Mee too Thulsi. ATM was the first vijay movie i had seen. The cause is arr. I dont miss any movies which music by ARR. Thanx MANAF
Thulasi Ram wrote: > For the past 3 years, the movie I am watching in cinema theaters > are those that have ARRs music. I had to travel 5+ hrs (to and fro) just to > watch the movie. Reason being, obviously, one magical name - ARR and this is > the first Vijay movie I am watching in a movie hall. > Whistling when ARR's name appears in the screen is biggest pleasure I can > attain and yes it happened when I saw ATM too. As usual, there were lot of > whistles when ARR's name appeared in the screen. > +'s of ATM movie: 1. BGM - electrifying at instances and overall very good. > But, we have to keep in mind that BGM for this movie is a result of record 15 > days work (ARR has himself confirmed this). All you need to create good music > is a peaceful atmosphere where there isn't external stress, tension. But, in > this case, ARR just had 15 days to compose the BGM and still the BGM has > turned out to be the as good as it can be. When you have 45 days to compose > BGM (as in Sivaji), BGM is outstanding throughout the movie and when u have > 15 days to compose the BGM, the result is kind of varies accordingly but only > ARR can handle it so professionally. > Check out for: a. opening credit b. ESP theme - electrifying c. kelamal > chorus - especially the initial humming is amazing d. second half vijay vs > vijay fight sequence BGM - superb! e. final fight sequence BGM > 2. Editing - the only thing that makes the movie to move fast is BGM and > editing, not the screenplay. Editing is exceptional throughout the movie.. > Especially for ponmagal vandhal song. Hats off to Antony. > 3. Special effects - Special effects in fight sequences are mindblowing. 4. > Dance - excellent 5. Action - very good 6. Cinematography - good 7. Comedy - > good 8. Screenplay > - good 9.Story - good Glad to see a story without another villain. Vijay vs > Vijay scenes were pleasant to watch. Song picturization: 1. Ponmagal vandhal > - Excellent. Well placed in the movie. > 2. Maduraku - good 3. Valayapatti - very good but raaga mania done by > madhumitha was cut 4. Merlyn Monroe - Good 5. Ella pughazum - dance sequence > and song theme dosent match. Also, last 5 secs (hair-raising line) was cut. > 6. Kelamal - okay -ve's of the movie: 1. Blunt climax - Almost everyone were > laughing! I really dont understand the fact how a villain would turn good > after hearing few dialouges that are said in the climax. Had the climax been > handled well, it would have given the movie a new shape as ESP thriller is > new to tamil cinema. But, climax was really screwed up. > 2. Song placements were almost here and there. It is an unwritten formula in > tamil cinema that there should be a song sequence 20 minutes before the > climax. Valayappati song was placed awkwardly. Viewers were murmuring, oh my > god, a song came.. uffffff... There was enough room in that plot that it > could have placed in a very good slot. > On the other hand, the way ponmagal song was placed was totally contrasting > and it received lot of whistles. Even maduraiku song received whistles. > Overall the movie is good in the context of a debutant director's movie that > has some electrifying BGM, excpetional editing and special effects. > This movie will run 100 days, not because the movie is good. It is because > of the reason, all vijay movies (for the past 5 years) run for atleast 100 > days! As Rahmaniacs, we have to be satisfied that till Pongal, > i.e. for 60+ days, we can hear ATM songs in all tamil channels and radio.. > Long live ARR.. ARR - Bin tere kya jeena! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

