Dec 23, 2013 08:16 PM
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Just read somewhere on the net that ticket prices are hiked to Rs.900! 900? Seriously? For a movie like D3? YRF seems to be looting us!
Coming back to D3, the movie is suspense+ emotional drama+ confusion all over….
It starts off well but post interval keeps on dragging and dragging that it seems longer than 3 hrs.… Twist after twist are added and after a point you want the end to come fast!
The story is about a thief who is super-intelligent as well as a great gymnast… How he escapes the police every time and how police(Read: Jai Dixit) comes up with a new plan to catch him is what makes D3. Also there is a lot of'why' added in between. Why the thief does all those robberies, what is the back story, etc. all this is also there.
D3 is intense movie! It is fun in some parts but mostly intense. Also, very emotionally draining. It is difficult to summarize the experience! It is good in parts but most of time it puts strain on you!
Story is confusing to the core! The romance angle between Aamir-Katrina is not used well. Romance ends just after it begins. So why was it kept in the first place? No answer to that.
One more thing that was not properly explained, was how did the thief rob the bank. How did he outsmart America's High Tech Security System and how could he so easily run away from American Police? It was not elaborated. That makes it hard to believe in the character!
Also, there is too much of Muslim protagonist vs. American Police, American Banks, etc. thing. It makes you wonder why was the need to put this angle? This is not a social message movie like My Name is Khan or New York!(Both are my favorite movies, though!) This is Dhoom. It was supposed to be fun, thrill and masala! But there is that angle here…
Dhoom 2 was much better… At least it never promised to go beyond time-pass entertainment!
As for other things, action sequences are good in 1st half… But in 2nd half, once the suspense is revealed, once the audience knows how the thief does those death defying stunts, the thrill kind of goes away…
Choreography is pathetic. Dancing(by Aamir and Katrina) is even more pathetic! Music is loud and gives a headache…Songs come at the most wrong times….
Aamir's acting is good as usual… but it is not at all entertaining! Aamir's character comes across as a scary guy! Too much of getting into the skin of character!
Uday is OK. Abhishek is actually good. He also looks awesome! I liked his role in this part. He is the only saving grace. But he does not have that much screen time. Aamir khan gets the most screen time and his act is the most torturing!
As for Katrina, all Katrina fans, beware! Katrina is just used as a showpiece…. she has very little screen time… and her dances are also very boring!(No comparison with Ash in Crazy Kiya Re! Aishwarya's dance was so so graceful!) I like Katrina but here she is completely wasted…
Apart from all this, there are many many drag moments… where you keep looking every where else but on screen!
So, basically, some individual pieces are good like Aamir's acting, Abhishek's acting, some part of script, some stunts, etc but when the pieces are put together it just fails to provide entertainment!
Wasted Rs. 500 to buy a headache! Literally! Last time this happened was for Tees Maar Khan! But at least we had fun laughing at the movie! D3 is too intense to laugh at! And we are only left with the torture!
Dhoom 3, if not crap, is just about average. And there is so much hype created by the makers that many people(like us) must have booked the tickets already. so YRF will get their money… BoxOffice records will be broken… 100cr, 200cr, and much more… But can the movie sustain beyond the initial hype? That remains to be seen….
My rating: 2/5…
1 for AB & 1 for Some good sequences….
