Gold

If we could all look beyond the overall quality of this movie, at least everyone could agree that Alphonse Puthren is trying something new and he deserves praise for just that and that only.

The sad thing is that Gold (2022) could have been a great movie with better Direction from the makers. They should have clearly gone easy on the editing part because it's just unwanted texts from dialogues scattered all over the screen and slow motion scenes for no reason at all. Just FORCED into the movie. The same thing goes for the overall casting of the movie. It's as if the Director was trying to do a lot of things in a single shot. Most of the time this movie gives a short film vibe because of its below average directions.

Overall, Gold (2022) has good potential plot wise but fails in a lot of the other aspects. I get that most of the audience didn't like the movie at all and the main reason for that is because it's not by any means a movie for the theatrical audience, it should have been initially released through OTT.

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Let me start by saying that I didn't have expectations even though my group did. That's because Alphone Puthren had raised his bar through Neram and Premam, a movie that created a wave in Kerala and started a new phase in Malayalam cinema. The goodwill that Puthren and crew created pulled me towards the movie, and I am disappointed. Not with the movie, but with the fact that he has ruined his own filmography.

Coming to the movie, the best way of putting it is by wondering what this movie was actually about.

A lot of characters introduced just for the sake of it, probably to give the feel of a star studded movie.

Plain boring. That's it.

After painstakingly watching this movie, I am still trying to understand how such a large star cast was convinced to do this movie. There was a disconnect between everything I was watching in this movie. There was a disconnect between the characters and almost all the scenes. Maybe the movie maker was trying to create something new, but this large statcast movie failed utterly. So many good actors and talent just wasted in the process. This could have been so much better if over thought was not applied. What was Soubin doing around those dancers? What was Mallika sukumarans role and presence intended? Overall it turned out to be stressful movie, as I was expecting something meaningful to happen considering the heights malayalam movie is today!

Whats wrong with Prithvi..such a pathetic movie.. The basic plot itself is illogical. A simple push from "strong" Joshi would have moved the vehicle and solved the issue , similarly a simple push on my remote would have saved my time. 20mins in to the movie I felt Prithvi and Alphonse have taken the audience for granted. Vain attempts at Humour.. unnecessary bgm.. illogical story , dialogues and situations. Characters over acting...detailing at certain portions were really unnecessary... Major efforts were put in to include almost all cast of Premam plus few others from Malyalam industry and for what?? This dumb movie shouldn't have been made.

I don't understand why Prithviraj and Nayanthara signed up for this crap.. Prithvi being an Amazing director himself wouldn't he know what is being cooked atleast when the shooting started.!!!!

Was it just for money ?( I am sure he is already one among the top 5% richest in Kerala) . I really adore his knowledge of cinema and his passion to bring great content for Malayali audience. He was supposed to take Malayam industry to global level and he ends up doing movies like Gold and bro daddy( which was atleast watchable like an ad film ) but gold is really really poor. No story and screenplay was also crappy.

Movie is watchable for the cinematography.. Nice locations and all the insects. Special mention red ants.

This movie doesn't deserve all the hate that is receiving now. Yes, it is not the kind of movie we expected from Alphonse, but isn't that our fault ? This is a no brainer fun movie, the kind of a 90's movie starring Mukesh and Jadageesh, with an absurd plot and a lot of characters. It is not a slapstick one or a laugh riot, but it does invoke smiles. This might not be a movie that is meant for the masses and the classes, but for people like me who loves light hearted feel good comedies. To get a perspective, I liked Money rathnam by Fahad Fazil , another movie of similar genre. I guess you got the picture 😂