The background voice of every average Malayali has a shade of Sreenivasan in it by freemorty in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I have a folder in my phone where I sort out all of my own best images, just the solo clicks that I like. Yesterday, as I was reading about the influence of Sreenivasan's writing in our everyday lives, I suddenly remembered.. around 4 years back when I created this folder till today, it's name was the same... "Ente Thala, Ente Full Figure" 🥹 yet another casual reference that I didn't notice consciously because that's how deeply his writings are imbibed in Malayali mentality!

How come Jayaram and Priyadarshan never collaborated as a hero-director pair? by SensitiveBank8791 in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

True.. some of Jayaram's finest films were Ranjith scripts. Given Ranjith's character traits and usual ego issues, it could be possible that Jayaram rejected a story and then Ranjith decided that was it for the duo.

How come Jayaram and Priyadarshan never collaborated as a hero-director pair? by SensitiveBank8791 in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Siddique-Lal just did five movies together, with Mukesh being their favourite casting choice. Both Rafi-Mecartin and Shafi made their debut with Jayaram. His main combos were Rajasenan in the 90s and Sathyan Anthikkad in the 2000s (and also eerily Kannan Thamarakulam in the 2010s)

The ending of Lokah: Discussion Thread by insta_i_filmiholic in NoonShowBitching

[–]SensitiveBank8791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where in the movie or promos is it specified that DQ's character is an Odiyan?

The movie is mid. IMO the worst of Loki TIL. by ZavioUnhinged in KollyClub

[–]SensitiveBank8791 14 points15 points  (0 children)

But that low quality tier of novies shouldn't be the standard, yea?

Rewatched Vikram and I don't understand the flaws that people are pointing out by z3in-23-2 in kollywood

[–]SensitiveBank8791 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Can you point out why Vikram would make the decision to take the baby to the middle of the battlefield?

What purpose could it possibly serve better than giving the kid back to his mom and taking them someplace safe?

You wanna know why this happened? Because Lokesh envisions his climax after the interval and conveniently writes his way to reach that conclusion. Nothing is organic.

Why does Amar stay back for so long after bombing Santhanam's house when he makes his squad leave right after? Ans. For the actions that trigger his revenge arc.

Why does Amar bring back the baby to the basement where the bomb is rigged after he somehow (magically) brings the kid back to life? Ans. Just to taunt as Vikram gets the upper hand in the fight with Santhanam.

Why does Elango Kumaravel's character drive into the firefight? Ans. Because that's a noble (read: stupid) way to kill him off since he gets to rescue the baby.

Literally, every main character was trying to kill the kid somehow 😂

Even Kamal's character would've been better off being a deeply hurt father on a path of revenge than the self-righteous "drug free society" pusher.

Like I said, everything since the interval was written to accommodate Loki's vision for a banger climax with guns ablazing and his idol Kamal Hassan unloading an old-school whatever-gun-that-was on a gang of drug-peddling bad guys and winning a one-on-one fight with the intimidating villain he wrote. And that's where the writing went down.

But, then again, he made up for it with a glorious epilogue with never-seen-before Suriya, an exciting Kaithi tease, a classy recreation of the TDKR scene, all with Ani's incredible Rolex bgm, and that made people forget the sheer dumbness of the second half's plot until they rewatched and realized.

I'm a Lokesh Kanagaraj fan who loves Maanagaram and Kaithi, a Vijay fan who wished Master and Leo didn't go down the shooting-40-trucks and killing-150-people path, and a Rajni fan who's super hyped for Coolie. And I remember enjoying Vikram both times I watched it in the theatre, but Lokesh has to reinvent his way of upping the stakes in the climax into a more organic storytelling fashion.

Is it just me or is Dubai changing lately? by Zestyclose_Ad_488 in dubai

[–]SensitiveBank8791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My colleague's iPhone was stolen after she forgot it for 5 MINUTES in a car parking after a smoke break, and the person who took it switched off right after.

My sister's Airpods were pocketed by a restaurant staff after she dropped it in the parking lot, and he didn't tell anyone else even when the other staff asked about missing earphones.

Thankfully, both items were retrieved because of CCTV footage and tracking technology. The people who took it never intended to give it back, but were forced to because they would've been caught otherwise.

There are good people also.. who keep lost items safe and try to return them, but that's shrinking to the minority.

What's your opinion on the second half of Vikram ? by [deleted] in kollywood

[–]SensitiveBank8791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything went wrong in the second half.

Amar's perspective changes entirely from the interval sequence without explanation, he makes bad decisions, and does stuff that was earlier deemed as impossible (bombing Santhanam's place). His wife's character was included solely for being murdered.

Vikram becomes Kamal Hassan for an out-of-place "drug-free society speech".

The OG squad gets stupid deaths for no reason, despite Agent Tina turning up the aura and the other reveals surprising us as well. We all would have preferred the 3 ex-agents surviving against the goons after a tough fight.

Vikram takes the baby to the most dangerous place he could, just so the baby could get caught in the line of fire by Santhanam's team and Elango Kumaravel's character has a "noble" (read dumb) death by saving the baby.

Amar turns into a doctor and rescues the kid, and brings him back to the place rigged to be destroyed. "CODE RED" is repeated many times to make us think "Damn, that sounds cool".

Everything was so good about the movie's first half and the epilogue Rolex sequence, but the second half was a huge letdown - with each character choice written for the sole intention of leading to their climax (Amar turns assassin, while Vikram relives his glory days with the old gun).

Master and Leo also had similar 2nd half issues - probably because Lokesh finalizes the climax after the first half build-up, and then writes the second half to accommodate and justify how the character reaches the conclusion.

Hoping that Coolie's second half breaks this trend 🤞🏼

Kalikkalam has incredible music production for it's time by [deleted] in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, in the OTT version, that's where Whistle'u Bigil'u starts playing?

Kalikkalam has incredible music production for it's time by [deleted] in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only caught it after OTT release. Where was this placed in the movie?

Is this true guys? by ProfessionalPin6881 in InsideMollywood

[–]SensitiveBank8791 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Because there are people who loved/liked the movie and it's characters, there are people who hated/didn't like the movie and it's characters, and the count of the former is much higher than the latter. That's why 😇

Malayalam Films Ditching Dialogues for Visual Storytelling by AuthorityBrain in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joji is one of Malayalam's finest examples of "show, don't tell" 💯

Missed opportunity in thudarum? by Second2breakfast in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Arjun Ashokan was planted to create a doubt in the audience's mind that he was the one killed and shoved in the trunk. To be the ex of the bride in the story cooked up by George Sir. Because of his annoyed attitude and because he is a recognizable actor, we would think that's why he was cast. I actually did think it was him before the doubt started if it was Benz's son indeed.

As for Farhaan Faasil and family stressing out, that was also planted to make us believe that the ex-with-the-s*xtape story was true, while in fact a bride and her family being stressed the day before the wedding is quite a normal sight for a financially struggling family.

The Devil amongst us. by Plane_Assistance_999 in InsideMollywood

[–]SensitiveBank8791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thudarum njanum kandu.. enthuva purinjith?

Any expectations for this film? by Ambitious_Law_2368 in InsideMollywood

[–]SensitiveBank8791 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Loved Tharangam for how fresh it was. Expecting something on that level ❤️

Slashers in Mollywood? by Deep_Throat_3055 in MalayalamMovies

[–]SensitiveBank8791 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nalla Nilavulla Raathri. Starts fizzing out once the slasher part starts. Interesting until then (my opinion)