What was the Last movie You saw?

why you didnt liked the climax. Agreed few will not like the flash for the routine romance .

The climax and the flashback sequences are the lows Smile

Great,
En kitta kekkureengala? Nerd kittaya?

From: great on Mon Aug 20 11:56:02 2007. [Full View]

Joe,
Unga kitta illa Nerd kitta thaan , thappa quote pannitean . Most of the KH fans will accept this movie whole heartedly .
From: joe on Mon Aug 20 11:58:26 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Joe,
Unga kitta illa Nerd kitta thaan , thappa quote pannitean . Most of the KH fans will accept this movie whole heartedly .

Not only kamal fans ,Many of my friends who are Rajini fans are fans of this movie,including the climax
From: Nerd on Mon Aug 20 12:04:54 2007. [Full View]

Nasser thinking about shooting sivam down, sending santhanabharathi to kill sivam, when his daughter's marriage is going on, give me a break. That was very artificial and the way santhanabharathi becomes a *good* man all of a sudden was artifical too. Of course the final *punch* dialog and his letter to ars were extremely good
From: great on Mon Aug 20 12:10:20 2007. [Full View]

. I dont have any complaints bcoz of the theme
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Aug 21 0:20:35 2007. [Full View]

Vaanavil
From: rocketboy on Tue Aug 21 1:18:41 2007. [Full View]

Gods must be crazy , GMBC -II .
From: RC on Thu Aug 23 13:04:11 2007. [Full View]

Arya! aahaa OhO-nu illenaalum bore adikkama pOchu... songs were spoilers I think (paatu ellam forward panni thaan paathOm)! PrakashRaj, Madhavan, Bavana's performance was good!
From: Nerd on Thu Aug 23 13:17:41 2007. [Full View]

Puthupettai -- ***
Immensely liked the first half. Second half was comparitively very poor and the climax was very artificial. Nevertheless one of the best movies released in recent times
From: Devar Magan on Thu Aug 23 14:21:02 2007. [Full View]

nerd, why dont u stop giving these stars ... its very irritating..
From: Nerd on Thu Aug 23 14:25:30 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

nerd, why dont u stop giving these stars ... its very irritating..

When did you start dictating terms here?? If you don't want to read my posts, there is an option in firefox wherein you can ignore an user in a forum or may be you can stop visiting this thread.
From: kannannn on Thu Aug 23 15:19:15 2007. [Full View]

Well, Grindhouse wasn't going to release in its original version here in Europe, but who is to stop me from having a 'double bill' myself . So it was two shows back-to-back last weekend.
'The Simpsons' - Nearly ten years.. Finally the long wait is over and the First Family of Springfield graces the big screen. The series has lost some of its original sheen, but with the writers of the first few seasons helming this one, I knew we were in for a treat. Running for a little over an hour, it contained all that we have come to like in the Simpsons - Tongue in Cheek political comments, intelligent oneliners and great dubbing. Right from the opening gag that has Bart writing "I will not download this movie illegally" the movie keeps you laughing. And its not even over when the credits have finished rolling (watch it to find out more). Absolutely loved it!!

'Death Proof' - The premise is pretty simple - a bunch of girls kicking ass. But it takes a Tarantino to give it the spin and perspective. Apart from the differences between the two sets of girls, there was nothing to think about and that made it pretty straight forward. But hey, this is a recreation of the 70's 'B' films and that's exactly what he has done. With irregular editing, unconventional camera style (Tarantino himself handles the camera in this one) and cheeky dialogues, this is the best a homage can get. The action scenes too are some of the best I have seen in recent films. Though not in the league of PF or RD, Death Proof is a movie that will surely please hardcore Tarantino fans.

PS - The crowd was great for DP. Looks like it will do much better than in US
From: Kollywoodfan on Thu Aug 23 16:25:08 2007. [Full View]

lol interesting pic of Rajini Nerd!

Anyway, unfortunately Jaisurya. One of the stupidest movies every. Laila was cute but a total misfit for the role!
From: Raikkonen on Fri Aug 24 1:43:30 2007. [Full View]

Englishkaran - DUD
Terrible in all sense, atleast it has a strong message in the end, which is tolerable..
Can somebody ask Vadivel to halt his annoying outside rowdy, inside coward gimmick..
first two scenes were ok, he got really stale after just 3 scenes...

From: Wibha on Fri Aug 24 1:46:34 2007.

Englishkaran - DUD
Terrible in all sense, atleast it has a strong message in the end, which is tolerable..
Can somebody ask Vadivel to halt his annoying outside rowdy, inside coward gimmick..
first two scenes were ok, he got really stale after just 3 scenes...

Raikkonen wrote:

i can't believe u had the patience to watch such a movie

From: Raikkonen on Fri Aug 24 1:50:17 2007. [Full View]

No.. actually i like Satyaraj.. someone said to me Vadivel's comedy in the movie was fabulous..
atuve fabulous na..
From: crajkumar_be on Fri Aug 24 2:40:07 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

In the name of the father

A person who has been falsely accussed and imprisoned . How he fought for justice forms rest of the story . Very good movie .

One of my favorites... not a "great" film but i just love this film....

The irony is, this film is based on a real incident which happened 2-3 decades back and 2 years back, an innocent Brazilian guy was killed by the British police in the aftermath of the London bombings
Plus, Gareth Pierce, who took up Jerry's case (played by Emma Thompson in the film) took up the Brazilian's family's case as well. As for the two cops who shot him, one was granted leave and another transferred to a different department
From: joe on Fri Aug 24 4:13:30 2007. [Full View]

Water

From: great on Fri Aug 24 12:12:23 2007.

One of my favorites... not a "great" film but i just love this film....

The irony is, this film is based on a real incident which happened 2-3 decades back and 2 years back, an innocent Brazilian guy was killed by the British police in the aftermath of the London bombings Sad

Actually I wanted to watch this movie , since it was based on real incident . Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon was perfect . Seems he has done only countable number of films.

Plus, Gareth Pierce, who took up Jerry's case (played by Emma Thompson in the film) took up the Brazilian's family's case as well. As for the two cops who shot him, one was granted leave and another transferred to a different department

oh , thats a good piece of information.

From: Wibha on Sun Aug 26 1:18:37 2007. [Full View]

pallikoodam
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Aug 26 3:21:53 2007. [Full View]

DOOM
From: Devar Magan on Sun Aug 26 10:31:01 2007. [Full View]

baasha -- * star

veeraappu ** stars
From: Vivek4life on Sun Aug 26 11:48:06 2007. [Full View]

veeraappu deserves more stars. btw, is it out of 10 or 100?
From: joe on Sun Aug 26 11:51:01 2007. [Full View]

Vettaiyadu Vilayadu

Thampikku Entha ooru
From: great on Sun Aug 26 12:13:58 2007. [Full View]

Small Time Crooks

Pretty ordinary Woody Allen movie.
From: Raikkonen on Mon Aug 27 1:06:11 2007. [Full View]

Vallavan.... Super DUD

Veerasamy looked like Nayakan comparing to this movie..
Santhanam and songs were the saving grace

From: ajithfederer on Mon Aug 27 1:55:56 2007.

'Death Proof' - The premise is pretty simple - a bunch of girls kicking ass. But it takes a Tarantino to give it the spin and perspective. Apart from the differences between the two sets of girls, there was nothing to think about and that made it pretty straight forward. But hey, this is a recreation of the 70's 'B' films and that's exactly what he has done. With irregular editing, unconventional camera style (Tarantino himself handles the camera in this one) and cheeky dialogues, this is the best a homage can get. The action scenes too are some of the best I have seen in recent films. Though not in the league of PF or RD, Death Proof is a movie that will surely please hardcore Tarantino fans.

PS - The crowd was great for DP. Looks like it will do much better than in US Very Happy

From: ajithfederer on Mon Aug 27 2:19:56 2007. [Full View]

Indian Innings highlights from second match against england in ESPN
From: Thirumaran on Mon Aug 27 2:24:00 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

pallikoodam

People were saying it was good though with some negatives
From: joe on Mon Aug 27 2:29:41 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

pallikoodam

People were saying it was good though with some negatives

Too bad it is not released in singapore
From: Wibha on Mon Aug 27 2:31:14 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

pallikoodam

People were saying it was good though with some negatives

it was so dragging and wat was the point of the movie

only thing the frnds met but nadakara kadhaiya adhu
From: great on Mon Aug 27 10:45:45 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

pallikoodam

People were saying it was good though with some negatives

yeah many of my school friends have sent mail appreciating this movie , saying good recollection of childhood memories .

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time
From: RC on Mon Aug 27 10:50:36 2007. [Full View]

kulamagaL raadhai - NT was excellent with no over the board (as others say) acting. nalla padam!

MaayakaNNadi - After all those negative reviews, I stayed away from this movie. But it turned out to be a good one (atleast to me). May the ending should have been more elaborate so that people could have appreciated it more.
From: rocketboy on Mon Aug 27 10:53:05 2007. [Full View]

Deja vu
From: Thirumaran on Mon Aug 27 12:21:55 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time

BTW are u talking about the watching the movie or the actor

Of Course both could mean the same
From: Wibha on Mon Aug 27 15:32:31 2007. [Full View]

great

seriously so much build up in the movie..............autograph was so much better

TM

P.S i will watch aarya for the nth time
From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Aug 27 18:50:11 2007. [Full View]

The Professional

with Jean Reno, and Natalie Portman...awesome movie, an action adventure with a bit of sentiment

This movie was remade into tamil as Suryapaarvai with Arjun. Original is much better tho!
From: great on Mon Aug 27 21:38:23 2007. [Full View]

Kollywoodfan wrote:

This movie was remade into tamil as Suryapaarvai with Arjun. Original is much better tho!

Its not a remake but a plain rip off !!! In tamil they have butchered the climax
From: Sinthiya on Mon Aug 27 23:31:02 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time

...

The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig...movie about trying to stop the spread of an epidemic...good......not that great as i had hoped...
From: Thirumaran on Mon Aug 27 23:49:44 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

P.S i will watch aarya for the nth time

Ennamo Poanga. Arya niraya thadava paakarahthaala, unga mugam neenga use panra emoticon maathiri aagaama paarthukoanga
From: great on Tue Aug 28 10:42:49 2007. [Full View]

Sinthiya wrote:

great wrote:

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time

...

Enna moraikureenga , 10 peru ithu varaikum hospitalise aagirukaanga intha padam paathu

From: Thirumaran on Tue Aug 28 12:26:42 2007.

Even Sinthiya was missing for few days

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time Poke

...

Enna moraikureenga , 10 peru ithu varaikum hospitalise aagirukaanga intha padam paathu Banging Head

From: rocketboy on Tue Aug 28 13:23:40 2007. [Full View]

Final cut
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Aug 28 13:56:51 2007. [Full View]

Ratatouille - Attagaasam

From: Wibha on Tue Aug 28 14:47:20 2007.

Ennamo Poanga. Arya niraya thadava paakarahthaala, unga mugam neenga use panra emoticon maathiri aagaama paarthukoanga LOL

P.S i will watch aarya Poke

for the nth time Poke

enga mugatha pathie neengo romba kavala pada vendaam

From: Wibha on Tue Aug 28 14:48:19 2007.

_____ galig gotha kasthoori parimala

Wibha , Go and watch Arya for Nth time Poke

...

Enna moraikureenga , 10 peru ithu varaikum hospitalise aagirukaanga intha padam paathu Banging Head

enna saaptirupaalo movie paakarachea

From: interz on Tue Aug 28 15:12:48 2007. [Full View]

Aarya

Movie was above average, liked it.

pros: Mathavan, Bhavana, Prakashraj acting, racy throughout the second half.

cons: Manisharma's songs
the rowdies characters, they seem rather dumb, why would a big Don/Thaatha use such dumb rowdies in his gang???
and the Item song
From: bingleguy on Tue Aug 28 15:13:35 2007. [Full View]

NETHI ADI

Venuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Aug 28 15:52:11 2007.

This movie was remade into tamil as Suryapaarvai with Arjun. Original is much better tho!

Its not a remake but a plain rip off !!! In tamil they have butchered the climax Mad

I hadn't seen the original version when I saw Suryapaarvai so I thought the whole love angle and the ending was sweet

The Kathavai Thirakkum song was mesmerizing!

It would have been a really unique, and noteworthy film if they had kept the movie the same and left out the love.

From: selvakumar on Wed Aug 29 1:13:55 2007. [Full View]

Guru (Tamil Version)
What an Insult to the Hindi Version
Mani
Surya's dubbing
In one of the intimate sequences, Surya utters "Nee thaandi en azhagu sundari" when Abi-Ash combo concentrates on "Other" things more

Even the famous Punch line of the movie looked pretty normal.
No wonder our tamil people abandoned / didn't like this version (I liked the HIndi version though)
From: RATHEESHAJITH on Wed Aug 29 10:21:50 2007. [Full View]

SELVA MACHI....NAANUM INTHA KODUMAYA SEITHEN...

INGHA HINDI VERSION THAAN...

YENAKKU HINDI THERIYATHU....SARI NAMMA MANIRATNAMNUTTU

PONEN

YENNA KODUMA SELVA ITHU
From: great on Wed Aug 29 22:37:23 2007. [Full View]

Legend of Bhagat Singh

- I was searching for this cd/dvd for a long time , thanks to mosaer Baer

- ARR
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Aug 29 22:39:06 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Legend of Bhagat Singh

- I was searching for this cd/dvd for a long time , thanks to mosaer Baer

- ARR

Great,

Does the DVD has subtitles
From: great on Wed Aug 29 22:43:02 2007. [Full View]

LM, hindi movies are available only in cd format only. So no sub titles.
From: Wibha on Wed Aug 29 23:12:03 2007. [Full View]

Mozhi

POI

Kanda naal mudhal

sachin
From: NOV on Wed Aug 29 23:56:29 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

Mozhi
POI

have seen mozhi countless times since in DVD -
Poi too.
From: Raikkonen on Thu Aug 30 0:20:51 2007. [Full View]

Thavani Kanavugal - Good
From: Wibha on Thu Aug 30 3:00:42 2007. [Full View]

aata

sids looked like johnny depp

illena?

movie
From: NOV on Thu Aug 30 9:43:21 2007. [Full View]

first they catch hold of your heat...

then they give it a tight squeeze...

followed by total grasping...

its hard not to cry...

when you have just finished watching vaazhvE maayam.

From: Pras on Thu Aug 30 9:53:18 2007.

This movie was remade into tamil as Suryapaarvai with Arjun. Original is much better tho!

Its not a remake but a plain rip off !!! In tamil they have butchered the climax Mad

I hadn't seen the original version when I saw Suryapaarvai so I thought the whole love angle and the ending was sweet Razz

The Kathavai Thirakkum song was mesmerizing!

It would have been a really unique, and noteworthy film if they had kept the movie the same and left out the love.

watch the original kolly

... l�on (and not the dubbed english version

) ... by luc besson, one the best french director

... (for example he made "the fifth element" and written / produced "taxi", "the transporter" etc.)

ps : sorry, i forgot the hilarous / action entertainer wasabi ... if you like Jean R�no and Luc Besson, go for it you won't be disapointed

From: Kollywoodfan on Thu Aug 30 15:48:35 2007. [Full View]

k, will do Pras

I loved Jean Reno in the DaVinci Code
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Aug 30 16:04:03 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

LM, hindi movies are available only in cd format only. So no sub titles.

Thanks Great

Enakku Hindi puriyaathey
From: avven on Fri Aug 31 0:00:13 2007. [Full View]

Transformers ..kewl flick...
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Aug 31 11:14:03 2007. [Full View]

The Covenant

cheesy horror cum mystery. I prefer scarier, but it's an entertaining film nevertheless.
From: rocketboy on Fri Aug 31 11:27:16 2007. [Full View]

Night Listener
From: Govin on Fri Aug 31 11:44:14 2007. [Full View]

unnaale unnaale
From: NOV on Sat Sep 1 0:51:57 2007. [Full View]

Chennai 600028

What a fun roller coaster ride it was!
altho I dont know anything abt cricket.

a big kudos to the youngsters.

but what happened at the end? why isnt there a conclusion, ie the finals?
enna kodumai sir idhu?

From: ThalaNass on Sat Sep 1 5:04:08 2007.

athukullayae BO parthutingala..

Chennai 600028

What a fun roller coaster ride it was! ROTFL

altho I dont know anything abt cricket. Huh?!

a big kudos to the youngsters. Thumbs Up!

but what happened at the end? why isnt there a conclusion, ie the finals? Shocked

enna kodumai sir idhu? Frightened

NOV

I'll watch it tomorrow, if i have time..

From: crajkumar_be on Sat Sep 1 6:36:49 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

but what happened at the end? why isnt there a conclusion, ie the finals?
enna kodumai sir idhu?

The conclusion is in the last dialogue by captain Aravind (which is a repeat of what he says in the beach) "Dei... leg-side la podadha da.. off-side liye podu.. 32 run thaanda adichirukkom"...

Result of final is the same as result of the beach bet match!
From: coucou on Sat Sep 1 17:27:23 2007. [Full View]

varalaru for n-th time

villain ajith is very handsome and the father ajith is cute, no words to describe father ajith!!! He's excellent!
asin is beautiful and his acting
music
story
Except this type movies from KSR, so is dasavatharam!

a good entertainer

vaithegi kathirunthal- an evergreen hit
songs make it an evergreen hit,Ilayarajah bgm or songs particulary azhagu malar, his music is excellent , it's the first movie of vijaykanth! Nambavae mudiyalae
this movie is so sad, and the climax
for director

After seeing this movie, i think parents wouldn't name their daughter as vaithegi
From: MADDY on Sat Sep 1 22:54:32 2007. [Full View]

coucou wrote:

vaithegi kathirunthal- an evergreen hit
movie of vijaykanth! Nambavae mudiyalae
barathiraja

Its a R.SundarRajan movie and not BR's..........also, i dont think its Vijaykanth's first movie..... .......it was some unknown movie in 70's....
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Sep 1 22:57:46 2007. [Full View]

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"
From: MADDY on Sat Sep 1 23:07:57 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"

IMDB says so but wiki is saying "aval oru pacha kozhandha" ......raaja_rasigan or Murali sir can throw some light if they visit here

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Sep 1 23:11:41 2007.

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"

IMDB says so but wiki is saying "aval oru pacha kozhandha" Huh?!

......raaja_rasigan or Murali sir can throw some light if they visit here Very Happy

what wiki says about the heroine? who is that pacha kozhandha?

From: MADDY on Sat Sep 1 23:19:29 2007.

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"

IMDB says so but wiki is saying "aval oru pacha kozhandha" Huh?!

......raaja_rasigan or Murali sir can throw some light if they visit here Very Happy

what wiki says about the heroine? who is that pacha kozhandha? LOL

probably, Jayamalini or Anuradha

From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 0:07:40 2007. [Full View]

ThalaNass wrote:

NOV athukullayae BO parthutingala..

now, nothing to watch.
endha madayan PEASa rendaavadhu thadavayaa paarppaan.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Result of final is the same as result of the beach bet match!

one of the strongest points in the film was the avoiding of expected outcomes.
the beach cricket was hilarious.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 0:21:35 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"
Inikkum Ilamai

http://www.indiadirect.com/captain/frame1.htm
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 2 1:06:06 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

one of the strongest points in the film was the avoiding of expected outcomes.
the beach cricket was hilarious.

Infact, there was a deleted scene which they showed in the 100 days function where they show Aravind's "plight" when he is drinking alone in a wine shop. Apparently Christine ditches him . Damn hilarious but the problem is, its difficult to decide where to put that scene, especially since the actual ending is the best for the film... maybe thats why it couldnt find a place in the film inspite of being such a good and funny scene.
Premji in that scene

From: MADDY on Sun Sep 2 1:49:06 2007.

Infact, there was a deleted scene which they showed in the 100 days function where they show Aravind's "plight" when he is drinking alone in a wine shop. Apparently Christine ditches him Laughing

one of the strongest points in the film was the avoiding of expected outcomes. Thumbs Up!

the beach cricket was hilarious. ROTFL2

. Damn hilarious but the problem is, its difficult to decide where to put that scene, especially since the actual ending is the best for the film... maybe thats why it couldnt find a place in the film inspite of being such a good and funny scene.
Premji in that scene ROTFL

- adhu innum super-a irundhurukkumae

i mean, they cud have shown a "what happened next" scene for everyone in the climax.....

Chennai-28 is "the movie of the year so far" IMO

....it beats PV and Mozhi by a small margin and Sivaji by a mile

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Sep 2 2:28:51 2007. [Full View]

MADDY wrote:

Chennai-28 is "the movie of the year so far" IMO ....it beats PV and Mozhi by a small margin and Sivaji by a mile

but Charan & team had bad experiences from distributors, theatre owners to release this movie -
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Sep 2 3:56:15 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

I think the first movie for Vk is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"
Inikkum Ilamai

http://www.indiadirect.com/captain/frame1.htm

Thanks Nov

and CR that was interesting
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 8:33:21 2007. [Full View]

MOZHI is THE film of the year. It's already November and there isnt a film to beat that.
Hmmmm... my favs so far are Mozhi, PV, PKMC (except for 2nd climax and now Chennai 28. What else?

Am going to watch Ch28 again as I didnt pay attention to some of the stuff CR had mentioned. I dont know cricket
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 8:37:26 2007. [Full View]

Sanjeevi wrote:

but Charan & team had bad experiences from distributors, theatre owners to release this movie -
do you know that the film was not even released in malaysia singapore?

astro pay tv.
singapore makkal
From: rocketboy on Sun Sep 2 8:41:39 2007. [Full View]

Insomnia
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 8:56:42 2007. [Full View]

IAIRP

nice spoof, but the bear joke was too much to bear.

From: joe on Sun Sep 2 10:22:43 2007.

but Charan & team had bad experiences from distributors, theatre owners to release this movie - Hammer

Sanjeevi wrote:

do you know that the film was not even released in malaysia singapore? Shocked

astro pay tv.
singapore makkal Poke

Malaysia-la irunthu vaangittu vantha VCD-la thaan naan parthen

From: great on Sun Sep 2 12:22:41 2007. [Full View]

rocketboy wrote:

Insomnia

Good Movie, Try Following if you have not seen already.

NOv , PKMC best movie-ya
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 20:17:05 2007. [Full View]

certainly balaji. one of the better movies, if you can ignore the second climax.
have you ever seen a movie where the hero gets beaten up and is all bruised?
From: joe on Sun Sep 2 22:34:13 2007. [Full View]

NOV,
It is surprising you liked Chennai 18 ,though you don't know anything about cricket.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 22:38:44 2007. [Full View]

not really joe.
cricket is just used to build the story. certain nuances were lost on me, but the story could be enjoyed.

i remember a hollywood film called Cool Runnings. it is about some african country that takes part in winter olympics. altho i know nothing abt the sport, the film was so enjoyable that i watched it at least 3 times.

i suggest you watch the film too - it is all abt hope. can you imagine a hot african country with no experience or knowledge on snow, particiapting in winter olympics?
From: joe on Sun Sep 2 22:53:32 2007. [Full View]

NOV,
Thanks for recommentation.I will try to get it ..

Regarding Chennai 28 ,I enjoyed the movie ,though not as much many others ,since I never played cricket .

Laggan partheengala?
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 22:56:06 2007. [Full View]

joe, i only watch tamil and english movies.
From: joe on Sun Sep 2 23:17:24 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

joe, i only watch tamil and english movies.

I too don't watch hindi movies with very few exceptions...Neenga Malay movie ethuvum parthathilliya?
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 2 23:21:53 2007. [Full View]

Nov/Joe,
Please watch Maqbool and Omkara. I'm sure you'll like it. Bollywood nalla thisai-a nokki poraanga enbadharku sirandha udharanangal...
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 23:22:46 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Neenga Malay movie ethuvum parthathilliya?
chinna vayasula paarththathundu, ippO interest illai.
ellaam andha kaadhalikka nEramillai vandha piraguthaan
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 23:26:06 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Please watch Maqbool and Omkara. I'm sure you'll like it. ...
thanks CR.
but nijamaagavE enakku interest illai.
i didnt even like Uyire tho I like all MR's works.

p/s: havent watched guru and no intention either.
From: joe on Sun Sep 2 23:32:04 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Nov/Joe,
Please watch Maqbool and Omkara. I'm sure you'll like it. Bollywood nalla thisai-a nokki poraanga enbadharku sirandha udharanangal...

CR,
English sub title-oda kidaikkuma? (Enakku Hindi-yum Mandarin-m onnu thaan)..Recently I watched 'Water' with subtitles.
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 2 23:34:41 2007. [Full View]

Joe,
Yes, it comes with subtitles

From: Sinthiya on Sun Sep 2 23:37:28 2007.

i remember a hollywood film called Cool Runnings. it is about some african country that takes part in winter olympics. altho i know nothing abt the sport, the film was so enjoyable that i watched it at least 3 times. Very Happy

i suggest you watch the film too - it is all abt hope. can you imagine a hot african country with no experience or knowledge on snow, particiapting in winter olympics? ROTFL2

NOV

...i have seen the movie many times too...it's such a inspiring comedy of hope and perseverance...

...i can still watch the movie now and enjoy it...

i gotta see the movie again now that you reminded me...thanks!

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Sep 2 23:41:13 2007. [Full View]

Samurai - again! decent effort by Balaji Shakthivel!

Ghilli - The last Vijay movie I liked.
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 2 23:42:48 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Samurai - again! decent effort by Balaji Shakthivel!

Wanted to see this movie but missed it yesterday
From: joe on Sun Sep 2 23:47:34 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Samurai - again! decent effort by Balaji Shakthivel!

Wanted to see this movie but missed it yesterday

Have seen bits and climax ..shankar-oda influence niraya irunthuchu ..Heroine thee kuLikkurathu apathama irunthuchu ..Few political dialogues are sharp and straight forward ,which is good.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 23:50:55 2007. [Full View]

samurai? suntv I guess.

there were just too many movies over the weekend that i gave this a miss and watched Hassini Pesum Padam instead

wonder whetehr groucho watched sathyaraj's adavdi.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 2 23:53:20 2007. [Full View]

Sinthiya wrote:

NOV ...i have seen the movie many times too...it's such a inspiring comedy of hope and perseverance......i can still watch the movie now and enjoy it...

a very which doenst need to preach, but still sends the right message. worth owning a DVD.
From: Sinthiya on Mon Sep 3 0:16:45 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

wonder whetehr groucho watched sathyaraj's adavdi.

have you seen it?!

From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Sep 3 1:04:17 2007.

i suggest you watch the film too - it is all abt hope. can you imagine a hot african country with no experience or knowledge on snow, particiapting in winter olympics? ROTFL2

NOV

...i have seen the movie many times too...it's such a inspiring comedy of hope and perseverance... Smile

...i can still watch the movie now and enjoy it... Thumbs Up!

i gotta see the movie again now that you reminded me...thanks! Smile

I had watched this film in Star Movies.

comedy and a good climax

From: Raikkonen on Mon Sep 3 1:19:07 2007. [Full View]

Tamilselvan - Its actually ok comapring to other Vijaykanth's Pakistan adevntures.. but as usual no logic at all in the movie..
Thumbs in middle
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 3 1:32:52 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Few political dialogues are sharp and straight forward ,which is good.

Dialogues were terrific in that movie. Pattukkottai prabakar I think. Or may suba. Overall the movie was good in bits and pieces. But his kAdhal was amazing, the best movie I have seen in the last 3 years

I saw chak de India -- ***. A very good entertainer almost on par with lagaan. The way they build the team spirit was pretty good and the acting of the girls was very natural. SRK wasnt that great I thought.

