Brahmastra swamped with poor reviews; mega spectacle heading for disaster?

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s film Brahmastra h alrey been facing backlash from various quarters, but after its release, it is now facing poor reviews from critics as well. While hashtag ‘Boycott Brahmastra’ is still trending on Twitter, a trend along similar lines is also evident on-ground from tepid response at movie atres. Soon after movie hit screens, people began sharing visuals of empty atres, while critics posted negative reviews for film. 

Brahmastra gets swamped in negative reviews

Notable movie critics reviewed film and stated that it did not stand out as expected. As per Rotten Tomatoes, a top critic from Wrap stated that neir action scenes nor musical numbers stood out, and none of characters or ir performers transcends ir expected roles. Moreover, Scott Mendelson from Forbes compared film with Hollywood’s mistakes over last dece while trying to replicate success of Marvel movies. An excerpt from review re, “Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva resembles a checklist of every mistake Hollywood me over last dece trying to replicate success of Marvel's Avengers.” 

On or hand, Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Supreme Court vocate Abhishek Singhvi took to Twitter and shed light on how in a trilogy film like Brahmastra, only a good script would work. “Hearing very good things about Bhramastra VFX. But given that it's a trilogy, only a good script will work. Remember all fantasy series like GoT, Harry Potter & Marvel & DC stuff have a strong basis in script,” he stated. Atul Mohan, a movie business analyst shared his review on Twitter stating how movie failed due to lack of a good script. 

Despite all hype and overdone promotions by cast of film including Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Ayan Mukerji and ors, it is quite evident by  unenthusiastic response that Brahmastra got negative reviews from audience too. While VFX, cinematography and action sequences depicted in film received an average response from audience, y criticised film for having cringe-worthy dialogues and unrelatable content.

Many moviegoers also opined that film was disappointing while ors stated that makers wasted a stellar movie cast. y even shared pictures of empty movie atres that went viral on social media in no time. Take a look at some of reactions ahe-

Meanwhile, movie analyst Taran arsh also posted a review on Twitter stating that film was quite disappointing with low content and no soul. He gave film two stars while stating film missed an opportunity to be a game changer. 

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