The Problem with Aadujeevitham / Goat Life
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2024
- 15 years in the making. Multiple production delays. Shooting issues. COVID lockdown. Prithviraj's massive physical transformation which he had to do twice. And above all, shooting over 4-5 years in the harsh, unpredictable terrain of the desert.
Aadujeevitham or Goat Life has been through all the struggles one can think of...but is that enough to appreciate the film?
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#GoatLife or #Aadujeevitham is based on a true story from National Award-Winning Filmmaker Blessy adapted from the best-selling novel Aadujeevitham by Benyamin.
Directed by: Blessy
Screenplay by: Blessy
Based on: Aadujeevitham by Benyamin
Music by: A. R. Rahman
Cast: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Amala Paul, Jimmy Jean-Louis, KR Gokul, Talib Al Balushi and Rik Aby.
Edited by: A. Sreekar Prasad
Being a malayali and someone who read the novel, I absolutely agree with your points.His imotional attachment to the goats were thr soul of the Novel.How he was taking care of them like babies, naming them, finding characteristics of each goats all these were in the Story. And expcially the last few jail shots, if you read the novel that jail portion itself can be shown as a one complete movie.The novel is vast, but here in the movie they concentrated more on the escape part. Which was in a way bit tiring..There is limitations but i stronlgy felt they should have showed more Goat scenes. For me it was like a faat forwarding..But a great Movie in all technical aspects and Acting etc...
Bro there are limitations for a film and the soul of the movie was the rescue and the novel is vast and exaggerated and he has written even lies😢
@@r.tjunction9369 thats also true , basically the goal life is a movie which is hard to pull through. And they did their best .
They had final cut of 3.5 hr movie.still had to cut out 45 mins from it.they know it's a movie and can't take an entire day to watch and did their absolute best under the limitation.
If blessy could,he could've made the film with all the emotions and important scenes,and it would be a 5,6 hour movie 😂
Bro iam very curious how ibrahim is potrayed in novel.. Since u read the novel can u tell abot him
Like why he disappeared in desert,... He was revealed as a wanted criminal at the end
@@krishnareddy5709 bro in the novel it is said that Ibrahim is caught by his sponsor and he again went to the hell barn😭
I saw without reading the novel. I am totally satisfied. Great movie.
I seriously dont know when people can understand that you cant compare a book with a movie 🤦 it worked for me completely it was slow but the movie required the plot to go slow. And many scenes were removed credits to the board or else we could have felt the entire movie and the escape of Najeeb as if we were there with him! (Still felt the same because of their brilliant technicians)
Correct
The director himself said that no scenes were deleted by the board.
@@wallflower207 benyamin said that they were actually planning to take more scenes but considering the censor board they chose not to.
The problem with Aadujeevitham the film for me was that the film was confused if its a survival thriller or a survival drama. The novel focuses 3/4th of it in the masara with the goats and camels and 1/4th in the escaping scenario. But the film divided these two portions equally. The emotional core of the story aadujeevitham lies with the relationship between Najeeb and the goats and how he transforms into one of the goats himself. They missed that opportunity in the film and focused more on the escaping portions just because it has some thrilling components in it.
I believe you may be interested in a full series rather than a movie. Please understand that a movie is limited to a 3-hour duration, making it challenging to encompass everything from a novel within that timeframe. If you desire a comprehensive portrayal of the novel, I recommend considering a full series that can cover all aspects of the story.but there is no full length series🤷
@@deepuharidas8414 but he said that he had felt that the emotional core of the novel lies in najeebs relationships with the goats. So he just said that he didn't feel the emotional connection because the movie now mostly focuses on surviving in the desert rather than actually connecting us to the emotional connection which he had with the goats. It may look off in context but thats what the novel is all about in his perspective. Infact that is very necessary because as said in the video, you won't really feel anything when najeeb looks at the goats when leaving because for that you need to show his affection towards the goats.
@@deepuharidas8414 sorry. I think you did not understand what i meant. It could have been the same duration but instead of focusing more on the lenghthy escape portions, the duration of those portions could've been cut shorter so that we would get more duration to establish his reletionship with the goats. Being a big fan of the book, those portions were the majority and also the heart and soul of the story and the escaping scenario is very shortly told. The same could've been done with the film. Just my opinion.
