Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

Girl with the dragon tattoo in swedish.
I had a lot of expectations - the movie did not meet all of that - considering that i was expecting a taut psychological thriller.
However - as an epic exploration of abuse - from either side - victim and the guilty - this movie scored on all levels .
Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth - gets once in a lifetime role and she does awesome justice to it - A Very physical and very harrowing
role and this lady didn't flinch not even one bit - that is called conviction and after a long long time it was refreshing to see it on a movie.
this movie should be discussed a lot more and its layers analysed properly.

1. kizhakku cheemaiyilE... rank bad film from bharathiraja... bad acting by everyone from radhika to vijayakumar to the both mothers :sigh2: cant believe how much damage can be done by BR to ordinarily good actors.
BGM was horrible... repetition of title song was boring.

2. The Incredible Shrinking Man - an old b/w english movie... almost 50% of the film had no dialogues with the BGM playing a significant role.
Definitely worth watching.

Recently watched parts of Vaali. Has not aged well at all.

Assessment of SJ Surya and especially Ajith suitably revised.

OTOH Shemran :thumbsup:

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thambi purinjudhaan :thumbsup: pOdureeyaLA?

munnoru kaalathil Ajithukkum nadippu varumnu idhai paarthu heavy-yA ticket eduthirundhEn.
ippo lightA vaapas vaangurEn.

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Originally Posted by P_R

Recently watched parts of Vaali. Has not aged well at all.

Assessment of SJ Surya and especially Ajith suitably revised.

OTOH Shemran :thumbsup:

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All time fav. of mine.. one of the reason to be thala fan.. :smokesmirk:

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Originally Posted by P_R

thambi purinjudhaan :thumbsup: pOdureeyaLA?

munnoru kaalathil Ajithukkum nadippu varumnu idhai paarthu heavy-yA ticket eduthirundhEn.
ippo lightA vaapas vaangurEn.

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Objectoin ur mod.... Did u nt c Varalaaru & Kireedom climax , etc. ,

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Originally Posted by P_R

thambi purinjudhaan :thumbsup: pOdureeyaLA?

munnoru kaalathil Ajithukkum nadippu varumnu idhai paarthu heavy-yA ticket eduthirundhEn.
ippo lightA vaapas vaangurEn.

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oh...reversela prunjintten :neutral:...neenga konjam naal munnadi ajith acting pathi criticalla pesinadha nyabagam...adhadhan revise panninganu nenachen...anyways idhuvum oru karuthu...:)

Murattu kaalai(2012) -a massacre on tamil cinema.

Didnt watch more than 30 mins, what a torture. I havent seen original Murattu Kaalai, and has no intensions to watch it anyway. Some movies are just meant to be yesteryear hit, and cant be remade to suit the current trend.

watched manam kotthi paravai...
padam mudinjadhumdhaan therinjadhu ezhil direction'nu... not upto his (set) standards...
but time passed without too many boring moments...

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Originally Posted by P_R

thambi purinjudhaan :thumbsup: pOdureeyaLA?

munnoru kaalathil Ajithukkum nadippu varumnu idhai paarthu heavy-yA ticket eduthirundhEn.
ippo lightA vaapas vaangurEn.

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:lol:

Has not aged well at all.

- adikkadi indha sentence'ku confuse aagidaren..

"not aged well" na - indha kaalathukkum eedu kodukkum vagayil padathin tharam illai
"aged well" - kaalangaL maarinaalum aarambathil irundha eerppu appadiye irukku..

sariya?

Watched Yudham Sei couple of days ago. Wasn't impressed, thought it was over rated. I didn't get the hype seriously, am I missing something or have I watched an alternate version of the same movie? It's a decent effort but isn't pathbreaking material. Disappointed.

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Originally Posted by HonestRaj

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Has not aged well at all.

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enakku adhu nallve purinjidhu...

there was a arguement on Ajith's acting sometime back...adhula PRkku Ajith oda acting pudikalennu sonnaru..adhadhan revise pannaronu nenachen,when he said "especially Ajith suitably revised"

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Originally Posted by raghavendran

enakku adhu nallve purinjidhu...

there was a arguement on Ajith's acting sometime back...adhula PRkku Ajith oda acting pudikalennu sonnaru..adhadhan revise pannaronu nenachen,when he said "especially Ajith suitably revised"

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Rathnasaamy " ada ennapa ne, kaalam kaalamaa intha ooruliye irukkura namakku thaane yaaru ennanu theriyum". ;)

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Originally Posted by raghavendran

there was a arguement on Ajith's acting sometime back...adhula PRkku Ajith oda acting pudikalennu sonnaru..adhadhan revise pannaronu nenachen,when he said "especially Ajith suitably revised"

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Yeah. This was one exception I had. 'This is proof that he can but nobody gives him such scope' appadinnu ellAm solli irukkEn :oops:
But ippo appadi emphaticA ellAm solla mAttEn.

