Lagaan

[wvjohn]

this is a long (4hrs) movie about the british occupation of India ca. 1890 - it's a very well done mix of anti colonialism, "the rainmaker" and other stuff. it has a strong anti colonial anti racist message. intersting flick - netflix has it don't know where else - ok for kids

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Do you use netflix, if so how's the shipping?

I use to but last few times I tried them I barely had enough time to see 4 movies in one month because shipping was so slow.

Tried another site called dvdavenue and they were quick at first but slowed down to netflix speed too.

[wvjohn]

i've been using netflix for about 6 mos now to avoid the late fee blues - with my kids and schedule it usually takes 2-3 nights or more to watch one film

so far it has been about 8 days for a turnaround - from the time i send it til i get a new one - it was about 10 days after 911 but that was understandable - i've gotten maybe 40 movies, none defective - the selection isn't as good as the video store for new american stuff, but they have a much better selection of foreign films and misc stuff that any place around here - around here the foreing/independent movie section has maybe 100 titles the turnaround hasn't really been an issue because we take so long to finish a movie we always seem to have one spare ready to go

overall i'd give it 4/5 on choice and service and 5/5 on value for people who sometimes keep movies for 10 days

they have a good backlist of the cirque de soleil films which are really amazing and entertaining - international circus which concentrates on gymnastics

[succubiss]

i really liked this movie.

my friends at work recommended this to me (it was nominated for best foreign flick oscar).

I now understand how to play cricket. decent acting, cool music. i'll probably get the dvd.

[wvjohn]

i still don't understand cricket

if you find a place to buy it, lmk

thx