Monsoon Wedding (2001)
The film won the Golden Lion Award at the 58th Venice Film Festival in 2001.
The film tells the story of a family before and after their wedding. A very young woman is about to get married. The whole family is nervously preparing for the wedding, but the bride is still secretly escaping her married boyfriend. My father was busy with the preparations for the wedding, while my mother was buying all kinds of gifts for my in-laws. Family relatives came one after another, and the young people of the family gradually got to know each other. One of the girls rehearsed dances with the bride's younger brother to prepare for the performance. After the bridegroom's family came, the father's sister's family also came. So, everyone got together. At this time, the undertaker who arranged the wedding and the maid of the bride's house had a good impression and came into contact with each other. In the middle of the night, the bride slipped out of the house to meet her boyfriend privately, but was found by the police. At this time, the boyfriend was busy answering the phone and put the bride aside. The bride got angry and drove away. The next day, the bride told the groom the whole thing and let the groom choose. The groom decides to forget the past, so the groom and the bride are together sweetly. The day before the wedding, the father's brother-in-law was about to take a little girl away, but the bride's cousin stopped him. It turned out that when the bride's cousin was a child, her father's brother-in-law violated her, and everyone was overwhelmed by this scene. At the same time, the wedding planner proposes to the maid, and she agrees. It rained heavily on the wedding day. My father drove my sister and brother-in-law out of the house, and the wedding went smoothly. The wedding host married the bride's maid and celebrated with the bride's family. Finally, everyone danced happily.
The overall feel of the film is average, the story is relatively trivial, and the theme of the film is not deep enough. It just reflects the real life of the Indian nation, in other words, it shows the national customs of India, nothing more. Therefore, watching this film will not bring spiritual shock, nor will it trigger deep thinking, but will only feel the enthusiasm and unrestrainedness of the Indian nation, as well as their life of singing and dancing. As for the story in the movie, it is a very clichéd family conflict, extramarital affairs, premarital sex, uncle's assault on the girl at home, etc. These are the contents that are often reflected in the world's movies, and they are not new at all. In addition, the way the film expresses these contents is like a Hollywood film, without any characteristics. The most important thing is that at the end of the film, these Indian social problems presented in the film were turned into jade and silk, and they were solved one by one. How can such a beautiful and cliché story touch the audience? From the above, it can be concluded that this film is just a mediocre Indian family film, and the reason why it won the Golden Lion Award is entirely because it is an exotic Indian film.
Although the film is mediocre, there are still some bright spots. The highlight is the Indian singing and dancing in several scenes in the film. The songs and dances in the film are full of Indian style, sexy, hot, and strong in rhythm. Along with the unique body movements of Indians, these pictures look quite pleasing to the eye. In particular, there are a lot of dance scenes with women in the film, and the hotness of the sexy jumps off the screen, which is so beautiful! In addition, the song and dance of this film has an advantage, that is, the song and dance are completely integrated into the plot, rather than suddenly appearing in the plot like other Indian musical films, and have nothing to do with the story before and after. This makes the movie look very smooth without that weird feeling. In short, although the story of the movie is relatively general, watching the hot dance in the movie is enough.
Filming is mediocre. However, it can be seen from the picture that there are many shaking shots in this film, which must be the credit of the portable camera. This kind of shooting makes the film more lifelike and more real. It seems that this method of shooting is the trend of the film in the early 21st century, even the Indians know it. The costumes, props, sets, etc. of the film are all in line with the plot. Through these, we can also know that the living standard of Indians is still very high, of course, it refers to the rich. At this point, from the fact that people in the film speak English, it is known that they are rich. There is also a scene in this film that surprised me - an advertisement for Konka appeared on the road, and Chinese TV was sold to India, which is amazing!
As a side note, the bride's brother is a sissy gay, and his parents haven't found out yet, which is a shame. It turns out that homosexuality is so common in any country in the world, even India is no exception. This is a detail that anyone with a heart must see.
Lastly, the actors. The actors are not familiar with this film, so there is no need to elaborate. But the women in the film are all beautiful, especially the one with tattoos, who is a big beauty! If only she was in America, she could watch more of her films.
in conclusion. This is an ordinary movie that shows the life of ordinary people in India. The main purpose is to show the cover of India. Except for the dance, the other aspects of the movie are not worth watching.
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Monsoon Wedding - Blu-Ray - 720p - x264 - [DDR]
2012-05-07
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