Hrutvik Joshi

I have not watched the original, but this movie was a delight to watch. Both Hrithik and Saif have done a good job here. When the actors and writing both comes together, you get a good movie experience. I like even how the movie opens and closes, like a mini animated Vikram betaal. Even minor dialogues matter in the narrative and does a good job to keep you hooked. The plot doesn't seem forced or stretched. Action is good. I was initially wondering what exactly have they made out of Vikram and betaal? Aisa kaisa movie banaya hai? But my curiosity was satisfied and I'm at appreciation of the writers for drawing such a good inspiration from folk tales. I hope to go back and watch the original with Madhavan.

Below average I think the director wanted this to be a horror film, mid-way decided it should also be a suspense film, there by achieving neither. There's not enough horror scenes. Just 3-4 murders. Was scared at none of them. The amount of flashbacks and abuse backstory makes the end very very apparent. The good part is the setting and the performances. But only to an extent. The sound at someplaces muffles the dialogues, red/pink light at night pulls on your eyes making it irritating rather than suspenseful/fearful. It's a pass. This is what happens when you change your mind midway when writing a script. It tries to be a suspense horror, ends up being the worst of both.

Stranger things seems to have a pattern. American teens get divided into different groups each investigating an anomaly independently. Of course, it all conveniently comes to an end in the last episode. If you think, a lot of screentime can be avoided if there is better communication amongst the characters. The emotional development feels off place. The romantic build up scenes are all placed in between actions and it feels unreal. Ex, 2 specific characters get into the same building together as a group. It has to be Steve who goes with Nancy. The scenes feel like they're made to place the dialogue and not the other way round. At this point watching 3 seasons I am so invested that I cannot resist watching S4. Emotional backstory of Max is garbage. Good season otherwise. But it's definitely on a downhill since S1 gradually in order. Jaqen H'gar was a delight to watch

Very good sci-fi show. Gets very realistic. Amazing VFX/CGI. But there are a few things I dislike very much. 1. Character development and casual conversations always happen on bar scenes. Gosh there are so so many bar scenes it's tiring and frustrating to watch. Stop at X space station, go to the bar, you are at an asteroid, go to the bar, welcome to Mars, here have a drink. It's almost predictable. 2. The actor who places James holden has a flat face. There's a limit to how many stupid decisions one can make. Many times I felt the plot was driven solely by stupid decisions made by the lead cast. The crisis that is given so much importance at a start of the season just vanishes at the end and a new bizarre plot is revealed all too convincingly. 3. Earth and Mars Navies are praised at the inital seasons. But in the last season they're all too busy shooting asteroids? Really? Are you going to disregard armies of planets just by this stupid explanation? Unbelievable. 4. Last season ended ubruptly. Could have made more seasons.