Hotel Mumbai

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Hotel Taj is sooo great, guests are "god" for them and yet, their incompetent staff opens door for EVERYONE knowing there is a mayhem going on outside. At time, it feels like this movie is sponsored by Taj Group because the movie takes more time glorifying Taj that actually telling the story in a compelling manner. Movie has nothing new that prior movies has not shown. You may waste your time if you want to watch a bunch of terrorist shooting on people, heroic men doing heroic things, women crying and everyone just being stupid.

I know that this movie is based on a true event but it really is terribly done. They Hollywoodized the "True" story with your typical formula writing. First, these characters seem to be able to move all over this hotel without being detected by the terrorists. They're banging on doors and yelling. Nobody hears them. They always seem to be looking the other way when they move from one room to another. The Terrorists must be deaf. I know this sounds mean but the lady with the baby irritated me. She reacts like a total idiot with her crying baby in her arms. Like the Terrorists can't hear this burping, farting gurgling baby? After a while I was rooting that they would be found and both shot dead for being stupid and loud. In the end, they both miraculously survive and just walk right out. Also, all these police are outside and none of them think it might be a good idea to go inside and stop the terrorists? They wait for 12 hours? Great response time. Well I guess that's India for you. They may be able to run a call center and Microsoft scam center but their Police are totally incompetent. Honestly, if you just watch it as an action movie its way better. You will not find any accuracy in what actually happened. I had no connection or empathy for any of the characters. I just kept thinking how dumb they are to not just leave the hotel. Break a window, smash a door open. Anything is better than wondering around in this aimless script of total Hollywood nonsense.

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I applaud the courage of the makers of this movie. The film is gripping and depicts realistically the gruesome events of the terrible attack on Mumbai by islamic terrorists in 2008. I didn't know much about the attacks, for some reason they didn't get much coverage in the US. Thanks to the makers of this movie for educating me.

They over sensationalised it and lots of stuff is just drama added by the writers. This is by no means based on true events rather just a boring and over dramatised bollywood movie.

For the true accounts of exactly what happened at Hotel Mumbai (and around the city) during the terrorist attacks, watch any one of the many documentaries available. This is just a fantasy version trying to mix "Die Hard" with "hotel Rwanda". It's bad. Of course, because it was marketed to American audiences they had to have an American protagonist who has to show an act of bravery...but not enough to actually result in anything, since that would prompt people to look him up and realize there were no Americans killed during the Hotel siege. And there has to be a "western" muslim to balance out the terrorists to show "see? They're not ALL like that!" And while this character was portrayed as a hot, rich Persian chick, the reality is she was a dumpy, old turk (and her husband); both atheists/secular who quickly pretended to be muslim (the woman put her sash around her head) to show the terrorists "look! don't kill us! We're one of you!!!!" and subsequently lived. Yes, gang, the reality is far more horrible and there really were very few heroes or likeable characters at all...save the waiter and head chef portrayed who really did help many to safety. If you have nothing else to do (i.e. are on an airplane) then fine, watch it (that's how I saw it). But don't expect much.