The very reason one reads reviews for, should be the reason that refrains one from doing it!
~ St. Goofy
Watch it and forget about it!
So, I just watched this movie and obviously I wish to talk about it. But strangely, I have this weird urge to talk about it without actually talking about it.
Why so? Interpret it the way you want!
When Matrix was released it became a cult movie overnight. Every single wannabe philosopher was talking about it. To have seen it and understand it was a “fad”. People used to ask each other if they had seen Matrix and if so, whether they understood it? So everyone got busy interpreting the film in their own way. The craze spread like epidemic. At one point of time, Google fished out over 10000 records for the term “matrix philosophy”.
Why did this happen? Simple! People are addicted to thinking! And it is the worst addiction one can have… worse than even sex and smoking. People like to think because it assures them of their intelligence.
Philosophy intrigues everyone though not everyone can philosophize.
Raam Gopal Varma is aware of this trait and often uses it to his advantage. You may have noticed that some of his characters do not speak throughout the movie. They just give an intimidating stare. Raamu himself has confessed that he does this because then the audience interprets the character in its own way and that makes the character more appealing to them.
So any story that is vague and leaves few questions unanswered will compel the audience to ponder over it. The more they ponder the more they get attached to the story. That is the trick.
The film scores pretty good on this front. The script was undoubtedly a good piece of work. I can say this because I read the script before I saw the movie. And perhaps that is the reason that I am so very disappointed with the movie. It is nowhere close to the script I read.
I won’t blame the filmmaker for this. Perhaps, the film got screwed on the editing table. But surely, the script was much better than the film.
So what is it that you may like about this film? That depends on how you interpret it.
For me, it was just another movie with an original theme, but then not necessarily all originals are extra-ordinary.
For those who like to munch some food for thought, here’s something…
“Vagueness doesn’t indicate Intelligence, rather it is Precision that does!”