Bride and Prejudice
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Movie Reviews of Bride and Prejudice
Movie Review: Let's be honest and call this one "A Star is Born"!
Summary: 5 Stars
Indeed.....and the star we are talking about here folks (and you better get used to trying to say this name) is Aishwarya Rai. I think I can safely say after viewing this wonderful movie that as we speak there is probably a bidding war in Hollywood going on to get Aishwarya Rai to sign a 3 picture deal. In short.....she sings, dances, and acts up a storm and if that weren't enough she is strikingly.....I SAID STRIKINGLY.....beautiful beyond words. Maybe the most beautiful woman in movies today! The movie starts off very (maybe too) Indian with some ensemble dance numbers that go waaaaaaaay tooooooo loooooooong! BUT!!! If if you can just be patient things begin to pick up largely due to the brilliant acting by again Aishwarya Rai. Now don't think I am just in love with Aishwarya Rai (I won't lie I am) but there are other shining stars in this movie. They are her costar Martin Henderson who turns in a good job as her wealthy admirer. Nadira Babbar as her mother is fantastic. And all the sisters are good. BUT..... the next great performance has to be that of Nitin Chandra Ganatra who is BRILLIANT as a Peter Sellers type character who comes from America to try and find a wife. Also look fo a show stopping number with all the sisters that has to do with no wife - no life. It's phenominal! 5 stars aren't enough. I loved it.....I must own it.....I will treasure this movie for many years to come.....YOU WILL TOO! Buy it today!Movie Review: Snak dance
Summary: 5 Stars
Bride and prejudice is deffinitely one of my favourite films of all time , I can not tell you how much times I have watched it the funny scenes involving this guy that comes to find a bride in the house of the Bakshi , he eats like a pig laughs like a pig and dresses like a gay nerd but hey it makes it all funny , its so full of culture and music and brilliance that just sends a charm all over. I love it when the 3 Bakshi girls sing to lalita because this dude was gonna get engaged to her , it was very musical and romantic towards the end deffinitely things work out and I reckon that Martin Henderson is so incredibly hot ,hot , hot , You'll be staring at him forever also I gained a lot of respect for Aishwarya Rai the leading charcter who absoulutely shines as lalita shes confident such a great dancer and one of the most gorgeous women I've known plus she's funny and has this beauty about her , mainly I like the fact that lalita didn't need a rich man to complete her life sort of thing, and then she meets the guys of her dreams its all really romantiv and sizzling hot. I gained 2 fav actors : Aishwarya Rai and Mathew Henderson. Both fantastic , the whole crew really shines through , this adaption is way more lively than pride and prejudice the latest version. ><" Oh yeah I forgot to add watch out for the snake dance!Movie Review: Bride and Predjudice, excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
We really liked this one. I am a devotee of Jane Austen and have seen quite a few of the dramatizations of her books. Most of these are poor because for various reasons the books are misinterpreted. The recent rendition of Pride and Predjudice produced by A&E was an atrocity. Bride and Predjudice by trying to be less than a literal translation found the essence of the story and displayed it well. The drama of the movie is well paced and believable. I am not usually a fan of musicals but I liked several of the songs. The artistic arrangements of the dance numbers were colorful and very well designed. The only negative critisism I might have is that if you are hard of hearing the Indian accents will make the story occasionally hard to follow, especially if you are unfamiliar with the basic story. Which leads me to my basic problem with all modern movies that is the very wide dynamic range of speech. I like drama, that is why I love movies. But I am hard of hearing and whispers cause me to ramp up the volume which is often followed by some hideously loud noise. I also hate background music that covers the speeches. DVD makers take note why can't we have a sound track available which solves these problems. Bride and Predjudice is pretty good in these areas and my rating is excellent for the overall movie. Enjoy.Movie Review: Better than Beckham
Summary: 5 Stars
I was 47 years old when I saw this director's Bend it Like Beckham. Although the storyline was for a younger person, I loved the movie. It was fun, it had great music, and it gave me a good view into the lives of a middle-class Indian family living in England.
Last night, I watched Bride and Prejudice -- I actually watched it twice. For me, Bride and Prejudice left Beckham in the dust. I thought it was a very intellegent adaptation of Austin's Pride and Prejudice to contemporary times. When the first big musical number came in the movie, I was a little thrown that the Pride and Prejudice story, although updated, was going to be a musical. But I love contemporary Indian music, and I immediately found myself waiting for the next musical number. I was surprised that I even enjoyed the musical numbers in Bride and Prejudice more than those in Monsoon Weddng.
Bride and Prejudice simulatenously delt with the serious subject of the negative Anglo viewpoints on modern day India and offered moments of very funny but subtle humor. The cast was excellent. Throughout the movie, my interests never waned. Very few movies entertain me as well as this one did. Although I rarely purchase movies on DVD, I will be purchasing this one.
Movie Review: A great update on a Jane Austen Classic Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading some of the other reviews I felt the need to put in my two cents. While the movie is not as complete as the 1995 Colin Firth version, it is also not 5 hours long. If it had been we would be complaining about that. As far as I can see the movie got in the most important parts of the novel and all my favorite.
I really enjoyed how the brilliant work of Jane Austen was updated and put into a vastly different society. It showcases how this novel is not only relevant today, but still entertaining. That is the test of a great story after all.
I also feel that Martin Henderson was a great Will Darcy. I mean Colin Firth will always be the best in my opinion, but he cannot be in every Pride and Prejudice movie made. I could see falling in love with Will Darcy in this movie and that is how I judge his performance.
I do not know anything about the Bollywood movie genre, but I quite enjoyed most of the musical scenes in this movie. For someone else who might not have very much exprience with Bollywood, I could compare the musical numbers to those of a 1940s musical, but modernized. Since I still cruise the cable stations in search of a good movie from that period maybe that is why I enjoyed it so much.