tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post8170826239069922857..comments2024-01-08T22:23:18.482-08:00Comments on The Flick Chick: Canadian Film Review: Partition (2007)Norma Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-37515560822548657082011-06-22T00:18:07.849-07:002011-06-22T00:18:07.849-07:00The characters don't have prejudices; that, in...The characters don't have prejudices; that, in and of itself, is what makes their romance so powerful and anchors the movie. They both realize that the other is an individual, not the figure head of the religious atrocities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-3216116093302313412009-04-20T19:18:00.000-07:002009-04-20T19:18:00.000-07:00That's exactly it. The movie doesn't bother to sho...That's exactly it. The movie doesn't bother to show us how the characters overcome their prejudices regarding each other and instead just has them suddenly feeling love, hate, whatever with no build up and no payoff.Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-91750036104386218852009-04-17T08:50:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:50:00.000-07:00"The landscape looks lush and vibrant and the acto...<I>"The landscape looks lush and vibrant and the actors are all beautifully photographed. It’s one of the best looking films I’ve seen in a while, it’s just too bad about the rest of it."</I><BR>I can't disagree with you "for entertainment's sake", just to quote a Bud Light commercial that plays during the NHL playoffs. As you pointed it out, the movie just stays on the surface. The problem that I had is that the film doesn't rely quite well on dialogues to show us how Gian and Naseem manage to overcome their religious barriers to love each other.Anh Khoi Dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018387547508527604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-13605187351978966002009-04-17T08:48:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:48:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anh Khoi Dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018387547508527604noreply@blogger.com