Originally posted by: pathaka
No one paid them to review the person or psycho analyze him , they paid them to review the film
And before you tell me it’s impossible to do that, reviewers like rangan, hriday ranjan and a few others from Tamil, malayalam and Telugu industries have done that successfully without necessarily liking the film itself …
I'm genuinely thinking if you have even watched the reviews by Anupama and Sucharita. As biased they can be, this time around Anupama actually reviewed the film alone, she pointed out how the story was weak and character motivations are never explained, there is also lack of backstory which makes most of the bits come across superficial. Sucharita also critiqued the movie for most part except for some juvenile remarks, Masand doesn't even review anymore. Most of of the reviews by other publications have ripped apart the movie, but if the director is hell bent on taking it as a slight on his personality and character, what is one to do? Reviews saying that Scorsese made a sexist movie in Wolf of Wallstreet, doesn't say that Scorsese himself is sexist.
Animal is not some great cinematic masterpiece though even if you overlook all the problematic bits. Behind all the songs, action, and good performances, the story is borderline juvenile. And the plot twist of plastic surgery fitting with exact body build and physicality, that's from the 70s BW. Had this been some other movie, or even a Khan movie with plastic surgery as a plot twist, it would've been the butt of jokes by now. But sure, we're going with the narrative that Vanga is some cinematic genius whose made some never-been-seen gem. So off I go. I can't argue with that line of reasoning.
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