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MumbaiExp is a fantastic slapstick that tamil filmdom has not got for quite sometime. I rate "kurangu kailyil" as the best song in the album which has been put to use effectively at many places. The sore point is the half-baked romantic(??) angle. Kamal could have been bold enough to chop off this like how he showed his boldness in rushing the climax scenes. I watched the film at Satyam and the audio was really bad. I would like to know if the audio is any better in Bangalore multiplexes.
I saw the movie in a slightly second class theatre(Poornima)here&the audio was good.Quote:
Originally Posted by mythila
I agree with you about the romance angle between Kamal&Manisha,it didn't gell at all as Manisha was till the end shown to be money crazy without any 'feelings'towards Kamal.Instead,she could have been just a character who ends up being a partner in Kamal's business like the others.The bond should have been restricted to Kamal&the boy.
irfansong,Quote:
Originally Posted by irfansong
IR's music is immortal indeed. The first time i saw the movie was for thalaivar and the movie itself, the second was for the atmosphere and the third was for IR.
alwarpet_andavan
mythila and Cinefan,
Yeah, the romance bit stuck out like a sore thumb and was a real speed-breaker. It had no place not only in a movie like this, but it didn't gel with the script, IMO. What a difference it would have brought to the BO fate of the movie had those scenes been pruned and replaced with better taut ones!
alwarpet_andavan
You think so.I don't think 15-20 minutes being slow can change the BO prospects of a movie.Anyway this happens in the beginning of the second half,the movie picks up later.It's just that something was missing in the second half which left the audience with a sort of incompleteness.Can't put my finger on it.Overall the mixed/extreme reactions were inevitable for this kind of a movie.I saw some in the lower class enjoying the movie while the fancy car kind said 'Horrible'&vice versa.Anyway the verdict is out.As long as we enjoyed the movie,Kamal&the distributor/theatre owner combine have a made a profit(however small it may be),it should be OK.BTW,what is the real BO performance.None of the sites have a real picture.You have any idea?Quote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
"something was missing in the second half which left the audience with a sort of incompleteness."
You've put it very well Cinefan. Actually, I was expecting for something to happen in the climax but suddenly a group of people in black suit were cutting the ribbon and inaugurating something and credits were shown. Before I could decipher that the film has ended, I was pulled out of the seat by my husband. Felt so stupid!
I think one of the reasons for that is that the 'ele ne ettippo'song was cut.The film starts&ends with the song.since it was butchered,the film ended in a hurry.BTW,how did you find the movie-independently&when compared with CM&Sachein?Quote:
Originally Posted by scorpio
Cinefan,
About 15-20 minutes not making any diff with the BO results - not true always. Lemme explain. If someone had asked you in the interval how the movie was, i bet you would've replied in true Sun TV style, "Soopper saar"! :)
Sometimes, we tend to remember the -ves (not always, but sometimes) more than the +ves. Of course, i'm just speculating :)
And abt the BO status, your guess is as good as mine. However, i trust one reliable source - Kannan of kamal fan club yahoo group. He says the movie took an incredibly bad opening across TN and is doing only average - above average business in the metros. In 3 words, not a hit.
alwarpet_andavan
One good thing about MX was that it brought out a very good dialogue writer in Kamal. He has taken extreme risks in many stunt sequences too. As I always think of, Kamal's comedies are always a bar higher than what a normal tamil rasigan expects and this explains the reason for a 90% empty theatre last saturday where I was watching the movie. We have been conditioned and programmed by umpteen movies to expect a sweet heroine who instantly falls in love with the protoganist. A poorly etched out heroine is certainly a negative point for MX. I wonder why didn't Kamal care about his getup (better not to talk about Manisha's sagging face). He appears with a small thoppai and looks jaded compared with his smart looks in VR MBBS.
My kids laughed thru' and loved the movie and told me they liked MX better than Sachein and CM. But, considering our smooth relations in the hub, I would refrain from answering the question from my perspective! :wink:
"Sometimes, we tend to remember the -ves (not always, but sometimes) more than the +ves. Of course, i'm just speculating"
Andavarae!
Seriya sonneenga. I still remember my sheepish smile and confused looks in not understanding that the movie has ended! That disappointment erased all the laughs I had thru' the course of the movie and added to that, I got 'tubelight' label from my children! :cry:
I went for last saturday evening show (prime time). Though it was not a popular theatre, hardly 60-70 persons watched the show in a hall strength of atleast 300-400.