tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post7012582888278650081..comments2012-02-26T09:00:32.262+05:30Ram Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14505725596819403724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-84547327208534440892011-11-07T09:42:02.752+05:302011-11-07T09:42:02.752+05:30Thanks for the review...yet to see the movieashokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151604896442505084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-24599843157261163422011-10-27T18:55:04.564+05:302011-10-27T18:55:04.564+05:30Good review, Vishu...<br /><br />Here&#39;s my take, and perhaps a slightly differing perspective.<br /><br />First, as a fan of Christopher Nolan, I was one of the many that felt outraged by ARM&#39;s Ghajini which was &#39;inspired&#39; by Nolan&#39;s Memento...but still I thought he indianized it as well as any of the locals could have...and definitely Ghajini was watchable<br /><br />So I was looking forward to this dude&#39;s new flick, and must say it ended up being watchable for the most part.<br /><br />I did read up on Bodhidharma after the flick and he is credited more with Zen and Buddhism than with Kungfu, but a bit of truth-stretching is OK....on the other hand, the past-to-present linkage was inspired, and yea totally sci-fi&#39;sh - but thats ok too....after all, we have seen Tom Cruise with a fake face in MI-* and loved every bit of it, because of its execution...<br /><br />Speaking of execution:<br />- though the stunt choreography in china in the beginning was pretty nice, the whole segment of the village, people etc was quite amateurish(c&#39;mon - nicely permed &amp; shampooed straight hair for the kid in 6th century AD??)<br />- I thought Surya was OK - not bad, but nothing tremendous either<br />- On the other hand, I was hugely impressed by Shruti Hassan&#39;s performance...yes her diction could have been better, but then what bowled me over was her conviction of characterization - she played the role wonderfully...this girl has the looks, genes and the legs to last I think<br />- Like you, I thought Harris Jayaraj was horrendous (he lost his mojo a long time back, and should really stop)<br />- Ravi K Chandran&#39;s cinematography was stunning - he is a current legend, and lived up to every penny of his top billing (the shot on the beach at dusk framed by just the headlights of the hummer - just wow)<br />- ARM shot some scenes quite well...the scene where the professor is &quot;shown&quot; being killed for example<br />- the songs were done for commercial elements as they say, but then again, dont think anyone actually enjoys them - just cant figure why they use song sequences to intrude into a story and screenplay that hums, with or without logic<br />- the whole tamil thing was too much, sorry....he came off too preachy and artificial...i am a tamil guy who likes &amp; appreciates my culture and heritage, but it was just too much over-the-top jingoism as you stated<br /><br />Overall, I felt the movie actually had a storyline right from the beginning, and was enjoyable as an action flick....definitely recommend it as &#39;worth a watch&#39;, 3.5/5 stars...Shankar Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-34613056721275891522011-10-27T09:39:51.620+05:302011-10-27T09:39:51.620+05:30MR.Ram<br /><br />True review write up about this movie,I saw this movie has the same opinion as of you.<br /><br />Senthilnathan Palaniswamy<br />Karursenthilnathan palaniswamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13826787676762398778noreply@blogger.com