Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

its half underdog sports movie, half 60s musical and somehow it is pushing 4 hours. to its credit, the film moves at a good clip and doesnt feel ungodly long, just very long. i have a very rudimentary understanding of cricket and i was hoping that since one of the teams doesnt know how to play, the scenes of them learning the game might help me understand it better, but they only explained the stuff i already knew. this led to me being a little lost during some of the game, but i cant fault them from assuming their audience was already familiar with cricket. i got nothing out of the song and... read more