Spoilers at the end.
If you are reading this review to decide whether to watch or not watch SPYDER on the big screen. Don't think. Just go watch the movie in a good theater. Its super entertaining and original.
Mahesh Babu(MB) is very convincing (but that is a given... why am I even wasting words on this...sheer audacity on my part). He is convincing as a do-good very young software genius. He creates a software to detect people in distress. He uses the voice calls and social media data sent to the Intelligence Bureau where he works. The software sends him alerts. He uses it to prevent crime. And no he is not a boring geeky nerd either. Breaks into a smile easily. Sheepish ones too. His work is illegal so...he is like a digital-age Zorro.
SJ Surya as villain is too convincing - meaning - very disturbing. The child who plays the psycho's early years freaked me out. I was like - okay i get the idea - enough ...go ahead.
Romance is not given much screen time but whatever is there is super entertaining and fits into the flow seamlessly. Quality makes up for quantity.
Rest of cast all do a great job. I especially like MBs mom, dad and friends Priyadarshi and Balaji. The child who plays the villains early years looks an exact miniature of adult villain. Is Sayaji Shinde in the cast for good luck!!! But I was mighty glad to see one familiar face.
Songs seem forced into the flow of the story. You cannot fault with the songs by themselves but ... MBs clothes in the songs are WHAT!!! But Sigh!!! Even those pieces of mismatched tatters put together look good on him. Lyrics witty with references to Marvel Comics, Hogwarts, Confucius, cloth-wrinkles and Ironman, etc...
VFX scenes do not impress in the roller coaster or rolling boulder scenes. VFX good in the climax.
But there are lots of other stuff that justifies watching SPYDER on the big screen e.g. crowd scenes, MBs office floor, equipment, the computer screens on which he analyses data. Its these displays that really connects the viewer with the attack-strategies MB plans.
Script is very clever in parts. Gives you a high. It is sprayed with witty dialogues. Main background music is very digital-like and catchy.
The digital data in the plot brought an originality to the script.
I enjoyed the 2+ hours immensely and so did everyone around me. I have watched this movie twice...once with family and once with a friend. And I can watch it again and again.
Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
My favorite scenes are
1. how MB scares away the villain from his home
2. sisters-HSC-certificate-call-for-help whatsapp video and its responses.
3. Mom and Rakuls conversation.
I felt cheated that there was no SPYDER-ROBOT from the first trailer. I missed the news item about the robot's absence.
I am confident I saw Balaji holding a tiny bag with bloody-flesh in a trailer. There is no such scene in the movie. I almost decided I don't want to watch SPYDER if it has such scenes and because AR Murgadoss also made Gajini (a movie that i am scared to watch even with a remote control with finger on pause button).
I am happy I did watch SPYDER.
If you are reading this review to decide whether to watch or not watch SPYDER on the big screen. Don't think. Just go watch the movie in a good theater. Its super entertaining and original.
Mahesh Babu(MB) is very convincing (but that is a given... why am I even wasting words on this...sheer audacity on my part). He is convincing as a do-good very young software genius. He creates a software to detect people in distress. He uses the voice calls and social media data sent to the Intelligence Bureau where he works. The software sends him alerts. He uses it to prevent crime. And no he is not a boring geeky nerd either. Breaks into a smile easily. Sheepish ones too. His work is illegal so...he is like a digital-age Zorro.
SJ Surya as villain is too convincing - meaning - very disturbing. The child who plays the psycho's early years freaked me out. I was like - okay i get the idea - enough ...go ahead.
Romance is not given much screen time but whatever is there is super entertaining and fits into the flow seamlessly. Quality makes up for quantity.
Rest of cast all do a great job. I especially like MBs mom, dad and friends Priyadarshi and Balaji. The child who plays the villains early years looks an exact miniature of adult villain. Is Sayaji Shinde in the cast for good luck!!! But I was mighty glad to see one familiar face.
Songs seem forced into the flow of the story. You cannot fault with the songs by themselves but ... MBs clothes in the songs are WHAT!!! But Sigh!!! Even those pieces of mismatched tatters put together look good on him. Lyrics witty with references to Marvel Comics, Hogwarts, Confucius, cloth-wrinkles and Ironman, etc...
VFX scenes do not impress in the roller coaster or rolling boulder scenes. VFX good in the climax.
But there are lots of other stuff that justifies watching SPYDER on the big screen e.g. crowd scenes, MBs office floor, equipment, the computer screens on which he analyses data. Its these displays that really connects the viewer with the attack-strategies MB plans.
Script is very clever in parts. Gives you a high. It is sprayed with witty dialogues. Main background music is very digital-like and catchy.
The digital data in the plot brought an originality to the script.
I enjoyed the 2+ hours immensely and so did everyone around me. I have watched this movie twice...once with family and once with a friend. And I can watch it again and again.
Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
My favorite scenes are
1. how MB scares away the villain from his home
2. sisters-HSC-certificate-call-for-help whatsapp video and its responses.
3. Mom and Rakuls conversation.
I felt cheated that there was no SPYDER-ROBOT from the first trailer. I missed the news item about the robot's absence.
I am confident I saw Balaji holding a tiny bag with bloody-flesh in a trailer. There is no such scene in the movie. I almost decided I don't want to watch SPYDER if it has such scenes and because AR Murgadoss also made Gajini (a movie that i am scared to watch even with a remote control with finger on pause button).
I am happy I did watch SPYDER.