Kamal without his anti God digs?? Definitely have to see. Special effects + good story line is a rare combo, let us hope he has pulled it off. Waiting to hear more.
Satish, Kamal has digs in every movie of his own (not old ones with KB or other directors), more later ones. He is very much a new agey guy (by that I mean one who has a custom belief system based on convenience). It is a good idea i think to just enjoy his movie talents and leave him at that.
It is dumb to link intelligence with faith in a linear way. Newton, Edison and to some extent even Einstein was a beleiver. The math genius Ramanujam received his theories in dreams where he claimed Lord Narasimha reveled them to him. Perhaps would be more clear to say being a scientist leads one to an intelligent belief system, rather than a belief system propogated by blind following of religion.
Satish, questioning God with an open mind is not atheism, it is agnosticism. Am not saying Kamal has done that, just to clarify in theory. Agnosticism is and must be a phase every true believer goes through.
sorry to comment about this .... that is dasavatharam ............ as far as the film is concerned first of all lets think about the way that they have executed it. its because of KAMAL every one is commenting about the film but if its in the case of any other actor this thig would have worked out first people should try to appreciate the job that they have performed first of all i would like to say its not an easy task to write such a massive script and more over in the other hand the screenplay and the acting comes in the next hand we should be proud and we must have some concern towars the work they have done in film. in an interwiew with KS RAVIKUMAR he him self if forwarding that even its not possible for the next time with some other legend in (HINDI and HOLLYWOOD) ....... so when this things holds this much grip i dont know how the people are commenting about the make up issues do any one know how tough was that.......................
Thank you to everyone for their comments...I think I saved myself some $$ :))
Even without watching some thoughts came to my mind. Kamal developed this obsession with weird make ups after he successfully played female iyer mami and a midget guy. I saw stills of the movie, the make up of Bush was horrible, I mean yes it is important to be creative of course but surely there is no comparison whatsoever between Kamal and Bush for one to play another, and how far does a make up man go?
Second, it is a well known fact almost globally that special effects _+ strong story line rarely go well together. One has to contend for one in favor of the other.
Lastly perhaps if Kamal had made this with other regular actors with himself playing one or two roles, the story would have been more apparent. Why not use a real old lady or a regular george bush look alike for bush? An audience going for a story would they care? Somehow I am reminded of Navarthri and MMKR,both of which had great storylines and showcased the undeniable talents of Sivaji and Kamal. But they stuck to the story, no half baked religious innuedos or special effects. History already has its lessons, only lack of people who learn them.
Why someone likes a movie and someone else does not is really not a logical thing, it depends on the person's taste. That said, we can and should logically discuss the issues around the movie, including the actor's bloated ego that makes him don female roles and roles that are caricatures more than people.
Perhaps the special effects are international standards, yes let us give him credit for that.But what is the need for any sympathy, he is a smart business man, not just an actor. He chose to take certain risks in return for fame and money, sometimes he gets it sometimes he does not. Same as any business deal. Would we pan it if it was not Kamal, perhaps not. But who else would play ten roles anyway for us to do that? And who else who take on scripting/screenplay anything under the sun himself too?
My grandfather used to say of people crying after watching movies - the actor takes money to cry and you give money and cry, that is the only difference. It is sort of like that.
He he :) Venkat that was funny. I was also reminded of the joke from the eternal classic 'Kathallikka Neramillai' - Nagesh attempts to be a movie maker/actor and says story/screenplay/direction/action ellam naan dhan and his sister remarks 'anna clap boy kooda nee dhana :))
All good movies are a result of team work, not the lead actor's fame or even abilities. MMKR was like that, so was Kadhalikka Neramillai, Bale Pandiya, Mayabazar etc. When the actor's ego grows and he wants to do everything then it becomes jack of all trades, master of none and bores the audience, that is all.