He says that critics don’t influence the public’s taste for movies as much the Hollywood studios do. “…my colleagues and I must face a frequently - and not always politely - asked question: What is wrong with you people? I will, for now, suppress the impulse to turn the question on the moviegoing public, which persists in paying good money to see bad movies that I see free.” The audiences want to have fun, and the critcs “go sniffing for art”.
In the light of the spectacular success of movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Da Vinci Code despite extremely poor reviews, Scott says that critcs and audiences are finding themselves on the opposite ends of a bridge. Scott, one of my favourite movie critics, evaluates the role of a movie critic in a recent essay in the New York Times. This story was first published on Chennai Metblogs.
The movie is a welcome relief from the gangster craze gripping the Tamil movie industry. All through the screenplay, the commentary on corruption, casteist politics, child labour and illicit arrack is as relentless as the comic retorts. Simbudevan walks this trodden path, but with a sense of irony that reveals that he has seen the countless classics with the same plot.Īll of Pulikesi’s antics give the director room to deliver a rather loud social commentary on present times. Since they are twins, they also switch identities and baffle the bad guys. Two brothers, separated at birth by the evil designs of the villain (Nasser), come together to defeat him in the end. Satirizing Sivaji Ganeshan and himself in turns, Vadivelu plays Pulikesi as an endearing nitwit with a passion for punishing his subjects in innovative and cruel ways.Īs Pulikesi’s intelligent and patriotic twin, Ugraputran, Vadivelu models himself on early MGR, but portrays the character with a hint of self-parody. As Pulikesi, the fictional ruler of what seems to be a tiny kingdom, the actor is on home turf. Vadivelu is at his engaging best, delivering a performance that cements his place among the comic greats. Making another Kadhalikka Neramillai or Michael Madana Kamarajan was creatively round the corner if only the debutant director had believed in himself. Shankar, known for his perfectionist and ambitious ways as director, however, fails as producer to add a touch of class needed to make this movie a great comedy.Īfter choosing a full-length comedy with Vadivelu in the lead, the filmmakers seem to have settled for a watered down script. If there is one thing that is lacking in the Simbudevan-directed Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi, then that is ambition.
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