Ingethan.. kamal comedies discussionla idhaiyum serthuppangaQuote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Ingethan.. kamal comedies discussionla idhaiyum serthuppangaQuote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Falooda, Ezhavu, Roberts-son, Vikadananda scenes ellaam pramaadhama irukkum. First half was very enjoyable. Poga poga ellaa charactersum orey edathula kuvinju naadagam feel vandhidum. Last half an hour went downhill and the only other KH movie which had a similar pattern was MMA. Apperpatta Kadhala Kadhalavayum Hindi'a "Housefull"-nu remake panni sambaadhichuttaanga.
KK, ME were all dry lands. I remember AV still gave 41 marks for KK. Such was their biased state. KK was like a Tajmahal of BR. An wonderful opportunity got wasted by poor plot-screenplay-execution in spite of having talented resources.Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
1. pon ondru kanden pen angu illai
2. naan kaviignanum illai
3. annan kaattiya vazhiyammaa
4. nallavan enakku naane nallavan
5. ohoho manidhargale
6. than nilavu thenirukka
:clap: :clap: :clap:
what more can one want from a film?
one line from the song annan kaattiya vazhiyammaa is enough to summarise the whole plot.... therinthe kedupathu pagaiyaagum theriyamal keduppathu uravaagum :clap:
ok ok.. i thot it was only termed as an average and have not seen K fans taking too much credit for this...Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
i personally enjoyed this movie...
this movie was released on the next day to vijay's ninaitthen vandhaai released...
school time... both the movies, we bunked the summer classes and went in the morning, could not get tickets for morning show and watched afternoon show... i could enjoy it with the gang... still i would call it an average movie... everytime this movie invokes those memories and the way we danced for kasumelae...
Neram...
Pakka script..Casting nd story :clap:... The innocent pagalavan (Soodhu kavvum) did the vatti raja role s quite different nd did his best..
as expected, nazria s gorgeous on screen..hero s too ok..i watched hero's malayala film 'Thathayathin maryathu' & 'Chapter' already..so he s nt new to me..
film s nt boring though the screenplay s slow..wonder y tis film s nt picked in BO...
Cameo role Nasser :lol: :bow:..The build up before Nasser start to singing :rotfl::rotfl:...
Each nd every incidents/problems s co-related nd solved wit unexpected pagalavan death..
U cn speand ur 'Neram' definitely to watch tis 'Neram' :-D
My rating - 3.5/5..
watched the movie last nit show..v can give the current generation 'Navarasa naayagan' pattam to Dhanush... wt a actor he is..:clap:.. he s showing lot of expressions nd emotions for each scenes...
actually, tis story doesnt require much acting scope..bt dhanush pinni irukkaapla...ther r no. of scenes i cn say..
i list out sum few here..
1. the scene before sonam nd abhay wedding..
2. dialogue expression after hugging sonam ... :bow:
3. crying in front of abhay funeral
4. expressions during piya milenge song
5. asaalt smiling every time sonam slapping him...etc.,etc...
no other actor cn justice dhanush role... he proved he cn act even in a commerical movie..
Coming to story, movie s gud entertainment...i cnt believe dhanush doesnt knw hindi before the movie launch.. perfection in every dialogue deliveries.. :bow:
last 15 mins. s only boring nd sonam also did her role gud..
All songs r situation songs.. all songs r ther except Nazar laaye song.. :-|
My rating - 3.5/5.... If 2nd half s much better, i cn giv 4.5/5...
Sarocharu (telugu w/ eng subtitles) - average but watchable once.
Another story that as a "imagine" heroine like in Vaali, Vandhan Vendran. Kajal agarwal and Richa Gangopathi has little more scope than usual telugu heroines. Raviteja is being less goofy which doesnt work for me. I hope to see a raviteja in his best again in a good movie.
