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Post by ShantiSal on Dec 29, 2013 9:18:43 GMT
Saw it today and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Post by MrB on Dec 29, 2013 21:56:43 GMT
This was the least of the Dhoom films by quite some distance, but still quite enjoyable nonsense. It's entirely Aamir Khan's show - no-one else, Abhishek included, gets more than a brief look-in. Probably just as well in Uday's case, but a bit hard on Katrina. There's not a fragment of logic to the plot - the Vigil Idiot points out quite a few of the plot holes, and he barely scratches the surface. And the pace is uneven: too many bike chases and songs in the first half, and a bit too slow in the second. But, if you're feeling tolerant, it's fairly good fun, and it ends well (though the very end is preceded by yet another bike chase that is beyond stupid). |
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Post by dancelover on Dec 31, 2013 17:08:14 GMT
ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTER now, with 37 crore in its second weekend, another 6 on Monday, total 217. D boxofficeindia.com "Dhoom 3 smashed all first week records ... 174 crore ... new first week circuit record in every circuit ..." Dancelover |
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Post by Prem Rogue on Jan 4, 2014 3:17:33 GMT
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Post by lydia on Jan 5, 2014 5:46:25 GMT
Why? Is it because lampooning plot-holes has become a bit of a cool thing to do? Maybe it's because audiences are craving 'realism' and are only prepared to take melodrama in a spoof/ironic context a la Dabaang? Is it because they expect different films from Aamir? |
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Post by odadune on Jan 5, 2014 7:25:16 GMT
Meh, merely "most vitriol since Besharam", IMO, and in both cases I think it's mostly middlebrow/highbrow types fuming at the "betrayal" by an actor they thought of as one of their own. (SRK's had three mindless entertainers in the past three years, plus Yash Chopra's Last, so the snobs were largely done fuming by the time Chennai Express came out, and capable of accepting it on its own terms.)
Making fun of films for their lack of internal logic is a sport that comes into fashion about the same time that Seriously Serious Film Analysis does, in a given filmwatching culture, and although I enjoy it (that takedown Prem Rogue linked to was hilarious), it tends to go hand in hand with the loss of the kinds of films that I find entertaining. :/
ETA, in response to dancelover's comments below: I don't have a problem with SRK/Aamir/Ranbir making movies like Ra.One/Chennai Express/Dhoom3/Besharam, I was more commenting on the fact that the film critics in India did seem to have a problem with that.
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Post by Prem Rogue on Jan 5, 2014 8:51:00 GMT
WRT Chennai Express and Besharam, goofy comedies aren't as fun to mock as films that take themselves seriously or present themselves as super-cool. Bad comedy just falls flat, but bad drama/horror can easily become comedy. Does anyone here listen to the podcast How Did This Get Made? The films they make fun of are usually not comedies, though every now and then they'll do an episode about a comedic misfire. |
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Post by dancelover on Jan 6, 2014 21:04:51 GMT
There are some people who feel that their own Excellent Ideas can best be protected by demeaning other ideas. Is that similar to, or different from, exalting a favorite actor by demeaning other actors? Dancelover Meh, merely "most vitriol since Besharam", IMO, and in both cases I think it's mostly middlebrow/highbrow types fuming at the "betrayal" by an actor they thought of as one of their own. (SRK's had three mindless entertainers in the past three years, plus Yash Chopra's Last, so the snobs were largely done fuming by the time Chennai Express came out, and capable of accepting it on its own terms.) Making fun of films for their lack of internal logic is a sport that comes into fashion about the same time that Seriously Serious Film Analysis does, in a given filmwatching culture, and although I enjoy it (that takedown Prem Rogue linked to was hilarious), it tends to go hand in hand with the loss of the kinds of films that I find entertaining. :/ |
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Post by ranranbolly on Jan 14, 2014 4:43:15 GMT
I walked in expected cheese on the extreme level, and I was not disappointed. It may not have been a magnificent cinematic landmark in cinema, but it was fun. It was a fun movie.
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Post by ShantiSal on Jan 22, 2014 5:56:09 GMT
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Post by dreamygirl on Feb 18, 2014 2:35:39 GMT
This is more of a rave than a review. I finally got to see Dhoom 3 before it left the theaters. Life circumstances at the time - coming off of 2 crummy exhausting thankless work weeks all the while cloaked in grim dull winter weather - made Dhoom 3 just what the doctor ordered. And because of this I LOVED it. It was a balm, it was therapeutic, it was restorative, it was cathartic - high praise, eh?! Indeed!
Detailing all the reasons I love it would take more time and effort than I want to exert right now so I'll just effuse unoriginally on a couple things:
I loved the songs! All the songs stand on their own, but the picturization of Tu Hi Junoon is now one of my all time favorites. And boy did Aamir pull of the orange pants and black see-through cowl neck shirt or what? And were those pants actually black on the bottom or were those socks/tights? Either way it was genius wardrobe-ing
Malang is also fantastic and dreamy. I love the use of the trampoline and the choreography really suited Aamir.
And Aamir is just really amazing. I have watched and enjoyed loads of Aamir's films, but this one fanned a new flame for him. Part of what I like about him is that even though this is a pure mainstream commercial movie you know he worked just as hard on it as he does on his more personal films, and it totally shows and is the real reason why the movie was such a success. The movie is really all his.
Oh - and Abhishek's entrance was sublime. My movie friend's takeaway was - India's auto rickshaws are crazy rock solid, but their brick walls are pathetic.
Can't wait for the DVD!
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Post by newbiefan on May 20, 2014 18:43:54 GMT
I've generally liked the drama in Aamir Khan's movies, even those like Talaash and Fanaa that were not completely satisfactory for other reasons, so I had hopes for this movie even though it was critically panned. I am sorry to say that I came away not liking it much. The combination of heavy drama and silly bike chases felt half baked. Any time proceedings got a bit heavy, we got Uday Chopra's goofy "Kya mummy" jokes to jerk us back to the "Dhoom"ness of this movie. It didn't help that Aamir's Sahir Khan character was thoroughly unlikeable. I know he is supposed to be the villain, but we are obviously meant to think of him as having just cause for his actions, but that is not how it came across to me. The whole "bad bank dude wants his loan to be repaid" premise did not sit well with me. On top of that I felt like Sahir was forcing Samar to share his own discontent and do questionable stuff for revenge, whereas the latter just wanted to get on with his life and experience simple joys like fresh air, hamburgers and a kind word from the girl he has a crush on. Unfortunately, because of his disability he is dependent on his brother and cannot break away and do his own thing, which Sahir cleverly exploits. This emotional disengagement combined with the usual WTFery of the franchise made this film drag.
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