Papanasam - good movie but ennamo malayalam padatha feeling than varuthu kamal irunthum..gud screenplay wit kamal power perfomence..Jamal thavira vera yaaralayum intha crector panna mudiyathu innu sonna atha mattum ennala ethukka mudiyathu..kamullukku ippa thevai oru hit,athu drisham padam moolam kedachirukku..Anne sivam time LA vanthirukka vendiya padam..nothing special..but very decent movie..
36 Vayadhinile: An ok watch. The first 30 - 45 minutes were really good with characters establishment and a police investigation added to the curiosity. The president meeting scene failed to connect because of an unrealistic idea. Will a person's meeting with president garner this much of attention among public? After this episode, the movie lost its natural flow. Every scene look imposed with the central idea as women's empowerment and later the movie became preachy with a documentary feel. Jo was really good and her performance makes the movie enjoyable despite the flaws in the script.
Kaaka Muttai: The USP of the movie is the realism it portrays without being boring. The movie has beautifully written characters. The way, the director has brought out the selfish motives of the people is absolutely realistic. The performances of kids, their mom, their grandma were all superb. I liked the the way the events are interlinked echoing the truth, How a small desire of kids impact people from different walks of life and how each one tries to exploit this opportunity to their own self interest was really written and executed well.
Paapanasam: It's been a long time tamil film industry has created a tightly packed and gripping crime thriller that leaves you at the edge of the seat for most part of the movie's running time. The movie also breaks the notion that, to exhibit heroism, a hero should be larger than life and beat 100's of goons. The man whom you see here is a common man who has simple intentions and big brains and the use of his brains in a realistic way is what gets him applause from the audience. It was really a treat to see kamal in such a down to earth role and nellai slang. I felt, the cruelty in the police station scene could have been reduced. Jeetu Joseph can definitely take pride for creating such a script with no logic loopholes.
Purambooku: Before the start of the movie, I thought I am going to hate it but surprisingly the movie was good. The movie started very slowly but started to engage once the characters start evolving. By interval, the characters are clearly established with their motives. The movie has s p jananathan's signature moments of revolutionary dialogues, communism, nationalism etc., I felt Arya's character does not have the emotional connect ,because it never showcased, what he has done for the people. The movie is little dramatic with even the common prisoner mouthing revolutionary dialogues, but those small things did not hinder the entertainment it offered.
Baahubali (The Begining) - must watch at Theater!
Starting few mins, idhukku dhaan ivlo build-upaa feeling.. CG is not that great..but poga poga screenplay arrests you throughout.. Interval block and Baahubali revelation are goose-bump moments.. Second half super.. especially the war sequence!! BGM is very good!! Casting is perefect!
Even though he made it rich.. usual build up for hero, item song ellam irukku.. but mannika koodaiya alavil ;)
Completely satisfied and kudos to Rajamouli!!
Bahubali - sorry, but I'm not impressed.
Of course Rajamouli should be congratulated for trying to achieve the grandeur of epic movies.
Maragathamani provided epic-worthy background music. Ramya Krishnan was awesome and so was Rana, the villain.
Watchable once but don't expect the earth to move. 😊
Story reminded me of Linga, with some bits of Adimai Penn thrown in. 😁
The sets reminded me of Sunway Lagoon. Heeheehee. 😂
As for the hero, he reminded me of our mass heroes.
All the dance moves are there including the ridiculous stunts and heroism that even our heroes have abandoned nowadays.
Battle scenes were quite ok except that I was half expecting Bhagavadgita in between (Karnan). 😀
Conclusion: my wish is for Tamil films not to compete with Hollywood but to concentrate on what they excel in - like in Papasanam or Kakkaa Muttai.
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As expected.. you were against Naan EE also...
