Ender's Game Mini-View

I am not a gamer. I have dabbled in Super Mario, fiddled with Candy Crush and hooked on Tetris Blitz but by no means, am I a bonefied gamer. Neither do I do Sci- Fi that much.But this film is something even I, a total newbie to both enjoyed. So here is the mini-view.

 

Asa Butterfield as Andrew Ender Wiggin was unrecognisable from his last film Hugo. A complete tranformation but the best aspect was he was still a child, albiet a smarter one. In fact the whole cast of children made their individual impacts pretty well since I remember them but it is "Ender's Game". Harrison Ford is back with the same grumpy face that he is face for. Ben Kingsley switches from inspirational to hot head at various points but fumbles with the Maori accent. However, at the end of the day, they did what they needed to do. The amazing component wasn't the VFX, or the acting or the background score. For me, it was a message that was instilled into a story in 1984 that as a movie in 2013, is still relevant. Interpretation is a to each his own concept but it is there and it still has relative value today when technology has advanced beyond imaginations of that era.

 

Rating: 8/10

All In All Azhagu Raja Mini-view

Karthi couldve been amazingly funny but was too cute anyway. He looked best in his Prabhu getup, that personally I thought was spot on. The Prabhu and Saranya combo was a yippee moment badly downplayed and not exploited enough. The minimum timeframe but maximum enjoyed Radhika Apte was adorably 80s. Kajal's acting was as annoying as her character. Santhanam needs a creative holiday. Too loud and repetitive. Kota Srinivasa Rao.. :O. #EKSI. Thaman should kiss the advisor for his innovative facet and Rajesh needs to fire his stale one. All in all, #AllinAllAzhaguRaja was all mediocre, with little azhagu.

 

P.S. Kajal, please fire your stylist or else hire your sisters. Glamour is fine but you look awkward with ill-fit clothing and bad bad BAD make-up!

 

Kanchana Mini View

So Raagava Lawrence decided to cash in on the sequel season and made Kanchana which is a part 2/episode 2 of Muni. Barring himself in the lead role and Kovai Sarala as his mother, the cast includes a new set of faces including Laxmi Roy, Srimaan, Devadarshini and Sarathkumar. Now its ok to want to do a sequel but what I want to ask is why choose Muni? It wasn't the most successful film he did nor was there much room for a sequel. But its the movie business so what else can I say but here it is. WARNING: Spoiler Alert!!

Taking off from Muni, Raagava is a scardey cat [this time] needs his mother by his side to even go to the bathroom. Unknowingly, he sticks a stump post in a plot of land that is haunted by ghosts and lets it out. From here on weird things start happening in his house at night and his mother and sister-in-law with help of the local swamiyar and his tests(!!!), confirm the ghost is in the house. Soon after Raagava starts acting weird by trying on saris and showering with sandalwood powder [manjal] like a woman. When his family ask why, theyare confronted by the ghosts that inhibits him one of which is Kanchana. Who is Kanchana and the other ghosts and what's their story is the crux.

Forgetting the story and all its scariness, Raagava has acted pretty well. Understandably he has a foundation for the disabled but it does get preachy initially. Otherwise, good show from the milti-talented. Laxmi Roy really needs a a few lessons on movie choice. She's hardly there and is land when she is. Kovai Sarala and Devadharshini bring out the funnies in a loud way. Srimaan is restrained initially but does a better job. Sarathkumar is different but could have been better. The rest are just average.

Techinals done get very far on this one with cinematography just about ok and editing too. Thaman.S is unidentifiable to such a degree that I thought Srikanth Deva had done the work and fallen out with the producers so they took his name off. One piece of advice to Raagava Lawrence. Muni was ok and Kanchana survived but please let vengeful ghost lie.