Dhoom was great. So the sequel was supposed to be better. But did it match up to its predecessor? Not quite, in terms of quality; though it well surpassed the prequel in terms of setting the cash registers ringing.
On the onset, the movie looked like it was deliberately made to cash in on the popularity of the Dhoom franchise. Most of the aspects looked like a mechanically made copy of the first edition. Though there was the new major attraction of Hrithik Roshan (and Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu et cetera), the final brew looked almost like the same product in different packaging. For instance Uday Chopra continues(from Dhoom) to dish out his dead pan humour and Rimi Sen(surprisingly included) leaves no effect at all.
The rush of adrenaline that Dhoom had brought in two summers ago, was completely missing in its sucessor. The opening 'Royal crown' robbery in the Namibian desert(so much for sounding exotic!) looked disastrously close to unreal. With 'A' in a grotesque looking face mask, sand surfing in the middle of nowhere; you know from the start that this is another sequel gone awry. This flick is totally thanda(and not to mention, ridiculous).
The music too, is as uninspiring as it can get. Hrithik Roshan and his repetitive break dancing antics tend to get all but boring in a while.
So what makes it such a hit? I know, Hrithik "Krissh" Roshan, the gorgeous bodied (rumoured to be the only Indian gay icon!) and Aishwarya Rai the miss-stick. Regarding the latter, I distinctly recall a bunch of young blokes in the movie theatre echoing my thoughts when they went: "EEEEEEEWW" at seeing 'Sunahri' belt out her mugged up expressions that were supposed be seductive in their intention at Hrithik.
Do watch this one, if you can tolerate Uday Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan(oh yes, he's in it too) and intend to catch Hrithik Roshan ramp-modelling on the streets of Mumbai with the latest threads from DKNY, Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, Diesel et all.
Rating? 6.5 on Ten.
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4 comments:
First of all, Sai, the review is pretty witty and funny, and at most times, I would agree with you. But Hrithik's dance doesnt get boring. And the entire movie worked cause of him. And i feel you should have stressed a more on the horrific performance of Aishwarya Rai. I wonder if anybody counted the number of times she said the word LIKE. Like it was bad like dumb like stupid like. She tried her best to look hot in skimpy outfits and exposing more skin than a bald guy's head. But failed miserably. Bipasha on the other hand was effortlessly sexy.
On a whole, your review was pretty good. Keep it up. Next review some new movies, so I know where to spend my cash properly.
damn u SAI...next time u review a Hrithik movie...make sure u dont criticize hrithik so much...or ur badluck dat ur in auh cuz i'l cum n bang u..
As muds sed Hrithik's dance duznt get boringg haan plzzz...hez da best...his dances can nva get boring..
n wht makes u say dat hez a gay or whtvea....PLLLLLLZZZZZZZ go n take a nice sleep b4 writing bout hrithik haan...
...sob sob....im hurt...
newyz...der wuz nuthin gr8 bout da movie agreed..
but ash luked gud yaar..itz just ur personal views bout her...she really did luk gud...really lost a gr8 deal of weight..she wuz fyn..yea da LIKE LIKE part wuz a lil buggin...but cmon not every film has a character lyk dat naa?..besides der r many many normal ppl lyk us hu keep on repeatin sum words or phrases whteva...rememba our times??? "go die" every 2 mins..or "screw u" "balls"...etc etc etc..dey gotta show sum1 in da films dat way naa?
newyz overall da movie was boring..hrithik wuz da oly gud thing in da muvie..
n yea nice thing u doing haan....really helps ppl..n saves time frm watchin sick movies...lolzz
keep it up..
n umm u'l sure hv a lil more positive comment frm me on sum odr muvie..whr i wud totally lyk to agree wid u..:P
aite i din read da word icon beside 'gay'...lolzz i thot u called him a gay...
SORRRRYYY...
Sai, well done on expressing the clarity of the negative aspects of the movie. I'd have to say that anyone who has watched this movie would agree with most of your comments. I always thought the "namibian" desert act was just absolutely ridiculous :D I also think that Hrithik's creativity pertaining to dancing was rather restricted in the movie.
And of course, Ash totally ruined the already flawed movie with her exquisite style of communication. Definitely no match to its prequel.
However, the director did prudently manage to use the strong bias to his advantage, resulting in the film to be overly-hyped. One more thing to note, it seemed like all the thefts that he committed were solely for the purpose of fetching novel gear and gadgets for his next robbery :P
I do believe that u should have focussed on the pros a tad bit, provided recommendations that could make the movie better (I bet there won't be a lack of ideas there eh?)
Nice work though! An appropriate depiction of the movie and exactly what the blog readers out there need to know :D
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