[MannoFr]

Yaiks! what a scary song/ scene it was !! Kodumaiyilum kodumai !

[Peptobismol]

Climaxes that doesn't make or break the film. Let it all be organic to the story.

Pray someone could do something about this Punnagai-Mannan-syndrome that has took over New Thamizh cinema.

[Slonopotam845]

...Ive said enough and voted too... (my choice is "3")

[9mm_fan]

prasanna, ennavo ponga...

groucho,

yeah.... but i feel its partially age and partially how u are built.
punnagai mannan climax kaaga appove 1 week manasu sariyillaama irunthirukken... guess some of us are made very delicate...sigh. I do agree therez violence everywhere around, I DONT totally dislike such movies. but HOW U PRESENT or convey it matters.

None can deny, with more violence, society is dragged more into it. We reap what we sow.

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

With increasing tendency towards perverted/sick story theme, in the pretext of thrillers or "saying something new" all we get to see is psycho thrillers with heavy dose of violence, leaving us iwth obnoxiously stomach curling themes / Plots.

Violence is no more alarming. Saw series is celebrated! Where are we going?

We do have excellent thrillers or "art films" without dark shades of depression. It calls for an 'expert story teller', and intelligent plot to give a convincing touch without much violence being forcibly gobbled down the throat.

Sometimes I think I am happy sitting and watching "samsaaram adhu minsaaram" types even for 100th time...sigh

What do u prefer? plz share.

[Paul Bunyan]

The kind if endings I like are:

Life goes on
It's pretty hopeless
There is no answer
We are alone in this amoral universe
Nobody has any clue because this is the first and only time each of them is living their life
In the end, it's all just a gag

[Big A]

Kolai, Kollai, Murder, Rape.

(Idhu pondra Padangal)

[Lt_Apple]

Kolai, Kollai, Murder, Rape.

(Idhu pondra Padangal)

Why this Kola veRi Feddy?

[Big A]

Good thread SP.

My priorities:

1. Film combined with art and love, classic example like Salangai Oli, Thillaana MohanaambaL. I know it is too much nowadays to ask for such a film.
2. Mythological/historical films, absolutely love it.
3. Feel good entertainers (with good script) which creates an impact and thinking after a long time after we have watched the film. It need not have fairy tale/happy ending, classic example being Mudhal mariyaathai. Recent ones like; KSY, Nandhalaala.
4. Good humor/rom-com films like MMKR, Sathileelavathi, Panchathantram, PKS etc.
5. Good Folk based stories combined with humor like Azhagar Saamiyin Kudhirai, Thooral ninnu pocchu, Mundhaanai mudichu, Indru poi naaLai vaa with absolutely no aruvaaL kalaachaaram. Still greedy to look back to 'karagam' with Annan again.
6. Dark films like Naan KadavuL, Mahanadhi, Pithamagan, Sethu.
7. Crime and suspense thrillers like Yudham sei (definitely there was violence), but the content was too good to forget about that. If they can bring the violence element like Sigappu ROjaakkal, Athe KaNgaL, Kaithiyin Diary that would be awesome.
8. Action thrillers like Ayan.

[Drugmachine]

Variety is the spice of life. One might say they like comedies, but they also enjoy a biopic like 'Bharathi' or a movie on classical arts like 'Salangai Oli'. I personally enjoy all kinds of films - drama, comedy, action, romance, suspense, thrillers, even commercial potboilers. The only genres I don't like are Horror and melodrama. The climax must be one that we do not expect - and I would double-like if it ends up being happy instead of sad or dpressing. This is why I like 'whodunit' mysteries (I saw 'adhey kangal' recently on KTV) and also light-hearted rom-coms with a slight twist (like Kalavani or Boss engira Bhaskaran). I say Boss because I never expected Arya to be chasing Santhanam in the first scene! Some great climaxes that I enjoy even today have quite a few Bhgyaraj films in the list - Darling Darling Darling, Andha 7 natkal, The Usual Suspects, Guna, Indru Poi Naalai Vaa, Kadhal Konden, Adhey Kangal, Nadu Iravil, Pudhiya Paravai, etc

[Big A]

all is well...

happy ending..

pirinthavargal servadhu..

nallavan vazhvaan..

muyarchi thiruvinaiyaagum..

vikraman type films.. but it doesn't mean his way of narrating..

[Paul Bunyan]

something like MMKR climax..last best, irrespective of the genre.

[S.T.D.]

சரியான கூடைக்குள் அடைக்க முற்படுவதில் சில இடைஞ்சல்கள் இருந்தாலும் இதுபோன்ற படங்கள் பிடிக்கும்.

History - (கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன்)

Inspirational (உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி, நந்தலாலா)

Comedy (தில்லு முள்ளு, இன்று போய் நாளை வா, அவ்வை சண்முகி)

Romance ( அழகி, காதல், அங்காடித் தெரு, முதல் மரியாதை, விண்ணைத் தாண்டி வருவாயா, அலை பாயுதே)

Drama (தில்லான மோகனாம்பாள், தேவர் மகன், சலங்கை ஒலி, கண்ட நாள் முதல், களவாணி, வெண்ணிலா கபடிக் குழு, தூறல் நின்னுப் போச்சி, முள்ளும் மலரும், 12B,கண்டுகொண்டேன் கண்டுகொண்டேன், மின்சாரக் கனவு, வைதேகி காத்திருந்தாள், செந்தூரப் பூவே, சிந்து பைரவி)

Action - (முதல்வன், ஜெய்ஹிந்த், ஆரண்யக் காண்டம், ஆடுகளம்)

Sci-Fi (எந்திரன்)

Thriller (யுத்தம் செய்)

சிறுவர்களுக்கான படம் (மை டியர் குட்டிச்சாத்தான், பசங்க)

[Fegasderty]

Violence entha kAlattulathAn illa. Cavemen would gather and talk about how they massacred their rivals, raped the women and killed the children. These stories translated into mythology and legends which are filled with violence. It is considered normal for a noble man in Roman empire to have little boys as servants and companions. By keep telling stories with lots of butterfly and ladybirds, we are being in denial.

