- I liked how political it was yet still entertaining. It still felt too on the nose sometimes and some characters felt overly exaggerated for me to take them seriously. I did enjoy some of the direct and blatant language like “you’re an idiot”. Not everything has to be a metaphor or neatly constructed.
- Robert Pattisons portrayal of Mickey was very good, this is really a an actor that made a character his own. There was some poignant bits…
- again the characters, all so very different and unique in their own way — thought out
- it’s a journey, and it’s not linear and there are those Mon stories that happen within the big story but it’s all connected and it’s just incredible and smart and disconcerting.
- I don’t think I’ll ever forget the scene of the car crash with the young woman and the brain and just how heart wrenching that was
- the way he…
- showed a different side of Mumbai, how do you show a city?
- did the voice over testimony work? I’m not sure. Maybe seeing the people.
- this was another soft/tender/muted approach. Did this work? I’m not sure
- I liked the character development of each woman, all very distinct from each other. Almost devoid of any male screen time although their circumstances revolved around men. Do men still have a grasp on society like this? It keeps being…
- Denzel’s Washington character was well developed, think about how a character changes over time and the motivations they have
- The black and white scenes didn’t work out for me, be really thoughtful about when you’re doing flashbacks/inner thoughts and in a different aesthetic
- it clicked off the right things to satisfy people—but is that okay? Is this called art? Does it have to?