Excellent songs from Padithaal mattum pothumma... watched this movie in theater when i was a kid...Quote:
Originally Posted by NOV
same here..Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
padathula oru twistum illai onnum illai..
something to differentiate brothers..
venkatesh style: kaiyai pinnadi kondu poyi shirt collar'i oru 2 inch thooki viduvaru
mahesh babu style: tuck in panna shirt eduthu veliye viduvaru..
it looks like Anjali reduced her weight.. munnai vida idhula konjam slim ah irundha madhiri irukku
Raanjhanaa
Havent seen any of Aanand L Rai's previous movie. Went to the movie for ARR and Dhanush. They have carried the movie on their shoulders. Dhanush couldn't have dreamt of a better Bollywood debut. Credit to the director for giving him a role which fits him to a T.
The first half moves at rapid pace while the second half is bit dragging because of the complete change of milieu. But it can be pardoned as it forms the base for the climax.
ARR, with complete freedom, can do wonders to a film. Raanjhanaa is one perfect example. All songs have been used perfectly. Nazar Laye is used too. BGM was apt.
idhu... idhukkaagatthaan...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Anyone remember or is a fan of Gaint Robot !
I was / am a huge fan of the series telecasted on DD. The theme music still rings in my ears, and how I used to take off just after an episode humming this theme brings back the golden days as a kid.
Here is an episode : (Johnny Sokko, Monster eating bullet, firing it back & Gargoyle ... LoL (now))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TZEsgpBgU
Now Warner Brothers and Del Toro bring back the classic (ofcoarse twisted American version) as Pacific Rim. Not to be missed :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag
Man of Steel [2013 : English : 2h20]
Directed by Zack Snyder
Produced by Christopher Nolan & friends
Adapted from : Known only to Zack & Nolan
Spl Effects : Weta Digital, MPC, and Double Negative
Music : (sleepy) Hans Zimmer
Banner : Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring : Henry Cavill & Amy Adams (others you can skip or look for their photos on internet)
Man of Steel Post Part 1 :
Summersing Superman Intro : Planet Krypton is dying - Zod the mad general wants to take it back and give it a chance with a funny rebirth system - EL (biological father of Kal aka Superman on earth) wants a more diplomatic (rather democratic) solution - Zod ends up fighting El, killing him ofcoarse - Lara (the mother) quickly launches the super-baby to earth - Zod gets arrested & sent to the space prison.
Summersing Superman as Young Clark : On earth, the Kents raise Kal as Clarke - Clarke is lost as he is not able to understand whats happening to him - The kents guide him to control his emotions (powers) - Clarke saves his classmates - Appa Kent shows the vessel in which Kent Jr. arrived - Clarke goes in search of his true identity saving people all the way.
Summerising Man of Steel : Clarke finds a space ship - Finds his cape - Agrees to be annonymous - goes too close to Lane's lips each time but not kiss her, no, not yet, not now - Zod escapes, comes to earth, wants Superman - Superman fights Zod and his sidekicks - Victory - And now Superman kisses Louis Lane.
You got all in there, anything missed is merely my ignorence and absolutely not the film-maker's fault.
The very first thought I got while the end credits were rolling, was whether Zack would acknowledge Mani Rathnam. The sun, the glow and Superman's "Lighted face" is a super-dooper lift from Thalapathy (Thalaivar and the glow - miss those days). That said, the movie is anything but engaging, eventhough it has some exciting but repeatitive grande finale with all sorts of noise, boom & blast. The intros are quite fast, and the movie quickly swifts from an angle to another gaining all our attention, until Clarke discovers his "underware-less" Cape. From there it goes not only downhill, but digs itself further more to the core of the earth and gets burnt before anyone can bury it. The Visuals, the machines, the specifications and attention given to minute details are all praise and note worthy. These guys are good on paper-work when it comes to technical details. Jumping straight on to the cast - as mentioned sometime back, Amy Adams is quite pretty. Its only while driving back I was wondering whether she blinked in the movie (LoL). Henry Cavill, his broad shoulder says it all. Apt as superman and lost as Kent, he gives a "not-so-engaging" but interesting performence. Rest of the cast (Michael Shannon or Kevin Costner or Laurence Fishburne or Russell Crowe) are there to pull people in by mentioning their names on the poster. And Diane Lane, my (once upon a time) favorite actress, she is more like the step-sister to "Indian" Sukanya.
