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ahhh, no

posted 19 years ago by mark_it_zero
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so, this was the first film we had to watch in my "intro to modern cinema"

of ALL the films the teacher could have chosen, he picked this boring turd.

it's basically the same hollywood crap that would star julia roberts, but nooo, it's so unique because they're indian.

booooring.

before we watched the film, he handed out copies of Ebert's review for the film, and lardboy praised it, so i knew i was in for a long class then.

"an ignorant, biased and hateful person."

"spawn of a hellbeast."

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[–] malika585 19 years ago

this idiotic comment needs no reply!

[–] arsmit2 19 years ago

while I disagree that the film was like a julia roberts love-fest. I do however only rate the film a five. To me, the director tried to put too much politics in a movie that politics never seem to fit. The scenes with the child molestation and the censorship of modern india really are only glimpses of what could have been explained more.

She should have either expanded on those themes or left them out entirely to make the movie just about the wedding.

Most critics also critisize nair for not talking about the lower class more. That whole social issue is only brushed upon in the film BUT it's a big dilemma in India today. Nair says that this was her attempt to make a "popular film". She combine the pop sense with her political beliefs and the whole movie just gets watered-down.

I gave it a 5. Woulda been higher if it weren't for the things i mentioned above.