12-07-2015, 02:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-16-2022, 02:32 PM by Drunk Monk.)
From our Coming Soon thread - watched on iTunes.
This film is gorgeous and absurd CGI mania. Imagine Bollywood meets Lord of the Rings final battle. The statue erection was clearly inspired by Detective Dee although it goes a totally different direction - that scene and the final battle comprise the centerpieces of the film. Lots of gratuitous slo-mo. Man, Bollywood flicks would be half as long if they just cut out the gratuitous slo-mo. LOTS OF SWORDFIGHTS! There's even a sword-fight-seduction, which is totally absurd because it starts in a frozen wasteland and then transitions to a tropical temple for no reason. Ok, this is a SPOILER but I can't help it. The sword-fight-seduct begins with the hero tattooing the hand of his affection while she slept with her hand in a stream. Then he tattoos her shoulder as she stalks the stream, hoping he'll show up again so she can shoot him with an arrow. She's a top fighter, great with blades and bows. And she's in a tree. And somehow he gets above her in that tree. And then he drops a snake on her so she doesn't notice that he's tattooing her shoulder. The tattoos, revealed in the sword-fight-seduction as she is artfully disrobed from her warrior attire which transforms into a beautiful red sari, match his tattoos when they embrace. God I love Bollywood! END SPOILER.
Then the big twist. This was only part 1. It left me on a wicked cliffhanger. I shouted DAMMIT! right after. Totally spoiled it for me because I didn't see it coming.
And I just read on the web that there will be a part 3.
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This film is gorgeous and absurd CGI mania. Imagine Bollywood meets Lord of the Rings final battle. The statue erection was clearly inspired by Detective Dee although it goes a totally different direction - that scene and the final battle comprise the centerpieces of the film. Lots of gratuitous slo-mo. Man, Bollywood flicks would be half as long if they just cut out the gratuitous slo-mo. LOTS OF SWORDFIGHTS! There's even a sword-fight-seduction, which is totally absurd because it starts in a frozen wasteland and then transitions to a tropical temple for no reason. Ok, this is a SPOILER but I can't help it. The sword-fight-seduct begins with the hero tattooing the hand of his affection while she slept with her hand in a stream. Then he tattoos her shoulder as she stalks the stream, hoping he'll show up again so she can shoot him with an arrow. She's a top fighter, great with blades and bows. And she's in a tree. And somehow he gets above her in that tree. And then he drops a snake on her so she doesn't notice that he's tattooing her shoulder. The tattoos, revealed in the sword-fight-seduction as she is artfully disrobed from her warrior attire which transforms into a beautiful red sari, match his tattoos when they embrace. God I love Bollywood! END SPOILER.
Then the big twist. This was only part 1. It left me on a wicked cliffhanger. I shouted DAMMIT! right after. Totally spoiled it for me because I didn't see it coming.
And I just read on the web that there will be a part 3.
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