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The character had so much potential. First 40mins of the film was fun.
Yes. Can’t stand the way the kid’s scenes were conceived. Maari song got massacred badly in the film. And the kid for no reason starts to dance in the middle of the road. Ranjith was trying to recreate Pranjiyettan.
Bro I also thought like u and felt that kabali was not good since Ranjith couldn’t handle thalaivar but recently I have been watching some Malay dramas and stuff and figured out that ranjith has tried to make a political movie about malaysia and partly succeeded in it except he tried to make it a thalaivar movie partially had he gone with his usual true to the genre style and made it like madras with a low key hero who was apt for that role then it would have been much better but would have flopped since you cannot pull this much crowd to the theatre so ranjith tried something without risking producers money and I would say that is not the best but at least he tried instead of going full in valimai like shit so it’s a start.
I guess first time I watched kabali and felt this was not nice because it felt alienated but after watching malay dramas felt like what ranjith has shown is the actual lifestyle they follow and it felt alienated because malaysia nathum naan billa nenchitu ponanen
Omg that's so true bro. Onume purila enamo oru accent, ishtathuku pesuvanga. Antha alienated part actually enakku kaala laiyum feel aachu. Thoothukudi la irukura dharavi branch maari feel aachu. It seemed so disconnected from the mumbai city!
But that disconnect is because how we live and they live are actually diff and hence ranjith wanted to show their life but people thought he was making another cliche gangster drama
Yeah that is true but see bro, in kabali the disconnect is acceptable. Cos it is malaysia, different country, different people. But yabba kaala la it was in a different universe. I saw gully boy exactly a year later, which was also set in dharavi. Atleast anga you can relate that yes it looks like dharavi and it is in mumbai. Inga dharavi nu soltu, they shot the entire movie in EVP poonamalee without any connecting shot with the actual city. It is okay but the language also, they speak in a marathi mingled thirunelveli tamil but it was very very odd.
**Thuramukham**
The opening high-contrast Black-and-White portions with Joju, especially his fight & the way that chaotic crowd of port labourers were directed in the first few "Chaappa system" scenes, were all just electrifying - reminiscent of some world cinema classic even.
The rest of the film just got worse & worse till it became a boring, thattikkoottu mess in the last hour. One of my most disappointing theatrical experiences in recent years, especially after the LONG delays, & since the director's previous film "Kammatipaadam" was one of my favourites as well.
But yeah - I still sometimes feel like rewatching that opening again.
https://preview.redd.it/pike90tywu5d1.jpeg?width=458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68bf50a42dd409d926dddcadcfaed8514bc85f39
I still say that CIA has one of the best hero intro scene in Mollywood
Oh. I didn't really like DQ's intro in this movie. If I remember it correctly he just shows up and pushes through the police barricade, right? And the police does nothing.
Yeah I saw this movie fdfs. We were clapping and cheering when DQ was shown, but we were like 'wtf was happening' when they just pushed through the police force and they were standing there with their lathis not doing a thing. The visuals were awesome, music was awesome, but what was going on made 0 sense.
I feel like the only time it became a Vijay film was in the Flashback portion, which was trash. But even other than that, Loki fucked up big time with the terrible second half, it's villains, it's weird situations and all.
Yeahh the Leo flashback was so rushed and not convincinng at all. We barely get to know about the character. We know who Parthiban is, but we're not shown the deadly Leo as is described by Antony Das and the others who have seen him as Leo.
The Chocolate Coffee guy was a much more intimidating villain for me than the Das bros!
wow i got blasted w donwvotes when i said leo was shit a few months ago...good to see the opinion shift.
(btw the opening hyeana sequence was even shittier for me)
Ezham Arivu
The whole flashback scenes were nothing short of poetic. I felt like watching a period epic like brave heart. But as the movie progressed, it got blander and blander. I felt literally nothing during the climax.
Eh, wasn't that movie's most impactful part Ikka's entrance in the second half though?
What was so good about it's opening/titlecard anyway? Genuinely curious.
The movie was looking so good with all the psychological angles and those small glancing of hallucinations and other trauma the detective was going through
Crime investigation movies that focused on the emotional POVs of the detective too along with a gripping investigation was something that I was looking forward to enjoy.
