Friday, December 07, 2018

2.0 – A technology show!

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.

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 😊
This movie is a one-time watch for the graphics and the technology used! And like the vanishing birds, the movie disappears from your head too after a very brief period of time!

Dreading a 3.0! 
Kalps

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Amazing
Well written

Appu said...

Wow.. that's a great narrative.. Not to mention about the absence of shankars touch in the whole movie. Dialogues not so powerful,storyline weak.. we could feel the absence of sujatha indeed.