Why was the movie Ra.One not liked by many people?
Channel: Astra Factual
Date: 2021-05-24

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Instead of saying the story was bad/weak, something most people are saying, I’ll tell you why exactly it wasn’t liked by many.

    Virtuality to reality concept: What makes a story strong/weak? Its execution or whether it can happen in real life or not? The former of course. But people at that time couldn’t digest the fact that virtual characters got transformed into real characters by almost being brought to life through an advanced technology. The presentation of how the characters came to life was absolutely fresh and original, and how the powers programmed inside them were applicable in the real world is nothing but impressive. But not everyone thinks like me.
    Video game theme: Ra.One is not the type of superhero film like Krrish where the protagonist is born with superpowers and uses them to save the day. It’s more like a Terminator film where an android-like supehero is assigned the task of protecting his creator’s son from the game’s antagonist. G.One is a superhero, but he doesn’t spend his time helping people. His only job is to protect Sonia and Prateek, even though he does save a lot of people in the train sequence. It was not about being an ideal superhero or responsibilities as it all originated from a video game. Most adults were not familiar with such video games involving ahead-of-time technology. It was deemed suitable only for kids who liked such tech and games. A lot of adults simply didn’t understand the video game stuff as it was too thought-inducing for them.
    Subplots: Okay, this one’s only what can actually be called a flaw. The actual problem is not with the plot but with the subplots that accompany it, increasing the film’s duration. These happen mostly in the second half when G.One starts living and developing sweet relations with Sonia and Prateek. These parts, while entertaining and at times hilarious, won’t have harmed the film if chopped off. In my opinion, the only thing the director needed to fix was the pacing of the film by toning down these subplots.
    It simply released in the wrong time: SRK’s possibly biggest mistake was releasing this film in a time viewers wanted love stories and family dramas, and didn’t want to use their brains while watching a film. Don’t get me wrong, you need to invest your brain in this film only in the first half to understand key concepts of virtuality. But yeah, SRK’s own romantic hero image also killed the praise from general viewers who were expecting him to romance while there’s no romance in the film. I really liked that romance wasn’t forced in it. Ra.One released to an audience unwilling to accept a film that attempted something different within the commercial template. Read it again, a “different film within the commercial template”.

People simply say it’s bad on account of storytelling but never actually pause to praise the positives other than visual effects. Yes, VFX is amazing but there’s a lot more to appreciate here. Gone are those days when superhero films were watched merely for visual spectacle. Ra.One was praised for the CGI and the action also found praise with time, but the turning virtuality into reality concept is yet to receive praise. If you’re going to bring IMDb in between, I have actually read the reviews and most of them are either saying SRK is a bad actor or simply the story is “weak” only because it isn’t realistic. But we need to keep this in mind that it was a 2011 film. Dialogues are a strong aspect of this film but no one other than kids remembers them better because they were inspirational, memorable and above all, aimed at them.


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I’m one of those kids who’ve grown up watching Ra.One. Even today, I don’t get the hatred towards it. Fine, you’ve a problem with comedy tracks and other subplots, I get it. But how about the fact that it’s the most different superhero film in terms of concept? Game characters don’t only enter the real world, they literally get “born”. I even get the large-scale promotions kinda over-boosted your expectations, but do you know the fact that it was praised in the overseas while Indian critics kept panning it with rant-filled reviews?

This is one of those Bollywood films that deserve a second chance.


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