As usual to show a difference and put their stamp on a comic-book movie, What the film makers concentrated much was on the narrative physics, ending up in making a "no-superman-returns" but Superman-Reboot. The whole premisis has changed (constantly adressing superman as an alien), and as Nohlan always tries to sprinkle political messages [Remember : our Dark Knight is Bush], Man of Steel is no exception to it, refering to "alien" Superman to the current president of US. Oh boy! should I mention the destruction the Steel Man makes. He does more than he was asked for, rather more than he can actually do. On the otherhand, Zack relies on godly and spiritual messages in his movies. Here suiting to the dialogue, Kal glides of the ship with his arms streched (ofcoarse a "glow" around his head - thanks Sun) as soon as its announced that he will be the god to the humans. There is much more to this political-jesus angle, but much of the audiences are really not bothered, thus no discussion about it unless asked for. Just as a Nota Bene 1 & 2 - immigration & Superman not saving US alone but going global - are 2 things that cannot be over-looked by any viewer.
Man of Steel Post Part 2 :
The writers have "modified" the superman basic tutoriols much intelligently. Actually El tells Kal not to use his super powers that will affect the Humans and Kent tells clark that he is on earth for a reason. In the reboot, El wants Kal to assure that Human do not destroy the earth as the Kyptonians did with Krypton and his being on earth is for that reason, whereas Kent tells clark not to use his superpower to help and destruct the balance. These changes are welcoming and fits the REBOOT. But all the Louis Lane (and for the records Louis is not the 1st grilfriend of Superman, its Lana Lang) & other encounters are ALL WRONG. Why all wrong because they mixed up eveything just to make a Global Franchaise out of it and escape with all the sequels they are going to produce. The main gap in superman Movies is because they did not know how to carry the series forward just with Superman versus Zod and Superman versus Luther [Guys, there are so many other super-villans that Man of Steel can fight]. But again they took the same villan-thing, analysed the failure of Superman Returns, scripted some brutal murders, used the selling-buying-reselling of DC efficiently and made Man of Steel.
One point I want to make it very clear and firm, I am all in for modifications / changes etc., But it comes with an enormous price and when paid back properly I am all happy. What disturbs me is Superman's attitude towards the end. Listen, the motive for comics and producing super-hero (& villans) is to show the difference between the Good & Evil amoung us. Good fights evil and its evil ways, and always trumps victorious not by killing it but putting it away [Even today in the TFI the cops are obligatory just before the end credits]. The principle is that Good never KILLS, if it does so, its no more considered GOOD. Superman has killed (but never Louis Lane ... I was LoL when she was credited for killing a "Phantom Zone villain"), so superman has killed but never coldly. Zod does die in the hands of Superman, but not this early and certainly not this way. Actually he puts Zod and his side-kicks in the mirror and toggles them into the "Pocket universe", and its only after Zod had merely suceeded in erasing the earth and was overpowered, Superman uses his "multi-colored" Krytonite to depower him and finally puts an end to Zod when he announces that "I will be back, even more powerful" (For records other couple of killings are credited as accidents). And Superman is there to save, not to provoke thousands of death. This film is a gory massacre of Humans than Superman saving the day. But still he has a good eye on Lane and catches her each time she falls !
Another thing is the trade mark of imagination. Where is the Red underware ? Else he looks like Spider-man having a very bad dream. And the glowing Red and Green Kyptonite ! (was dumbly replaced by a Black Key of a sort). Where is Zod's (huge voice) "Kneel before Zod" line? Man of Steel is a perfect exemple of what you get when your research is Half-Baked. Hope they don't omit the "telephone-booth-take-offs" in thier sequel. I can carry-on for pages, but I stop here keeping in mind, its a Tamil Film Discussion Forum.