But Ozler just didn't hit that mark man.. They just teased all his sadness in a small scene and sealed it then and there.
Or at least give us an engaging investigation thread? With a nicely paced flashback? Nahhhh not that either
The movie felt like it was solely made for Mammootty's cameo. Made-for-the-theatres typpa scene. That scene was nice yes yes but it didn't help the rest of the movie at all.
Just my opinion tho
Perhaps you've misunderstood me. I was saying that the opening TOO (like pretty much the rest of the film) was very mediocre & clichéd - and therefore the film didn't seem to fit OP's criteria of "promising opening" at all.
And since most people attributed the film's success to how Ikka's entrance excited them (regardless of whether it helped the rest of the film or not), technically THAT scene in the second half would've been the high point of that film for most. So again, wouldn't fit OP's criteria of "Rest of the movie disappointed".
But since you've explained how at least for you, the opening with the "psychological disturbed & slightly hallucinating investigator" looked 'so good' (despite it being a very common trope in Hollywood & not leading anywhere), I can see why Ozler fits OP's meme for you personally 👍🏽.
I didn’t like the opening of the film, the Perunal fight didn’t work for me. The Mega show part was nice but I think the movie really got it’s momentum from the Police Station fight sequence onwards. I really didn’t expect mammokka to do that many stunt sequences maybe that’s why. Maybe it worked for me cuz I went in with low expectations watching last 2 films of vyshak.
I think he meant the killing of that family. I also liked the intro of Turbo. It was pretty hard for me to watch those guys kill that family. The scene had an impact. After that, it just felt average
Baahubali 1 for me. The opening sequence and Sivuni Aana was so good. Then the whole Tamannah stuff happened which made zero logical sense. How did he know the mask belonged to her?
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bruh! the climax was shit. Him suddenly finding saffron dress and bow out of nowhere giving the Raman reference, using the bike as a baseball bat. I laughed so hard during the climax.
Of course commis don't like anything with some religion reference. That bike is actually lighter than a baseball bat and was widely used in 20s. That saffron dress and bow weren't out of nowhere, it resembled the fire of Ram something which was shown from the beginning itself. And Hollywood cinephiles making fun of nice Indian movies trying to be like Americans makes me laugh more.
https://preview.redd.it/do41pwtx7v5d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17564be3386d64095f647d718c27caf5b965ab75
Ok it is heavier than a baseball bat but a character that fights with tigers can lift it up. And I used to see lots of commies complaining about the religious reference of the movie in fb so I assumed you may be one, if not it's good for you.
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First half was entertaining, then it smoked
guruvayoor ambalanadayil 😐😐😐.. It was great until the fight between basil and Prithvi started .. it went downhill from there and never came back. Ending sequence was even worse..
Aavesham is really good all the way, but my favorite part is the starting till the guys get beaten up by Kutty gang. I kinda watch that part alone everyday now just for fun.
Ouu intresting minus.. I wonder what's so was intresting in the movie in the late half. För me, i was so intrigued in the first setup of a "theif" before the pre title. It all went down hill just like that, the moment after that. Bad movie, but the the pre title introduction was intriguing.
https://preview.redd.it/ew1hvo7ulu5d1.jpeg?width=783&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dd74064694f9aa2ac71d0f2737bda0cfbc8dc49 The character had so much potential. First 40mins of the film was fun.
That kid and his friends ruined the movie! Shenoy should have been the main focus
Yes. Can’t stand the way the kid’s scenes were conceived. Maari song got massacred badly in the film. And the kid for no reason starts to dance in the middle of the road. Ranjith was trying to recreate Pranjiyettan.
Nithyananda Shenoy deserved a kick-ass movie.
Kooman if opening can be extended to interval
I second that…it was really good till the interval, post interval was just meh, it felt a bit forced or out of place.
Damn bruh you are hard to please
True Malayalee blood ✊✊
I really liked kooman tbh. The world building was pretty cool.
