10/10 so much warmth and love oozing from this movie. i love it to its core.

10/10 might be the weirdest yet best thing ive ever seen

10/10 ( its for everyone )

9.8/10 the world is grateful for the voice of mari selvaraj

9.6/10 in yash chopra’s silsila, alongside stunning cinematography you will find multidimensional characters who live and breathe. they love, lie, write poetry, fight for their nation, fight with themselves, care for others, act selfishly, sing, dance, hide, suspect and even compromise. you can admire them, sympethize with them, judge them or even hate them, but you can not deny that they are human.

9.5/10

9.5/10 an expertly crafted, emotionally driven sports spectacle thats cast to a tee and edited like a dream. pasupathy was a highlight for me as he was the spine in a dynamic family relationship that often pulled at my heartstrings. chiyaan’s veera dheera sooran held my spot for movie of the year so far, crazy that his son has been the only one to top it. but then again it also makes complete sense when hes backed by mari selvaraj who once again not only proves he knows his shit as a political voice, but also as a filmmaker.  powerful, moving stuff.

9.5/10 slice of life, modern day vaaranam aayiram

9.5/10

<p>9/10</p>

<p>9/10</p>

9/10

8.8/10

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8.8/10 (grounded la la land)

8.8/10 i found this movie intoxicating in many ways. the stunning conviction of poetry and authority in prakash raj’s portrayal of tamil selvan. the sheer beauty and elegance of aishwarya rai as she seduced the screen. and the insane fucking framing and shot composition. this movie looks like a dream. every frame is so meticulously planned out and complimented by the way the camera moves. every shot had me in awe. i appreciate mani ratnams choice to focus on the friendship aspect of mgr and karunanithis story however just like most of his attempts to adapt things on screen, i was left wanting a little more there is a point in the movie where an interviewer asks anand if his fallout with tamil selvan is rooted in ego or ideological differences. the line is quickly brushed off with the news of kalpana’s crash. in a sense i guess theyre both true and the movie definitely explores these themes but i just wished the movie doubled down on it and initiated a more in depth discussion regarding their fallout. regardless im love with the cinematography here and definitely in love with aishwarya rai.

8.8/10 the announcement of arasan had me rushing to rewatch this masterpiece. no one tells stories like vetrimaaran. a modern epic that takes the chosen one trope and italian mobster setting to new heights just with simple nonlinear storytelling and well written arcs. scorsese got nothing on this

8.7/10

8.6/10

8.6/10

8.6/10<br>soo unexpectedly good. not to say i thought it was going to be bad but i think recently the mass-action side of tamil cinema has putting out so many mediocre scripts that i forgot what a well executed dimly lit gritty tamil movie looked like and why i used to love the genre so much. this movie genuinely had me at the edge at of my seat. the movie is perfectly casted with even the minor characters playing their roles to a tea. vikram is nothing but a powerhouse in this movie and its nice to see the brilliant run of movies hes been giving us. this movie had him constantly aura farming and i was here for it. maybe i have tiktok adhd brain but that one scene involving a yellow bag had me in so much awe that i deadass almost put my hand up to touch the screen and hit rewind. IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS BUT THATS HOW IMMERSED I WAS THAT I FORGOT WHERE I WAS. all i knew was that wanted watch it again. shoutout to dushara too but ive loved her and her ability to give her all in any role she plays since day one. a minor complaint i have is that even though this flick had a tight script, i still feel like the story could have been streamlined a little. and also the decision to have a part 1 is a little confusing to me i think this movie does a brilliant job at giving just enough backstory to understand the stakes and motivations in this story. nevertheless very promising from arun kumar and looking forward for more.

