Re: THIS MOVIE SUCKS
by Kamal B on Nov 18, 2012 09:50 AM
very true That the numbers just don’t add up. Shah Rukh Khan doesn't look 28, Katrina Kaif 21 or Anupam Kher 50. The spectacle of a haggard-looking hero in his mid-40s strumming a guitar on the streets of London seems like a pathetic attempt to turn back the clock. This isn't Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge once more, although Aditya Chopra’s watery story tries very hard to reprise several key motifs.
That the screenplay has so many holes, after a point you lose count. When and how did a waiter from London join the Indian army, rise to the rank of Major and was allowed by his superiors to go around diffusing bombs without protection, just to defy death? How many bombs are there in Kashmir, sinc e the Major seems a very busy man? (His count by the end of the film is 108 and we aren't exactly in Iraq.) How is a rookie journalist let loose in high-risk situations without proper authorisation or even a basic crew? What happens to the father's character in the second half? And the army job after the retrograde amnesia? The list goes on...
That Gulzar's words and A R Rahman's music have never sounded so insipid. Given the confusion of the script it's hardly surprising. Despite the promotional blitzkrieg, one can’t recollect a single notable number. Madan Mohan’s unused compositions, rendered by Lata Mangeshkar’s tired voice in Veer Zaara were infinitely superior to Rahman’s original soundtrack for this one.
Re: Masterpiece
by asha s g on Nov 18, 2012 12:25 PM
ADITYA WROTE IT AND DNT FGET MANY YASHJEE SO CALLED ROMANTICS FILMS WITH ONLY GOOD BACKDROPS OF KASHMIR AND SWITZERLAND (inspite)HAVE GONE FLOP
Skipped the starting 20 mins.....the movie is wonderful and all sugar candy. Definitely not one of the best of yrf. Fell in love with the song CHALLA.....hats off to Gulzar and Rabbi. The only grouse is with the caricature like facial expressions of srk at most of the times......I wish this movie was done by a younger srk or someone like him just like in his younger days.
