Statutory Warning : I am not a Salman Khan fan
Salman Khan movies are like your teenage bad habits. You know its shit. Injurious to your health. But you like something about it. You cant specify or name that *something*. And it is completely illogical. But you still do it. Yes, Ek Tha Tiger wil soon be the biggest money-spinner of all time. But like that interval twist in the movie itself (a crappy one at that) ... I DID NOT like it.
Lets talk about the good parts first....
Katrina and Salman - Both look drool-worthy throughout the movie. Katrina in that Banjara song raises the temperature to Chennaistic levels. Our bhai also takes out his t-shirt for a split second and you get to read a few pages of 'How To Arouse Women Just By Abs' book. Both act as good as they can (this topic is very debatable so I am not going there!)
Action Sequences - Movie starts with a jaw dropping action sequence. Although the super-slow-mo of cigarretes falling down and fading to reveal Salman's face is melodramatic. It adds up. Later Katrina also jumps in the action department and shows us its not only her belly that moves. It has its 'Hah this is just not believable!' moments but overall the action is impressive.
Songs - All the songs are hummable. I had liked Sohail Sen in Whats Your Rashee. Gradually but surely he has proven me right. After Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, ETT proves he is good. Laapata is the pick of the lot
Now towards the cringy part....
Story - If you take the overview of ETT story, there's not much to tell. Just put Agent Vinod and Dhoom-2's second half in a blender and you get Ek Tha Tiger.
Script - Anything barely moves in the first half. From the initial fight sequence to that *twist* just before the interval, there's one helluva long YAWN. The love story between Salman and Katrina is unfunny and dull. Second half has some acceleration but again the climax is unexpected and half-baked. I guess Neelesh Mishra and Kabir Khan were clueless how to end this story and so they shared their clueless-ness with us. And thats how we depart from the cinema hall.
Dialogues - Again by Neelesh Mishra and Kabir Khan. Seems like they went on a Dharmendra-K C Bokadia movie marathon for a few days and then wrote dialogues for ETT. Listen to this - 'Kutte ki tarah haaf raha hai, kitne cigarettes peeta hai' or this - 'Ye duniya hume jeene nahi degi hume apni nayi duniya banani hogi'. Now try not to laugh. Difficult, isnt it?
It woud be tough to comment on Kabir Khan's direction. Give a kid all the question papers he's going to solve in the upcoming exam, moreover assure him that in case he still fails he'd be ranked first. That kid would never study. Kabir had Salman and Katrina with YRF's backing.
All in all, these days the only key to a super-successful Salman Khan movie is to sign Salman Khan. You are thinking that the previous statement is idiotic? Completely illogical? Watch Ek Tha Tiger for plenty more :)
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