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Vijayaba Kollaya (2019)
A symphony played with guitars.
Compared to recent historical films (except Maharaja Gemunu and Aloko Udapadi) Vijayaba K. is miles ahead in every aspect. Sets and costumes felt real and cinematography was exceptional. Channa and Boodee has done a tremendous job in technical side as always. Music is done by Rohana Weerasinghe, and the name says it all. Acting side is yours to decide.
Talking about cinematography, this is cited as SL's first (complete?) 3D film. Well, the "3Dness" was ok. There's no fancy animations, but decently done. Battle scenes were a complete flop (apart from makeups). Much far away from Maharaja G and Aloko U.
The "Sunil Ariyarathna trademark" though, can be seen everywhere. Dialogues felt like straight outta 60s and songs and dances were completely pre 2000s Bollywood.
Except "Singali Noane", that wide shot was fabulous!
Well what can you do, if the producer wants to make money from the film, you have to draw every generation, every class to the theatre. This film was like a Beethoven's symphony, played with more rock instruments and less classical instruments.
Ginnen Upan Seethala (2018)
Not worth the hype!
Despite the amazing cinematography, almost all the scenes feels like they are in a hurry to quickly tell you what happened and then move on.
Kamal's voice jumps between his own and the one he's trying to imitate and many characters feels one dimensional IMO.
But as a Sri Lankan born after a decade past this period, although I enjoyed every moment and learned the historic incidents, the way they are delivered definitely didn't create an 'emotional blast' inside my mind, which it should have.
Frozen Fire would've been exceptional as a 'documentary', but for a two and half hour movie, it could've deliver more.