With Martin Scorsese calling the shots I was expecting a typical film. Slow start leading to a tense finish. But what's this? We have a neat little love story here.
OBSERVATIONS:
1. Firstly, it is a simple little tale. A straight-forward love story, which surprises me. It's a Scorsese film. It's a charming surprise though. Charming by Hollywood measures. In Bollywood this kind of a story would not be out of place.
2. I failed to understand why so many characters were introduced at the start of the film. The story involved just three people!
3. I can't understand any of the acting nominations from this film. Everyone does a decent job but the performances are not powerful. Maybe I am wrong in my opinion about acting nominations. What do they look for in an acting performance? Do they look for performances true to the script? If that is so then not a single person goes out of bounds.
4. Now most of the shooting is indoors. So the period feel had to come from the costumes and the language. Both of which are of high degree. On looking into IMDB I realized that it won the Oscar for best costumes and I am not surprised.
5. Even though it is the story of three people almost every frame has Daniel-Day Lewis in it. In fact, the tale makes us sympathize with his character.
6. I loved the conspiracy of sending Michelle Pfeiffer's to Europe. The subtlety and class with high society people do things was the best part of the film for me.
7. MY INTERPRETATION: WHY DOES NEWLAND NOT MEET THE COUNTESS AT THE END? I had a simple feeling. Just like he gave Olenska a chance to turn around once he was waiting for her to reveal herself to him once again. That didn't happen and he walked off.
RATING: 3/5
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