மாறாதக்கோட்டை!!!

கதை:
ஹீரோ ஒரு தாதாவின் அடியாட்களை அடித்து விட தாதா அவனை பழி வாங்க தொரத்துகிறான். (சண்டைக்கோழி 2?). நீதிமன்ற ஆனையின் படி காவல் நிலையத்தில் கையெழுத்திட மலைக்கோட்டை வந்த ஹிரோ காதல், இன்னொரு வில்லன் என பல சவால்களை தாண்டி சுபம்.

புதுமை:
சுபத்திற்கு பின் வந்த காட்சிகள். கதாபாத்திரங்கள் ஒவ்வொன்றும் எப்படி மாறினார்கள் என்று காட்டியது புதுமையாகவும், நன்றாகவும் இருந்தது. 'Climax'ல் வில்லனை சுட்டதிற்கு போலீஸ் சித்தப்பா கூறிய காரணத்திற்கு audience மத்தியில் கை தடடல் உறுதி.

சொதப்பல்:
விசால் புதிதாக 'Comedy' செய்ய முயற்சி செய்திருந்தாலும் அவர் 'body languages'கு இந்த வகை 'comedy' ஒந்து வரவில்லை.

மாறாத பழமை:
1) 'இவனை அடக்க ஒரு ஆம்பிள்ளை வருவான்' என்று பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு பெண் கூறியவுடன் ஹீரோவின் அறிமுகப் பாடல்.
2) சின்ன பொடியன் ஒருவனை அழைத்துக்கொண்டு ஹீரோ ஹீரோயினை தேடுவது.
3) காதலில் தோற்றவன் தன் குழந்தைக்கு காதலியின் பெயரை வைப்பது. (வேற வழியே இல்லையா?)

ஆக மொத்ததில் 'மலைக்கோட்டை' புதிய கல்லில் புளித்துப்போன பழைய மாவு. ஆனாலும் ரூசிக்கத்தான் செய்கிறது.

Kireedom

Story :-
Ajit is working hard to make his Father's dream of becoming a police office a reality. When it was at his reach, his patience was tested by the rowdies. The rest of the story was in search of answer for 'Was he able to fulfill his dad's dream?'

I usually rate a movie good, at the end the movie should make me feel satisfied. It can have anything like an action thriller (Ramana), a good laughter (Winner), well scripted family drama (Alagi) to get it done.

Unfortunately, Kireedom fails to impress me for couple of reasons.

1) Comedy (Santhanam's track looks better when compared to Vivek's)
2) Climax

The debutant director has to work on his scripting. The track (The Rowdyism of Vivek) that looked to be a comedy turned was used as serious episode. The composition of couple of songs looks good, it is all expected when G. V. Prasad is from the house of A. R. Rehman.

The most noticeable positive attributes of the movie are the natural performances by Ajith and RajKiran. Ajith is refreshingly cool and he has a great screen charisma. He has it all, smart looks, great acting skills, excellent dialogue delivery.

When new comers like Karthi can give a good box office, 'Thala' why can't you?

Sivaji - The Movie

After reading both positive and negative review about the movie, it is my turn to write my own view.

Story:
An NRI (Sivaji) was betrayed by his competitor (Adi) when he tried to do good to the society with the money he earned. Rest of the story is all about how Sivaji completes his project and takes revenge on Adi.

Goods.
1) The Stylize & younger by decades Rajini (Esp - 'Mottai' is special).
2) The tempo on the second half.
3) The Rajini - Shankar combination didn't compromise on their style. This movie has both Rajini's & Shankar's touch.
4) This movie again proves that A. R. R. is at his best when he is works for director's like Shankar/Mani.

Bads
1) Solaman Poppiaya's character.
2) I'm bored with the scenes like the Chilli Scene, the Sucide Attempt scene, etc.
3) The talent of Raguvaran was wasted.
4) Except few, the comedy sequences are not impressive.
5) Can an NRI earn 200 C at that small age?

Leaving the logic behind, if I watch it as a Rajini's movie, this movie has all the spices to make a good masala. Each and every frame of the movie was occupied by Rajini and he delivered the goods.

Apacalypto

I'm against comparing a movie with history/reality otherwise you can't enjoy it. With this in mind, I'm sharing my thought on the movie 'Apacalypto', directed by Mel Gibson.

I see it as another movie of 'The Survival of Fittest' scripted to be happening during the civilization. Mel Gibson has proved to the world that he can make the people watch and understand a movie with knowing the language.

Until the last 30 mins, the movie was moving comparatively slow. Once the chase between the Zero Wolf & Co and Jaguar Paw started, the script moves to the top gear and then it is all about the fittest survives.

The movie takes us to the stone age. The technical aspect of the movie including music, cinematography, costumes, sets etc scores good. Definitely an over dose on vulgarity; the cut head, show the human heart...

A must watch movie for Adults.

The Boss!!!

Huge budget, Musics, Picturization of Songs & Fights, Use of Latest Technology etc are the trademark of Shankar's direction. Along with all these, he and his crew used to have control over all the milestones like audio & video releases.

All these were true until 'Sivaji'. Unfortunately, the Internet holds the key this time. They were forced to release the audio earlier than expected as few of the songs were already doing a round on net. Same is the case with the movie trailers. Hopefully, he will release the movie first. :) May be all these were because of combination of Rajini - Shankar - A. R. Rehman.

The trailer was as impressive as its expected. It didn't gave any glue on the storyline and kept the audience guessing.

My Favourite pick from it...

1) "Yen amma yenna karuppa peththa?"

"Vellaya iruntha alukku aaedumnu than..."

Saving Private Ryan

I have got a chance to watch the movie 'Saving Private Ryan' couple of years back. My desire towards owning the DVD version of the movie find its end last week.

Out of many war movies I saw, this one impressed me as a whole. Starting with the picturization of the Omaha Beach Scenes, the narrations of the story, the message each character carries were impressive. Seeing this movie nearly 10 years after its release doesn't reduce the excitement of watching.

1) John Miller : Commit to your objective, no matter how silly the objective is. Don't give up until your objectives are met.

2) James Ryan : Don't deviate from your objective for personal reasons. Accepting unfair favor will not make you good human.

3) James Ryan : Respect others sacrifice. Otherwise, the sacrifice made will become meaningless.

4) Irwin Wade : If the situation depends you to take a sword, you have to.

5) Adrian Caparzo : You may have to pay a heavy price for not obeying your orders.

A deserved break...we made it bad...

At work, we used to have a monthly releases and that doesn't give any time to breath between releases. By the time we realize that a release is over, we have to turn our attention to the next release.

We have just completed our July Release and thought of going for a movie to relax ourself. Since the decision was taken at the last minute, we were not able to gather all 10 of my teammates. Anyways, 7 is not a bad number.

After failing to get tickets for "23th Pulicasi" we managed to get the tickets for "Acharya" in Devi Kala. The story was all about a Acharya boy who struggled to live his life after losing both his parents. The first punch of the movie was impressive and was moving at a lighthing speed until the interval break. The director comproised a lot on the story and screenplay to finish the movie in given time.

No strong story line to support "Thevar" decision to support the police during encounter, the death of the heroine and the Kanja Karuppu. The heroine, as a policewomen, is a bad choice. The music looks good but lacks variety.