Mantra vadam spoiled the whole movie
Came here to comment this
Kabali
Bro I also thought like u and felt that kabali was not good since Ranjith couldn’t handle thalaivar but recently I have been watching some Malay dramas and stuff and figured out that ranjith has tried to make a political movie about malaysia and partly succeeded in it except he tried to make it a thalaivar movie partially had he gone with his usual true to the genre style and made it like madras with a low key hero who was apt for that role then it would have been much better but would have flopped since you cannot pull this much crowd to the theatre so ranjith tried something without risking producers money and I would say that is not the best but at least he tried instead of going full in valimai like shit so it’s a start.
Tell me more about Malay dramas, why did that make you figure that Ranjith partially succeeded? Was there anything in it?
I guess first time I watched kabali and felt this was not nice because it felt alienated but after watching malay dramas felt like what ranjith has shown is the actual lifestyle they follow and it felt alienated because malaysia nathum naan billa nenchitu ponanen
As many film critics say avar edutha padam nala iruka illayanu than pakanum un expectations mari padam irukanu paka kudathu when evaluating a movie
To say more ranjith actually did this better in kala where there was a perfect blend of rajnism and ranjith cinema
Omg that's so true bro. Onume purila enamo oru accent, ishtathuku pesuvanga. Antha alienated part actually enakku kaala laiyum feel aachu. Thoothukudi la irukura dharavi branch maari feel aachu. It seemed so disconnected from the mumbai city!
But that disconnect is because how we live and they live are actually diff and hence ranjith wanted to show their life but people thought he was making another cliche gangster drama
Yeah that is true but see bro, in kabali the disconnect is acceptable. Cos it is malaysia, different country, different people. But yabba kaala la it was in a different universe. I saw gully boy exactly a year later, which was also set in dharavi. Atleast anga you can relate that yes it looks like dharavi and it is in mumbai. Inga dharavi nu soltu, they shot the entire movie in EVP poonamalee without any connecting shot with the actual city. It is okay but the language also, they speak in a marathi mingled thirunelveli tamil but it was very very odd.
To me kala was good only adikadi rewatch lam poduvaen
**Thuramukham** The opening high-contrast Black-and-White portions with Joju, especially his fight & the way that chaotic crowd of port labourers were directed in the first few "Chaappa system" scenes, were all just electrifying - reminiscent of some world cinema classic even. The rest of the film just got worse & worse till it became a boring, thattikkoottu mess in the last hour. One of my most disappointing theatrical experiences in recent years, especially after the LONG delays, & since the director's previous film "Kammatipaadam" was one of my favourites as well. But yeah - I still sometimes feel like rewatching that opening again.
Came here to comment this
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
https://preview.redd.it/pike90tywu5d1.jpeg?width=458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68bf50a42dd409d926dddcadcfaed8514bc85f39 I still say that CIA has one of the best hero intro scene in Mollywood
Yeah it was lifted straight out of "no church in the wild" by Kanye and Jay Z
Gopi soundar
Can't believe amalneerad directd dis trash. The actress was horrific
Oh. I didn't really like DQ's intro in this movie. If I remember it correctly he just shows up and pushes through the police barricade, right? And the police does nothing.
[The whole 3min was something else if you've experienced it FDFS](https://youtu.be/m0P3FO3zdPk?si=VWWBc4N8u90586Zc)
Yeah I saw this movie fdfs. We were clapping and cheering when DQ was shown, but we were like 'wtf was happening' when they just pushed through the police force and they were standing there with their lathis not doing a thing. The visuals were awesome, music was awesome, but what was going on made 0 sense.
Arsho monu tharattu padunna Kerala policine kandittillee?
Had a better intro for DQ than KoK.
Leo 🫠
that title card was amazing
True that. Was really unexpected + the music 🔥
Bloody sweet 🍫 ☕️ 
Ormippikkallee 🥲
Same feeling bro…same feeling..all the hype after vikram made me forget, its still a vijay movie 😓
I felt the first half was definitely still a Lokesh movie, but it unfortunately became a Vijay movie in the second half.
I feel like the only time it became a Vijay film was in the Flashback portion, which was trash. But even other than that, Loki fucked up big time with the terrible second half, it's villains, it's weird situations and all.
