Vallavan and Bond Review
A post has been long due, however was unable to sit down and pen my thoughts. As always the easiest thing for me to do is to write a couple of reviews, so here goes.
The following list of movies dates back from Diwali to till date:
Vallavan:
Another movie by Simbu which we watched because of the rave reviews got. Meaning not that the movie was good, however that the movie was one of the most vulgar movies ever made in Tamil Cinema. Though I tend to agree with that mostly, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, thanks to Nayanthara. I really disliked the scenes were Simbu tries to imitate Kamal. All in all I would suggest if you can watch this in Sun TV for 2007 tamil New Year, don’t do it. Cause, there’s only so much our brains can take.
Casino Royale:
I feel bad having to follow up my Vallavan review with Casino Royale. This is not a Bond movie though the main character is called James Bond. The reason this cannot be a Bond movies are:
In a Normal Bond Movie:
• You don’t get to see Bond rising out off the ocean topless, it would be the Bond Girls.
• You won’t see Bond chasing the villain on foot, he would use some techno stuff to get there.
• You won’t see Bond Cry, ahah ! Bond cries in this one.
• You would see Q. Yep Q aint there no more.
• Has Bond ever been Blonde ?
• Does Bond have a 6 pack Abs ?
The opening sequence in Black & White sets the tone for the movie. In the earlier Bond movies you would have some crazy stunt sequence, in this one it’s a more gruesome one.
The first action sequence where Bond chases a Villain who I later learned was Sebastien Foucan, the guy who invented Freerunning or Parkour. This sequence tells you a little bit of the Bond you are going to see. While the villain does acrobatics and amazing stunts to evade, Bond on the other hand is very suave and uses the crane, the lift etc to chase.
The movie is very Deep & Intense. Halfway through the movie I thought how similar this one is to Batman Begins.
• Both had a string of previous titles:
o Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
o Goldfinger, Octopussy, Goldeneye, Die another day, For your Eyes only, the Man with the Golden Gun and the list goes on.
• A new actor was going to portray the Main Character:
o Batman: Christian Bale
o Bond: Daniel Craig
• A new director was going to take the reins.
o Batman Begins: Christopher Nolan
o Casino Royale: Martin Campbell
Having so much history behind the Franchise both the directors did an awesome job, going back to the basics. It’s not easy to do justice with a franchise that has so much history behind it.
The best thing about this movie is Daniel Craig. He’s so INTENSE. I was not so impressed when I heard that he was the CHOSEN ONE. Well, everyone was, people even commented that he arrived wearing a Life Jacket on a speed boat for a press conference or something. I didn’t catch the fact that he was wearing a Life Preserver however I didn’t feel good during the interview. He didn’t seem to fit the bill for me. I haven’t seen him nor have I heard of him prior to this. Guess the Director’s and Producers did knew what they were doing.
I compare Bond movies to any other Superhero movie, because of the Larger than life thing in the movie. The years 2005 and 2006 was very interesting one for me, because of revival of Batman, Superman and the Bond Franchises.
I watched Casino Royale twice in the theater and if you can do catch it in a theater, otherwise wait till it comes out on DVD.
The following list of movies dates back from Diwali to till date:
Vallavan:
Another movie by Simbu which we watched because of the rave reviews got. Meaning not that the movie was good, however that the movie was one of the most vulgar movies ever made in Tamil Cinema. Though I tend to agree with that mostly, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, thanks to Nayanthara. I really disliked the scenes were Simbu tries to imitate Kamal. All in all I would suggest if you can watch this in Sun TV for 2007 tamil New Year, don’t do it. Cause, there’s only so much our brains can take.
Casino Royale:
I feel bad having to follow up my Vallavan review with Casino Royale. This is not a Bond movie though the main character is called James Bond. The reason this cannot be a Bond movies are:
In a Normal Bond Movie:
• You don’t get to see Bond rising out off the ocean topless, it would be the Bond Girls.
• You won’t see Bond chasing the villain on foot, he would use some techno stuff to get there.
• You won’t see Bond Cry, ahah ! Bond cries in this one.
• You would see Q. Yep Q aint there no more.
• Has Bond ever been Blonde ?
• Does Bond have a 6 pack Abs ?
The opening sequence in Black & White sets the tone for the movie. In the earlier Bond movies you would have some crazy stunt sequence, in this one it’s a more gruesome one.
The first action sequence where Bond chases a Villain who I later learned was Sebastien Foucan, the guy who invented Freerunning or Parkour. This sequence tells you a little bit of the Bond you are going to see. While the villain does acrobatics and amazing stunts to evade, Bond on the other hand is very suave and uses the crane, the lift etc to chase.
The movie is very Deep & Intense. Halfway through the movie I thought how similar this one is to Batman Begins.
• Both had a string of previous titles:
o Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
o Goldfinger, Octopussy, Goldeneye, Die another day, For your Eyes only, the Man with the Golden Gun and the list goes on.
• A new actor was going to portray the Main Character:
o Batman: Christian Bale
o Bond: Daniel Craig
• A new director was going to take the reins.
o Batman Begins: Christopher Nolan
o Casino Royale: Martin Campbell
Having so much history behind the Franchise both the directors did an awesome job, going back to the basics. It’s not easy to do justice with a franchise that has so much history behind it.
The best thing about this movie is Daniel Craig. He’s so INTENSE. I was not so impressed when I heard that he was the CHOSEN ONE. Well, everyone was, people even commented that he arrived wearing a Life Jacket on a speed boat for a press conference or something. I didn’t catch the fact that he was wearing a Life Preserver however I didn’t feel good during the interview. He didn’t seem to fit the bill for me. I haven’t seen him nor have I heard of him prior to this. Guess the Director’s and Producers did knew what they were doing.
I compare Bond movies to any other Superhero movie, because of the Larger than life thing in the movie. The years 2005 and 2006 was very interesting one for me, because of revival of Batman, Superman and the Bond Franchises.
I watched Casino Royale twice in the theater and if you can do catch it in a theater, otherwise wait till it comes out on DVD.
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