..so after watchinh Ra.One, here is my conclusion.
I was expecting a 'different movie to other Bolly movies' ( according to my mates, who are hardcore Bollywood fans). Sure, the concept was new for Bollywood...but as the film progressed, I realised it is just another Bollywood movie. To break it down:
* a team create a new interactive game with two characters (Villian: Ra.One, good guy : G.One)
* the bad guy (Ra.One) in the game somehow comes alive, without anyone realising. Shahrukhs little son is the first to beat Ra.One in a match (all this happens whilst there is a cheesy song and dance taking place somewhere else)
* Ra.One is angry and wants to kill Sharukh's son. Ra.One embodies a model of himself, powered by an artificial heart (like Iron Man). He is now a fully functional machine then proceeds to imitating the body of a chinese dude (Shahrukh's friend, who is subsequently killed)
* Ra.One kills Shahrukh in the hunt for his son
* G.One is brought alive and embodied in a model of the character, who happens to be modelled on Shahrukh. Meanwhile. Ra.One is chasing Sharuks son and wife. G.One comes to the rescue and blows Ra.One to pieces..however Ra.One is still alive as G.One has hold of his artificial heart.
* The middle of the film consists of cheesy/cringy trying to be funny scenes from Shahrukh, which are totally unneccesary. G.One was apparently created to protect Shahruks son ( like the Terminator). We hear nothing from Ra.One in a while
* Suddenly, Ra.One appears in the form of tiny pieces..in the process imitating some gay looking dude on a billboard poster ( Arjun Rampaul i think). So this gay looking dude is now roaming the streets, bare chest with terrible acting (should have stuck to the chinese dude who looked mean)
* so Ra.One locates G.One and the boy (again during a song and dance)...a big fight takes place...
G.One defeats Ra.One...G.One destroys himself (like The Terminator)..but the boy has G.One's artificial heart. The boy is all of a sudden a technical genius and program's the heart to life. The film concludes with G.One standing on rooftops (like Batman).
So there you have it folks, Ra.One in a nutshell. Sorry about the spoilers
This movie shows how far behind Bollywood is compared to Hollywood..the makers achieved in Ra.One what Hollywood has achieved YEARS ago...the SFX department of Bollywood needs ALOT of work.
I maintain that Sharukh is an over-rated OTT actor..he makes a poor superhero. This is the first Bollywood film I have watched in a long time, and probably the last for a long time
