Brahmastra -Review and Box Office thread *Pls Do Not post Spoilers* - Page 65

You guys...I saw it finally and just to clarify it wasn't 2hr 10min..they just wrote that for some absurd reason ..the movie was its actual length which I think was 2hr 40min..and guess what..I LIKED IT!! And you know this was one of those movies I had least expectations from..

First of all..The VFX was just on another level for a BW movie..i mean you have got to appreciate where due..this is HUGE from a BW movie and its on spectacular level..

The movie is not perfect..it has its fair share of flaws..for me the 1st half was slower than the 2nd half (which i enjoyed more)

Kudos to Ayan..he believed in this and created a world we have never seen before in a BW movie

Along with the VFX..the background music and the music in general is amazing.

The screenplay dips though and the movie is particularly let down by the lovestory angle which is the weakest link of the movie because of literally little to no chemisty between the lead actors.

Ranbir is sincere though this is no performance like he has given in the past like Tamasha, Barfi, Rockstar but he does what he could do the best in a movie where performance may take a backseat since there is so much more which is being created. He is still more comfortable in slice of life genre where the actor totally shines like no one else.

Amitab bachchan is in top form. You do realize what a powerful actor he is because be it piku or bramastra. polar opposite movies but he makes a larger than life Bramastra seem as real as a movie like piku..he is what I would say a truly versatile actor

Nagarjuna was barely there. SRK was amazing in cameo. Mouni Roy is impactful in a good enough role. She is actually the villian of the movie and its amazing to see her getting this role in such a big scale movie. She doesn't disappoint.

Alia Bhatt however is the weakest link in this movie. This is her worst performance ever and it even beats the atrocious SOTY exactly a decade ago. I couldn't believe this is the same girl who shone so bright in numerous movies like highway, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi, Raazi and the ones released this year itself like Gangubai & Darlings. Horribly one note, Alia is a total misfit here. Her disconnect with the surroundings could not be more obvious, in every frame it seemed as if she just couldn't connect with anything and her acting appeared artificial in every frame. She also has a very weak role despite a good screen time. She is mostly standing clueless or shouting shiva shiva.

This is a risky project but kudos to Ayan for sticking to it and making it happen. I want to discuss so much more but ill save it for now because I don't want to give any spoilers.

3.5 stars

I would say, go give it a try. Its something never seen before from BW!!

Taran Adarsh explaining why Brahmastra doesnt work..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVrN7aGU4Ds

Originally posted by: trouble_006

Do we need to take permission from the mods or something?

Apko pata hoga

Visual effects were decent on screen yes it was marvel-esque, so don’t know how many people will like that, but the cinematic experience was good.

Superb cinematography too!
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!

The love story is not great, you don’t feel the instant connection with them, and you can see they are really trying to sell the soulmates at first sight trope, but we can see the desperate attempt and it falls flat and feels forced, only saw their chemistry in patches and that doesn’t work for the story.

The character of Isha in the whole film seems pointless, even with her being a trigger to his powers is not felt, it should’ve been connected to his mother instead. Mouni has a meatier role than Alia. Also her performance is pretty average, so far she has only done it with well written and fleshed out characters, the reason why I always stop from calling her truly great because the actresses in the 90’s were convincing the audience even with shittier written roles.

Some were saying Alia will probably have a better role in the next one but with, people are saying Deepika is the one representing jalastra, and with the story being about Dev will she really have anything great to do?

Dialogues are cringy as f***, Amitabh’s performance and delivery saved it in his scenes actually he was the best part of the movie, unfortunately SRK’s dialogues were cringe and he couldn’t save those, although his presence was enjoyable for those few minutes. Dimple Kapadia literally had a two minute role I think she only had one dialogue… I’m thinking these actors like Dimple and Nagarjuna are going to have bigger parts in the next one or I don’t know why the hell they spent all that money on their fees for few minute appearances, when it could’ve been done with any actor.

I saw Ranbir’s effort, felt like he was convincing as Shiva.

The Astras history or introduction is only talked about at the beginning, i wish there was a way to flesh that out. In later parts we just saw very quick glimpses of them.

The movie was alright, my expectations were a bit too high, but I am so happy it has got a good opening whether it sustains is to be seen but I am happy BoycottBollywood gang didn’t succeed in their nonsense. 😆

also… my poor tenzing😭

https://twitter.com/SacnilkEntmt/status/1568305271386284032?s=20&t=fF-pp36sc3qYPcF2NtsL0Q

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Saw the movie and it was above average maybe a 3/5.

Good -

The vfx (pretty awesome for a Bollywood movie)

The background score (For shiva’s character) and the songs in general

The world building (to some extent)*

Amitabh Bachchan.

Mouni (she got a good role and delivered) I don’t like her much but I guess she worked hard for this one.

Bad -

The dialogues. OmG who writes such cringey dialogues. It’s very silly. None of the characters - the leads, the supporting cast or special appearance actors can make it work.

The love story felt forced. There is no connect and it takes up so much time. Time that they could have used to show the world building more *

Exposition - too much voiceover. “Show don’t tell” is what they should do instead of Amitabh’s character shoving exposition after exposition at us.

Some disconnect in character motivation and action.

*spoilers*
Characters who could have lended a hand at the final battle just go away for no reason. All those guardians just vanish when they should have stayed and fought against the dark forces. They left the kids party behind.

Originally posted by: priya185

So which acclaimed critics gave positive reviews so far and who gave negative?

I have posted all critic's reviews on the first page. You can check