Before I begin, I want to take a moment to get this out of my system.
The ad for Aayirathil Oruvan calls it “in the league of The Mummy Returns and Avatar”.
All right Einsteins, Avatar and The Mummy Returns were certainly not in the same league in the first place.
Nor is the cheap CG-infested Aayirathil Oruvan.
Not by the wildest stretch of imagination are these three films in the same league but that’s understandable because Aayirathil was made at a fraction of the budget of the spectacular Avatar or the B-grade no-brainer called The Mummy Returns.
The thing about Twitter is that you get only 140 characters to get to the point and most of the time, two lines aren’t enough to explain the point.
When I wrote that the first half of the film and the second half of the film are of contrasting genres – the first being a B-movie adventure (that works because of the chemistry and sexual tension between the trio) and the second half turning into a dark, Chosen One epic war film, I didn’t really mean to say that’s the problem.
From Dusk Till Dawn and Teen Deewarein are fine examples of completely changing genre halfway and pulling the rug from right below your feet. So I don’t really have a problem with a filmmaker choosing to change genre halfway. The problem is that the filmmaker here has no idea of how to do it smart.
In fact, the problem with Aayirathil is more basic – why does the filmmaker spend half a film investing on chemistry between three people when the interplay between them is not at all relevant to the outcome of the film because well, the storyteller is to lazy to continue that story now that he has found another interesting one to tell halfway?
And why does the filmmaker not understand that the fantasy genre also requires an internal logic. Yes, Superman can also do quite a few things without any explanation and we buy it. Why? Because we also know what can stop Superman – Kryptonite.
We know not just what is possible but also what’s not. The world of fantasy is defined by the scope of the possibilities and exceptions to those possibilities.
In Avatar, we know humans can bomb the hell out of Pandora but we also know they cannot breathe without masks. We know they can fly their machines anywhere into Pandora but we also know that because of the flux vortex, the radars will not work and the machines will have to fly by sight. We know the Eywa can heal but we also know she cannot bring back the dead. And so on…
In Aayirathil Oruvan, characters have magical powers to kinky things like shadow-sex and get a comet or asteroid to set dolls on fire or bring back the dead but suddenly, they also don’t have these magical powers when they need to save themselves from bullets or bombs!
What’s even more silly about this supernatural adventure is that the conflict of the film does not call for supernatural elements or magic.
A Chola king sends off his little Prince along with his people to hide at an undisclosed location when attacked by the Pandias.
Centuries later, a team sets out to a remote island on an adventure, crosses seven hurdles (traps created by the Cholas) and find the lost civilization living in starvation and history repeats itself.
Nothing wrong with the story at all.
What’s wrong is the screenplay – something that requires specialised training and it’s high time Selvaraghavan got himself equipped with the art of screenwriting or employed specialists to do the job for him because he is a gifted filmmaker capable of creating unforgettable moments.
Selva employs three characters to lead the adventure – one’s the woman on a mission, another’s an archeologist in search of her father and the third is the modern day version of a slave. Interesting dynamics between the sexes as sexual tension and chemistry keeps the narrative cruising along the seven hurdles (all shot with B-movie flourish and cheesy computer graphics)… And suddenly, after they reach their destination, the three go crazy because of high intensity sound waves that make their ears bleed…
And the three actors who until this point were sticking to realistic acting (except for an unwarranted cuss-word exchange in English by the leading ladies) switch into over-the-top hammy portrayal of the mentally ill (it’s like a Mani Ratnam film suddenly handed over to K.S. Ravikumar at this point) and the film never quite recovers from this switch in sensibility.
To add to the period setting, there’s plenty of mumbo-jumbo, medieval rituals and an absolute lack of characterisation. Apart from the king and his advisor, an old man with a serious skin disease, nobody in that civilization seems to have a personality… his subjects are all dark savages with hardly any dialogue.
Suddenly, the woman with the agenda (Reema) seems to have acquired magic powers of her own as she takes her top off and produces a tiger tattoo on her back that appears and disappears. And the slave (Karthi) who also has a tiger tattoo on his back conveniently turns out to be the Chosen One.
