I had some free time for once, so I watched three movies in a row yesterday. :-)  First was Namastey London with Akshay Kumar.  I wasn't expecting a lot out of this, to be honest, since I'm not much of an Akki fan.  However, I liked him in this, or at least didn't outright dislike him, which is an improvement!  I thought this movie was really well done and the non-Indian acting was great by Bollywood standards.  I watched the extras on the DVD and discovered they used a British crew, including for AD and DP, which I think helped a lot.  It was interesting to hear the differences between the Bollywood and Hollywood styles of film making as described by the cast and crew.  If you get this on DVD, definitely watch the extras.  The plot is your basic "NRI style" romantic comedy and is pulled off well.  Katrina Kaif is cute, too, and as a side note, her English is excellent!  I'll probably watch it again in the future.

Next was Kuch Naa Kaho, which Nan (my daughter) and I have already seen about six times.  No surprise, we loved it this time, too.  This movie also has a very simple romantic plot which doesn't try to be more than it is.  Abhishek and Aishwarya are really adorable together and the musical numbers are great.  Kuch Naa Kaho is one of our faves to watch together.

Lastly was Veer.  I can't believe I stayed up until 1:00AM to watch this lamefest. :-P  There was almost nothing good in the movie aside from some decent cinematography in some parts.  The script was awful and incoherent and the direction was almost nonexistent.  Usually I'm not too picky about films "borrowing" from each other, but many scenes in Veer are EXTREMELY BLATANT ripoffs of other movies.  The end part with the final face off between Veer and the bad dude is like a bizarro unintentional parody mirror world Cliff's Notes mishmash version of Jodhaa Akbar and Gladiator.  The acting by the "British" (some with American accents of course) people is baaaaaaad, and the time period is confusing.  They show some 1920's era cars and dress even though the rest of the movie seems to take place in Victorian (??) times.  You can tell a TON of money was lavished on the sets, wardrobe, and CGI, but everything still looks WRONG, including Salman Khan in costumes from like five different eras.  Just weird!  Don't bother with this one unless you're like me and like to laugh at badness.