Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

Post by otikik » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:56 AM UTC

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Isn’t that a bit like saying that Australians are great at playing piano and singing songs and cracking jokes about religion because Tim Minchin exists?

No, it's more like observing that a region with 30%+ of the world's population is rising (economically, influence, cultural appeal wise, and so in) and another with a paltry 350M one appears to have had its heyday... The US had a couple of Tim Minchins back in the 18th century too, and even up to the early 20th century it wasn't that much of a deal in terms of global cultural cachet. As for GDP terms it only surpasse…

Post by zR4B » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 7:40 AM UTC

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Is it any good?

It’s highly enjoyable though it is also very nationalist propaganda in parts, which foreigners won’t pick up on. For the most part it never becomes an issue because the brunt of the movie is fighting colonialism and therefore quite appropriate and incredibly good. The end credit scene is the only part that I’d consider problematic from a messaging standpoint as it takes a hard line on who they celebrate and isn’t sub…

Post by boruto » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 7:54 AM UTC

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Funnier still was a comparison between Indian Mars Orbital Mission ($73 M) and the budgets for Gravity ($100M), The Martian ($108M), Interstellar ($165M). ISRO (India's space agency) engineers missions to Mars for the price it takes Hollywood to make movies with Mars, space etc.

And all they had to do was have their scientists work 20-hour days!

Post by zR4B » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 8:04 AM UTC

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Is it any good?

Obviously that is highly subjective. I really liked it, as did my 16 year old son. Although, being British, it was weird to see my countrymen as the cartoon baddies[1]. It is completely over the top and fantastical. But that is part of the appeal. I thought it made a very refreshing change from hollywood movies. [1] Not without reason. Read up on the depradations of the East India company

Post by glandium » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

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> Indian action films typically don't strive for believable action scenes, like American films do. I'm taking your "believable American action scenes" with a big semi full of salt.

Hah point taken, let me put it a different way. In American films, if someone does extreme, superhuman stunts, the filmmaker typically feels pressure to explain that the character is actually superhuman in some way and not an ordinary guy with an office job. And he or she will be in peak physical shape. In Indian film, an utterly ordinary character in "office job" physical condition will catch bullets, run faster tha…