RRR - Buff Movie RRReview

This movie was very successful and had a lot of buzz but none of that convinced me to watch it until a heroic Buff Movie Buff requested it. I haven't had my ass kicked this hard since my last Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich.

This movie takes place somewhere in India in the 1920s or something. The British are occupying and that sucks but it doesn't seem that bad all things considered. Literally any time and place in the history of Earth before the internet seems like a fantastical paradise to me.

The themes in this film are as timeless and universal as they are bold and in your fucking face. It doesn't dick around with concepts like subtlety. It laughs at the very notion. It's refreshing as fuck compared to Oscar Bait dramas and mass produced franchise sludge.

When people say the superhero genre is dying all they're really doing is showing off a lack of perspective. The only thing about the Superhero genre that's cooling off is the grey corporate paste Marvel is churning out. "Superheroes" have been the backbone not only of cinema but of storytelling since The Epic of Gilgamesh, the literal first story in history. The epic hero is a tradition that will never die no matter how hard current day Hollywood tries to make it lame. 

This is a genuine superhero movie, as were the westerns of the 50s and 60s, as were the pulp heroes of the 20s and 30s, as were the great protagonists of literature, as were champions of myth and folklore like fuckin hercules and shit.

Man has always told superhero stories and those stories inspire real life heroes, and sometimes those real life heroes inspire superhero stories and it all comes full circle. That's the the real engine of progress for out species. Tales of great men inspiring other men to be great men themselves.

What we have in RRR is a prime example of a true Superhero Epic. One loosely based on two real freedom fighters of the era. An exciting and effective retelling of themes that are as moving now as they were at the dawn of man when told passionately.

I mentioned Gilgamesh earlier, and this modern masterpieces even has echoes of that original epic. I couldn't help but see the depiction of friendship between the film's power-protags, Bheem and Ram as undeniably reminiscent of the bond of brotherhood between Gilgamesh and the wild man Enkidou. 

This is most likely not even a deliberate nod to that story, but it is essentially the same because this is a film that understands the full depth of the powerful feelings it conveys. Feelings which have existed forever such as the true friendship between two hella cool dudes. That's ancient knowledge.

All the emotions in this movie are presented as big as they can possibly be from the joy of friendship, the agony of betrayal, the indomitable will of defiance, the devastation of failure, the passion of self-sacrifice and the something something of something. Whatever, i've made my point.

Great movie, go see it.