The Day the Earth Stood Still – Review
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly
Rating : Average.
A movie with a good team, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly who are my favorites giving a normal movie like this is really disappointing. I am really great fan of Alien movies like Independence day, AVP, Deep Impact and Signs. Everyone will expect a alien movie to have lots and lots of devastations, explosions, but this is kind of different. Even you can’t take this movie as dramatic like Signs, as it lacks the sense of awe, fervor and relevancy to our present earth conditions about climatic change. But at some places you will be trilled with the sci-fi excellence like in the alien’s first expedition in the present day.
The movie begins with a mountaineer discovering that glassy sphere on the top of an icy mountain in Himalayas. The next scene shifts to the present day where scientists and military people are summoned for an urgent meeting after a strange thing had been found in the space to crash on the earth(as in all alien movies). After an unexplained shining sphere descending to central Park in New York, the whole world starts to panic. A cute micro-biologist (Jennifer Connelly) was sent to investigate the sphere, as army shot at the alien coming out of the sphere. But the alien survives and in stages it transforms into the human form with a name klaatu. While investigating, they come to know their aim is to warn the whole human being for the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. The movie, however, contain little action and a lot of talking about the something all of which concerned much with human’s intentions and behaviors.
Keanu Reeves was convincing as an alein. Jennifer Connelly was not believable as a mother or as a scientist Kathy Bates who plays the Government official who has authority in decision making played a lifeless role. The movie itself has lot of flaws with lot things unexplained.
This movie is all about big message for humanity but the message is poorly conveyed. I would say that a good movie is something you want to see again. But this is not that sort I won’t be even rent this movie dvd for watching again. Watch if you are a fan of Keanu Reeves don’t watch if you are a fan of Jennifer Connelly.
Kuselan Movie Review – Friendship tale ! Watch with patience
Cast : Rajini, Pasupathy, Nayanthara, Meena, Sona, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar
Direction 
P Vasu
Music : G V Prakash
Production : K Balachander
Running Time : 2hrs 30min (approx)
Storyline : Balakrishna (a) Balu (Pashupathy) plays a poor barber who leads a wretched life in a village with wife Sridevi (Meena) and three children. His short term goal, however, is to renovate is old beauty saloon and in an attempt to revive it from downswing by applying for a bank loan. In the meantime, Ashok kumar (Rajinikanth) & his film crew comes to the village for a filmshooting. The whole village, including his family, rally around Balakrishna pursuing his favour to meet the star as the news of the childwood friendship between Balu and Ashok kumar spreads. Balu fears to meet Ashok Kumar thinking that he may not identify him. The multiple attempts of Balu, Vadivelu and livingston’s to meet the star forms the rest of the story.
Review : You can see a completely different Rajinikanth without his usual stunts and masala. Pashupathy excels with his flawless acting. With a bunch of characters for comic roles like Vadivelu, Santhanam, Livinston, Chinni jeyanth the movie gives a bad taste of humour. The main weakness is the screenplay where the first half drags a lot with lifeless scenes involving the villagers. Meena has done a okay job. For many of us who have been wondering a lot about Rajini’s political ambitions and his trips to the Himalayas, he answers us all with such vivacious dilouges which will silence us from anymore guesswork. I almost forgot about the presence of Nayanthara and Mamta Mohandas. Nayantara comes with a lot barely-there costumes and captured in multiple angles. Mamta Mohandas comes as asst director making no shades. The movie aften shifts from the main story which losens the script.
The only plus for the movie is the 20 min long climax where Rajini gives a sentimental speech and meets his childwood friend.
Camera work is quite convincing for the movie done by Arvind Krishna, but its ofen distracted by the low class CG Works done by Orcher Studios headed by Aishwaya Rajnikanth. GV Prakash has done a moderate job. Art work done by Thottatharani needs little life.
Not a great movie afterall except for the climax and rajni’s real life character. Average Flick:|