Man of Steel : SapaMan
NB 3 : The movie was converted to 3D in Post-production and was never shot in 3D. The 3D is more forced than sweet. The 2D is just perfect. As usual, choice is yours, but watch it in a 7.1 dolby equiped cinema halls, to get the maximum from the flying machines and sleaths. Interestingly they have mixed 4 different sounds when Superman takes off ... Ok Ok, I stop here ... LoL.
NERAM
- another extended short film stuff
- goes along with the recent trend..
- little incident - less characters - comedy for most part but not as a track - kind of good music - beautiful cinematography - earlier few years back, it was fast cuts & zoom in zoom out camera.. but now it is slow motion trend...
- vazhakkam pola.. oru vaatti parkkalam..
- Nasser's cameo :clap: :lol: cd writing, ausom ausom.. :lol:
http://mimg.sulekha.com/tamil/neram/...m-film-050.jpg
athe...athe... :rotfl::rotfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
and before nasser start to sing...allakkai (without patience) to hero, "thambi...thambiyai aditcha auto number paarthiya"... :rotfl:
Thala_rasigan, I wanted to ask you this morning but forgot. Is the DVD of Neeram available ? Like to get a copy of the film.
Wonderful narration, sad it did not make it big. Fine, no problem, Alfonse name sits in the dictionary where the word Talent is defined.
I am all support for him, his team & their future projects.
mappi...
its already out..u cn check wit uyirvani link... :)
SATHILEELAVATHI :rotfl3: :rotfl3:
- had a hearty laugh for 2+ hrs...
- dialogues are good & humor is spontaneous
- Ramesh Aravind has done very well..
take out scenes involving Kamal and the film is a bore...Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
+1. It was telecasted on Sunday afternoons right? Never missed a single show. Used to even cry when Giant Robot got thrashed by the monsters. Downloaded one of the episodes few months back to revisit the classic. 5-mins mela paakka mudiyala :-) Giant Robot dhaan Pacific Rim'a? Thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by mappi
Take out KH scenes and SL = Rettai Vaal Kuruvi. If you make it a bit more serious, SL = RVK = Marupadiyum.
^ :lol: How true!!
Btw .. Last movie - Thillu Mullu 2013. It started like old one and what a horrible movie making. They made like a spoof initially but failed miserably, check the interview scene :banghead: how classic it was in Rajini’s version. Later, they altered the original story a bit . Siva was good here and there. Prakash Raj can't match Thengai but he was ok.
Question to director and producer, thillu mullu humour sequences works even in 2013, why did you choose this?
The Happening - the bizarre movie
Weird movie my Shyamalan. It might have been scary if I saw it on theatre. Well acted by Mark wahlberg and Zoey Deschanel though. I must start not relying on the ratings of the movie. Got fooled by the ratings for this one.
neram sari illa...
25 min shortfilm rolla podalangaa maadhiri thongavittu adila kallukatti neettirukkaanga...
NERAMQuote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
- another extended short film stuff
- goes along with the recent trend..
Same can be said for many full length films from the past.. to name a few anjali, poove unakkaaga :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Yes, Sponsored by "I Love You Rasna" (with the "la la la" Lyril soap ad inbetween)Quote:
Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo
Plus you have "friendly neighbourhood spiderman" and Vikram Aur Vedhal.
80's weekends' was fun on DD, espicially for kids.
[QUOTE=interz;1057214]The Happening - the bizarre movieQUOTE]
"Kathala" Manoj "Rathirila" Shyamalan movies rest between the genres. They are haunting more than thrilling or scary, sometimes there would be jumping moments, but his motive is to haunt you. Thats where many fail to recognise and appreciate his work. Take Happening : while you are watching it or after watching it, just to have a seed of thought that what happens if the trees deceide to send carbon dioxide instead of oxygen permanantly is haunting ? We dont give a thought about it until we not only realise but recognise that its from the trees that we breathe. Once this seed is planted, it starts to haunt you forever.
