🎬 Rewatched RRR this weekend

Rewatched RRR on Saturday night, first time since the theatre. It ran about 3 hours and I never touched my phone. In the hall I was just shouting and clapping with the crowd. At home I could notice smaller things. My son sat through it with me. He'd only seen clips on his phone, and he kept saying, wait, go back. I told him this is Hyderabad's own film, and he rolled his eyes. He still stayed to the end. The shoulder fight introduction is still my favourite scene. Nothing else in the film beats that entry for me. I've seen it maybe 6 times by now. Every time my arms go up at the same moment, like a reflex. My son watched my face instead of the screen. He said it was better than the scene itself. The interval fight gets the goosebumps too. I know it's coming and it still works, which is annoying. This time I noticed the village scenes at the start. Small things in the background, pots, tools, kids running. Nothing looked new. It all looked used, like people really lived there. Somebody put in a lot of work. I also liked how the friendship between the two leads is built early, before the big action starts. By the time things go wrong between them, you care. In the theatre I missed that part completely. And yes, Naatu Naatu is still fun. It won the Oscar, and I still smile typing that. I remember where I was when the news came, at my desk, refreshing a page with 4 colleagues. Someone brought sweets the next day. We had no idea whether to clap or just eat. What's your favourite scene? I'm curious if anyone picks a quiet one over the fights.

We watched the Oscars live at a cousin's place, just because someone said Naatu Naatu was nominated. 15 or so people in one living room, and my grandmother asleep in the corner until the announcement. Then the whole room jumped up. She woke up and asked who died, and somebody had to explain. Best part was breakfast afterwards, cold biryani and tea, and nobody wanted to go home.

The village scenes got me too, mostly the little things at the edges of the frame. Cooking pots, tools hanging on walls, kids running past. Nothing looks brand new, everything looks lived in. I watched it again on my laptop at home, lights off, and saw a lot more than I did in the hall.

Same here, that shoulder fight entry is the one I rewatch. Last week I skipped to it and stopped. Didn't watch the rest. Just that scene, twice, with the volume up as far as the neighbours allow. Knowing what's coming makes the buildup better for me, not worse. I watch the crowd instead. Do you think the film works as well on a small screen? I'm not sure it does.