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Originally Posted by interz
what it lacked in plot, it made up with visuals - RT is a consensus from different reviews - most critics give a unanimous importance to the plotline rather than CGI
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Originally Posted by interz
what it lacked in plot, it made up with visuals - RT is a consensus from different reviews - most critics give a unanimous importance to the plotline rather than CGI
Yennai Arinthaal
Hari should learn a thing or two from Gautham on how to make a cop film without high decibel screams and flying Sumos. GVM is back, well and truly. :clap
Ajith has a role which suits his age and personality. He underplays throughout the film and it complements the film. Both heroines have played their roles well but Trisha stands out, thanks to the poetically written love track.
Arun Vijay didn't impress me much like what is projected in the media. Just ok, except that split screen sequence in the second half.
Songs were good on screen. Bgm was kinda loud and passable.
On the downside, the film takes some time to settle. But once it does, it moves with a good pace. Overall, GVM has done no harm to his reputation and I would place YA as his second best cop film after VV.
P.S: My mindvoice when I was walking out of the hall - இந்த அஜித் ஃபேன்ஸ் படம் சுமாரா இருந்தாலே சூப்பரும்பானுங்க.. :)
Watched yennai arinthal...pretty average stuff from gvm..really disappointed..nowhere near to kk or vv..ajith did his part well...detailed review later
Isai - Sa re ga ma pa tha ni, intha padathai nee gavani
I didnt expect isai to be a thriller, it was a surprising movie, with very good acting y SJ Surya and Sathyaraj and Savithri. If you have seen the truman show with Jim Carrey you might get de ja vu watching this movie. Another notable plus in the movie is Ganja Karuppu, his scenes with Sathyaraj were well executed.
Camera work is great, esp Atho Vaanile, Nee Poiyyaa? I like the songs, but I still feel this movie would have been more special if ARR composed the songs for the movie.
The gilma silphonsi scenes are nothing compared to hollywood movies, its censors job to deal with it, they could have asked SJ Surya to cut those scenes. thers lot of comedy in the movie too, esp Raju Sundaram scenes made me lol.
Overall I enjoyed the movie, the climax twist is totally unexpected. Welcome back to kollywood SJ Surya.
Yennai arinthal- not the best of gm and one of the better films of ajit compared to his recent releases..ya lacks the grip like wat kaaka kaaka and vetaiyadu vilaiyadu had..but its still worth a watch..ajit and trisha were impressive.. Arun was just ok..
Yennai Arindhaal....
A thin line separating good and bad. But the line is quite thick in YA as you prefer to stand on it without making a call whether the film is good or bad. Neatly made? Yes. Good intentions? Yes. Entertaining? That remains a question mark. Well all movies need not be entertaining. The graph of YA is gradual and never dips to a negative value. But the peaks in the graph never really soar great heights and remain minor momentary highs.
Yennai Arinthaal - a mental perspective
Q: Padam eppudi irukku?
Mental 1: Nallarukkupaa, 3 mani neram nalla thoonginenla.
Q: Ajiths performance?
Mental 2: Nallathaan pannirukkaru, athuvum preethi jhangiyaani oda nalla pannirukkaaru... sorrryppa ora thalamayir cuttu, red ennu nachuputten
Q: Trisha? Anuska?
Mental 3: Yow GVP pola enna kulappaatha, Trisha illatti Nayanthara ennu namma darling paiyan confuse aayi irukkaan. Ivanga padathila vanthathe 20 nimisham, appearancu cameo, aana vaangurathu kodiya?
Comedy scenes?
Mental 4: evvalavo humour sense ulla engalaiya vivek sirikka vakkalana, eppudi mattavangala sirikka vaippaar?
Q:ArunVijay/villain?
Mental 5: Kathuraan, Thitturaan, Saaguraan, aana hero vida villaana bayam kaatturan. Appakku pilla thappa purakkala.
Q: Camera?
Mental 6: Cheese
Q: How are songs?
Mental 7: Manisharma supera tune potturukka, ...Maambala Maambalam...slowa pottu puttaru ... athanyaa Athaaru Uthaaru... yaaru Harris Jeyaraja meesic? Avarkitta BGM pannekka vayiru kolara ennu ketkanum...appadiye vayiru pirattura meethiri meesic...
Q: Gautham Vaasudev menon?
Mental 8: Neeyavathu oru padam mudichu release panniputtiye, naattila sila pasanga 2-3 varusham 4-5 padam thodangi onnumma release aagalango.
If i wasnt mentally ill my words would have been: it is a above average movie, worth watching.
Yennai Arinthaal - First half slow & bore , second half engaging.