PR, apdi endha scene unga palaya opinion'ku kaaranamaa irundhuchu, endha scene ippo adha dettol ootthi kazhuvuchunu konjam kurippu eludhineengannaa samudhaayatthukku interestingaavum, padattha innoru murai paakka oru swaarasyamaavum irukkum....


apdiyae, PR/Plum/any other perusus, respond to Stardust...
andha padattha patthi pesuradhum nemba interesingaa irukkum...

yaaraachum ambulance koopdungalaen... yaaraachum thanni kondaangalaen...

I still remember the time when Stan (Ajithfederer) burst into the Tamizh film section when P_R went "even Ajith" :lol2: At least the comment got him active here...

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Originally Posted by Stardust

Watched Yudham Sei couple of days ago. Wasn't impressed, thought it was over rated. I didn't get the hype seriously, am I missing something or have I watched an alternate version of the same movie? It's a decent effort but isn't pathbreaking material. Disappointed.

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Vaanga vaanga... I thought I am the only person in this hub who had such an opinion about the movie. Mediocre stuff blown out of proportion for God knows what reason. It's something like 'lookma, I am trying to do something different' kinda movie. I need to add even K's BGM is not worth the hype. It was over done and intrusive in many places.

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Originally Posted by kiravuso

I still remember the time when Stan (Ajithfederer) burst into the Tamizh film section when P_R went "even Ajith" At least the comment got him active here...

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nadandhavaigaL nadandhavaigaLaaga irukkattum.
ini nadappavaigaL nallavaigaLaaga irukkattum :-)

And that 'nail cutter' stunt by Cheran :lol: Sema hilarious... :lol:

idhukku adhu badhil aagaadhae...

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Originally Posted by Roshan

It's something like 'lookma, I am trying to do something different' kinda movie.

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Exactly my thoughts. Yudham seikku sleeper thriller-nu oru genre kudukkalam i.e. if you haven't slept 20 minutes into the movie then it's a thriller. The only movie that was watchable from the Myskin stable was 'chithram pesuthadi' imo.

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Originally Posted by Stardust

Exactly my thoughts. Yudham seikku sleeper thriller-nu oru genre kudukkalam i.e. if you haven't slept 20 minutes into the movie then it's a thriller. The only movie that was watchable from the Myskin stable was 'chithram pesuthadi' imo.

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lol... watta pity...
thats the only movie of mysskin i cannot watch... especially cos of bhaavanaa... irritating character...

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Originally Posted by SoftSword

PR, apdi endha scene unga palaya opinion'ku kaaranamaa irundhuchu, endha scene ippo adha dettol ootthi kazhuvuchunu konjam kurippu eludhineengannaa samudhaayatthukku interestingaavum, padattha innoru murai paakka oru swaarasyamaavum irukkum....

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Pre-climoks aaL mArAttam, doctor visit...podhuvA dumb-mute Ajith role sumArA nallAvA paNNadhA nyAbaham irundhuchu.
Louu track kooda OraLavukku paraalaama irundhadhA nyAbaham.

This time I found his 'acting' in the love track unbearable. I had, have and will have a problem with his voice and delivery. Far from 'getting used to it' it is only getting worse for me. 'Cool Billa'-va vidunga even formerly okay films like Vaali are not working.
Even the elder twin's scene were quite 'meh' for me to watch now.

OTOH sondhakkural illAdha Shemran - pinRaappA pinRA! ammaNi vittuttu pOna idam, appadiyE irukku.

You have lost all credibility with your Simran love. Honestly your opinions on film acting is dead to me.

appo paatthappove lover ajith'oda seshtaigal, expressions, 'hayyo... epdinga' ellaam konjam artificialaa dhaan irukkum... oomai ajith was the winner... especially his eyes when expressing anger... and ya... simran, louly... and even in the serious scenes, the scene with the psyciatrist... naanga koyil pandigaikku indha padattha thirai katti theruvula pOttom... epdiyaappatta subject choose pannirukkom paatthingalaa podhumakkalukku...

SS,

CP casting enakkum sariya padala. Athuvum herovoda mannerism and body language, it always seemed like he was half expecting to go into convulsions any minute. Atleast the movie remained true to its genre. That's why I tagged it as watchable. Anjathe was watchable in parts, but YS? I can't even verbalize why I was disappointed because despite having a very good re-collective memory, I'm unable to recollect anything significant from the movie. When I push my brain to its threshold, all I get is glimpses of Cheran looking somber, Cheran looking sad, Cheran sitting by the sidewalk, Cheran staring into empty space...

Nandhalala :thumbsup: YN shows how visually resonant Mysskin could be, but it's not without its missteps.

Otherwise CP totally uvakkkk, especially that twist. :lol: AnjathE had its tacky moments which people confuse for great nuance, pluheeaaz..