Similarly, We have read about monsters in fairy tales and have been scared. Just imagine if its a parrallel world and through a portal that monster come to your bedroom for real. Just imagine how you would feel if you come to know after 1h30 mins that you were in an ascensor talking and reacting to someone who was realy dead ! Thats haunting, some really weird stuff and bringing it on screen is purley through naration skills.
Talking about rating, I second you. Take for exemple Redemption, the latest by Jason Statham (Hummingbird in UK and Crazy Joe in France). Its Drama (ofcoarse you have 10 secs of "bone-breaking" from time to time). The critics simply thrashed the movie by saying that Statham is getting better as an actor. They completely missed the core. There is a scene in the alley, a conversation between a nun and Statham, that summerises the movie. You live in Europe and I suppose you are aware of the state its in. Watch this movie, and let me know what you think.
venki... we are talking about neram... and i think u can very well talk about without bring any other movie into conversation... poove unakkaga et all.. i dont even remember the scenes now... same for anjali too... maybe they were also like how u say... but does that mean neram can be that way?Quote:
Originally Posted by venkkiram
Aurangzeb (Hindi)..
Gud story..wel executed wit screenplay.. bt sumthing s missing in characterization.. Prithiviraj s in his best :thumbsup:..
Rishi kapoor s as villain after seeing comic roles in so many recent films...villain character s well suited for rishi than comic roles...
My rating - 3/5...
After Earth (English : 2013 : 1h40m)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay credits too)
Written (note this) & Produced by Will Smith
Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
Music by James Newton Howard
Banner Columbia pictures
Starring : Smith Sr. & Jr., space crew, Garudar, Baboons and plants
Once again (making us feel guilty), the human have destroyed Planet Earth, but the Americans have found another Planet Nova Prime and migrated there (Attn: From here Americans are called Humans). There is a problem, in Nova Prime also "We are not alone" - the initial habitants, the aleins, constantly attack and kill humans, resulting in Nova Prime humans creating their proper SWAT team - The Rangers. The rangers are trained and have mastered to over come fear. Did I say that the aliens are blind and can recognise you with the smell of your own fear ? So Rangers are invisible to these Aliens and kill them just by standing under their feet. As expected, Smith Sr. is the ultimate Ranger, and Jr. Smith is taking the training to become one. (I really can't remember any of the character names - they are all weird, so please bare with me while adressing them with their family names). On the day when papa Smith comes home, Jr. has some bad news for him - he failed to become a Ranger. Smith Sr. then relaises that his son needs a father more than anything to be sucessful (thanks to Mrs. Smith), he takes his son along with him for a small operation. Unfortunately, their space ship gets into a "whatever" storm and crashes, the Smiths being the only surviors. 2nd Problem : The communicating device is broken and another one is in the tail of the ship which broke free and is anywhere out there, but near. 3rd Problem : Papa Smith broke his leg. So its upto the Jr. to take up the task to find this device, contact Nova Prime and get help. With the guidence of Papa, the son embarks the journey to get the communicating device, knowing well the dangers those awaits him on the ex-planet of Humans, Earth.
I was suprised to discover Will Smith being credited for the story. After Earth has few other plesant suprises. Firstly its straight forward - a sci-fi which you can understand, follow, relate to, without any assistance in your 1st view. The film never projects to be intelligent or talks much about science and wierd definitions. Secondly, the wonderful thing about this movie is how beautifully they have shown Earth. Its been a decade that all these films based on the future shows Earth in very pathetic state or the destruction of it is magnific. The film makers have made it a point to show Earth breezy and greeny. Thirdly, they kept a check on monster and creatures. They just show up where they have to, rather than every 5 mins and the main character running and jumping above it in slow-mo. For such reasons, the film is a BIG welcome.
