Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[HonestRaj]

HonestRaj,

A "classic" year, I suppose. Nice that you bring up such films. Here is a short list, I would recommend for the moment :

Manthira Kumari : its has some fabulous dance, pretty girls, awesome songs and some outstanding stunts.

Marmayogi : Rebel MGR, but its Nambiar all the way. An enchating tale of power & deception

Gulebakavali : Chandra babu mannerisms, top notch BGM & that song haunts me eveytime I hear it "Aasaiyum Nesamum"

Here is a British suspense movie "Chase A Crooked Shadow" - an original plot, gripping suspense, good performence, clever script & hooking narrative. If you watch it, let me know, we can talk about its adaptation.

sure mappi.. i will let you know once i watched "Chase A Crooked Shadow"

also i will try watching other 3 MGR films also.. i still have adimaipenn, andha naal, madurai veeran, veerapandiya kattabomman..

[HonestRaj]

saw "Death Wish I & II"
- not interesting... 1 1/2 hr each part.. still 3 more parts are there
- the reason i watched is, i read an interview by RK Selvamani saying that he made an art of Pulan Visaranai story & visioned Honestraj character similar to Death wish lead character played by charles bronson..
- RK Selvamani has taken couple of scenes from these & added in pulan visaranai
- one is, hero entering into the hospital with fake id card & the way he create the card...
- but, nothing we can say like "english padathula irundhu suttuttan"
- the actual twist is... "nan sigappu manidhan" is copied from these 2 film (part I & II)... major portions are copied & changed to suit our audience... the story & few scenes are same... SAC's one scene appearance & dialogue are similar
- luckily Baghyaraj directed his portion, so he added his touch in those scenes...

[Siv.S]

Ivan Vera Maathiri - I was hoping at least one good scene till the end, what I got was a pathetic love track. . stunts and camera works were brilliant.

[mappi]

மலைக்கள்ளன்: "மலரிடம் ஓடி வரும் வண்டு - தோட்டக்காரனை எழுப்பி சொல்லி விட்டா வருகிறது?!"

Arumai

Ah! you mean "pudhiya paRavai?!"

Yes

[mappi]

Pulan Visaranai

Isn't Arnie's Commando sprinkled as salt & pepper in PV ?

Here are few movie "like-not-like" Death Wish - back to the 70's :
Dirty Harry 1,2 & 3
Play Misty For Me
The Last House On the Left (A certificate)
Race With the Devil (namba oru Kazhugu, the Rajini one)
Assault On Precint 13 (super-a irrukum)
The Hills Have Eyes 1
The Gaunlet
Breaker Breaker
Good Guys Wear Black
The Warriors (must watch)

(Not the same kind of Thriller)
The Medusa Touch
Boys From Brazil
Midnight Express
Coma
Duel

And Rocky 1 & 2, if you are interested.

[mappi]

VS in IAPBK : Aiyoo Aiyayo Ayayayayo
Myself : Jai Ho !

Can't really come hard on the film Jai ho, kinda like Salman more than the media favorites SRK & Amir. Its definitely better than Dhoom 3, and looks like a "Thirai Malar" for 3 hours of 90's movies. Its like "u-got-a-problem, call Jai". He is all in all, like 911 + 100 + 101 + 102 + 108 + LAPD + HKPD + interpol ... he will be there !

Jai Ho : Kandi pa ji !

[hattori_hanzo]

Play Misty For Me

Watched it last week. The first movie directed by Clint Eastwood. Pretty good psycho thriller which inspired 'Fatal Attraction' and later 'Paarthen Rasithen' in Tamil. It was nice to see Clint Eastwood play a normal man in difficult circumstances, when stalked by a woman.

[hattori_hanzo]

Duel

My all time favorite Spielberg movie!

[hattori_hanzo]

Biriyani - Mediocre

- Weakest Venkat Prabhu movie
- First half, particularly the car scene, is a bit too vulgar.
- Im fed up of all those cameos by director's close friends. When someone shouts, 'hey vijay vasanth da, vaibhav da'...my reaction is 'so what?'. Neither their appearance or Jai's blink-and-miss shot makes no difference.
- Sam Anderson. Golden opportunity wasted.
- Premji is there throughout the movie but most of his lines fall flat
- That unnecessary flash mob scene
- Ramki looks tired and disinterested. Jayaprakash, Shanmuga Sundaram, Nasser (sollave vendam) wasted
- Sampath who excelled in a difficult role in Goa, overdoes in a simple character here.
- Terrible music. MD's 100 padamaam. Kodumai.
- The videos and 'next target' image in memory card :laugh:
- Hansika

+ Karthi's comic timing...& he emotes well too..when his sister gets kidnapped and brother-in-law is wounded
+ Mandy's oomph
+ Fast but uneven screenplay
+ The 'mokkai party' scene.

[HonestRaj]

Isn't Arnie's Commando sprinkled as salt & pepper in PV ?

Here are few movie "like-not-like" Death Wish - back to the 70's :
Dirty Harry 1,2 & 3
Play Misty For Me
The Last House On the Left (A certificate)
Race With the Devil (namba oru Kazhugu, the Rajini one)
Assault On Precint 13 (super-a irrukum)
The Hills Have Eyes 1
The Gaunlet
Breaker Breaker
Good Guys Wear Black
The Warriors (must watch)

(Not the same kind of Thriller)
The Medusa Touch
Boys From Brazil
Midnight Express
Coma
Duel

And Rocky 1 & 2, if you are interested.

nan idhula ore oru padamthan parthurukken "The Hills Have Eyes 1" ..... one time watch... i don't like these kind of man eating films.. i've seen the other ones like wrong turn & jeepers creepers..

i will try watching others in the list.. i have a copy of Dirty Harry & Rocky series... rest, will download & see...

earlier people (esp. hubber groucho) used to discuss 70's & 80's movies.. i silently read those posts & note down the films to see later..