Divert your eyes... SPOILERS AHEAD:

I just got back from the theater, having watched the eagerly-anticipated, Krrish. It was actually OK. Hrithik Roshan didn't impress me nearly as well as he did in the prequel of the film, Koi Mil Gaya, but he fit well enough the mold of the "superhero." Priyanka Chopra, too, was fine as the obligatory love interest. As a whole, I found the film entertaining, and I certainly didn't "roll my eyes" too many times; the special effects really weren't "Spider-Man II sensational," but they got their job done. Though it doesn't really have much place in a little "pseudo-review" such as this, I do just have to take a moment to say that Rekha is still one of the hottest actresses in the industry; when she plays the "young version" of her character, she looks as though she hasn't changed a bit since her "Pardesiya" (Mr. Natwarlal) days. Naseeruddin Shah (our suprise villain) is just fine as the very "James-Bond" villain, and actually reminds me a bit of how Amrish Puri would classically play his over-the-top-antagonist parts. The plot of the film is really quite simple, and the characters are about as "straight-out-of-comic-books" two-dimensional as you'd expect them to be; but then, to re-iterate, that is part of the charm of this "type" of movie. Indeed, Krrish's values, his psyche, his goals, are very "Spider-Man"/"Superman" in their sincerity and morality. Nevertheless, the film feels genuine, where it could have easily "gone through the motions," heartless. The songs feel a bit unnecessary at times, and I was quite trying to suspend disbelief when I saw a village-boy Krishna dance like a music-star, but, Indian movies have songs (often enough, out of continuity), and in a film like Krrish, if I couldn't suspend disbelief, then I shouldn't have been in the theater. The action scenes themselves — and even the overall "technical aspect" of the film — did "borrow" heavily from all sorts of successful Hollywood ventures (Marvel-Comics-films-esque music, at times; some Matrix-y fight sequences; some Batman-type moments of "lurking"; Minority-Report-looking technology), but, altogether, the film did not feel like a Sanjay-Gupta project. Perhaps this was partly because Krrish did borrow so much, and incoroporate so many "styles," from Hollywood films (honestly, though, where else would it find its lead, at this point), but I'd like to think it was at least significantly because the film had its own direction, its own identity in mind.

So, did I love Krrish the way I loved Daredevil, Batman Begins, or Blade? Hell no. It is, however thoroughly enjoyable — and thus successful in what it's set out to be — miles above not-so-hot Hollywood comic-films such as The Punisher and Batman & Robin.

i also found it strictly OK..the story was there..and script was ok too..but it was just the editing i felt that let it down..and some terrible acting by some of the supporting cast..the film ends up too many times in a sort of a lull..just when it looks like its building up to something..and i dont know why they employ that annoying girl that plays priyanka's friend honey..and archana? the boss..i find them so annoying!!

the action scenes were pretty good i felt..although i do wish there was more..

i felt that because the filmmakers feel that it is a new sort of movie for most indians they ended up most of the time just explaining things in the movie for too long..i just wish they would get on with it..
Hrithiks acting was excellent though and priyanka was below average..i didnt really like nasserudin as the bad guy ..overall..it was just ok..

it's average movie. Special Effects are really done, finally we don't have to see car just sitting up there and driver has just hands on wheel and everything else moving except car

Last fighting sequence in ending is really good and positive thing was that it didn't look like was stretched too much, 1 strike & out!

Regarding the "supporting cast," I felt that everyone was fine, except, perhaps, the "boss." I understand that the way she played her part was probably in accordance with the "type" of character she had, but I just didn't like the portrayal much; it was too "over-the-top hammy" for my taste. As for the "friend," I thought she was great during the first half, but once the plot moved to Sinapore, she began to wear on my nerves, a bit.

I agree with you only slightly about the filmmakers' "over-explaining." Most "intro." comic movies have to spend ample time laying groundwork (just look at Superman and Spider-Man), and I commend Krrish for not just being an "action-fest," with no backing story. Nonetheless, I think it went too far in some of its "flashback" (mostly to Koi Mil Gaya scenes) sequences, and the narration, particularly, felt verbose. Additionally, I wasn't very prone to the somewhat lenghty first-half, as, really, not much happens there, and what does happen is quite obligatory. Nevertheless, on the whole, I was OK with the film's choice of pacing.

I've read plenty now about Hrithik Roshan's work in the film, and I guess I'm the odd-man-out, here. Don't get me wrong: He was more than adequate. He did, however, annoy me frequently enough (especially during the pre-interval portion) with his interminable grin and "boyish" tendencies. Honestly, he seemed to have a bit of a "Rohit" hangover, and I ended up feeling that he could have separated the two characters — mainly through Krishna's being more (even just vocally) mature — better. In the few "Rohit" scenes, though, he did still impress, and that almost made me wish that more of the film were dedicated to him (though I understand how poorly this might have worked for the movie, per se).

I liked the "island action" well enough, but I have to bitch a little (pardon me while I do so): What the hell was with the "second wave" fight with the guerilla-style fighters? Maybe it was just my seat in my theater, but it looked straight out of the mid-eighties; very gawdy.

OK, right, so, altogether, I liked it less than Koi Mil Gaya, but more than any other, "average," film.

Good review for a hopeless film - http://www.upperstall.com/krrish.html

I was sick to my stomach seeing this one - wish i could do this ( yes this is my review)

this film was terrible, though I guess I expected it to be

but what was all the hype abt the action scenes in this film, it was the same exact second rate matrix knock-off stuff that we usually see in our bolly action films(qayamat, dus etc…) am not sure why rakesh roshan dished out the extra dough for the chinese guy, when we have our own fight directors here in bollywood (allan amin...) that are just as bad and probably much much cheaper