Revisited DCH - ***1/2. Probably the best hindi entertainer I have seen till date
From: NOV on Mon Sep 3 2:22:42 2007. [Full View]

littlemaster1982 wrote:

I had watched this film in Star Movies. comedy and a good climax
wow!
so many fans

the team is from Jamaica - no shoes even
the sport is bob sled
and yes, it is based on a real life story.

and just like Chennai600028, they dont get to win the finals.....

From: Sanjeevi on Mon Sep 3 3:16:15 2007.

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the team is from Jamaica - no shoes even
the sport is bob sled
and yes, it is based on a real life story.

and just like Chennai600028, they dont get to win the finals.....

littlemaster1982 wrote:

I had watched this film in Star Movies. ROTFL

comedy and a good climax Thumbs Up!

wow!
so many fans Cool2

ohhh i will try to see this film

From: MADDY on Mon Sep 3 3:38:36 2007.

Few political dialogues are sharp and straight forward ,which is good.

Dialogues were terrific in that movie. Pattukkottai prabakar I think. Or may suba. Overall the movie was good in bits and pieces. But his kAdhal was amazing, the best movie I have seen in the last 3 years Thumbs Up!

dialogues were great but Vikram's hindi pronounciation in one scene, where he speaks to Delhi politicians, was very bad

.........he stresses on each word so much, which is not the way to speak that language

........

i'm not a big fan of Hindi either but i believe each lanuguage must be spoken correctly to an extent , esp if u r an actor

.......ex: kamal in rama bama shyama - awesome "belgaum style" kannada

and ofcourse madhavan in "raamji londonwaaley" - Bihari Hindi

From: Ramakrishna on Mon Sep 3 8:12:16 2007.

i'm not a big fan of Hindi either but i believe each lanuguage must be spoken correctly to an extent , esp if u r an actor Very Happy

.......ex: kamal in rama bama shyama - awesome "belgaum style" kannada Thumbs Up!

isn't it udupi style Kannada

From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Sep 3 9:55:10 2007.

Few political dialogues are sharp and straight forward ,which is good.

Dialogues were terrific in that movie. Pattukkottai prabakar I think. Or may suba. Overall the movie was good in bits and pieces.

Dialogues by Pattukkottai Prabhakar

. Enga ooru

From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Sep 3 13:36:03 2007. [Full View]

Pooveli

One of my favs. Karthik and Kausalya gave excellent performances.
From: NOV on Mon Sep 3 22:33:34 2007. [Full View]

Manasulla Maruthaaram - interesting movie.

From: selvakumar on Mon Sep 3 23:25:27 2007.

Please watch Maqbool and Omkara. I'm sure you'll like it. ...

thanks CR. Smile

but nijamaagavE enakku interest illai.
i didnt even like Uyire tho I like all MR's works.

p/s: havent watched guru and no intention either. Rolling Eyes

I like UYIRE a lot ! donno why

From: selvakumar on Mon Sep 3 23:45:28 2007.

Sanjeevi wrote:

but Charan & team had bad experiences from distributors, theatre owners to release this movie - Hammer

Chennai-28 is "the movie of the year so far" IMO Not Worthy

....it beats PV and Mozhi by a small margin and Sivaji by a mile Laughing

Chennai - 28 > "Reality" - Thy name is chennai - 28 ! what an excellant portrayal of chennai life and gully cricket ! and what a RISKY THEME

From: great on Mon Sep 3 23:47:11 2007. [Full View]

I am not sure if this is true, seems venkatprabhu wanted to remake Lagaan but he was not give the right . so he decided to make ch-28 !!
From: selvakumar on Mon Sep 3 23:53:22 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

I am not sure if this is true, seems venkatprabhu wanted to remake Lagaan but he was not give the right . so he decided to make ch-28 !!

Thank GOD !
Otherwise, we would have missed a DIFFERENT FILM

From: Wibha on Tue Sep 4 2:52:27 2007.

I am not sure if this is true, seems venkatprabhu wanted to remake Lagaan but he was not give the right . so he decided to make ch-28 !!

Thank GOD ! Smile

Otherwise, we would have missed a DIFFERENT FILM Wink

but wat was the ending

From: selvakumar on Tue Sep 4 2:56:46 2007.

I am not sure if this is true, seems venkatprabhu wanted to remake Lagaan but he was not give the right . so he decided to make ch-28 !!

Thank GOD ! Smile

Otherwise, we would have missed a DIFFERENT FILM Wink

but wat was the ending Rolling Eyes

Yaarumae Padatha theatre la paakalennu puriyuthu

CR has given an explanation in the previous page, I think
Ending is like:
They win their match against Rockers. They reach the final and the team that they faced in the BEACH match plays with them in the final.
Rockers score around 30+ and the guy utters the dialogue that he uttered during the beach match.
The KID hits the ball for a SIX and in the finals the KIDS win the trophy

From: Wibha on Tue Sep 4 3:04:00 2007.

I am not sure if this is true, seems venkatprabhu wanted to remake Lagaan but he was not give the right . so he decided to make ch-28 !!

Thank GOD ! Smile

Otherwise, we would have missed a DIFFERENT FILM Wink

but wat was the ending Rolling Eyes

Yaarumae Padatha theatre la paakalennu puriyuthu Laughing

net-la paarthea puriyadha padam theatre-la puriyuma?

oh thanks

From: Thirumaran on Tue Sep 4 3:23:44 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

net-la paarthea puriyadha padam theatre-la puriyuma?

oh thanks

Arya effect
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Sep 6 13:36:32 2007. [Full View]

Ratatouille for the second time. Enjoyed it more this time

Chennai audience applauded at the end of the film
From: ajithfederer on Fri Sep 7 9:35:06 2007. [Full View]

Aalavanthan - DVD
From: great on Fri Sep 7 10:31:37 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

Aalavanthan - DVD

DVD cover-a paathiya

Latest watch , THE SHINING

Danny-boy and Jack Nicholson
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Sep 7 12:01:20 2007. [Full View]

The Ring...

haha I've seen it before but it scared the living daylights out of my friends!
From: ajithfederer on Fri Sep 7 22:27:55 2007. [Full View]

Bourne 3
From: buddysathi on Fri Sep 7 22:30:34 2007. [Full View]

SuperBad!

Strictly not for Indian teens!
From: Sinthiya on Fri Sep 7 22:40:45 2007. [Full View]

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Ratatouille for the second time. Enjoyed it more this time

Chennai audience applauded at the end of the film

...one of the best movies I've seen this year...very cool, inspiring animation to see......
From: Sinthiya on Fri Sep 7 22:42:45 2007. [Full View]

Kollywoodfan wrote:

The Ring...

haha I've seen it before but it scared the living daylights out of my friends!

it is scary!!
have u seen The Ring 2? If so, how is compared to the first one?

'Halloween' recently released...seems really scary... ...don't know if i can swallow these movies any more...

From: sipi on Fri Sep 7 22:51:16 2007.

selva, indha climax aa padathil epo serpanga???

Yaarumae Padatha theatre la paakalennu puriyuthu Laughing

the guys hit the first ball... thats it.. they didnt shown anythig after that... whether its boundary or catch...

i guess, they like to say "avanga cricket vilaiyaduvanga, vilaiyadine irupanga..

From: great on Fri Sep 7 22:56:57 2007.

R2 is pathetic, infact you can be happy with R1

have u seen The Ring 2? If so, how is compared to the first one? Rolling Eyes

'Halloween' recently released...seems really scary... Shaking With Fear

...don't know if i can swallow these movies any more... Rolling Eyes

From: sipi on Fri Sep 7 22:58:54 2007. [Full View]

The Ring 1 & 2 are nice ??? naan dvd vaangi 1 month aagudhu.. aana innum parkala... ( thaniya parka bayama iruku )
From: sipi on Fri Sep 7 23:01:26 2007. [Full View]

last week, i saw "kaagidha pookal" nice movie...

tomorrow, going to watch "pink panther" recommended by lm

& interested to watch "chad ke" but time thaaan suite aagala..
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Sep 7 23:03:04 2007. [Full View]

Sipi,

It's Kaagidha pookkal or Kannadi pookkal
From: crajkumar_be on Fri Sep 7 23:39:17 2007. [Full View]

sipi wrote:

selva, indha climax aa padathil epo serpanga???

the guys hit the first ball... thats it.. they didnt shown anythig after that... whether its boundary or catch...

vitta ball boundary-a cross panradhu, score card, umpire signal, replay ellam keppeenga pola irukke
That was the whole point and impact of the climax. Looking at it in the context, it is OBVIOUS that the kids win
From: sipi on Sat Sep 8 0:07:29 2007. [Full View]

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Sipi,

It's Kaagidha pookkal or Kannadi pookkal

appo adhu kannadi pookala???

movie name seriya manasula padila...

From: sipi on Sat Sep 8 0:09:55 2007.

the guys hit the first ball... thats it.. they didnt shown anythig after that... whether its boundary or catch...

sipi wrote:

selva, indha climax aa padathil epo serpanga??? RedJump

vitta ball boundary-a cross panradhu, score card, umpire signal, replay ellam keppeenga pola irukke Smile

That was the whole point and impact of the climax. Looking at it in the context, it is OBVIOUS that the kids win Cool

naan othuka maaten...

first avanga kids kidaiyadhu ... they are adolescence....

second... avanga win panradha scene illa.. its upon to our guesss.. so, naan ippadi kooda guess pannalam la?

From: Lakshmana on Sat Sep 8 0:14:43 2007. [Full View]

Si-Si-Va-Va-Si-Si-Va-Va-Si-Si-Va-Va-Sivaji!!
From: sipi on Sat Sep 8 0:18:36 2007. [Full View]

Lakshmana wrote:

Si-Si-Va-Va-Si-Si-Va-Va-Si-Si-Va-Va-Sivaji!!

first time, parkuringana ok....
From: Lakshmana on Sat Sep 8 0:19:28 2007. [Full View]

7th time.
From: sipi on Sat Sep 8 0:40:19 2007. [Full View]

Lakshmana wrote:

7th time.

first time, kandippa sivaji paakalam.. second time interest irundha paakalam...

comedy scene ellam class... (i watched twice... for rajni & comedy scene...

aadhi nee onnum comedy keemedy pannalaiye ... )

7th time na?

indha vishayam rajni ku therinja... ungaluku kovil katti kumbiduvaru...
From: RATHEESHAJITH on Sat Sep 8 1:46:25 2007. [Full View]

YENNAGHA SIPI IPDI SOLREENGHA

FANSNA APPIDITHAAANE

NAAN ATTAHASAM 12 THADAVA PAATHEN... YEN VAAZHKAYILEYE

ATHIKA THADAVA PAATHA PADAM ATTAHASAM....

SIVAJI PADATHA 20 THADAVA PAATHAVANGALUM IRUKKAANGHA
From: sipi on Sat Sep 8 3:29:31 2007. [Full View]

indha 7 , 12 & 20 ellam theatre la paaarthadha????

thank to god... it means i am not a fan to any one...

some selected movies threatre la twice paarthu iruken... adhuku mela endha padam um paarkala... (baba movie mattum thrice... adhu kooda naan selavu pannala... kattayathin peril paarthen...)

naan niraiya movies idhu pola adhigama paarthu iruken...

maraka mudiyadha movies...

anbe vaa, pudhiya paravai, punnagai, anjali, roja, gentle man..........

but ellam tv la...
From: NOV on Sat Sep 8 8:35:32 2007. [Full View]

saw bits of Kuppi - aftereffects of Rajeev Gandhi assasination.

is it a kannada film?
and what is the meaning of Kuppi?
From: sriranga on Sat Sep 8 9:31:14 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

saw bits of Kuppi - aftereffects of Rajeev Gandhi assasination.

is it a kannada film?
and what is the meaning of Kuppi?

senthil : "anne, ithuthan cyanide kappi"
gounder: "dei, athu kappi illa da kuppi"
i haven't seen a kuppi, but i think it resembles dayathu.
From: rocketboy on Sat Sep 8 10:39:46 2007. [Full View]

Ed Gein Wild Hogs
From: joe on Sat Sep 8 13:33:43 2007. [Full View]

vaazhkkai
From: Prabhu Ram on Sat Sep 8 15:35:27 2007. [Full View]

sriranga wrote:

senthil : "anne, ithuthan cyanide kappi"
gounder: "dei, athu kappi illa da kuppi"
i haven't seen a kuppi, but i think it resembles dayathu.

GM: dEi ennadA adhu dargAvaula kattunA dAyathA
Senthil: su...idhu cyanida sappi
GM: dEi naan kElvippatadhellAm cyanide kuppi dhaan...adhu ennadhu cyanide sappi
Senthil: idhai sappi saappittA seththu pOyiruvaanga

From: ajithfederer on Sat Sep 8 15:52:03 2007.

Before that scene when senthil enters

GM : Sir ungalukku enna venum Rolling Eyes

Senthil : Annan enna therialeeya......Naan than Vikki......

GM : Dei karumaandi ROTFL

.....enna da vesam idhu ROTFL

senthil : "anne, ithuthan cyanide kappi"
gounder: "dei, athu kappi illa da kuppi"
i haven't seen a kuppi, but i think it resembles dayathu. Smile

sriranga wrote:

GM: dEi ennadA adhu dargAvaula kattunA dAyathA
Senthil: su...idhu cyanida sappi
GM: dEi naan kElvippatadhellAm cyanide kuppi dhaan...adhu ennadhu cyanide sappi
Senthil: idhai sappi saappittA seththu pOyiruvaanga
ROTFL

From: Prabhu Ram on Sat Sep 8 15:59:47 2007. [Full View]

>digr.>Feddy, back in Philly ? <<
From: ajithfederer on Sat Sep 8 16:02:11 2007. [Full View]

/ dig

yes pr

dig/

Prabhu Ram wrote:

>digr.>Feddy, back in Philly ? <<
From: Devar Magan on Sun Sep 9 11:45:52 2007. [Full View]

Sivaji THE BOSS

karna koduram...
From: NOV on Sun Sep 9 20:19:50 2007. [Full View]

See Jane Date - a feel good movie about a 30-year old single lady who gets invited to her cousin's wedding with a partner. Problem is she doesnt have one and is embarrased to admit it so cooks up a story of seeing a doctor in west side..

In the meantime, friends frantically arrange for a quick succession of dates in the hope of getting a partner for the wedding. One such date is a doctor from the west side.....
From: Sinthiya on Sun Sep 9 21:33:47 2007. [Full View]

Vyabari...
'Amma' song was good, otherwise no comments ...
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 9 21:58:53 2007. [Full View]

Perarasu
From: selvakumar on Sun Sep 9 23:20:27 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Perarasu

Intro scene paartheengala !
From: joe on Sun Sep 9 23:34:14 2007. [Full View]

Mangamma sapatham (Vijay TV)

Typical masala
From: anoops on Mon Sep 10 0:31:48 2007. [Full View]

Bruce Almighty -- btw is this the movie which is gonna be 'Arai en 304il kadavul'
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Sep 10 1:01:02 2007. [Full View]

selvakumar wrote:

Intro scene paartheengala !

Raja_Rasigan,
poruLa eduthu veinga.. puratchi kalaignar-ayE kalAikkarAru

Selva,
Missed the intro (and some other scenes also)...
Actually, the film was quite *sensible* by Puratchi Kalaignar's lofty standards

My day was made when Captain utters the expletive in his own style "Sit!" ('h' silent) when he realizes his mobile phone has been flicked
From: Prabhu Ram on Mon Sep 10 1:07:30 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

My day was made when Captain utters the expletive in his own style "Sit!" ('h' silent)
From: thilak4life on Mon Sep 10 2:10:19 2007. [Full View]

RGV ki Aag

.5/5 or 1/10

The blue Umbrella

7/10
From: Roshan on Mon Sep 10 2:20:46 2007. [Full View]

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Thilak
From: thilak4life on Mon Sep 10 2:59:39 2007. [Full View]

Roshan wrote:

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Thilak

What is it, Roshan?
From: Roshan on Mon Sep 10 3:01:21 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

Roshan wrote:

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Thilak

What is it, Roshan?

UngaLa pAthathun kObathula kannA pinnAnnu emotions pOttuttEn - for not making it to the meet But later edited after seeing your pm

From: selvakumar on Mon Sep 10 3:02:36 2007.

Selva,
1) Missed the intro (and some other scenes also)... Sad

2) Actually, the film was quite *sensible* by Puratchi Kalaignar's lofty standards Embarassed

3) My day was made when Captain utters the expletive in his own style "Sit!" ('h' silent) when he realizes his mobile phone has been flicked ROTFL

1) You have missed one of the most important scenes in the film

The Intro goes like this.

-A CBI gang (lead by RiyasKhan) enters a Jewellery in a shopping complex.
-They threaten the manager out there and search for something (literally like robbers)
-Meanwhile, outside the shopping complex, A Car enters (Sema car ) -From the car, a man dressed up in white and white comes out and there he is - Our captain.

-He enters the jewellery shop and makes fun of the CBI gang
-He calls the leader (Riyaskhan) and discuss with him and finds out that they are not real CBI guys

-When Riyaskhan says that he is from CBI our captain takes out a card from his pocket and there it is (CBI ID card

) and our captain is in CBI
-Having seen that RK and his gang tries to escape and they board the lift there.
- Our captain still sits inside the jewellery shop smiling all the way
- The camera shows the lift and captains smile (maari maari) !!
- Then, Our captain kicks the table in front of him and his rolling chair lands him near a mini statue
- Again the camera shows the lift moving downwards
- Captain suddenly takes the *VEL* in the hands of that statue and throws it !

- It travells in 180 degree path and hits the POWER SUPPLY ! and then you can guess everything
- The lift stops and the gang is caught by the police !

2) The film was good IMO and sensible and later I heard that these scenes (Vel and all) were inserted by captain !

wondering whether he is doing these things for all his films

The flow was good IMO except the duet he sings with the heroine ! (it was again sensible compared to many VK films) No wonder it became a HIT !

3)

"Sit" Idhae maari dialogue innoru padathula varumae !

From: thilak4life on Mon Sep 10 3:02:59 2007.

UngaLa pAthathun kObathula kannA pinnAnnu emotions pOttuttEn - for not making it to the meet Smile

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Thilak Smile

What is it, Roshan?

But later edited after seeing your pm Smile

Oh okay.

From: Devar Magan on Mon Sep 10 7:48:17 2007. [Full View]

perarasu--

the movie just exceeded my expectations in a big way..
From: Roshan on Mon Sep 10 8:56:40 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

perarasu--

the movie just exceeded my expectations in a big way..

PaakalAma appO? At least antha 'sit'-ukkaga oru thadava pAkanumnu nenechirukkEn
From: RC on Mon Sep 10 22:23:46 2007. [Full View]

Watched kiLinjalgaL in KTV after a very long time... paLLikoodam padikkum pOdhu veetukku theriyaama paathadhu... awesome movie. TR rocked with his songs! andha TR engE...ippO irukkura TR engE... hmmm!

Also watched paLLikoodam... but for few dramatic unbelievable scenes... a watchable movie for the whole family. Thangar was funny. Narain & Seeman were so..so.. Sneha pathi sollanumaa? Shreya Reddy-ku bathila vera yaaravadhu nadichurukkalaam!

From: Nerd on Mon Sep 10 22:45:21 2007.

Watched kiLinjalgaL in KTV after a very long time... paLLikoodam padikkum pOdhu veetukku theriyaama paathadhu... awesome movie. TR rocked with his songs! andha TR engE...ippO irukkura TR engE... hmmm!

RC wrote:

kiLinjalgaL is one of my favorites as well. Superb, feel good movie. Mohan and Poornima were terrific in that movie. Nice subtle humour throughout. And on the music, TR has given better songs than kiLinjalgaL songs, IMO

From: Sanjeevi on Mon Sep 10 23:01:33 2007. [Full View]

yes kiLinjalgaL songs were very ordinary except julie i luv u
From: NOV on Tue Sep 11 0:49:49 2007. [Full View]

groucho070 wrote:

No, I did not see Maya Manidhan, would you like to discuss it in the Last Movie Watched thread? I want to know.

sorry groucho
i only managed to see the first half hour of the film. asokan stars in this film but what is amazing is the concept in the 50s.
From: Thalafanz on Tue Sep 11 1:01:29 2007. [Full View]

I watched Six Sense, The Village, Lady In The Water & Sign...
Damn M.Night Shyamalan is good...
Why don he enters Koolywood or Bollywood...???
From: crajkumar_be on Tue Sep 11 1:10:14 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

perarasu--

the movie just exceeded my expectations in a big way..

adhe dhaan...
actually, exceeded in some ways and below par in another way
From: selvakumar on Tue Sep 11 1:16:54 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

adhe dhaan...
actually, exceeded in some ways and below par in another way

Idhukku naan oru interpretation eduthukkalaama ! illa neenga vera ethavathu vachirukeengala

From: crajkumar_be on Tue Sep 11 1:32:55 2007.

adhe dhaan...
actually, exceeded in some ways and below par in another way Razz

Idhukku naan oru interpretation eduthukkalaama ! illa neenga vera ethavathu vachirukeengala Razz

ennamo therila Selva,
Narasimha alavukku illa

From: selvakumar on Tue Sep 11 1:35:23 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

ennamo therila Selva,
Narasimha alavukku illa
From: Querida on Tue Sep 11 1:55:43 2007. [Full View]

I watched Gandhi, My Father and liked it immensely...even more so than the hollywood Gandhi with Ben Kingsley.

I also watched Omkara...desi version of Shakespeare's Othello...set in Bihar...again wow!

In english movies watched "meet the fockers" finally...nice sequel...as far as sequels can go

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji
From: Thalafanz on Tue Sep 11 2:01:15 2007. [Full View]

Querida wrote:

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji

I'm glad u liked it...

From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Sep 11 5:30:51 2007.

Intro scene is one of the coolest scenes in recent times for captain / other hero's.
He comes in a pattu vesti pattu sattai - a typical arasiyalvaadhi get up..... then he reveals that he is CBI kasi viswanathan

Intro scene paartheengala ! Laughing

Raja_Rasigan,
poruLa eduthu veinga.. puratchi kalaignar-ayE kalAikkarAru Twisted Evil

Selva,
Missed the intro (and some other scenes also)... Sad

"naa yaru theriyuma..... original CBI"

My day was made when Captain utters the expletive in his own style "Sit!" ('h' silent) when he realizes his mobile phone has been flicked ROTFL

Avarala mudinja alavukku A center audience-a cover panna try panraaru...... plz vittudunga......

Generally most people thinks that - Vijaykanth padama..... pesikittae irupparu.... nalla irukkadhu.... but avarum sila pala nalla, marakka mudiyadha, viru viruppana padam kuduthurukkaru - better than most other heros

Actually, the film was quite *sensible* by Puratchi Kalaignar's lofty standards Embarassed

From: selvakumar on Tue Sep 11 5:39:05 2007.

Yes.
Even though we make fun of his few films. In the past 5 years, atleast he has given ONE VERY GOOD FILM called "Ramana" (coming out of his image and other things)

Many haven't done that yet

But prachanaiyae avar athey maari kodukala enbathu thaan

I remember him telling in an interview

"Bala kooda vanthu solluraar. Ksathriyan maari oru padam unga kooda pannanum aassai sir ednru.. vaanga.. naan thayaar thaan"

I think he is interested in acting whatever that comes in his way

From: RC on Tue Sep 11 9:23:33 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

And on the music, TR has given better songs than kiLinjalgaL songs, IMO

Nerd: No doubt that TR has given better songs than kiLinjalgaL. I was comparing TR's current offerings with that one.

Sanjeevi wrote:

yes kiLinjalgaL songs were very ordinary except julie i luv u

kiLayillaa marangaLil is an excellent one too! Whats wrong with azhaginil viLaindhadhum...?

From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Sep 11 11:21:31 2007.

RC wrote:

And on the music, TR has given better songs than kiLinjalgaL songs, IMO Razz

Nerd: No doubt that TR has given better songs than kiLinjalgaL. I was comparing TR's current offerings with that one.

Sanjeevi wrote:

yes kiLinjalgaL songs were very ordinary except julie i luv u

kiLayillaa marangaLil is an excellent one too! Whats wrong with azhaginil viLaindhadhum...?

Is "kadhal oru vazhi padhai payanam" is from kilinjalgal...... then add this too along with julie i love u song

From: Nerd on Tue Sep 11 11:26:49 2007. [Full View]

raaja_rasigan wrote:

Is "kadhal oru vazhi padhai payanam" is from kilinjalgal...... then add this too along with julie i love u song

Yes it is! And comparing kiLinjalgaL songs with TR's>90s songs is blasphemy, RC
From: ajithfederer on Tue Sep 11 11:51:42 2007. [Full View]

Querida wrote:

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji
From: Querida on Tue Sep 11 12:26:46 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

Querida wrote:

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji

Don't you have anything better to do? Like...watch a movie?
From: great on Tue Sep 11 12:29:27 2007. [Full View]

Q, you meant Mahanadigan as Maha or is there any movie by the name Maha

Regarding AF-u . He is a busy person
From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Sep 11 12:55:20 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Q, you meant Mahanadigan as Maha or is there any movie by the name Maha

Regarding AF-u . He is a busy person

once Maha is supposed to be an Ajith movie some 5 years back

From: ajithfederer on Tue Sep 11 13:40:44 2007.

People never accept thier mistakes LOL

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji Embarassed

Don't you have anything better to do? Like...watch a movie? Rolling Eyes

From: sipi on Tue Sep 11 13:58:42 2007.

People never accept thier mistakes LOL

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji Embarassed

Don't you have anything better to do? Like...watch a movie? Rolling Eyes

atleast, Querida written as Thamil instead of Tamil....

The Legend of Drunken Master - Its nice but compare to Drunken Master, its not much...

ThunderBolt - Sumar... bore nu kooda sollalam... serious movie... didnt expect this much serious in jackie film....

The Pink Panther - Ok...

The Covenan+ -

ChakDe India - The movie didn't fulfil 1/4th of my expectation too...

Apocalypto -

padam paarkiradhu ku minnadi romba bayamuruthunaga... but

konjam slow and konjam boring (except some scenes) edhir partha alavuku illa...

The Cave - Watching now!

From: Roshan on Tue Sep 11 14:22:03 2007.

In Thamil...i watched a horrid "Maha" then "Nandu" with Mahesh Babu...then Aarya...but Kreedom tops them all...still have to watch Shivaji Embarassed

Don't you have anything better to do? Like...watch a movie? Rolling Eyes

Q, how is your writing/typing in Thamizh ( AF, sarithAnE?

) going on?

From: bingleguy on Tue Sep 11 16:44:16 2007. [Full View]

i watched the Librarian - Quest for the spear

for the third time
From: Querida on Tue Sep 11 23:41:34 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Q, you meant Mahanadigan as Maha or is there any movie by the name Maha

Regarding AF-u . He is a busy person

Even Mahanadigan was better than the mess that was Maha...it had vikram in it...which is why i was fooled into watching atleast a quarter of it...

AF...is a Busybody indeed
From: Querida on Tue Sep 11 23:42:59 2007. [Full View]

Roshan wrote:

Q, how is your writing/typing in Thamizh ( AF, sarithAnE? ) going on?

Hello Roshan!!! How are you...missed you ...ahhh so much for taking my side! My "Thamizh" has become a bit better because alot of hubbers and orkutters have been kind to me

As for AF he would have written something whether or not I had written Thamizh, Thamil or Tamil!....
From: Murali Srinivas on Wed Sep 12 11:12:30 2007. [Full View]

Posting for the first time in this thread. Don't know whether this could be posted here (and that too a lengthy one).

Saw "Ore Kadal", a Malayalam movie and this was my first screen watching at Mayajal. Would like to talk about the same.

At the very outset this is an off beat movie and the megaphone is wielded by Shyama Prasad who has to his credit some good films like Agni Sakchi and Akale.

The story is set in a Metro (though fully shot in Chennai but due to some reasons, it is being shown as a North Indian city).

