Originally Posted by
Stardust
Watched it. Loved it. Mark my words, this movie will be the official box office winner, especially due to his family audience base.
Where I watched? Every, MegaCGR. It was packed on a weekday afternoon show in France.
Coming to the movie, I don't understand the complaints about length in second half, if anything it was the first half I found a bit lengthy. Lal- bowled me over. His screen presence, that charisma and I loved how Vijay sometimes knew how to play second fiddle to his majestic command of screen. Soori was okay, Kajal- why was she there?, Poornima-adequate, Mahat- didn't annoy me as much on screen and pleasantly surprised me with his performance in his final sequence with Vijay, Thambi Ramaiah did what was expected of him, so did the sister.
Now coming to the man, I've loved since I was 3, as much as I loved all his mannerism and dialogue delivery, he still needs to emote better, it's pretty evident when he is performing next to a star like Lal. He did manage to hold his own in a few scenes with Lal, so I'm not even close to disappointed with his performance. He is capable of so much more as an actor, but we'll see that in his next pproject. If you guys loved Pokkiri, you'd definitely love Jilla. It's Vijay's commercial avatar again, what with his cute expressions that attracts kids and family, this pongal Jilla is the sureshot winner.
P.S. special mention goes to Imman. Usually songs are considered speed breakers for a racy commerical flick, but his songs were so pleasant and foot tapping that people in theater forgot to moan about it. His BGM definitely raises the standard of the film by few notches. Especially so in the climax fight sequence. Well done, Imman