Nice review thulasi... BTW..Not All vijay movies run for 100 days..I hope ATM does.
Regards, S.V.Nagaraj --- In [email protected], "Thulasi Ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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! >