M. Night's screenplay is quite engaging and the story is well conceived eventhough its not anything new. The problem arises when you try to disect the film. The most annoying one is the continuity. They start with ruined earth, jump to Nova Prime, jump to Space Ship, jump back to Earth and all of a sudden talk about revelations. I mean that nothing was elaborated. That rises a lot of questions, resulting in many plot holes and a confusious state while you walk out. Apart from that, those who not are quite keen in looking through a film, would certainly enjoy the film as much as I did.
Talking about the Smiths, firtsly for major part of the films, you see only the 2 Smiths. For that a special pat for Will Smith to write a story where he can give his son a boost during performence. First Sr. : Will Smith is as charmismatic as he was. He grips your attention and leaves it only towards the end. He plays most of the part by rolling his eyes, which emotes the fearless father's care for his son. Thats something very difficult to imagine, when you know that your son is out there all by his own but you are fearless. One thing I did not understand was why He was pulling in his upper Jaw and pushing out his lower one all the time ! Mannerism of his character or he has developed that habit ! Now Jade Smith : I have what Santhanam has to say : "nee-lam Nalla Varuva da". This kid is as charming as his father (but puts up a bit of arogant act rather than panic). He cries swiftly and regains himself the next moment and that comming from a kid is quite astonishing. They have also given enough scope for his atheletic talents. You can make out that there were no rope pull-stunts, but ofcoarse a rope for security, while Jade does some daring "cliff-hanging".
Finally, the sound is quite ordinary that its extra-ordinary. They have mixed it quite well, and kept it too soft just to suit the ambience and let us take in the beatiful Earth. Same goes with special effects too, eventhough few parts really look like Special Effects .. LoL. Mr. Night has taken our mytholigical and folklore plants, creatures and monster and wondefully masked in his worK. Thats quite welcoming as anyone looking to know what its actually, they will be lead back to our Puranas. Thanks Manoj.
After Earth : After Beautiful before wonderful.
World War Z
Never been a fan of zombie movies and went to this movie by chance and not by choice. But it my exceeded expectations and the 3D was wonderful.
Releasing here on 17/07, will be watching it on 19/07.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
In the trailer, it was a horror to watch the rope or pyramid of humans falling down while climbing that big Wall.
Didn't know that its about Zombies, thought its yet another End of Earth movie.
Swamy ra ra (Telugu)..
Fantastic movie...Superb screenplay.. nt a single boring moment..
Climax s top-notch...
Neram + Settai + Soodhu Kavvum = Swamy ra ra..
Swathy s gorgeous in tis movie..
My rating - 4/5... Must watch move..otherwis it wil be a gr8 MISS...
Really !Quote:
Originally Posted by Thala_rasigan
Will try to watch it (soon).
Yes mappi..the plot/screenplay of the above 3 movies s same here nd there wit tis movie (Swamy ra ra) ..
1. As Neram movie, the movie story s happeneing in a day (in Swamy ra ra-post interval) nd it s all abt a gang nd money/idol exchange frm one hand to another hand...
2. As settai movie, the idol (in Swamy ra ra) /diamonds (in settai) s selling in very low price than its real worth to villain/jewellery store and get trying to back it due to his GF s in villain custody..
3. As soodhu kavvum, the technique they r using s unique..in SK, they r doing kadathal wit sum interesting techniques......bt in tis movie (Swamy ra ra), they r doing pick pocket wit sum innovative ideas ...nd 4 people r doing tis in both the movies...
definitely u wil feel sumthing fresh/relaxation in ur mind after watching tis movie..i sure.. :)
Avatar - one of the best movies.
I was really sceptical about this movie before watching because I was expecting it to be a boring "artish" movie. But the 162 minutes were well spent watching this movie. To be honest i would have been off work few days if the movie ended sad, so I am glad it had a happy ending. The stroy is pretty simple. The good vs bad, machine vs nature, american aggresivity vs humanity, hope against delusion, faith vs disbelief and so on.
All characters were convincing in their part. Graphics is the main strenght of the movie. Without those awesome graphics it could have ended up like a movie about african tribe vs emperors. James Cameron made a movie ill never forget in my life.
checking the calendar :boo:Quote:
Originally Posted by interz