Dr.Nathan is a well known socio- economist who has many laurels to his credit. He has won innumerable awards for his works and has published many papers and books. Currently he is doing a paper on Un employment in India among married folk. He is a loner who never believes in any relations or relatives(In fact the film opens up, with him getting a call from his home town asking him to come down as his Chinnamma is sinking). He is a materialistic person who spends time with a woman (who caters to the high end of the society) whenever he has the Biological urge.

Accidentally he overhears an animated conversation a woman has with her husband over the public phone as their son is not well and needs to be taken to hospital. He finds out that this couple lives in the same apartment where he stays and takes the mother and child to the hospital as the husband is away from town. He learns that the husband is presently not having a job and this increases his interest.

When the husband comes back, this woman (Deepthi) persuaded by her husband is again back to Nathan's apartment asking for money as they need to pay the rent. She offers to pledge her jewels. He refuses initially but later gives her the money but returns the jewels. Her husband who does bits and pieces of jobs earns some money and again she is asked to do one more favour. Nathan being an influential person can fetch a job for him, if he puts in a word. She goes to his apartment and finds Nathan fully intoxicated. He is "celebrating" his Chinnamma's death and he flatly refuses her request to recommend a job for her husband stating that each one has to take care of himself. Then out of the blue he asks her whether she can "accomdate" him as he wants a woman badly. He tells her if she is not interested, she can go away.Though startled by his open question, she stands there hesistantly and when he touches her she repulses feebly and after a while allows him.

Once or twice this happens and during one meet she asks her whether he likes her. He replies in the negative stating that he does not carry any love or affection for her and it was the bodily need that took him to her. To rub salt in the wound, he asks her "why you allowed me because you wanted to make sure of the job your husband badly wanted, right?" . This point blank bullet shatters her and she returns dejected.

Later she finds out she is pregnant. When she tries to reach Dr.Nathan, he is gone abroad for a seminar. Her husband unaware of all these (now firmly in a job,courtesy Dr.Nathan) would be taking care of her. While she is in the advanced stage of her pregnancy, Dr.Nathan returns and he meets her. She tries to convey the message but she is unable to do so. Again she is hurt when he cooly says that he never thought about her during his long stay away.

She delivers a girl baby. But her mind is very agitated and it gets reflected in her actions. One night her husband wakes up and gets the jolt of the life when he sees her wife trying to throw the baby away saying that it is dead. She had lost her mental balance as she is caught between the "sin" she commited and her inability to come out of that. She is taken to a mental asylum. Before this Dr.Nathan visits her and she reacts violently with him.

Dr.Nathan discusses this issue with his "companion" (he had already hinted about his relationship with Deepthi) and she spills the beans to him telling that the baby is his. He taken aback initially refuses to believe but understands later that it is true. A man who had till that time steadfastedly refused to believe in any relationship is a broken man now and he immerses himself in liquor.

Deepthi is cured (some years pass by) and they start residing in another place. She slowely comes to grips with the life but her sub conscious mind is not fully free. She indulges in Bakthi but solace eludes her. Accidentally the husband (Jayan by name) meets Dr.Nathan in a bar and invites him home.

He comes to their house. Jayan is not there and on seeing him coming, Deepthi shuts the door and refuses to open it in spite of he ringing the bell and knocking the door. Dejected he turns back and when he reaches the gate he finds the two children coming back from school and when he sees the younger one his heart starts pumping. The elder boy unable to recogonise him go past him but this girl has a deep look at him. Unable to take it any further, Dr.Nathan walks away.

Deepthi's husband on arriving in the night find the house dark and on putting on the lights find all the photos of Gods broken and she replies that she tells him that she had lost belief. She having surrendered to Almighty to "save" her finds she is unable to ward of the thoughts of the other person and had broken the photos. Unable to take it any futher, the next day she takes both of her children to Dr.Nathan's flat and what transpires between the two forms an absorbing climax.

As I said at the starting, it requires some guts to do such a movie and Shyama Prasad deserves kudos for this. He paints the complex human mind in the celluloid with a expert touch and he carefully avoids any visuals which would derail the essence of this movie.

Coming to the lead actors, Mammootty as Dr.Nathan had given out a brilliant performance. He had taken up a role which few Indian actors would dare attempt to and had come out with flying colours. As for as Deepthi character is concerned, it is again a life time performance from Meera Jasmine. The joining of National award winners Mammootty and Meera for the first time had resulted in a
great treat for the audience. Naren as the unsuspecting husband fits the bill and Ramya Krishnan as the companion gives out a matured performance.

The film will not cater to commercial BO, but neverthless an absorbing film for people who look for something different.

Regards

PS1: Sorry, if somebody got bored by my lenghty post.

PS 2: PR, somehow I thought about you and Kannnan while I was watching this film (may be due to your taste for such off beat films).
From: ajithfederer on Wed Sep 12 12:02:53 2007. [Full View]

Excellent narration Murali sir
From: Sinthiya on Wed Sep 12 23:14:30 2007. [Full View]

Dans la ville de Sylvie...one of the most interesting foreign films I have seen this year (via TIFF)......French movie with subtitles...well-done!
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Sep 13 5:33:28 2007. [Full View]

Lovely post Mr. MuraLi. The movie sounds very interesting.
Does orE kadal mean just as in Tamil: 'one ocean' ? What is the significane of the title ? We (I) know precious little about filmmakers from other Indian languages

From: anoops on Thu Sep 13 5:39:09 2007.

Lovely post Mr. MuraLi. The movie sounds very interesting.
Does orE kadal mean just as in Tamil: 'one ocean' ? What is the significane of the title ? We (I) know precious little about filmmakers from other Indian languages Sad

yes the same meaning PR - the tagline is 'The Sea Within' - one who has seen it can explain more
movie is by Shyamaprasad a good director who took acclaimed movies like 'Akale' (another good movie by him) - one more thing abt the movie is that it has AWESOME music to suit the movie

From: crajkumar_be on Thu Sep 13 5:48:00 2007. [Full View]

Murali Sir,
The movie is now on my wish list. nandri hai
From: Roshan on Thu Sep 13 6:17:53 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Lovely post Mr. MuraLi. The movie sounds very interesting.

Have to see it but athukku nAn india varanum. Inga chance-E illa
From: joe on Thu Sep 13 6:20:03 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Murali Sir,
The movie is now on my wish list. nandri hai

Asia Net subscribe panunga..seekiram poduvanga.
From: Murali Srinivas on Thu Sep 13 9:36:37 2007. [Full View]

Thanks AF, PR, Bala and Roshan.

PR,

As Anoops has pointed out it means the same like Tamil and the tag line The sea within implies that human mind is like an Ocean whose depth is not visible to the naked eye.

Regards
From: thilak4life on Thu Sep 13 11:48:28 2007. [Full View]

The Sea within (or The Sea Inside) or Mar Adentro (the original spanish title) is an excellent film that I would recommend. It's about Euthanasia. Directed by a favorite, Alejandro Amenabar, starring the ever-so-excellent Javier Bardem (who is a favorite of my favorite Garcia Gael bernal).

Thanks Murali Sir for the recommend. I'll try watching this film. I have stopped watching Malayalam movies except for Blessy's.
From: Wibha on Thu Sep 13 15:48:46 2007. [Full View]

platoon

gosh so much fighting and so many disgusting scenes

slept for an hour while watching it
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 14 0:43:39 2007. [Full View]

The blue umbrella -- A children's movie by Vishal Bharadwaj. Terrific performance from pankaj kapoor. The little girl was amazing as well. A simple story very touchingly told. Well defined characters, terse dialogs, superb cinematography (A village in Himachal) make this movie a must watch. VB is THE man

And almost forgot -- ***1/2
From: joe on Fri Sep 14 0:53:54 2007. [Full View]

Andha NaL

- Couldn't beleive such a technically brilliant movie ,without songs ,High Class thriller ,NT with negative role ..made in 1954

No wonder many directors listed this movie one of their top 10 all time favourites

NT
S.Balachandar
Javer seetharaman

From: thilak4life on Fri Sep 14 1:48:02 2007.

The blue umbrella -- A children's movie by Vishal Bharadwaj. Terrific performance from pankaj kapoor. The little girl was amazing as well. A simple story very touchingly told. Well defined characters, terse dialogs, superb cinematography (A village in Himachal) make this movie a must watch. VB is THE man Not Worthy

And almost forgot -- ***1/2 Razz

But there is an element of cockiness in this film. He doesn't amend much inspite of being a children's film. (techinically speaking) But the feel of the film is anything but that, this I believe is an excellent achievement for a director (I liked "Makdee" too, I should say). The juxtaposition of 'innocence' and 'wile' couldn't get better. Pankaj Kapoor is the best of the lot in terms of role selection at this phase, (Om puri, N'shah, Big B need to take notice). Back to TBU, The element of 'innocence' makes this film all the more special. The dialogues were as matter-of-fact as it can get, point to note is none of them are written for temporary banters. And, I loved the village, I should say. It does give an insight to that part of the world. The DP was noteworthy. The Camera movement in umbrella trajectory from the sky to the girl resembles the meta-physical 'entity' from out of nowhere. P.K's desire at the expense of 'morality', and eventually being shunned for it. The girl is smart without being annoying like a pseudo-adult (which makes it one of the best child performances in my book). The background score was excellent too. Overall, a commendable effort!

From: crajkumar_be on Fri Sep 14 5:27:39 2007. [Full View]

Nerd/Thilak,
Great to hear about VB's latest..

Where would you place it among Maqbool and Omkara? - i know the genres are totally different but still...
From: thilak4life on Fri Sep 14 5:30:38 2007. [Full View]

CR,

Maqbool
Omkara
The blue Umbrella
Makdee (need to revisit this film again)..
From: selvakumar on Fri Sep 14 6:10:31 2007. [Full View]

Watched Malena once again
Good film.
Not for Kids (Ofcourse ! )

The story is pretty simple. The struggles of a young beautiful lonely lady in a society where men always try their best to grab her attention and at a time when her husband in the battle field ! (World war II) (50%) . & The one sided love of a young kid on this beautiful lady who is his teacher (The Rest %). It portrays most of the things "AS-IT-IS" (Read it with a bit of stress).

May not be a great movie. But worth a watch. I loved the STYLE and the PRESENTATION. Monica and the young boy have performed well. Acting was good.

Spoiler start
One scene that grabbed my attention was : "Five kids are sitting on their favorite Kutti ChuvaR. Monica passes by and triggers a lump in their throat and there is a small song from the group and comments." Reminded me of TI and Boys (More).
Spoiler end
From: thilak4life on Fri Sep 14 6:28:12 2007. [Full View]

Yes, Selva. You're right about the spoilers. I have mixed feelings about the film. But it's certainly interesting and never bores the viewer. The music by Ennio Morricone, and the photography is a sheer delight!

From: selvakumar on Fri Sep 14 6:50:09 2007.

Yes, Selva. You're right about the spoilers. I have mixed feelings about the film. But it's certainly interesting and never bores the viewer. The music by Ennio Morricone, and the photography is a sheer delight!

As I said, it is not a great film. At the same time, it is not a "Normal" Film. You are right, It never bores the viewer.
I liked the way the director portrayed "The sexual fantasies of the boy", "The struggle" etc

Spoilers Start ( A+)
I don't know why. The father character (kid's father) didn't appeal to me at ALL. The director must have left his brain in his bathroom for the sequence in which the Father sends the kid to Pros's house.
Also, I don't understand how a kid can simply escape at night to have an eye on her everyday and during war time

OTOH, The masturbation and the gang's description on various things did appeal since it was pretty natural unlike boys.
Monica's performance was good esp the scene in which she portrays her "Inner" feelings when she is taking sun bath.

- The way she walks around the street as a Pros with great style was

and the gang eventually turning up to light her cigar

(Picture)

Spoilers End ( A+)

From: thilak4life on Fri Sep 14 7:38:30 2007. [Full View]

Yes Selva, the film has both incredible sequences, stylized from the way it was shot to the actor's movements, especially Monica Bellucci. and some really ridiculous sensational events.

Spoilers:

But what the heck with the caricature of Lecherous Italian men, what a gross generalization. But then this could be called as a 'commentary' on 'sexual obsession' and an extremely bold story of a teenager's voyeurism (and honest depiction of fantasizing himself with her). What beats me though is the under-current of World War II. I need to revisit the film to find what the director intended in that context, of course it's the primary 'reasoning' or 'cause' for the bad repercussions it brings in the character's lives. Should say It's certainly not another flick which can be neglected easily.
End of Spoilers.
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 14 10:59:58 2007. [Full View]

For me its
Maqbool
The Blue Umbrella
Omkara

I have not seen makdee and I am not very impressed with omkara for some reason. May be I need to revisit it ASAP. And Thilak very good *short* review of the umbrella. One point I would disagree with you is about the BGM. I was not very impressed at all in this particular movie. VB was awesome in M, O but in a lot of scenes in this movie the BGM totally looked out of place. May be its just me
From: bingleguy on Fri Sep 14 13:31:14 2007. [Full View]

The treasure of Sierra Madre

BW movie

an awesome movie about three men goin in search of GOLD !
From: Wibha on Sat Sep 15 0:15:25 2007. [Full View]

hey baby

sirichu sirichu so many perverted jokes still hilarious
From: ajithfederer on Sat Sep 15 19:31:07 2007. [Full View]

Aboorva Sagotarargal

Kamal the actor/screenplay writer
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Sep 16 12:11:30 2007. [Full View]

Maqbool & Blue Umbrella.

Vishal Bharadwaj
From: NOV on Sun Sep 16 20:51:43 2007. [Full View]

Saravana

Ok movie, KSR does his usual - quite funny jokes.
could have avoided the heroism
nice reference to Devar Magan.
From: joe on Sun Sep 16 21:28:42 2007. [Full View]

Have seen 'Kreedom' - A movie worth a watch
From: selvakumar on Sun Sep 16 23:55:32 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Saravana

Ok movie, KSR does his usual - quite funny jokes.
could have avoided the heroism
nice reference to Devar Magan.

Hero is SIMBU. So, "Sammu Sammu Samhaaram" ellam thevai
From: Sanjeevi on Mon Sep 17 0:55:40 2007. [Full View]

Satham Podathey ........ OK movie

It has some new elements
From: NOV on Mon Sep 17 3:01:35 2007. [Full View]

selva,
all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.
From: selvakumar on Mon Sep 17 4:53:38 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

selva,
all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.

But the same elements will be lifted to a diff level. Heroism is something that cannot be erased from the books of Tamil cinema. It will get better and the old stuffs will be beaten to death
(As long as the C centre audience continue to support these with a quarter bottle in hand, Heroism will live forever. A centre Popcorn crowd too will support this in the coming days. we have proofs )
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Sep 17 6:55:41 2007. [Full View]

Thalabathy

:RAJINI-yin magudathil oru vairam:
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Sep 17 7:01:38 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.

andru - MGR
netru - Rajini
indru - vijay
nalai - veru oruvar

idhu mudivilla sakkaram
From: NOV on Mon Sep 17 21:37:42 2007. [Full View]

> heroism = < realism

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Sep 18 16:11:18 2007.

all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.

andru - MGR
netru - Rajini
indru - vijay
nalai - veru oruvar

idhu mudivilla sakkaram

thanks

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Sep 18 16:12:30 2007.

all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.

andru - MGR
netru - Rajini
indru - vijay
nalai - veru oruvar

idhu mudivilla sakkaram

thanks

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Sep 18 16:12:30 2007.

all these heroism antics will really be out of place in say, 20 years time.

andru - MGR
netru - Rajini
indru - vijay
nalai - veru oruvar

idhu mudivilla sakkaram

thanks

Anyway, I recently saw Madarasi. So I began this movie with NO expectations at all, but I had to admit it was pretty entertaining. Kinda of a different idea having two foes respect each other and the love tracks were cute. All four, Arjun, Jagapati Babu, Gajala, and Vedhika gave good performances.

Loved the song Vidamaataen. Worth a watch

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Sep 19 22:57:24 2007. [Full View]

-P.T.O-
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Sep 19 22:58:37 2007. [Full View]

Goal Worth a watch, expected climax though

Raul,Zidane and Becks for a scene! wow
From: ajithfederer on Fri Sep 21 22:42:16 2007. [Full View]

Heyram
From: ajithfederer on Sat Sep 22 20:38:18 2007. [Full View]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Jim carrey
From: NOV on Sun Sep 23 0:56:48 2007. [Full View]

marudhamalai.
From: Roshan on Sun Sep 23 14:06:25 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

Heyram

VCD, DVD or any other?
From: ajithfederer on Sun Sep 23 15:22:43 2007. [Full View]

Youtube

Roshan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Heyram

VCD, DVD or any other?
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Sep 23 22:03:09 2007. [Full View]

Roshan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Heyram

VCD, DVD or any other?

<Dig>
Bought original Hey Ram Tamil DVD in Singapore Mustafa a couple of months back...
</Dig>
From: joe on Sun Sep 23 22:11:31 2007. [Full View]

ARinthum ARiyaamalum - Good

Veerappu - Average.
From: joe on Sun Sep 23 22:11:56 2007. [Full View]

ARinthum ARiyaamalum - Good

Veerappu - Average.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 23 22:46:57 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

ARinthum ARiyaamalum - Good
of course. naagarkOyil aachE

i was thinking of you and siva when watching the film last night.
From: joe on Sun Sep 23 22:52:05 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

joe wrote:

ARinthum ARiyaamalum - Good
of course. naagarkOyil aachE

i was thinking of you and siva when watching the film last night.

Police oficer : Entha oorunu sonna?
Hero :Nagercoil
Police Officer : Athaan ..athaan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Sep 24 7:06:38 2007. [Full View]

Panic Room
From: interz on Mon Sep 24 15:43:40 2007. [Full View]

Maruthaimalai:
verdict: Action King knocks out the competitors

pros: watchable only because of Arjun, the comedy scenes between Nila and Arjun, racy screenplay, good fights, suitable Villain.

cons: Its getting really annoying to see "bloody" comedies with Vadivelu, its about time Arjun changed the MD, Imaan is getting predictable with one remix of old song, and another song sung by himself in each movies
From: buddysathi on Mon Sep 24 16:43:27 2007. [Full View]

The Brave One!

Jodie Foster plays a Vijayasanthi with hollywood touch! Should give myself a pat for not sleeping the entire movie!
From: NOV on Tue Sep 25 21:03:59 2007. [Full View]

E!

Jeeva is plain unlucky not to have scored big yet.
Jananathan - a new breed of intelligent directors.
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Sep 25 23:31:54 2007. [Full View]

The Incredibles
From: rachel on Thu Sep 27 16:48:57 2007. [Full View]

kreedom
aarya
From: Thalafanz on Thu Sep 27 20:25:49 2007. [Full View]

rachel wrote:

kreedom
aarya

Rachel, f u given ur Kireedam review???
From: rocketboy on Sat Sep 29 12:10:57 2007. [Full View]

28 weeks later ,horror movie like Dawn of the Dead
From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Sep 29 17:08:13 2007. [Full View]

Indra

Beautiful movie Mesmerizing songs!
From: Nerd on Sun Sep 30 3:01:18 2007. [Full View]

Eastern promises - stunning reminiscent of coen brothers' thrillers. Slow-paced, grim faces etc..,
From: thilak4life on Sun Sep 30 3:45:18 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

Eastern promises - stunning reminiscent of coen brothers' thrillers. Slow-paced, grim faces etc..,

Surprising considering Cronenberg's style of filmmaking and his themes pre-AHOV! Anyway, I thought "A History of violence" was his least indulgent film, and probably the most successful, and from the look of things, this one certainly looks to be the continuum of this change of style (this I guess is similar to some Coen thrillers, 'A blood simple' comes to mind) . How is Naomi's performance?
Aside: Did you check out Ebert's review? Viggo looks to have got it right yet again. One of those bland-at-first but detailed-at-next-view kind of actors around.
From: NOV on Sun Sep 30 9:01:29 2007. [Full View]

Yaar Nee?

the most boring ghost film ever taken.

but two songs by vedha were great!
From: Nerd on Sun Sep 30 12:00:23 2007. [Full View]

Thilak,
I have not seen any of croenberg's previous movies. I did not check out Ebert's review as well. I am a big fan of Ms. Watts and thats one of the reasons I went. I was not that interested but my friends forced me to it I went with zero expectations but came back satisfied.

Yes Blood simple came to my mind as well. Naomi watts did not dissappoint though she did not do anything great in the movie as I expected. Viggo was too good! There is a lot of gore/violence and some nudity. Viggo fights two guys, nude
From: Murali Srinivas on Mon Oct 1 4:27:29 2007. [Full View]

Mission 90 Days

This is the second offering from Major Ravi, he having made his debut with Keerthi Chakra (Aran in Tamil) last year.

Major Ravi actually worked as a commando (N.S.G.)in Indian Army and for his second film he had taken the most sensational subject of the 90s. Yes, he had filmed the Rajiv Gandhi trial. Though few have attempted it earlier like RKSelvamani's "Kutra Pathirikai" and Kannada "Kuppi", this one deals it from the commando point of view which gives an insight in to the operations that took place.

When the news came out that Ravi is indeed filming the operation, many thought it would be a story based on the assasscination and it's trial like Shaji Kailas did in "The Truth" (1998) which was also dubbed in Tamil as "Unmai". But contrary to belief, Ravi had filmed the actual operation to nab the killers of Rajiv. Ravi in fact was the officer whose team arrested all the men behind the assassciantion.
The hero Major Shivaram is the only name change(instead of Ravi) that differs from the actual. Others starting from Rajiv, Murugan,
Nalini, Sivarasan, Dhanu, Baghyanathan, Subha etc.(why even V.P.Singh is mentioned), everybody is a real life character. But Ravi stays clear of Prabakaran(though LTTE is there throughout) and for that matter MuKa and JJ.

The movie starts from Rajiv Gandhi's famous address at U.N. when he talked about the impatience of youth and his country to grow. Then on the backdrop, it briefs about the accord reached between Rajiv and Jayawardane in 1987 and the subsequent unrest in Srilanka , India sending IPKF there and the misplaced theory that IPKF committed atrocities and the decesion taken by LTTE to finish off Rajiv. The screen opens to the violence in the aftermath of Rajiv's assasscination. Without elaborating much on CBI's initial investigation, it straightaway takes us to NSG head quarters at Delhi where it is decided to form a SIT (Special Investigation Team) and Major Shivaram (currently on a holiday at his home town in Kerala) is drafted as the leader.

The commandos start their operation and the movie depicts the blow by blow account of the opeations starting from the arrest of Murugan and Nalini at Saidapet bus stop to the ultimate cornering of Sivarasan at Bangalore on Aug 20th of 1991. (90 days from May 21). Without deviating from the main plot, the film records how the investigation proceeded, about the tips they got ,about the strategy they planned in a fluent manner.

It must be said to the credit of Ravi, that he had made it look so sleek and easy on the viewers, not an easy task considering that he is dealing with the most sensitive history of recent times. He has taken care and pain to present an authentic film that is supposed to be happening in 1991 (Like no mobiles,satellite TVs etc.) though a discerning eye may catch the shot of (a very brief one) Dina thanthi wall poster of 2007 (announcement of Rajini Vaazhkai Varalaru) pasted on the wall at Kodungaiyoor where the Press, printing LTTE support material was raided.

At the end Ravi drops a sort of bomb shell. Acting on a tip and survelliance, the NSG surround the house where Sivarasan and his accomplishes are staying at Bangalore on the night of 18th Aug. But the chief of NSG insists not to start the operations till he arrives from Delhi as he wants to be there when the culprits are nabbed and garner the glory. He could arrive only the next day afternoon and this takes away the surprise element from the operation as the entire public of that area watch the commandos taking positions surrounding the house and this crowd alerts the people inside. Finally when the order comes to start the operation it is early morning of Aug 20th and when the commandos break in, only the dead bodies of the 7 persons holed out there greets them, they having consumed cyanide capsules.

Of course this was strongly denied by Karthikeyan who was the SIT chief of this operation, when this movie got released in July this year in Kerala. He dismissed it as publicity stunt by Ravi to boost up his film. Ravi on the other hand stood by what he had shown in the film.

The entire film moves on a breathless note where you are glued to the seat. The operations have been shot so naturally and tellingly. Cameraman Thiru deserves a special praise for his work (Thiru is also credited in the title for screenplay along with Ravi). Ravi also shows an eye for cinematic poignancy when the interactions of Major with his family and his childhood friend are sketched albeit briefly. Major's small kid arriving at Madras to just wish his father on his birthday in middle of this operation and he falling ill are effectively conveyed. Ravi also brings out the human emotions even in extremist's minds nicely. Particularly on the D-day when they get ready to go to Sriperumpudur, Dhanu (the human bomb) has her hair combed by Padma and when a hair-pin is inserted, she exclaims "Ah! valikkuthu". Same way she comments about the jasmine in her head "vasanai-ye illai".

The film also talks about Srilankans sympathetic towards LTTE but haplessly caugh in the assasscination trial without getting involved in this gruesome incident. The tale of Marish who had helped out Major Sivaram at Nilaveli in Srilanka (Roshan, correct me if am wrong about the place) during IPKF operations and who subsequently undergoes a sordid experience at the hands of the Sinhala chuvanists (UNP) is a touching part in this connection.

The story revolves round Major Sivaram and his team and which better actor is there other than Mammootty to portray this role where he fits in as a perfect T. He simply lives and breathes Major Sivaram. Others do justice to their roles. The film has a fair amount of Tamil dialogues and Kannada dialogues are also sprinkled in at the Bangalore part with Hindi creeping in here and there. That again gives an authentic touch to the entire film.

Kudos to Ravi for choosing this subject and being true to it.

Regards

PS1: I am at a loss to understand why this film did not do well in Kerala?

PS2: The title card says Thanks to Kamal. Wondering what was it about?
From: Nerd on Mon Oct 1 20:50:10 2007. [Full View]

Iruvar - Certainly from MR's top rack
Wall street - Micheal Douglas was terrific. Nothing remarkable otherwise.
Breathless - Pretty boring. Jump cuts were irritating. But yeh considering its a 1960 movie, the handheld cam and the jumpcuts were sure reveloutionary.
From: anoops on Tue Oct 2 22:30:52 2007. [Full View]

Surf's Up - Nice animation
Satham Podadhey - Good movie (relief from the monotonous action movies) - but could have been loads better
Sivi - music by Dharan is fantastic. Story wise - Stale
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Oct 3 3:13:24 2007. [Full View]

Nerd,

What happened to your '*' ratings?
From: Nerd on Wed Oct 3 12:23:09 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd,

What happened to your '*' ratings?
From: solona on Thu Oct 4 0:49:22 2007. [Full View]

Saw "Saththam podathey" good film, loved Prithviraj "promising actor. Padmapriya looked cute. Good performance too from Nitin Satya.
Pesugiraen medodious number from YSR.
Different from the movied we are watching these days, sad first part , thrilling second part.
Inspite of all the nasty things Nitin does his end makes us sad.
QUALITY MOVIE
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Oct 4 14:42:32 2007. [Full View]

Iruvar

The Bourne Ultimatum - A superb finish to a superb trilogy
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 4 22:06:10 2007. [Full View]

Sivaji the BOSS (DVD) - Thalaivi, please don't act with thalaivar in his next film. I am not able to *conentrate* on you at all. Such is thalaivar's charisma. He totally sidelines everyone in every damn frame in which he appears
From: Raikkonen on Fri Oct 5 2:40:50 2007. [Full View]

Gajendra - Lord, where to start.. From Captain sundifying his meesai to axe wielding murders, this is down right awful.. This might rank alongside Veerasamy and Dharmapuri as ultimeta junk movie of all time

From: raaja_rasigan on Fri Oct 5 10:03:00 2007.

