Hit The Road: India (2013)

Lack of good storyline.

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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Hit The Road India is an adventure ridden thrill ride that takes us on a journey from Mumbai to Chennai inside Asia's most popular vehicle an auto rickshaw. Brilliantly filmed and well edited, this adventure documentary had me on the edge of my seat and had me thinking I was right a long side them. Loved every minute of it. The element I was most looking forward to was seeing the landscape of India and vision of the people that inhabit the countryside. The film delivers all of this and more.I ordered the downloadable version and loved it so much I had to own the hard copy which was sent out complete with a hand written 'thanks' from the directors Gor and Mushegh. Looking forward to the next instalment, where to next boys??

Hit the Road: India (2013) *** (out of 4) Good documentary about two friends who decide to tackle the 12-day Mumbai Xpress, which is a rally from Mumbai to Chennai and is according to many one of the greatest adventures in the world. HIT THE ROAD: India comes from co-directors Gor Baghdasaryan and Mushegh Baghdasaryan and I'll admit that the subject matter really didn't spike my interest very much. I really wasn't sure what to expect but by the time the 80-minute film was over I found myself entertained. I'm not going to call this a masterpiece or anything like that but if you're familiar with the old James A. FitzPatrick 'TravelTalks" shorts then I think you're going to enjoy this film. Those shorts just had FitzPatrick going to countless places and showing off the locations and the locals. The main attraction to this film is getting to see a city by city tour of India and this here is reason enough to watch the film. I thought the camera-work was quite good for a film like this and there's no question that the directors know where and how to shoot a scene. I'm not going to pretend to sit here and say what the directors were trying to do with this film. However, if it was to show off this event and the beauty of India then they're certainly succeeded. There are many memorable moments scattered throughout the film but I think one of the best things is that it actually makes you want to pack your bags and head to India to live some of this stuff for yourself. This was actually the first time I had ever heard of this race but it was interesting seeing the contestants make their way from various cities and the hardships that happened along the way. I think the one flaw with the picture is that I really didn't connect with the main people very much and I think a little more information about them would have made this journey better.

I showed "Hit The Road India" to my high school class. The following responses were typical for the class: "Thumbs up!!" "Made me cry! Amazing job – woo!!!" "Very interesting. I liked it." "Very good and interesting." "The movie was awesome, the music in the movie was also very good." "It was intriguing. I greatly enjoyed it."What a great way to introduce my students to India - not a travelogue - a real-life immersion in the country and its people and customs. You're pulled into the story and forget that it's a movie - you're just living it along with the two travelers. Also, a great film to discuss the difference between "plot" and "theme". I'm keeping this one in my curriculum!

My wife and I were very excited to see this film having seen the trailer, which was excellent. We have just returned from India in a trip from Chennai to Mumbai so we were really looking forward to seeing some familiar places.Unfortunately we were let down.The film has some interesting moments and characters, but the storytelling and editing is poor. The choice of American/Canadian main characters was a bit bizarre - we would have preferred Indian.The filmmakers got some good shots but unfortunately a lot of them were spoiled by the excessive use of shallow depth of field resulting in many shots out of focus. This is an unfortunate mistake in a documentary film, where they can easily avoid this by using apertures that allow a wider depth of field, which is useful when they need to get shots quickly without having time to prepare in advance for them. However when focus was good there was some nice stuff.The music choice was generally strange throughout the film, with a moody, electronic and indy flavour that was quite dark in general. Yes that sound interesting and hipster-ish, but then you need to go the whole hog and pull it off like David Lynch. It feels like it was simply the wrong choice in this case.I really can't understand why this film currently has a rating of 9.2 from 32 reviewers - this is FAR too high. We bought the film online on the strength of the trailer but feel that perhaps a lower price would be more appropriate.