[ghodlur]

Dragon (Tamil)

Streaming: Netflix

Having read so much about the movie in the posts in this thread, I couldn't resist seeing it but was not completely in awe of the movie. I felt the film plot, the acting by lead actors was very mediocre. I felt many things in the movie was portraying things which could negatively influence students in particular. Buying a house and an Audi with first salary was purely fictional, who does that? In nutshell I will give this movie a pass.

Rating: 2/5

[dailydriver]

#PARU PARVATHY

-Amazon Prime

A road movie of a different kind. Starts slowly, gains some momentum midway but loses track enroute the climax. This is the story of two women: one who is travelling in search of her lost partner and the other because she has lost her partner. The first is an ailing matron bound by the shackles of domesticity and the latter a dashing diva finding her mojo in her bikes, travels and blogs. Although an unlikely pair, what binds them together is their empathy for each other.

The journey is a roller coaster of emotions and experiences that, in the hands of a better director, could have inched towards becoming a cult classic. But the editor's scissors lacking sharpness and the actors' inability to emote in proportion to scene requirements makes this movie a rather long and insipid enterprise.

Can give this a try on a lazy Sunday afternoon; but absolutely no loss if you don't.

[naveen.raju]

Pravinkoode shappu



It was a decent watch with good performance by Shoubin. Basil was kind of fine but at times looked really artificial. Nothing like his other movies.
Though the story is engaging, the screenplay lets you down at times. Also, it should have trimmed a bit as it felt long. The film does show many observations like sookshma darshini but here they kind of hurried it up. Luckily we could replay it back to observe it as it’s very crucial. Would have definitely missed in the theater. Good BGM and cinematography and the chase scenes were pretty awesome as it was real and single shot.
It did fail at the theaters so had low expectations but turned out to a decent watch.

Rating - 3.5/5. Should watch (Amazon Prime).

Anbodu Kanmani



A simple family centric movie with decent story and good humor. Decent acting by all.
Rating - 3/5. Watchable (Amazon Prime).

Painkilli



This one had a weird storyline that kind of didn’t make any sense. Good comedy in the beginning but tends to get repetitive midway. Acting was decent but Anaswara was unbearable. Even Sajin looked like he was making a fool of himself towards the end.
Rating - 2/5. Can be avoided (Manorama Max)

Perasu



This one had most of the current comic actors, except Yogi Babu and it really showed. I think it would have been entertaining if he was included. From the first scene, it’s just the same situation being shown again and again. Gets really bad as the movie progresses.
Rating - 1/5. Can be avoided (Netflix)

Court - state vs a nobody



Pretty ordinary court drama. Nothing special or exciting.
Rating - 2.5/5. Watchable. (Netflix)

Bad Boyz



Watched just for the heck of it. And it was in 2x speed. There are couple of giveaways that shouts this will be horrible - Omar Lulu, Producer Abraham Mathew and actor Sheila Abraham. Cringe fest with super bad acting. I wish Rahman had not acted in this as it just degrades his image. Dhyan reminds me of the statement - Make hay while the sun shines. This dude is appearing in all movies now while Aju Varghese comes in close second but atleast he acts well.
Rating - Not worth rating it. (Amazon Prime)

Alappuzha Gymkhana



Although a pretty straight forward storyline, they have added the humor element and altered what we usually saw in other movies. But nothing extraordinary. Good acting by all, but Lukman kind of felt wooden in appearance, but loved his action sequences even though it was just a small scene. Cinematography stood out which was brilliant and the BGM supported it as well. Something that I liked was that these actors put in a good effort in building their physique but it wasn’t highlighted or celebrated like some movies. Kept it natural.
Rating - 4/5. Highly recommended. (Theater)

Am Ah



Trilled to pull out a thriller, but failed miserably. Not worth it.
Rating - 1/5. Can pass. (Sunnxt)

Gentlewoman



I wasn’t keen on this one but wife wanted to watch. Nothing new here and you can guess the next scene. Lot of loopholes which the director missed and it really didn’t make much sense. The movie had to be ended at one point else all the effort will eventually be for nothing (the story was going in such a way that there’s no way out). Acting was pretty decent and that was it.
Rating - 2/5. Can be missed. (Amazon Prime)

[saikishor]

Vidaamuyarchi
Rating: 1/5

I loved the visuals and the background score, these were the only two reasons I was able to complete the film. Story is a complete mess, and I have no idea how producers allocated so much budget for this story.

[Ananthang]

Originally Posted by ghodlur

Dragon (Tamil)

Streaming: Netflix

Having read so much about the movie in the posts in this thread, I couldn't resist seeing it but was not completely in awe of the movie. I felt the film plot, the acting by lead actors was very mediocre. I felt many things in the movie was portraying things which could negatively influence students in particular. Buying a house and an Audi with first salary was purely fictional, who does that? In nutshell I will give this movie a pass.

Rating: 2/5

I see it slightly different, and that is what I emphasised to my son. There are no shortcuts in life, hero worked hard once he joined the company, which gave him success. End of day, he could have done the same thing in college too and achieved the same success well before. End of day, we all should learn to balance our life and actions in any stage of our life, which we should be coaching our kids, and the rest will/may fall in place