Realistic cop story & NIL heroism - I liked this aspect of YA, but GVM should stop making cop films in future.. many scenes are repetitive from Kakkha kakkha and Vettaiyadu vilayadu.. same with Harris rerecording..
Biggest disadvantage of YA is no twist & turns!!
Saving Grace is Ajith in his underplayed role..
One time watch!!
Pulanvisaranai 2 - kankalukku sothanai.
Candidate 2 for worst movie of 2015 is found.
Yennai Arindhal - Movie was all over the place in the first half. It couldn't stick to one plot. I was so lost in the first half an hour of the movie. Most of it is due to poor editing. Where the first half was nothing but expositions, the second half is where it picks up its pace and the story. GVM can only write one type of cop. Ajith's character is the exact same as Kamal's in VV and Surya's in KK. There was no personality to the character. Only thing going for it was the Ajith's charm. Like vithagan said, if you have seen GVM's previous cop films then you can easily guess what the next scene is going to be. Not that you can't predict it without seeing them either.
I have always had a problem with GVM's writting. He tries so hard to keep the characters and dialogues grounded it comes out so artificial. Some of the dialogues were so poetic; no one in real life talks like that and the characters were so grounded no one is given a standout personality. Only Ajith's natural charm induces some personality
into his character.
I really can't tell if it is a good movie or a bad one. It really didn't invoke any kind of emotion. It is just another GVM movie.
And GVM, please stop narrating every scene in the movie. We know what is going on without you constantly telling us what is going on. We are not that stupid.
enna friends kuuda discussionaa? right wokay ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by interz
Ennai Arinthaal: Watched it after huge expectations and major build-up in my own mind - thanks to Gowtham Menon, Ajith, and Harris coming together, and that too for a cop movie! Truly enjoyed it! Not sure if a Gowtham cop movie can ever go wrong. This one unlike KK or VV focuses more on human emotions and relationships - friendship, love, and fatherhood. The 3rd one stood out the most for me personally! Kudos to Ajith, a big star forgetting all his image, hype, and hoopla, and surrendering himself to a good movie and director, and just focusing on his acting! 2 thumbs up!! Will have to watch it a few more times to analyze it more... :)
Movie buff :thumbsup: liked your choosen words :)
m_23_bayarea bro welcome back :) glad that you liked YA. .
Isai - One Heck of a Movie :bow: The film has it's slow moments but gets gripping as it proceeds :)
Welcome Back SJ
YENNAI ARINTHAL-sudum ayutham
mixed wit kaaka kaaka n vettayadu vilayadu...palaya maava epadi kinndarathu innu, gvm ikku sariya varala..
namma 'aruva jeep antharathila parakkum' pugal dir hari kitta kodutha pirichi menjiruparu..
only ajith-acting than periya balam...kaatu kattal arun vijay rejected!!villana appadi enna special-la panni irukarunnu theriyala..thuppaki eduthu satha yaaraiyachum suttu kitte irukangga..yaaravathu setthu kitte irukanunga..'indian sames cameramen' pugal gvm sothappi vechirukappala..below average..
PK - pretty ordinary! They surely get their point across on God and religion with all their questions though. The climax (TV show scene) was pretty dramatic and hard to believe! Really surprised to see the hype, hoopla, and the BO collections of this movie!!
Good to see Heroines sharing as much screen space as Heroes in recent films which i watched - I, Isai, Anegan ! Not only their presence but also their characters have been etched very nicely.... :)
Angusam - disastrous
It is a perfect movie where the intention about social message is good, but the result is a disaster. The movie is about RTI. But the director seem to have a calculation about how a movie should be: a jobless guy, loser friends, duet partner (heroine), corrupt police & politicians. Whole 1st half is about love. Love shadows the real subject in many movies, which makes movies look less convincing, get to the matter peter!
One positive thing about the movie is i learned something about RTI. I tried to read up on RTI, on paper it seem like a good move, but there are lot of exceptions in RTI, that makes RTI look less convincing. Nevertheless it is an attempt to give more rights to indian citizens and fight corruption.
Happy New Year - Pure fun! :)
anegan - watched in federal yesterday mitnit..40% full.. mass masala entertainer..K.V Anand movie ikku remote control sevai thevai-ye illa...
sema fast...dhanush-ikku itha role ellam cumma 'cuving gam' thinnu thuppara mathiri..boring illama katha sollarathu-la KVA killadi..good time passing movie..ellam okthan but etho onnu missing mathiri thonuth!!theater-la ukkanthathum therila elunthathum theriyala..
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fresh story,danush,karthik,HJ songs..
hats off to kv anand..
Manidha kadhal alla - eppadi irukku ?? any idea.... i saw the ads on tv yesterday and wondered if it was some kind of twilight-ish theme :D
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How is theatre condition after refurbish :) hope no more cockroaches & rat :(
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Originally Posted by k_vanan
At Summit - its 10-11 bucks. On Wednesdays, only 7 bucks
- fantastic seating & sound system!
