Where can I start in describing this excuse of a movie? The needless sexism that is present in almost every Tamil movie nowadays? Or the lazy screenplay that has nothing to hold the audience’s attention for more than five minutes? Or brutal slaughter of logic in every other way possible in the name of a story? Or the brilliant exhibition by Jai on how one should should not be a narrator?
This post might seem like it contains immoderate usage of the word I which might make the sentences look insensible and with grammatical errors but it is not. All grammar and spelling mistakes found in this article can be blamed on the name of this movie.
So I was bored one night and decided to so something entertaining. And that brilliant decision of entertaining myself was watching I. How awesome right? Even after all those forewarning and cautionary advice, I went to watch I one night expecting it to be shitty as hell. I was actually surprised to find it even shittier. All through the movie the only thought I had in my mind was ‘It took 3 years to make this shit? 3 YEARS?!’ My house was constructed in 6 months with just a fraction of its budget and just staring at its walls looks more interesting to me than spending 3 hours (?!) to watch this excuse of a grandeur.
I wasn’t really planning to watch kaththi. Not even in Jaya TV for Pongal. What really intrigued me is the plethora of opinions about the movie from very many people which I haven’t seen in a really long time. I thought people just stopped caring about posting their opinions online about commercial movies or any movies in general, but it seems like kaththi brought out the reviewer in everyone.
I’m frustrated. I recently was made to endure two and a half hours of extreme physical and mental pain disguised in the name of velaiyilla pattathari (not the movie as a whole, but the reality that is being portrayed in it). I tried very hard to see it just as a movie but I couldn’t stop thinking of the dumbness of the protagonist and how stupid it is of him to blame everything and everyone around him for everything that is wrong with him.
Morning colors through a glass painting. Best buddies in the same city. An ever inspiring RJ on the air every day. A young westerner (who learns Bharatanatyam) is crazy about “malligai poo” (Jasmine flowers). Our innate tendency to search for native language speakers in any place we go. A girl smokes for the first time just before her marriage because she is tensed about the whole event (:O). Come on, how frequently do we get to see all this. Feeling good already? That’s Bangalore Days for you.
Very few movies make you re-think the way you approach life. Very few movies have directors who understand their movies’ characters in depth and craft them. Very few movies make you stay till the last frame of the end credits. Very few movies bring tears to your eyes in multiple scenes. Vaayai moodi pesavum was one of those few movies.
When I came out after watching “Thalaimuraigal”, hardly did I know that it was going to be his last movie. From a kid who was inspired by the making of The Bridge on the River Kwai, to a gold medalist in cinematography at FTII, Pune, all that could have pushed this man was sheer passion for cinema. Starting his film career with Ramu Kariat’s Nellu, this man went on to make a sort of revolution in cinematography (save “Aval Appadithan”), in South Indian cinema.
I haven’t been following anything about movies lately but everyone’s been going gaga over Goli Soda. From gripping to unique, enough has been said about the masala entertainer everywhere. I was only wondering how such movies can be made interesting – almost all scenes would end up being predictable. But, I was surprised when the movie kept me on the edge of my seat, despite being ridden with cliches all over.
This Venkat Prabhu diet (that’s how he calls it) starts off with the hero and his friend (you guessed it right – Premji) being chased by policemen. As usual, we don’t know why. What follows is a flashback which gives us reasons.
I waited for a long time to watch Kalyana Samayal Saadham. I’m not really sure what, but something about the movie really intrigued me. A part of it was because of the name Arun Vaidyanathan and the pleasant cast (after a long time we see everyone on screen to have taken bath and cleanly dressed). I expected it to be a satisfying and a well-made Class A film. After all, that was what the promos suggested. But then, I was in for a total surprise when I watched the movie. That was an unpredictable twist by the director.
Mokkapadam 