Bend It like Beckham review

[gao828h_k]

Just a older one I wrote a couple of months ago.

Indian playing soccer? Sure why not. That Indian happens to be female? Thumbs up. Making a movie about it? Sadly that doesn’t work and we’re left with this flop.

Bend It like Beckham (directed by Gurinder Chadha) involves an Indian Girl named Jess (Parminder Nagra) a teenager with a passion for soccer

Comments

[essyllus]

Aww. I heard that this was a really good movie. I don’t see why they would need a love triangle, though. The fact that this Indian girl is defying her parents is drama enough. Why can’t we just focus on that? -_-

[gao828h_k]

I think I was being a bit too critical. And perhaps it had something to do with me being prejudiced by I find most coming of age movies the most boring shite ever.

And it wasn't the love triangle thing, it was the fact that it was poorly executed. And it really sounded like something similar to a teacher/student scandal.

[essyllus]

Mmkay. Well, I will watch it one of these days.

[adelly_kins]

The whole time I was watching it, I kept thinking "Why do they have a male coach when it's an all-girl team.

So, basically, I hated the whole love-triangle-sub-plot they attempted to make work. Attempted being the key word.

That aside, however, I did enjoy Kiera Knightly. Granted, the movie itself wasn't great, but her performance as Jules was. She was...well, tomboyish and sporty (if you'll forgive the labeling) and rebellious. She was everything Jules had to be. Jess, however, was just pain to watch. All that angst/drama/woe just made me want to brush her off. Honestly, can you SAY wannabe-damsel-in-distress??

And the ending? Why the HECK did the coach (who, by the way, looked scarily feminine to me) choose Jess? Srsly. I didn't - and don't - get that relationship. No that I would've gotten it if it had ended as Joe/Jules either since there wasn't much chemistry there either (although I think they had more than Joe/Jess). It would've been more realistic if he had simply chosen neither.

But what I really

[gao828h_k]

Keira Knightley is an wonderful actress. She proves she can handle any role given.

And I agree the love triangle ticked me off. The coach is supposed to be keeping a professional relationship with his team. And as such shouldn't there be some sort of scandal all over the newspaper publicising it?

My problem with the title is that it didn't have anything to do with Beckham.

[adelly_kins]

Keira Knightley is an wonderful actress. She proves she can handle any role given.

I wouldn't go that far. I didn't like her in Pride and Prejudice.

My problem with the title is that it didn't have anything to do with Beckham.

Exactly! Thats why I felt it was sucking-up-y. It's like, to make the film 'popular', they had Beckham make a guest appearance (if you could call it that) and in order to make it 'worth his while' they named the show after him.

[gao828h_k]

Next thing you'll know they'll make a Headbutt Like Zidane