Big films are released at festivals; bigger films become festivals. This was exactly the case with GOAT. In a Telugu-speaking cosmopolitan like Hyderabad, the movie opened at morning 4 AM because the demand for the film was so huge.
But within 18 hours of the film’s release, the GOAT was slaughtered. Yes, blunt reviews caused the GOAT to suffer badly.
There are reports that many shows of GOAT in Tamil Nadu will be replaced by Vaazhai because of these poor reviews.
The film fails to do any kind of justice to the hype, and the people are forced to regret their decision to watch the film.
Vijay has enjoyed superstardom that only a few people have been fortunate enough to. The man simply never experiments. He is too scared to not try anything outside the typical gun violence film. There are so many things one can do in cinema and all Vijay chooses is the same old crap. Look at people like Mammootty and Vijay Sethupati, who try new genres and new platforms, which help them flourish as an actor.
Vijay can’t possibly be a bigger star in the boundary of Tamil Nadu now, he has touched the pinnacle. But, it takes so much more to be a great actor which Vijay will hardly be remembered as.
It’s high time Vijay rethinks the legacy he wants to leave. He certainly has more potential than what he shows in crap like GOAT and Varisu.