Topic started by ravi (@ rr-56-50-178.atl.mediaone.net) on Mon Jan 28 15:04:50 .
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am sure each generation will say that their decade was better, I was born in the 70s, but will that 70s, 80s movies and stars were much better than 90s and 00s generations stars..

these days movies are all the same, total glam packages without any soul, 2 out of 100 movies are genuinely different and run.

k. balachander who made such remarkable and thought provoking films like thaneer thaneer, sindhu bhairavi etc makes a stupid dud like partheen rasithen in the 00s; what happened to the directors, their art and more important the taste in audience ?

the same kamal who used body language and pure emotions to convey himself in moondram pirai, makes a complete fool ofhimself in alavandan ! well atleast he tries, which cant be said abt rajni and now shocking ajith, who are caught in their loop making similar, self praising movies.

what are peoples views ? what movies in the 90s and 00s have been thought provoking or genuinely good cinema (whether arty or comedy or even masala)

Responses:

• From: Rose (@ pcproxy2.singnet.com.sg) on: Mon Jan 28 19:24:44
  
  I agree with u Ravi. I was also born in 70's. During the 80's, there were good movies, good actors (Rajini, Kamal, Sivakumar, Mohan, Karthik, Prabhu, Y.G.Mahendren, S.Ve.Sekhar,Ambika, Radha, Nalini, Urvasi, Suhasini, Sarita, Manorama, Srividhya etc..)good songs (Illaiyaraja's music)
  
  
• From: m&m (@ hse-montreal-ppp106424.qc.sympatico.ca) on: Mon Jan 28 23:16:36
  
  Yeah me too..well i cannot say much but have to say 80s filmz are better in avarage..
  
  The problem is that nowadays when they try different films it fails at the boxoffice. Hence, the producers of today opt for glam type movies for better success in terms of monetary rather than the artistic aspect of the film..
  
  Having said that there were quite a number of films that have been released that were wither thought provoking or simply made well in terms of artistic. One is Iruvar (It did have some flaws in the end of the movie ) it flopped however it was a good take on friendship, battle for power, relation between TN politics and Tamil cinema....
  
  Also movies like snethihe with Jotika and Tabu was actually good despite it's failure at the box office..It is murder mystrey/thriller without any love relationship.. These kinds of movies are rare in Tamil Cinema..Too many stupid love stories or self-prasing Action filmz...Why cannot they make a movie which is just horror, or mystery and such..
  
  Mudhalvan had good concept and intense scenes like the interview scene..However, overall the film suffered from unnecessary scenes and songs that has nothing to do with the story..The romance between Arjun and Manisha has nothing to do with the movie and it was waste of time..
  
  Another thing is that females do not have a significant roles in the tamil movies any more. They are reduced to the love interest and just glamour dolls. But they have the potential which they cannot show because of the stupid directors and producers..
  
  For example smiran..most of the earlier movies she had no good roles and hence people do not talk about her acting capabilities like they will with say lakshmi or tabu.. But I was impressed with the her performance in the latest kamalhasan movie PKS as her marriage hatting feminist.
  
  Tamil movies have a long way to reach Hollywood standard..
  
  1) the lenght of the movie has to be reduced and the movie should focus on the story..IF u want to make a comedy make comedy movie like say PKS..however do not place one hour of pointless comedy that does not help build up the main story in a movie..
  
  2) Fighting scenes have to be improved...The so far behind in making good fight scenes..U don't need money to make good action scenes..Watch Hong Kong movies where they make some of the best fight scenes with hardly any cost..
  
  3) Tackle some serious themes rather than bull s&&& college love stories all the time..How about a movie on abortion, or phycology or historical theme or thriller, and such..
  
  
  

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