That one runs into another very common problem I've noticed amongst the movies on this list - it is way, way too long. In just that last post there are 3 movies at around the 3 hours mark. It's like people mistake "really long" for "really grand" or something? Anyway, Gandhi was IMO a decent if ordinary movie stretched out at least an hour longer than needed to make its point (ie. Gandhi was a super good dude).Primula Baggins wrote:Why a D for Gandhi? (And props for spelling it right! )
True story - I was considering rating it a D- until that final sequence. Those final scenes elevated it to a D for me.Alatar wrote:Any film that contains a scene like this can't be a D. Those 3 minutes alone elevate the entire movie to at least a B.
The movie is breathtakingly gorgeous. But pretty images aside, I find it sooooooooooo dull. I'd honestly say it is (to me!) the most flat out boring movie off the list so far. It just feels like noooooothing happens until Rutger Hauer truly shows up for the finale. It occurred to me afterward that if the movie had been about Rutger Hauer's character, that movie could've been great cuz he was the only memorable person in the whole darn thing.
The movie is famous for the great and noble Finch but the actual movie spends the majority of its time focused on those stupid, annoying little kids and frankly I spent most of the movie wanting to smack those little brats mouth's shut. (That's probably not very PC to say. )Túrin Turambar wrote:What was with Mockingbird? I don't believe that it falls into any of the categories you've criticised so far .