7am Arivu - The movie - A review
Finally got to see 7am Arivu. Nice movie, nice plot, but a poorly carried out story line towards the end and an insipid ending.
Surya rocks, he's a legend in the making, and could very well surpass the combine of Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan put together, 20 years from now. Shruti Hassan got her first boxoffice hit as a lead actress in tamil moviedom.
Considering Shruti Hassan is the daughter of a legend, audience like me wish to see a lot more from her. She's got the talent, just needs to bring it out more.
The plot was nice but the story line was not carrying enough. I was left wondering what sorta genetic manipulation is shruti doing to convert surya into bodhidharma. Found the concept novel but too fictional. Not convincing.
The concept of genetic memory is rather racial and no scientific basis is present as yet in terms of descent. As for the closing scene message of surya i suppose the movie makers did not read the IDSN position paper on Descent and Race.
The fantasy was carried a bit far also, with the idea of keeping surya's body totally covered in liquid, not exposing to sunlight and such unbeleivable stuff (they showed sequencing as though surya is being converted into bodhidharma and i thot why did they not show some science fiction equipment).
For the kind of fantastic and wonderful opening the movie had, the ending was disappointing. It was almost abrupt. And left me thinking "what next?" They did not show how the outbreak of disease was controlled.
An epidemic restricted to an area of China in 5th century wud be more easy to control than a disease that can spread like pandemic thru airtravel, seatravel, etc in present day times. Perhaps a few scenes for a proper closure were never shot (???)..
The plus points of the movie were: the actors, the opening sequences, the plot, the music and the beautiful scenary of China (great cinematography).
The movie wakes up people to the possibility of biological warfare, by anyone, against india. The most important message the movie conveys is preserving our ancient know-hows. Especially considering the patent fights against turmeric and neem, etc, i thot this message was good.
When Aamir Khan remakes the movie, i hope he will convey the message that every indian ought to be proud of bodhidharma, not just tamilians (the Pallavas were anyways not of tamil origin).
Looking forward the the next Surya movie. Definitely 7am arivu was better than Ra.One (Ra.One was too disappointing for a Shahrukh movie).
Finally got to see 7am Arivu. Nice movie, nice plot, but a poorly carried out story line towards the end and an insipid ending.
Surya rocks, he's a legend in the making, and could very well surpass the combine of Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan put together, 20 years from now. Shruti Hassan got her first boxoffice hit as a lead actress in tamil moviedom.
Considering Shruti Hassan is the daughter of a legend, audience like me wish to see a lot more from her. She's got the talent, just needs to bring it out more.
The plot was nice but the story line was not carrying enough. I was left wondering what sorta genetic manipulation is shruti doing to convert surya into bodhidharma. Found the concept novel but too fictional. Not convincing.
The concept of genetic memory is rather racial and no scientific basis is present as yet in terms of descent. As for the closing scene message of surya i suppose the movie makers did not read the IDSN position paper on Descent and Race.
The fantasy was carried a bit far also, with the idea of keeping surya's body totally covered in liquid, not exposing to sunlight and such unbeleivable stuff (they showed sequencing as though surya is being converted into bodhidharma and i thot why did they not show some science fiction equipment).
For the kind of fantastic and wonderful opening the movie had, the ending was disappointing. It was almost abrupt. And left me thinking "what next?" They did not show how the outbreak of disease was controlled.
An epidemic restricted to an area of China in 5th century wud be more easy to control than a disease that can spread like pandemic thru airtravel, seatravel, etc in present day times. Perhaps a few scenes for a proper closure were never shot (???)..
The plus points of the movie were: the actors, the opening sequences, the plot, the music and the beautiful scenary of China (great cinematography).
The movie wakes up people to the possibility of biological warfare, by anyone, against india. The most important message the movie conveys is preserving our ancient know-hows. Especially considering the patent fights against turmeric and neem, etc, i thot this message was good.
When Aamir Khan remakes the movie, i hope he will convey the message that every indian ought to be proud of bodhidharma, not just tamilians (the Pallavas were anyways not of tamil origin).
Looking forward the the next Surya movie. Definitely 7am arivu was better than Ra.One (Ra.One was too disappointing for a Shahrukh movie).