Hmmm…let’s see…What do you get if you mix The Mummy, Gladiator, Alien, and any other sci-fi/ adventure English movie you can think of with a liberal dose of bollywood ishtyle dance routines – voila! Ayirathil Oruvan!!!
Daringly different, gripping, and visually appealing, AO, is a class apart – until the interval. It is a story of an archeological group that goes in hunt of a statue stolen by a group of Chola warriors from the Pandians, god knows how long ago. To reach the place, the group has to cross seven obstacles and dangers.
This simple and a promising plot could have been well-executed, only if the script-writer hadn’t fallen asleep after the first two hours of the movie. What starts of as a racy plot, sags, and dies an unnatural death, a few minutes after the interval. The adventure suddenly turns into a ridiculously melodramatic story that suddenly has one of the lead actors playing a queen in stupid outfits.
The highlights of the movie are the actors, visuals, and crisp editing. Karthi, as the daily wage laborer/hero, scores a million points for his acting skills. He is one of those rare actors who can prove a point with just a nod. Both of the heroines are supremely hot, but considering that it is a movie, the sugar babes could have also acted a little bit.
The music is forgettable. One of the songs with a popular Tamil devotional tune with English lyrics sounds preposterous. Evidently, the music (which is usually a trend-setter in all Selvaraghavan movies) fails to impress.
Graphics are first-rate. A scene which has snakes crawling all over the tents looks so convincing. There are a lot of horrific murder, human sacrifice, and war scenes in the movie. The war scenes are extremely visually appealing and notable.
This movie is a classic case of an excellent script, with an exceptional director, and extraordinary actors, but too many concepts. My verdict – It is definitely worth a watch, for the attempt.
Daringly different, gripping, and visually appealing, AO, is a class apart – until the interval. It is a story of an archeological group that goes in hunt of a statue stolen by a group of Chola warriors from the Pandians, god knows how long ago. To reach the place, the group has to cross seven obstacles and dangers.
This simple and a promising plot could have been well-executed, only if the script-writer hadn’t fallen asleep after the first two hours of the movie. What starts of as a racy plot, sags, and dies an unnatural death, a few minutes after the interval. The adventure suddenly turns into a ridiculously melodramatic story that suddenly has one of the lead actors playing a queen in stupid outfits.
The highlights of the movie are the actors, visuals, and crisp editing. Karthi, as the daily wage laborer/hero, scores a million points for his acting skills. He is one of those rare actors who can prove a point with just a nod. Both of the heroines are supremely hot, but considering that it is a movie, the sugar babes could have also acted a little bit.
The music is forgettable. One of the songs with a popular Tamil devotional tune with English lyrics sounds preposterous. Evidently, the music (which is usually a trend-setter in all Selvaraghavan movies) fails to impress.
Graphics are first-rate. A scene which has snakes crawling all over the tents looks so convincing. There are a lot of horrific murder, human sacrifice, and war scenes in the movie. The war scenes are extremely visually appealing and notable.
This movie is a classic case of an excellent script, with an exceptional director, and extraordinary actors, but too many concepts. My verdict – It is definitely worth a watch, for the attempt.
6 comments:
me gonna watch it asap!!! nice review varsh!
@Rain crab
Varshaaa!!! is it you? The varsha with a double a :)
is this the movie u watched at 7'o clock in the morning??
@ das
lol...10, but i started at 7 :P
lol.. oh plzzz
yeah with a double "a"
(I wish i had somethin else to identify myself :( sob sob)
This movie is a shame on the Tamil people, depicting them as uncivilized gang doing human sacrifices. I switched off the TV when the human sacrifice happened, and started watching ass-to-mouth porn instead, along with my family. A much better choice, relatively speaking.
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