Goat Movie Review:
Goat Movie Review: The Greatest of All Time is handled well by a fine superstar, but the film falls apart under the weight of old-fashioned template one-liners, relying too much on a particular idea.
Greatest of All Time Goat Movie Review:
Goat Movie Review: In a crucial Goat movie review scene set in Thailand, Gandhi (Vijay) is seen dealing with a huge loss and the staging is not great either. The camera is not trying too hard to register the impact. The music is also not very good..
It is a very simple scene, and all Venkat Prabhu and company had to do was let Vijay take control of the scene. In that moment, Vijay sheds the burden of behaving like a superstar and just plays a father. A father who is confused. He has a terrible breakdown that ends with tears and screams. Gandhi has to go through similar antics in front of his wife Anu (Sneha), and this time, the breakdown is internal and even more concrete.
In goat Movie Review: It is impressive how Vijay transforms into a different beast when he is pushed into a corner, panicked and vulnerable. In Goat or The Greatest of All Time, Venkat Prabhu constantly uses the non-starry Vijay, and whenever that happens, the film comes together quite coherently.
But Goat crumbles under the pressure of old-fashioned template one-liners, relying too much on the basic idea of a younger Vijay acting alongside today’s Vijay. And an interesting gimmick can only do so much for you. GOAT begins by establishing the makers’ love for the Mission Impossible series. They don’t hide their inspiration, and there’s no need to.
The scene soon shifts to a four-member anti-terrorism squad team – Sunil (Prashanth), Ajay (Ajmal), Kalyan (Prabhu Deva) and Gandhi – led by Naseer (Jayaram). They set out to save the world without any hassle. It’s their domestic issues that challenge them more. Taking a leaf out of The Family Man playbook, we see Anu and Gandhi face marital problems, and these parts lend themselves to funny moments.
With seasoned actors playing these characters, it’s easy to believe they have a shared history. But then, we are so used to watching spy films that we are waiting for a stab in the back and cue Venkat Prabhu to defy expectations with some smart writing where he gives away everything, and still manages to pull off a surprising twist here and an interesting turn there.
Goat Movie Review: In many ways, this is Venkat Prabhu’s boldest film after Mankatha, not just in terms of subject matter, but also in terms of technical know-how. Using de-ageing technology, Venkat has replaced the need for the audience to suspend their disbelief with the need for the audience to believe in the power of visual effects.
But it is a tough job. De-ageing is not a problem as the makers have effectively showcased Jeevan (a young Vijay), which doesn’t look out of place.
The goat Movie Review: The VFX does more harm than good in terms of some other visual choices than its template narrative structure. Take, for instance, the second de-aged Vijay, who is shown in his teens. This immediately takes the audience away from all the good work done so far.
Same is the case with the hastily executed action sequences, which never give us a chance to understand the gravity of it. Cars are moving fast, bikes are sliding and bullets are flying, but it doesn’t make us feel like we are in the middle of the action. The visuals are too cluttered and that doesn’t really work in Goat’s Favour.