WOMEN ARE HOT. (This movie is also pretty tuff)

WOMEN ARE HOT. (This movie is also pretty tuff)

Dhoom 2 is pretty good. It is less grounded than the first part, but still very enjoyable and entertaining. Some of the songs are iconic, and the heists are really fun to watch. Overall, it is definitely worth checking out and I recommend it.

Dhoom 2 is pretty good. It is less grounded than the first part, but still very enjoyable and entertaining. Some of the songs are iconic, and the heists are really fun to watch. Overall, it is definitely worth checking out and I recommend it.

basically abhishek bachchan looked like that because he was getting cucked while they filmed this

basically abhishek bachchan looked like that because he was getting cucked while they filmed this

I decided that this would be the year of no interruptions, meaning I'll finish any watch project I decide to go without interruptions (except for watching films with friends, a precious experience I would never give up for any fucking thing). That means if I start any watch project, any series, filmography, etc., I'm going straight through (unless a friend wants to watch something different). So despite my many reservations, I did enjoy a lot of things in the first film, and I am going to watch the second film, which immediately is dumb as hell. At the outset, I have the hope that I won't be reminded of the defining social problem of my own lifetime by either the movie or a letterboxd reviewer posting a low quality documentary.

Again, a musical number immediately after the opening heist, this time in some sort of wild industrial club. The visual aspect of this thing is actually pretty phenomenal. Hrithik Roshan's dance is kind of fucking awesome, and the song both helps to establish his actual character and also calls out the heroes being upstaged by the villains, which seems to be the definitive quality of the trilogy as a whole. Some of the lighting in this musical sequence are actually miraculous.

Immediately after this, Ali makes a motorbike fly as part of a sting op that goes incredibly wrong in order to offer a cooler, more ambitious reprise of one of the definitive stunts from the first film, one which of course makes less sense but feels more sensible than the stunt from the previous film.

Thank god that this movie, in a single scene, creates better characterization for Jai, Ali, and Sweety than the entire first film. This film is very well served by the much sharper writing, which allows for the establishment of definitive, strong character traits for all of the important characters in the cast.

Also, the action seems more consistent here, where it could be spotty in the first film. Of particular interest to people who just like to see crazy silly shit is a chase that starts when Mr. A, the villain, uses acid to melt the manhole he's standing on while disguised as an old man, before exploding out of another manhole moments later in athletic gear with roller blades, and leading our heroes on a chase through traffic that involves another costume change.

I also have to admit that in the final act, the motorbike chase reveal got me amped. The best part of the first film makes its return, this time amped up with M:I2 bullshit. The fight choreography is also improved, but you probably won't be fooled into thinking it's a HK flick or anything like that.

The bad guy gets a love interest this time around, and she's pretty cool. She gets the big item number of this movie, which at least relates to what's happening in the plot, even if it doesn't advance the narrative in any way. Also, they play basketball in the rain and it's very girl power type stuff, even managing a number of non-objectifying shots despite how little clothes she's wearing and how absurdly wet both of them are. At some moments, it actually approaches the status of good sports photography. A big improvement, to say the least.

(The movie still spends a lot of time objectifying women, but it also lets most of the women be real characters in potentially interesting situations. This movie even has a really good use of dramatic irony.)

Ali gets a really nice song that tells the story of him trying to court Monali, which also advances the dynamic between Mr. A and Sunehri. Is it really love if she won't lie to you that she's unafraid of dying because you're the one who's holding the gun?

Something that's really funny about this movie is that Ali seems to have moved in with Jai and his wife Sweety. Who the hell keeps a live-in best friend? Anyways, there's a really funny, sweet scene where Jai tells Ali he taught him how to dream.

The final act is actually sort of phenomenal, and with an amazingly feel-good ending to boot which bumped this entire film up to four stars. Despite that one popular review, this movie clearly wants you to cheer for the thieves in this film. (That's why the first heist is stealing from British people, of course.)

The thing that's immediately clear about this film is that it's more or less an immense pastiche, and that's not a bug, but a feature. This movie is a definitive blockbuster sequel, and unlike most blockbuster sequels is actually so much better than the first that it's insane. Influences from a ton of American blockbusters, especially the sequels (M:I2, for instance, inspires many different parts of this film). I'm not even giving this movie a bump for having some good musical numbers, it's just legitimately earned its rating. This film also has maybe the most surprising cinematic use of the Cars franchise ever. Was there a sponsorship or something? Holy shit, man.

