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They even do spaghetti westerns better than we do!!!
Despite a couple of sloppy visual mistakes (you can see the coupling towing a motorcycle and towards the end an assistant peeks his head up behind a bush behind a very pivotal scene), this is an excellent movie.
The acting is fabulous. The plot line engaging. The horse chases are amazing. There is a horse chase with a train, horse chasing carriages, bridges being destroyed. A guy taking a horse down with his bare hands!
It is filmed in a location with large rock formations - like the Vasquez rocks where so many US westerns were filmed so that the shootouts have that same western feel. It even has an Ennio Morricone style soundtrack! But I don't ever remember being this emotionally engaged - on the edge of my seat biting my fingernails with tension engaged - watching a Sergio Leone movie. And I love Sergio Leone.
The bad guy is crazy bad. The good guy is crazy too - his final scene where he fights the bad guy unarmed - you would NEVER see that in a US movie.
The story is heartbreaking at the end - I cried. Not as much as I do when reading a Zane Grey novel - but still - it's pretty heartbreaking and so well acted!!!
My one request is for someone good, like Vinod Chopra, to remake this movie starring Abhishek and Faran Akhtar. And I know this movie is so good no one wants to remake it, but ... the remake of Don with SRK is excellent and even better than the original. And I hear the remake of Agneepath is excellent too. With the right director and cast - yeah - I totally want to see what Abhishek does with the role!! And Faran - yeah- him too! What would make my fantasy remake of this movie complete? Amitabh in the role of Thukar.
This movie is a perfect example of why I've pretty much stopped watching western movies. Indian movies are better. Even their westerns are better!
Despite a couple of sloppy visual mistakes (you can see the coupling towing a motorcycle and towards the end an assistant peeks his head up behind a bush behind a very pivotal scene), this is an excellent movie.
The acting is fabulous. The plot line engaging. The horse chases are amazing. There is a horse chase with a train, horse chasing carriages, bridges being destroyed. A guy taking a horse down with his bare hands!
It is filmed in a location with large rock formations - like the Vasquez rocks where so many US westerns were filmed so that the shootouts have that same western feel. It even has an Ennio Morricone style soundtrack! But I don't ever remember being this emotionally engaged - on the edge of my seat biting my fingernails with tension engaged - watching a Sergio Leone movie. And I love Sergio Leone.
The bad guy is crazy bad. The good guy is crazy too - his final scene where he fights the bad guy unarmed - you would NEVER see that in a US movie.
The story is heartbreaking at the end - I cried. Not as much as I do when reading a Zane Grey novel - but still - it's pretty heartbreaking and so well acted!!!
My one request is for someone good, like Vinod Chopra, to remake this movie starring Abhishek and Faran Akhtar. And I know this movie is so good no one wants to remake it, but ... the remake of Don with SRK is excellent and even better than the original. And I hear the remake of Agneepath is excellent too. With the right director and cast - yeah - I totally want to see what Abhishek does with the role!! And Faran - yeah- him too! What would make my fantasy remake of this movie complete? Amitabh in the role of Thukar.
This movie is a perfect example of why I've pretty much stopped watching western movies. Indian movies are better. Even their westerns are better!
Rajnikanth is getting up in years - but this was a very enjoyable story.
I loved how it played out and the characters. I loved the building of the dam. I was a bit disappointed that Rajnikanth's dancing was so limited, but he is getting up there in age, so that's to be expected.
I was totally invested in the story line. It delivered enough classic Rajnikanth moments to satisfy. And the final action sequence - while totally over the top - which is what I want in a superstar film, was delightful. I was hooting and cheering like everyone else in the theater.
Is this his best film? No. But it's still a very solid picture and very enjoyable.
The women in this movie are excellent Sonakshi Sinha is wonderful in her role. Anushka Shetty is equally enchanting. I even loved Lauren Irwin - who played the wife of the bad guy.
Very enjoyable movie. Glad I saw it.
I loved how it played out and the characters. I loved the building of the dam. I was a bit disappointed that Rajnikanth's dancing was so limited, but he is getting up there in age, so that's to be expected.
I was totally invested in the story line. It delivered enough classic Rajnikanth moments to satisfy. And the final action sequence - while totally over the top - which is what I want in a superstar film, was delightful. I was hooting and cheering like everyone else in the theater.
Is this his best film? No. But it's still a very solid picture and very enjoyable.
The women in this movie are excellent Sonakshi Sinha is wonderful in her role. Anushka Shetty is equally enchanting. I even loved Lauren Irwin - who played the wife of the bad guy.
Very enjoyable movie. Glad I saw it.
My dad has discovered Indian movies- thanks to my obsession. For Christmas, he asked me to buy him an Indian movie I thought he should watch. I bought him this one. He thought it was brilliant.
There is a lot of trepidation about Indian movies in the west. They are sometimes viewed as light fluffy silly movies where people break out into song and dance.
If you wanted to know what Indian cinema is capable of - watch this movie. It will leave you with no doubt as to the quality of film making currently taking place in India.
This is a stunningly beautiful movie. There is a scene on a salt flat that will take your breath away - and is the reason this movie should be seen on the big screen.
The highway is obviously one of the main characters, and the movie is almost a travelogue.
The characters and the plot and the problems that the characters are dealing with are really very heavy. The way this story unfolds and how we learn about who these characters are and what their back stories are is extremely well done.
The horror of it all doesn't become apparent until we understand what the freedom of the highway really is for these characters.
This is hands down one of my favorite Indian movies. As soon as I saw it - I knew I needed to see it again - and again and that I would probably never tire of it. It is that good.
If you only see one Indian film. See this one. It's worth watching.
There is a lot of trepidation about Indian movies in the west. They are sometimes viewed as light fluffy silly movies where people break out into song and dance.
If you wanted to know what Indian cinema is capable of - watch this movie. It will leave you with no doubt as to the quality of film making currently taking place in India.
This is a stunningly beautiful movie. There is a scene on a salt flat that will take your breath away - and is the reason this movie should be seen on the big screen.
The highway is obviously one of the main characters, and the movie is almost a travelogue.
The characters and the plot and the problems that the characters are dealing with are really very heavy. The way this story unfolds and how we learn about who these characters are and what their back stories are is extremely well done.
The horror of it all doesn't become apparent until we understand what the freedom of the highway really is for these characters.
This is hands down one of my favorite Indian movies. As soon as I saw it - I knew I needed to see it again - and again and that I would probably never tire of it. It is that good.
If you only see one Indian film. See this one. It's worth watching.