I don't understand how this movie gets an IMDB rating over 8 and what is the logic behind all the hype and rave reviews here. I completely failed to get entertained watching this movie. I just watched it to see till the end, that's it. The movie has a stellar cast, but the making is very mediocre and sleep inducing. The story is not very complicated as many said, however the screenplay and dialogues are so confusing that it is very difficult for a movie watcher to follow it. To be frank, I even doubt whether this is really a Maniratnam movie, because I couldn't find anything special in it. Maybe it got focused on too many characters and nothing really sticked to create a 'wow' factor when the movie ended except last credit scene of 5 seconds (!). For some reason, I felt the dialogues of the characters too poetical that the film is losing the much needed seriousness it requires at many places. The VFX looks silly at several places for a movie made on a budget of over 400 crores. The only positive for me is the female characters, as they all look stunning especially Trisha and Aishwarya Rai. Vikram has very few screen space compared to Karthi and Jayam Ravi, and I hope he will get a bigger part to play in PS-2. Overall, a very unsatisfactory experience watching PS-1.
Review of Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
