Gandhi, part of the story

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2016)

It appears as though I am in the minority of many reviewers of this film, in that I didn't care much for it. Perhaps, after a second viewing, I would find more to appreciate about this film. Although I can recognize the exceptional acting of Ben Kingsley, it is not enough to warrant a second viewing from me. I found the pacing incredibly slow, and I am not one that immediately holds distaste of a long movie. On the contrary, I rather enjoy long movies, as I feel that is the best movie to see the most writing. This movie, however, went into far too much minute detail of the titular character's life, for me.
Gandhi tells the story, well, of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian lawyer turned liberator and world leader promoting peace and love towards fellow human beings. A simple ideology, much like Jesus taught, which is certainly deserving of a long movie evaluating the man behind the message and seeing from what beginnings he came. The way this movie was done simply didn't do that for me. A tour-de-force performance from Ben Kingsly wasn't enough from keeping the rest of the movie from falling flat. Elevated to mythic proportions, I wonder how much of the Gandhi on-screen from the 1982 Best Picture winner mirrors that of the Gandhi that walked the earth. A feel-good film that avoided much of the titular figure's controversies left me incredibly disappointed. there was more to Gandhi that met the eye, certainly; but there was even more to Gandhi than met the eye, even upon the conclusion of Richard Attenborough's epic.