“Let’s come to reality, enough of dreaming” is the first line, which we’ll use after watching the movie. Very few movies, drags you so close to it, through their, cinematography, screenplay or even actors; that you will realize, it was just a movie after it ends. Inception has one among them which takes you very close with it, with its story itself.
Dreams, how could a person imagine or analyze so much about it, about an imagination and create a new imaginary things with it. That is what director, Christopher Nolan has did. He takes you into the screenplay, and makes you a part of that dream and leaves you dreaming rest of the movie.
There are some basic pre requisites to watch and in fact to enjoy the movie. Mathematics, Physics, basically you should know or should have experienced dreaming. Many of us say, I never dream. It’s our perception. Everyone would surely have dreams, may be they forget about it as soon as they wake up.
If you don't have the above then you might finish it by saying "never been so confused about some freaking dreams in ma life!!!! heights of confusion!!!! INCEPTION--- great movie!!! great thoughts!!! great direction!!! not to forget----- GREATEST confusions of all time!! ......" this was quoted by one of the friends.
In this movie, you are shown how a dream can be used as a powerful tool to change another person’s ideas. The screenplay is constructed nicely and it sometimes might seem to be a roller coaster ride. Yeah, it kicks off like a rocket and slows down, while the whole concept is being explained, again moves faster, then slows down, sometimes confusing, sometimes very plain. However if one concentrates on the slower part of the movie, then the other part will be more enjoyable.
Computer Graphics, camera techniques, settings, the mazes, architectures, actions, and a bit of single line comedies, you name it, it is there in the movie and of course with a meaningful fiction as well.
Compare the reality and the scenes in the dream; you will see they are physically sequential. Better experience it than with my words.
Hans Zimmer’s background score rocks, appropriate sound mixtures in each frame. I haven’t watched Wally Pfister’s cinematographer earlier so cannot comment or compare his work with his earlier works.
Also I haven’t watched Batman Begins or the Dark Knight so can’t express more about director Christopher Nolan. However after watching this, I will try to check out his earlier works.
Leonardo DiCaprio, is still many girl’s dream guy even in action movies. He has maintained his charm and fitness all over the movie. He covers almost 50% of the screen while other actors Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon, Tom Hardy the rest equally. Marion Cottilard shows up for few scenes but carries a heavy role to perform. Dileep Rao is getting some stronger characters in each movie; soon we might expect him to come up stronger.
What I suggest is, watch each and every frame of the movie, concentrate on the basics, get into the maze, roll yourself into it, get out of it and experience the DREAM.
Rating:- 3.8/5
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Madrasapattinam
Madrasapattinam :-
Period films are very less nowadays, and they are usually taken, when you know you have thin story line. With a weak story or may be with a known story, directors usually try to make the audience feel something different. Vijay has understood this very well and has taken us to the past and gave us a real experience of Madrasapattinam.
He captures us even with his title card, and never allows you out of the seat till the edge. Great work Vijay. The Story revolves around a washer man, in 1940s and his love with an English lady. First few minutes of the movie made me think it would, be another Titanic, or Benjamin button where the Lady expresses her past love life. However here it’s her journey to Madrasapattinam, which by then had become Chennai.
Art director Selvakumar had done a splendid job, with huge sets in the whole movie. However he could have done a bit more with colors, Fresh clean roads, Complete white walls, bright colors in some areas of the movie, doesn’t seem to give you the complete past effect. Also he could have done some more homework on the history. He had used broad gauge tracks in those times, with kiwi wall posters etc. I doubt if they were there in those times.
G V Prakash makes the movie pleasant while watching and some songs are really good. The background music stays with you for at least an hour after the movie.
Art director is Nirav Shah, his camera work is okay. But in some places he could have avoided the backgrounds. If you watch very keenly, you might find, that he has forgot to remove the recent age objects in the background. Check it out.
Editing and Screenplay has to go hand in hand for any movie to get successful. It has been made perfect combination in this movie. Switching from past to present and present past makes the difference here. Feel it!!!!!! Again good work by Anthony Gonsalves and Vijay.
Arya, has done a nice work in the movie. He has not only shown his arms and abs, but has shown his acting skills as well. I liked his work after Pattiyal, rest were either over or under for the character. His language should be improved a bit, he seem to use the same accent in almost all the movies. Make a note of it bro…
Miss Teen world Amy Jackson, gives you tons of happiness and refreshment as soon as you see her smile. Even a Doberman would fall in love with her, why not this washerman. She is just a kid now and will surely have a long tale to tell when she gets old. Make sure not to watch her official site.
