09-26-2022, 09:14 PM
Baahubali p2 rewatched.
When I watched this the first time, it was when it came out so the films were separated by 2 years. Seeing it back to back over two nights, it all came together. What a masterpiece. It's a mammoth epic of gratuitous opulence and overkill. It starts over the top and keeps going over the again, over and over and over. When that final battle comes, it is so ridiculously absurd but you've been numbed by now and have accepted so much logic flaws that you just go with it. And you are thoroughly rewarded.
Now that I get it, I can see where the director was going from the beginning. It all fits into place in a surprisingly multi-level way, especially when you follow which deities are being worshipped with which scene (hint - it's a lot about Shiva).
It's all about the action scenes and the dance numbers. Ordinarily I'd say to fast forward over to them, but there's so much good stuff in between that makes those scenes shine.
Obvs this is not for everyone. It's deep Tollywood, something only cf and I have tolerance here it seems. You have to commit to it, all of it, to get it.
I completed D00M recommend this with the qualifiers that 1. Greg's need for logic will make his head explode if he watches this and 2. Maestro's love of great action will be challenged every which way but if he keeps his tongue firmly planted in cheek, he'll enjoy it and 3. well, I dunno what the rest of you might think. This is out there. If you can hang with out there, go for it.
When I watched this the first time, it was when it came out so the films were separated by 2 years. Seeing it back to back over two nights, it all came together. What a masterpiece. It's a mammoth epic of gratuitous opulence and overkill. It starts over the top and keeps going over the again, over and over and over. When that final battle comes, it is so ridiculously absurd but you've been numbed by now and have accepted so much logic flaws that you just go with it. And you are thoroughly rewarded.
Now that I get it, I can see where the director was going from the beginning. It all fits into place in a surprisingly multi-level way, especially when you follow which deities are being worshipped with which scene (hint - it's a lot about Shiva).
It's all about the action scenes and the dance numbers. Ordinarily I'd say to fast forward over to them, but there's so much good stuff in between that makes those scenes shine.
Obvs this is not for everyone. It's deep Tollywood, something only cf and I have tolerance here it seems. You have to commit to it, all of it, to get it.
I completed D00M recommend this with the qualifiers that 1. Greg's need for logic will make his head explode if he watches this and 2. Maestro's love of great action will be challenged every which way but if he keeps his tongue firmly planted in cheek, he'll enjoy it and 3. well, I dunno what the rest of you might think. This is out there. If you can hang with out there, go for it.
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