Just back from watching the tamil version. Here are my thoughts - Pros:-
1. great cinematography. 2. Great action sequences (but some were really really bad too) 3. the second half of the movie is fast paced. 4. A wonderful climax. the kind you have never seen in Indian cinema. 5. the last song (tamil version of ja re ud ja re and probably the hindi version too). - I wish the entire BGM was like this instead of the loud jarring sound that were played whenever Veera got angry. Cons :- 1. Wrong choice of music. while the music was great as an album - in fact, it is one of my favorite albums of AR to come out recently, but this kind of movie needed less songs in my opinion. There is absolutely no need for it. it hurts the narration badly. 2. I have to agree with some reviewers in the newspaper about the BGM. It was jarring at times. don't get me wrong. the movie may have some great music in the background, but they were played all the time! some times it is too loud and sudden that it feels so unnecessary and disturbing.. without adding anything to the scene that is played in the movie. But i can't blame AR for it. it is ultimately Mani's decision to choose what kind of music he wants in his movie. he could have picked a more subtle score. 3. Unnecessary characters - The hanuman guy, the elder brother (Prabhu), and some minor characters that were shown here and there were boring. they added nothing to the story. while prabhu was nice to watch, karthik's over acting was so boring. and that sound that he makes every time he jumps from one tree to the other - disgusting.. thought iwas watching some low budget comedy! 4. Some jumping and falling scenes were not done properly and felt like it was done using a rope or something. 5. Bad editing - it was really bad. so bad that it hurts the eyes. 6. the first half of the movie is really boring. there were people complaining about lack of logic in some scenes like why Ragini was on the boat ? well, i think that mani has deleted some scenes to reduce the time. there could have been some explanation about why she was on the boat etc.. but he might have chose to cut it. But is it still good ? yeah.. sort of.. it has one of kind of action and climax in the second half.. a beautiful ending scene, and wow.. the photography.. I will be watching the hindi version too.. I understand hindi better than tamil. so, i probably would be able to comment on the dialogues and all later on. but you know what..? it is worth the money. even if it's only for the last scene and great action sequences.. you will certainly like it. oh btw, Vikram & Prithwiraj were pretty good as actors. ----------------------------------- http://roshanravi.com http://ramblingsoul.com http://cssheaven.org
