tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post7909350776111385380..comments2008-06-18T11:32:21.551+01:00g.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09071914996521730091noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-89125193266085460132008-06-18T11:32:00.000+01:002008-06-18T11:32:00.000+01:00thank you for your response to my comment. I completely agree with your observations and there are some bad things technically in the film. But the creative efforts should be appreciated. This film is truely a new experience for a the indian viewers.kannan ramanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15598343688866632403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-14668732946087881352008-06-16T19:53:00.000+01:002008-06-16T19:53:00.000+01:00Hi G! i could meet you while at work, the two days i was there atleast. :) <BR/>(Jayasree.. from SQE, the one who fell sick and had to leave Google for the same reason)<BR/>Anyway.. Nice review. India and its cinema is divided based on Languages..hindi cinema is Bollywood, while tamil is Kollywood, and Telegu is Tollywood.<BR/>When you go to watch a movie starring one of these "legendary" actors, it is taken for granted that you overlook all the technical aspects - these movies are made for them! Although they established themselves as actors in the past, these days they just want to make screen presence and break even at BO. <BR/>And the family thing.. every movie has to lure the family audience so to say. If mom and dad do not approve of the movie.. you (dont)simply sneek out and go watch it. Although I personally do not favor violence, and think kids are better off without it, I was left wondering after reading your comment. And I am not sure if you noticed it, most parents ask their kids to close their eyes at such scenes, but a censor cut or a supervision rating would get cult fans outraged. It is extremely close to their hearts if such things happen. Politics, Religion, Cricket, Cinema these are things that you should watch out for when in India.. you will be amazed just by the sheer brutal force it possesses.FrostAtMidnitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03718814732193019490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-63445262522297858772008-06-16T18:36:00.000+01:002008-06-16T18:36:00.000+01:00Hey guys!<BR/><BR/>I just watched Chaos Theory ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460745/ ) with Ryan Reynolds yesterday, so it's fun to find you talking about similar topic here. It's an easy one, a light comedy, not makes you think for hours, but has a clear and simple message (at least for me): to take your chances. As for the implementation: nice pictures, great acting. Worth watching, give it a try!<BR/><BR/>For G: conversations can give the most valuable part of a movie (take Woody Allen), maybe it has important role in Dasa, however, you missed them all, don't you think?littleborkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151087793456805084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-13584863856316180052008-06-16T16:15:00.000+01:002008-06-16T16:15:00.000+01:00re: kannan raman.<BR/><BR/>thank you for taking the time and writing your comment. i can't completely agree with you when you say that it is unfair to review a movie without understanding the story line. i think i remained fair when i posted about my experience, especially as i concentrated almost entirely on the objective technical side, on the cinematographic experience. i kept my subjective opinion about the story and message (or whatever i understood from it) to myself, especially because i did not see competent value in expressing it.<BR/><BR/>i am pretty sure you misunderstood my review, and felt that i did not like the movie because i did not understand the story. well, first, i did understand the story pretty well, it seems to me (especially after your explanation). second, the realization of a movie can totally kill a good story, while the opposite is also true, even a pretty poor story can form basis to a very good movie, if the implementation is superb. in my review i judged the implementation as very poor, without saying anything about the story, or the message if you like.<BR/><BR/>another great example of the butterfly effect is this reply i am writing right now. the movie was implemented with little professionalism and attention, therefore i judged the movie hard in my review, which provoked your comment on the unethical nature of my post, which called me to try to explain my point in this reply. and who knows where all this is leading? ;)<BR/><BR/>i think that the chaos theory and the butterfly effect are fascinating and hard topics, and i truly respect dasavatharam for giving it a shot.g.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09071914996521730091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-20608036566046536432008-06-16T15:11:00.000+01:002008-06-16T15:11:00.000+01:00I this its unfair to review the movie without understanding the story line of the movie. I would appreciate if you go through this and better watch it with sub titles and then review the movie.<BR/><BR/><B>FAQs on Dasavatharam </B><BR/><BR/>What is Chaos?<BR/>Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions are impossible. Like for example, if I push a car, I know that it is going to move and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on and on. However, in a chaotic system, this situation cannot be predicted over a long period of time. Weather, for example, is a chaotic system. No matter how good your instruments are, you simply cannot predict the weather with 100 per cent accuracy over a long term basis and forecast it. <BR/><BR/>What is the Butterfly Effect?<BR/>It is the most important component of a chaotic system. Basically, small perturbations results in amplifications which completely destroys the original nature of the system and makes prediction impossible. If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa, it could result in a cyclone in USA.(Mark the word COULD.) A highly dumbed down explanation of the butterfly effect is in the film Anniyan, where Vikram's sister dies because a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day. <BR/><BR/>OK, how does Dasa incorporate it? <BR/><BR/>In essence, Dasa talks about eight characters who are inconsequential as such, but are integrated in a larger picture. Without Bush, the plane would have been called back. Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead. Without the tsunami, the world would have been destroyed. Even Krishnaveni (the old woman) plays a very important role. If she had not put the vial in the idol, maybe Govind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weapon would have been unleashed. The very fact that it went into the idol meant that it was being accelerated to its destiny. Without Kaifulllah Khan, Govind would have never escaped... the list simply goes on. <BR/><BR/>OK, so does the film talk about theism or atheism? <BR/>Neither. It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world. <BR/><BR/>The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconsequential event (the drowning of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped off the face of the earth. <BR/><BR/>---------------------kannan ramanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15598343688866632403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35393178.post-23430446578358193962008-06-15T21:44:00.000+01:002008-06-15T21:44:00.000+01:00Not bad, now you should see a cheap B class movie maybe the true charm of Bollywood lies there.Ricconoreply@blogger.com