Im one of those millions of dieharard fans who sincerely wait for years and months to watch a "RAJINI MOVIE", we'll keep our tempo going by watching the stills, trailers,interviews and songs to keep our tempo going.
But this one , i went to see a "rajni movie" with all my excitement but i ended by watching a overemphasized "shankar movie". In the first half shankar tries demonstrate us on "what and all an robo which human can't". Robo cooks lots of dishes in fewer seconds, cuts the vegetables in micro seconds ( it may excite the housewives who are desparate for better maids, not me) and does all the household works including cleaning of aishwarya's bed room. Robo goes to a extent of putting mehandi to all the maami's (including aishwarya :P). What are you trying to do shankar, c'mon we are not kids.
The later part of the second half, the last 1 hour, is really exciting ,you can see the real rajini,his style n dialogue delivery for 30 minutes and another 30 minutes on the exciting graphics will pull you to the edge of the seats.thats it!!! the action sequences were wonderful,neatly done.This is only time u can hear ooing n aawing sound of the audience in the entire movie. I was wondering why they booked santhanam, no scope for him to use his talent.Aishwarya rai does her job of turning the robo on,nothing special.
There are also few good things in the movie,1st is the makeup n costumes, amazing. No one can beleive that rajni 61, "vayasanalum unga style-um ilamaiyum apdiyae thalaiva". Thalaivar looks stunning in the "kaadhal anukkal" song. the beard n goggle's were amazing. I can seen n feel the technology n hardwork of the stan winston studios,everything looks like real. Shankar would've introduced the negative hero rajini in the first half itself,"thaaru maara irundhu irukkum"
The movie will never excite you, if you have already watched TERMINATOR, TRANSFORMERS and most importantly BICENTENNIAL MAN.
But u'll never get bored even for a single minute in this entire movie,kids will enjoy seeing the funny actvities of the robo. Music by ARR is ok,but i dont know for me all the songs sounds similiar.
Dear Mr.Shankar you must understand one important thing, our real rajini is more charismatic,attractive and power ful than these animated machines n robos. If you want to impress n excite the audience show the real rajni, his style , dialogue delivery n mannerism. We came here to see the rajini not to watch an amateur sci-fi movie. If we want to see an good sci-fi movies, there are lot of english dvds available in the market n more over we r seeing them in vijaytv every sunday at 11am.
Oru punch dialogue kooda illaiyae pa, thalaivar padauthula :(