<p>8.6/10 you could tell a journalist took this movie and i love it for that. twist and turns that arent done for shock but to put us in the perspective of how unreliable sources in media shape our reality and what we believe. we simply believe what we are told. not a perfect flick but the fact this has joined the group of very few mass movies with actual character arcs is a plus. and a tamil movie reconsidering the act killing as a true form of justice and ACTUALLY committing to it is a huge plus. from a filmaking standpoint, had highlights but was nothing special, which i can forgive cause that was not the aim or priority for the movie. shoutout to fahaad fasil and amitabh bachan as well. felt like the director perfectly balanced their contribution to the movie without overshadowing rajini.</p>

8.5/10 ( petta paraak )

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<p>8.5/10</p>

8.4/10

8.3/10

8.3/10 prechy commercial tamil cinema done right. still think oh my kaduvale was more refined, but this movie is definitely more grand which in someways is a double edged sword. regardless, overall was such a fun watch with strong emotions woven in

8.3/10 ( welcome back karthik )

8.2/10

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<p>8.2/10</p>

8/10

<p>8/10 always has been a conversational director and thats still true in this movie. greed and materialism is ugly, but can we survive without it in world built upon it? thats only one of the many questions posed. this movie still has me thinking but i guess thats the point.</p>

8/10

8/10

8/10

8/10 ( basically he is a watch mechanic )

8/10

8/10 so many moving pieces interacting and reacting to each other. only person capable of that in kollywood is vetrimaaran. a film centring an in depth look on how a revolution is caused and built from the ground up. manju warrier is an angel and vijay sethupathi is an all rounded power house. one my favourite characters he’s portrayed. not the best but certainly another banger from vetrimaaran

8/10 that fucking mango tree

7.8/10

7.8/10 (conflict writing masterclass)

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<p>7.8/10</p>

7.6/10

<p>7.6/10 loved it when i was 7, still love it now. messy and rough around the edges like any venkat prabhu movie but he simply makes it work. call it nostalgia, but this will always be THE heist movie of kollywood.</p>

7.6/10 ref do somethin &lt;\3&nbsp;

7.6/10

7.6/10 honestly fire, but could be so much more fire

7.5/10

<p>7.5/10 kamal hassan’s artistic vision comes through very strong in this movie and at its core carries it to the very end. potent emotions like the scene of aparna being murdered, striking metaphorical visuals like mythili turning into a gun when making love and jarring choices like presenting the present in black and white instead of the past. on paper the idea of a man learning to love something out of his obsessive hatred is beautiful however i think at times the movie is a little unfocused and loses a sense of drive. the inclusion of shah rukh khan’s amjad works for the most part but seems abit narratively ‘convenient’. but overall a great view of a the impact the partition had on the lives of common man. a bold and admirable swing from ulaga nayagan.</p>

<p>7.5/10&nbsp;</p>

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<p>7.5/10</p>

7.5/10 ( “must be some indian technique” )

<p>7.4/10 honestly higher up for me in terms of mani ratnam. loved the vibe and general portrayal of enlightenment and how god works in mysterious ways. all things considered it definitely had potential to be so much greater. i think the character of arjun’s bergman is severely underwritten and shallow. a step back from all the big revenge plot would have let the themes flourish even better. im not saying dont have conflict but it was over the top (its mani ratnam after all). all performances were great, arvind swamy in particular was brilliant. also ar rahman always puts his soul into mani ratnam projects but why for the love of god is mani ratnam ass at directing visuals for songs its like his kyptonite in every movie.</p>

<p>7.4/10 welcome back lokesh… kinda?</p><p>so many elements that i loved. rajini-ism did not fall flat at all and the decision to show the flashback scenes in the way that they did was simply genius. so much more than a cheap showcase of de-aging tech.</p><p>worked very well for me, enjoyed nagarjuna and upendra but truly loved soubin. satyaraj was used sparingly but wish we could have seen a lot more from the flashbacks.</p><p>shruti delivers an okay performance but any critic of that i can only direct towards lokesh and not her. she plays what is given to her well and the scenes highlighting her care and determination to help her family really worked for me. lokesh has already been scrutinized on multiple accounts for the scope he gives women which i think he has improved slightly on, with the few scenes of shruti and the addition of the character kalyani whose dynamic with soubin’s dayal really worked for me.</p><p>nevertheless the use of shruti as a damsel of distress felt a little drawn out. in fact thats another thing i struggled with a lot in this movie, its length. idk if draggy is the right word but i would say it was overwhelming. scenes are captivating thanks to the performances and smooth editing (which to its praise has been rare in mass tamil cinema lately) but often felt repetitive in the sense that the same scenarios were occurring just in different flavours. i get that the constant back and forth of “who has the upper hand” between deva dayal and simon is a major part of this film but i think only half of the twists worked for me plus deep into the movie it just got a little tiring.</p><p>i cant lie the action in this movie also didn’t really work for me. the stars saved them with their style but this movie had me feeling like anbariv have run out of ideas. overly drawn out, repetitive, bland and only saved by bits of mass.</p><p>i think i have so much to say cause i truly love lokesh as a visionary and watching his career grow and expand so fast in such a short amount of time has been so exciting and intriguing. that may account to me being extra critical of his work but i truly love when he gets it right and i only wish for more great stories from him.</p><p>overall i think this is a big come back from the mess that was leo for lokesh, and a strong addition in the few movies post sivaji the boss that have done rajinikanth justice.</p>