One moment, the Chosen One is pissed upon by an urchin and a moment of bad visuals effects and hallucinations later, he turns a warrior and rides a rock-shaped yoyo to slay the gladiator and does a dance with a king – that one sequence bonding is entrusted with the responsibility of convincing us that the Chosen One is now one among the natives.
What about the third character we invested in? Well, Andrea finds her father instantly in the second half and but for a couple of scenes, she has nothing to do with the story. The father himself (Prathap Pothen), now a loony man has nothing to contribute to the script.
The film by now has turned into a full-fledged conflict between the Cholas and the Pandias reincarnate – a modern battle between
primitive savages and state of the art ammunition with the Chosen One getting to do absolutely nothing! Why was he the Chosen One then?
Just to take the young Prince and run again to bring the story to a full circle! Ha!
Individual performances are not too bad at all. Karthi is brilliant, he makes the first half of the film work with sheer presence.
Reema has never looked hotter and Parthipan though over the top manages to entertain with some charming quips in chaste Tamil (the Linga Darisanam, for example). Andrea is totally forgotten in the second half of the film and has nothing to except to conveniently open up everyone’s handcuffs in the climax. The music, especially, the score is quite interesting, a job well done by the kid who stepped into Yuvan’s shoes for a film of this scale.
What’s been pissing me off is that a few fanboys are trying to convince everyone else who do not agree with them that it’s their fault that they didn’t understand and/or had different expectations. The film’s not that difficult to understand. It’s plays out like a bad dream without logic – you understand what’s going on but also know that it’s stupid that it’s happening.
Don’t confuse issues here, fellows… Selva made a film with balls and utmost conviction. So did Ram Gopal Varma when he remade Sholay as RGV Ki Aag. Effort or daring to walk a road not taken alone does not make a movie a classic. It needs to be executed well too.
I gave a 3/10 rating to the first version of the film because the second half turned into a completely irrelevant, indulgent film altogether that had nothing to do with the first half of the film (by which time we had invested heavily on the three characters).
The smartest thing Selva has done is to understand that he did go overboard and trim the film by over 15 minutes. This contributed to a better flow and removal of a lot of the flab and made me give him with an extra 1.5 points taking it to 4.5/10 being the best this film can be.
This does not mean my rating will increase with every watch. It means I am rewarding him for understanding that he fucked up the narrative.
The film works somewhat as a collection of some fun moments in the first half that work as a B-movie adventure and some wonderful dark imagery (the breast spurting out blood for example) in the second but never as a whole which is why 4.5 is the most it will ever get.
Yet, the film can be watched once since it at least tries to tell a different story. Don’t go with any expectations whatsoever.
Tags: Andrea, Avatar, B-movie, Dusk Till Dawn, Karthi, KS Ravikumar, Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Verma, Reema Sen, Selva Raghavan, Teen Deewarin, The Mummy Returns
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aayirathil oruvan deserves atleast 6/10
I dont see a review here.. just a opinion of sort .. like a b-grade..
Dont compare RGV Aag..its a remake..this doesn’t carry any baggage ..aag was a bad remake(see its an opinion..i m not explaining why it is bad)…..did u understand second half(with archaic tamil)?
Most amatuer review from a seasoned reviewer..
I liked A-O because it totally took me to another world – but they have totally neglected the development at the story stage…
– It is as if they sat down and decided – 100 members go out on the expedition. The first twenty die in stage one (…this is how they die – blahblah blah); then 30 others die in stage two (which is -blah blah …), but they succeed in killing 200-300 people in the opposition with their machine guns – most of them are killed by an attack by natives in stage 3 (which is blah) but they show that they have superior technology and bump of a whole village with their bombs .. and so on until at the last stage only three escape..
Now all this is so thoughtless and unfeeling about human lives… If we brazenly think this way, when are we going to get sensitised to the massacres of people in various places…? When are we ever going to identify with anything except the basest face of science – weapon technology?
