"Impressed" is the solitary word I could pick out from my vocabulary.....I have already mentioned the fact that new directors, particularily in tamil movies...make great impact..and sasi is no exception......An excellent movie...I am amazed at the fact that freshers...can indeed bring refreshing ideas....
A novel idea, like what if a Fight Choreographer gets caught in the mire of love...and what the parties at stake go through...told in the most realistic perspective one can think of....thats when one gets involved in the movie....and is sensitive to the ups and down of the characters..thats the victory for the movie, director..et al,.
If one song can summarize the movie...and make a mark for itself in all aspects like lyrics, music, and picturisation..it should defienetly be "Nenjangootil Neeye Nirkirai..", such soul searching music, is rare to come by, and lyrics..which are intune to the whole theme of the movie, asthetically picturised....
Agreed Dialogues being the strong point is one point, but plugging them in at the right scenes...to make an impact, is another art which the director seems to have perfected...Every dialogue is important, and crucial dialogues do make an impact on the viewer..and he is made aware that it is a crucial dialogue by its depthness...hatz offf....
Jeeva, looked to tread the chocolate boy hero..with his initial couple of movies...and I felt that he will become the grist of the mill stuff..but starting with RAAM, he has made a conscious effort to break even and does well in the act...emoting comes naturally to him, and his dialogue delivery doesn't stick out, which is very important for an actor...am sure he will make waves as an actor, by his choosy way of picking roles, what with his "E" promising much more...Lets let this young lad go places..and he sure deserves it...
Everybody literally everybody have essayed meaningful roles, including the under-nourished comedian, have been useful..I appreciate that....I thought Nasser was wasted in his role...but good twist at the end courtesy his role....
Overall, a pleasurable experience watching this movie...
I would give 8 out of 10 for this refreshing story line...
-Rajesh
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Deep Impact - Weekend
Little did I expect that my weekend would be one of such deep impact...not too serious though....I unexpectedly got to watch three movies ...over the three
days...which were the cause of the deep impact....the effect....I have had is getting translated into this weblog.
Three different genre movies..in three different languages...from directors of different statures.....doesn't look like any of the strangest coincidences..but I cant help thinking of them that way!!!
On friday I got to watch TROY on VCD(original VCD ofcourse..:-D )...the greek epic..etched on screen, with the aid of the likes of Brad Pitt and Eric Bana....
On Saturday, I watched BEING CYRUS...in theatre, a offbeat theme told in a non-chalant way with the definite aid of CYRUS MISTRY...aka Saif Ali Khan...
On Sunday, I got to watch a Tamil Movie...alas an Old one...4 years old...called VIRUMBUGIREN....a Prasanth and Sneha starrer....
Troy, I should say had the greatest effect...simply because of the fact that, though I have grown up with the greek mythology of Troy and Odessey tales, I was in a trance all through the movie....eager to see the next scene...the experience was simply exhilarating if I had to put it into 2 words..I rued the fact that I missed watching this movie in theatre....but the screenplay was stunning..coz....people already know what u r upto with the story and
screenplay..in such period films...so it is a herculean task to bring in the thrill and excitiment into a established fact...good work....
Being Cyrus, I expected it to be an offbeat movie..and it was one...but more than what I had expected...the movie once again proved and enhanced my belief that any story line will be effective if it had appropriate and powerful screenplay.....the movie will sail through purely because of the screenplay and saif's screen presence...his english tongue...is anyways very famous..and I can vouch nobody in Bollywood can be at home for such a character...Saif has certainly graduated one level on the up with this piece...I felt the movie was going along the also rans....at half-time...but the next half tossed me up completely...and I felt the impact of the movie..much after the show...literally for atleast 2 hours...it all unfolded very quickly for the viewer...and if u aren't attentive u will miss the belonging for the movie....it is slighlty heavy for the layman...such quick turners....anyways..kudos for the director....good work for a debutant....not more on this..alas...I will spell out the suspense of the movie...huh...