Gajendra - Lord, where to start.. From Captain sundifying his meesai to axe wielding murders, this is down right awful.. This might rank alongside Veerasamy and Dharmapuri as ultimeta junk movie of all time

Raikkonen wrote:

Gajaa varranda gaja varranda

From: NOV on Sat Oct 6 9:31:34 2007. [Full View]

Transformers!
not a kids film, as I previously thought.

Saththam Podaathe
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Oct 6 14:34:51 2007. [Full View]

Shutter - I haven't been scared like this in a long time
From: thilak4life on Sat Oct 6 15:20:56 2007. [Full View]

Nerd,

I got to watch this film!

BTW, "Breathless" is an interesting film. I have a special weakness for it.

Wouldn't disagree on "Iruvar", it's one of the best fictional biopics from Indian film industry. Although there were some problematic elements.

Nov,

"Transformers" is the most mokkaist Action film I have seen in the recent past. It's a kid's film by all counts. The machines talk with each other in the most corniest way possible, and naivety with their characterization. I think someone like Peter Jackson could have made it more like an adventure (a 'machine' monster) film which could work with adults, and also boast itself a better narrative. The direction here is pathetic, and Mr.Bay is the Holly version of Shankar although less farcical and less pretentious. That said, this is a film that I would recommend to a CGI student, and even in special effects, it only does an "okay" job at some sequences, again the direction here is way off and badly exposed!
From: chevy on Sat Oct 6 15:25:32 2007. [Full View]

I watched this amazing movie called provokd by aishwarya rai and my fav. nandita das
From: Ramakrishna on Sun Oct 7 4:26:54 2007. [Full View]

Hostel
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Oct 7 4:52:09 2007. [Full View]

Arangetra Velai - Evergreen riot
VKR rocks
"number-a ozhunga paathu dial pannuda panni"
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Oct 7 5:25:30 2007. [Full View]

North Country

Psycho

Haunting Of Seacliff Inn
From: Devar Magan on Sun Oct 7 5:37:07 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

North Country

Psycho

Haunting Of Seacliff Inn
absolutely the best thriller ever
From: Ramakrishna on Sun Oct 7 9:32:00 2007. [Full View]

Shutter

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Oct 7 12:58:00 2007.

"Transformers" is the most mokkaist Action film I have seen in the recent past. It's a kid's film by all counts. The machines talk with each other in the most corniest way possible, and naivety with their characterization. I think someone like Peter Jackson could have made it more like an adventure (a 'machine' monster) film which could work with adults, and also boast itself a better narrative. The direction here is pathetic, and Mr.Bay is the Holly version of Shankar LOL

although less farcical and less pretentious. That said, this is a film that I would recommend to a CGI student, and even in special effects, it only does an "okay" job at some sequences, again the direction here is way off and badly exposed!

From: NOV on Sun Oct 7 20:30:53 2007. [Full View]

well, i was "forced" to watch transformers (also since it was a rerun the ticket price was real cheap) and had previously avoided it thinking its a kids films.
after watching, i realise kids cannot understand the film. and thats why i said its not a kids film.

yes, there were several illogical stuff which we have become immune to.
some of the CGI was really done badly, but the film itself was entertaining.

and shankar, is one of the best directors of India.
From: NOV on Sun Oct 7 20:33:52 2007. [Full View]

naan avan illai...
jeevan's bad acting sticks out
From: Nerd on Sun Oct 7 22:39:57 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

Nerd,

I got to watch this film!

Which one? Wall street?? It was decent I thought. Nothing extra-ordinary. Btw, the long convo scene in Breathless was simply superb. Wondering how long was that

crajkumar_be wrote:

Arangetra Velai - Evergreen riot
VKR rocks
"number-a ozhunga paathu dial pannuda panni"

One of my favorite comedy movies all-time. Particularly love that VKR Veshti scene.

aNNE konjam keezha paarungaNNE
thappu thappu pombaLa puLLa munnAdi..
aNNE vEttiya thookkunga aNNE
ayyO. ketta vaarthai ellaam pesuRa. seri seri naan pAkkAdhadhA
From: rocketboy on Mon Oct 8 10:33:54 2007. [Full View]

Training Day
From: anoops on Mon Oct 8 10:35:32 2007. [Full View]

jus finished seeing - 1408
spooky stuff for first 1 hr and somehow movie lost its charm towards the end - but not a bad one!

From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Oct 8 10:37:10 2007.

One of my favorite comedy movies all-time. Particularly love that VKR Veshti scene.

aNNE konjam keezha paarungaNNE
thappu thappu pombaLa puLLa munnAdi..
aNNE vEttiya thookkunga aNNE
ayyO. ketta vaarthai ellaam pesuRa. seri seri naan pAkkAdhadhA
ROTFL

Arangetra Velai - Evergreen riot Clap

VKR rocks

"number-a ozhunga paathu dial pannuda panni" Laughing

revathy: nambianne vetti
vkr: unakku edhukku vetti

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Oct 8 12:14:06 2007. [Full View]

r_r correct..naan add pannanum-nu nenachen..
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Oct 8 21:51:06 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

aNNE konjam keezha paarungaNNE
thappu thappu pombaLa puLLa munnAdi..
aNNE vEttiya thookkunga aNNE
ayyO. ketta vaarthai ellaam pesuRa. seri seri naan pAkkAdhadhA

(VKR's voice e.g. "Adhula Paarunga...." )
From: anoops on Tue Oct 9 21:55:00 2007. [Full View]

malaikottai - mm when the hero cant get the comedy timing right, the end result is what we get in malaikottai Ashish vidyarthi looks different and has done better his role
From: joe on Tue Oct 9 22:33:19 2007. [Full View]

Aarya - Can't beleive it is from Balasekaran ..Worst story screen play and irritating acting by Bhavana

But ,Only few actors can make us to sit and watch even a crap movie .Madhavan is one

PaLLikoodam - Not great as expected ,but worth a watch ..Thangar could have done a better screen play .
From: NOV on Tue Oct 9 23:24:06 2007. [Full View]

Padithaal Mattum Podhumaa

sivaji
balaji
rajasulochana
savithri

MSV
Kannadhasan

songs:

ohoho manidhargalE
pon ondru kandEn
nallavan enakku naanE nallavan
annan kaattiya vazhiyammaa
than nilavu thEniraikka
naan kavignanum illai
From: NOV on Thu Oct 11 22:18:31 2007. [Full View]

Mission Impossible
entertaining altho full of cliches.
From: NOV on Thu Oct 11 22:19:44 2007. [Full View]

Independence Day
Interesting, but full of holes.
From: Kollywoodfan on Thu Oct 11 22:43:55 2007. [Full View]

Nayakan - powerful!

From: Raikkonen on Thu Oct 11 23:25:40 2007.

aNNE konjam keezha paarungaNNE
thappu thappu pombaLa puLLa munnAdi..
aNNE vEttiya thookkunga aNNE
ayyO. ketta vaarthai ellaam pesuRa. seri seri naan pAkkAdhadhA
ROTFL

(VKR's voice Thumbs Up!

e.g. "Adhula Paarunga...." Laughing

)

Yah fabulous movie..
i loved Prabhu in the movie..
in one scene he locks himself in toilet and sings "Varuthu varuthu vilagu, vilagu"

From: Raikkonen on Thu Oct 11 23:27:42 2007. [Full View]

Mouna Ragam - slow and boring in first half, i know many love this movie. The movie picks up once Karthik enters the screen, he totally stole the show.. Songs were great, but comedy was bad.. Karthik was the real star of the movie..
From: Thirumaran on Fri Oct 12 3:37:39 2007. [Full View]

Half of Kaathal Azhivathillai

Except comedy scenes rest all are comedies TR is a master in this tecnique
From: MADDY on Fri Oct 12 7:32:11 2007. [Full View]

Inru poi naalai vaa - chennai-28 of 80's, i presume

what comedy and punches by Bagyaraj .......the ironies/seruppadis the 3 get are ...too good.......i'm sad that such "love-a comedy panra padangal" are not coming in tamil now ......

From: crajkumar_be on Fri Oct 12 9:58:25 2007.

That was a classic!

pAthu remba naal aachu

Inru poi naalai vaa ROTFL

- chennai-28 of 80's, i presume Laughing

what comedy and punches by Bagyaraj Not Worthy

.......the ironies/seruppadis the 3 get are Laughing

...too good.......i'm sad that such "love-a comedy panra padangal" are not coming in tamil now Crying or Very sad

......

From: Murali Srinivas on Fri Oct 12 10:21:27 2007.

A great movie which was enjoyable to the core. The most striking aspect of that movie was it was so natural for the period it came out. In helped Baghyaraj to scale heights like anything. He who started slowely like this (own direction)

1979 - Suvarilla Chithirangal

1980 - Oru Kai Osai

suddenly leapt forward in the next year 1981, when he came out with

Mouna Geethangal

Indru Poi Naalai Vaa

Vidiyum Varai Kathiru

Andha 7 Natkal

and took a place in the top echelon. Later on he himself lost the magic but definitely a top notch screen play writer on any account.

Regards

Inru poi naalai vaa ROTFL

- chennai-28 of 80's, i presume Laughing

what comedy and punches by Bagyaraj Not Worthy

.......the ironies/seruppadis the 3 get are Laughing

...too good.......i'm sad that such "love-a comedy panra padangal" are not coming in tamil now Crying or Very sad

......

From: NOV on Fri Oct 12 10:44:49 2007. [Full View]

guna
From: NOV on Fri Oct 12 10:45:23 2007. [Full View]

guna
From: NOV on Fri Oct 12 10:45:58 2007. [Full View]

guna
From: Ramakrishna on Fri Oct 12 11:39:27 2007. [Full View]

moonu thadava paatheenglaa
From: rocketboy on Fri Oct 12 12:16:04 2007. [Full View]

Virtuosity
Bone Collector
From: interz on Sat Oct 13 7:19:36 2007. [Full View]

THOTTAL POO MALARUM, the movie seems like the storyline from Minsaarakanna and Poovellam Kettupaar.

The only reason to see it was "Arabu Naade" song.
From: Thirumaran on Sun Oct 14 22:20:58 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

guna

ethukku
From: Sinthiya on Sun Oct 14 22:49:01 2007. [Full View]

interz wrote:

The only reason to see it was "Arabu Naade" song.

same...other than that, no comments
From: joe on Sun Oct 14 23:11:08 2007. [Full View]

Oru Kaithiyin Diary
From: NOV on Sun Oct 14 23:31:54 2007. [Full View]

Ramakrishna wrote:

moonu thadava paatheenglaa
aapadi oru baathippu

Thirumaran wrote:

ethukku
mei silurththu vittEn.
thamizh cinema la ippadi oru padama!!!
From: NOV on Sun Oct 14 23:33:52 2007. [Full View]

mission impossible 2

anybody who criticises tamil films as illogical please... I beg you... see this gem of a hollywood film.

more holes than a sieve!
From: Thirumaran on Sun Oct 14 23:45:35 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

ethukku
mei silurththu vittEn.
thamizh cinema la ippadi oru padama!!!

Unga 50th vayasula mei silirka vaendiyathu.. Romba Late aayiduchu
From: Sanjeevi on Mon Oct 15 2:26:59 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

mission impossible 2

anybody who criticises tamil films as illogical please... I beg you... see this gem of a hollywood film.

more holes than a sieve!

They named "Impossible" and hence you should not treat the scenes are illogical.
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Oct 15 7:01:31 2007. [Full View]

Marudhamalai - suvaiyana masala malai .... pala padangalai ondraga partha unarvu

satham podadhe - A different film, but not a best film
From: Sinthiya on Mon Oct 15 21:29:23 2007. [Full View]

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag....nice
From: NOV on Tue Oct 16 8:50:52 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Unga 50th vayasula mei silirka vaendiyathu.. Romba Late aayiduchu
oru 75 vayadhu vaalibana paaththu pEsura pEchaa idhu?

sanjeevi, its not the mission that is impossible, but the logic that is impossible.

watched RENDU finally. seemed like a remake of citizen.
but lovely songs.
From: selvakumar on Tue Oct 16 9:04:54 2007. [Full View]

Thottal poo malarum
P Vasu has done it again.
The debutant shakti imitates everyone. There are special "show case" scenes for this
He imitates rajini and in one scene he speaks like thenali kamal
well the dvd had 3 parts. I watched the first one and moved on to the next one. When it was going on, suddenly we saw "the titles rolling" from the bottom and then only we found that we were watching 3rd part instead of the 2nd one
The story is a mix of all earlier movies of P vasu and resembles Mannan partly
Yuvan was disappointing except the "arabu naade" song.. God when will he become selective?
I think no one will blame heroes like ajith vijay etc from here onwards for heroism coz these people atleast started those things after acting in several love stories
But these newbies are directly acting in these kind of movies that neither gives them family audience nor the female audience (thanks to the pioneer simbu) and I am still wondering on what basis Vasu claimed this to be a love story
I havent seen the movie fully and stopped watching it after that second part.

P.S: Shakti says ajith is his role model (esp his sudden weight reduction and all). But he should also note taht ajith is remaining as "ajith" even now and his stamp was there in his earlier movies (love stories). Shakthi should also note that. Well.. whom should we blame. father or the son
From: Querida on Tue Oct 16 13:35:44 2007. [Full View]

Selva great review...i couldn't have said it better even if i tried my best...the two highpoints in the movie for me was 1) ohhh how cute he's the kid in "chinna thambi" nice movie that 2) the arabu naade song...for the rest i spent noticing copied actions and fast-forwading fight scenes....i hate to say it, but I have seen worse debuts...

I watched "Pallikoodam" last
cute movie except the relationship of the young characters portrayed in the song was a bit overblown for me, I mean I thought the song was too intimate for the first song, they could have concentrated on an idyllic or cute approach which would have suited the lovers story and age wise...what is with that "rose marie" song? It was annoying to say the least...but overall I did like the movie very much, maybe it's the naive yearning for that pastoral or just the cute antics that each of the younger characters go through....notice Narain's regression into an overexcited teen when he meets Sneha as a college girl...lol...
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Oct 16 16:44:08 2007. [Full View]

Rhythm - one of my all time favs
From: thilak4life on Wed Oct 17 8:12:02 2007. [Full View]

Mumbai express - 8/10
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 18 1:02:16 2007. [Full View]

Johnny Gaddar -- Awesome movie. One of the best in recent times. Superb script, extremely tight screenplay and one of the best soundtracks ever. Sriram Raghavan is sure inspired by tarantino (the camera angles, dialogs, violence etc..,) On the downside the second half was a bit slow and the performances werent that great. But definitely a stunner. Can't believe that even the critics dint like this movie

Oldboy - Stunning

Stray Dog - Certainly from Kurosawa's top rack

kannathil muthamittAl - One of the best movies of this decade!

From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 18 1:25:12 2007.

Johnny Gaddar -- Awesome movie. One of the best in recent times. Superb script, extremely tight screenplay and one of the best soundtracks ever. Sriram Raghavan is sure inspired by tarantino (the camera angles, dialogs, violence etc..,) On the downside the second half was a bit slow and the performances werent that great. But definitely a stunner. Can't believe that even the critics dint like this movie Huh?!

Oldboy - Stunning

Stray Dog - Certainly from Kurosawa's top rack Thumbs Up!

kannathil muthamittAl - One of the best movies of this decade!

All of 'em are spot on. And you have pointed it out yourself, Johnny G is too Tarantino-esque for the conservative critics.

From: rocketboy on Thu Oct 18 11:00:46 2007. [Full View]

The bridge on River Kwai ,The bridge at Remagen, Runaway Jury
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 18 11:52:49 2007. [Full View]

What about movie of the year so far
Paruthi veeran and 600028
Special prize: Of course
From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 18 12:10:49 2007. [Full View]

Chennai - 28 is the movie of the year, hands down...
From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 18 12:22:37 2007. [Full View]

Movie of the year:

English - Bourne Ultimatum.
Hindi - Black Friday.
Tamil - Chennai-28.
Telugu - Happy days.
Indie - Vanaja (telugu)
From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 18 12:23:59 2007. [Full View]

Of course, in recent times - Kattradhu Tamil, and Chak De India has come to the fore.
From: rocketboy on Thu Oct 18 12:34:52 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

What about movie of the year so far
Paruthi veeran and 600028
Special prize: Of course

Movie of the Year : Tamizh M.A and Chennai 600028 (tamil )
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 18 13:02:26 2007. [Full View]

Tamizh MA is being appreciated by only one section of a very large sample space. Sadly I can't watch it in the theaters. May be I should wait for a good internet print
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 18 13:04:26 2007. [Full View]

And omkara is strictly 2006 and IMO J G wins both in the hindi movie of the year and soundtrack of the year category!
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 20:10:49 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

What about movie of the year so far
contenders are:

pachai kili muthu charam
mozhi
paruthi veeran
chennai 600028
satham podaathe
From: joe on Thu Oct 18 21:47:12 2007. [Full View]

Movie of the year is Mozhi ,closely followed by Paruthi Veeran
From: Querida on Thu Oct 18 22:00:53 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Nerd wrote:

What about movie of the year so far
contenders are:

pachai kili muthu charam
mozhi
paruthi veeran
chennai 600028
satham podaathe

what about dasavatharam?

my list would be:
mozhi
paruthiveeran
maayakannadi
periyar
chennai 600028

(in that order...have real high hopes for satham podaathey and dasavatharam and hope to include them once seen...)
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 22:07:52 2007. [Full View]

Querida wrote:

what about dasavatharam?
release pannum munnE best film award koduththa Queridavukku Best Kamal fan 2007 award

Quote:

maayakannadi

Quote:

periyar
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:09:58 2007. [Full View]

Querida wrote:

periyar

Periyar is not a movie
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:11:27 2007. [Full View]

Best songs la irunthu Best movies kku vanthaacha

No Kamal Movie so no best movie. period
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 22:15:14 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

No Kamal Movie so no best movie. period

last years best movie list'la VV illa.
From: Querida on Thu Oct 18 22:16:03 2007. [Full View]

each is entitled to their opinion but yeesh what a way to show your disapproval...

alright mr. "picky" Thirumaran: "Periyar: The Movie"

(um yeah for someone who totally lacks any sense of who may be considered South Asia's admirable people, the movie for me was a door into a realm i have not entered)
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 22:16:15 2007. [Full View]

Que, if you have seen my review on Maya Kannaadi, you would understand my indignance.
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:19:46 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

No Kamal Movie so no best movie. period

last years best movie list'la VV illa.

Athu Poana Varusham.. Naan sollrathu intha Varusham
From: Nerd on Thu Oct 18 22:20:18 2007. [Full View]

Mozhi is over-rated I think
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 22:22:16 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

Mozhi is over-rated I think

we are in the business of over rating any way.
From: joe on Thu Oct 18 22:22:16 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Querida wrote:

periyar

Periyar is not a movie

Athu oru 'Kaaviyam' -nnu solla varreengaLo?
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:28:57 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

Querida wrote:

periyar

Periyar is not a movie

Athu oru 'Kaaviyam' -nnu solla varreengaLo?

Athu ithu nny ellaam paesa padaathu

From: joe on Thu Oct 18 22:33:41 2007.

Corrected as "Periyar oru Kaaviyam"

periyar

Periyar is not a movie LOL

Athu oru 'Kaaviyam' -nnu solla varreengaLo? Smile

Athu ithu nny ellaam paesa padaathu Not That Way

From: Querida on Thu Oct 18 22:36:17 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Que, if you have seen my review on Maya Kannaadi, you would understand my indignance.

ok have not seen your review, but would like to...
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:36:45 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Corrected as "Periyar oru Kaaviyam"

Kaaviyam pathi thappaa paesarathu thaan ippoathaya fashion. Periyaarukku neenga kodukara respect ithu thaana
From: joe on Thu Oct 18 22:39:11 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

joe wrote:

Corrected as "Periyar oru Kaaviyam"

Kaaviyam pathi thappaa paesarathu thaan ippoathaya fashion. Periyaarukku neenga kodukara respect ithu thaana

Kaviyam has two classifications ..VaraLatru Kaaviyam and Puraana Kaaviyam
From: Thirumaran on Thu Oct 18 22:41:52 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Kaviyam has two classifications ..VaraLatru Kaaviyam and Puraana Kaaviyam

Silapathikaaram maathiriyaa
From: NOV on Thu Oct 18 22:46:37 2007. [Full View]

Querida wrote:

NOV wrote:

Que, if you have seen my review on Maya Kannaadi, you would understand my indignance.
ok have not seen your review, but would like to...
here it is. http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1139857#1139857
From: joe on Thu Oct 18 22:48:06 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

joe wrote:

Kaviyam has two classifications ..VaraLatru Kaaviyam and Puraana Kaaviyam

Silapathikaaram maathiriyaa

Silappathikaaram is not 100% varaLaru ..It is a historical fiction ..Silappathikaaram patri Periyar sonnatha neenga padichirukka mateenga ..either Kannagi madurai-yai erichathai 'poompuhar' padathil kajainjar eppadi ulta panninaar-nnu paarunga
From: crajkumar_be on Thu Oct 18 23:16:11 2007. [Full View]

AhA, ingEyum ArambichuttAingaLA?

1) Sennai - 28
2) Paruthiveeran

Haven't seen Katradhu Thamizh....
From: selvakumar on Thu Oct 18 23:38:20 2007. [Full View]
From: MADDY on Fri Oct 19 0:09:25 2007. [Full View]

ok, movie of the year nominations

Best movie: Chennai-28 - by a mile......it proves that good movies neednt be dark subjects always
Critics award : Mozhi - beautiful movie...
Special award : Sivaji - for popularising tamil movies to global level .....it just humbled the racist north-indians with its might

pppl. who think PV is a great movie, pls watch it now.....it looks absurd.........it was bearable when all hype-hoopla was around but now, when u listen to the unnatural accents and cinematic situations/dialogues, it is pathetic.....

(i would really like Ajith to win some awards for Kreedam........very rarely, we get to see heroes accepting such soft/subtle roles......i think he really deserves a pat on the back for accpeting such a role.... )
From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 0:49:48 2007. [Full View]

Let me join the minority group as well in this

Should I have to post my favorite movie of this year ? No need to say..
"The movie that thala appreciated in the preview show itself like "haven't seen a better entertainer like this for years"'
Arpudamaana nanbargal sernthaal vetrigal kuviyumadaa !

In other languages,

I haven't seen Mungaaru Male yet. Last week, tried for tickets in PVR and it was housefull and couldnt get it. I think it is nearing 1 year

& the songs of this movie is so haunting that I love them a lot.

From: crajkumar_be on Fri Oct 19 0:52:26 2007.

In other languages,

I haven't seen Mungaaru Male yet. Last week, tried for tickets in PVR and it was housefull Shocked

and couldnt get it. I think it is nearing 1 year Rolling Eyes

& the songs of this movie is so haunting that I love them a lot. Thumbs Up!

vara vara remba maarittu vareenga.. Maddy influence-a enna nu therila, Selva is becoming a Kannadiga

[innikki Panchayat topic yaravadhu arambingappa!]

From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 1:01:05 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

vara vara remba maarittu vareenga.. Maddy influence-a enna nu therila, Selva is becoming a Kannadiga

[innikki Panchayat topic yaravadhu arambingappa!]

Avar kitta ponaa, unga influence nnu solluraaru (reg sivaji and all )
neenga ennadaana ippadi sollureenga
Yes. I am changing a lot indeed. Unga kooda sernthu enakkum pessimistic , harsh criticism etc ellam neraya varudhu (reg movies alone)

but indha kannada padam industry hit & it has crossed the 50 crore mark. (something way too extraordinary thing for a kannada movie). I think ti will bebetter than Jogi atleast which was yet another thirupaachi and went onto become the industry hit and story ellam pazhaya love story thaan
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Fri Oct 19 1:01:23 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

innikki Panchayat topic yaravadhu arambingappa!
tho vanthutten enna selva, ethaavathu udugi set aayiduchaa ??

From: MADDY on Fri Oct 19 1:02:20 2007.

In other languages,

I haven't seen Mungaaru Male yet. Last week, tried for tickets in PVR and it was housefull Shocked

and couldnt get it. I think it is nearing 1 year Rolling Eyes

& the songs of this movie is so haunting that I love them a lot. Thumbs Up!

vara vara remba maarittu vareenga.. Maddy influence-a enna nu therila, Selva is becoming a Kannadiga Razz

[innikki Panchayat topic yaravadhu arambingappa!]

naa chennai-la illa irukkaen

...........

yes selva, Mungaru Male is a historic movie in kannada......it will change the way movies are made in kannada now

......hopefully we will have some quality coming in from there

From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 1:05:09 2007. [Full View]

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

innikki Panchayat topic yaravadhu arambingappa!
tho vanthutten enna selva, ethaavathu udugi set aayiduchaa ??

Mungaaru Male paarkurathu "set" aayi poga koodaathu. Set aagi kappal kavunthavanga thaan poganum (and that fellow had done Kaadhal remake and that is a hit as well)
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Fri Oct 19 1:16:52 2007. [Full View]

selvakumar wrote:

Mungaaru Male paarkurathu "set" aayi poga koodaathu.
appo entha padam set aa poganumnu kekkalaam thaan, athula paarunga naan innikku Sombu kondaarala, athanaala panchayathu ithoda mudichikkuren

From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 1:23:01 2007.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

Mungaaru Male paarkurathu "set" aayi poga koodaathu.

appo entha padam set aa poganumnu kekkalaam thaan, athula paarunga Laughing

naan innikku Sombu kondaarala, athanaala panchayathu ithoda mudichikkuren LOL

Ponnungalukku enna padam pudikka poguthu.. romba neram yosichuttu sharukhan moviennu solluvaanga.. vera enna

illenna oru popcorn love story from jeyam ravi or any new bie

From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 19 2:35:19 2007. [Full View]

Quote:

yes selva, Mungaru Male is a historic movie in kannada......it will change the way movies are made in kannada now

"Dweepa" illa "Nayi Neralu" panna mudiyada vishayam, but aana adhellam 'parallel cinema', mainstream-la kannada cinema-ku idhu periya vishayam thaan..

From: Sanjeevi on Fri Oct 19 2:38:04 2007.

yes selva, Mungaru Male is a historic movie in kannada......it will change the way movies are made in kannada now

Quote:

"Dweepa" illa "Nayi Neralu" panna mudiyada vishayam, but aana adhellam 'parallel cinema', mainstream-la kannada cinema-ku idhu periya vishayam thaan..

In chennai they released MM few weeks back and it ran for 3 weks

From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 2:41:17 2007. [Full View]

hmm
Is this the first kannada movie that got released in chennai ? 3 weeks is a good one if u take the kannada movies' run in chennai
I think it got released in Maayajaal .. Right ??
From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 2:43:32 2007. [Full View]

well.. MM will be too old for us who have seen enough love stories from ajith vijay maddy etc etc
The story is a mixture of Kaadhal Mannan and semi-poove unakkaaga.. But let me check it out.
All of my friends who have seen the movie appreciated it. Camera work is awesome it seems
From: Cinefan on Fri Oct 19 2:59:25 2007. [Full View]

Selva,
Don't go to MM with lot of expectations,you will get disappointed.

It's a pretty ordinary movie and the heroine looks pathetic.For a film whose foundation stands on the hero falling in love with the heroine when he looks at her for the first time,should have got a better looker.

I think it's just the songs which has taken the film to these height's&of course that darned thing called 'luck'.