Ha ha.superb renovation.. Enna onnu out site mattum not allowed. Wife oru mootta renjukku norukku theeniya alli Kittu vanthangga..kenji kuttadiyum onnum nadakala.Selma strittu..state p.j also OK than..isai n yennai arinthal anggathan pathen..
RM 13 innu nenakiren..nettu konjam late.rm50 koduten..avasarathila balance sa kuda kanakku pannala..
Our hubber Honest Raj said these exact words in his review. I agree with rest of your points as well. I've always disliked how the character's speak in GVM's films. Not just the words, but the way they speak with all those pauses. It was too much in YA too. And, HJ should be banned from doing re-recording.Quote:
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Hahaha this is what happens when any director repeats his style over and over again. It put offs people. I found many discussing in the theatre during the interval, that this movie is a copy of VV..
"Intha director ippidiyaa copy adippaan " - back seat la oru aunty comment.. [emoji38]
Also, there were just too many plot holes.. Overall i thought it is not a bad film because it was not boring.. But i am not sure if i will hold the same opinion if i see it again..
In my view IPS character should be aggressive instead of charm... trisha is good where jothika is wasted sorry anuska. YA is a wrong composition of KK,VV and VA........:smokesmirk:
Yennai Arinthal is the best tamil movie released from a day before deepavali to now. I am probably buying the dvd when it is out.
Neethane En ponvasantham..kinda like the film now :oops: not sure why i hated the film at that point of time..the problems varun and nithya faced are quite realistic..IR was also in top form.GM should have made this film much later..not immediately after VTV
you hated the movie because it was dragging and slow...you wanted a fast screenplay... :) though both jeeva and samantha did a good job guess some other actor other than jeeva could have done better and samantha could have portrayed her egoistic attitude still better...but gvm chosen not to overdo it...Quote:
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the problem with GVM is he is hell bent on one impression formed about police characters which can't be changed and also the father-son or father-daughter bonding portrayal is so gvm formula...guess he wants to show some parts from his real life...Quote:
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but we can't say YA is a copy of VV because YA is more of father-daughter bonding, a gentleman romancing a divorced lady who is a mother to a 2 year old daughter laced with a very thin plot relating to human trafficking and organ trading with ajith's machoism....ajith wanted to work with gvm's vision of movie making...and YA is one of those film.. :)
Sandamarutham - what is Ophaleseca?
3rd worst movie of 2015 is found. It seems like mass movie directors run out of "sarakku" after few movies. I did enjoy his Kuthu, Malai Malai, Maanja Velu. Sarathukumar and overaction is not a good mix. The villain character was too far out, and comical than threatening. Meera Nandan and Oviya gets some duets with Sarathkumar but nothing more. Most annoying part of the movie is comedy, too many comedians, and none of them could make me laugh. James Vasanthan songs are pretty bad, and BGM not racy enough. To ignore this movie totally is the best thing you can do for the cinema industry in tamil nadu.
Anegan - liked it. For me it looked like it all got all the difficult things right. Logic and magic ...both were perfect to make it entertaining. But missed small things including Dhanush's atrocious wig at places.
Tamizhuku Enn Ondrai Azhuthavum - Thoroughly enjoyed the film. Sad to see few average reviews for the film. It needs to be appreciated. A film where you do not see the typical filmi hero even in a single scene. Despite being offbeat it was entertaining throughout with humour being the highlight.
Sandamarutham - Had very very very low expectations when I went in. Realized even that level was too high for the movie.
Anegan .. OK movie.
Couldn't understand the hype on that song Danga Maari :lol:
Some visuals are stunning .. I have been to the Pagoda and some places shown in the movie in Myanmar.
Watched 2 movies this week:
(1) I - Good!
(2) Anegan - Awesome!! :)
Tamilukku En 1 aluthavum
Kudos to the director for making an interesting movie, with a different plot. The movie is just 2 hours and 7 mins long and gets very interesting in 2nd half. Another good treat in february, I think this month has proved to be a good month for cineindustry.
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The movie plot it interesting,
very apt cast (Nakul, Aishwarya Dutta, Bindu Madhavi, Urvashi, Manobala etc)
Thaman S. songs are good.
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Could have made the movie more serious
The cab driver didnt notice the van was following him for long time
Attakathi Dinesh (same stone face expression throughout the movie)
What a laugh riot this movie was.... incredibly funny one-liners and excellent comics with perfect timing.
Don't miss!
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+1 enjoyed this movie a lot. Another good thing is no unnecessary songs to hinder the tension being created ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Movie Buff