@@deepuharidas8414 i would never say that the film is a bad one. Its a good movie. It was brilliantly shot, Unbelievably acted and directed. But it fell short of my personal expectation. I was rooting for the movie so much and was so sure that Aadujeevitham will be India's first film to definitely win the oscar award for best international feature film or even best film. All i'm saying is that i was dissapointed because it could've been more, because the source material is so strong. I was crying like a baby while reading the novel but i unfortunately did not shed a single tear while watching the movie.
@@ibruaata9311 exactly....well explained my friend 😊👍
my tears started to fall from the first pickel smelling scene ,,, as a mallu expat , that is peak level relatable and emotional connection
Emotional engagement ✔️
(The first shower in a long time, Hakim's death, finding the good Arab, Ibrahim's relentless efforts)
Honest work ✔️✔️
Sum of parts can be greater than the whole.
Watched this movie, in an almost empty theater in NYC earlier this week. I completely agree with everything you've said. I REALLY tried to emotionally connect with the movie, but I couldn't. I didn't know what to feel and from to feel it for. It was slightly frustrating, cuz I wanted to really like the movie, but couldn't. The film had everything a cult classic should have, except a soul, and a steady narrative.
8:47 that was one of the scenes I really felt though
me personally having read the book there are more sequences in the book where najeeb interacts with the goats but if those scns were included the movie would have like 2 hour + of content and i think movie goers dont want that much of time gone i got what i expected from the movie and thought it was a masterpiece
just watch cast away, then you will understand how it is done in less than 2 hour
@@infokites3994 cast away is not as vast as Aadujeevitham. Cast Away was a fast paced movie. It never felt like a big story. It's just an ordinary survival thriller.
For some reason I couldn't connect with Najeeb . Something was lost in the translation of the novel to the visual medium . They could have narrated the story in a linear fashion to create an emotional bond with the protagonist and to let the audience travel along with him. The second half was stretched beyond limits. We couldn't get into Najeeb's psyche and that's where the film lost its charm.
Part of the reason is his wife Amala paul character. The flashbacks were kind of annoying and out of place. His relationship with his young friend seemed more real.
It didnt feel genuine
And najeeb didn't feel like najeeb just Prithviraj giving his all for an Oscar.
I was totally emotionally engaged and connected. Fully worked. I haven't read the book though. I usually don't watch movies based on books if I've read the book and vice versa because they are two entirely different art forms. A film's craft is in its visual appeal and acting. The book can enter the characters' hearts, minds and souls like a movie cannot.
The irony is i have the same problem with ye review - not clear whether you are recommending the movie or not🥱
Same here
Feels like my English essay,you will never understand....😅
He mentions more positives and says the ticket he bought was worth it. He likes it ig
People should watch this movie.
That was a great video. I havent watched the film, but the way you broke down every aspect was awesome.
Happy to hear honest review.
that Rolls Royce scene 😢
Truly 😢
That's the most touching scene for me..
You are absolutely right.. it lacks that emotional connect
Same I agree 💯 with you.
Cast away is the exact example that came to my mind, while contemplating on why Aadu jeevitham didn't work for me.
the cast away thing reference is exactly what I was referring to my friends after we watched the film and were discussing it. I'm glad he mentioned it
Your review resonates exactly what I felt with the movie
I have seen many reviews like this where, people including my family mentioning that it could have been better. But the next moment, they goes on to praise the great visuals, the score and powerful performances. Also mentioning various glorious moments too.
I am like - so you liked it, but not liked it.
It doesn't make any sense 😂
You know as a mallu i havent watched it yet due to ramdan but this always hapoens me like its a feeling you know the movie is good but feel something is missing
The coherence is evident, and technically, everything is flawless. However, the emotional resonance diminishes before the conclusion.
