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Predestination – movie review

Yet another movie review post. Vara vara movie reviews thavira vera post poda ideavay thona maatenguthu!! Vidhyasamaana bloggers blocka irukku!!

This movie watching happened like starting your scooter. After several kicks and starts I had given up on the movie. Happened to see an interesting review post and it rekindled my curiosity. Incidentally, every time I gave up on the movie, it was always at the same scene, where the reporter person chats with the bartender, starting to narrate with the dialogue “when I was a woman”. Apparently, the story was beginning to take off with that very line. It goes through so many twists and turns that the ending was the most paradoxical one I’ve ever seen or read in a story. The theme deals with time travel and it resembles the “Dark” Netflix series to an extent. But the thought process was much simple with just a couple of characters involved, should is say one (oops..spoiler). 

The story literally begins with a bang and the supposed protagonist, gets his face realtered due to the burn injuries suffered. A parallel hunt for a serial bomber is described via newspaper clippings and this guy is hell bent on stopping the villain. He uses time travel to visit those places right before the villain plants the bomb and still fails. While he is planning retirement he meets the reporter and the story takes a whole new turn. From there onwards, it picks pace and the story of how the reporter became male and how she suffered as a lady from her childhood. In fact, before you could realize, the story goes into nested flashback mode and jumps to the future which is actually the present for the viewers. Every single scene becomes a paradox from then on and the final twist that comes about half hour towards the end, is a twist in every sense conceivable. 

Apparently the theme is based on a famous paradox and on a novel of same genre. It is amazing how people conceive such ideas and on the thought process that goes behind such scripts. It may not be your everyday blockbuster but definitely a better movie of this niche genre.

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Ramesh said…
Scootera kick panni kick panni 15 minutes kizhuchu start aahi 120 kmph speed la drive panra mathiri irukkay !
Friday, July 16, 2021
gils said…
Scooter start aanaprum death well la otra pola suthi suthi pogum. You should watch this
Friday, July 16, 2021
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