Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Part 20: The Last Sad Bit! Chekhov’s Bow is Fired

Phew!  We are almost to the return to the present day and the cathartic battle scenes!  But first, the last bit of sad.  And a subtle call back to something way way way way way back at the beginning of the film (part 19 here, you can crawl back from there)

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Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Part 17: The Sun Rises in the West

That was the line, wasn’t it?  To get Ramya to change would be like getting the sun to rise in the West?  Well, it happens here!  And it is so sad, that I am going to be getting through this section considerably faster than the previous parts, just to get it over with. (part 16 here, you can go back from there)

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Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Part 16: The Founding of a New Mahishmati

Welcome back to Bahubali!  I am going to do another post on “Dandaalayya”, because there is so much more to consider in it.  And then get into the “bad part” a little bit. (part 15 here, you can crawl back from there)

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Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Part 12: Rana Speaks! And a Wedding

I said in my last section that this is the part that is very very hard for me to watch, because it is two real.  It’s really the 20 minutes after “Daandalaya” that just kill me, but even this section is not good.  Which is a tribute to how well the film is made, that it can evoke such real emotions in me. (part 11 here, you can go backwards from there)

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Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Summary Part 11: It All Gets Very Bad

This is the section of the movie it is kind of hard for me to write about because it is TOO SAD.  And also, too real.  Which is a sign of what a good film this is, it’s set in a fantastical setting with swords and elephants and so on, but it manages to get right at human emotions I recognize. (part 10 here, you can go backwards from there.)

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Bahubali 2 Scene By Scene Summary, Part 10! The Queen Mother Makes a Mistake

Well, I got all bogged down in the last section between the rights and the wrongs of it all.  I’ll see if I can un-bog myself and do a bit more a straightforward account of what happened in this section. (last section here, you can go back in time from there and read the rest)

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Bahubali 2 Scene by Scene Part 9: Flying Swan Boat! And the Kiss That Was Cut

Welcome back!  A lot to dig into in this section, and then we get into the bit that depresses me terribly.  But this is the bit that makes is talk about whether the character developments are contrived or inevitable.  SPOILER: I land on the inevitable side of things. (last section is here, you can crawl backwards from there)

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DDLJ Part 18: The Active Male Searches for the Passive Female

Welcome back to DDLJ watch!  If this post gets decent views, I might try to do at least one of these posts a week, add it to the rotation on Wednesdays and/or Saturdays when I don’t have anything else.  And if I ever finish DDLJ, I will move on to HAHK or Sholay or another one of the classics.  But only if I get the views!  So COMMENT!!!  It lets me know you are reading, and gets more people to read them.  The lack of comments/readers is why I kind of let this die last summer.  (last post here, you can go back in time from there).

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Bahubali 2 Part 7 Scene By Scene (SPOILERS): Things Start To Go Terribly Wrong

Welcome back!  Here we are, part 7.  Where thing start to get sad and scary.  The last time I saw it, I was surrounded by sobbing children for basically the whole middle hour.  Lot’s of “Daddy, no!  Why are they doing that?  I don’t like this.”  Let’s see if I can get through it without getting sad myself! (last part here, you can go back from there)

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Bahubali 2: Whole Thing! Scene By Scene! Part 1, Opening Credits and Song

Welcome to my tedious and time consuming scene by scene coverage of Bahubali 2!  I already put up my No Spoilers review, if you want something to read while you wait to buy tickets.  And my SPOILERS review, if you want something quick to read to think about what you just saw.  This is something else, the intensive graduate-level-film-class scene by scene breakdown and discussion which will last for a couple weeks and only get a few very dedicated readers.  But I haven’t done one of these since Raees, and Bahubali seemed like an appropriate time to dust off the old analytical skills.

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