There was scope for immense exposure of the noble aspects of civilisation which they have simply lost to teh pressure of focussing on screenplay…
Which of course was brilliant – like I said, it transported me elsewhere…
Ar you Tamil or o North Indian?
This was a totally overhyped film and i was totally dissapointed to find out this is a shitty copy scene by scene from various hollywood/ and one italian movie. Most of the second half plot lines has been taken from a banned italian film – cannibal holocaust – and first half copied from various hollywood adventure flicks – Indiana jones, meckenna’s gold etc., Only credit to selvaraghavan goes to the first half chemistry between the lead actors and insertion of chola and pandiya logic instead of the original amazon forest cannibal tribals. Refer this link in wikipedia, you will be amazed – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust.
Aayirathil oruvan (AO) raises the “level of intellect” required to watch a tamil movie. If you can give a 4.5 points on a ten scale, then you should know where you stand. AO is a breath of fresh air when Tamil movie watchers were desperately looking for a change. Actors like Rajni, vijay and the likes were performing same boring roles for years and years, and the scenes depicted in their movies were way too cliche’ and the plots were just so predictable!! Can we say the same about AO? No way!! I watched AO with utmost attention to catch every little thing Selva tried to present and I’ve no words to explain his excaliber. For ex, the Natarajar shadow scene is just visually stunning. Just this one scene is worth more than what’er the price of the movie ticket. Moving on, the scene where Parthiban address the crowd that two days from that day they will set off to Tanjai. The dialogs in that scene literally got me so emotional. It tells how desperate the citizens are to go to Tanjai. There’s a very subtle humor by a 200 year old person before sacrifices his life. I really enjoyed this scene. Not many people paid attention to this scene. Some people told me this scene was deleted when they watched the movie. The theme music “Celebration of life” and Parthiban’s dance was just stunning. So was Parthiban’s entry and the music track “The king arrives”. Selvaraghavan attempted something that most directors in Tamil, even in India for that matter, has never even dreamed off!!! I repeatedly hear from the media saying Tamil movie plots are so mundane and boring and all that …and when a totally unconventional movie comes out, they are busy criticizing Selva instead of appreciating the hardwork behind. How many paid close attention to Ramji/G.V.Prakash/Art director/Costume designer? I paid attention to all these departments and I just loved it. To the best of my knowledge, Selva’s AO is the best movie I’ve seen in my life. My sincere advice to you, or to anyone else who critique AO without understanding the movie: “Please do not write something on internet just because you have the computer and you know the alphabets”. You’re spoiling people from watching a good movie. We don’t know when a movie like AO will be attempted again.
ps: Selva..if you’re reading this..”I love you so much for making AO”. You’re the “MAN”!!!
I think the reviewer is totally a dumbhead who is incapable of criticising a difficult subject. We all knew that the CG works in AO
I think the reviewer is totally a dumbhead who is incapable of criticising a difficult subject. We all knew that the CG works in AO is a bit poor but we also need to understand the framed budget in which the filmaker was able to execute. They had a lesser budget when compared to the story board which demands crores in hundreds. Also in ancient times (if you know history), the Royal priests and the King were well trained in magical arts, and this skill has its own boundary. In line with your point, they would have not starved if they had the powers to bring food. you would have even criticized if the entire security team was killed at climax with the same power. On your lines Lord of the rings too were packed with supernatural elements then why the fuck they need to go on a war at the end. They could have sat and fought with their magical powers alone. The second half of the film evokes the emotion of a King and his people who were dying to return to their homeland who were exiled 800 years back. They were cut of from Civilization and leading the chola lifestyle for many generations. Even if you starve for 10 days, you will eat like a cannibal. The director wonderfully portrays and differs the ancient culture which displayed honesty, gratitude towards their leader and moreover dignity but the current civilization with abundane of knowledge and technology dispayed rapes, molestation and betrayal. When you criticize a movie, do it only with its content and keeping on PAR with its level of standards. Actually this is not a hollywood movie but a baby step and attempt in competing with that humungous industry.