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Samsara
Impatiently waiting for the Disc Samsara, I checked the making of the documentry over internet. I was sweetly surprised and glad that Sony digitalised it for 4K. So, 4K - remember Baahubali was promoted to be released in 4K (limited theatres), but no one took notice of it, leave alone talking about it. I was glad because I can watch Samsara on a Ultra HD (UHD) 4K : Curve 65" TV (mark Samsung). And below is the image taken by my partner with her mobile phone.
http://www.mayyam.com/talk/attachmen...7&d=1437140426
Samsara is nothing but a marvel. It has all inside - Nature, potraits, images & reality. Few presentations stings, but the whole product discusses non-narratively about life & lifelessness joining them both with beauty. The colors are original - a sample to those who show our Heroes Rose and Heroines Pink. There are few episodes in Africa which are strong and colorful. To start with, there is a volconic erruption sequence where you can see different shades of Black, White & Grey. Here is a solution for adjusting your screen's resolution. And for colors, there is a Monk doing a Sand Mandala. [Mexicomeat, this is my favourite sequence]. Between life & culture, images from deserts, isolated snags, floating rocks, cracked monuments and crystal landscape are inserted to amplify the happiness & horror we are living in. And slowly, but effectively Samsara introduces the agony that we ourselves create - consummation industry.
The early parts depict most fabulous moments of Nature & Culture and the later narrates the daily life. When the birth to baptisme are wonderfully pictured, the manufacturing of an electric iron press is detailed right from screwing to covering. Tribes living in colony, grinding their day-to-day food, is inbalanced with mass meat production. So on and so forth, signing off with the 1000 Hand Dance, which makes sense to every single image and the title of the documentary.
The parts of Ladak Monastery and Indonesian palaces were extremely live. The European architecture, notably the French ones - Palace of Versaille, Mount of St.Michel, Church of Saint-Sulpice - are covered through different movemental angles. Mecca & tour of Saudi Arabia were breathtaking. And all the portfoilios with such a zoom close up are crystal clear that the debris in the dress are visible. The humanoids were cool. There is this Japanese Anime Girl whose one strand of hair flies near her ear which is illuminated by the sunlight from behind. Thats the summary of crispness present throughout the footage. Being a Horror Genre Fan, I enjoyed a lot the Mono Acting of an artist who enacts the scenes of gore. There exists several make-up/edit techniques which does not use computers to enhance their picture. This artist (think he is using Argile), takes the clay and disguises himself to produce grusome faces and horrors of being multifaced. There are many such little suprises in its runtime of 1h40m.
Few behind scenes : Shot in 70mm on Kodak film with Panaroma Super 70. Ron Fricke shoots & edits the documentry with his producer and co-partner Mark Magidson. The initial digitalised size of the footage was 20 Tera Bytes. Sony took care of the processing it to 4K resolution, also registered the OST & sound in Dolby 7.1. Further more details are present on the Disc with various audio-visual options to choose from.
Samsara - The Beauty Within
I once again thank Mexicomeat for this fabulous recomendation.
This weekend will watch Bakara, and will wait patiently for Baahubali Disc Version on 4K resolution.
Indru Netru Naalai - Liked it very much!!
Intelligent screenplay and impressive debut.. Don't miss it!!
Bajrangi Bhaijaan - konjam slow... but a good film... not like usual salman flicks, but its feel good and somewhat emotional... the little girl is too cute and suits the character... some visuals were stunning... and nawazuddin is easily the best actor in the movie... If you can tolerate a small dose of kareena, watch it....
Bajrangi Bhaijaan - Loved a Salman film after a long time. Had the right mixture of humour and sentiments. The story is written by SS Rajamouli's father Vijayendra Prasad. Looks like their whole family is having a blast
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Maari
Not many dull moments. Definitely worth a watch. Robo Shankar as Dhanush's side kick is a huge plus.
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Indru Netru Naalai - Excellent movie with an intelligent screenplay, appropriate actors and good humour. Especially, I liked the performances of both puli and parthasarathy. The music was a great match to the movie's tone. I think what works for the movie is the application of time travel concept to a simple plot.
The concept of time travel raises few questions. Vishnu and Karunakaran is aware of the fact that because of the disturbance to the past events, the future is recreated but what about others? For example, Using the device, they are able to seize the stolen jewels from the thiefs and return it back to the owners. In the mean time, what if the thiefs have sold the jewels? Will the jewels disappear magically? As per the standard event, the police who killed kozhandai would be alive in the present but since the events were again disturbed, the police man is no more. So, in the present, will the police man would get vanished off suddenly? what would his family members think of it?
