Originally posted by: AreYaar
Finally aa gaya trailer.....haha man this movie has become a punchline for so long that it feels surreal to actually see the trailer now😆
I had to watch twice to try to make some sense of the "verse" they are trying to convey.....lol and I suspect the actual movie will be better than the trailer cuz they seem to be trying to pack a lot of aspects into it that aren't exactly coming through clearly in the trailer....lol for example, in the beginning AB voiceover when he's talking about Jal - they show a shot of water, then he says vaayu (air) and they show a shot of some kind of fire streaming through a big open field, and the agni mein they again show some fire shot.....lol they aren't being able to demarcate the elements clearly....every frame is basically just a multi-colored fire as per this trailer😆.....VFX deffo seems a little underwhelming for the scale they are trying to convey....but it's still not bad....the shot of the bull and then another shot of what looked like Hanuman emerging in light from someone's body looked good....but see again all multi-colored lights....lol I hope it makes better sense when it all comes together in the story.
Casting-wise I can't tell if Nagarjuna's character is gonna be negative or positive....lol Nandi technically is supposed to be Shiv ka vehicle as per the mythology. Mouni is actually alright for her role of villain I guess....she must have been cast fresh out of Naagin and well to be fair to her, her Naagin seasons are probably the most successful ones, no? lol
Ayan ke typical touches show in the song and dance and non-sci fi bits....lol felt like a hangover of YJHD in some bits of Ranbir acting happy go lucky....I don't expect his chemistry with Alia to matter much for this movie anyways....lol focus is more on the "verse" setup and action.
Second time dekha toh I realized there are a lot of secondary characters with powers that aren't shown clearly in this trailer....lol like the person with Hanuman rising from him didn't look like Ranbir or the other main characters....maybe they are saving that to reveal in the movie. I also got somewhat KMG vibes in some bits as Ranbir's character talks about "duniya mein kuch ho raha hai"....lol hopefully it won't feel as corny in the movie.
Overall yeah they've tried so points to them for that.....I would say they could have avoided terms like "astraverse" cuz that does put them in the wannabe zone even if they have a proper story to tell.
I guess it's not fair to compare this to Rajamouli's films cuz he hasn't shown full scale magical fantasy to this extent.....his characters are larger than life and do crazy action stunts etc but it doesn't go all the way into magic/sci-fi level....lol....Ayan ne hi decide karna tha to do this....lol hopefully they can improve the VFX in the subsequent films if they manage to make those....lol
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