Papadom & Pisau Cukur

PAPADOM

What i can conclude after watching the highly anticipated Papadom is.....a fairytale story which focus on father-daughter relationship! Its a sweet, funny and entertaining film. Again Afdlin is so adorable and funny while Lyana Jasmay is a sweet heart. Afdlin has increase his credibility as a director with this film but still a lot to improve. Selambakodok, you can do better!! Character and story built up is weak. eg: why suddenly the professor eat together with Afdlin in the garden? Sometimes it turns into Disneyish "high school musical" with introduction of the college and the cheerleaders. The finale in the lecture hall is so cliche and again disneyish. I didn't say that Disney film is bad but due to fact that this film wins Malaysia Film Festival, let me wonder...is this the best Malaysia can offer? too high expectation maybe. but nonetheless the film have good entertainment value with a lot of message. Personally i will watch it again. ;)

PISAU CUKUR aka gold digger!
A good romantic comedy/mystery/fashion genre from Bernard Chauly who give us Gol&Gincu before. Its so funny and "gedik" in "legally blond" way but yet we still fall in love with the character. The beautiful Fazura and Maya Karin surely play their role greatly as the gold digger with a "happy go lucky " attitude. Who can't remember; "oh my Dior! Oh my Jimmy Choo! oh my Diane Von Furstenberg!" etc every time OMG words need to be used by Fazura character. All actors suited their role perfectly especially the newcomer playing Faqir, Maya love interest. The interesting part is none of the scene were shoot inside a actually cruise ship! All is a set and CGI. Fantastic! The script is well written without any cheesy line and it was beautifully shoot in realizing the cruise atmosphere. For the girls, i think you will love all the props, cloth and accessories they used in this film. The only critic is if only the mystery and detective part in this film were given a little bit more spice and excitement... sure will be more entertaining. Go and watch this film and continue supporting Good Malaysian Film!

Panas!!

I just wanna be HAPPY!

Exam is ALMOST over...one more paper to go..actually not a paper exam but a clinical exam..more action and talking rather than writhing. Gosh! pass few weeks is a living hell. my head is gonna explode due to excessive usage. my brain is melting each time i read medical books! lately I'm not sure if this is right for me?? is this give me happiness? will this give me satisfaction in my later life? is this the life i want to live in?? still not sure. This always surface every time exam or any stressful event related to Meds school. but i will face it, day by day and let time and fate take me where should i go. I just wanna be HAPPY!

So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge?
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place ... I wanna hear my sound
Don’t care about all the pain in front of me
I’m just trying to be happy

Yesterday, i watched Inglourious Basterds by Queintin Tarantino who brings us the marvelous Pulp Fictions and Kill Bill(which i hate!). Chilling out with the guys ( plus Anom..hehe) atGurney GSC after stressful O&G Clinical Exam. I got a case of false labour and i think i do exceptionally well to give me at least a pass. Back to the film, this is the second best work from Quentin after Pulp Fiction. Great story, Great actor and great script except for Brad pit's fake over the top accent! watching his jaw protruding forward the entire film is unpleasant to watch..at least for me. Nonetheless, it still a good and entertaining film. i almost don't wanted to watch this film due to the "Nazi brutality" theme. I'm just had enough of it. but because of the director and the cast..i brave my self to endure another war film. Go and watch it guys! by the way the film is really violent..don't bring young kids with you. PEACE!

p/s: Diane Kruger is smoking hot!

" A Basterd's work is never done"

eating CHOCOLATE under THE TREE behind my HOUSE.

CHOCOLATE by Yasmin Ahmad
A quiet tale that reminds us that, despite the multifaceted contradiction of Malaysia, life goes on, even if not all of it is sweet.

My 2 cents: This piece from Yasmin is really implicit...make me think a lot! For me the Chinese guy is mesmerized by the Malay girl but suddenly distracted by the mother's voice, all thought about racial difference coming back to him which make him become rude to her. Hoping that he left the chocolate so that she will come back to take it....a sweet end!

