I'm kind of surprised to see bitterly negative comments about this movie, but what can you do? Maybe it was just disappointment. I didn't expect much of the movie, but I found it better than what I expected. I haven't been that impressed with debutante directors, and I sort of thought that this director got to do this because of being married to Gurinder Chadha. But Paul Berges outperformed my expectations of debutantes. Some parts of the plot were a strain to believe, but not enough to wreck the experience. I suppose it is really a fantasy so talking spices make as much sense as a lot of what happened in Lord of The Rings. Maybe spices are inhabited by spirits. Maybe that's why they keep you up after eating spicy foods, its all those spirits partying! Anyway, I enjoyed watching Ash with all the people off the street. It is something I've seen very little if at all. I suppose it gives you a hint of how she is when confronted by all these crowds of people who want to know about her but who come from completely different backgrounds. I could imagine it being intimidating. If she ever does a full-blown Hollywood production where she is the only Desi, it could disorient her. I've read where stuntmen who learn the trade in Hollywood and then go for a job in Bollywood run into surprises.
Anyway it was different, and it was fun to watch. And SOME of the camera work was just spectacular I thought! There are frames from this movie I'd like to save.
So I'll call it a 7/10. An entertaining experience.
Anyway it was different, and it was fun to watch. And SOME of the camera work was just spectacular I thought! There are frames from this movie I'd like to save.
So I'll call it a 7/10. An entertaining experience.