Hey, I watched AO… in fact i could not agree less with the reviews made. It does not matter whoever it is who has written and in detail. I agree to the visual magic and art direction coupled with music to be the plus than that of director S R. S R who has given much better films at a lesser budget like Thulluvado Illamai, Kadal Kondein, 7G… the least he could have done is a logical thinking which is missing here and there.
Reemasen, who tries to shoot when there is a altercation between her and Karti, could not shoot him because bullets are exhausted, and a little later when all three become lunatics, Reemasen shoots Karti, how did this magic happen… What we see the entire troop arriving at an island, later on gets supplies through choppers, could not they fly earlier directly instead of arriving in ship. Then an army helps people to take vengeance… so many more.
Sudish Kamath,
I could understand that you are a north indian and you cannot understand the movie. Personally, I stopped watching all Indian movies 10 or 15 years back as all the movies lacks creativity and pays attention to hero worship. I cannot stand any Tamil masala movies or hindi glamour movies which repeated cheat masses. However I went and saw AO just becuase of the word ‘Chola’. I don’t know how much you know about the Cholas who were the supreme architect of Tamil civilisation. If you had known about the Cholas, slightly you would have appreciated this film. AO cannot be compared with ordinary stereotype b-grade movies. That is what you have done in your review.
It does’nt matter how much the director copied some scenes of hollywood movies. What matters is bringing back that ancient Tamil to life. I would give 10 points for daringly bringing back that proto-dravidian Tamil. Also one good point we Tamils have to appreciate is that every time a Tamil kingdom fails to survive a conspiracy. This resembles close to the defeat of LTTE in the hands of treacherous Indian government. This is indeed a wake-up call for all Tamils that we should not put ourselves in a small shell like the frog in the well. We should also know that world is filled with conspiracy. Only then Tamils can survive the next decade.
When there are new ventures, reviewers have the responsibility to welcome it to take films to the next level.
Of course, the issues certainly needed to be pointed out, so that it benefits the directors and would-be directors.
IMO, the second half was not considerably reviewed by this reviewer.
There are lot of instances in the movie, which relates to the portrayal of Eelam struggle.
A very good review. It doesn’t matter whether you are North Indian or South Indian to write a review.
AO is defenitely a shocker and did not meet the expectations. The story line is good but the screenplay is not at all good.
Attempt has been made to do something different, but it did not go well with the movie instead it looked like the special effect has been wrapped over. Also, many scenes reminds me of various hollywood movies.
Some people say this movie portrays Srilankan tamil issue and it portrays history of tamil kingdom even after director Selva denied these points in a interview (about tamil issue) and well displayed disclaimer (about history of tamil kingdom).
Well done, keep writing.
Hi, here are the answers to your doubts. When Reema initially shoots karthi the gun was wet as they were crossing the river. Thats why Reema was pointing out and checking the gun that it was working nice only and doesnt leave an excuse for trying to shoot karthi. Later it would have dried up, Pls visualize or view in detail. Also for your info, they are not Military force who accompanies the search team.
1. Guys wake up, In the initail introduction Reema says Ravi, as a Ex military major and how could he lead a military team
2. After Tribal attack, Ex major asks Reema that he wants additional team like ex military men, Gundas, Private rowdies and weapons.
3. You asked about choppers reaching the chola place at the climax and why would have they not done it earlier. And Logically even US airforce could not find out Osama as he is hiding. Thats why they sent the army for search operations. How will you go on an air route without knowing the destination. First you need to explore the land route, what if the cholas were hiding in Amazon deep forests, will you find them from choppers.
Hi Cheenu
Thanks for the reply, please see my comments below:
When Reema initially shoots karthi the gun was wet as they were crossing the river. Thats why Reema was pointing out and checking the gun that it was working nice only and doesnt leave an excuse for trying to shoot karthi. Later it would have dried up, Pls visualize or view in detail. Also for your info, they are not Military force who accompanies the search team.