7.4/10 a strong start and solid finish with a messy middle. another flick where alot worked for me but i truly cant pinpoint the exact reason it didnt. i guess the best way to put it is karthik’s idea to blend the thrill of an epic with the hectic nature of smoking a joint didnt really work for me.<br><br>for me alot of the epic stuff worked, and i just felt like the aesthetic of the rubber cult really felt outta place with the tone of the rest of this flick. we say movies these days are style over substance but this for me was substance with the wrong style.<br><br>i do agree with most people where pooja hegde’s rukmini was not utilised in the right way but for different reasons. i dont agree that we dont know much about this woman. just by her profession and the gods she worships we get to learn alot about her moral alignment. what didnt work for me was the excution of how she expressed her disappointment/disapproval towards paaris violence felt melodramatic in a cheap way. you can go off on pooja hegde’s acting all you want but i think the script direction from karthik is at bigger fault.&nbsp;<br><br>i guess another main problem with this movie is its tryna be too many things at the same time, yet why i love it is in those many things, it does some things brilliantly well.<br><br>from drawing contrasts between the ideology of the buddha and lord krishna, to a 15 minute one shot thats woven in and out of a dance sequence and action set piece, to even a classic karthik subbaraj twist, this movie must be praised. yet you cant help but imagine a version of it that lives up to its full potential.

7.4/10. two years ago if you told me venkat pranhu would have outclassed both nelson and lokesh in directing vijay i would have never believed you.

7.4/10

7.4/10 ( ar rahman the goat no cap )

<p>7.2/10 soori’s kumerasa is so beautiful wrote and acted out, true heart beat of this movie.</p>

7.2/10 kamal always on some lebron shit

7.2/10 loved the whole cast especially ashok selvans range and aparna for being aparna and bringing her cheekiness to this role. loved the way the story was structured as well. could be a little condensed down but fun nonetheless

7.2/10

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7.2/10

7/10 ( he is vengeance )

7/10 ( found its footing eventually )

7/10

7/10 good art plot, whatever romance plot with killer performances.

<p>7/10 Sooo fresh and is truly the variety mass kollywood needs right now. Magizh seems to be really good at writing tense slowburn with expert pacing. Tonally very consistent as well, was surprised how well he integrated some comedy bits into the script. However i think the integration of mass elements into this movie and character writing as a whole could have been a lot better.</p><p>I know its weird to praise a movie for being fresh and different to then say add more typical masala elements but what i mean is more like, ajith could have had more… aura?? I feel like the transformation of Ajith from a man whos so lost to a pissed off badass could have been more smooth and structured. I would have loved to see how all the shit hes being put through is slowly chipping away at his cool and sanity.</p><p>Love plotline worked for the most part but ending felt kinda cliche. Yes, in a dream reality i would have loved a version of the ending where Ajith dumped Trisha instead but i think the ending as is could have worked as well if it wasnt written and edited as it was. Could have played out a little longer and felt rushed.</p><p>Nevertheless thank you for giving my goat Ajith a decent movie to act in after years of atrocity. For me, best Ajith movir since Yennai Arindaal (which was 10 years ago wtf???)</p>