THE TREE by Amir Muhammad
Malaysia’s most influential spiritual leader Nik Aziz offers commentary on the virtuous and Islamic way to conduct ethical commerce in his inimitable style.

My 2 cents: I expect more from Amir Muhammad but Nik Aziz statement is spot on! but please don't chop down the more forest for agriculture...i love my green buddy whenever i go to camping! Give me soothing effect! More to documentary rather than short film.

HOUSE by Linus Chung
An Indian boy is asked to build a model of his house at school. A tale on the social economic plight faced by many Malaysians.

My 2 cents: 1st of all, why can our dream house is our own house although it is small, dusty and ugly.. but full of love, caring and hope??A mansion full of Ferrari or with helicopter pad doesn't promised you happiness! It it so sad to see the world full of greediness which sometimes comes with lack of heart! Really reminds me of Kg. Buah Pala..hope their problems will be solved and soon get their dream house! This is my favorite so far!


The Making of Chocolate....a tribute to Yasmin.
Yasmin explain about her chocolate.simple
p/s: Syarifah amani is so cute! make me wanna sneeze with you!haha

"Why obliterate hope? Enough of that already" Min

Support GOOD Malaysian Film

I decided to dedicate my blog to promote Malaysian made film and thus helping our film industry which still in a slum. We have talents,We have resources...but why Malaysian film are not well known even to Malaysian themselves? sigh! That why I want to emphasize the important to support Good Malaysian Film! Lots of low quality (stupid, may I say) film out there...we should choose wisely. For me i choose a film base on the director previous film, the producer and last, the cast. Totally against film by so-called Prof Madya! I'm traumatized to watch Malaysian film for several years because of his film. Oh god! But my faith had restored by newcomers like Khabir Bhatia, Ho yuhang, James Lee, Bernard Chauly, Yasmin Ahmad, Afdlin Shauki and much more. There is still glimpse of hope for Malaysian Film Industry.

2 upcoming Malaysian film to watch for:

Papadom by Afdlin Shauki.
Release date: 8th October 2009
Synopsis: A funny comedy about a single father and his daughter (Mia), and every mans fear when their little princess grows up and wants to be a woman! Mia gets a bit annoyed with her father's endless care.


Papadom is big winner at recent Malaysian Film Festival which it took 5 awards included:

• Best Film
• Best leading actor and actress
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Music score.

Pisau Cukur by Benard Chauly
Release date: 5th November 2009
Synopsis: What happens when prey and predator are both trapped on a luxury cruise ship? Two gold digging girls, Bella and Intan, come face to face with three Datuks, three Datuk's wives, two Datuk's children, one private detective and one diehard fan of Bella's. Who are the predators and who are the prey? On a voyage that's full of surprises, anything can happen!


Fun facts about Pisau Cukur:

• No scenes was shoot on a cruise ship...every set is made and improved with CGI.
• Almost 100 clothes is design and choose for the actors.
• Fake eye lashes used: 128 set
• Face sponge used by makeup artist: 80
• Hair spray used: 6tin

Guys, i will still write a little about international film because i love film generally.

District 9 is awesome. It is the hybrid of Cloverfield, 28 days later and slumdog millionaire!haha. A cool film which is narrated in a way like a documentary. Lots of action, aliens and human exploded to pieces... Boys definitely will love this film! Humanitarian (and even aliens) rights is the core of this film social message. Lets see how far a man can go and do extraordinary stuff when he is pushed to the limit, only for his love one and believes!

"PANAS!!"

Potong Saga

1st released short film from 15Malaysia.

Director: Ho Yuhang
Synopsis: A laugh-out-loud film about a Chinese boy’s misguided attempts at opening an Islamic bank account.



My 2 cents:
Hilariously funny. Although unrealistic but i think what Ho Yuhang wanted to tell us is 'there still much that we don't know about other races/religion that can make us misunderstood". Tak kenal maka tak cinta, right?? The controversial Namewee who rapped the Negaraku is the lead actor and kinda good. (Btw, I don't find poking fun of our National Anthem is funny!)

