Obviously only my opinion, but making a film primarily to flaunt special effects and supposedly great musical tunes, sacrificing a coherent, plausible story, character development, and dragging out a film to an unnecessary three hours, does not equate such rave reviews. Furthermore, the special effects were not even superior. The animals and other animation was clearly fake. I cannot understand why this is such a widely lauded film, critically acclaimed almost unanimously. Not to mention it seeing multiple records for box office success, although that is more understandable than the critical acclaim received.
Maybe something to do with the lyrics being lost in translation, but the Academy Award winning song was slightly above average at best. Admittedly, the accompanying battle scene was exemplary, but that should not be considered in the evaluation for best song. The performances were fine. Everything was average or slightly above average, but weighed alongside the endless seeming runtime, overdone special effects, and sans a good story, it means little.
Would recommend not watching this, but apparently I am in the vast minority here in that everything I disliked is precisely what most other viewers were impressed with here. Possibly because I cannot relate to the underlying nationalist Indian pride, nor the obvious borrowing from the myth Rama, the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu (names included), but I theorize a large part of audience adoration (possibly subconscious) can be attributed to the pro gun, pro war, pro violence stance taken. Would even go so far as to say pro discrimination, with the representation (or misrepresentation) in regards to the caste system, politics, and religion.
Yes, there were several entertaining action sequences, including admittedly creative and innovative directorial choices, but that is what YouTube clips are for. It does not necessitate being forced to endure three hours that includes subpar filler nonsense!
* Vague Spoilers *
Last but certainly not the least flaw with this film is that the multiple character motivation and modus operandi shifts (in both the protagonists), would have been much more believable if they were accompanied by improved character development, less capricious, less extreme, and less frequent. From such deadly, inhumanely savage violence towards each other to sacrificing everything near and dear including their lives for each other, even in the name of national pride versus friendship, would make much more sense in the hands of a more competent director and scriptwriter.
Maybe something to do with the lyrics being lost in translation, but the Academy Award winning song was slightly above average at best. Admittedly, the accompanying battle scene was exemplary, but that should not be considered in the evaluation for best song. The performances were fine. Everything was average or slightly above average, but weighed alongside the endless seeming runtime, overdone special effects, and sans a good story, it means little.
Would recommend not watching this, but apparently I am in the vast minority here in that everything I disliked is precisely what most other viewers were impressed with here. Possibly because I cannot relate to the underlying nationalist Indian pride, nor the obvious borrowing from the myth Rama, the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu (names included), but I theorize a large part of audience adoration (possibly subconscious) can be attributed to the pro gun, pro war, pro violence stance taken. Would even go so far as to say pro discrimination, with the representation (or misrepresentation) in regards to the caste system, politics, and religion.
Yes, there were several entertaining action sequences, including admittedly creative and innovative directorial choices, but that is what YouTube clips are for. It does not necessitate being forced to endure three hours that includes subpar filler nonsense!
* Vague Spoilers *
Last but certainly not the least flaw with this film is that the multiple character motivation and modus operandi shifts (in both the protagonists), would have been much more believable if they were accompanied by improved character development, less capricious, less extreme, and less frequent. From such deadly, inhumanely savage violence towards each other to sacrificing everything near and dear including their lives for each other, even in the name of national pride versus friendship, would make much more sense in the hands of a more competent director and scriptwriter.
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