Bala,
Songs are pretty good esp 'Anisuthide yaako indu'-the most down loaded song as 'caller tune' till 'hare ram hare ram' from 'Bhool Bhulaiya' came along.
From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 3:03:52 2007. [Full View]

Cinefan bro
enna ippadi sollureenga
My friends also told me that heroine sucks bigtime.
But I am still wondering how the movie is still running housefull and that too in PVR

but I dont think I will be disappointed. Last kannada industry hit was Jogi and I still regret watching it.
I dont think MM will beat Jogi in that category ! Hope u understand

I love all the songs except suvvi suvvaali
From: Cinefan on Fri Oct 19 3:10:11 2007. [Full View]

Selva,
Even I am wondering what is there in the movie that it's running succesfully for more than an year now?

I can't put it down to anything else but 'luck'-I saw it once&that's it.

There is nothing in the film that will make me watch it a second time around.

Anyway,record hit,great word of mouth,housefull after 10 months of release-keep all this aside&watch the movie,atleast you will not be diappointed.
From: selvakumar on Fri Oct 19 3:14:18 2007. [Full View]

brother,
thanks and will check it out

From: Devar Magan on Fri Oct 19 12:15:51 2007.

Selva,
Don't go to MM with lot of expectations,you will get disappointed.

It's a pretty ordinary movie and the heroine looks pathetic.For a film whose foundation stands on the hero falling in love with the heroine when he looks at her for the first time,should have got a better looker.

I think it's just the songs which has taken the film to these height's&of course that darned thing called 'luck'.

Bala,
Songs are pretty good esp 'Anisuthide yaako indu'-the most down loaded song as 'caller tune' till 'hare ram hare ram' from 'Bhool Bhulaiya' came along.

Cinefan wrote:

saw the movie for free here at infy-multiplex.

excellent camera work and very pleasing songs. well, its an OK movie.. but great comparing to the usual junk content in kannada films

From: Nerd on Fri Oct 19 12:22:06 2007. [Full View]

I think Ch - 28 has won comfortably as the movie of the year so far. Imagine releasing a cricket oriented movie with songs like world cup jeikka pOrOm, after India's disgusting exit in the world cup. idha ellAthayum thaaNdi, the movie has won people's hearts
From: Padmanabhan on Sat Oct 20 0:52:47 2007. [Full View]

Drohkaal- Far superior to Kuruthipunal i would say 7.5/10

King arthur- wasted oppurtunity 2/10

Ordinary people - Excellant 9/10
From: NOV on Sat Oct 20 9:42:05 2007. [Full View]

London
would have been better with able actors
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Oct 21 0:10:03 2007. [Full View]

Pallikoodam

Very touching with terrific performances!
From: NOV on Sun Oct 21 1:34:11 2007. [Full View]

Gumasthaavin Magal

kamal as a villain!
From: Roshan on Sun Oct 21 12:06:56 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

London
would have been better with able actors

True ! I saw this on TV last Saturday and it was enjoyable. Comedy was very good and handled well. Those hospital scenes were
From: ajithfederer on Sun Oct 21 12:10:33 2007. [Full View]

Athidi
From: Roshan on Sun Oct 21 12:10:41 2007. [Full View]

Anyway, the last movie I saw was one of KH's laughing riots, "Avvai Shanmugi" (Courtesy : SUN TV). Have seen this 'n' number of times but could laugh and enjoy as if seeing it for the first time
From: joe on Sun Oct 21 12:51:11 2007. [Full View]

Ammuvaagiya Naan.

Except few sothappal logics ,it is a nice movie

From: Prabhu Ram on Sun Oct 21 13:15:24 2007.

Anyway, the last movie I saw was one of KH's laughing riots, "Avvai Shanmugi" (Courtesy : SUN TV). Have seen this 'n' number of times but could laugh and enjoy as if seeing it for the first time Laughing Laughing ROTFL ROTFL

நாகேஷ்: தோ பார்....ஒரு அம்பது ரூவா கொடு, நான் எதுவா வேணாலும் மாறரேன்

....
நாகேஷ்: பொண்டாட்டியா.....ஓஹோ.....வர்ட்டாடீ

From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 21 14:06:12 2007. [Full View]

150 roobai kuduthu edhuku ya!..500 rooba vechu irukken...yaana-kaal golusu parcel panni..payyen kitta kuduthu 10-am number kadai-ku annipu..
From: Nerd on Sun Oct 21 21:28:59 2007. [Full View]

We own the night -- Super masala with some good performances. Worth a watch but certainly not a classic. Movie of the year (English) is superbad closely followed by Bourne Ultimatum and Eastern Promises

From: Roshan on Mon Oct 22 1:15:03 2007.

நாகேஷ்: தோ பார்....ஒரு அம்பது ரூவா கொடு, நான் எதுவா வேணாலும் மாறரேன் Very Happy

....
நாகேஷ்: பொண்டாட்டியா.....ஓஹோ.....வர்ட்டாடீ Very Happy

Nagesh was classy as usual with his superb timing

"Naan ennatha puthusA solla pOREn.. ennOda kaNNaiyE ungakitta oppadaikkiREn.. ithula aanantha kaNNeerathAn pAkkanum"

avar solRa mAthiri ithu "puthusu" illa but the way he delivers it is

In the last scene when he says "full"-na OK

==========================================================
KH to Gemini over the phone: Mannichukunga, naan ungala loosu-mu ellAm sollittEn

Gemini: paravAilla mApLa.. nAn ithana nALA oru loosu paya mAthirithAn irunthirukkEn

KH: oh! appa suttikAttunathukku enna mannichirunga

From: Roshan on Mon Oct 22 1:15:18 2007.

நாகேஷ்: தோ பார்....ஒரு அம்பது ரூவா கொடு, நான் எதுவா வேணாலும் மாறரேன் Very Happy

....
நாகேஷ்: பொண்டாட்டியா.....ஓஹோ.....வர்ட்டாடீ Very Happy

Nagesh was classy as usual with his superb timing

"Naan ennatha puthusA solla pOREn.. ennOda kaNNaiyE ungakitta oppadaikkiREn.. ithula aanantha kaNNeerathAn pAkkanum"

avar solRa mAthiri ithu "puthusu" illa but the way he delivers it is

In the last scene when he says "full"-na OK

From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 22 1:38:18 2007. [Full View]

http://allthingskamal.info/blog/

"Avvai shanmughi" in A2Z series.
From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 22 1:38:34 2007. [Full View]

Indru Poi Naalai Vaa - Awesome..
From: Thirumaran on Mon Oct 22 2:46:14 2007. [Full View]

Mozhi was shown once again within 50 days

Needless to say Wonderful movie and Prakashraj's comedy timing
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Oct 22 3:33:28 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Mozhi was shown once again within 50 days

Rasigargalin vendukolukkaga
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Oct 22 5:54:53 2007. [Full View]

Rendu (2)

- awesome character differentiation by maddy (a) madhavan..... one of the maddy is asusual (trying his luck in comedy) with vadivelu & the other one is a blind (he comes with santhanam) ..... both are differentiated by the director (sundar c) using a cooling glass (for the blind)

- in the first half, most of the people will think that vadivelu is the hero...... but somehow director manages the comedy in 2nd half with santhanam

- as usual pazhi vangum kadhai... nothing much in it

- baghyaraj comes as a police officer investigating the murders (done be blind maddy) ....... (naana sigappu manidhan inspiration)

- last but not the least... mobila song is a visual treat ..... song is also melodious
From: Nerd on Mon Oct 22 11:28:04 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Mozhi was shown once again within 50 days

Needless to say Wonderful movie and Prakashraj's comedy timing

Heard that sun tv showed a flash message ("K TV-il super star-in batshA, kaaNathavaRAtheergaL)

And heard that KTV beat KLTV in TRB at that time
From: NOV on Mon Oct 22 20:35:13 2007. [Full View]

kokki - karan was

From: Thirumaran on Mon Oct 22 22:39:08 2007.

Mozhi was shown once again within 50 days LOL

Needless to say Wonderful movie and Prakashraj's comedy timing Not Worthy

Heard that sun tv showed a flash message ("K TV-il super star-in batshA, kaaNathavaRAtheergaL) LOL

And heard that KTV beat KLTV in TRB at that time Razz

Not sure abt TRB rating. However Baasha has more chance even now to get more viewers against a class movie like Mozhi

From: Querida on Tue Oct 23 13:52:47 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Gumasthaavin Magal

kamal as a villain!

i remember watching that movie...yes Kamal can be quite ingratiating as a villain...in a skillful way that is....
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Oct 23 15:22:22 2007. [Full View]

Katradhu Tamil, a very good film but in somewhat bad way
From: kannannn on Thu Oct 25 16:55:41 2007. [Full View]

Simhasan: Jabbar Patel is (was?) one of the most prominent directors of Marathi cinema. Simhasan (1980), his take on modern politics in India is a hard hitting movie that deals with corruption and deceipt that is as relevant today as it was during the time it was made. The movie starts with the Chief Minister receiving a phone call warning him that one of his own party men is plotting his downfall. From there the director spins a complex web of politician-black marketeer nexus, backstabbing and power play that leaves the viewer flustered. Nilu Phulke and Sriram Lagoo deliver knock out performances (especially Lagoo in an obvious reference to Thackerey). Nana Patekar, in one of his early roles shows glimpses of genius.

Irreversible: revisiting after a long time. Ranks right up there with Man Bites Dog in portraying the desensitivity of the viewer to violence. All the actors were good, but my vote goes to the guy who plays 'Le Tenia'. What ferocity.. !!
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Thu Oct 25 17:00:13 2007. [Full View]

NOV wrote:

Gumasthaavin Magal

kamal as a villain!
we are waiting to se kamal again as a villain, in [one of the role] Dasa
From: NOV on Thu Oct 25 20:47:12 2007. [Full View]

kOvai brothers... some scenes were some were some were

the length fathers have to go to prop up thier sons
From: ajithfederer on Fri Oct 26 1:21:26 2007. [Full View]

Kannathil Muthamittal
From: Nerd on Fri Oct 26 1:27:07 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

Kannathil Muthamittal

I saw it last week
My last movie was ooty varai uRavu. And finally I got hold of antha naaL DVD. I think its been almost 10 years since I saw that movie

From: ajithfederer on Fri Oct 26 1:42:54 2007.

Movie was absolutely simple.......
MR Not Worthy

My last movie was ooty varai uRavu. And finally I got hold of antha naaL DVD. I think its been almost 10 years since I saw that movie Shocked

Kannathil Muthamittal Smile

I saw it last week Not Worthy

From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 26 1:53:13 2007.

Movie was absolutely simple.......
MR Not Worthy

My last movie was ooty varai uRavu. And finally I got hold of antha naaL DVD. I think its been almost 10 years since I saw that movie Shocked

Kannathil Muthamittal Smile

I saw it last week Not Worthy

I stick my neck out to say that it's a part of the two brilliant (high quality) Tamil films in last 5 years. No prices for guessing the other!

From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Oct 26 1:58:47 2007. [Full View]

Kathal Kottai

In one word, heartwarming. I never get tired of it, especially the climax. One of the most romantic climaxes ever!
From: Raikkonen on Fri Oct 26 2:08:25 2007. [Full View]

Kovai Brothers
From: ajithfederer on Fri Oct 26 22:57:51 2007. [Full View]

The Departed

Jack Nicholson

Dicaprio

Matt Damon

Mark whalberg
From: Sanjeevi on Sat Oct 27 2:58:58 2007. [Full View]

Malaikkottai
From: rachel on Sat Oct 27 4:58:24 2007. [Full View]

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Kathal Kottai

In one word, heartwarming. I never get tired of it, especially the climax. One of the most romantic climaxes ever!

really
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Oct 27 12:34:55 2007. [Full View]

Iyarkai - Beautiful movie! very good dialogues.

Shyam,Arunkumar- These two are always good! but paavam avunga padam thaan odamaatengudhu
From: c4ramesh on Sat Oct 27 13:14:02 2007. [Full View]

The Bourne Ultimatum.

Ultimate padampa....

Matt Damon was great! The fights were cool. The film manages to keep you in the edge of the seat till the end. This is one of the best movies that I have ever seen in my life!
From: Prabhu Ram on Sat Oct 27 13:35:45 2007. [Full View]

ThAimAman

Satyaraj-Goundamani. The Greatest combo ever

GM: electionla jeyichittA mudhalla state-ai pidikkarOm...appuram central-ai pidikkarOm...appuram agila indhia reethiyila oru asaththal....appuram appidiye america-kimerica payanam thaan
Satyaraj: americavula porutkAtchiya suththi pArkkumbOthu naan tholainju pOyittEnnA
GM: vitturuvaangaLA ? ...avanga naadu kettturAdhu !
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Oct 28 2:55:37 2007. [Full View]

rachel wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Kathal Kottai

In one word, heartwarming. I never get tired of it, especially the climax. One of the most romantic climaxes ever!

really
From: Ulaganayagan on Sun Oct 28 10:30:56 2007. [Full View]

Broken Flowers : Engaging screenplay, Charismatic Bill Murray, Flat ending.
2.5/5

Bad Lieutenant: Raw film making, almost bordering on sleaze. Powerful performance by Keitel (glimpses of KH in a few scenes). Strictly for noir fans.

The Illusionist: Edward Norton works magic in this one. Entertaining and certainly worth a watch. 3.5/5.

Rushmore: Tragi comedy at it's very best.. Wes Anderson's most impressive flick so far. 4/5.

Stranger Than Fiction: Funny, Charming and Well acted. 3.5/5.

Sivaji: Actually liked this one. Rajini's screen presence and Visual grandiose being it's main draws. Vivek and ARR's music were good too. Time pass flick. No wonder RK fans lapped it up.
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Oct 28 11:33:49 2007. [Full View]

Fantastic 4
From: ajithfederer on Sun Oct 28 12:47:42 2007. [Full View]

Gunaaa

KH

I assume that the guy singing the opening song when the credits open up is Anandhu! Am i right?

Wondered why did they use Aboorva Sagotarargal BGM in some scenes
From: ajithfederer on Sun Oct 28 18:47:45 2007. [Full View]

The Usual suspects
From: NOV on Sun Oct 28 21:04:28 2007. [Full View]

kreedom - ok movie. guess I am really really tired of dada stories.
the ending was horrible.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Oct 29 9:55:37 2007. [Full View]

Kevin spacey plays the role of a crippled in the movie.
Spoiler's start
In the last scene when the interrogation is over he walks out of the detective building and the camera focuses on his crippled legs and hands.Suddenly he changes them and he lights a cigar and gets into a Jaguar.He is the real culprit of the movie / Spoiler ends

This scene totally resembles the opening scene in Villan. What i intended to say was that particular scene was very well used in Villan movie by KS.Ravikumar
[quote="ajithfederer"]The Usual suspects

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From: c4ramesh on Mon Oct 29 11:05:49 2007. [Full View]

The Kingdom

-The fight scenes were good.

-One of the few films that dares to depict radical Islam and look at the heart of the matter.

- All actors were sufficient.

Hostel

-Not a scary movie, but a gory movie. Blood everywhere!

-Starts of like a soft porn movie[], with a bit of suspense then churns out disgusting bloody scenes. If you like bloody movies go for it! [a total of 150 gallons of blood was used for this movie. ]

- Derek Richardson was crying like hell!
From: great on Tue Oct 30 3:13:45 2007. [Full View]

The Red Violin : Beautiful , Must watch movie

The Fountain: stunning !! Hugh Jackman was damn good !!
Darren Aronofsky .

Fanaa
From: Raikkonen on Tue Oct 30 3:25:08 2007. [Full View]

MGR Nagaril - Entertaining

Chinna Vaathiyar - Prabhu was great in two roles, Gounder's track was from some Crazy's plays.. so i'll negate that one.. Special salute for Nizhalgal Ravi who was awesome in the stupid villain role
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Nov 1 8:34:02 2007. [Full View]

The Terminal

Tom Hanks

From: Tia on Thu Nov 1 19:30:18 2007.

well tht woz the worst movie i eva saw! Neutral

Hostel

-Not a scary movie, but a gory movie. Blood everywhere!

-Starts of like a soft porn movie[ Mad

], with a bit of suspense then churns out disgusting bloody scenes. If you like bloody movies go for it! [a total of 150 gallons of blood was used for this movie. Shocked

]

- Derek Richardson was crying like hell!

From: crajkumar_be on Fri Nov 2 2:08:06 2007. [Full View]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3xtbQddNQ
"The Big Lebowski"
From: ajithfederer on Fri Nov 2 10:40:21 2007. [Full View]

Paruthiveeran
From: rocketboy on Fri Nov 2 10:51:35 2007. [Full View]

Inside Man
From: kannannn on Fri Nov 2 11:08:23 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3xtbQddNQ
"The Big Lebowski"

Bought Fargo last week after much deliberation on which is better. I am still not fully convinced.
From: Nerd on Fri Nov 2 11:48:40 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3xtbQddNQ
"The Big Lebowski"

youtube-la part part-a pOttaaingaLA. Its been a long time since I watched it. Thanks for the link. Also sagodhararagaLoda adutha padam No country for old men is releasing in about three weeks
From: Roshan on Fri Nov 2 12:53:52 2007. [Full View]

Sattham pOdAthE

Watched without any expectation but didnt like it. Good story, but poorly executed. Nitin Sathya as the Villain didnt click. His voice modulatation Prithviraj reminds his performance in Mozhi (adutha padathula konjam vithiyAsamA try paNNalEnnA, address poyidum). Padmapriya has done a reasonably good job but she hardly had anything to do after the kidnap (chummA azhuRatha thavira). Kaadhal kaatchigaLil oru sila idangaL thavira Vasanth touch missing. 'pEsugiREn' song is nice (and others were craps with two item numbers ) BGM was ok. Thriller padathukku uriya 'thrill' suthamA missing. Overall the movie gives a telefilm feel.

PS: I couldn't understand as to what clue Prithvi gets regarding the kidnap, by changing the display picture in his mobile and purposely dropping it for Nitin to pick it up Purinjavanga yArAvathu irunthA konjam theLivu paduthunga.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Nov 3 7:04:49 2007. [Full View]

Virumaandi

BGM - excellent

From: selvakumar on Sat Nov 3 9:49:23 2007.

Mungaaru Male (south west monsoon rain)

Watched the latest kannda industry hit - Mungaaru Male. The film has created records like anything. It is running in PVR cinemas even after 200+ days.
I watched it last saturday in PVR. It had 60 to 70% occupancy

long post.. sorry

Summary : A regular love story powered by excellant performance from the hero, brilliant music , awesome cinematography / aesthetics, and good direction
Verdict : Must see if you like love stories. Definitly watchable --> for others too

I always has a fear to watch any industry hits

Most of the industry hits look sheer trashes to me. I always check with myself before going to see any industry hit. I thought of relaxing on this rule when I was about to watch Jogi (The previous kannada industry hit). Thanks to the first 20 mins of the film. I was back to my rule. I am a bit tired these days to see Aruvaals in the hands of the heroes and their heroic activities with that weapon. My impression on kannada films was always like what I felt when I watched Jogi. All the film posters that I saw had hero having either wood, long sword, sickle, a head of buffaloe (recent one) etc. "Visual Junk" would be a fine word. Apart from them, you will have remakes from all the directions.

Now, this movie had other reasons for me to see:Reason : 1. This is an industry hit from kannada industry and all those who saw film gave a "Go for it" comment or "watchable". 2. When I heard the songs, I didnt ilke them immediately. (first hearing). But the second time hearing, made me feel that I am listening to very good music after a long time. 3. I prefer love stories often. Let the other type of movies be there. But love stories are special.. Be it kaadhal mannan, Minnalae, Dil Se, Moondraam pirai etc I went to the movie coz of this. For us (tamil cinema watching crowd), this a pretty much old wine. But how if that gets served in a manner that won't we love ??. Yes.. 1.This is a love story. 2. It is pretty old. 3.The scenes too. 4. There many stupid idiotic scenes as well

5.It has many cliches. 6.It repeats. 7. It drags in few places. But.... It has ev

Plot : ??
The story starts with Preetam (Ganesh) falling in love with a girl Nandhini (sanjana ghandhi) while seeing her for the first time in MG Road Eva centre. When the heroine's face was shown for the first time, I felt like "what the ...." Next scene hero falls into a man hole when he looks at the heroine just like every other bangalorean does

. What next ?? Heroine rescues

What do u think the hero would have been doing now ?

He falls in love with this girl but couldn't know much about her as she leave the place. shares his experience with her mother. There enters hero's father who scolds his son. And we realise that the hero is a "vetti guy" in the house who doesn't mind looking after his father's business..

(couldnt figure out what was he doing till the end ?

)

I gave this spoiler purposefully to guess the type of movie and this might sound *sour*. But within moments the movie shifts from Bangalore to beatiful hilly area (Koorg / Madikiri) . And the movie starts there

From that point onwards, we get to see a good love story with routine scenes packed in a fresh way under the backdrop of rain. The movie largely works out due to the *NATURAL COOL* provided in the form of rain and rain has been effectively used as a hidden hero. We get to see many movies from bollywood & kollywood etc irritating our eyes with artificially generated air (Pani pugai LOL

) to tell u that you are watching a COOL love story.. compared to those overrated sh!ts, this movie is really COOL coz the entire movie has been shot in natural rain and we can FEEL that I don't want to reveal the wafter thin story here. It will spoil the very minute surprises in the film and I might affect your *first time viewing*

Performance
Coming to lead actor's performance. It is because of "Ganesh's performance apart from other +ves" that this movie is running till now. I never expected that this guy will act like this

In the scene, in which he expresses his pain towards Nandhini, he simply walks away with the claps. The dialogue sequence goest like this (Thanks to this blogger

wrote:

Nang gottaghoytu ri neev nang sigalla yaakandre nann time kharaab aagide�time ketthodre tale kerkondru taleli gaaya aagi gaaya cancer aagi doctor tale ne tegi beku antaare�antadrall naanu�ee hrudya�heart antaaralla adann kai haakond para para para anta kerkond bittideenri�prema devate ri neevu�tumba novv aagutte�male�male nintre kanneer kaanutte nachke aagutte

when he performs with these dialogues, he is simply awesome Smile

Had he missed on this one, this movie would have ended up as a colossal flop despite other positives. He excels in comedy, sentiment and what not ?? (It was a big surprise for me to see a comedy time guy performing like this) The scene in which he speaks to Devdas (This is a surprise character in the movie and find it out in the theatre Razz

) too joins the list. Full thumbsup to him.
After this, I loved Anand Nag's performance (The guy who has acted as the girl's father). He is too natural and you will like his performance immediately, The laugh he and ganesh generates in their minute conversations and their performance in the intimate sequences are too good. Smile

Rest all are just fillers Sigh2

including the heroince Twisted Evil

She stays like a wood in many scenes Laughing

and had the director gone for some other slightly good looking heroine, this would have become a much bigger hit.. coz relating to theheroine is very important fora love story. A girl being loved by two guy shouldn't be like this.. EVen her friend looks much better than her on screen.. The only embarassment of this movie (for me) was : watching the heroine Sad

Music:
One of th emain reasons to see this movie is music Exactly

It blends well with the movie and this is the only movie in which many would love to see songs coming more often Exactly

All the songs are good.. My order 1) Anisuthide 2) Kunidu Kunidu 3) Mungaaru Malayae 4) Ivan Geleya nalla 5) Araluthiru 6) Onde Ondu saari 7) suvvu suvvali. The music director "Mano Murty" remindes me *IlayaRaja* in the prelude of "Onde Ondu Saari". All the songs are Thumbs Up!

They are simple melodies and they rock big time Razz

Now, I have started collecting the songs of his other movies too. Smile

Sonu Nigam and Shreya Goshal are the TWO who make this album even more special Smile

cinematography
Throughout the film, you feel like the RAIN is there with you. You feel as if you are there in that place Razz

The aerial shot that drags down the stream of JOG FALLS in the romance sequence that comes before "Kunidu Kunidu" and its starting itself are enough to prove the cinematographer's work Clap

He excels

The full lake view that he gives in "Anisuthide" song too Thumbs Up!

Direction
The director has managed to extract the best from his hero, cinematographer and the music director. But his script is weak with lame sequences. Many have been carried only by the surroundings and not by other things. If he repeats this onceagain, it might not work. But he deserves full appreciation... esp when I read THIS INTERVIEW OF HIM Looks like, two bangalore girls' comments in the city bus has been a driving force for him to make this film Very Happy

. (Read his interview.. it is good and he says he is an akira fan Shaking With Fear

)

All said,... I am planning to watch the move one more time Razz

-----------

* Unnale Unnalae Vinay is acting in the remake of this film in telugu which according to me is a POOR CHOICE.. oops2

The script deserves a good actor. He was biting his lips all the time in UU and I am sure that might end as a crap
* If this has to be remade in tamil, actor vijay might do justice to the film.. (nejamaaa thaanpaa Wink

) But he wont be able to do that now since he is interested in some other films Wink

* This script wont suit ajith, maddy etc kind of heroes

Disclaimer:

* If u are disappointed with this movie, then my review or myself ar enot responsible for that Laughing

From: selvakumar on Sat Nov 3 9:51:31 2007. [Full View]

& if u guys need a better review on the movie ... read this one
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2007/04/05/movie-review-mungaru-male/
It has the story..and more spoilers.. Do take care of that
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Nov 3 9:58:15 2007. [Full View]

Thambi! Kannada padathukellam review ezhudhriyepa... [Bangalore-le oru ponna paathu settle aagidalam-nu edhavadhu idea irrukka? ]

Irrundhaalum sounds good...!

From: selvakumar on Sat Nov 3 10:00:59 2007.

[Bangalore-le oru ponna paathu settle aagidalam-nu edhavadhu idea irrukka? Wink

Thambi! Kannada padathukellam review ezhudhriyepa... Crying or Very sad

Anne, Bangalore ponnungala kalyaanam pannaamal iruppadae male

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Nov 3 10:13:22 2007.

[Bangalore-le oru ponna paathu settle aagidalam-nu edhavadhu idea irrukka? Wink

Thambi! Kannada padathukellam review ezhudhriyepa... Crying or Very sad

Panninaalum nee male thaan!

Anne, Bangalore ponnungala kalyaanam pannaamal iruppadae male Embarassed

I guess soon Vijay/ 'Jeyam' Ravi will remake this movie

From: Sanjeevi on Sat Nov 3 14:01:56 2007.

[Bangalore-le oru ponna paathu settle aagidalam-nu edhavadhu idea irrukka? Wink

Thambi! Kannada padathukellam review ezhudhriyepa... Crying or Very sad

I guess soon Vijay/ 'Jeyam' Ravi will remake this movie LOL

Anne, Bangalore ponnungala kalyaanam pannaamal iruppadae male Embarassed

Panninaalum nee male thaan! Thumbs Up!

a BIG No

Music director Devisri Prasad will be hero of Tamil Mungaru Male (source : Kumudam)

From: Sanjeevi on Sat Nov 3 14:12:33 2007. [Full View]

Quote:

Watched the latest kannda industry hit - Mungaaru Male

MM is not latest hit, it came in 2006.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Nov 3 14:26:53 2007. [Full View]

Manmadha Leelai

KH
From: joe on Sat Nov 3 14:39:31 2007. [Full View]

selvakumar wrote:

A girl being loved by two guy shouldn't be like this

From: Wibha on Sat Nov 3 15:43:10 2007.

[Bangalore-le oru ponna paathu settle aagidalam-nu edhavadhu idea irrukka? Wink

Thambi! Kannada padathukellam review ezhudhriyepa... Crying or Very sad

is there any way i can watch mungaru male online?

