Saadda Haq-Aithe Rakh was the anthem that we have been chanting ever since the promos of the movie came out...The music definitely created a buzz and why not, with the likes of Rahman and Mohit Chauhan being at the helm of affairs. And this is one section that delivered exactly what was needed.
The second thing that went right was the casting of Ranbir kapoor. I must admit that I am not his biggest fan..but the pain of Jordan, the innocence of Janardhan and the person in between is brought out so effectively and earnestly by him, that I have got to say that as an actor, this is his best performance yet.
So, if all this went well and it is directed by Imtiaz Ali who has churned out brilliant movies back to back, what went wrong??
HIM- Imtiaz Ali has made some of my most favorite movies-Jab we met, Love Aaj Kal and even Socha na tha. But with Rockstar, he gets so self obsessed with his script that he doesn't really see the logic in it. Also the editing is horrible had felt completely mismatched for a movie that lasts almost 3 hours!! I actually felt that he should have gone for a straight-forward narration rather that the 'experiment' he tried. Also the scripting is really loose and the movie gets intolerable in the second half. The biggest character flaw has to be that Jordan, who idolizes Jim Morrison, doesn't get into drugs...now what kind of ROCKSTAR is that???
NARGIS-Probably the worst element of the movie, she sticks out like a sore thumb. Her acting is painful to watch...Her dubbing is even worse...I actually felt Katrina would have been thousand times better in her place. She should just get back to her modelling or taking care of her kid or whatever but spare us the horror of seeing her in the movies.
I don't want to give out much of the premise as most of you'll know the basics thanks to the promos. I don't know how many of you'll might agree or disagree with me but this is how I felt.
Please do share your views as I would like to know what you'll thought of it.
My suggestion-save your money and go watch Ra.One again ( you read that right )
I'm going with 1.5 out of 5 for Imtiaz Ali's ROCKSTAR...
Keep reeling!!
i think that's a bit harsh!!! 1.5 out of 5 is being extremely mean!!! i think ranbir just by himself deserves a 2!!!
ReplyDeletei do agree that the movie had its faults but it really wasn't that bad... i thought that the first half was absolutely brilliant... the way it was edited, how they played with the time line... it was really different and fresh... second half ofcorz with her disease n all was rubbish, and that part really dragged.... but the end with nadaan parinde really made up for it, i thought it was just superb....
and about the drugs part of it, we have to keep in mind that its the indian audience, so he went for the most powerful drug of all - love!:p
i agree i am a big fan but without being biased, i think the movie deserves a lot more credit...
and was definitely way way way better than raone!!!!
i think i completely agree with the review...
ReplyDeleteit indeed was PAINFUL to watch though loved ranbir♥ , even though im not a big fan of him... but he did an amazing job... n nargis its better i dont say anythin on that... n its just disappointin to see a story with so much potential bein wasted away like this...
@Niyati
ReplyDeleteGlad you expressed your opinion and I did agree with bits of it.
The acting and the music like you pointed out were superb and I have mentioned that in the review, but that can only deserve a part of the credit for any good or bad movie...The script is the core and nothing else is higher than that.
There have been numerous movies that have had brilliant music but the movies themselves were horrible-Take for example JBJ...and movies with awesome performances that were let down by the script-Aamir in Mangal Pandey...So music or acting has taken it only to 2 stars in my book, but I had to minus half for that horrible excuse of an actress called Nargis :-p
Coming to the drugs..DevD too was an Indian movie not to forget...So nothing more to be said there...
And the reason I would rather see Ra.One again and not this, is because that had something absolutely new to offer to the audiences unlike Rockstar..
I know I still sound a bit harsh, but it's just the bitter experience of watching the movie that has brought this on...
I apologized in the review, and I apologize for the same again...Hopefully I will like the next Ranbir movie...Until Then...
Keep reeling ;-)
@priyanka
ReplyDeleteI agree that the movie had great potential too. Like I said, I actually wanted to like the movie!!
Well I say that the movie deserved it's 0.5 stars for the interval and 1 star for actually releasing and all it's worth. Could have done much better :-) I did not like it ....
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