Bold enough to have belief in this script and screenplay…

Well said… w ewouldn’t know for mow many years we have to wait for one such movie…

one by one.

//Where was all the magical powers when confronted with Pandyan Army in climax? A simple ear piercing sound would have had them running for lives.//

as someone mentioned elsewhere, it is easily explained by this, they are on a transitionary phase so its very surreal to show that they are possessed by something before the enter the “past”. also the neo-chozhas are not shown to have magical powers. those were set by older ones as traps. remember the broken village where the sounds happen is the last trap.

//Reema didn’t show any signs of magic during snake attack & other scenes (even was cowardly bandishing a gun at everything)//

this is a true bug. but easily explained if you assume(yeah you have to assume…) reema’s so-called magical powers dont come out until she is in the “past”

//Andrea’s character in second half was total waste, could have killed her off to create shock value (See Gulaal for example)//

agree but we want someone to release the shackles of karthi. no? or would magic help here :)

//He could have chosen to tell the story in real-world-mode, which would have been GREAT, as magic power was not actually needed. All it needs is some ‘underground lost fighting art type of training’ (like kalarippayattu) & the characters are good to go.//

Yeah but it may not be as trippy as how it is in the movie.

//Having said that I totally enjoyed the movie, including the first half if not for some uncalled for scenes (such as the embarrassing bleeped english banter between ladies).//

what…what…that was the whole shock value for the trailer. and yeah no one else is gutsy for such a scene on tamil screen. Parthiban should T…paiyaa in pudiya padhai was called as a trend setter for a long time. so selva had to do it.

//. CGI – yeah, the squid, shadows, the city on the desert (not the set)//

By the time the movie hit the desert city, i was along with the characters and who cared if the skies were CGI or not.

He could have chosen to tell the story in real-world-mode, which would have been GREAT, as magic power was not actually needed. All it needs is some ‘underground lost fighting art type of training’ (like kalarippayattu) & the characters are good to go.

Dropping clues earlier would have been nicer as well (i may have missed if there were any) so the genre change is not as jarring.
Eg:
- Few demo’s of borderline magic, then attribute it to the characters drunken state as explanation (as hallucination)
- Reema could have noticed a trait about Muthu which makes her try to kill him (a locket, a tattoo) as she ‘knows’ he is THE one & tries to exploit his mojo in some way (not exploit his coolie strength)
- Reema character named Meena (not the hidden name Anitha Pandiyan or once uttered Minister Veerapandi) or the movie in Madurai Archelogical Dept.

Andrea’s character in second half was total waste, could have killed her off to create shock value (See Gulaal for example). CGI – yeah, the squid, shadows, the city on the desert (not the set), photoshop skies particularly in going-mad scenes (real looking sky are so easy & cheap, why did they resort to such fake ones). About the going mad scenes, it should have been brief and not drawn out so much as evoke comedy.

Having said that I totally enjoyed the movie, including the first half if not for some uncalled for scenes (such as the embarrassing bleeped english banter between ladies).

Hard to find such movies in our industry where you cannot guess what happens next, or even if you do, you stay on to experience it.

sad to see no crowd for this.

Loved the digital coloring and some visual effects… Hope “Dasa” had such good vFX

And Guru I dun understand why you are talking abt Peter Jackson here… This is just a baby step by Selva… he’s gotta a longway to go interms of screenwriting…!!