6.8/10 (pls remove the first sing off this fucking planet)

6.8/10

6.8/10

6.8/10

6.8/10 ( actually touching )

6.8/10 ( great message, could flow better )

<p>6.7/10 ( a good time )</p>

6.5/10

6.5/10

<p>6.5/10</p>

6.5/10

6.5/10 i dont think making a movie about revolution in a mainstream way is impossible, but i feel like parasakthi is caught in a weird spot where it lacks the grit and rawness possessed by its less mainstream counterparts yet it doesnt build enough stakes to warrant its mainstream nature. the movie was overall fine, but as i said it didnt have the grit a keen to something like viduthalai nor did it push any boundaries in terms of filmmaking a keen to something like hey ram (albeit thats an unfair comparison) and even as mainstream cinema, sure it had its electrifying moments like when cheziyan returns to revolutory ways or when sreeleela regained her courage to speak to the people, but for the most part it felt rather tame for a movie about revolution. loud but not loud enough. also ravi mohans character just did not work for me. he was fine in the role but the characters depth did not translate well enough onto the screen. overall weird cause at no point was i bored but at all points i was wishing for more for.

<p>6.5/10 ( "Cup'u mukkiyu bigil'u" )</p>

6.4/10 aside from the fun cinematography and stunning performances from dulquer, samuthirakani and bhagyashri borse, the movie fails to grip you with its story. its characters lack depth and their motivations are surface level and undercooked. i dont like comparing movies with other movies but its hard to not think of mani ratnam’s iruvar when watching this movie. even though the plot of both movies are so different, they share many similarities from the setting of 1950’s kollywood, friendships turned sour, simmering romance and beautiful cinematography. but unfortunately iruvar set a high standard for all those things. a standard that i dont think is impossible to meet or surpass but a standard that this movie does not come close to. also coming back to performances. i love rana in most things but wtf is his character here. i know that man can act but his character was conceptualised so poorly. way off from the tone of the movie and overall hard to watch.

6.2/10

<p>6/10 (killer first act, drops the ball all in one movie)</p>

6/10 (has its moments, but dropped the ball so hard)

6/10 ( stop bullying nelson )

6/10

6/10

<p>6/10 so much to love yet so much to hate about this movie. acting on point. concept on point. sequences on point. but dear god shankar lets his intrusive thoughts win too often. and also WHY IS THE SATURATION ON CRACK.</p>

6/10 idk why but i dont mind this

6/10 (cant let the gang know i fw this)

<p>5.8/10 i dont ask for realism in movies. all i ask for is substance and compelling storytelling. once again i find mani ratnam plays with interesting ideas that just float around wanting to fall in to place but get lost in random clutter.&nbsp;<br><br>the motivations and decisions characters make are always surface level and left without in depth exploration mainly because they are never given the chance to.<br><br>nevertheless, madhavan and shalini are a dream and ar rahman has a field day in one of his most compelling albums ever. wanted to love this more.</p>

5.8/10

5.8/10 (rewatch) 6.2/10

5.8/10

5.6/10

5.4/10 yeah idk man

5/10 (stop directing stars nelson)

5/10

<p>5/10 ( peak mid )</p>

5/10

5/10 went into it for rekha, left it mainly loving rekha. mithun chakraborty is charming for the most part too. fire opening credits as well

4.8/10

<p>4.6/10 ( definitely not petta )</p>

4.4/10

<p>4.2/10 ( disappointing )</p><p><br></p>

<p>4.2/10 a few good ideas thats overshadowed by below average antagonists that posses zero threat and a abundance of one note characters. cant help but admire what could’ve been</p>

4/10

<p>4/10 (trying to be 3 different movies but fails at all 3)</p>

<p>4/10 ( ajith shouldnt shave )</p>

4/10

4/10 (not the best way to start my year)

<p>3.9/10 ( had potential )</p>

3.8/10 ( gay lovers start a war )

3/10

2.5/10

2/10 ( fuck you director siva )

1/10

1/10

<p>1/10 i have a headache. ive never been this bored yet so stimulated in my life. once again, fuck you siva</p>