Others side actors and characters have worked on the screen very well. Naseer, Bhaskar, Carole Trungma(Aged Amy Jackson) and the comedy artists had very less to show but it worked out well. Cochin Haneefa’s last movie and you could see the differences in his physique in many scenes. May his soul rest in peace.
Make up artist and costumes should have even worked more on history. At least till 1965s I think they had only half pants for even Inspectors.
This is the Director’s third movie and we can saw first of his own. His earlier works Kreedam ( remake of mallu kreedam) and Poi solla porom(remake of Khosla ka Ghosla) didn’t work out very well in Tamil cine world. But this movie will be a breakthrough and great success for him.
For the first time in my review I appreciate the producers of this movie. The Kalpathi brothers had completely trusted on the team and invested huge money to prepare the sets, outdoor locations etc. and they had got the profit of it. After a moderate profit from Irumbu Kotai Murattu Singam, this movie would cover all their previous losses if any.
Leaving behind all the small, tiny misses from Madarasapattinam team, this movie is worth watching in a cinema hall.
Rating 3 / 5
Period films are very less nowadays, and they are usually taken, when you know you have thin story line. With a weak story or may be with a known story, directors usually try to make the audience feel something different. Vijay has understood this very well and has taken us to the past and gave us a real experience of Madrasapattinam.
He captures us even with his title card, and never allows you out of the seat till the edge. Great work Vijay. The Story revolves around a washer man, in 1940s and his love with an English lady. First few minutes of the movie made me think it would, be another Titanic, or Benjamin button where the Lady expresses her past love life. However here it’s her journey to Madrasapattinam, which by then had become Chennai.
Art director Selvakumar had done a splendid job, with huge sets in the whole movie. However he could have done a bit more with colors, Fresh clean roads, Complete white walls, bright colors in some areas of the movie, doesn’t seem to give you the complete past effect. Also he could have done some more homework on the history. He had used broad gauge tracks in those times, with kiwi wall posters etc. I doubt if they were there in those times.
G V Prakash makes the movie pleasant while watching and some songs are really good. The background music stays with you for at least an hour after the movie.
Art director is Nirav Shah, his camera work is okay. But in some places he could have avoided the backgrounds. If you watch very keenly, you might find, that he has forgot to remove the recent age objects in the background. Check it out.
Editing and Screenplay has to go hand in hand for any movie to get successful. It has been made perfect combination in this movie. Switching from past to present and present past makes the difference here. Feel it!!!!!! Again good work by Anthony Gonsalves and Vijay.
Arya, has done a nice work in the movie. He has not only shown his arms and abs, but has shown his acting skills as well. I liked his work after Pattiyal, rest were either over or under for the character. His language should be improved a bit, he seem to use the same accent in almost all the movies. Make a note of it bro…
Miss Teen world Amy Jackson, gives you tons of happiness and refreshment as soon as you see her smile. Even a Doberman would fall in love with her, why not this washerman. She is just a kid now and will surely have a long tale to tell when she gets old. Make sure not to watch her official site.
Others side actors and characters have worked on the screen very well. Naseer, Bhaskar, Carole Trungma(Aged Amy Jackson) and the comedy artists had very less to show but it worked out well. Cochin Haneefa’s last movie and you could see the differences in his physique in many scenes. May his soul rest in peace.
Make up artist and costumes should have even worked more on history. At least till 1965s I think they had only half pants for even Inspectors.
This is the Director’s third movie and we can saw first of his own. His earlier works Kreedam ( remake of mallu kreedam) and Poi solla porom(remake of Khosla ka Ghosla) didn’t work out very well in Tamil cine world. But this movie will be a breakthrough and great success for him.
For the first time in my review I appreciate the producers of this movie. The Kalpathi brothers had completely trusted on the team and invested huge money to prepare the sets, outdoor locations etc. and they had got the profit of it. After a moderate profit from Irumbu Kotai Murattu Singam, this movie would cover all their previous losses if any.
Leaving behind all the small, tiny misses from Madarasapattinam team, this movie is worth watching in a cinema hall.
Rating 3 / 5
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