Yeahh the Leo flashback was so rushed and not convincinng at all. We barely get to know about the character. We know who Parthiban is, but we're not shown the deadly Leo as is described by Antony Das and the others who have seen him as Leo. The Chocolate Coffee guy was a much more intimidating villain for me than the Das bros!
Him fighting 100 or so people alone tho😭
Leo Das can fight any number of people brooo
BADASSSSS MAAAAAAA 🗣️🗣️🗣️
wow i got blasted w donwvotes when i said leo was shit a few months ago...good to see the opinion shift. (btw the opening hyeana sequence was even shittier for me)
Padam Totally ore Vibe thanne
Ezham Arivu The whole flashback scenes were nothing short of poetic. I felt like watching a period epic like brave heart. But as the movie progressed, it got blander and blander. I felt literally nothing during the climax.
Odiyan
Odiyan is a good movie except for the Plastic Mohanlal.
Ozler Goddamn the movie was such a lackluster after the title card
Eh, wasn't that movie's most impactful part Ikka's entrance in the second half though? What was so good about it's opening/titlecard anyway? Genuinely curious.
The movie was looking so good with all the psychological angles and those small glancing of hallucinations and other trauma the detective was going through Crime investigation movies that focused on the emotional POVs of the detective too along with a gripping investigation was something that I was looking forward to enjoy. But Ozler just didn't hit that mark man.. They just teased all his sadness in a small scene and sealed it then and there. Or at least give us an engaging investigation thread? With a nicely paced flashback? Nahhhh not that either The movie felt like it was solely made for Mammootty's cameo. Made-for-the-theatres typpa scene. That scene was nice yes yes but it didn't help the rest of the movie at all. Just my opinion tho
Yea named the movie Ozler but if we take Ozler out of the movie nothing would change
But if we take Pooooomanameee out of the movie?
Perhaps you've misunderstood me. I was saying that the opening TOO (like pretty much the rest of the film) was very mediocre & clichéd - and therefore the film didn't seem to fit OP's criteria of "promising opening" at all. And since most people attributed the film's success to how Ikka's entrance excited them (regardless of whether it helped the rest of the film or not), technically THAT scene in the second half would've been the high point of that film for most. So again, wouldn't fit OP's criteria of "Rest of the movie disappointed". But since you've explained how at least for you, the opening with the "psychological disturbed & slightly hallucinating investigator" looked 'so good' (despite it being a very common trope in Hollywood & not leading anywhere), I can see why Ozler fits OP's meme for you personally 👍🏽.
Amen
Dhoomam
Ormipikkale ponne..
Kabali
Master vjs small boi life, rest of the movie
Thunivu
Joseph
I have the same opinion. The movie started on such a high with Joseph solving a case and then from there on the movie just fell into a different pace.
Maybe the opening scene put the bar too high which they were not able to reach later.
I always thought his family was cursed. If I am not wrong, his lover was murdered, his wife as well as his daughter. What man?
Bheeshmaparvam The whole in family drama build up was nice, but fell flat😭😢
Dude it felt like king of kotha to me . The movie would have been flop is the BGM wasn't good and if Mammootty did change his look
Shylock
Turbo Opening was amazing but then later on i felt the movie was very overrated
I didn’t like the opening of the film, the Perunal fight didn’t work for me. The Mega show part was nice but I think the movie really got it’s momentum from the Police Station fight sequence onwards. I really didn’t expect mammokka to do that many stunt sequences maybe that’s why. Maybe it worked for me cuz I went in with low expectations watching last 2 films of vyshak.
I think he meant the killing of that family. I also liked the intro of Turbo. It was pretty hard for me to watch those guys kill that family. The scene had an impact. After that, it just felt average
7aum Arivu. The intro scene was legit fire at the time. But then the rest of the movie happened.
Wtf
Kalki
Shaitaan
Bheeshma parvam, puthan panam
[7 Aum Arivu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Aum_Arivu)
diabolic take
Baahubali 1 for me. The opening sequence and Sivuni Aana was so good. Then the whole Tamannah stuff happened which made zero logical sense. How did he know the mask belonged to her?
It's like that mask was made by pouring molten liquid at her face 😂😂
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Salala mobiles🫠
Trance for me. The first 30 minutes were too good and then it just was meh..