Films does not have to be too real, then they are documentaries, but it should reflect a bit of life so that we can relate to them. And there are violence everywhere, around us, sometimes within our family.

A little bit of everything should be there, and that makes a very entertaining film.

But then....but then....I guess as you age you tend to be a lot more calmer. I am rewriting the novel I wrote eleven years ago, and I find myself removing the violent scenes

Fav ending: Open type, let the viewer do the interpretation and beat each other up till bloody pulp

Example: 2001: Space Odyssey
Tamil film example: Gauvaram - did anyone think how he died?

[tgs]

Good thread SP.

My priorities:

1. Film combined with art and love, classic example like Salangai Oli, Thillaana MohanaambaL. I know it is too much nowadays to ask for such a film.
2. Mythological/historical films, absolutely love it.
3. Feel good entertainers (with good script) which creates an impact and thinking after a long time after we have watched the film. It need not have fairy tale/happy ending, classic example being Mudhal mariyaathai. Recent ones like; KSY, Nandhalaala.
4. Good humor/rom-com films like MMKR, Sathileelavathi, Panchathantram, PKS etc.
5. Good Folk based stories combined with humor like Azhagar Saamiyin Kudhirai, Thooral ninnu pocchu, Mundhaanai mudichu, Indru poi naaLai vaa with absolutely no aruvaaL kalaachaaram. Still greedy to look back to 'karagam' with Annan again.
6. Dark films like Naan KadavuL, Mahanadhi, Pithamagan, Sethu.
7. Crime and suspense thrillers like Yudham sei (definitely there was violence), but the content was too good to forget about that. If they can bring the violence element like Sigappu ROjaakkal, Athe KaNgaL, Kaithiyin Diary that would be awesome.
8. Action thrillers like Ayan.

wow vs... i am with u all through, exept for point no. 6 choices ...

[S.T.D.]

thanks all...lemme sum up my choices under diff themes. Its not just SUMMING UP choices, like groucho said, strong themes CAN BE CONVEYED in a mild way. thamizh la ilai marai kaay marai nnu solvaanga.... There are lot of dark themes, painted beautifylly.

"udhirippookaL" ... is a classic example. ithaiye ippo irukara directors kitta kudunga....
kizhichu, udhaichu, ratha aarai odi, add LIBERAL bad mouthing which sprinkles "realistic" approach!!! kooda rendu illegal distasteful approach.

"thevar magan" evlo azhagaana movie..... violence thaan...romba mosaamaana violence kadaseela...but it did NOT leave bad taste. I can list many such movies on ANTI-happy themes, which did not leave u depressed.

[S.T.D.]

n number of mythologies, histories, comedies, senti family hits, thrillers, romance are my favourites. I try to quote few examples to categorise the following as DIFFERENT in presentation (irrespective of the shade of the theme)

uthirippookaL, AvaL appadith thaan (give such a theme to current generation... I need not say the output, you know), Nizhal nijamagarathu, manmathan, andha naaL, muthal mariyathai, engiruntho vanthaaL, babu, aaril irunthu arubathu varai, hey ram.

hey ram evlo vithyasamaana approach in story telling!

"anbe sivam" is a perfect example of HOW TO PRESENT a tragic movie....yet give it a feather touch which is soothing...it pats in the back with .... "and life goes on"... climax

ALL i wanna say is this.....

Any art form, for it to be DIFFERENT, need not put on bloody robe, be saddistic, talk on illegal sex, slash the body into pieces,.....EN?....ENNA realistic themes-aam..... I insist realistic tragedy or even sadddism can be conveyed POETIC and with feathery mild touch.

Art is definitely needed to throw light on reality. No denying. Someof us want to it to be done with .....aritistic taste. avo thaan.

[Peptobismol]

I'd love to see crime films, murder mystery, where whodunit is not the thing, but why and the journey. The mystery may not even be solved, but it was a good ride.

[Peptobismol]

paruthiveeran, mynaa, innoru padam... kathalil vizhunthen nnu oru mokka padam....
trend these days is to.....show happy romance... (appove namakku engayo idikkuthe nnu irukkum) apram either she falls from her bycycle and dies, or he falls sick with a disease which attacks one in 100000 million...different aa epdi tragedy kondu varathunnu ROOM POTTU yosikaraanga....

I find this approach DISTASTEFUL. my 2 cents.

[tgs]

I'd love to see crime films, murder mystery, where whodunit is not the thing, but why and the journey. The mystery may not even be solved, but it was a good ride.

I am sure u would have watched "memories of murder" (korean)....
violence thaan....but pudichuthu.......violence WENT WITH THE FLOW of the story......
it was not CREATED to fit in awkwardly, like how said tamizh movies of current era is treading.

menakettu, yoschu, intelligence waste panni..........tragedy aakkaraanga.