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Reviews
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
journey that left me at the starting point
To begin with 2001 a space odyssey is the most underrated and most unfortunate piece of art.underrated because rather bafflingly some people fail to experience kubrick's film and unfortunate because it was ahead of its time.i saw the film two months earlier for the first time and since then i have watched it 9 times,i cant fathom how this was made then in 1968. The images kubrick creates and the music he chose to project them are haunting.The film is agonizingly and pleasantly slow.perhaps kubrick wanted to tune us to his images that he left the first 3 minutes empty as space is with only music that sets the tone.similarly in the shining the initial bgm tuned us.the dawn of the man sequences were so beautifully shot.he had cleverly taken of some the revealing information which was otherwise there in the novel adding to the mystery.The moon sequences were surreal.the sequences which showed docking in of spacecraft to the spaceship with the orchestral music in the backdrop alone could have fetched kubrick the Oscar.its a shame it did not receive anymore of the academy awards which is simply inexplicable. the scenes involving bowman and hal are the most chilling scenes that i have scene.and the hostility shown by hal is so delicately portrayed. the final minutes of the film bare testimony to kubrick's audacity. not mozart's,not bethoveen's,not leonardo da vinci's,it is stanley kubrick's 2001:a space odyssey that is the most exhilarating piece of art.
Pithamagan (2003)
agonizing....
bala delivered movie of lifetime in sethu....but now one would say he hasn't....pithamagan may well take the cake...casting cant be more perfect...music and the bg is out of the world in the true sense....and vikrams performance is outrageous...human relations is conceived in a manner that only bala can.... i would say the story,the plot,the characters and every atom involved in making this film travels along with chittan and they reach their destination or destiny rather abruptly....the scene when chittan breaks down for the first time in his life is so dramatic and real....bala is a genius in conceiving very bizarre stories with conviction and trueness....pithamagan a must watch...
Dasavatharam (2008)
pure genius
an instance for chaos theory....the statuette hits ocean beds....beneath the bed develop faults....faults run for kilometers say upto indonesia ....and pressure builds up....for almost 800 years.....at last it unleashes....triggers tsunami....to save lives???? the above 3 lines is my opinion of the plot of dasaavatharam....yours may be different....if this is not art then what is???? the creative genius of kamal haasan has been unleashed to an audience who have witnessed thousand odd duets,thousand odd cheap fights and few good movies as well.music was good and the make up was not upto the standard that kamals earlier films had set.perhaps he felt the pressure of the time this project took.ravi varman deserves mention.asin was irritating at times and of the ten three to four roles was not enjoyed.and like this the film may contain many flaws if not less but kamal stands as tall as kalifulla khan does before these flaws.dasaavatharam may or may not be a commercial success but it is time for the world to stand up and congratulate this artist.