Monsoon Wedding
Is this really the movie I attempted to watch 5 years ago? Probably not. 18 minutes into the movie, there was no dance scene yet, which makes this film already much better than I have imagined an Indian movie to be.
The first thing I noticed in the film was how easily I could understand the dialogue. Whereas I had incredible problems with understanding anybody in “The Godfather”, it was refreshing to see that there is another relatively heavy accent I have no problems understanding. Yay!
Aditi does not have your usual ‘Indian beauty’ face, but there is something about this face that makes me go all *_____* I wish I looked like that! Hahaha. (In fact, she reminds me a lot of this girl I used to know over the internet.
When I talked to an Indian friend recently, I mentioned the film and obviously he would say that Indian families aren’t really like the film at all. What can you expect from a director who had her education at Harvard after all? Ultimately it’s a really, really good movie and much nicer than your Bollywood crap, but the film feels just as unnatural as any Chinese movie made for the Western audience.