One more post – my thoughts
on the movie 2.0.
A movie that has been
expected for quite some time now. And finally, was released - without any major
pomp that usually precedes a Rajinikant's movie.
2.0 - is a sequel to
Endhiran. Directed by Shankar and the roles of Robot 2.0 and scientist
Vasigaran are being played by Rajini once more. The heroine role is filled up
by Amy Jackson - a female robot made by Vasigaran.
Vasigaran’s girlfriend/wife –
Aishwarya Rai (Sana) who was the crux of Endhiran, was now miniscule(d) to a
jealous and harping girlfriend over the phone.
The selling point of this
movie are the graphics and the 3D. You experience the 3D starting from the
titles. The letters in Rajini's name shooting close to you was good ☺️
I am not getting into the
storyline in detail here. mmm...to think about it, there is not much of
storyline either.
The movie starts with
"Paksheeraja" - a 80-year old ornithologist committing suicide on a
cell phone tower.
Why? Because of the cell
phone tower radiation and the number of birds vanishing because of it! He has taken his cause to the Government and his efforts are in
vain. His case in court is closed due to lack of concrete evidence that the
birds are vanishing due to the radiation from cell phone towers.
Good point raised by
Paksheeraja! In fact is this something we witness too? The disappearance of
sparrows from our backyards?
Now, Paksheeraja comes back
as a ghost and fills his “Aura” with the souls of the dead birds too. And LO!
He becomes devilish! Oops! How did the soul of the dead birds add on to
Paksheeraja’s and become devilish! Can’t digest that these poor chirping dead birds can become evil!
And then, Robot 2.0 is
brought back to life to encounter Paksheeraja and deactivate his soul!
Mmmm… sci-fi movie or a
“Kanchana”- type ghost movie?
Confused story, shaky logic, and misplaced hero-villain character-portrait.
Confused story, shaky logic, and misplaced hero-villain character-portrait.
According to me, the hero is
Paksheeraja and the message is “Lessen the use of cell phones; monitor the
radiation levels of the cell phone towers; reduce the number of cell phone
players, thereby reducing the number of cell phone towers; love and feed the
birds. Because only when birds are protected, worms and other insects are eaten,
and only if these insects are eaten, humans will have food…”
Makes sense, doesn’t it?
For the sake of graphics,
logic and humane nature towards our partners in this Earth seemed to have taken
a flight.
- Or are we getting into the era where technology is taking more importance than the matters of the heart or matters of health rather?
- Or maybe I am looking into this more than what is needed.
- Or maybe I am getting old and longing for the face to face interactions more than the communicator pings 😊
Dreading a 3.0!
Kalps
