Comments on: Ramayana: Part 1 and the Marvelification of Hindu Myth

By: X.T.M

X.T.M — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:19:17 +0000

yes very good point; i forgot to add to the review.

very strong LoTR themes (the orcs = demons etc).

also Ranbir, as Lord Ram, gives very strong Elfin vibes?

By: RecoveringNewsJunkie

RecoveringNewsJunkie — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:14:13 +0000

yeah I was pulled into watching this a few days ago. It …didn’t suck. Which isn’t exactly high praise, but its a non-trivial low bar to clear.

Biggest weakness for me was the music, which for an ‘Indian’ film should almost always be a +. Both on the songs, and the background music. Music got better at the end, but ….compared to say, LoTR, which the movie makers clearly were aspirationally thinking of, the background music lacked emotional punch. Which once again, for an Indian movie, is…a surprise. I think its either the ‘committee’ thing that didn’t work, and maybe Rahman is…not as good as he once was.

By: X.T.M

X.T.M — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 03:58:53 +0000

In reply to 0M-3.

that’s pretty amazing – I suspect it will be huge in Thailand.

Thanks now I understand the strategy; virtually ALL of Asia will flock to see this.

By: 0M-3

0M-3 — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 03:50:24 +0000

I think this will be one of the first movies to do proper AI face replacement to translate dialogues instead of simply dubbing. So it will be released in different languages depending on the nation it is released in, so Thailand gets a Thai language release with a dub that matches the lip movements of the characters. So this movie won’t be restricted strictly to the normal bollywood markets.