I've given up on most of commercial cinema. 10 years ago, I'd have ran to the theater to watch a Hrithik film, but even his presence hasn't been enough to carry the film through. I watched the trailer for this film and the dialogues were...cringeworthy for some, over-the-top patriotic for the others. I thought "Yeah, surely not gonna spend $ on this." So glad I stuck to that thought.
That said, Fighter had me more invested than I thought I'd be, at least in the first half. The romantic angle was pointless throughout the film, but other than that, the first half was...waaay better than I thought it would be, but I had really low expectations to begin with. The graphics were... surprisingly decent; off in parts, but that's OK.
The visuals could have been horrible, but no, far from it. Credit where its due. I just wish Top Gun: Maverick hadn't come out before this, I couldn't help but see scenes/frames not only of the jets, but of the pilots that were very similar to the trailers of Top Gun, let alone the movie. It's very tough to turn off the fact that you've seen it, but I did my best to not compare it to Top Gun and like I said, despite copies, credit where its due. Visuals - good! Music - good! Elevated the visuals; be it the intro scenes or the patriotic ones.
There's a funeral scene in the film and the way it was picturized, oof, I was like "Damn, if that isn't the unity in diversity that I was taught in school, I don't know what is." Couldn't help but feel patriotic.
But throughout the first half, there were indications. Indications of the plot being weak, the non-battlefield scenes looked....fake. You know how it feels when an actor does a ' finger on the chin' to show that they're thinking? That's how I felt about almost every loud laughter at a 'joke' and every high-five. I thought the 2nd half has to be better...but...it went downhill. The whole love angle - so FORCED. *Spoiler* bruh isn't even over his fiance and he's caught feelings for Deepika, and Deepika knows about and still 'falls' him.... I mean....? And nobody knew Enjay was Anil's sister...?
That climax, what were they thinking? The enemy is kicking the daylights out of your teammate, and bruh catches the enemy's leg, utters a supposedly badass dialogue waits for the patriotic cheer and then sloooowly starts fighting? I checked out from over there. Horribly written climax.
Given how this film was technically waaay better than I thought it would be, the plot was sub-par, relying on patriotism and Hrithik to sell tickets. Neither could save the day. Watch it for him if you're a fanboi, but you'll still feel letdown.
That said, Fighter had me more invested than I thought I'd be, at least in the first half. The romantic angle was pointless throughout the film, but other than that, the first half was...waaay better than I thought it would be, but I had really low expectations to begin with. The graphics were... surprisingly decent; off in parts, but that's OK.
The visuals could have been horrible, but no, far from it. Credit where its due. I just wish Top Gun: Maverick hadn't come out before this, I couldn't help but see scenes/frames not only of the jets, but of the pilots that were very similar to the trailers of Top Gun, let alone the movie. It's very tough to turn off the fact that you've seen it, but I did my best to not compare it to Top Gun and like I said, despite copies, credit where its due. Visuals - good! Music - good! Elevated the visuals; be it the intro scenes or the patriotic ones.
There's a funeral scene in the film and the way it was picturized, oof, I was like "Damn, if that isn't the unity in diversity that I was taught in school, I don't know what is." Couldn't help but feel patriotic.
But throughout the first half, there were indications. Indications of the plot being weak, the non-battlefield scenes looked....fake. You know how it feels when an actor does a ' finger on the chin' to show that they're thinking? That's how I felt about almost every loud laughter at a 'joke' and every high-five. I thought the 2nd half has to be better...but...it went downhill. The whole love angle - so FORCED. *Spoiler* bruh isn't even over his fiance and he's caught feelings for Deepika, and Deepika knows about and still 'falls' him.... I mean....? And nobody knew Enjay was Anil's sister...?
That climax, what were they thinking? The enemy is kicking the daylights out of your teammate, and bruh catches the enemy's leg, utters a supposedly badass dialogue waits for the patriotic cheer and then sloooowly starts fighting? I checked out from over there. Horribly written climax.
Given how this film was technically waaay better than I thought it would be, the plot was sub-par, relying on patriotism and Hrithik to sell tickets. Neither could save the day. Watch it for him if you're a fanboi, but you'll still feel letdown.