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     Braindrain Pilla Bewarse Username: Braindrain Post Number: 12 Registered: 03-2015 Posted From: 216.195.77.182 Rating: N/A |
Disclaimer - I have no caste feelings and not sharing my view with partiality to Mega-Family or hatred to others. For all the hype surrounded to Bahubali, I went to the movie theater after 8 months to watch this. Went along with my north Indian friend (he loved it). But here is my view (yes, mine does not make any difference because world has declared it as a MASSIVE INDUSTRY HIT), but I am sure there are few people like me who do not believe the HERD mentality and voice my opinion : 1. SS Rajamouli - Where is the Story ? Where is the characterization ? Where is the EMOTIONAL CONNECT with the characters ? You spent 3 years to bring waterfalls (Anji lo waterfalls were much better and believable), castles like Egypt & Greece, and landscapes (Red sand, greenery and then snow like Artic) which are not in sync with the era & area this story is set up... If 1st part is the foundation for the REVENGE of Shivudu character, then you should have shown the story from Devasena's eyes. The 25 years wait should arouse our anger and wait for Shivudu to take revenge on Bhallaldev in 2016. It is so abruptly cut and told to us to come next year to see what happened...Non-Sense. Except Kattappa, none of the characters oozed emotions. It was only muscles beefed up and external picture perfect looks given to all. I had no emotional connect with any character (even Ramyakrishna character is nothing but being Stern & Loud). 100 feet statue scene, battle for last 20 mins are the only ones which had the true SSR touch. I adore SSR for his story telling capabilities (His Chatrapathi 1st half & Magadheera 2nd half were MUCH STRONGER than this much hyped movie). 2. Rana / Prabhas - Excellent looks like warriors. Treat to watch them. But again acting wise they are far below average. Not even one scene where you felt wow. Tamanna & Anushka - The less we talk, the better it is. Sudeep was just a wood like expression (stunned that is he the same guy who acted in Eega). Nazeer - Just to laugh loudly to show he is a bad boy. Laughing on battle field as if he was watching IPL. And those costumes were like DRAMA COMPANY stuff. Horrible colours used. 3. MM Keeravani - He gave the best RR for all SSR movies almost on par with Illayraja. But this movie, it was so inconsistent. No theme music for any scene. Very big let down. Songs were boring. 4. Senthil - Herd Mentality ante idhe mari.. Just because two movie crtics said it is top-notch, everyone started saying the same. Almost all shots are top angle with drone moving fast. It is so irritating to see waterfalls, avalanche, battle episode, castle, kingdom - all from top as if I am sitting in a helicopter. Camerawork which elevated the scenes ante in the recent past, watch Lakshya movie (Done by a German Cinematographer - will know how the battle scenes and Himalayas are captured). 5. CGI - Even Ajooba in 1990 had scenes of taking the camera across the kingdom. The ones which were great displayed CGI on screen diluting it. And the ones which are poor were so funny, like Prabhas jumping scenes (in the kingdom & Waterfalls). Bison Fight was hopeless...Even Chiru's Rustum, Apadhbandhavudu and even Jodha Akbar where Hrithik tames an elephant was more effective. 6. Finally TELUGU PUBLIC - Yes, for Hindi & Tamil crowds, this is 1st time they are tasting SSR movie in full..so they are bound to go GA GA...But mana crowd saying this is the best is like we saying A R Rehaman's Jai Ho song is the best anni (just because he got an Oscar for that). Agreed we should be proud that a Telugu movie has done wonders globally, but do not fool yourself with collections and say it is a great epic. With so much hype and so many theatres and with the GOOD WILL of SSR, movie will get hundreds of crores..but can we cannot put this a CLASSIC. Only good thing about this Bahubali Phenomena is like RGV said, the HERO WORSHIP and making Heros as DEMI GODS will now see the downward trend. It is the CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP - Director who is going to hog the limelight. Let the bubble burst and many will agree that Raju Hirani & Shankar are still the TOP 2 directors who can blend emotions with their story telling capability. SSR for now should take the bronze medal. Happy that one from Telugu is considered as the best of the best in this country. |