You haven't seen many reviews
You missed BGM. Bgm does half of the work in scenes. Uplifting and breaking down
Not 15 year but 16 Years in the making of The GOAT Life movie
HE SAID 15VYEAR OR MORE
@@anandhups2175 no he said 15 years only
@@charliedq5387 THEN I MIGHT HAVE MISHEARD
@@anandhups2175 yeah no problem bro
The film worked fully for me and I was emotionally engaged with the film. Loved your points about honesty and moments of magic in the film.
I loved the film and the director had said this a line a novel wld be 10 mins scene in the movie and the emotion with goats everyone is talking about just a scene where Najeeb refuses to eat the meat the Khafeel gives him the night before the escape and the reaction of the goats and the eyes of Najeeb talking to them is more than enough for the relation to be established
This is such a great review of the movie ! ❤
Every part of a movie can’t make happy for everyone and we already know it’s a real life journey of a Man and Blessy wanted to show us the most important human emotions and journey when a person stuck in a desert like that. For example if you take a Hollywood movie Cast Away , Tom Hanks done very well in that ,it’s not real life story and the director can take it anyway. But Adujeevitham is a real story and so to portray a real story it is a very big task for the director and if the book is followed movie must be 10 hours.we need to do logically well for the real a character movie
I heard that there will also be a directors cut for the film so probably we would have more depth in the movie
If that's the case I'm ready for a 5hr version too. I wanna know how much Najeeb actually went through.
Yeah its 3.50hrs movie. They have cut 2 most important sequences of the movie. Hoping for the directors cut
It fully worked for me...I don't think you can compare the struggle of a movie goer and a movie maker...this is an apples and oranges comparison...also converting a book into a movie is a difficult task, its the prerogative of the director to decide how he wants to tell the story...
Facts...These clowns are comparing source material - visual media
Whatever the story, everybody would not have experienced it...we have to put ourselves in that situation to feel for that...i felt aadujeevitham
Perfect review! I fully agree with your views on the film and this discussion between the effort behind a film and the effort that the audience takes to watch it. You cannot take the latter effort for granted. Aadujeevitham is brilliantly shot and solidly acted, but it focuses more on the scale of the story and had very little emotional impact on me. Regarding this filmmaking effort vs audience effort thing. I remember this anecdote involving a filmmaker and the late Rober Ebert; Once, a filmmaker texted Roger that he panned a film he spent two years making, and Roger replied, "And I spent (wasting) two hours of my life watching it."
I agree with you 💯 This movie was flawless for the most part for me.Or you could say that they couldn't have done Aadujeevitham better than this. But somehow, I felt something was missing. Emotional engagement is the right word and like you said I too wanted more.
I love an immersive world that shows me how it just lives regardless of the story we are told. That's why I love movies like Dune, Avatar, Kumbalangi Nights and now Aadujeevitham. Yes, I wanted more in terms of Najeeb's life in Kerala, I wanted more of his relationships, but what the movie shows us makes up for 90% of what I wanted. For that this movie is a solid 8 out of 10 for me and Prithviraj deserves to be rewarded with the highest plaudits for an actor.
Yes here it is .. I was expecting soem guy but yeah I'll watch it anyway
The main problem is that you cannot connect with the character as most malayalis could as they have gotten the gulf experience
About the emotion with the animals I don't know about you but I have a pet and I felt that emotion in the movie.
Yes good observation
Thanks to explain Filmmaking is the HARDWORK. Because you like movie lover, guys. Kept us working hard & engaging as well as passionately enjoyable zone.
Oh man! Cast away and wilson was in my mind too after watching aadujeevitham. That connection was missing. Also as someone who read that book i felt like the movie was superficial.
I was looking for an honest review & strike to this one.
Great movie, great effort. I seriously felt that gap where the real najeeb had that good connection with these animals were he used to call them names of his circle and talking to them, which could have made a great impact for the movie.. also the second half the escape scene felt a bit lengthy n tiring.
Indeed a good movie could have been great 👍🏽
It deserves Oscar🏆
Deserves a nomination
I completely agree with this review, this is exactly what I felt. I will give it a 7 out of 10
I loved the cinematography, the way they captured desert environment.
I felt a good resemblance with Dune part II, including the background score.
The escape journey was torture for me to tolerate. Depressing, distressing, stretched for too long.