Anne, Bangalore ponnungala kalyaanam pannaamal iruppadae male Embarassed

ean ippadi soalreal

satham opdadhea

psycho movie reminded me of puriyatha puthir

jab we met

only shahid was cute in it...........movie

From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Nov 3 20:05:02 2007. [Full View]

Amityville Horror creepy
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Nov 3 23:37:20 2007. [Full View]

Disturbia - Timepass film.
From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Nov 3 23:44:01 2007. [Full View]

Disturbia was not all thrilling
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Nov 4 0:41:58 2007. [Full View]

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Disturbia was not all thrilling

Yeah, the film takes a lot of time to get into the action and when it happens, you are no more interested.
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Nov 4 8:12:46 2007. [Full View]

Dishyum - Watchable
Jeeva's acting - Not bad at all!
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Nov 4 8:59:51 2007. [Full View]

Nerd wrote:

. Also sagodhararagaLoda adutha padam No country for old men is releasing in about three weeks
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 4 13:00:49 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

Manmadha Leelai

KH

Final semester-ku innum konja naaLthAn irukkunnu nenekiREn
From: Nerd on Sun Nov 4 13:29:32 2007. [Full View]

American Gangster -
-Powerful performances
-Superb cinematography
-Strong dialogs
-Slow screenplay (2:30 hours ++, the movie was way too long, poor editing may be)
Definitely worth a watch!!
From: ajithfederer on Sun Nov 4 14:03:13 2007. [Full View]

The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins

Jodie Foster
From: great on Sun Nov 4 14:31:53 2007. [Full View]

Nandha

Katrathu thamizh
From: vasanth2006 on Sun Nov 4 14:38:43 2007. [Full View]

Ayutha Ezhuthu.....after brief gap...

Brilliant making.....stylish movie....

Maddy's Best movie....his body language and acting is mind blowing....I like his character/acting in this movie much....
From: Thirumaran on Sun Nov 4 23:44:29 2007. [Full View]

Gilli in parts for some time
From: Thirumaran on Sun Nov 4 23:45:37 2007. [Full View]

Sivi

ok movie
From: Prabhu Ram on Mon Nov 5 6:51:54 2007. [Full View]

Nizhal NijamAgirathu

KB
Kamal
Shobha
Anumanthu
From: Prabhu Ram on Mon Nov 5 6:53:26 2007. [Full View]

Nizhal NijamAgirathu

KB
Kamal
Shobha
Anumanthu
From: Prabhu Ram on Mon Nov 5 6:54:00 2007. [Full View]

Nizhal NijamAgirathu

KB
Kamal
Shobha
Anumanthu
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 5 7:14:51 2007. [Full View]

LOTR -

No smoking -
From: Roshan on Mon Nov 5 7:52:46 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Gilli in parts for some time

Are you referring to what Kalainjar TV did yesterday? If yes, I too had the same feeling

PS: Ghilli is one of those most entertaining movies and one of my favourites of Vijay's and of course Prakash Raj's. Jolly-a pAkkalAmnu ukkAnthA..

Prabhu Ram wrote:

KB
Kamal
Shobha
Anumanthu

And Mouli
From: NOV on Mon Nov 5 21:08:55 2007. [Full View]

PORI

yet another masala film but Jeeva
i saw an interview where Jeeva has mentioned that he is interested to work on offbeat films.

bharath on the other hand said that his idols are ajith and vijay and he wants to emulate them

anyway, PORI has 2 nice songs - pErundhil nee enakku jannal Oram and pookkal ellaam thaththuvam solludhadaa.

From: Thirumaran on Mon Nov 5 22:38:31 2007.

From: selvakumar on Tue Nov 6 6:35:09 2007.

Gilli

in parts for some time Banging Head

1. Are you referring to what Kalainjar TV did yesterday? Rolling Eyes

If yes, I too had the same feeling Banging Head

PS: Ghilli is one of those most entertaining movies and one of my favourites of Vijay's and of course Prakash Raj's. Jolly-a pAkkalAmnu ukkAnthA.. Evil or Very Mad

1. Yes.

I agree on the PS

From: Querida on Mon Nov 5 22:38:45 2007. [Full View]

I'm beginning to like watching good movies back to back...first it was the "paruthiveeran","mozhi" trio and now it's "satham podathey" and then "kattrathu Thamizh"...i am still in gush mode over the latter...it's haunting at its best...i'm glad i own it...even wrote a review of it (respecting the gushing fashion)in the "kattrathu Thamizh" thread

For any young kids masala film, you never forget to take a dig at ajith (most of the time) or vijay !

I think you have a special liking towards certain stars.. be it jeeva or surya.. or anyone from sivakumar family.. (correct me if i am wrong)
Even if you see a crap film like PORI, your comments still will be awesome for a particular young kid.

I am not surprised with this review as well Not Worthy

NOV,
Your reviews these days Not Worthy

Only thing that didn't surprise me was : you didn't take a dig at citizen this time Not Worthy

Earlier, your rendu review didn't forget to take a shot at citizen.. The same happened for your review on PEAS Not Worthy

These days it is becoming painful to see several so called critics bashing mass heroes (esp good actors) ! They never forget to take a shot at them whenever a young kid acts in a off beat film Not Worthy

During the whole process, they tend to forget the great films of the respective stars that they gave in the past Clap

Prob, I think we should review any young kids new offbeat film and put some bangheads for them to follow the way of sivaji ! (by taking a dig at thirisoolam, miruthanga chakravarthi etc) Clap

You don't want kamal to act in action films. You want him to sob / cry / getting beaten by kids / bleeding all over always in the so called great films.. Even if he gives a film like VV for commercial purposes, you won't forget to bash that. Clap

(only satisfaction was you didn't compare them with POI or PORI Clap

)

Reg Jeeva and Bharath : Here i smy opinion
I agree they are acting in good films oflate and they are willing to go at any length. Now, don't forget the fact that these two *Try consistently to reach the masses*.. They always try to do that

Indha surya, karthik, jeeva bharath ivanga ellam nalla padangalla nadikattum.. But avangalum scene ah pottuttu kadaisila mass movies la thaan nadikkuraanga ... why LOL

was it for charity works or are they spending that money to some organisation ? LOL

Ellarukku aasai irukkum... aen neraya periya maga nadigargal kooda indha star value, politics idha ellam aasa pattu comedy padangal koduthirukaanga Laughing

... Idha ajith oh vijay oh illa vera entha oru actor pannunaa paarthu OPENING kodukkurathu aal irukaanga

mathavanungalukku athu illa.. that is why they act in these kind of films and our funny critics too never forget to take a shot at them Clap

now.. just give the masses of ajith or vijay to jeeva.. do u think he will give katradu thamizh LOL

anyway... all said.. I am happy with the young kids expressing their desire to win like ajith to reach his position and all.

Oflate, I am trying to remain deaf to so called reviews and comments from critics

and my humble request to you would be :

If u want to bash ajith always, you can very well include movies like citizen, etc in your signature and with the funny lines .. I am not going to complain it !

Now, jeeva's rameshwaran is releasing.. please don't forget to compare it with vaali Clap

and to throw vaali to the bin Clap

i saw an interview where Jeeva has mentioned that he is interested to work on offbeat films. Clap

PORI

yet another masala film but Jeeva Thumbs Up!

bharath on the other hand said that his idols are ajith and vijay and he wants to emulate them Banging Head

anyway, PORI has 2 nice songs - pErundhil nee enakku jannal Oram and pookkal ellaam thaththuvam solludhadaa. Swing Head

From: Roshan on Tue Nov 6 6:51:42 2007. [Full View]

Selva

You just spoke my thoughts. Blunt and Uprfront - that's Selva
From: selvakumar on Tue Nov 6 6:52:14 2007. [Full View]

Sanjeevi wrote:

Quote:

Watched the latest kannda industry hit - Mungaaru Male

MM is not latest hit, it came in 2006.

200+ days kku appuramaa innum nalla oduthu.. much better than few kannada movies.. so, latest hit nnu sonna oknnu nenaikiraen

that guy has acted in kaadhal remake.. saw few scenes (compared to original)
From: selvakumar on Tue Nov 6 6:58:14 2007. [Full View]

Roshan wrote:

Selva

You just spoke my thoughts. Blunt and Uprfront - that's Selva

Roshan,
thought of remaining silent.. couldn't resist and that is why I just wrote it out

NOV - sorry if that sounds rude.. It is not on NOV (the person or the moderator) but on NOV's posts
From: NOV on Tue Nov 6 10:10:27 2007. [Full View]

what a wonderful review of NOV.

selva, ennai poruththa varai cinema enbadhu oru pozhudhu pOkkukkaaga thaan. I am not going to get emotional about cinema artistes. I view a film/listen to a song and judge them purely on thier merit. No absolute loyalties for me.

If someone gives a string of good movies, I will build up my expectation but if the string turns into duds, I will reduce my expectations and after a while just give up on them.

Frankly Ajith has not impressed me since Citizen, except for some sparks here and there. Which is a pity since he has the potential. But as long as he has his fans/market, who am I to complain?

It is true that I have good expectations of youngster such as jeeva, bharath and even surya. But I will discard them just as soon as it is proven that they cant deliver.

Don't look at me as a critic. Just someone who enjoys his pastimes.
From: NOV on Tue Nov 6 10:18:41 2007. [Full View]

selvakumar wrote:

NOV - sorry if that sounds rude.. It is not on NOV (the person or the moderator) but on NOV's posts
why this qualifier? your post is not in the least offensive. I understand you very well.
From: joe on Tue Nov 6 12:04:57 2007. [Full View]
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Nov 6 12:31:42 2007. [Full View]

Flavors - A feel good film with some hilarious scenes
From: Pras on Tue Nov 6 19:06:45 2007. [Full View]

katrathu tamiL ... good movie

who is the guy who speaks for jeeva in songs and all ?

"enn vaaLkayila vanthathu moone moonu letter, still i remember my first letter"

"naan kudikirathu peru ganja, kovichukaathe, naan paramasivanaa irukurathunaale itha ukudikka vendiyathaa irukku"

is it jeeve himself ? ... then he is good ...

ok, he is a son of a producer and all .... but he is good
From: joe on Tue Nov 6 21:23:22 2007. [Full View]

Pras wrote:

ok, he is a son of a producer and all .... but he is good

His brother also a son of producer ..But you can see the difference
From: Pras on Wed Nov 7 3:30:19 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Pras wrote:

ok, he is a son of a producer and all .... but he is good

His brother also a son of producer ..But you can see the difference

I didn't know that his brother was a son of producer too

From: joe on Wed Nov 7 3:38:49 2007.

His brother also a son of producer ..But you can see the difference Smile

ok, he is a son of a producer and all .... but he is good Very Happy

I didn't know that his brother was a son of producer too Confused

I made your point stronger ..Neenga thappa eduthukkalliye

From: Pras on Wed Nov 7 3:39:38 2007.

His brother also a son of producer ..But you can see the difference Smile

ok, he is a son of a producer and all .... but he is good Very Happy

I didn't know that his brother was a son of producer too Confused

I made your point stronger ..Neenga thappa eduthukkalliye Smile

no no

chumma kaamidi panninen

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Nov 7 11:41:18 2007. [Full View]

Andha Naal after a long time
From: rocketboy on Wed Nov 7 13:28:01 2007. [Full View]

Click, Employee of the Month
From: Padmanabhan on Fri Nov 9 9:26:25 2007. [Full View]

Polladhavan = 7.5/ 10

Those who liked � Puthupettai� will definitely like this one too.
Not recommended to those who hate, even ,a bit of blood and gore.
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Nov 9 9:42:50 2007. [Full View]

Johnny Gaddaar - Top Notch
From: ajithfederer on Fri Nov 9 12:51:52 2007. [Full View]

Thalapathi

Rajnikanth, Mamooty, IR
From: MADDY on Sat Nov 10 23:52:07 2007. [Full View]

revisited Rang De Basanti - 4.9/5

Indian independence struggle is one of the fiercest and gruesome in the history of mankind......it gives goose bumps even today to recollect the divine sacrifices of our freedom fighters......to correlate today's injustice/crimes to british rule and correlating today's youth to freedom fighters of those days was a novel idea from director....

hmmm, when will tamil get such movies - a change from dark subjects/gangrapes and female slaughtering subjects....not to forget the illogical heroism....
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Nov 11 0:00:03 2007. [Full View]

Kaadhal Mannan
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Nov 11 8:37:57 2007. [Full View]

Goal - The Dream Begins.
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 13:06:00 2007. [Full View]

Se7en.

Good but far less than what I expected. I think it's one of the over hyped hollywood movies (intha hubleyE pAthirukkEn).

Climax was quite predictable, therefore didnt like it. Heard the script had 3 versions for the climax and finally they settled with this.

Hero intha padathula oru kuRippitta ketta vArthaiya ethuna thadava use paNNaarnu oru pOttiyE vekka koodiya aLavukku excessive usage
From: ajithfederer on Sun Nov 11 13:12:06 2007. [Full View]

Commando
From: great on Sun Nov 11 13:33:30 2007. [Full View]

SAAWARIYA

The story moves with just countable char Ranbir, Sonam , Rani , Salman and one old lady. Except for few scenes I really enjoyed the movie . The movie was fully shot in the sets kudos to the art director and Ravi K Chandran .

Has the tamil movie "Iyarkai" acknowledged Fyodor Dosteovsky's White Nights? Since both Saawariya and Iyarkai are based on white nights
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Nov 11 13:37:10 2007. [Full View]

Balaji how is OSO? Srk and his six pack body ?

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Nov 11 13:39:01 2007.

Se7en.

Good but far less than what I expected. I think it's one of the over hyped hollywood movies (intha hubleyE pAthirukkEn).

Climax was quite predictable, therefore didnt like it. Heard the script had 3 versions for the climax and finally they settled with this.

Hero intha padathula oru kuRippitta ketta vArthaiya ethuna thadava use paNNaarnu oru pOttiyE vekka koodiya aLavukku excessive usage Embarassed

Enna word adhu?!!

From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 13:40:19 2007. [Full View]

Balaji,

Kathai enna? Love story between oru poNNu-reNdu payyan, reNdu poNNu-oru payyan or rich/poor girl-rich/poor guy?

This movie has opened hugely, much more than all Tamizh Deepavali releases here in Colombo, followed by SRK's OSO.
From: great on Sun Nov 11 13:42:38 2007. [Full View]

Sri, naan innum OSO paakala . Farah khan direction dvdLa vantha udanae paakalamNu idea :froggring:

News channela full time-ah saawaria v/s OSO pola
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 13:44:20 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Sri, naan innum OSO paakala . Farah khan direction dvdLa vantha udanae paakalamNu idea :froggring:

News channela full time-ah saawaria v/s OSO pola

Aama thaanga mudiyala NDTV specially
From: great on Sun Nov 11 13:47:10 2007. [Full View]

dance show ellam vekkaranga . Entertainment segment irukalam athukaaga fulla entertainment news romba over
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 13:51:11 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

dance show ellam vekkaranga . Entertainment segment irukalam athukaaga fulla entertainment news romba over

Kathai pathi sollalEyE Naan sonnathula Ethavathu onnA, or none of the above?
From: great on Sun Nov 11 13:51:31 2007. [Full View]

Roshan wrote:

Balaji,

Kathai enna? Love story between oru poNNu-reNdu payyan, reNdu poNNu-oru payyan or rich/poor girl-rich/poor guy?

Iyarkai paatheengala athey story thaan 2 payyan oru ponnu. Iyarkai screenplay konjam fast-a move aagum , saawaria konjam slow paced movie.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Nov 11 13:54:15 2007. [Full View]

Oh Iyarkai padama?!! Indha padathula yaaru Shyam a.k.a Yemaandha sonagiri

From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 13:55:47 2007.

Balaji,

Kathai enna? Love story between oru poNNu-reNdu payyan, reNdu poNNu-oru payyan or rich/poor girl-rich/poor guy? Razz

Iyarkai paatheengala athey story thaan 2 payyan oru ponnu. Iyarkai screenplay konjam fast-a move aagum , saawaria konjam slow paced movie.

See, padam pathi ethuvumE theriyAmalE i could guess. That's bollywood movies for me

Yes have seen IyaRkai. Pretty decent movie

But hindila 2 payyan oru poNNu ithu 10001-aavathu kathainnu nenekiREn

From: great on Sun Nov 11 14:00:02 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Oh Iyarkai padama?!! Indha padathula yaaru Shyam a.k.a Yemaandha sonagiri

Ranbir Kapoor- shyam
Sonam kapoor - Kutti Radhika
Salman - Arun

Rani Mukherjee - Prostitute

Mothamae intha padathula ivlov thaan character`s
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 14:03:45 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Oh Iyarkai padama?!! Indha padathula yaaru Shyam a.k.a Yemaandha sonagiri

enna poruthavara, traingular love stories-la one of the best roles it was. Shyam did it pretty well with much ease. Hindila rich-a, exeggerate paNNi, larger than life style-la eduthu iruppaangannu nenekiREn.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Nov 11 14:09:39 2007. [Full View]

kandippa yaar illa-nu sonnadhu Roshan, ofcourse Shyam character was too good.
From: Roshan on Sun Nov 11 14:15:24 2007. [Full View]

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

kandippa yaar illa-nu sonnadhu Roshan, ofcourse Shyam character was too good.

I know you like it Neenga kindal paNNathukkaaga appadi emotion pOttEn
From: Wibha on Sun Nov 11 15:50:34 2007. [Full View]

great wrote:

Sri, naan innum OSO paakala . Farah khan direction dvdLa vantha udanae paakalamNu idea :froggring:

News channela full time-ah saawaria v/s OSO pola

i wanna watch OSO soooo badly no one's ready to accompany me
From: joe on Sun Nov 11 21:22:48 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

i wanna watch OSO soooo badly no one's ready to accompany me

அது என்ன பேய் படமா?
From: Thalafanz on Sun Nov 11 21:48:45 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Wibha wrote:

i wanna watch OSO soooo badly no one's ready to accompany me

அது என்ன பேய் படமா?

Oru vagaila appadi kooda sollalaam...
From: ajithfederer on Mon Nov 12 0:59:11 2007. [Full View]

Hannibal
From: Thirumaran on Mon Nov 12 1:05:44 2007. [Full View]

Pallikoodam.

Good one Though slow.

Intha padam moolamaa onu rendu schools sariyaanaa intha padathukku kidaicha periya vetri.
From: Wibha on Mon Nov 12 1:12:46 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Wibha wrote:

i wanna watch OSO soooo badly no one's ready to accompany me

அது என்ன பேய் படமா?

enna solareal
From: Ulaganayagan on Mon Nov 12 2:30:49 2007. [Full View]

The Devil's Backbone by Guillermo Del Toro (who also directed Pan's Labyrinth): Very similar to Pan's labyrinth. A movie surrounding kids in a Spanish Civil War backdrop. But where Labyrinth is a fantasy, Devil's backbone leans to the horror genre.(a clever one at that). Highly recommended. 4/5.
From: Wibha on Mon Nov 12 4:10:40 2007. [Full View]

Dumm Dumm Dumm

songs

MADDY
jo

long since such romantic mvies have come in tamizh

chinni jayanth is unwanted
From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 4:53:29 2007. [Full View]

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??
From: Wibha on Mon Nov 12 4:59:49 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

FYI there are even crap tamizh movies.......................tamizh movie paarthadhaan unmayaana tamizhannu oru sattamum illai

From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 6:22:26 2007.

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

FYI there are even crap tamizh movies.......................tamizh movie paarthadhaan unmayaana tamizhannu oru sattamum illai

enakku answer theriyavillai.. athu naala thaan ungalidan ketkiren.. ketta kelvikku bathil sollunga

From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 6:22:48 2007.

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

FYI there are even crap tamizh movies.......................tamizh movie paarthadhaan unmayaana tamizhannu oru sattamum illai

enakku answer theriyavillai.. athu naala thaan ungalidan ketkiren.. ketta kelvikku bathil sollunga

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Nov 12 9:43:04 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

vEtti thavira veru udai aniyum makkal ellam unmai thamizhara?

Thamizhagathai vittu veliye sendru velai seibavargal ellam unmai thamizhara?

thamizh sorrkalai thamizhil padhivu seyyamal aangilathil padhivu seibavargal ellam unmai thamizhara?

aangilam mattum pira mozhi padam paarkum ellorum unmai thamizhara?

"namma" ethana Indhi padatha paathirukkom adhai pathi vimarsanam seyya?

Enna ore comedy-a irukku! EKSI
From: Roshan on Mon Nov 12 9:51:06 2007. [Full View]

Unga kELvikkellAm bathil theriyala, aana onnu sollanum, ungaL thamizhil nALukku naaL munnEtram therigiRathu
From: joe on Mon Nov 12 9:54:56 2007. [Full View]

Thideernnu inga yen intha mozhi porattam ?

From: Thirumaran on Mon Nov 12 9:57:57 2007.

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

FYI there are even crap tamizh movies.......................tamizh movie paarthadhaan unmayaana tamizhannu oru sattamum illai

enakku answer theriyavillai.. athu naala thaan ungalidan ketkiren.. ketta kelvikku bathil sollunga

kuppaya kuppainnu theriyarathukku munnaala paakarathaala kuppai thamizhan aaga maataan.

Aana kuppainu therinja piragum, kuppaya kuppayoadu kupaayaa paakuravan unmayaana thamizhan illa. Kuppai Thamizhan.

Kuppaila hindi kuppai tamil kuppainnu ethuvum illai. kuppai enbathu KUPPAI. Simple

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Nov 12 9:58:53 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Thideernnu inga yen intha mozhi porattam ?

Panchayatha kootalaam-na vida maatteenga pola irukke
From: joe on Mon Nov 12 10:00:24 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Kuppaila hindi kuppai tamil kuppainnu ethuvum illai. kuppai enbathu KUPPAI. Simple

Kuppo kuppunnu kuppiteenga ponga

From: Roshan on Mon Nov 12 10:02:44 2007.

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

FYI there are even crap tamizh movies.......................tamizh movie paarthadhaan unmayaana tamizhannu oru sattamum illai

enakku answer theriyavillai.. athu naala thaan ungalidan ketkiren.. ketta kelvikku bathil sollunga

From: joe on Mon Nov 12 10:04:35 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

joe wrote:

Thideernnu inga yen intha mozhi porattam ?

Panchayatha kootalaam-na vida maatteenga pola irukke

oh! appadiya..konjam porungaiyya..sompu eduthuttu vanthiduren
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Nov 12 10:16:51 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

adhu Tamilargal alla Thamizhargal Yaarupa ingga unmayana thamizhargal
From: Padmanabhan on Mon Nov 12 11:00:14 2007. [Full View]

Inside man = 5/10

Not good as i expected it to be ,after all those reviews.. '
illogical plot coupled with pretentious dialogues..
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 11:06:46 2007. [Full View]

-banned with warning-

From: Thalafanz on Mon Nov 12 11:07:08 2007.

Shhabaaa... Ippave Kanna Kattuthey...

From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 11:07:08 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

Is this next week's topic in neeya? naana??
From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 11:13:20 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

Devar Magan wrote:

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

Is this next week's topic in neeya? naana??
enakku vantha doubt-u
From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:17:00 2007. [Full View]

UBREAKABLE

Slow screenplay, but nice twist at the end. Samuel Jackson!

S.W.A.T

Run-of-the-mill hollywood entertainer. nothing special.

Signs

An above average movie. The movies theme is nothing is a coincidence or merely luck. And M. night found a round about way of telling this to us.
From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:17:59 2007. [Full View]

Next on the cards is, 30 days of night, has any one seen it? how is the movie?
From: Thalafanz on Mon Nov 12 11:19:45 2007. [Full View]

c4ramesh wrote:

Signs

An above average movie. The movies theme is nothing is a coincidence or merely luck. And M. night found a round about way of telling this to us.

Enna Ramesh, ippadi solletingga??? It's one of the best product from M.night.
BTW, wat do u think of his other movies like 6th Sense, Village, etc???
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 11:20:25 2007. [Full View]

Quote:

UNBREAKABLE

Slow screenplay, but nice twist at the end. Samuel Jackson!

very much underrated. It's one of the most provocative efforts from M.Night Shyamalan. He has gone down ever since, especially "The Village" and to some extent, "Signs"!
From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Nov 12 11:21:14 2007. [Full View]

I liked Signs.

His Lady in the Water was not that great

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:29:04 2007.

Thalafanz wrote:

Signs

An above average movie. The movies theme is nothing is a coincidence or merely luck. And M. night found a round about way of telling this to us. Rolling Eyes

Enna Ramesh, ippadi solletingga??? It's one of the best product from M.night.
BTW, wat do u think of his other movies like 6th Sense, Village, etc???

I haven't seen The Village. But 6th sense is class!

I somehow felt Signs was a exercise in futilty. May that was just because the film's presmise of faith & everything has a meaning that means something to us, is somnething I don't really buy.

But the build was really great!

But unlike Night's other work's where the ending is a real treat. The ending was a kind of let down for me. As I said, it may be because of my biases as already stated.

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:31:21 2007.

UNBREAKABLE

Slow screenplay, but nice twist at the end. Samuel Jackson!

Quote:

very much underrated. It's one of the most provocative efforts from M.Night Shyamalan. He has gone down ever since, especially "The Village" and to some extent, "Signs"!

Actually, Unbreakable should have had sequels, but Night doesn't seem to be intrested. It would be great if it had sequels.

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:33:58 2007. [Full View]

THE PRESTIGE

The Bourne Ultimatum of Drama! Every second of the movie has something that you can look back and cherish!
From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 11:47:37 2007. [Full View]

c4ramesh wrote:

THE PRESTIGE

The Bourne Ultimatum of Drama! Every second brings of the movie has something that you can look back and cherish!
one of the best movies in recent times

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 11:57:11 2007.

THE PRESTIGE

The Bourne Ultimatum of Drama! Every second brings of the movie has something that you can look back and cherish!

one of the best movies in recent times Razz

Hugh Jackman was great! I felt sad when he died inspite of his tricks which could even be termed as Satanism.

From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 13:05:20 2007.

THE PRESTIGE

The Bourne Ultimatum of Drama! Every second brings of the movie has something that you can look back and cherish!

one of the best movies in recent times Razz

Hugh Jackman was great! I felt sad when he died inspite of his tricks which could even be termed as Satanism. Crying or Very sad

Surprise surprise. He almost got the accent right, didn't he? bordering on the American-meets-British scent! All the more commendable for an Aussie!

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 13:34:07 2007. [Full View]

Saving Private Ryan

The first 20 odd minutes is the best I have seen for any war film.

You would feel as though you were a part of D-Day. Normandy invasion was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of mankind.

Though the rest of the movie is also good. The movie will always be remembered for the its 20 odd minutes.Kudos to Steven Spielberg!

Enemy at the Gates

A different kind of a war film which concentrates on tug of war between two brilliant snipers! Remember Zaytsev was a real person! He had 242 verified kills during the battle of Stalingrad!

From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 14:15:45 2007.

But unlike Night's other work's where the ending is a real treat. The ending was a kind of let down for me. As I said, it may be because of my biases as already stated.

I haven't seen The Village. But 6th sense is class! Thumbs Up!

well, the first time i saw it, i hated it. it was promoted as a thriller and it was hardly thrilling..

but,i saw it again on TV recently... it is a very good movie... It is a romantic movie.. not a thriller.. just see it as a romance movie, u will enjoy it..

From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 14:17:33 2007.

THE PRESTIGE

The Bourne Ultimatum of Drama! Every second brings of the movie has something that you can look back and cherish!

one of the best movies in recent times Razz

Hugh Jackman was great! I felt sad when he died inspite of his tricks which could even be termed as Satanism. Crying or Very sad

yea, .

a tinge of science fiction and the twist at the end was too good.. this movie is not for the weak-hearted.... i think "sacrifice" might have been a better title for this movie..

From: Devar Magan on Mon Nov 12 14:19:58 2007.

You would feel as though you were a part of D-Day. Normandy invasion was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of mankind.

Though the rest of the movie is also good. The movie will always be remembered for the its 20 odd minutes.Kudos to Steven Spielberg!

Saving Private Ryan

The first 20 odd minutes is the best I have seen for any war film. Thumbs Up!

its a classic.. amazing performance by tom hanks and matt damon in particular.. after seeing this, i dont want to see another war movie.. SPR is the ultimate war movie IMO....

