Gandhi (1982) (Blu Ray) - 7/10

Wanted to check out Gandhi on Blu Ray this morning but was amazed how hard it was to get through. Not only is this movie long and slow, but I was constantly pausing and rewinding to try and understand the reasoning for things which I guess I don't understand in Indian culture. Either way, Richard Attenborough won the Best Picture for Ben Kingsly's astounding performance as the peaceful hero and it is without a doubt an important movie chronicling his struggles and movements but in the end I can't say I'd want to watch this again even with the commentary. The realistic locations and crowd shots all add to the powerful meaning this movie represents, showing a long time period that Gandhi evolved and changed the lives of everyone he met. There were so many things that I respected this time around from the cinematography to the costumes and large overhead shots. While the British are represented as the bad guys, I like that he also had them as friends who tried to help him with his cause. In the end, I think Gandhi is an important movie to see when it's relevant again and know that the life of this great man exists on film. Other than that, I need to get back to some new action movies to balance this out.