Cross-posting my FK review. For more comments and discussions, visit FK.
Theatre - Kripa, Trivandrum
Show - 6:15 PM, 5-Jan-2012
Status - 30% Balcony
Title of the movie, though catchy, is a bit misleading. The writer-director could have used a better name instead of going for a name which was trendy over an year (or more!) ago. The plot does center around the arrival of an online friend, but the online activities are pretty minimal. The movie is more about self-discovery and coming of age.
The main protagonists are five friends living in a flat complex. Typical upper class yuppies who really doesn't care about anybody in their life and likes to goof away for most part of their lives. They enjoy their nightlife and desperately trying to get laid. All of them have issues at home, some serious and others not that much. One of them hooks up with a girl online and she decides to show up changing their lives forever. Rest of the movie centers around the mysterious girl and her journey of self-discovery with the help of the youngsters which in turn affects them as well. I liked the way the movie ended. Quite touching to be honest. Though some of the ends could have been tied up in a better fashion.
The five guys have acted pretty decently. Nothing mind blowing but competent enough for their roles. Rima has done a good job. The role is right up her alley and she does well barring a few sequences towards the end. The casting is pretty good and there are a lot of small characters which add life to the movie. Sreejith Ravi, Siddique, Menaka (though too much of a weepie-do), Kaviyoor Ponnama, and a couple of other young actresses have done pretty well.
Direction is pretty good for a first timer. The first half is quite enjoyable while the second half feels a bit stuffy and some disruptions to the overall flow. Screenplay written by the director is to be blamed since there were far too many tangents in the script. Placement of certain songs in the second half didn't help much either. The film dragged for a good 15 minutes more than what was required. Over all, had script been more lucid, the movie would have been excellent. I liked some small touches by the director like different getups of Kaviyoor Ponnamma in one of the boy's dream sequences.
Upper class cliche is liberally available in the film. Flat neighbours not caring about each other. Parents who doesn't care about kids and vice versa. Usage of certain slang and english words in conversations etc. Same kind of stuff in reverse can be seen in the village scenes. If you can sit through these cliches (which may be true to an extent), the dialogues are pretty fine. I liked the palakkadan slang in the village sequences and some of the dialogues between the boys were quite witty.
Camera work is pretty good and the production values are quite good for a movie with debutants and a dominant female lead. There was some animation work during the titles which could have been avoided. But they do seem to sync with the mood of the initial phase. Editing is crisp during the first half and slightly choppy towards the end. Songs were decent, but there were far too many in the second half.
Orkut oru Ormakoot is a good start in 2012 for Malayalam cinema. The commercial success is a question mark. If Johny Sagariga cannot make this movie a hit, I don't think anybody else can.
TL;DR: Orkut oru Ormakoot is an entertaining film with a good plot, decent execution, and fresh situations.
Rating: Good.
Theatre - Kripa, Trivandrum
Show - 6:15 PM, 5-Jan-2012
Status - 30% Balcony
Title of the movie, though catchy, is a bit misleading. The writer-director could have used a better name instead of going for a name which was trendy over an year (or more!) ago. The plot does center around the arrival of an online friend, but the online activities are pretty minimal. The movie is more about self-discovery and coming of age.
The main protagonists are five friends living in a flat complex. Typical upper class yuppies who really doesn't care about anybody in their life and likes to goof away for most part of their lives. They enjoy their nightlife and desperately trying to get laid. All of them have issues at home, some serious and others not that much. One of them hooks up with a girl online and she decides to show up changing their lives forever. Rest of the movie centers around the mysterious girl and her journey of self-discovery with the help of the youngsters which in turn affects them as well. I liked the way the movie ended. Quite touching to be honest. Though some of the ends could have been tied up in a better fashion.
The five guys have acted pretty decently. Nothing mind blowing but competent enough for their roles. Rima has done a good job. The role is right up her alley and she does well barring a few sequences towards the end. The casting is pretty good and there are a lot of small characters which add life to the movie. Sreejith Ravi, Siddique, Menaka (though too much of a weepie-do), Kaviyoor Ponnama, and a couple of other young actresses have done pretty well.
Direction is pretty good for a first timer. The first half is quite enjoyable while the second half feels a bit stuffy and some disruptions to the overall flow. Screenplay written by the director is to be blamed since there were far too many tangents in the script. Placement of certain songs in the second half didn't help much either. The film dragged for a good 15 minutes more than what was required. Over all, had script been more lucid, the movie would have been excellent. I liked some small touches by the director like different getups of Kaviyoor Ponnamma in one of the boy's dream sequences.
Upper class cliche is liberally available in the film. Flat neighbours not caring about each other. Parents who doesn't care about kids and vice versa. Usage of certain slang and english words in conversations etc. Same kind of stuff in reverse can be seen in the village scenes. If you can sit through these cliches (which may be true to an extent), the dialogues are pretty fine. I liked the palakkadan slang in the village sequences and some of the dialogues between the boys were quite witty.
Camera work is pretty good and the production values are quite good for a movie with debutants and a dominant female lead. There was some animation work during the titles which could have been avoided. But they do seem to sync with the mood of the initial phase. Editing is crisp during the first half and slightly choppy towards the end. Songs were decent, but there were far too many in the second half.
Orkut oru Ormakoot is a good start in 2012 for Malayalam cinema. The commercial success is a question mark. If Johny Sagariga cannot make this movie a hit, I don't think anybody else can.
TL;DR: Orkut oru Ormakoot is an entertaining film with a good plot, decent execution, and fresh situations.
Rating: Good.
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