FYI, i havent seen DAS boot, which some say is the best war movie ever...

From: c4ramesh on Mon Nov 12 14:26:02 2007.

FYI, I haven't even heard about this movie! LOL

Saving Private Ryan

The first 20 odd minutes is the best I have seen for any war film. Thumbs Up!

From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 14:40:50 2007. [Full View]

Guys, "Das boot" is a great film. It's highly intense for a film on a closed space of a submarine! A very poignant ending, and mind you, it's not about 'blasts', explosions, and manoeuvres! But a very cohesive film with strong narrative, excellent characters and brilliant acting. The film is also shot with some darn realistic close-ups of the crew, that you could smell the sweat (hey, I'm not kidding)! A very nauseating experience (in a positive way)! Everything about the film is perfect. BTW, check out the shorter director's cut, and then go for the longer uncut version!

BTW, I far prefer "Thin red line" to any other film made on WWII, I have a weakness for its unique narrative, a philosophical, poetic and multi-layered film, very deceptive!
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 12 14:41:51 2007. [Full View]

For a better perspective: Films like U-571, is a sham when compared...
From: kannannn on Mon Nov 12 16:20:00 2007. [Full View]

Princess Mononoke: Miyazaki does a great job of balancing 'the message' with the story line and animation. Perhaps his best.. No wait, that has to be Spirited Away. Mononoke comes a close second.

Ratatouille: I don't think I have enjoyed a Hollywood produced animation movie this much since Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Loved the human-animal interaction and the way the story stays clear of heavy 'you are what you are' type messages, typical of such films.

From: ajithfederer on Mon Nov 12 16:43:53 2007.

hey annanukku oru soda kondaanga LOL

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

vEtti thavira veru udai aniyum makkal ellam unmai thamizhara?

Thamizhagathai vittu veliye sendru velai seibavargal ellam unmai thamizhara?

thamizh sorrkalai thamizhil padhivu seyyamal aangilathil padhivu seibavargal ellam unmai thamizhara?

aangilam mattum pira mozhi padam paarkum ellorum unmai thamizhara?

"namma" ethana Indhi padatha paathirukkom adhai pathi vimarsanam seyya? Shhh

From: Sinthiya on Mon Nov 12 23:18:56 2007.

Ratatouille: I don't think I have enjoyed a Hollywood produced animation movie this much since Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Loved the human-animal interaction and the way the story stays clear of heavy 'you are what you are' type messages, typical of such films. Thumbs Up!

...yes...one of my favs this year...check out 'The Bee Movie'..not as great, but really good!

ATM - worth for Vijay and the songs only...ok story and Namitha

...
+Vijay's sense of style and his dance

... I couldn't take my eyes off him in the 'Ellaappugazhum' song

...great dance...

Black - WOW! ...i can't believe i missed this movie ...Amitabh's role was great - i had never seen his movies before (and only seen him in smaller roles from KANK and others)...but when i saw him in this movie, i was amazed; his on-screen presence is great - he emotes oh so well...

...from a teacher to an old man...Rani Mukherjee's performance is also good...

Veer Zaara - nice love story...

...

From: Devar Magan on Tue Nov 13 8:16:16 2007.

kuppai hindi padangalai paarpavarellaam unmayaana tamilargala??

Enna ore comedy-a irukku! EKSI Laughing

hindi movies paakurathu perumainu sila peri niyaichittu irukaanga...

sila kuppai hindi padangalukku over-hype koduthu, awards fix panni attuliyam panraanga....

sites like sify and behindwoods create an impression that SRK and other hindi stars have a BIG following(like that of someone like AJITH) in chennai, which is false...

hindi padangalai naam othukka vendum.. sirantha padam vanthaal paarpathil tavaru illai.. but, chumma media-la hype irukkunu paarka koodaathu...

From: selvakumar on Tue Nov 13 8:21:48 2007. [Full View]

Devar Magan wrote:

sites like sify and behindwoods create an impression that SRK and other hindi stars have a BIG following(like that of someone like AJITH) in chennai, which is false...

yes.. Yes.. sify's jaalra to srk is well known
From: Kalyasi on Tue Nov 13 8:27:53 2007. [Full View]

Sila Hollwood muvies enakku pidithavai kadatha 1 varushathula

Saw 1,2 and 3
Illusionist
Final Dest 1 and 2 [FD 3 was bad FD 4 is even bad I mean ATM]
Goal 1
From: c4ramesh on Tue Nov 13 8:31:57 2007. [Full View]

Kalyasi wrote:

Sila Hollwood muvies enakku pidithavai kadatha 1 varushathula

Saw 1,2 and 3
Illusionist
Final Dest 1 and 2 [FD 3 was bad FD 4 is even bad I mean ATM]
Goal 1

The Highway accident scene was damn good. I used to think about it whenever I see a Truck carrying Lumber.

From: Kalyasi on Tue Nov 13 8:38:27 2007.

Sila Hollwood muvies enakku pidithavai kadatha 1 varushathula

Saw 1,2 and 3
Illusionist
Final Dest 1 and 2 [FD 3 was bad FD 4 is even bad I mean ATM]
Goal 1

The Highway accident scene was damn good. I used to think about it whenever I see a Truck carrying Lumber.

Yup and also the way Rory gets cut by electric lines.... It involves Logic and lotsa Physics to prove that these things are relly possible.

From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Nov 13 8:39:14 2007.

Final Dest 1 and 2 [FD 3 was bad FD 4 is even bad I mean ATM]

The Highway accident scene was damn good. I used to think about it whenever I see a Truck carrying Lumber.

I was even scared to ride a bike in Highway for some days

From: kannannn on Tue Nov 13 9:11:18 2007.

...yes...one of my favs this year...check out 'The Bee Movie'..not as great, but really good!

Yes, I saw the trailer of this one at Ratatouille. Looks interesting. Will check it out

From: c4ramesh on Tue Nov 13 15:11:50 2007. [Full View]

28 Days Later

You have to give it to this movie for just the first 10-15 minutes. Well, what�s so special? - Do you see amazing fight/stunt sequences/gory scenes [that you would associate with most Horror movies] with awing special effects and graphics? NO. You just see a single person � Yes that�s correct a single person. You see a single person [alone] in the busiest streets of London, in broad daylight, looking as perplexed as you are, asking where are all the people? � I was like WTF???! That was the creepiest moment for any horror film I have ever seen.

This movie [more accurately that scene] proves that you don�t always need gory scenes like what you see in today�s horror movies like SAW and Hostel to give you Goosebumps.

A great post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic film.

Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris were great, especially Murphy! If you hadn�t watched this movie till now like me, go watch it!
From: c4ramesh on Wed Nov 14 10:03:52 2007. [Full View]

1408

Great horror movie. You will be as mad as John Cusack trying to figure out what is happening! John Cusack does a great job showing us the emotional trauma he is going through.
From: RC on Wed Nov 14 20:38:13 2007. [Full View]

Watched katradhu thamizh few weeks back. arumayaana padam. Jeeva was teriffic. I also happened to watch Director Ram talk to Madhan in Thiraipaarvai. I felt he is another director with substance.

tubetamil punniyathula(?) ATM paathen. Guru introduction paatuku dance nalla irundhadhu. Prasad scored better over Guru in acting. Shreya-in dialog-aal Vijay manam maaruvadhu kaathula poo. one thabaa paakalaam!
From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 15 6:55:37 2007. [Full View]

Rainman - Nice film, that I haven't revisited until yesterday. Tom Cruise's early years, you could see the gesturality that is to blossom, but still, a good performance, for the character was tailor made. Hoffman was good, and layered as an Autistism affected person, but one gets to realize how Kamal has made it multidimensional in "Guna", where he only gives in clues as to his condition than just read it out loud, it could either be Schizophrenia or Autism (although some don't buy it). The comparison ends there. Back to "Rainman", it's well made, sports an uncoventional soundtrack too. The childhood angle of Cruise left in jail by his dad, reminds of "Sleepers", where again, the kids have traumatic experiences, only here it's underplayed. Overall, the slefish angry young yuppie reformed over the journey with his 'rainman' brother, is certainly refreshing enough.

From: Roshan on Thu Nov 15 8:51:05 2007.

]Hoffman was good, and layered as an Autistism affected person, but one gets to realize how Kamal has made it multidimensional in "Guna", where he only gives in clues as to his condition than just read it out loud, it could either be Schizophrenia or Autism (although some don't buy it).

Tom Cruise's early years, you could see the gesturality that is to blossom, but still, a good performance, for the character was tailor made

True ! And I liked Tom Cruise over Hoffman in this movie.

From: Raikkonen on Fri Nov 16 1:49:12 2007. [Full View]

ATM - Vijay's show all around. We all know he is a great dancer, but here he has taken it to another level. He looks handsome. Shriya was bad, she looks good in songs but she is not so natural in acting.. they have wasted huge potentials of Namitha and Shakeela..
Thumbs in middle

From: selvakumar on Fri Nov 16 2:20:17 2007.

ATM - Vijay's show all around. We all know he is a great dancer, but here he has taken it to another level. He looks handsome. Shriya was bad, she looks good in songs but she is not so natural in acting.. they have wasted huge potentials of Namitha and Shakeela..
Thumbs in middle

Raikkonen wrote:

Siva - Nice to see around

From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 16 2:25:46 2007. [Full View]

Kimi, you've just spilled the obvious, take it easy if eyes roll around on the transparency..
From: Sanjeevi on Fri Nov 16 3:44:57 2007. [Full View]

MindHunters

It has the same scene like a scane came in Apoorva Sagatharargal in which Appu Kamal kills Delhi Ganesh.
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Nov 16 3:45:52 2007. [Full View]

Ring II. Not as good as the first, but satisfying nevertheless.
From: Devar Magan on Fri Nov 16 4:59:25 2007. [Full View]

Sanjeevi wrote:

MindHunters

It has the same scene like a scane came in Apoorva Sagatharargal in which Appu Kamal kills Delhi Ganesh.
its very difficult to guess the killer until the climax. but, it gives us very few clues.
From: kannannn on Fri Nov 16 10:18:49 2007. [Full View]

Guru: Caught it atlast thanks to Channel 4 (UK tholaikatchigalil mudhal muraiyaga..). The movie had an introduction by A. R. Rahman where he gave some interesting titbits. Nothing much to write about the movie itself, except for some great camera work (especially the one where Abhishek enters the courtyard to find Aishwarya on her swing set) and songs. The movie seemed more like a chronicle of Guru's life and times and at the end I was left wondering what the point was in the whole exercise (what was Vidya Balan doing there?). The climax was pathetic . All suyapradhabam and no substantive answers to the comitee's questions. And speaking of the comitee, hands down this comitee team must have given the worst acting in all of MR's movies. Especially that old lady in the team who shakes her head and removes her glasses as if on cue. MR - enna aachu ungalukku?

From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 0:51:33 2007.

Guru: Caught it atlast thanks to Channel 4 (UK tholaikatchigalil mudhal muraiyaga..). The movie had an introduction by A. R. Rahman where he gave some interesting titbits. Nothing much to write about the movie itself, except for some great camera work (especially the one where Abhishek enters the courtyard to find Aishwarya on her swing set) and songs. The movie seemed more like a chronicle of Guru's life and times and at the end I was left wondering what the point was in the whole exercise (what was Vidya Balan doing there?). The climax was pathetic Banging Head

. All suyapradhabam and no substantive answers to the comitee's questions. And speaking of the comitee, hands down this comitee team must have given the worst acting in all of MR's movies. Especially that old lady in the team who shakes her head and removes her glasses as if on cue. MR - enna aachu ungalukku?

I didn't like Guru, mainly because it was fake and pretentious, and more of an Adlabs product, even Mani endorsed, and opened up during the release and the hype,

very unlike of him. Mani did look to have taken sides for the character (which some fans of the film disagree,) which he avoided in Nayagan and Iruvar, which is what Mani is all about. Some bad acting, and bad 'sensational' (propagandist) dialogues (Anurag wrote a part of it, and it's very against Bachchans propaganda, and Reliance propaganda, later they changed the dialogues) Abhishek fans were already on cloud nine, hyping and overhyping it, with Reliance and Bachchans to back it. But I'm glad Mani made some profit here, and for all its shortcomings, a decent film, and proves why he couldn't get really bad for his faculties.

That being said, here's an interesting review by Equanimus,

From: Thirumaran on Sat Nov 17 0:53:15 2007.

I saw Aarya Movie.

emoticons are same as the above.

Replace Vijay with Madhavan..
Shreya with Bhavana..
Good with bad..
goof openings with choclate hero..

I am done

i saw atm

vjjjjjjjj

will you stop the same old openings? Evil or Very Mad

shreya

ur NOT bubbly Banging Head

over accting Mad

costume deigner yaaru Hammer

bgm was okay Crying or Very sad

song sequence was good Rolling Eyes

starting blade Banging Head

en mudi kaila vardhu dhaan baaki Banging Head

vj get a break and do some better movies Evil or Very Mad

From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 4:17:07 2007. [Full View]

Thevar Magan (Kalaignar Tv.)

From: Wibha on Sat Nov 17 5:07:09 2007.

sondhama edhayum yosika maatela

i saw atm

vjjjjjjjj

will you stop the same old openings? Evil or Very Mad

shreya

ur NOT bubbly Banging Head

over accting Mad

costume deigner yaaru Hammer

bgm was okay Crying or Very sad

song sequence was good Rolling Eyes

starting blade Banging Head

en mudi kaila vardhu dhaan baaki Banging Head

vj get a break and do some better movies Evil or Very Mad

I saw Aarya Movie.

emoticons are same as the above.

Replace Vijay with Madhavan..
Shreya with Bhavana..
Good with bad..
goof openings with choclate hero..

I am done Embarassed

ingayum remake dhaana

BTW aarya didn't have the normal opening maddy always has...........story was okay agreed..........BUT PUHLEESE...................maddy acted well

gimme a break

From: Thirumaran on Sat Nov 17 5:55:12 2007. [Full View]

Wibha wrote:

sondhama edhayum yosika maatela

Naan SW Engineer aakkum maami.
From: villan007 on Sat Nov 17 7:46:01 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

sondhama edhayum yosika maatela

Naan SW Engineer aakkum maami.
From: joe on Sat Nov 17 12:25:11 2007. [Full View]

watched ATM

Average movie with poor execution in Directon ,Characterization and screen play.

Worst performance from many including Sheriya ,Namitha

Reasonably good plot wasted by poor screen play and lack of clarity of the director.

Vijay has done better than his usual stuff ,and as usual he rocked in dance ,but miserably failed in some parts of comedy imitating Rajini style.

Having said all above ,ATM is much better than Pokkiri ,atleast for me.

ATM may deserve a low response ..but still I don't understand the mega sucess of Pokkiri ..Pokkirikku ithu evvaLavo paravayilla.

From: MADDY on Sat Nov 17 13:14:12 2007.

vidya balan - Guru is shown as a person who is very self-centred......so Vidya balan was a contradiction to that character of Guru.....the "will u marry me sequence" and ending it with a "rakhi tying" is vintage mani

Climax is 100% reality.....If u read dhirubhai's life story, he was slapped a fine of Rs.60crores+ out of his Rs.40000000000 property for all his irregularities

movie is about how a confident human mind can overcome any obstacle.........if thats a worthless excercise

From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 13:26:45 2007. [Full View]

Maddy,

The climax could be real, but it's probably the most fake, and pretentious from what I see. Besides, since when we expect realism from Mani, we expect refinement and irony, the last scene didn't fit at all. But still nothing could beat Bombay's denouement. (okay, I'm playing the devil's advocate here)

[waiting to hear from Equanimus]

From: MADDY on Sat Nov 17 14:14:25 2007.

Maddy,

The climax could be real, but it's probably the most fake, and pretentious from what I see. Besides, since when we expect realism from Mani, we expect refinement and irony, the last scene didn't fit at all. But still nothing could beat Bombay's denouement. (okay, I'm playing the devil's advocate here)

[waiting to hear from Equanimus]

strangely, Bombay's ending was also the real one

........one difference is Mani predicted it in 1994......and the unity happened slowly upto 1998........i mean, the Hindus and Muslims in Mumbai joined hands together to stop any further riots......

.....and thats the end of Riot story in mumbai

.......isnt it real??

strangely, we feel only bad and sad things can happen in reality..........being pessimistic is not always being realistic

From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 14:20:47 2007.

........one difference is Mani predicted it in 1994......and the unity happened slowly upto 1998........i mean, the Hindus and Muslims in Mumbai joined hands together to stop any further riots...... Clap

strangely, Bombay's ending was also the real one
Laughing

.....and thats the end of Riot story in mumbai Very Happy

.......isnt it real??

strangely, we feel only bad and sad things can happen in reality..........being pessimistic is not always being realistic Wink

Oh, being pessimistic is not. But these films are messed up for sure. "Bombay" is of course the worst he got, not to say the film is bad (I mean, I haven't seen a bad Mani film yet, there are parts which I like for sure). But it goes without saying that I prefer films like "Alaipayauthey", or "Mouna Raagam", or "KM". Even my single most favorite Mani work, "Iruvar" isn't pessimistic, "Nayagan" isn't, many of 'em aren't. Are they?

From: avven on Sat Nov 17 14:25:39 2007. [Full View]

villan007 wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

sondhama edhayum yosika maatela

Naan SW Engineer aakkum maami.
From: Wibha on Sat Nov 17 16:07:41 2007. [Full View]

Thirumaran wrote:

Wibha wrote:

sondhama edhayum yosika maatela

Naan SW Engineer aakkum maami.

soringa kezhava theriyaama pochu ungalukku sondha thinking capacity 0 nu
From: equanimus on Sat Nov 17 17:29:45 2007. [Full View]

Thilak,
I've seen Guru only once (yet to revisit it, despite missing the first few minutes including the first song). So, I might not have the same things to say about the film over multiple viewings. I really liked the film, but am not comfortable calling myself a *fan* of the film, and don't want to sound too defensive about the film. But -- but, I don't buy the the criticism on the film in terms of its morality.

Firstly, I don't think it was a hagiography of Dhirubhai Ambani. Mani clearly fictionalized the material he has (which is bound to resemble one of these astonishingly successful entrepreneurs) with the various other elements like romance, love and friendship in his film. I think his vision was to chronicle the rise of an entrepreneur in a left-leaning nation (with all of his trademark "commercial elements") and not to document the rise of Dhirubhai Ambani. What's so questionable abou this, I don't get. And, I appreciate the way Mani treats his "biopic" films. They're no expos�s. He is sensitive to his protagonists and builds their stories around their personal lives. And here, it was especially commendable because the protagonist is a businessman, a man who is only interested in promoting himself. There's simply nothing to romanticise about him.
Secondly, I don't think Mani took sides with the protagonist here. To say this would be somewhat akin to say that Mani took sides with Anandan in Iruvar. The beauty of Mani's non-judgementality lies in the way he puts Anandan and Thamizh Chelvan on the same pedestal and observes them regardless of their ideologies (or, the lack of it in Anandan's case).

Now, Guru, I thought was a smart and mature film because as much as it's sensitive to his protagonist, it is not blind about him. Throughout the film, the only "reasons" offered to Gurubhai's deeds are his own interests. The film is not apologetic about his criminal activities. In this aspect, the depiction here is much more honest than in Nayagan. Where you hardly get to see Velu Naicker doing his business. And, what's more ironic than the same audience which empathised with a much bigger (in pure legal terms) criminal like Velu Naicker finds it hard to accept that a Gurubhai (whose crimes are far lesser in comparison) goes scot-free?
Many pointed out how the judgement scene is ridiculous. (I might agree about some of the lines spoken by the judges just before the judgement though! After all, the finale in such cases are often a matter of formality.) The truth, I think, is we've watched way too many films in which criminals are let go off just like that, and this was equated to that. Really, what other sort of judgement can one expect on a man as powerful as Gurubhai?
The final speech was Gurubhai just showing off his achievements, his reach among the mass ("public se kya darna sahab? main khud public hoon!"), manipulating the junta so as to cement their support for him and threateningly pointing out his inevitability -- as his photos are being clicked all over. When he gets up, he even turns around, poses for these camera and gestures with his hand before starting his speech. Again, Mani doesn't villainize him here either ("khada ho jaoon ya, iske liye bhi license chahiye?"). But the choice is again apt because that's what the film is about.

I think the court scenes in general are played out in an outright masala format, but they also had strong moments such as these. (It's worth mentioning that Nayagan even keeps out of a court scene like this.) The whole film is unabashedly mainstream film; most of the masala moments actually worked for me. The staging of the ending was a bit too upbeat and on a congratulatory note for me though. But again, that exactly is the reality.
From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 17:31:28 2007. [Full View]

"The shining" opening sequence, and followed by the interview. It's really scary than merely playing with Zombies (frankly, that doesn't do it for me.) The bacground opening score as we follow with an panoramic view of the yellow Volkswagen Beetle making its way towards the den, one key thing to note is the insignificance of the car with the geographical space, it's so void, and solitary. And, this film is full of such cues, I love reliving it again and again. However, I'm going to bed for I'm a bit stiff (now that I saw it)..
From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 17 17:49:59 2007. [Full View]

Equanimus,

Absorbed your post, will reply tomorrow.

From: c4ramesh on Sun Nov 18 1:28:07 2007.

"The shining" opening sequence, and followed by the interview. It's really scary than merely playing with Zombies (frankly, that doesn't do it for me.) The bacground opening score as we follow with an panoramic view of the yellow Volkswagen Beetle making its way towards the den, one key thing to note is the insignificance of the car with the geographical space, it's so void, and solitary. And, this film is full of such cues, I love reliving it again and again. However, I'm going to bed for I'm a bit stiff (now that I saw it)..

The Shining is an adaptation of Stephen king�s work right? He is great�.

I just saw 1408, it is great & CELL is under production I think�..

From: interz on Sun Nov 18 15:46:07 2007. [Full View]

Vel!?!? - review by an amateur

Ennappa padam, ithukku pathila palaya MGR double action padam parthirukkalame.

Hero Soorya, Kidaicha vaaypai kai vidalai, Village soorya great. City Soorya just OK.

Heroine Asin'am, thiramaisaali ponnu ean ippidi sathai illa characters choice pannura endu puriyala.

Comedy Kingu Vadivelu, ratham sinthamal comedy pannina nalla irukkum

Yuvan Shankaraja, Tamil M.A highlight, intha padathila bulb fuse.

Directoru Hari, Perarasu poola 1 Formula use panni evvalavu naal samalikka poorar??
From: Nerd on Sun Nov 18 22:27:37 2007. [Full View]

azhagiya tamil magan - I can't decide which is worse: ATM or vEl. I simply could not stand the last 30 mins or so. Juvenile, hackneyed and repulsive. I mean those scenes were unbelievably dumb. But fortunately the vijay/santhanam pair saves the first half. The director had a wonderful script. Yes, really! The protoganist has ESP and one of his *predictions* is he, himself is going to stab his girlfriend. With this kind of a story-line they could have done much much better. The CGI work was so bad, reminiscent of 60s fantasy movies. But I got my money's worth thanks to thanga thalaivi shreya. She was gorgeous. But too bad she had to act. Vijay as Guru was actually OK. He has improved leaps and bounds, but he totally spoiled it with his other character. Songs were pretty good and kELAmal indeed is THE best thanks again to shreya.

No country for old men - Probably the best film this year. The first 90 mins had me in the edge of my seat. But I could not comprehend the ending at the theater. In fact no one could. Some people were like what the ****! I couldnt fathom a couple of scenes towards the end, thanks to TLJ's heavy texan accent. I came home and read the screenplay to understand the ending, I still could not and been thinking over it for at least a day. Perhaps this movie is Coens' best, the obscure ending notwithstanding. Superb cinematography, terse/funny dialogs. Another astonishing thing is there was no BGM in the movie and still it sent chills down my spine!!

From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Nov 19 1:06:33 2007.

azhagiya tamil magan - I can't decide which is worse: ATM or vEl. I simply could not stand the last 30 mins or so. Juvenile, hackneyed and repulsive. I mean those scenes were unbelievably dumb. But fortunately the vijay/santhanam pair saves the first half. The director had a wonderful script. Yes, really! The protoganist has ESP and one of his *predictions* is he, himself is going to stab his girlfriend. With this kind of a story-line they could have done much much better. The CGI work was so bad, reminiscent of 60s fantasy movies. But I got my money's worth thanks to thanga thalaivi shreya. She was gorgeous. But too bad she had to act. Vijay as Guru was actually OK. He has improved leaps and bounds, but he totally spoiled it with his other character. Songs were pretty good and kELAmal indeed is THE best thanks again to shreya.

This is true. I was telling people that I have never in a while heard of a film where the hero sees himself killing the heroine. It was really a great opportunity for success. Sadly, Bharathan just let it go

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 2:17:17 2007.

KF, he is in the industry for 20 years !

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake

From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:22:08 2007.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

Hopefully you are not assuming this Bharathan is the one who directed Devar magan

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 2:28:07 2007.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

Hopefully you are not assuming this Bharathan is the one who directed Devar magan Laughing

no, i know that Bharathan is different.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie,
appuram eppadi devar magan edutha Bharathan nnu assume pannuven..

and he is not alive.

From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:41:00 2007. [Full View]

cancer wrote:

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie.

I don't know what you think either.. Debt movie ippo thaan vanthirukku .But 20 years-a field-la irukkaruna en sitraRivukku puriyalla

From: Kalyasi on Mon Nov 19 2:41:58 2007.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

Hopefully you are not assuming this Bharathan is the one who directed Devar magan Laughing

no, i know that Bharathan is different.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie,
appuram eppadi devar magan edutha Bharathan nnu assume pannuven.. Mad

and he is not alive.

@ cancer Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna

I know u r talking abt another director by the name Bharathan...

From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:43:27 2007. [Full View]

Kalyasi wrote:

Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna...

Devar magan directed by Bharathan ,who also directed Aavaram Poo.

From: Kalyasi on Mon Nov 19 2:45:56 2007.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie.

I don't know what you think either.. Debt movie ippo thaan vanthirukku .But 20 years-a field-la irukkaruna en sitraRivukku puriyalla Huh?!

Assistant a thaan....

Appo ivaru help panni thaan Bangaram Telugu la mokkaya pochu nenaikaren...

Gilli, Dhool and Dhil la kooda sila mokka scenes irukkum ellam bhrathan oda idea pola

Ivanga ellam story a narrate pannum pothu nalla panniduvanga... Aana Screenplay la sothipiduvaanga... Really the Story and the theme was good thats why vijay wud have accepted to do this muvie... But edukum pothu sothapi irukaar bharathan...

From: Kalyasi on Mon Nov 19 2:47:03 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna...

Devar magan directed by Bharathan ,who also directed Aavaram Poo.

Oh appadiya.. All this Time I thought it was Suresh Krishna!!!
From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:48:01 2007. [Full View]

Kalyasi wrote:

Assistant a thaan....

20 Years-a assistant-a Interesting

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 2:50:49 2007.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie.

I don't know what you think either.. Debt movie ippo thaan vanthirukku .But 20 years-a field-la irukkaruna en sitraRivukku puriyalla Huh?!

avaru yerkanave 2 movie edukka muyandru ninru ponathu, one was with Paarthiban i guess.

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 2:52:10 2007.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

Hopefully you are not assuming this Bharathan is the one who directed Devar magan Laughing

no, i know that Bharathan is different.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie,
appuram eppadi devar magan edutha Bharathan nnu assume pannuven.. Mad

and he is not alive.

@ cancer Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna

I know u r talking abt another director by the name Bharathan...

Devar Magan by veteran malayalaam director Bharathan.

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 2:53:31 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Assistant a thaan....

