On Inside Out and Toy story 3

We watch animation movies for fun. We seldom take those characters and their plights seriously. Mostly because the target audience are kids,so pain and death and emotional traumas are avoided. All problems are promptly dealt with a fairy tale ending.(Or like Wodehouse ending)..Even with most advanced animation,they can't evoke empathy as human characters do...Or that was what my opinion before watching these two movies. 

Toy story 3(2010) and Inside Out(2015)

These movies affected me so much that I was moved to tears in two instances while watching them..

Let us take Toy story 3..The story of Andy's toys and what happened to them after Andy moved to college. Simple enough or silly enough plot line..But the way they executed the movie was such that you would genuinely care for those toys as if they are your kids and would think twice before throwing away a toy..

Andy,the kid who played with toys while he was a kid now growing up..He hardly played with his toys for years now. While packing for college,he only took Woody,the cow boy toy with him. He packed other toys in a trash bag to put them in attic. Andy's mom accidentally took them as trash and threw them away.The toys were hurt and betrayed by Andy and escaped from the trash can to the donation box to a day care centre.

Woody who had seen all the misconceptions, tried to convince them to come back home. But they disbelieved him and went to the Sunny Side Day Care Centre. But later they realized its true nature. The toddlers who had no idea how to play with toys nearly torture the toys. And Lotso,the villain teddy bear,halted their escape with prison type mechanisms.How the toys escape the tyranny forms the climax.. 

Sounds like a thriller story..ah??The last 1/2 an hour was so entertaining and moving..we can't find another sequel (actually 3rd part),that can outshine the first and second parts.Another classic of Pixar.
These toy characters in the animation movie are more developed than most of the half baked action movies.. Highly recommended.

From Left to right.
Fear,Anger,Joy,Sadness,Disgust.

Next comes Inside out.When I was searching for a list of best animation movies to watch,Inside Out was rated as #1 in tomatometer with 100% universal acclaim.. I was intrigued. The movie was unique.It dealt with what was happening inside our head all the time..the joy,sadness,anger,fear,disgust which we all known as emotions had become characters which guide our day today life.

Riley Anderson,whose emotions form the story was moving from her home town to san fransisco at 11..Disasters all the way. Joy who got lost with sadness into the memory dump must find her way back to the headquarters to make Riley happy again.Joy was always skeptical  of Sadness's existence. She must learn her lesson along the way that only happiness doesnt form life but sadness too.

The film is a triumph of imagination. What ever might happen inside our head is a pure joy..how dream works,or how memory fades or how we struck with thinking of gum commercial songs all the day!!!!!
We love our girl Riley..A must watch:-))))

On Thani Oruvan

               The surprising thing about Thani Oruvan is, its not a remake.When I learnt about the actor-director combination ('Jeyam' Ravi and Raja) naturally assumed this must be another one of those Telugu remakes which they did a lot from 2003.[Jeyam(2003),M.Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi(2004),Something Something Unakum Enakum(2006),Santhosh Subramanyam(2008),Thillalangadi(2010)].

Though the above films were commercial success and did a lot to boost Ravi's carrier,it did nothing to boost the image of Dir.Raja, as these were xerox copies of their Telugu counterparts.His only and one original movie Velayutham(2011) was an average and rumored to be an unofficial remake of a Telugu movie.

But Thani Oruvan is fresh.The outstanding acheivement of the movie is its antagonist Arvind Swamy. As Siddharth Abimanyu, he gives one hell of a terrific performance.I wouldn't want him as my enemy.So we have to appreciate the guts of Mithran(Ravi) who chooses him as his enemy not by chance but by choice.

The movie is all about the cat and mouse play between Siddharth and Mithran. Siddharth is scientist who runs a medical mafia and kills who ever on his way and the son of state minister Sengalvarayan(Thambi Ramaiya).This father-son duo is one of the best in recent Tamil Cinema.Mithran is an IPS officer fresh from academy and an orphan.We are hooked up in the movie till last minute investing in the fate of Siddharth and Mithran with the help of lots of twists and turn in the screen play.

Nayanthara as Mahima succeeds in not irritating the hell out of me whenever I see a heroine pining away for the hero and vice versa.Nothing much.
The back score and songs are okay but not that much catchy.

Jayam Ravi as Mithran  has done a decent job. But the fact is he does not have much of screen presence. Aravind Samy as Siddharth beats him by miles in performance.I have enjoyed tiniest bit reactions of Arvind than a full page dialogue delivery of Ravi.

Raja has done a good job in explaining that the Hero beats his enemy not because the villain is a damn fool but has made a mistake.Watch movie for that said mistake. The movie could have toned down the violence level,the torturing of Jana,an IPS officer is very much disturbing to say least.Not sure how they secured 'U' certificate in censor board.

Mithran seems to be the embodiment of goodness and preaches a lot.He advises heroine,his friends then even the villain a lot. No wonder he fell in love once the heroine started advising him for a change. But we dont feel the same fire he feels. A star with more charisma on screen might have done the role better.

A good movie and worth watch for Siddharth Abimanyu and Mithran.