I was literally wishing, either die or find road, but do it soon. This part ruined the movie for me.
It looked less about survival and more about tragedy, suffering, trauma of tolerating extreme conditions. The Jail scene reinforced more pain.
Excellent review. Finally someone who understands how to convey the true essence of a movie. Totally no emotional connection with the movie. Lagging many times and not having smooth flow of story telling scenes.
I love the movie
Im totally stuck in the movie
I think blessy only want show the sufferings of Najeeb
I agree with your points
The bonding with goats wasn't shown? There is a particular scene in which he shepherds those goats for the first time, after he finally accepts his situation in the desert. But as he doesn't know how to control the herd of goats, they run away to a far distance and he starts to panic. Seeing his distress, one small goat goes near and touches his leg and then starts calling out the far away goats. They all came back to him and seeing that goats accepted him as their new shepherd and it made things a little bit easy in his already tarnished life, he hugs that small goat as a gesture of thank you.
Not some, but most reviewers like you should not even be given the platform to criticize a film when you don't have the capacity to remember and understand the scenes from the movie, and just blatantly vomit your useless thoughts.
Poor guy was satisfied with 5 minutes of bonding when the film is named goat life
@@angrygamer6683 Poor guy thinks title of the movie should directly reflect with story. There are no whales in the movie The Whale.
@@kushalraj2822 but in real life, najeeb did talk to the goats a lot. The sequence you mentioned was way to small and forgettable in my opinion. Which makes it irrelevant.
@@kamakaze5448 Not everything mentioned in the book can be shown in the film, due to length restrictions for business. They need to move the story forward. And the one I explained is not the only scene where he bonds. There are some scenes where he communicates even with camels but they are so blended with the situation that it's easy to miss. They have a whole story to tell, due to which the filmmakers can't emphasize only on the bonding. And in these limited number of major characters, before start of escape, goats were the only living beings who did not hurt him. All the more reason why he bid emotional farewell to goats. You don't need the vast majority of goat bonding scenes to justify that.
In the novel, that goat have a name.
It's story begins with its birth and have a Father-Son relation with Najeeb.
In the movie, it is just a cameo.
You have said what I have to say.
Even though 1scene was shot with days
Its still didn't miss any details and gave me the continuity
And i didnt feel it was 3 hr long
Exactly!
Not read the novel yet. Still felt like the movie just focused on the physical challenges, hunger, dehydration, sunburns, vultures, snakes, flogging and torture etc etc. Toggling back to some green and wet artificial-lookimg Kerala visuals was just not enough to establish the emotional trauma of Najib. Nor did it engage me emotionally.
Well, for the crew's hardwork and the 2 actors' transformation journey deserves an applause. The tech departments also did a commendable job. But the screenplay? Really doubt if it complemented the scale and brilliance. Especially the soliloquy part reminded of those amateur school plays.
Totally agree with you. They have put a lot of hard work but it was not that emotionally engaging enough. The content was good but it lacks in some in some areas.
I agree with u
Agree with your review about the goat scene, it didn’t have the emotions. But this is my personal view, the music by AR Rahman was not great and didn’t do justice to the emotions required for the moments in the movie. Imagine Oppenhiemer or Titanic or Manjumal boys without the music it presented, the last scene in Manjumal boys without Kanmani Anbodu.
Aadujeevitham with an ok music was still something very special. This is definitely a special movie, no doubt about it.
Prithviraj was struggling to show pain and suffering. This is the point we all remember old Mohanlal who mastered tragedy. Prithvi just escaped with makeup and technical capabilities of the movie crew. He is not suitable for this role. They should have casted Fafa. Not sure what was the great contribution of AR Rahman in that movie. Malayalam music directors could have done better .
Poda Tayoli
i have watched the movie, due i determined to appreciate the director for spending all these years for a film. not even for prithviraj. and i have the exact same 100% opinion of Raunaq Mangottil. and what i believe is a ton of people watched movie with the same reason. i have watched the movies - seven years in tibet , the way back and other survival dramas. so the excitement of watching a desert crossing was not there. then the drama. the movie is lacking the drama.
now i subscribed this channel, this channel gone through my screen many times i hve enjoyed his many videos several times, but now.