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apdiyae, PR/Plum/any other perusus, respond to Stardust...
andha padattha patthi pesuradhum nemba interesingaa irukkum...

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Yudhdham Sei?

It is a pretty good film. It achieves what it sets out to achieve very very well.
The dry feel of a police procedural, mood-create paNNaNum (MMKR Manorama :lol:) ellAm romba nallAvE vandhirukkum.

Most importantly: name one movie where one recalled the visuals and camera movement being as central to the 'feel' of the film. adhukkE pArAttalaam.
Usually I am very resistant to concepts like 'cinematic language, camera is the pen' etc. "nee kadhaiyai sollu, kadhaiyai sollu"-nu adam pidippEn.
But this movie helped me get an idea of what they are talking about.

Even now I can think of frames, camera movements which were meaningful and enhanced the scenes.
"Gaze reversal" paththi kooda equa/k-g niRaiya pEsinaanga (naan vEdikkai pArththEn!)

In terms of plot, kadhai - nothing too extraordinary. But for the 'making' factors, it really made one sit-up and take notice of Myshkin.

For instance the watermelon stealing scene. He takes a tense moment and teases the audience. And the next shot is the exact same frame and it returns to something ghastly. "Oh!" oru cinema-la veRum camera position vachchu ivvaLavu seyya mudiyumA!! appadinnu yOsikka vachhcaapla.

Of course it got showy in many places and the edgy nature of acting showed quite funnily at times with Cheran - like the pen-knife fight Roshan mentions :lol:

Nondhalala pudikkalainnAlum, aduththa Myshkin padathukku kaNdippA ticket edukkap pOrEnnA adhukku YS dhAn kAraNam.

Nice to know there are people here who appreciate Simran's acting. Thought I was the only one. I love the way she says that dialogue at the shrink, which was along the lines of 'unnai nambinathukku enakku paithikara pattam kuduthitiye'.

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

You have lost all credibility with your Simran love.

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ungaLukku yAraithAn pudikkin?

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Honestly your opinions on film acting is dead to me.

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ayyagO!

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Nandhalala :thumbsup:

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Hmm...

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Originally Posted by P_R

ungaLukku yAraithAn pudikkin?

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Gauthami
Shruti Haasan

(in future)
Akshara Haasan

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Originally Posted by SoftSword

appo paatthappove lover ajith'oda seshtaigal, expressions, 'hayyo... epdinga' ellaam konjam artificialaa dhaan irukkum...

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:oops: thappu thaen.

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Originally Posted by SoftSword

oomai ajith was the winner... especially his eyes when expressing anger...

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LashtA eppO pArtheenga.

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Originally Posted by SoftSword

and ya... simran, louly... and even in the serious scenes, the scene with the psyciatrist...

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:clap: Yeah. But even in the louu, initial scenes...asadu vazhiyuradhu ellAm kooda konjam sincereA nallAvE paNNiyiruppAnga. Of course foil effectA kooda irukkalaam.

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Originally Posted by SoftSword

naanga koyil pandigaikku indha padattha thirai katti theruvula pOttom... epdiyaappatta subject choose pannirukkom paatthingalaa podhumakkalukku...

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

You have lost all credibility with your Simran love. Honestly your opinions on film acting is dead to me.

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k_g, neenga ippadi pala paera 'dead' listlat saerthuttu varreenga :lol:

I am with Prabhu here - Simran is a very good actress !!

Shall I let my Grotch out? :twisted:

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Gauthami

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aNNi thennAttu Diane Keaton.But villi role ellAm paNNi irukkAngaLA

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Shruti Haasan

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unga nambikkaiyai naan paaraattuREn. indha kuralai vachchukittu nalandhAnA paada mudiyumnu thONalai.

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

(in future)Akshara Haasan

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Well eh..

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Originally Posted by Stardust

SS,

CP casting enakkum sariya padala. Athuvum herovoda mannerism and body language, it always seemed like he was half expecting to go into convulsions any minute. Atleast the movie remained true to its genre. That's why I tagged it as watchable. Anjathe was watchable in parts, but YS? I can't even verbalize why I was disappointed because despite having a very good re-collective memory, I'm unable to recollect anything significant from the movie. When I push my brain to its threshold, all I get is glimpses of Cheran looking somber, Cheran looking sad, Cheran sitting by the sidewalk, Cheran staring into empty space...

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:lol: :thumbsup: idhavida azhaga explain paNNa mudiyaathu..

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Gauthami
Shruti Haasan

(in future)
Akshara Haasan

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lol kid, kamal liked simran very much once (enru kaelvi)

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Shall I let my Grotch out? :twisted:

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vENavE vENaam.
Khushboo enRa nalla nadigaiyin Jaadhimalli enRa sondhakkural thiraippadaththai paarkkavum.

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Gauthami
Shruti Haasan

(in future)
Akshara Haasan

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Subbulakshmi'a uttutinga :lol2: