved merry Christmas. Vijay was awesome. His hand can act better than can one one else in the movie. The last ring scene really mad me angry. I wonder how much did the producers interfered. The close ups were not shown well. Not consistently basically. I personally do not like open ended movies
There is very technical reason to it. Since they all so dismillar physically. They will need different lighting and camera placement for each onr of them. If they would change positions they have to the calculations and setting of lights and cameras. Hence the three of them sits at the same place.
The hero in Raavan is Vikram not Madhavan. Not all South Indian actors are the same and interchangeable. This is not the first time you guys have said something completely ridiculous while referencing South movies, and sorry but you are doing a pop culture and movie podcast, i request you to please research or fact check what you say. I love you guys and watch all your content but it's really annoying and disappointing and sounds disingenuous cuz what you're doing/saying is just this generation's "Everything South is Madrasi".
I hope that after Fighter, Bollywood stops with these ultra-nationalistic nonsense products, and focuses more on storyline. Such movies are just making a fool out of the audience. They are not even true to the source material. Uri will be a fine example of how nationalistic movies can be made without being 'loud'.
2 things you can notice upon the second viewing.... 1. You can hear the gun shot when Albert accidentally touches the record player. 2. You can see Maria's hands trembling when she pours the wine when she comes in the new dress. This is right after she has committed the murder.
I agreed with most things you all said. But the ending left me satisfied. The thing with sriram raghavan movies is that we tend to find the chekhov's gun, and i was able to spot 3 of them easily. Origami being crucial to story was apparent. The bird in the cage is like a loud scream of 'ye lo chekov's gun'. And then the story Albert recited to Annie. as we knew that the kid had stopped speaking at one point and it wasnt a born disability, she can start speaking again when someone will say choomantar in the end.
Easter egg you missed - The night is darkest before the dawn. Appears on Albert's weighing machine ticket and Maria says it to Albert, after they return at Maria's place. It being a foreshadowing to destroying the replica room which happens just before dawn. which if you think about, is a pretty cold move on their part.
Quote in the start - 'So this is Christmas...And what have you done?' Lyrics from a Celine Dion-John Lennon Song. The song is Happy Xmas. It mentions how the singer is wishing for a great year ahead, and Albert also does the same by sacrificing himself for Maria and Annie.
Also i would like to say - If there never was an Andhadhun, we would have appreciated Merry Christmas more.
Thanks for this comment🫡
Wow. What a comment
Great points. Agree with you in all of them.
Gotta disagree with Snayhil with his thoughts on ending. If Albert (Vijay Sethupathi) wouldn't have falsely confessed, then the officials would have questioned the kid as she could speak now. And she would have said everything and then Maria (Katrina) would have gotten arrested.
And they show it with the brilliant camera work too . Camera zooms in and stays on Maria when she runs to her daughter who has spoken after many years . Then after a few seconds she realizes what it means for their story .
@zinchh
Exactly. Hence Maria cries and realizes that Albert has genuinely fallen for her.
It’s interesting to me that after years of getting panned by critics, it seems like Katrina Kaif mostly gets critical praise now. I haven’t seen _Merry Christmas_ (though I’m cool with spoilers), and I haven’t seen most of her more recent performances, but I wonder if it’s simply that she was always a talented actress, but simply needed to become more fluent in Hindi to show it, and now she has. Or, given her reputation as a hard worker (even though it seems like a backhanded compliment), if she’s simply worked and willed herself into becoming a better actor. I don’t really have an opinion, since I haven’t seen many of her films, but I’m curious what others think, because it’s a pretty weird career graph for which I can’t really think of a precedent (Sophia Loren didn’t speak English when she first went to Hollywood back in the day, but I think her acting ability was pretty much always well-regarded).
I always had a take on this. It's nice you bought it up now. I can my give two cents on this.
The statement that Katrina is not a good enough actress is something everybody believed in (but i didn't). She wasn't helped with the fact that whenever in KWK Karan used to ask others to rank actresses in acting capabilities, most of them used to place Katrina at the bottom, which I always believed to be wrong.
Yes, she did had a limited range in the beginning of her career and her inability to speak hindi because of which they had to dub her voice, which just made more harm to her image. As both acting and voice was never good enough for me to call it a good combination.
But if you think about even her earlier movies in which she has used her voice they always have been good. Be it a Serious part of Rajneeti or New York or the opposite kind of role in movies like Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani or Namastey London. Yes she was rough around the edges (which I guess any untrained actor would be) in early part of her career. But one thing is for sure is that her comic timings has been good from earlier part of her career.
In every movie in which she had an important role since (the terribly underrated) Fitoor I guess she has been one of the strongest aspects of the movie she has starred in.
So in conclusion I would say she was always a good actor, but people have just now started giving her some credit.
Snehil is a film student but still doesn't know how not to give spoilers of every movie he talks about.
Yo bros, how y all doing
I wanted to watch this film in cinemas but there aren’t many, if any viewings near me. I will have to watch it once it comes out on streaming platforms.
Guys it was "Albert The Ultimate"
The daughter starts speaking at that very time because of the story which was told to her by Albert. He had told her story that one day magic will happen and you will speak. And for fun inspector had done that magic to her when she had forgotten that caged bird ornament.
Very new fan of yours and have already watched every episode. Some quite a few times. Great job. I look forward to new pop wrap episodes ❤❤
Not related to this particular episode but I have been binging this podcast and I want to give a big shout out to Snayhil, His passion and love for movies made me feel it was okay to go watch a movie multiple times despite what anyone else thinks. So a big Thank you.
I saw images from Delhi Airport today and it's deadly. Pure nightmare material.
Thank you so much for these sweet words. Means a lot to read a comment like this.❤️
@@snayhilaneja1957 🙌
Congratulations on the engagement Silverie. Think you said it was the 21st on some episode. 🎉
Abbas u must watch Raid . It's one of Devgan's better films ... Climax song is melodramatic but over all a fine film.
Also Aamir is starting Sitare Zameen par shoot from Feb 2 in Delhi... Do an episode on his choice of remaking a Korean film Champions (SZM)
Fighter's trailer was very disappointing. The zingoism level was on ultra-pro-max. I wasn't expecting that at all. 😮
Katrina Kaif is so good in Merry Christmas
Please watch Merry Christmas don’t skip such cinematic movies 🔥🔥🔥🔥 such a well made movie it is
Merry Christmas could have been sooooo much better! To many things which didn't make sense...the replica room etc Very stupid
Bhai tum logo ko plot convenience ja mtlab pta hai qa? Every incident in a film that moves the plot forward doesn't mean its a plot convenience. Aise to koi movie hi qu dekhe theater me agr without coincidence mundane life hi dekhni hai.
I was really bored watching the movie!
I loved merry Christmas. Vijay was awesome. His hand can act better than can one one else in the movie. The last ring scene really mad me angry. I wonder how much did the producers interfered. The close ups were not shown well. Not consistently basically. I personally do not like open ended movies
Want the vatsal Seth x snayhil so hard
I didn't get why Vijay Setupati was not ok to call police in first go
He already had a criminal record so he would be the most obvious suspect if he is caught with a dead body.
Taklu uncle #KatrinaKaif was very gud❤
Merry Christmas was not a great film in my opinion...Sriram's weakest film in terms of plot/suspense and ending. Andhadhun is his best film.
Why do you three always sit in then same order in all episodes?
There is very technical reason to it. Since they all so dismillar
physically. They will need different lighting and camera placement for each onr of them. If they would change positions they have to the calculations and setting of lights and cameras.
Hence the three of them sits at the same place.
The hero in Raavan is Vikram not Madhavan. Not all South Indian actors are the same and interchangeable. This is not the first time you guys have said something completely ridiculous while referencing South movies, and sorry but you are doing a pop culture and movie podcast, i request you to please research or fact check what you say. I love you guys and watch all your content but it's really annoying and disappointing and sounds disingenuous cuz what you're doing/saying is just this generation's "Everything South is Madrasi".
Hi, as mentioned in the episode, the Madhavan comment was about the remake of Yuva, not Raavan.
2 words memorise kr liye hain
Hyper nationalism
Jingoism by these 3 chapri
I hope that after Fighter, Bollywood stops with these ultra-nationalistic nonsense products, and focuses more on storyline. Such movies are just making a fool out of the audience. They are not even true to the source material. Uri will be a fine example of how nationalistic movies can be made without being 'loud'.