I currently have the pleasure of sorting through my dvd collection…. in an attempt to get rid of as many dvds as possible (need more space!). There are a lot of dvds that I can’t easily part with–The Lord of the Rings box set, for example. There are the dvds that you would think I could get rid of easily, but I pause: Johnny To’s “Running on Karma”, which features Andy Lau in a Big man suit? But, actually, a great, entertaining movie.
Then there are the indefensibles, the dvds that are still shrink wrapped, that I purchased but never watched.
For example, the DVD pictured below, a look at the cover and you already know what the movie is–a Bollywood rich playboy meets family obligations, I mean, girl, and then slapstick rollercoaster to the wedding at the end. Except that it probably isn’t–I don’t know, I haven’t watched it yet.
But after closer inspection, the purchase isn’t entirely indefensible. I am guessing that I was moved to buy this after reading the copy on the back:
“The story opens with Vijay returning from the USA, to join his family business. The only son of a widower industrialist, Vijay carries home with him the attitude of the western world, some good, like equality of man and woman in a relaxtionship [sic], and some bad, like failure to recognise marriage as an institution.”