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First time I am hearing that revolvers won’t work because it is wet. Is she by any chance carrying Deepavali gun?
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1. Guys wake up, In the initail introduction Reema says Ravi, as a Ex military major and how could he lead a military team
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Reply: It is much worse. What a disaster logic, you are invading into another country with men having machine guns, grenades, etc., If our neighours does it we call it Terrorisim and an emergency response team were sent to the rescue. These men are invading into Vietnam a country won a war again US…Jeez!
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2. After Tribal attack, Ex major asks Reema that he wants additional team like ex military men, Gundas, Private rowdies and weapons.
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Reply: Not only these men invade into another country and these men take helicopter into another country’s airspace and that country don’t even knew about it. Please give me a break.
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3. You asked about choppers reaching the chola place at the climax and why would have they not done it earlier. And Logically even US airforce could not find out Osama as he is hiding. Thats why they sent the army for search operations. How will you go on an air route without knowing the destination. First you need to explore the land route, what if the cholas were hiding in Amazon deep forests, will you find them from choppers.
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Reply: It is a different story here. For US airforce, they sent men to search Osama only because they were hiding in mountains. Here these men are living in caves. When the search started all they know a lost civilisation in an island and it is very logical to search by air first.
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Hello Reviewer,
I am not sure who wrote this, hence not being able to address the reviewer.
Nice opinion piece. I am reminded of the reviews that Khalid Mohamed use to do in Times of India earlier (I at least don’t read times of india anymore, hence am not sure if he still writes for them). Khalid always use to like Govinda movies and every other actor’s movie was ripped apart. Luckily, his reviews use to come only on sundays and we use to ensure that we get to watch the movies before his reviews come out.
Once I read this review, I had the same lucky feeling of having seen the movie before any of the reviews came out, especially this one. As for me, I enjoyed this movie thoroughly and it was magnificient and amazing to say the least. I don’t know what was that sexual tension between the trio that the reviewer has stressed here.
Moreover, the only portrayal of cholas and pandavas captured on screen are the ones depicted by Sivaji Ganesan and the likes and their rare abilities in poetry, art and culture etc. and not the savage portion at all. When we dig deep, cholas and pandavas must have been as savage as what is portraryed in braveheart, Gladiators, Troy or all the three put together.
What Lord of the Rings? What Harry Potter? I guess AO is right there in the fantasy genre interlaced with history. Let us give it a chance and appreciate the scale and the thought process.
Thanks Everyone.
Sabapathy,
The Reviewer name is listed on the top right…We need to see how to make it more prominent..
Regards,
Sabapathy,
I totally agree to your point that appreciation is needed, but at the same time I would like to ask the question whether this movie deserves it.
The storyline is good, but the screenplay is very bad. You can not blindly accept and appreciate a movie because the thought process is different. Then why didn’t we gave the same appreciation to movie like “Aalavandhan” and made the movie “Pasanga” a very big hit even the storyline doesn’t have much logic.
It is a business transaction, you pay to watch a movie and you expect the movie to be worth for money you spent. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel it with this movie and I am putting my view across as is the case with the reviewer Sudish Kamath.
I won’t agree to your point that because of a different thought process this movie has to be appreciated with all its blunders.
Medchemguy Li, stop wiping Selva’s nose.
It looks like more than reviewing the movie you have blown your own trumpet with your emotions to the movie, watching the movie better than others with statements like I liked, I watched better than others, I like Selva, etc, etc.,
We don’t write because we have computer and know alphabets, we write because we know how to appreciate if something is good and critic if something is bad.
I will be glad that if movies like AO is not attempted again, I wish better movies than AO be attempted.
You have said that one need a level of intellect to understand the movie, from your review I am sure how low is yours and am not surprised you like the movie.
1. First time I am hearing that revolvers won’t work because it is wet. Is she by any chance carrying Deepavali gun?
My Reply: First of all its not a revolver, its a pistol. I think you need to know a lot about firearms. Please go thru the link http://www.educatedgamer.net/files/guns.pdf. Note that no gun can fire if the powder is wet. Wet and damp conditions refer to the environment (Ex: just rained, lots of fog, things are clammy to the touch).
