Last night we watched Ghandi. Somehow I'd never seen this movie and in some ways I wasn't looking forward to it. I'm like that, even though I know it's going to be great, a 3 hour drama isn't something that gets me excited. Well like all Melanie's choices it should have. It was amazing. Now that's nothing new, you've probably seen it as it came out in 1982 so it's not exactly a new release.

The film is wonderfully done, Richard Attenborough (the crazy old coot in Jurasic Park does a wonderful job directing the movie (the lighting is especially dramatic at times). Ben Kingsley does a simply amazing job in his Oscar winning role (for best actor) as Gandhi (the film won 8 awards, Best Actor, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director ,Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen).

Ok, so you know Gandhi is, but I'm guess (unless you've seen the film or from some other way) you don't realize how incredible he truly was. There are some truly amazing quotes in the file (which I couldn't find online). It's also amazing the change the Gandhi was able to impose on India, while never holding any office, rank, title, religious position, elected position, nothing. He was simply a man. But he was so much more than that that an entire nation followed him. The film is truly amazing and honestly the 3 hours just fly right by. If you haven't seen it I HIGHLY recommend it, it's definitely one of the best films I've ever seen.