Endhiran -- Finally

So after all the Waaanh(s) and this cannot be happening(s) - we finally saw Endhiran, on Friday. We were late by 5 mts - thanks to the amazing traffic at 8:55 pm. The Arien drove like he was in an F1 race. I spent the entire drive praying. The senior Arien did his best to maintain an outward calm. Anyway, all that was forgotten as soon as we entered the theatre.
** Spoilers ahead**

First, the Good Stuff: I was very impressed with the look that was given to Rajnikanth - all 3 versions. The graphics was mind-blowing for a bollywood movie - pretty impressive. Return of Rajni as the quintessential villain -- superb touch. No punch dialogues - SCORE!! Picturisation of the song - Kadhal Anukkal - nice. A R Rahman - good, not excellent. Ash - looked pretty slim- quite unlike herself in Action Replay. Some unnecessary display of non-existent cleaveage which was not reqd.

The Stuff that was so-so: Actually, the songs sound better without the video. Somehow the picturisation of some of the songs killed the song. The story was quite slow and predictable in bits unlike Shankar's Mudhalvan. The story picks up speed only in the last 40 mts and majority of tht is graphics. Not much of a role for anyone but Rajni saar- thankfully, it was not Dasavatharam.

Absolutely Fantastic Stuff: Rajni as a villain after a really looong time. He is menacing, scary, and absolutely believable as the evil robot. After seeing him play the good samaritan, the poor lil rich boy, the orphaned servant boy, etc etc. in so many of his movies, I find him a boringly nice actor. However, seeing him as a villain again (albeit for a short time) - makes you realize why he is a demi-god and also why so many ppl worship him, are crazy 'bout him. The Arien(s) totally liked his tongue-in-cheek dialogues as the villain, as well. If you are crazy 'bout Rajni films - his recent ones - you may not like this movie much - tho' it is raking in the moolah. This is strictly for folks who are looking for an entirely different experience. However, in all honesty, this movie jes allowed Shankar to re-invent Rajni. And Rajni delivers and how - Thalaivaa Vaazhga!!