Friday, November 30, 2018

2.0 - A Satiating Upgrade!

9 Reasons why I am flying after watching 2.0? (mild-spoilers)


For a schizophrenic version of this movie in Tamil, please go here.

  1. You know your wife has watched 2.0, if she says that her phone has flown away after misplacing it amongst the vegetables #NewExcuse
  2. If you are reading this on your mobile phones, then thou shall be fried through radiation tomorrow morning by Pakshirajan. May be you might find the phone in your tummy! #PakshiFries
  3. There are sparrows, parrots, Arctic Terns, cuckoos and all kinds of birds in this world. Be kind to them. They can wreak revenge quite badly. #BirdHit
  4. If Endhran had 500 Rajinis, here you have 5000 Rajinis and a few thousand more mini-Rajinis! #3pointO
  5. Why should a female robot have such huge mammaries? #RobotsObjectified
  6. How can the VFX be so good in an Indian movie? #500CrSecret
  7. Rahman’s songs were… wait, were there songs in the movie? Oh, are you referring to the song that was on during the credits (20 Cr spent apparently for that psychedelic eye-hurter!)? ‘Pullinangal’ written by Na Muthukumar was pleasing. By the way, who is #Qutub_E_Kripa?
  8. Is Pakshirajan a ghost or an aura or a birdman or… With Rajini around #WhoCares ?
  9. And remember: one can kill negative energy only through positive energy #GreatInvention

Rajini as Vasi, Chitti, Chitti2.0 Reloaded and Kutti minibot has ruled the screen. While his age shows as Vasi (may be due to his long distance relationship with Sana!), his effort as the robots has to be lauded.

Shankar has worked hard to create reasonable amount of magic through a taut screenplay (with some pardonable holes & repeats from Endhiran, Anniyan and Ai) & a fantastic conceptualization of VFX. May be he overdid it a tad, IMHO. #HollywoodTechnicals

Akshay Kumar’s role as the goodie-turned-baddie impresses; Amy as the female robot (with only an 8 digit IMEI number?) spouts movie dialogues including ‘Vada Poche!’ & pines for Chitti ðŸ˜Š


And the rest of the cast are just 80,000 extras! And of course, you don’t have any character maps either!

But then, with Rajini around, what else do you need?

Must watch in theatres! (Important)
On 3D. (Very Important)
Go Ku Ku with kids. (Very Very Important)

Dot. 

PS1: For those who clamour for a numerical rating… I usually don’t rate movies digitally; but couldn't resist it this time around - 1.4/2.0 ðŸ˜Š Having said that this has not changed my top-5 Rajini movies list. Better than Kaala though.

PS2: While we monkeyed around in the first photo, the second photo is a shot of the credits; there were at least 25 such screens that flowed endlessly. Imagine the hardwork! #FamiliesToSupport