tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post2579553854199975078..comments2023-11-10T08:26:51.182-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: Gandhi, My FatherBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-86131559932567616682008-01-28T08:58:00.000-06:002008-01-28T08:58:00.000-06:00Anne - thanks! I agree completely about the editin...Anne - thanks! I agree completely about the editing room floor. I'd like to tell you what's on the second DVD of the 2-disc special edition yadda yadda, but the nice man who runs the Indian grocery store from which I rent never includes those. You just get to stare at the empty plastic holder and wonder "What if?" <BR/><BR/>As for makeup, it's so funny that you mention that because I was just the other day using this movie as an example of relatively good age makeup - to contrast with, say, <I>Om Shanti Om</I>, which was dreadful. I totally didn't notice it at all! I'm a dumb-dumb when it comes to makeup, though. I thought the changing of hairstyles was...striking, let's call it that. Clearly some more research - with lots of illustrative screen caps - must be done on this topic.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-59031506961328868632008-01-27T19:17:00.000-06:002008-01-27T19:17:00.000-06:00Thanks for the review. "The beautiful and depressi...Thanks for the review. "The beautiful and depressing _Gandhi, My Father_ was close to being very good" is a perfect summation. <BR/><BR/>The "wasn't-it-sad" angle of the script, without many whats and hows and whys left me puzzled, too. Maybe there was a fascinating editing-room floor.<BR/><BR/>I agree about Akshaye Khanna's acting---the man has really learned a lot in the last few years! <BR/><BR/>One thing I have not seen pilloried about the movie, the thing that disturbed me even more than the lack of information about the characters, was the make-up. GACK! When the make-up is a character, and one that you want to constantly boot off screen, at that, there is a serious problem. <BR/><BR/>Remember _Veer-Zaara,_ (a movie which I adoreadoreadore) in which a 22-year progression is made by adding at least 50 years to a character's life (and Parkinson's)? The make-up in _Gandhi, My Father_ was exponentially worse.Anne O'Nymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487526263277410978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-53349579864924593962008-01-21T10:31:00.000-06:002008-01-21T10:31:00.000-06:00Thanks! Yeah, this movie isn't going go tell you a...Thanks! Yeah, this movie isn't going go tell you anything you didn't already know. It's really too bad that they wasted such a potentially rich story.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-33679160940803476952008-01-21T10:00:00.000-06:002008-01-21T10:00:00.000-06:00Great review! The Arun Gandhi controversy has me w...Great review! The Arun Gandhi controversy has me wanting to know more about Gandhi's descendants. I thought this film would do the trick, but after reading your review, I think I'll look elsewhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com