RRRReview

https://carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/ethics-on-film/rrr

To be honest, I didn’t love this movie as much as I thought I was going to. With 96% on rotten tomatoes, and over a 4 on Letterboxd, I thought that I would walk out of this movie thinking it was one of the best films I’d ever seen but instead I left with the ultimate consensus that I do not like action movies and some questions. After reading this article, I began to wonder how the writers thought including a love story subplot between the woman holding Malli captive and the man trying to get her back was a good idea. This film constantly is pushing this anti colonial message with both main characters fighting against the oppressive system they are in in their own ways, however during Rams revolutionary fight, he catches feelings for the woman holding Malli hostage. What made it harder to watch was the fact that they didn’t even speak the same language and there were countless scenes of her just talking..at him. He would frequently respond that he couldn’t understand her at all but she would keep talking, it was honestly sad. It felt like she caught those feelings because people don’t really listen to her so she enjoyed having someone who was “listening” to her. This article explores the dangers of watching this movie with a close eye because of the political issues within it that someone with no context would totally miss. It brought to my attention how violence is used in this movie, it makes note of the fact that when British characters are hit it is cartoonish and doesn’t have nearly as much realism as the violence against Indians, while also noting the hints of Hindu nationalism within the film. Overall, this article begs watchers to pay attention to the history and politics in India and pay attention to the messages being shown throughout the movie instead of just simply watching it.