isaacsundaralingam
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Atrociously cringe-worthy dialogues, but still a decent movie nonetheless.
Also the fact that it was set in Afghanistan, but every character was speaking in English with an Afghani accent felt silly. Nobody else but English speakers do this... where you make a movie about another country, then cheapen it by anglicizing (think even movies like Gladiator where ancient Romans speak English). Have you ever watched say, a Chinese movie about something happening in Brazil where everyone is supposed to be Brazilian but speak Mandarin? Or a French movie about Japan where all Japanese people speak French? I dunno, I would have preferred the same movie in Arabic to preserve authenticity. This just felt silly, and it's silliness that shouldn't have impacted an otherwise decently inspiring and heartwarming movie!
Also the fact that it was set in Afghanistan, but every character was speaking in English with an Afghani accent felt silly. Nobody else but English speakers do this... where you make a movie about another country, then cheapen it by anglicizing (think even movies like Gladiator where ancient Romans speak English). Have you ever watched say, a Chinese movie about something happening in Brazil where everyone is supposed to be Brazilian but speak Mandarin? Or a French movie about Japan where all Japanese people speak French? I dunno, I would have preferred the same movie in Arabic to preserve authenticity. This just felt silly, and it's silliness that shouldn't have impacted an otherwise decently inspiring and heartwarming movie!
Alright dude, we get it - Muslim Mughals are evil, barbaric people. Hindu Marathas are progressive, peace loving, equal rights champions who bleed patriotism and courage. Not to forget that Sambhaji is basically Indian Jesus, if Jesus could take on a thousand men at once in a fight.
15-20 minutes into the movie and I've already hit my tolerable quota for how much brainless patriotism I can absorb, and it's then just like being a spectator at a gladiator event, but with military grade binoculars to get all up close to soak in the gratuitous blood and violence. And oh, the final 30 minutes was basically just The Passion of the Christ, but with more testosterone and with none of the poetry.
Action scenes were cool sometimes though, but that's about it!
15-20 minutes into the movie and I've already hit my tolerable quota for how much brainless patriotism I can absorb, and it's then just like being a spectator at a gladiator event, but with military grade binoculars to get all up close to soak in the gratuitous blood and violence. And oh, the final 30 minutes was basically just The Passion of the Christ, but with more testosterone and with none of the poetry.
Action scenes were cool sometimes though, but that's about it!
* movie reveals Richard De Zoysa was gay
* Googles Richard De Zoysa - educated at St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Bro, we're never beating them allegations lol
On a more serious note however, Rani is a movie that was sufficient enough to satisfy, but not to impress. And I suppose I did go in hoping to be impressed, based on everything I've heard about it. But I wouldn't necessarily hold it against the movie as I would myself for my lack of historical context as to the political reality of the time, which is so readily apparent throughout the movie to be all the difference in how likely you are to judge its effectiveness.
On a more serious note however, Rani is a movie that was sufficient enough to satisfy, but not to impress. And I suppose I did go in hoping to be impressed, based on everything I've heard about it. But I wouldn't necessarily hold it against the movie as I would myself for my lack of historical context as to the political reality of the time, which is so readily apparent throughout the movie to be all the difference in how likely you are to judge its effectiveness.