2. It is much worse. What a disaster logic, you are invading into another country with men having machine guns, grenades, etc.,
My Reply: Boss, i think you are not understanding the right chord. First they are not invading a country. They are exploring into a jungle and an unknown environment and they carry sefety firearms. Also you know it is easy to illegally access weapons and drugs in Vietnam coz a lot of terrosist outfit and drug dons dwell there even today.
3. Not only these men invade into another country and these men take helicopter into another country’s airspace and that country don’t even knew about it. Please give me a break.
My Reply: Do you know something about private helicopters. its not that only govt has this asset. Also they are going on a expedition and no one is liable for your safety when you travel into restricted areas. Acquiring or handling weapons maybe difficult only in India.
4. When the search started all they know a lost civilisation in an island and it is very logical to search by air first.
My Reply: I am sorry to say this, are you reviewing seeing the trailer of AO. Hope you have not seen the movie. They start the journey just to know about the lost archealogist and Reema has private intention to retrieve their sacred idol. They think the exiled cholas would have doomed as it was 800 yrs back but to their shock they find the lost civilization still surviving for many generations.
Thanks Chennu for your replies. You have won your arguments. Is it was going to make you happy, then let me say, you have won.
I was looking for a healthy argument, but it looks like you feel happy to personally attack your opponents. Anyway, congratulations you have won.
Be well.
Hi Bloggy, I was just trying to point out that you have misunderstood the story pace in certain scenes. Personally am not a character to argue with people on an offensive note. Please see the movie in deep and detail coz you could feel the pain of human emotions. i literally shed tears on the climax when people were tortured and during the pemmane song. It was a nice movie overall, but we should also understand that humans are liable to mistakes and its mandatory. Even i could find few flaws on this movie in technical aspects and in few scenes but the story was so heavy and striking. We should not let down our own people when they try to attempt an innovative way of storytelling. In the past decades we have always failed to promote and provide success to good films like Guna, Hey Ram, Pudhupettai, Naan Kadavul, Anbe sivam etc and now we keep them in our Favorites list. But we encourage movies like Slumdog where they portray India as a third world and a hub of slum dwellers. Anyways good luck to you and watch AO again and correct me if i am wrong.
Actually,u are completely outta d point.Why d gun does nt fire has deeper reasons. Until the destiny of Karthi’s character is met(to find the cholas),no harm can befall him.its d same with the boulder scene.This movie definitely is magic realism – and u cant go questioning logic here.And about your view on airplanes taking u there directly.Ancient civilisations – not alone cholas,but every other one had a trap mechanism,that only when traversed takes you to your destination.That is a measure taken not only to fend off the enemies but also to ensure that only the worthy find them.And to go directly by aircrafts – they dint have the exact location to make a drop there.The way to the ancient kingdom is revealed only progressively.And when finally they know d exact location,Azhagam perumal is able to give the co-ordinates to the army to make a drop there directly.Apart from all criticisms,the movie is thorughly captivating on an emotional side too.And Mr.Sudish – I ve liked a lot of ur reviews in Friday Rev,but this one is disappointing.Sorry mate!Yeah,Selva – YOU’RE THE M.AN!!!! Great Movie!!!!!
My comments here are not about criticizing the movie. This is just my opinion
1. The story line was pretty good. They could have delved deeper into the subject. The CG was pretty good when compared to the $100 million+ movies made at Hollywood. But in my opinion, for a story that has the potential to be a heavy-weight contender, what matters is how deep you can take the audience into the story than on the visuals. For example, if you guys had watched Marma Desam’s Vidadhu Karuppu serial (twas a long time ago), you would understand what I mean. The back bone of the story was just about “Deivame Manusha Roopena” (God helps us through humans). But think about the level of detail they bought about in the script. The author of the original novel (Indira) did a fantastic job. You see, that story was purely fictional. But the level of detail they bought into something fictional gave the story a grip only few others could be compared. And Vidathu Karuppu had no CG either. Just another TV serial. Personally, AO would have been the best movie by a clear margin if the movie was taken in Vidadhu Karuppu style. But to my disappointment, it was not to be.