The Making:


thoughts??

"You potong rambut cukup laaa...yang lain tak payah potong punyee"

15malaysia

I came across this interesting Malaysian Film project in Facebook. 15Malaysia is a short film project produced by the same team that brought you MAFU (Malaysian Artist for unity) and 'Here In My Home' last year.

The project consists of 15 uniquely short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders.

Who doesn't intrigued and want to see Khairy Jamaludin as a taxi driver, Nik Aziz talking about a tree in a film and Adibah Nor been stalked by a human-sized chicken???haha


My top 5 trailers:

'Healthy Paranoia' by Khairul M Bahar-Featuring Liow Tiong Lai.


'Halal' by Liew Seng Tat- Starring Adibah Nor and the human-size chicken.


'Chocolate' by Yasmin Ahmad


'House' by Linus Chung


and my favorite

'Meter' by Lim Benji-featuring Khairy Jamaludin


If you want see Nik Aziz &other trailers go to the 15Malaysia Facebook and become a fan!

"You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia."

Directorial debut.

My first ever debut as a Director!!
Directing a short film for LAN studies in my college (PMC). It was made around May 2008. Lovin the incredible excitement and experience of producing my first ever baby. Hope to make more in the future (but the future kinda cloudy.sigh!).

PART 1


PART2


Initially, we are asked to do a live performance for the LAN project, we as a group decided instead fooling our-self in front of people...why not a short film instead as a representation of us! By the way, we are such a stage fright freaks.haha. The script develop organically and evolve as we shooting the video which about youth and drug. The qoute:" Why do we hurt the most, the one we love the most" i took from Yasmin Ahmad's Gubra Film which i can't not find any other better word to end and summarized the video. Thanks to her for the heart-retching yet inspiring words.

The performance by the cast ware superb! Can't believe that the lovely Fong Juen and my guitarist housemate, Dzhafri is not a real couple! haha. Do you noticed that there is two different father of Karrim?? The one in the House scene is Zaim and the one in morque is me. Good acting ya?? Btw, Zaim and Ekin (zaim's wife in the video) are happily married now in real life..hope they will not have a child with the same fate as the their son in the short film. amin! Hanif is great as a cameraman and cinematographer! WOW! and our little Louise done a great job editing it! The most memorable scene to shoot is during the clubbing scene held in my apartment living room. I laugh a lot! Zaim is such a good yet ridiculous shuffler and the dancing lights is actually from pen torches which we use to check patients mouth! haha.

Hope you guys like it as we @#%ing like making it! :)

Director: Khairul Nizam Kamdi
Editor: Louise
Cameraman: Hanif Che Mat
Actor/Actresses: Dzhafri Zakaria, Kiew Fong Juen, Zaim Rashid , Asyikin, Ashraf, Mujaheed, Ho Sook Yee.

"Belia Benci Dadah!"

It's not too late to say goodbye...

Just finish watchin Malaysian Film Festival 2009 which is held in Negeri Di Bawah Bayu, Sabah. The tribute to Yasmin Ahmad really touch my heart...the genius in film and GURU in advertising is gone 4eva...i grow up with her Ad in Tv..i basically will wait every Hari Raya, chinese New year, Deepavali, Independance day etc for her Ad. Al-fatihah to her.

You shall be missed!!

A song from her last film Talentime, maybe signify her departure!
Pergi(I go!) by Aizat.


On the bright side,
Our SelambaKodok, Bro afdlin is the big winner of the night for his film Papadom. Will definately watch Papadom in October! Aiyoooo..so long to wait maaa! Support Good Malaysian film. Afdlin is really cool and comey in SETEM which is one of the better Malaysian Film this year. Go and watch SETEM now before its end!
You can read my Setem Review in my Facebook Notes

"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy."
Scott Alexander