1947 Earth
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Movie Reviews of 1947 Earth
Movie Review: Nice, but not exciting.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is set in India in the late 1898 according to the BEGINNING of the movie. It is about the Religious differences that occur because of the British invasion to divide India. Their is a smaller story that takes effect, the nanny and her muslim friends who propose to her, one is rejected and the other she agrees to marry.
SPOILER ALERT:
You don't know what happens to the nanny in the end, the movie gives you three options of what may have happened.
The story is told by the young girl who is watched by the nanny, she tells you what may have happened to the nanny in the end, but even she doesn't know. The movie FOLLOWS for 50 years, at 1947 at the end of the movie, the little girl is all grown up and she says
SPOILER LERT:
its 50 years later and she doesn't know what happened to her nanny.
Also, when the Muslim "sisters" are killed, its not actual sisters, its Muslim sisters, as in sisters of the faith. Another reviewer didn't see that. Just thought I would clarify
If you like historical type movies you will enjoy this one. I had to keep the subtitles on to understand what they were saying because of the thick accents.
Movie Review: And then there was darkness
Summary: 3 Stars
A historical depiction on the effects of religious fervour on people. Shantha the nanny, in a sense, seemed to represent the beauty of India. All Indians - Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsees, alike, revolve their lives around this divine creature. Shantha chooses her suitor because of love, not religion. Then, there was chaos. Partition. Religious riots. In a deep jealous rage, friends turn to foes.Movie Review: Not as good as "Water"
Summary: 2 Stars
I gravitated toward this movie after seeing "Water," which I thought was amazing. "Earth" seemed to me to be, though ambitious in scope and subject, a much less accomplished film--somewhat pedantic and leaden, awkward and fragmented. The characters all too obviously stand in for aspects of the social and political landscape, whereas in "Water," the characters' stories and relationships with each other, while embodying larger issues, were for me much more involving, immediate, vivid, and poignant. I think Mehta grew enormously as a filmmaker between making these films.