Well put and it could have been so much better
Video starts at 3:22
What was the point of this video? Can someone explain.?
I'm pretty sure that most people in this comment section who have the same opinion wouldn't even have seen the film.😂😂
Never compare a movie r seris with these 30sec reels and says both are content
NO........... it's cinema
Agreed 💯
Most of the scenes were cut by the censor board especially the important scenes which destroyed the narrative, I hope there is a direactors cut
There is no such scene cut by the censor board, Blessy confirmed it.
@@ArjunAJ-nw7rlThere were scenes with the goat which was cut by the censor board
@@ArjunAJ-nw7rl there were it was said by Benjamin the person who wrote the book the goat life
@@Thedude88905it was in the book
But not in the movie
Blessy himself said it
What are you intending to ? I don’t understand it clearly, movie is good or bad😂
Why we enjoyed the climax is because, the escape portion was tiring and lagged.
Watch cast away, and see Tom Hanks connects to audience. Im Malayali and i admit that Prithviraj failed connecting to audience. The novel did but movie not. Failure of script and direction. Just focused on the body transformation and music.
Bro recommendation video plz 😢
There was a Scene in the Book that was cut from the film. The Character Najeeb (not the Real Person) envisioned by Benyamin based on the story of Najeeb (Real Person) has an instance where he has Intercourse with a Goat.
On the surface it feels like it's disgusting, but I assure you if you read that you won't feel disgust, instead you'll feel Sad and Depressed at the state of the Character (Again not the Real Person, this event is Fictional)
Because the wording and The accompanying art is pushing the idea that Najeeb (the Character) has lost all semblance of Individuality and humanity. He truly has become one among the Goats he herds. He loses track of time and his actions.
If there was something similar in the movie then it would have definitely given you the Emotional attachment you spoke of. Highly recommend you read the book
spoken well, we all felt such
Exactly but Benyamin s vision is not blessys really in book human turned in to one among goats but in movie he is also a giving relationship and family importance and not the theme of book which is early mentioned ❤
@@maxinproytb right it is
4:48
I felt it was a great film. The film mostly just goes around the character, and I feel in such duration, I don't think, they can actually show most of the novel content. Still, the adaptation is great, one of it's kind.
i still dont know weather u liked this movie or not
My only criticism is that they could have spent a little more time with goats.like the scene where a goat calls all other goats back I wish there was more of that like it's those animals who only shows some empathy towards him
Very much unclear of your review
90% of the movie they have done justice with the novel. It's a real life story so they can't make more fantasy to it. Even openheimer is more than 3 hour we appreciating that movie.below 100 crore budget we made a worldclass one how can we ignore guys. for little mistakes can happen in every piece of art just avoid it and support it ❤
Honestly it could hav been better...
They concentrated mainly on.escape part.
🖤
If one gets a knife, he is thinking to postmortem anything in front of him. This fellow is also doing the same. critic genius 😅
What are you trying to say bruh?
Sorry to say but sitting on a couch and passing opinion is way too easy.
You don’t really need to dramatise every moment.
The RAWNESS was enough.
In today’s life everyone is so busy and impatient that they feel the lack of everything in everything..
AADUJEEVITHAM made a difference btw viewers, 70% connected 30% not connected, like PS 1 & 2 ☕
The film didn't give Justice to the title the film was more focused on the perspective of Najeeb & how he misses his freedom the film didn't tried to make najeeb emotionally closer with the goats
Survival motivation movie 🎉
Absolutely agree with your review man, SPOT ON
IT didn't work on me on the emotional engagement quotient and the part of where he becomes a slave was not that believable.the chapter transitioning was also abrupt and with over exposed interviews and schedules being charted for this film, we were over exposed to this film making process.
But the 2 point of yours to the moment of magic, that made total sense and this film works big time on that.
Plus gokuls and prithvi s incredible transformation and their acting were top notch.
Great work man.
