Aayirathil Oruvan, for all its flaws, still deserves a standing ovation. I used to not like Selva... but in this movie...he has tried to stand out from formula movies...
I have read lots of reviews of the movie... there are intelligent chaps quick to point out flaws and going out of way to find any small resemblance to Hollywood flick. But guys, hold on... is this not the first time a genre like this has been touched upon in tamil movie industry? For that, we should applaud...for it would pave way for other creators to walk that lane... Is it not ironic that in a culture that has 1000 years of history before the actual recorded historical period does not have any movies in the genre of "Brave Heart" or "Kingdom of Heaven" etc? How many of us really even know our history and appreciate it? We need more such movies to tell us our history...
We are so used to hero bashing up "N" number of goons... where "N" is exponential component of no. of movies the hero has acted...For ex. Vishal can now handle up to 100 goons, I believe. I also think the professional critics of the websites that we have are not professional. I mean, what research do they do before writing a movie for a historical fantasy movie like AO? Do they know what kind of enmity was there between Cholas and Pandyas? Do they what variation of Tamil language Cholas spoke? What script did they use? Nothing... yet they magnanimously award one star to such an effort?
AO is released in a world where Vettaikaran manages 3 stars! God save thy!