Virumbugiren, a relatively older movie..compared to the other two, but nevertheless, equal in impact...wow...debutant directors..I think...try to put as much effort to prove themselves...and Susi Ganesan is no exemption.....I felt a neat depiction of a simple and no-complications love story!!.. The story is a one liner which goes like this....Love between a Fire-Service man and a village girl..the tact is in the interwining story-plot of the village, their unity is at stake..how they rise in unity to separate the lovers...and how the lovers unite in the end...interestingly told...with chirpy screenplay.....I wish if other directors can take cue of the creativity and freshness of the script...there will be no dearth of love stories...and interesting and successful ones at that.... Kudos again for the debutant.....!!!
I always am a great fan of intelligent screenplay...which makes a movie out of bare land....and if you see the three movies..deep impact candidates...have got stellar scripts....the first one, keeps u interesting even if the story is epic in stature....the next one, keeps u guessing and catches u off-guard with its thriller script...the last one, fresh and subtle overtones to keep the viewer interested in a cliched story line....
For the eternal cinema lover, that I am, u should not be surprised when u see such offbeat movies creating impact on me.....I am a true cinema confidant..and will continue to be one..and keep impacting this weblog with my perspective of such deep impact movies...
-Rajesh
days...which were the cause of the deep impact....the effect....I have had is getting translated into this weblog.
Three different genre movies..in three different languages...from directors of different statures.....doesn't look like any of the strangest coincidences..but I cant help thinking of them that way!!!
On friday I got to watch TROY on VCD(original VCD ofcourse..:-D )...the greek epic..etched on screen, with the aid of the likes of Brad Pitt and Eric Bana....
On Saturday, I watched BEING CYRUS...in theatre, a offbeat theme told in a non-chalant way with the definite aid of CYRUS MISTRY...aka Saif Ali Khan...
On Sunday, I got to watch a Tamil Movie...alas an Old one...4 years old...called VIRUMBUGIREN....a Prasanth and Sneha starrer....
Troy, I should say had the greatest effect...simply because of the fact that, though I have grown up with the greek mythology of Troy and Odessey tales, I was in a trance all through the movie....eager to see the next scene...the experience was simply exhilarating if I had to put it into 2 words..I rued the fact that I missed watching this movie in theatre....but the screenplay was stunning..coz....people already know what u r upto with the story and
screenplay..in such period films...so it is a herculean task to bring in the thrill and excitiment into a established fact...good work....
Being Cyrus, I expected it to be an offbeat movie..and it was one...but more than what I had expected...the movie once again proved and enhanced my belief that any story line will be effective if it had appropriate and powerful screenplay.....the movie will sail through purely because of the screenplay and saif's screen presence...his english tongue...is anyways very famous..and I can vouch nobody in Bollywood can be at home for such a character...Saif has certainly graduated one level on the up with this piece...I felt the movie was going along the also rans....at half-time...but the next half tossed me up completely...and I felt the impact of the movie..much after the show...literally for atleast 2 hours...it all unfolded very quickly for the viewer...and if u aren't attentive u will miss the belonging for the movie....it is slighlty heavy for the layman...such quick turners....anyways..kudos for the director....good work for a debutant....not more on this..alas...I will spell out the suspense of the movie...huh...
Virumbugiren, a relatively older movie..compared to the other two, but nevertheless, equal in impact...wow...debutant directors..I think...try to put as much effort to prove themselves...and Susi Ganesan is no exemption.....I felt a neat depiction of a simple and no-complications love story!!.. The story is a one liner which goes like this....Love between a Fire-Service man and a village girl..the tact is in the interwining story-plot of the village, their unity is at stake..how they rise in unity to separate the lovers...and how the lovers unite in the end...interestingly told...with chirpy screenplay.....I wish if other directors can take cue of the creativity and freshness of the script...there will be no dearth of love stories...and interesting and successful ones at that.... Kudos again for the debutant.....!!!
I always am a great fan of intelligent screenplay...which makes a movie out of bare land....and if you see the three movies..deep impact candidates...have got stellar scripts....the first one, keeps u interesting even if the story is epic in stature....the next one, keeps u guessing and catches u off-guard with its thriller script...the last one, fresh and subtle overtones to keep the viewer interested in a cliched story line....
For the eternal cinema lover, that I am, u should not be surprised when u see such offbeat movies creating impact on me.....I am a true cinema confidant..and will continue to be one..and keep impacting this weblog with my perspective of such deep impact movies...
-Rajesh
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