2. And I dont get the difference between AO and a “mohini” style film of the 70s (Jagan Mohini, Maya Mohini, etc), as far as the story is concerned. Take out the vamp-style dances in Jagan Mohini (in fact, we had a similar dance from Reema Sen in AO) and take out the CG and Visuals from AO (the “mohini” class films of yesteryear did not have the resources for that). Lets fight fair and loot at only from the story line and script perspective. Its just a concept of a treasure hunt, hurdles, magic and mystic arts. We have had the same things in the “mohini” films as well. If a Mohini film was taken in 2010 by Mani Ratnam (1000% confident such a tragedy would never happen), it wouldn’t be different from AO.
I dont understand why most people who claim that this was the first of its kind and a daring attempt and bla bla blah, did not have the same adrenaline to praise Priyadarshan’s Kanchivaram movie. I loved the screen play and the visuals were fantastic. I bet many people who are reading my comments now dont even know if such a film had released.
3. You cannot expect reality in a fantasy-based movie, which I accept. In this genre, magic, mysticism, etc are what makes up the movies. But what I suggest is an explanation to those factors. And when I say “explanation”, I do not mean “scientific explanation”. Then that would mean I am still sticking to reality.
For instance, lets take the first hurdle they faced (Those reddish water creatures). Does anyone know what it was? Were they ghosts? What creatures were they? For example, in the first part of Lord of the Rings, in the climax, they come across a creature (covered with fire, about 100m tall, etc). Now my point here is that they gave a name for this creature (Balrog), said it was created by some villain, etc. This is what AO also needs. I did not ask for the scientific name. What I wanted was just a name. Just answers to questions like “What the hell was that?”, etc. I hope you guys get my point here.
And for those of you who have the “Well, for a fantasy movie, some aspects cannot be answered and MUST be left to the viewer’s imagination” kind of thoughts, then ignore all my comments.
4. I am not saying the movie was bad. I am just disappointed that Selva under-utilized his team and did not provide justice to such a potentially strong story-backbone. And I stick to my opinion I gave earlier. AO would have been the best movie by a clear margin if the movie was taken in “Vidaadhu Karuppu” style
lol here is a simpler question.
What happened to all those helicopters and what appeared to be “bombers” of sort. ^_^
When the “war” happened they all went missing. I mean if I had like 20 helicopters and a couple of bombers. I would keep them around stay in air and take out the opposition.
And the grenades, what they couldn’t b used b4 hand, when the enemy was rusing towards u like in the olden style. lol U had to wait till u loose a few ppl then run back and then they will…..come on seriously???
There was another scene like this when the “red skinned” warriors were rushing towards them. They were like “hold ur fire…hold ur fire…fire…” lol.
What decade do they think they r at? U have machine/semi automatic weapons and the enemy is rushing at u with archaic spears & swords, (in an open plane); u say hold. What is this the line up battle like in the “mummy return”.
The other flaw was the time line. They totally messed it up.
It was a cheap movie, with a cheap plot, with cheap logic, with cheap CGI, with cheap controversy, and a cheap way to make a few crores of rupees.
Ppl can claim this and that, but this movie for its entirety can b taken as a time pass (all be it a poor one). To analyze it as anything else, or of HAVING anything else in its content is just a waste of time and our intellectual prowess.
The other thing was the amount of arrows that was shot at the “dig party” by the red skinned warriors. Its proportions in no way matched the actual # of warriors. Even if we assume it to b true, by the intensity of the weapon, then any 1/2 brain savage can say…hmm…the enemy has powerful weapon. Lets just shoot the arrows crazy like b4 and kill them all with long range attack. I mean its only logical…but of course then that would imply this movie is logical. :P