Well the summary describes the movie in a nutshell, and very appropriately too. It's literally - "A Journey through the Deserts..", vis-a-vis contemporary Hindi movies, which perhaps bears a stark metaphoric resemblance to the deserts.... mostly, devoid of movies such as "Road, Movie"
To begin with - the movie seemed a little sluggish, the way it slowly moved on from one act to the other.
But what's the haste anyways, guys? (Add to it the fact that the movies' running time is half of regular movies viz. 90 minutes approx is what you're in for ).
Gradually, the story unfolds..... without any haste, and one needn't worry about those fleeting moments of 'absent-mindedness'; whence ones' thoughts may have dwindled far away, for probably just a little moment ...and once you are back - body, mind (and perhaps - soul too!).. you mostly won't have missed that "all-to-small-duration", but all too important dialog/narration/scene.
Usually in such cases, unless someone with you or without, updates you - you are bound to be lost throughout the rest of the movie. (The last comment assumes that, one isn't gifted with the uncommon-sense of prediction/or ability for "Regression Therapy"; which would otherwise have helped in conjuring up the fillers for the parts that one had missed). But then, it's not required here – as such "probability theory" isn't required, here.
With that small intro for a long movie (was that a lie ?? ! :-) ), here are my two cents worth of review comments ( I won't dwindle much on the storyline, as it's already been presented here @ IMDb, pretty well): - The movie is considerably different (something similar to the so called genre of "Art Movies", of the yesterdays!). Mostly, there hasn't been any other benchmark of movies like ROAD - that one can compare with, once it's finished ( so a mild note of caution - if chatting/gossiping and discussions cum comparisons between movies is one's pastime - you mayn't get much food for talk :-(
To begin with - the movie seemed a little sluggish, the way it slowly moved on from one act to the other.
But what's the haste anyways, guys? (Add to it the fact that the movies' running time is half of regular movies viz. 90 minutes approx is what you're in for ).
Gradually, the story unfolds..... without any haste, and one needn't worry about those fleeting moments of 'absent-mindedness'; whence ones' thoughts may have dwindled far away, for probably just a little moment ...and once you are back - body, mind (and perhaps - soul too!).. you mostly won't have missed that "all-to-small-duration", but all too important dialog/narration/scene.
Usually in such cases, unless someone with you or without, updates you - you are bound to be lost throughout the rest of the movie. (The last comment assumes that, one isn't gifted with the uncommon-sense of prediction/or ability for "Regression Therapy"; which would otherwise have helped in conjuring up the fillers for the parts that one had missed). But then, it's not required here – as such "probability theory" isn't required, here.
With that small intro for a long movie (was that a lie ?? ! :-) ), here are my two cents worth of review comments ( I won't dwindle much on the storyline, as it's already been presented here @ IMDb, pretty well): - The movie is considerably different (something similar to the so called genre of "Art Movies", of the yesterdays!). Mostly, there hasn't been any other benchmark of movies like ROAD - that one can compare with, once it's finished ( so a mild note of caution - if chatting/gossiping and discussions cum comparisons between movies is one's pastime - you mayn't get much food for talk :-(
- "ROAD.."; the movie buff's movie - i.e. putting it otherwise: "It's a movie about the charm, ethos & pathos of the magical world of cinema - That 3 hours of magic , mostly, where the audience forgets the daily grind - and may even identify with the protagonist or other characters. And if all goes well – one may even get new insights in/to "life" one's own and off all humanity in general!
- Having saying that the; presentation and cinematography is brilliant ( probably that's an understatement), as one's treated to the visual delight of the vast deserts of Rajasthan (which is the backdrop of the movie, if I wasn't mistaken).
- Incidentally, one also get's a good feel of the typical life in the deserts, the people - their customs, longings, triumphs and tribulations. A complete visual treat, to put it succinctly.
- The background score is vibrant and subtly complements and many a times enhances what appears on the screen. However there isn't much of a catchy song that would garner a lot of big-bucks, as Ring-Tones / Dialer- Tones ! One may wonder why isn't the industry churning out more of such gems - movies that the entire world can fathom at least (if not identify with)
- A brief word of caution before I sign off : in case one has come for the movie, expecting to be in for a regular Bollywood movie (all inclusive); than probably there maybe other options that suit better, compared to the one being talked about. g. But if one's game to join the 'Journey Of A Man' {now, where had I heard a similar phrase similar recently? :-)} -- Through the heart of the desert --> then this is surely the ROAD to such a MOVIE!