Inception
How many of you watched AVATAR? I bet a lot of you. And it was what I call a single dimensional movie supposedly made in 3D. Now, how about a truly multi dimensional movie shot in single D? Or was it? I do not know for sure.
The trick this Christopher Nolan plays on you is that you are being fed this thought that you are solving a puzzle with optimal level of difficulty, made just for you, and you are just about to finish it, and then something happens…
I came out of the theatre yesterday evening and still could not stop thinking about this film. I am not walking around like a zombie, but this film still runs in my head at a corner.
One can ask anyone she comes across who has seen the movie , and the other person can tell and yet it does not matter…for once spoilers does not matter…because that person can never tell everything because it is very hard to digest this movie in one sitting. One can grasp it but not completely digest it. That is the trick.
It’s incredible that our friend Christopher Nolan can write a script like this. And I am running short of superlatives to tell you about his execution. What conviction! He takes like 5 minutes and dialogues to tell the audience the rules of the game..and it sticks..like an idea whose time has come…
Christopher Nolan is a complex genius.
INCEPTION, my best film of 2010.
PS:
Indha padathai sathyam la premiere show partha celebrities, ipdi madam edukaradhai vittutu, Ennamo ramayanam, silapadhigaram nu mokkaya pottukittu…..adhayum urupadiya edukaama…adhileyim ‘naanga adapt pannalai.. Yedho oru silla similarities irukalaam’ nu safe side goal pottukittu….
July 25th, 2010 at 4:21 am
Agreed. The next day everyone was discussing the movie wunly at work and everyone agreed that this needed to be watched one more time. At the risk of sounding like the “India Shining” crowd, I have to say this sounds like Advaitam in places. I am not saying he drew inspiration, it’s just that the parallels are so striking, esp as expressed through some of the powerful, but simple dialogue. Idha edukka oru producer, oru mega star ellarumey ready anga. Check out the wikipedia page for the movie - some interesting titbits. I found the lengthy dream states correspond to very little time in the parent state, idea fascinating, especially since we can easily relate to that - during brief afternoon naps, we sometimes dream very elaborately, and these dreams exceed the duration of that short nap.
To get back to the parallels, The ‘I’ (as in the ‘I am the body’ idea) rises projects the world and then takes part in this mayai. Day dreaming / dreaming are also similar. In all states a first person (I am the body) is needed to observe the 2nd and 3rd persons (avan, adhu, ulagam etc). ok now we are wandering into sankarar, ramanar territory - oru code coolie’ngara muraila idhoda stoppu
July 25th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Thavamai thavamirundhu paartha padam.. I liked it. I am still digesting the movie. There are some fundamental questions about the film.. but i will clear them out, when i watch it again.
By the way, the first time i watched Avatar, i didnt like it. Now, 7 times down, im beginning to admire a lot of things in that movie.
And by the by the way, Have you seen Prestige
July 26th, 2010 at 2:46 am
Hello prabhu,
Your frustration about tamil movies prompts me to say that ‘one day u will say, we dont like english movies we see only tamil movies’ (memorable quote from nagesh in ‘kadhalikka neramillai’ to kanchana!
In btw, the same ravanan epic was admired by NYTimes columnist! that should bring cheers to us!
Kamal Hassan, Maniratnam and Shankar are nevertheless pucca hardworking professionals in contemorary indian cinema!
July 26th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Karthigeyan,
Yes, it takes tremendous amount of hard work to make even a crappy movie, but that does not mean our folks should be happy doing ’sumaar’ stuff when they can very well do better. I do not question the ability of kamal…Shankar is a different animal imho…Mani himself has become too business man like…
The kind of compromise these guys make, and the kind of statements they dish out to avoid issues and to promote their own movies is disappointing to say the least.
Oru padathuku 6 songs vache aaganum nu enna kattayam? but all the guys you mentioned place 6 songs, just so that music rights means more money…
July 26th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Keerthi,
I loved ‘prestige’. That was my first Nolan film - not ‘Memento’…
‘Avatar’ - if i find a film boring the first time, it’s hard for me to watch that six times to find the more interesting things in that movie.. this logic is not very different from ‘thirumba thirumba kaetta indha song pidikkum’ logic
July 26th, 2010 at 5:57 am
BNB,
Thank you
>I found the lengthy dream states correspond to very little time in the parent state, idea fascinating,
I totally agree…. also, the kind of confidence this guy exudes in telling a concept like this on screen is what I found most impressive…
yeah oru code cooliengara murai la sathyam la padam parpom
July 26th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
PK, also please watch Despicable Me.
And believe it or not.. logic or illogic… im a fan of Avatar, after seeing it for six or seven times… and i dont believe i hated it the first time. I neglected the story initially… overseeing some details.. Now, I find it to be well authored.. well spun.. too detailed.. of course, the outline looks very simple on the lines of a tamil cinema story..
BTW, I watched Salt, last saturday.. bayangara “poo suthal” action. But very perfect in it. Very very captivating.
July 26th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
உங்களுக்காக..
http://www.avyukta.net/2010/07/avatar-science-behind-pandora.html
Not to convince you or to prove a point..
but just sharing.