Ra.One (2011)
On paper the film has a great concept which could have been made into an enthralling film - a game with a stronger villain than the hero; and the digital game turned ugly. But the film despite its brilliant special effects had a pathetic screenplay.
I mean why the stereotypical South Indian characterisation?
Why Kareena Kapoor's character was made any annoying woman using weird abuses
Why so much vulgarity in a children film? B**t slaps, voyeristic gaze etc for cheap laughs (who in their wild thoughts believed it to be funny?)
(All this distracted the film from its core concept)
There was absolutely no need to add the rubbish masala elements. The strength of the film was its technical features and the film wastes its first hour doing absolutely nothing about it. G.One comes so late in the film that the audience is bored and frustrated by then.
The first two rounds of game between Ra.One and G.One were great and offered great visuals and action. But why so lame finale? The last round should have been the most complex and filled with elements. Instead they killed Ra.One so easily through shootout. The film didn't end on the same high as the 2nd half promise.
The film had good music, great VFX, good potential, but the screenplay was messy and all over the place. SRK was bad as Shekhar eating noodles with Dahi, Kareena was annoying and so was the child actor. He couldn't pull off the emotional gravitas of a boy losing his father and trying to bring back G.One to life.
The cameos were largely wasted. Priyanka, Sanjay Dutt and Rajnikanth added nothing to the story. They looked like cheap thrills rather than anything substantial to the plot.