On to Dhoom 3!

"A! The smartest and coolest thief in the world." [this conjecture proves to be true.]

alt. quote, this one's funnier than it sounds: "And what if he finds out that Sunehri is working for you?" "The end. He'll kill you."

alt. alt. quote: "Why are stories incomplete without women?"

I decided that this would be the year of no interruptions, meaning I'll finish any watch project I decide to go without interruptions (except for watching films with friends, a precious experience I would never give up for any fucking thing). That means if I start any watch project, any series, filmography, etc., I'm going straight through (unless a friend wants to watch something different). So despite my many reservations, I did enjoy a lot of things in the first film, and I am going to watch the second film, which immediately is dumb as hell. At the outset, I have the hope that I won't be reminded of the defining social problem of my own lifetime by either the movie or a letterboxd reviewer posting a low quality documentary.

Again, a musical number immediately after the opening heist, this time in some sort of wild industrial club. The visual aspect of this thing is actually pretty phenomenal. Hrithik Roshan's dance is kind of fucking awesome, and the song both helps to establish his actual character and also calls out the heroes being upstaged by the villains, which seems to be the definitive quality of the trilogy as a whole. Some of the lighting in this musical sequence are actually miraculous.

Immediately after this, Ali makes a motorbike fly as part of a sting op that goes incredibly wrong in order to offer a cooler, more ambitious reprise of one of the definitive stunts from the first film, one which of course makes less sense but feels more sensible than the stunt from the previous film.

Thank god that this movie, in a single scene, creates better characterization for Jai, Ali, and Sweety than the entire first film. This film is very well served by the much sharper writing, which allows for the establishment of definitive, strong character traits for all of the important characters in the cast.

Also, the action seems more consistent here, where it could be spotty in the first film. Of particular interest to people who just like to see crazy silly shit is a chase that starts when Mr. A, the villain, uses acid to melt the manhole he's standing on while disguised as an old man, before exploding out of another manhole moments later in athletic gear with roller blades, and leading our heroes on a chase through traffic that involves another costume change.

I also have to admit that in the final act, the motorbike chase reveal got me amped. The best part of the first film makes its return, this time amped up with M:I2 bullshit. The fight choreography is also improved, but you probably won't be fooled into thinking it's a HK flick or anything like that.

The bad guy gets a love interest this time around, and she's pretty cool. She gets the big item number of this movie, which at least relates to what's happening in the plot, even if it doesn't advance the narrative in any way. Also, they play basketball in the rain and it's very girl power type stuff, even managing a number of non-objectifying shots despite how little clothes she's wearing and how absurdly wet both of them are. At some moments, it actually approaches the status of good sports photography. A big improvement, to say the least.

(The movie still spends a lot of time objectifying women, but it also lets most of the women be real characters in potentially interesting situations. This movie even has a really good use of dramatic irony.)

Ali gets a really nice song that tells the story of him trying to court Monali, which also advances the dynamic between Mr. A and Sunehri. Is it really love if she won't lie to you that she's unafraid of dying because you're the one who's holding the gun?

Something that's really funny about this movie is that Ali seems to have moved in with Jai and his wife Sweety. Who the hell keeps a live-in best friend? Anyways, there's a really funny, sweet scene where Jai tells Ali he taught him how to dream.

The final act is actually sort of phenomenal, and with an amazingly feel-good ending to boot which bumped this entire film up to four stars. Despite that one popular review, this movie clearly wants you to cheer for the thieves in this film. (That's why the first heist is stealing from British people, of course.)

The thing that's immediately clear about this film is that it's more or less an immense pastiche, and that's not a bug, but a feature. This movie is a definitive blockbuster sequel, and unlike most blockbuster sequels is actually so much better than the first that it's insane. Influences from a ton of American blockbusters, especially the sequels (M:I2, for instance, inspires many different parts of this film). I'm not even giving this movie a bump for having some good musical numbers, it's just legitimately earned its rating. This film also has maybe the most surprising cinematic use of the Cars franchise ever. Was there a sponsorship or something? Holy shit, man.

On to Dhoom 3!

"A! The smartest and coolest thief in the world." [this conjecture proves to be true.]

alt. quote, this one's funnier than it sounds: "And what if he finds out that Sunehri is working for you?" "The end. He'll kill you."

alt. alt. quote: "Why are stories incomplete without women?"

he was lowkey moving like troy bolton in that one scene

he was lowkey moving like troy bolton in that one scene