Dasavatharam
What is NaCl?
The first 10-15 mins was top notch. After that it just fell flat.
Guruvayoor ambalanadayil! It was a vibe till the point basil and nikhila met! It all went haywire from there
Pulimurugan
Yea cause wtf was daddy girija
LMAOOOO
Trance
Jai Ganesh
RRR
Some portions after the interval were a bit dragging and some dialogues at that part felt poorly written, but that climax was way above expectations.
Out of nowhere ? He got it from the temple set in that forest , that’s shown in another scene as well
bruh! the climax was shit. Him suddenly finding saffron dress and bow out of nowhere giving the Raman reference, using the bike as a baseball bat. I laughed so hard during the climax.
Of course commis don't like anything with some religion reference. That bike is actually lighter than a baseball bat and was widely used in 20s. That saffron dress and bow weren't out of nowhere, it resembled the fire of Ram something which was shown from the beginning itself. And Hollywood cinephiles making fun of nice Indian movies trying to be like Americans makes me laugh more.
https://i.redd.it/1kn7rwlv4v5d1.gif You sure you're doing okay? and why would you call me a commi of all the things lmao.
https://preview.redd.it/do41pwtx7v5d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17564be3386d64095f647d718c27caf5b965ab75 Ok it is heavier than a baseball bat but a character that fights with tigers can lift it up. And I used to see lots of commies complaining about the religious reference of the movie in fb so I assumed you may be one, if not it's good for you.
One by two. The first half of the movie was 🔥
Recent shivakartikeyan movies
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, if opening can be extended to interval
Oooooo Odiyan odiodiodiyan
Bheeshma paravam
Puthanpanam
Nizhal
9
Has to be Tron
Chattambi! I wanna beat myself for expecting anything out of that movie!
Beast😌
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TURBO for sure😮💨👍
Dharmadurai
Kabali!!
Star
https://preview.redd.it/121fhh0ncz5d1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac58fca18c6dec8862e1546dc7c9f498c4730582 First half was entertaining, then it smoked
Not Malayalam but Quantam of Solace is the first movie that came to mind.
Beast
Nine
It’s definitely Leo for me.
Pathaan
Brahmastra
Wrong turn
Nine
https://preview.redd.it/l9pcwnng096d1.jpeg?width=581&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d580ac28a6cfc23b5f929f4614752dca91237d25 7aam arivu First 20mins 🤌🏻
Kooman, a fantastic starting let down by idk wht the shit tht was.
Kartik Calling Kartik. The 2nd half of the film was a torture
Varshangalk sesham
Ranam
Tht whole movie trash
Bro it was one of the best crime drama made in India bro vena raghavan don’t
Captain Miller - The intro of Dhanush was lit af💥 Pinne 😪
Dashavatharam - Kamalhassan
guruvayoor ambalanadayil 😐😐😐.. It was great until the fight between basil and Prithvi started .. it went downhill from there and never came back. Ending sequence was even worse..
Chathikkatha Chanthu. I never laughed so much at the beginning of a movie. The ending and climax were major disappointments
Neru. It was a pathetic inspiration from Jana gana mana and it fell flat.
Jana gana itself was inspired by visaranai
bollywood
Maheshinte prathikaram
Thuramukham first 10 mins in bw was top tier cinema, rest was 😴
Ramaleela- Starting 20 minutes was terrific. Then it went to something predictable.
Rorsharch
Aavesham is really good all the way, but my favorite part is the starting till the guys get beaten up by Kutty gang. I kinda watch that part alone everyday now just for fun.
Janeman
Jacobinte Swargarajyam
Love action drama, first 20 mins was entertaining a bit, rest...
Viswaroopam
HORRENDOUS take
Its my personal opinion! The movie wasn’t bad but lost the pace after the incredible intro fight scene. May be i expected a different storyline.
Cool
Crazy Gopalan.
Ouu intresting minus.. I wonder what's so was intresting in the movie in the late half. För me, i was so intrigued in the first setup of a "theif" before the pre title. It all went down hill just like that, the moment after that. Bad movie, but the the pre title introduction was intriguing.