The movie is a great watch for any Malayali who experienced and has gone through those tough times in 2018. We could easily say '2018' is one of the best survival films made in Malayalam movie industry. However...I felt the movie could have been made better. '2018' is a blockbuster and worked very well with malayali audience, because of the emotions it generate and the experience the common people can relate to, during the floods in 2018. So to judge just the movie as it is, assume the floods had never happened in Kerala; if so, will '2018' as a flood-survival-movie could create such a heavy impact among the viewers? I doubt. Also, there are many details, reasons, questions, doubts the movie had ignored or underdeveloped. Many of the characters are also not complete or felt lacking...for example, the stories involving Kunchacko, Vineeth, Aparna are all under-utilized.
And some of the scenes felt very silly too. For example, the scene of airlift, where the pilot initially call off the airlift saying "Unsafe to land"!!!...I just wonder, why can't one of the army personnel himself do the airlifting themselves? Why do they need to depend for an external help. Aren't they well trained and equipped for such scenarios or for even difficult circumstances to operate on their own without any external help?... I felt no logic in that scene.
The thriller scenes are good and the music, bgm also worked very well to elevate such scenes. However, many of the scenes in the night was difficult to watch due to low lighting (it was a struggle for me to see what was really happening !).. Overall, 2018 is good movie, but not satisfying to the hype for me... ( this is just my opinion after watching the movie)
And some of the scenes felt very silly too. For example, the scene of airlift, where the pilot initially call off the airlift saying "Unsafe to land"!!!...I just wonder, why can't one of the army personnel himself do the airlifting themselves? Why do they need to depend for an external help. Aren't they well trained and equipped for such scenarios or for even difficult circumstances to operate on their own without any external help?... I felt no logic in that scene.
The thriller scenes are good and the music, bgm also worked very well to elevate such scenes. However, many of the scenes in the night was difficult to watch due to low lighting (it was a struggle for me to see what was really happening !).. Overall, 2018 is good movie, but not satisfying to the hype for me... ( this is just my opinion after watching the movie)