Sorry to say but this movie didn't connect with me at all and how much I tried to avoid compensation but cast away and life of pi or even Maryan frequently comes to my mind because the makers hype it up in such way BTW fun fact life of pi entirely shoot on a green screen inside a studio along with a CGI tiger plus with a debutant and that's movie and the performance feels more convincing then 16 years of hardwork.. sometimes smart work is more effective than unnecessary hardwork .
4:36 - slightly off topic but just a feedback that it’s high time we remember to say “he or she” and start to include women in the mix when addressing the paying audience. “Her time” and “she” is equally valuable too. Not remembering to do this can’t be and should not be normalised. In fact, one of the 2 celebrities in your shoot was a woman. I guess the director is a woman too. Imagine these women listening to your video and the audience being addressed as only “him”
Do more vedios :)
What if all reviewers realize the fact abt fim making ..
That's the problem I didn't feel tiring it's runs fast I didn't feel the time flow it's just starts and ends I can't feel anything. I starts feel some thing when a person with him die not because of the personal touch because of the cruel way to the death and he died I completely forget the feeling that he died I feel soooooooo rushed like play a video in youtube at the 2x speed and it's 3hr movie is that good for a movie? ya but not to this one. I wanting to feel the slowness of a person transation I want to feel the repeatedly process of a tragic daily routine I can't feel that I didn't get that in this movie. 😢
I haven't read the novel but hearing almost everyone saying that the emotions evoked by Novel was absent..(sorry to say)seems quite absurd.. its like comparing Apples n Oranges... We can't expect Blessy to make similar stuff like Novel.. then why even make it?
Also, the fact that the escape part seemed stretched.. i think was deliberate for us to feel that frustration of when the road can be seen & oh my god the moment when we see the road..😍
I loved the movie.. i think this film really respected its audience expecting it to imagine the bond between goats & Najeeb by giving small dialogues like when he leaves them.. he mentions like someone like him would come to take care of them.. shows that despite living a life like hell.. he knows that these goats need someone to taken care of.. All I can say is that this film stayed with audiences like me n my family for almost 2-3 days after watching.. which in itself is quite an achievement!
In the nove the connection between najeeb and goat is more intense but the film is all about najeeb and his memories of his wife. You campared with other film that's why you are not connected
Copied review from Galattaa😂 😮
Mmhmm😼 it's Ramya Krishnan??
mallu here i am being honest. people are just over praising and over hyping this movie a lot. there is no doubt that great efforts have gone in to the making of this movie. it was just a above avg experience for me.
Just above average?
Bro, try to respect others opinion too. They won't get anything from overpraising a movie made by someone, they are just expressing what they felt after watching the movie.
For me it was such an overwhelming experience. Don't demean people who liked it. Please
@@Sowb4n lot of folks are so emotionally attached to the movie and wanted the movie to win so badly. i totally agree with their sentiments. but anybody who wanted to share honest opinion were bullied and attacked. same thing happend with PS i guess in TN especially with the second part.
Fuck ....No man ..above average....u know nothing about cinema 🥺
The only problem with that film is that it's an Indian movie or malayalam movie..people are more interested in finding fault than appreciating the efforts..if it was in any other country..the team would have got more peace and happiness..here people are interested in controversies
prithviraj's performance and ARR music saved the film. other than that it was an above average survival drama for me
If you look at much hyped RRR and bahubali , I think except the VFX team others role is not much. But people appreciated those actors and gave oscar to the music.
The hype bought them those awards.
Now look at ps1 and ps2 score , or aadujeevitham score. Music is integral part of the movie. Music dialogues characters. And such stories pushes genius like ARR to give something different from usual. Compare natu natu song with any random track of ps1 , ps2 and aadujeevitham. I still stay there is no need of oscar and even national award.
End of the day if audience are good and have taste , music like arr produces and movies like aadujeevitham come.
If you see this movie is flop in Telugu. because the region accepts only masala and same as bolloywood.
So one movie make all audience happy is not possible today.
o bhai
1st view and like 😂
1
duck ur opinion
Fooo😢
Prithviraj is so overrated.. He cannot create that emotional connection or have the ability in so many of his filns. There are many Increadible side actors in malayalam better than him.