KGF: Chapter 2 (2022)Directed by Prashanth NeelTL;DR Version: It was a kickass movie and I totally loved it!Long Version [#NOSPOILERS]: I’ve been very excited for this movie and watched Chapter 1 again in preparation for it. I'll be honest, when I watched Part 1 earlier in 2018, I liked it but didn't love it. Second time, I liked it much better, loved the visuals, music, songs, the balls out attitude of it all, and especially how in the second half, they portrayed KGF as a surreal version of hell with the guards as demons.I can understand why some friends said they liked the character building and story moments in Part 1 better. Part 2 is nearly all action, perhaps it could have been shortened a bit. For most of the runtime, I was enjoying myself greatly but still leaning towards liking Part 1 more, but the way they ended it made this its own beast, and I loved it. Watching Part 1 again helped as the two movies essentially tell a single story.The visuals (cinematography, lighting, production design and VFX) and music are a treat. The emphasis on brown tones and the speed ramps in the action scenes gave off Zack Snyder vibes, the action scenes are great, everything is hyper stylised and dialled all the way up, and it's as if at the end they pushed it a notch further even!I think they were held back a bit because of the U/A rating, if not for that they could have amped up the violence even more.You have to be on board with it, as I totally was, and then you’ll enjoy it, which I totally did! It’s now added to my Best Movies of 2022 list!Here's my sketch based on the movie showing the hero, and the two antagonists. I think I should do more of these sketches with multiple characters as opposed to just single faces. The drawing is done with pencil and colour ballpoint pen. Swipe to see a scanned version.Since Sanjay Dutt’s character in the movie is inspired by Vikings, I thought of Robert Eggers’s upcoming “The Northman” and what it would be like in an alternate universe if he and Prashanth Neel collaborate on a project with music by Junkie XL. Swipe to see an idea for a poster. [ADDITIONAL NOTES IN FIRST COMMENT]#655 / 17-Apr-22
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