ixi

he/him

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@bheemboii bro ipdi konjam popular ah iruka anti bjp voices ah kadicha isn't it helping the very people we oppose?

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@belikesami decent

[ixi @ixiyzn]

Loki Mamaaaaaaaa

[raghul 🦸‍♂️ @Raghul_018]

GBU Dare Devil

[ixi @ixiyzn]

awkward ah irukadha

[Sun Pictures @sunpictures]

From the Directors’ Special Screening of #DC ♥️ 🔥

#DC releasing worldwide August 7th

@Dir_Lokesh @ArunMatheswaran @anirudhofficial #WamiqaGabbi @isanjkayy @mukesh_DOP @editor_prasanna @skannanartdir @PC_stunts @kabilanchelliah @kuchirayar73 @RIAZtheboss #DCFromAugust7

[ixi @ixiyzn]

this guy is a scientific larper. gotta respect the grift

[Raunaq Mangottil @RaunaqMangottil]

"Why does this look so fake?"
"Looks like a 90s/2000s TV Serial"
"No one wants to watch this after watching The Odyssey"

Beyond the other issues that people have with India's biggest film yet, one thing that stands out about the Ramayana trailer is its visual language.

Too clean.
Too artificial.
Too much green screen.

Especially when we're tuned to Hollywood epics like Lord of the Rings, Dune and now The Odyssey where the worlds feel real, I wondered why a 2-part film that costs 4000 crores couldn't be shot in real locations with practical effects.
After some digging, I have a theory on the visual language.

While doing some research I stumbled upon a whole new genre of films: Chinese Xianxia fantasy.

Xianxia roughly translates to 'Immortal Heroes' and these films are all about gods, immortals, demons, heavenly kingdoms.

While watching the trailer of Creation of the Gods(2023), one of China's most expensive productions based on their own mythological epic, I noticed that it looked completely different to Hollywood epic films:

❌Muted earth tones
✅Bright, high-key color grading

❌Real Locations
✅Extensive CGI and digital world-building

❌Naturalistic lighting
✅Stylized, controlled, divine lighting

...all very similar to the visual language of Ramayana.

@malhotra_namit 's Ramayana definitely wants to compete with Hollywood, but not by making another Lord of the Rings

It looks like the goal is to create a distinctly Indian mythological world using a visual language that's already popular across Asia

AND

It could also be a smart strategic move: China is one of the world's biggest theatrical markets, and audiences there are already familiar with this aesthetic through Xianxia cinema.

Personal hot take:
Film twitter might find this visual aesthetic cringe and 'serial-like' but I think the cleaner, brighter, more idealized look may actually feel more divine to the average family audience than a gritty, weathered Hollywood aesthetic ever could.

Agree/Disagree?

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

walking out of a morning movie with your whole day still ahead of you

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@rajakumaari neenga enna pannuvinga? phone a charger la connect panni tweet potutu irupinga

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@Manju_thoughts modi ah kadicha neenga yen kathuringa?

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@Manju_thoughts @sreestfu apo nee poi correct ah protest panna vendi dhana da

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@SergioculerCSK @Rolex_Bhaii /He can voice out for the students fighting in North/ adha dhana people are asking?

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Did @nsitharaman just say "Due to the paper leak, the children got even more time to study so that they could perform better". …?
Honestly this entire Cabinet should resign.

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@omjasvinMD @TOIChennai so the money was going to the daily wagers working there? congratulations on destroying 2 working families bro

[SujÆ - சுஜெய் @sujays]

Nirmala Seetharaman has blood in her hands. #NeverForget

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@BeingAravind_ dei punda school la fail ayi twitter la picha eduthutu Iruka modha naxal na enna artham sollu

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@being_thamarai woke na enna sollu modha nee

[ixi @ixiyzn]

@being_thamarai yen da protest panravanuku support pannama iruka nu keta ipdi aluvuringa? Isn't vijay also anti NEET why can't he give his solidarity to students protesting in Delhi at least?

[ixi @ixiyzn]

ivanunga olagame thani la cha

[Patrick Bateman @being_thamarai]

CJP protest nala nadantha oru nalla vishayam TN la Iruka nainga expose aitanunga Vijay Inime ivanunga kita ushar ah irupapla..

[ixi @ixiyzn]

average anil kudumbam

[Hari Kishore @hari_kishoreD]

18+ movie allowed ila

People fighting police came

#Jananayagan at #PVR Palazzo