Abhinand

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I'm a big Mohanlal fan, like every other Malayali out there. When we knew Ettan was making a movie with Lijo Jose Pallisserry, our excitement show through the roof. But the excitement faded into nothingness once we watched the movie. The technical team of the movie did a terrific job with the costumes, the locations and the movie set pieces. The only lacking element is the story. It's just not interesting. Apart from moments like the fight with the Portuguese, the rest of the movie is just blank. The music is a confusing part of this movie. There are good songs, good score, but initially none is used. Instead, during the intro of "Vaaliban" the music used for the fight is just so dull, made everyone fall asleep. Its only later in the movie, the better music is utilized. The best part of the movie is the cinematography. each frame can be used as a PC wallpaper, it's that good. The DOP did a terrific job ith giving the movie the artistic look that a epic drama such as this requires. In conclusion Malaikkotte Vaaliban is nothing but an attempt to create a period drama that came out to be a period mass action movie with a sorry story as an excuse for the movie to happen. But one thing in the movie is too much, the slo motion sequences. It's like Zack Snyder on steriods. Atleast Snyder makes it look cool, in this, it's a hit or miss, and a miss most of the time

Malaikottai Vaaliban

This is easily one of the best movies of recent times. Being adapted from a novel, the plot is that well defined in every way. All the characters have their own unique traits, and the cast did a terrific job in portraying them. There are many familiar faces in the movie such as Basil, Lijomol, Sajin etc. but none of them play characters that they are known to play frequently. And finally gotta hand it to Basil, he was absolutely crushing it with his performance, dare I say the performance he's ever put forward. It's more than just "worth a watch". It's a movie you should watch in theatres. Movies like these distinguish Malayalam cinema from the rest, and we as Malayaless should support it so that other projects like this one get made in the future.

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I was really looking forward to watching this show, purely because it was an HBO show. But my wait was met with a disappointment. The show tries it's level best to show us the other side of the entertainment industry. The politics and business that meddles with an artists personal touch in their work and instead want to make a commercially successful product. The show is a disaster not because of this theme. This theme could've been handled better is written better. But the writing is absolute trash. The Weeknd's character is supposed to be a very hot man and after it's confusing first few episodes it is made clear that we are supposed to find his methods and ways very arousing. But all he is a very creepy dude who has a rat tail(of course a rat tail!). Lily's character is the mainstream artist who somehow falls for the rat tail, for reasons unknown to normal brained human beings. This show is HBO at it's worst. The sexual scenes doesn't even make any sense. So even that's bad. For those who call this show a "gem", kindly unalive yourself, thanks.

The Idol

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