Puli and vishnu forget the past events and so no confusion in their life but what about others such as vishnu's girl friend and her family. Will they experience two realities?
yagavarayinum naa kaakka: Good plot spoiled by directors obsession to create a commercial potboiler with cliches through out the movie. The 15 - 20 minutes block after intermission is the only high point of the movie. This 15 - 20 mts session is completely realistic with great intensity. Rest of the movie is just an average watch.
If director has given a different treatment to this plot with no commercial elements thrown into it, the movie would have been terrific...
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Bahubali Bahubali Bahubali Bahubali ...
Oru period film na soolchi, por, ilavarasan/ilavarasi kaadhal idhellam thaana irrukum ...Idhula vera enna content/story yedhirpaarthanganu therla ...
Chinna vayasula Siruvar Malar la vandha Chithira kadahigal la padicha sila visayangala visula la kondu vandha Rajamouli ku :ty:.
Liked it. Pakka entertainer. Magizhmadhi was fantastically created. War scenes were very good.
Prabhas as Bahubali :smokesmirk:. It's a cake walk role for Ramya Krishnan.
Kattapa - Alavudhin boodham maariyae irundhaapla :). Tammana was a bad choice. Moonjila kovamae vara maatingudhu.
Indha ice skating, item song, Tamanna kooda duet lam avoid pannitu second partayum idhukullayae vachirundha innum super ah irundhurukkum.
Siruvar Malar chithira kadhai la thodarum nu vandha udanae adutha Friday ku wait pannuna maari ippo I am waiting for second part.
Maari - hated the movie.
positives:
1. robo shankar and the first half had some funny scenes
2. thara local was picturised well
negatives:
1. everything else - where do i start. vijay jesudas was a complete misfit and he has no talents what so ever. it was as unfitting as watching a sambhar like gemini ganesan in a don role.
2. anirudh - he sings all his songs and now he is showing his ugly face in all movies. imagine what more he would have done if he were good looking.
3. direction - director tried to emulate aadukalam. like how the mediocre director saran used to force some setting into the movie (like mla hostel in jay-jay, bus in parthein rasithein, mess in kadhal mannan etc) the director tried to use pigeons and failed miserably.
4. unnecessary buildup - when i watch movies like "thirumalai, billa, thirupachi, sivakasi, attagasam, osthi" etc.... i usually feel very irritated with the unnecessary build up for the heroes. i hated all of the above movies. maari was no exception. given that most of the movies i have listed here were superhits, i think maari will become a hit as well.
thank god, in the end they didn't say that maari was an IPS officer in disguise.
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Anirudh ugly.. :lol: i think hes the best looking md around
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and the only MD with a decent singing voice, other than GVP.
Yes he is good looking guy..nalla smart ta than irukkan but avarukku ugly ya therinja athaiyum ettukatan venum..athu avarathu opinion..
Talent is different from the looks.. he is talented (music and voice) but paarka "balli" maadhiri dhaan irukaan :)Quote:
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indru netru naalai - when i saw the trailer, i thought it would be a mokkai film.
but, the first half was really interesting (despite not having any comedy scenes) , but second half was lagging a lot. overall, it is an ok movie. indha padam namba 90s bakyaraj kitta poi irundha eppadi irundu irukkum.
Naalu policeum nallarundha oorum - Worst. Good plot for a short film.
Singam Puli sengjitaapala.
Valiyavan
Except for the last 30 minutes, there is nothing to talk about this film. Heroes working on their abs is a bad omen for the movie I guess. Sathyam,555 and now this...
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Who's this actress? she had associated with J.mahendren's movies...
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Just finished watching Uthiripookal.... Also the woman who acted as sridvei's maid/assistant in Johnny also acted in Uthiripookal as sarthababu's wife... she also acted in other mahendiran movies...Quote:
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Maari-maga mega mokkai....senjutanga...
Tanu weds Manu returns
How good an actress this Kangana has evolved into!! Liked her in Queen. Loved her in TWMR. :clap:
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Palakattu Madhavan - Strictly avoidable..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfXW...ature=youtu.be
paravalle nallathan irukku kekka...
Mayakannadi was kind of okish movie ruined by Cheran and Padmapriya overacting.
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+1 Smart work..but athukku ulaippu thevai padugirathu...Quote:
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அது ஒரு பழைய உடைந்து சிதறிய கண்ணாடி :banghead:
That was the message told in movie also ;).Quote:
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