This movie drove me absolutely insane due to the ridiculous music and multi-culti theme. It was so 'LET'S MAKE THIS SUPER QUIRKY, POLITICALLY CORRECT AND MULTI-CULTI WITH ANNOYING MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC!!!!!" Can't they have a normal Asian guy? No, he has to have a shaved head, be some sort of Hari Krishna and wear a tunic, but he has pink sunglasses because he's QUIRKY!!
And of course the black female singer has to have a pink hat and native dress while she strolls around singing!!! I think someone even had war paint on while playing some sort of music. One guy said "Oh, I met Sydney in Jamaica while some island music was playing." So ridiculous!! I was waiting for a Mexican guy with a giant sombrero to ride in on a burro, and then an Irish leprechaun to leap out from under the pews or something.
Lest you think I am racist, let me point out that I am white and have friends who are Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Indian. I have 2 sets of friends in "inter-racial" marriages, and knew people in such relationships all the way back in high school. No one thought anything of it. However, my friends are all professional, they don't walk around in tunics or native dress and don't burst into stereotypical native song at the drop of a hat!!! My Caucasian friend married a guy from India and there were no saris to be seen.
Secondly, I am very much into music and can play some instruments and have been in professional bands and choirs.
However, that being said, I have never seen so much random multi-culti stuff and bad music shoved down our throats in my life. I had to mute the TV a few times as I couldn't take it another second! There was no reason for any of it and it just about ruined the movie for me.
The point of the movie was Kym's relationship with her family and with her addiction. The wedding should have been a backdrop. We should not have had to sit through an hour and a half of random people telling ridiculous stories and singing ridiculous songs just to get that wonderful drama from Kym and her family. And even when that got going, Rachel got tired and went to bed, cutting it short. You don't do that in a drama!!!
Goody, more time for dishwasher stuffing contests accompanied by violins! The best part was when Anna Deavere Smith told the musicians "Give it a rest!!"
And how about the fact that Kim had sex with a guy after 2 minutes of her arrival home and then nothing came of it? Was he the same guy who was at the AA meeting? The movie seemed to ignore opportunities for actual plot and instead fill it with random multi-culti music. Like, perhaps she could have had a private conversation with him about her addiction and the family dynamics since he would be the only one who might get it... Or maybe we can find out how she got started with drugs in the first place.
It is too bad that the wonderful performances by the main actors were so overshadowed by the completely unnecessary and unnatural circus going on. And, even apart from the music and the stereotypical multi-ethnicity going on, the cutesy, "we are such a fun, quirky family" thing was shoved down our throats like in "Dan in Real Life." It was exhausting.
There were wonderful dramatic moments, and issues of forgiveness that were excellent. But rent "Ordinary People" if you would like to see this topic done brilliantly, without an annoying sideshow. That remains one of my favorite movies.
And of course the black female singer has to have a pink hat and native dress while she strolls around singing!!! I think someone even had war paint on while playing some sort of music. One guy said "Oh, I met Sydney in Jamaica while some island music was playing." So ridiculous!! I was waiting for a Mexican guy with a giant sombrero to ride in on a burro, and then an Irish leprechaun to leap out from under the pews or something.
Lest you think I am racist, let me point out that I am white and have friends who are Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Indian. I have 2 sets of friends in "inter-racial" marriages, and knew people in such relationships all the way back in high school. No one thought anything of it. However, my friends are all professional, they don't walk around in tunics or native dress and don't burst into stereotypical native song at the drop of a hat!!! My Caucasian friend married a guy from India and there were no saris to be seen.
Secondly, I am very much into music and can play some instruments and have been in professional bands and choirs.
However, that being said, I have never seen so much random multi-culti stuff and bad music shoved down our throats in my life. I had to mute the TV a few times as I couldn't take it another second! There was no reason for any of it and it just about ruined the movie for me.
The point of the movie was Kym's relationship with her family and with her addiction. The wedding should have been a backdrop. We should not have had to sit through an hour and a half of random people telling ridiculous stories and singing ridiculous songs just to get that wonderful drama from Kym and her family. And even when that got going, Rachel got tired and went to bed, cutting it short. You don't do that in a drama!!!
Goody, more time for dishwasher stuffing contests accompanied by violins! The best part was when Anna Deavere Smith told the musicians "Give it a rest!!"
And how about the fact that Kim had sex with a guy after 2 minutes of her arrival home and then nothing came of it? Was he the same guy who was at the AA meeting? The movie seemed to ignore opportunities for actual plot and instead fill it with random multi-culti music. Like, perhaps she could have had a private conversation with him about her addiction and the family dynamics since he would be the only one who might get it... Or maybe we can find out how she got started with drugs in the first place.
It is too bad that the wonderful performances by the main actors were so overshadowed by the completely unnecessary and unnatural circus going on. And, even apart from the music and the stereotypical multi-ethnicity going on, the cutesy, "we are such a fun, quirky family" thing was shoved down our throats like in "Dan in Real Life." It was exhausting.
There were wonderful dramatic moments, and issues of forgiveness that were excellent. But rent "Ordinary People" if you would like to see this topic done brilliantly, without an annoying sideshow. That remains one of my favorite movies.