20 Years-a assistant-a Interesting

JOe, Cine Industry la ithellam saathranaam. his bad time, thats it.
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 19 2:53:53 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna...

Devar magan directed by Bharathan ,who also directed Aavaram Poo.

Right.

But, From what I perceive, Bharathan directed a third of the movie at best, the final third looks to be Kamal's execution hands down. With all due respect, Bharathan's style was markedly missing as a whole, this I say from his 80s films I've seen.

From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:55:28 2007.

wat u think.. this is his debt. movie.

I don't know what you think either.. Debt movie ippo thaan vanthirukku .But 20 years-a field-la irukkaruna en sitraRivukku puriyalla Huh?!

avaru yerkanave 2 movie edukka muyandru ninru ponathu, one was with Paarthiban i guess.

oh! appadiya

But ,avara partha he is less than 40 years old . 18 vayasuleye assit ayittara?

From: joe on Mon Nov 19 2:57:00 2007. [Full View]

Thilak,
Malayalam movie 'Vaishali' also directed by Bharathan?
From: Kalyasi on Mon Nov 19 2:59:20 2007. [Full View]

[quote="joe"]
cancer wrote:

joe wrote:

cancer wrote:

But ,avara partha he is less than 40 years old . 18 vayasuleye assit ayittara?

Irukalaam... avaru ESP ya pathi oru doctor a vechu explanation kudukarathu... Romba thamsa irunthuchu..... May be seekarome film industry kulla vanthathunaala Masala Padangaloda Ondri poitaaru pola

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 3:01:52 2007.

Devar Magan a eduthathu Suresh Krishna...

Devar magan directed by Bharathan ,who also directed Aavaram Poo.

Right.

But, From what I perceive, Bharathan directed a third of the movie at best, the final third looks to be Kamal's execution hands down. With all due respect, Bharathan's style was markedly missing as a whole, this I say from his 80s films I've seen.

the one Arvindsaamy and Sridevi acted Devaraagam also his direction i think

From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 19 3:03:26 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Thilak,
Malayalam movie 'Vaishali' also directed by Bharathan?

Yes, and a what a movie it was!!!
From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 19 3:10:33 2007. [Full View]

Cancer,

"Devaraagam" was a shoddy work. Perhaps Bharathan meant to deceive with deftness. Anyway, he was past his prime.

Ramesh,

I heard King had problems with Kubrick's "The Shining", and he made his own adaptation, which I haven't seen by the way.

From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Nov 19 3:10:41 2007.

I don't care if he was in the industry for 100 years. This was his debut film and despite all the pluses he had going for him, he managed to mess up. If you mean that the mistake was Vijay, I agree, maybe a small percent of the ATM fiasco was Vijay's fault. He couldn't differentiate as well as he should have between the two characters, but still if the role of Prasad was etched out properly (Vijay obviously didn't make up the comic side to Prasad - it was in the character) and the screenplay was a little tighter, he could have performed better. Therefore, the bigger faults lie with Bharathan.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

From: cancer on Mon Nov 19 3:20:40 2007.

i was not even talking abt Vijay's acting, for me the movie seems " etho avasara pattu edutha mathree thonuthu"
naan solla varathu ennanna, director kku avaroda viruppam pola edupatharkana free environment illainnu thonuchu.

think .. think.. think.. where was the mistake Smile

From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 19 7:13:52 2007. [Full View]

Zero, Kannannn, and Maddy,

Let's discuss Guru where it belongs
From: ajithfederer on Tue Nov 20 0:22:39 2007. [Full View]

The Godfather

The last scene where kay realizes that michael is infact the new Don Corleone when Al neri closes the door
From: Roshan on Tue Nov 20 4:51:47 2007. [Full View]

ajithfederer wrote:

The Godfather

The last scene where kay realizes that michael is infact the new Don Corleone when Al neri closes the door

Superb it is KaNNukuLLa innamum appadiyE irukku antha scene.
From: Woodie on Tue Nov 20 13:33:57 2007. [Full View]

INLAND EMPIRE

Weakest work of Lynch on date.(Eraserhead,a close second)
Absurd,boring and above all too lengthy.Took me 3 sessions to finish it through.
Atmosphere,visuals n lighting were terrific though(an experience only Lynch can provide)
From: tophilis on Wed Nov 21 10:22:46 2007. [Full View]

Better Off Dead starring John Cusack is a great 80s comedy like Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, etc...
Actually they made this movie in tamil not long ago called Bathri starring Vijay which is said to be based on an old Aamir movie.

The movie is great and it dosnot include the senti and fight scenes seen in the indian version.
From: ajithfederer on Wed Nov 21 20:01:58 2007. [Full View]

Plains trains and automobiles

From: kannannn on Wed Nov 21 23:21:07 2007.

The last scene where kay realizes that michael is infact the new Don Corleone when Al neri closes the door Clap

The Godfather Not Worthy

Superb it is Clap

KaNNukuLLa innamum appadiyE irukku antha scene.

Not to mention his ever so slight nod before closing the door

On a related note, last week's 'The Independent' carried an interview with Coppola on the eve of the release of his latest film "Youth without Youth". The article details his tribulations over the years and also what "Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" did to his career. A very insightful piece.
From the article:
"..after years clawing his way out of debt as a director-for-hire on studio films like 1997's John Grisham adaptation The Rainmaker, it's a return to more personal film-making." Shocked

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Nov 21 23:53:55 2007. [Full View]

Guna in KTV. Who wrote the dialogues? Balakumaran??!!
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Nov 22 0:00:18 2007. [Full View]

Yes. But there is a strong flavour of kootu-muyarchi in stunning lines like:
"abirAmi uLLe irukku.....ezuththellAm veLiyila irukku"
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Nov 22 0:01:21 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Yes. But there is a strong flavour of kootu-muyarchi in stunning lines like:
"abirAmi uLLe irukku.....ezuththellAm veLiyila irukku"

There are lot more in this film. Awesome dialogues
From: Roshan on Thu Nov 22 0:56:27 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Yes. But there is a strong flavour of kootu-muyarchi in stunning lines like:
"abirAmi uLLe irukku.....ezuththellAm veLiyila irukku"

Hey Prabhu ! Great to see you
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Nov 22 1:02:44 2007. [Full View]

Hi Roshan
From: equanimus on Thu Nov 22 2:21:01 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Yes. But there is a strong flavour of kootu-muyarchi in stunning lines like:
"abirAmi uLLe irukku.....ezuththellAm veLiyila irukku"

That's one of the superb lines in Guna, and the way Kamal puts it strips it off even the little sophistication that is there to the line.

Any storyteller worth his salt when portraying a madman should be clear about where to draw the lines (or rather, not to draw any lines at all) in the depiction of the madman. In most films, the lines uttered by madmen are simply silly. But, when they try to make it sound meaningful, they go the full mile and make it sound as if it's the madman who knows better.

Not the ones in Guna. Guna's line here is revelatory to the sane audience (of the "oh boy, did he say that?!" variety), enables them to be more sensitive to him, but what's also true is that, ultimately, these are things only a madman would say. The lines are both mystical and obvious at once.

The last time I felt like this was in Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's Anukokunda Oka Roju. A fantastic film! Not that it's the last movie I saw, but heavily recommend it.
SPOILER ALERT. Pawan Malhotra plays (brilliantly) a madman-saint in the film (the film is not about him, but the portrayal is superbly eerie; it's because he's a completely mad, he's more dangerous) and in one of the scenes when he's caught by the police in a ganja case, he says, "when the two eyes of man produces one vision, why does his one mind produce so many thoughts?" The policeman who hear him say this is startled for a moment, but quickly recovers and slaps him straight on his face. Brilliant scene. END SPOILER.

From: ajithfederer on Thu Nov 22 2:24:14 2007.

The last time I felt like this was in Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's Anukokunda Oka Roju. A fantastic film! Not that it's the last movie I saw, but heavily recommend it.
SPOILER ALERT. Pawan Malhotra plays (brilliantly) a madman-saint in the film (the film is not about him, but the portrayal is superbly eerie; it's because he's a completely mad, he's more dangerous) and in one of the scenes when he's caught by the police in a ganja case, he says, "when the two eyes of man produces one vision, why does his one mind produce so many thoughts?" The policeman who hear him say this is startled for a moment, but quickly recovers and slaps him straight on his face. Brilliant scene. END SPOILER.

Thats the best telugu movie i had seen Not Worthy

after Shiva ofcourse Smile

equanimus wrote:

From: Shakthiprabha on Thu Nov 22 11:28:29 2007. [Full View]

I SAW A DUMBBBBBBBBBB SICK MOVIE called

"Sujatha" in K-TV.

Cast: Sarita, Vijayan, Rajalakshmi etc
_____

I saw the clipping of my fav song

"nee varuvaay ena naan irunthEn..
en maranthaay ena naan ariyEn"

So just because that song was famous and it was my fav, and I like Rajalakshmi, I took the risk to see the movie.

NEGATIVITY OOZING OUT FROM EVERRRRRY FRAME.

One person dies by commiting suicide and another by getting chronic disease cancer.

Theyve taken ALLLLLLLLLLLLL PAIN to show how a person slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwly suffers, emotional trauma they go thro, fear, hair shaving (brain tumour), crying, .....

Finally doc says she is OKEI... she gains consciousness CRIES THAT SHE IS OKEI.... and cured completely.... and after crying she dies

so much so that by the end of the movie....

A TIMID HEARTED PERSON LIKE ME, get immensely PUT DOWN.

________

So dear all

BE HAPPY ..and..

*** dont EVER SEE THIS MOVIE******
From: rocketboy on Thu Nov 22 12:51:39 2007. [Full View]

I,Robot
From: ajithfederer on Thu Nov 22 23:07:33 2007. [Full View]

Pollathavan -

Dhanush
From: sriranga on Fri Nov 23 2:52:12 2007. [Full View]

makkal en pakkam - ktv

satyaraj

From: vasanth2006 on Fri Nov 23 13:46:01 2007.

I SAW A DUMBBBBBBBBBB SICK MOVIE called

"Sujatha" in K-TV.

Cast: Sarita, Vijayan, Rajalakshmi etc
_____

I saw the clipping of my fav song

"nee varuvaay ena naan irunthEn..
en maranthaay ena naan ariyEn"

So just because that song was famous and it was my fav, and I like Rajalakshmi, I took the risk to see the movie.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

This song is my fav also...who is the MD?......MSV? or IR? ( I guess it should be MSV)....

From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Nov 23 18:12:54 2007. [Full View]

Anbulla Rajinikanth

Nice movie

Great acting by Meena!!

From: Shakthiprabha on Sat Nov 24 4:19:19 2007.

This song is my fav also...who is the MD?......MSV? or IR? ( I guess it should be MSV)....

vasanth2006 wrote:

Shakthiprabha wrote:

MSV

From: MADDY on Sat Nov 24 7:31:40 2007. [Full View]

Mudhal Mariyadhai - thamizh thirai kaviyam
From: Shakthiprabha on Sun Nov 25 2:06:14 2007. [Full View]

MADDY wrote:

Mudhal Mariyadhai - thamizh thirai kaviyam
From: Nerd on Sun Nov 25 13:27:20 2007. [Full View]

Dor - Superb! I never knew that Ayesha Takia could actually *act* In fact both the girls were mindblowing.. And I found Shreyas Talpade irritating
From: mareen on Sun Nov 25 17:24:47 2007. [Full View]

VEL... Not as good as people say it is ... same usual hari's Village movies... but i still like hari's thamirabharani ... to VEL... Vadivelu was OK in the movie, not many jokes... and Surya ... too many lengthy dialouges....

Vel not good as pholladhavan...
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Nov 25 23:15:29 2007. [Full View]

Om Shanti Om

Very entertaining movie and interesting storyline. Loved the spooky bgm and nice songs!

Love SRK's performance & new girl Deepika definitely shows performance and is a simple beauty.

From: Kalyasi on Sun Nov 25 23:47:04 2007.

VEL... Not as good as people say it is ... same usual hari's Village movies... but i still like hari's thamirabharani ... to VEL... Vadivelu was OK in the movie, not many jokes... and Surya ... too many lengthy dialouges....

Vel not good as pholladhavan...

mareen wrote:

Correct... But Vadivelu was not at all tolerable....

From: Thalafanz on Mon Nov 26 11:17:50 2007.

Om Shanti Om

Very entertaining movie and interesting storyline. Loved the spooky bgm and nice songs!

Love SRK's performance & new girl Deepika definitely shows performance and is a simple beauty. Wink

Watched Saawariyaa????

From: Kollywoodfan on Mon Nov 26 14:54:17 2007. [Full View]

Nope not yet. Should I?
From: Sinthiya on Tue Nov 27 23:31:07 2007. [Full View]

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Nope not yet. Should I?

heard it's not doing so well here...I would still like to see this more than OSO...
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Nov 28 4:59:15 2007. [Full View]

Om Shanti Om - Wasn't as bad as a i feared
Timepass
The BGM was very good for Bollywood standards (Sandeep Chowta)

Cheeni Kum - Paadhi padathukku mel paakka mudiyala...
It was like watching a dialogue-only film in a RR theater!
Rape, nay absolute mutilation and liquidation of IR's music
From: joe on Wed Nov 28 5:02:12 2007. [Full View]

What is the name of the recent movie acted by son of VaijayanthiMala ?

I had seen first 30 mins ,which is quite OK.
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Nov 28 5:44:47 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

What is the name of the recent movie acted by son of VaijayanthiMala ?

I had seen first 30 mins ,which is quite OK.

"Ninaithaale". Remake of the Telugu film "Anand".

From: joe on Wed Nov 28 5:53:09 2007.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

What is the name of the recent movie acted by son of VaijayanthiMala ?

I had seen first 30 mins ,which is quite OK.

"Ninaithaale". Remake of the Telugu film "Anand".

Thanks LM

From: Woodie on Wed Nov 28 13:16:35 2007. [Full View]

The Mist(Frank Darabont)
Usual beaten to earth monster flick with a terrific ending
Quite disappointing as I was expecting something on the lines of Shawshank or green mile.
From: ajithfederer on Thu Nov 29 1:16:29 2007. [Full View]

I know what u did last summer
From: Shakthiprabha on Thu Nov 29 1:58:34 2007. [Full View]

wow movie af.

Can anyone tell me whats the climax of the movie "NINAITHALE" (telugu version of anand)

I did not watch the movie initially but happen to see an hour or so in between, and then had to go out (missing the last half an hour)

so whom does she marry ? ?
From: sivank on Thu Nov 29 2:56:19 2007. [Full View]

Panchavarnakili

I saw it for the first time even though I am very familiar with the songs. V/R music was great. Particularly the song "AZhagan Muruganidam aasai vaithen", mesmerised me.

Jayashanker in double role. Never thought JS can portray good acting. A very slim and beautiful KRV.

song 1. Thamizukkum amudhenru per
song 2. Azhqagan muruganidam aasai vaithen
song 3. Kannan varuvaan kadhai solluvaan
song 4. Avalukkum thamiz enru per

A good movie of the 60s.
From: crajkumar_be on Fri Nov 30 2:17:25 2007. [Full View]

Namaste London - Strictly 15 minutes (mudiyala da saami )

MalaikkOttai - Half an hour

Veeraappu - Full

Singapore la nalla padam DVD edhavadhu release pannungappa!
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Nov 30 2:42:39 2007. [Full View]

Polladhavan - Easily one of the best films of the year
From: Prabhu Ram on Fri Nov 30 3:19:00 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Singapore la nalla padam DVD edhavadhu release pannungappa!
sattiyila irukkuradhudhAne agappaiyila varum
From: Roshan on Fri Nov 30 3:24:20 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

Singapore la nalla padam DVD edhavadhu release pannungappa!
sattiyila irukkuradhudhAne agappaiyila varum
From: joe on Fri Nov 30 3:40:42 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Singapore la nalla padam DVD edhavadhu release pannungappa!

Karnan DVD-la vanthirukku
From: NOV on Fri Nov 30 3:47:57 2007. [Full View]

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Polladhavan - Easily one of the best films of the year
is it?
i wanted to watchi this film but was told that it is very violent and not suitable for kids.

From: Sanjeevi on Fri Nov 30 4:08:04 2007.

is it?
i wanted to watchi this film but was told that it is very violent and not suitable for kids.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Polladhavan - Easily one of the best films of the year Thumbs Up!

so what? you are kid?

From: crajkumar_be on Fri Nov 30 4:11:45 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

Singapore la nalla padam DVD edhavadhu release pannungappa!
sattiyila irukkuradhudhAne agappaiyila varum

illa, inga makkalukku rasanai remba soopper...
usually inga serndhu oru 3-4 films release aachunna, adhula vadikatti mattamaanadhu dhaan theater la release pannuvaanga.. sameebathula vandha sumaaraana DVD/VCD kooda veettu pakkathula irukkara library la varla...
From: crajkumar_be on Fri Nov 30 4:12:11 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

Karnan DVD-la vanthirukku

nextu Mustafa trip
From: NOV on Fri Nov 30 4:16:04 2007. [Full View]

Sanjeevi wrote:

so what? you are kid?

I wanted to take my kids for the film.
From: joe on Fri Nov 30 4:20:05 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

sameebathula vandha sumaaraana DVD/VCD kooda veettu pakkathula irukkara library la varla...

Here most of the lending library owners(chinese) don't know which Tamil movie to buy ..They used to keep few copies of each Tamil VCDs ,but they don't know which movie will have demand .

My nearby library have only one copy of Kreedom VCD ,but have 3 copies of TheeNagar
From: rocketboy on Fri Nov 30 11:57:50 2007. [Full View]

Dead of night, Went the day Well ?
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Nov 30 14:05:00 2007. [Full View]

Billa

Rajini simply rocks and I can't wait to see Ajith carry out this awesome role! Can't wait.

Full Billa movie
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4144599997107860475
From: ajithfederer on Fri Nov 30 14:05:30 2007. [Full View]

thanks kolly
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Nov 30 14:06:32 2007. [Full View]

welcome
From: crajkumar_be on Sat Dec 1 12:36:45 2007. [Full View]

Oram Po

The spate of horrendous movies continues....
Left at the interval. Actually could have left much earlier...
Went with family and it was absolutely embarrassing to watch it with my parents

P.S: The script was actually OK (compared to the other aspects in this film) but with bad acting (Arya! mucks up yet again), indifferent music, pretentious execution and utterly cheap, crass and vulgar dialogues, the script couldn't save the movie...
From: ajithfederer on Sat Dec 1 12:39:18 2007. [Full View]

Rajinis Billa
From: joe on Sat Dec 1 12:55:53 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Oram Po

Yen intha kolai veRi CR?
From: Prabhu Ram on Sat Dec 1 13:20:19 2007. [Full View]

crajkumar_be wrote:

Oram Po

Oh ! The trailer looked pretty interesting and I was sort of looking forward to this film. Sad to know it is a dud. Really surprised about the crassness. Usually women directors are a natural check against this sort of thing.

From: joe on Sat Dec 1 13:25:27 2007.

Oh ! The trailer looked pretty interesting and I was sort of looking forward to this film. Sad to know it is a dud. Really surprised about the crassness. Usually women directors are a natural check against this sort of thing.

Oram Po

oh! antha padama

CR trailor paarthu yemanthuttaru

From: equanimus on Sat Dec 1 13:27:43 2007.

The spate of horrendous movies continues....
Left at the interval. Actually could have left much earlier...
Went with family and it was absolutely embarrassing to watch it with my parents Embarassed

Oram Po

P.S: The script was actually OK (compared to the other aspects in this film) but with bad acting (Arya! mucks up yet again), indifferent music, pretentious execution and utterly cheap, crass and vulgar dialogues, the script couldn't save the movie...

Don't tell me, Bala! I was planning to go to Hosur and watch the film if it wasn't going to come to B'lore in a couple of weeks.

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Dec 1 13:31:23 2007. [Full View]

Itthanai per expect panna padam ippadi aagi pOche
From: thilak4life on Sat Dec 1 13:32:37 2007. [Full View]

Goddamn! So, another bad film, duh!!!!!

(anyway, Tamil naatu Aato drivers pathi padam-na vulgur-a thaan edukkanum!)

Get me a DV, I will shoot a better film..
From: equanimus on Sat Dec 1 13:37:11 2007. [Full View]

Really! oru vengalakkinnam kooda kedaiyAdhA, Bala? I definitely expected something above average from Pushkar-Gayathri duo after I saw the trailers.
From: crajkumar_be on Sat Dec 1 23:41:44 2007. [Full View]

Equanimus and others,
Maybe i am too harsh as my reaction had a lot to do with my discomfort watching it with my parents. So, ennudaya saadal maybe overboard and you might perhaps not agree with it when you watch the film.

And Thilak is right, auto drivers pathi padam na "vulgar"-a thaan irukkanum. And i'm all for cuss words in Tamil films and honest handling of sexuality. And death to Victorian prudishness. However this one has too much toilet humor.
Like i said, the script was OK but Arya-kum acting-kum remba dhooram nu marupadiyum prove pannittaapla. The acting of the supporting cast is also nothing much to write about.
For e.g Arya and his sister can't speak Madras Thamizh for nuts. The humor is OK in a few places...
Music pathi, the less said, the better...
Padam full-a paathavanga second half pathi sollunga...
From: crajkumar_be on Sat Dec 1 23:44:00 2007. [Full View]

joe wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

Oram Po

Yen intha kolai veRi CR?

veetla Vel polaam nu sonnaanga, naan dhan argue panni indha padathukku kootittu ponen

P.S: I still think this is a better choice than Vel!!

From: MADDY on Sun Dec 2 0:09:38 2007.

Maybe i am too harsh as my reaction had a lot to do with my discomfort watching it with my parents. So, ennudaya saadal maybe overboard and you might perhaps not agree with it when you watch the film.

Padam full-a paathavanga second half pathi sollunga...

- reminds me of my experience watching BOYS.......i saw FDSS with my periappa

(through Lions club ticket).........next day when he went to office and tld abt this, eryone were like "appanum, pullayum serndhu paakkura padam-aya adhu....

.......my periappa till now, doesent watch movies which i recommend

......

Vel would have been a better choice for family.......

......sad to know, GVP didnt impress in Orampo

From: Roshan on Sun Dec 2 1:13:39 2007.

Equanimus and others,
Maybe i am too harsh as my reaction had a lot to do with my discomfort watching it with my parents. So, ennudaya saadal maybe overboard and you might perhaps not agree with it when you watch the film.

And Thilak is right, auto drivers pathi padam na "vulgar"-a thaan irukkanum. And i'm all for cuss words in Tamil films and honest handling of sexuality. And death to Victorian prudishness. However this one has too much toilet humor.
Like i said, the script was OK but Arya-kum acting-kum remba dhooram nu marupadiyum prove pannittaapla. The acting of the supporting cast is also nothing much to write about.
For e.g Arya and his sister can't speak Madras Thamizh for nuts. The humor is OK in a few places...
Music pathi, the less said, the better...
Padam full-a paathavanga second half pathi sollunga...

Arya-va nambi sila pEr irukaanga

paakalaam enna aaguthunnu

BTW, is Pooja the heroine of this movie?

From: Roshan on Sun Dec 2 1:22:04 2007. [Full View]

MADDY wrote:

Vel would have been a better choice for family....... ......sad to know, GVP didnt impress in Orampo

Saw a few scenes in last week's "Hasini Pesumpadam". Though it sounded a 'typical' Hari style village subject, Surya's performance was quite interesting - kuRippA antha police station scen - where he comes with a gang and informs Kalabavan that his factory has caught fire. Dialogues and the way Surya renders it were quite remarkable.

"Eppadi erinjuthunnu inspector kEttA - kAkka electric wire-la ukkAnthu, athunala leak aagi - erinjuthunnu complain pOdunga. Inspector kAkka mEla case pOduvAra, electric kambi mEla case pOduvaara (with a nakkal smile). KAkkA eppadi irunthuthunnu kEtta - nallA kaRuppA irunthunnu sollunga.. appathAn inspector ozhunga pidippAr "KaakkA"
From: rocketboy on Sun Dec 2 2:04:14 2007. [Full View]

Scott of the Antarctic
From: equanimus on Sun Dec 2 2:48:23 2007. [Full View]

Bala,
Yeah, I got how bad it was for you from your first post! I was more responding to Thilak's "Get me a DV, I will shoot a better film.." remark, actually, but ended up asking you in rhetoric the same question.

Anyway, there's kallUri coming next week. It can't get better than that. It is in any case a first-day film for me.
From: thilak4life on Sun Dec 2 4:26:24 2007. [Full View]

I haven't seen "Oram po" yet. But in general, people call it a 'time pass' and no big shakes (as expected)...

BTW, periyAvAlAm Polladhavan paarthingala? Few words on the film if you have..

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Dec 2 4:41:05 2007.

I wonder why you people is underratting VEL eventhough it is clear winner in diwali race at BO not only in TN but overseas too. IMO VEL is good entertainer and i agree with majority tamil people.

Oram Po

Yen intha kolai veRi CR? Smile

veetla Vel polaam nu sonnaanga, naan dhan argue panni indha padathukku kootittu ponen Laughing

P.S: I still think this is a better choice than Vel!! Razz

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Dec 2 4:45:44 2007. [Full View]

Kannamoochi Eenada
From: Prabhu Ram on Sun Dec 2 4:49:08 2007. [Full View]

Just came back from Beowulf IMAX 3D.
Words to note are the last two. Fantastic experience. Overwhelmed
The content itself isn't too bad either and has been handled well. Robert Zemeckis...still got it

oor ulagam enna dhaan thittinaalum , including ishta deivam Charlie Kaufman, Hollywood Hollywood dhaan ! They know their masAla.

PS: YaaruyyA indha Alan Silvestri...whenever I feel the score is good and I stay on to read the credits, this name appears.
From: thilak4life on Sun Dec 2 4:49:09 2007. [Full View]

The director Priya kept stressing "Family movie" some million times in some million shows!

Indha madhiri solliyE padatha eppadiyAdhu ottalAm-nu mudivu pannitanga pola!
From: thilak4life on Sun Dec 2 4:50:11 2007. [Full View]

Quote:

oor ulagam enna dhaan thittinaalum , including ishta deivam Charlie Kaufman, Hollywood Hollywood dhaan ! They know their masAla.

thalaivar padam yeppo release-u?

PR, where you saw Beowulf by-the-by?
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Dec 2 4:58:16 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

The director Priya kept stressing "Family movie" some million times in some million shows!

Indha madhiri solliyE padatha eppadiyAdhu ottalAm-nu mudivu pannitanga pola!

Mokkai-ku meaning theriyathavanga intha padam pArkalAm
From: Agni on Sun Dec 2 5:03:22 2007. [Full View]

BILLA...BILLA...BILLA

From: Prabhu Ram on Sun Dec 2 5:13:23 2007.

oor ulagam enna dhaan thittinaalum , including ishta deivam Charlie Kaufman, Hollywood Hollywood dhaan ! They know their masAla.

Quote:

thalaivar padam yeppo release-u?

imdb says it is in post-production. He has you by the title, as always... Smile

Do read the plot summary too.

thilak4life wrote:

PR, where you saw Beowulf by-the-by?

I am in San Deigo now and watched it Edwards Cinemas, one of the earliest cinemas that screened IMAX films.

As a side note, as if to match the film, everything was mega. Small coke kEttA oru thookkuchatti niRaiya kuduthaan. Large kEttA andA niRaiyA kuduppAn pOla appidinnu ninaichittu pOnEn. pakkathu seat-la oruthan oru periya bucket-la popcorn vachittu ukkAndhirundhaan Smile

I removed the 3d glasses to confirm I was seeing it right ! adhai eppidi 2 maNi nErathula saaptaannu enakku. As AvinAshi says: "oru varusham time kuduthaalum ennAla mudiyAdhu".

From: thilak4life on Sun Dec 2 5:25:23 2007.