http://www.suryasays.com/2007/03/31/the-namesake-review-no-and-yes/ a blog on current events, marketing, technolgy, politics, and life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.suryasays.com/2007/03/31/the-namesake-review-no-and-yes/#comment-681 Suresh Sampath Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:52:05 +0000 http://www.suryasays.com/2007/03/31/the-namesake-review-no-and-yes/#comment-681 I finally watched the movie. and twice at that. It had a lot of layers and was complex so it took me two views to really grasp it completely. This is really one of the best movies made about the Indian immigrant experience. Certainly a great deal more than a lot of Desi films have. Just the cinematography was great, like when Kal Penn's mother first arrives in America, that dismal white on grey and a seeming emptiness compared to the bustling streets of Calcutta. Also that laundromat scene where that vicious looking man throws the shirt he is wearing into the machine, that scene seemed to look through the eyes of someone freshly arrived in this country and the apprehension involved. The relationship with the white american girl was also not overblown and full of stereotypes, but did include some cultural conflict albeit subtely like when his girlfriend calls his parents by their first names and kisses the father on the cheek and the mother's reaction. Just a great movie. You've lauded the book, maybe I'll pick up a copy. Man, it really makes you think about your parents and all that they've done to provide a good life. Just like the statement, "we all came out of gogol's overcoat", our parents have given us everything. I finally watched the movie. and twice at that. It had a lot of layers and was complex so it took me two views to really grasp it completely. This is really one of the best movies made about the Indian immigrant experience. Certainly a great deal more than a lot of Desi films have. Just the cinematography was great, like when Kal Penn’s mother first arrives in America, that dismal white on grey and a seeming emptiness compared to the bustling streets of Calcutta. Also that laundromat scene where that vicious looking man throws the shirt he is wearing into the machine, that scene seemed to look through the eyes of someone freshly arrived in this country and the apprehension involved. The relationship with the white american girl was also not overblown and full of stereotypes, but did include some cultural conflict albeit subtely like when his girlfriend calls his parents by their first names and kisses the father on the cheek and the mother’s reaction. Just a great movie. You’ve lauded the book, maybe I’ll pick up a copy. Man, it really makes you think about your parents and all that they’ve done to provide a good life. Just like the statement, “we all came out of gogol’s overcoat”, our parents have given us everything.

]]> http://www.suryasays.com/2007/03/31/the-namesake-review-no-and-yes/#comment-483 Suchithra Fri, 11 May 2007 16:29:56 +0000 http://www.suryasays.com/2007/03/31/the-namesake-review-no-and-yes/#comment-483 and in a way..u look like karl penn and in a way..u look like karl penn

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