Friday, February 4, 2011

the one with malay movies

Posted by Unknown at 3:10 AM
as most people can see, i rarely review Malay movies. well, that's cause i rarely watch them. not that i'm not supportive of local movies. it's just hard to find one with a whole lot of values and qualities in it. one movie that managed to capture my attention years back was Khabir Bhatia's Sepi. i love it. the movie was like Valentine's Day, Love Actually, and He's Just Not That Into You where random love stories compiled and connected to one another in a movie. it has multiple story lines and the perspectives it took were justifiably interesting. a guy falling for someone's wife prior to his wife's death but unable to be with that person because the situation prohibits them. a cook always receiving wedding invitations of his ex-girlfriends and reflecting on his personal life until he meet his soul mate. and finally, a girl who's shadowed by the death of his boyfriend becomes temporarily blinded by her imagination until rescued by an admirer. i dunno why but i love this movie. it was well-coordinated and well-delivered. another work by Khabir Bhatia that i also like is Cinta. it's the same as Sepi but has more stories in it. it's few of the Malay movies that i can look up to and be proud of.



but i recently went to watch Khurafat : Perjanjian Syaitan directed by Syamsul Yusof and to my surprise it was actually a really good horror movie. i've watched tonnes of horror movies before, be it Malay, Thailand, Korean, Japanese, or Hollywood and i have to say very few movies scared me to death. most of them are gory and bloody. especially zombie movies. yuckk. movies like Paranormal Activity (the first one) which is a low budget movie almost scared me to death. haha.. haven't watch the second one yet. gathering all my guts to watch it. haha. apart from that movies from Thailand scares me the most especially Nang-Nak. i was a kid when i watched that one. never watch it for the second time. maybe i will.. soon. haha i like Phobia... especially the second one.. and especially the last story. funny as hell! haha.. but i'm here to talk about Khurafat... back to the point >> when i decided to watch the movie, i didn't think i would be sitting on the edge of my seat and holding my friend really tight that i swear i might've bruised her!! haha... i didn't expect the ghost to be so darn drastic! drastic as in coming straight at you instead of just sitting or standing there scaring you. i swear to God my heart almost stopped and i got very jumpy afterward. haha.. it has element of surprise at parts you won't expect. and the ending was unexpected! seriously it was scary and good! two thumbs up to Syamsul Yusof.. thanks for scaring me! plus he's acting is way different than his prior movies.. maybe because this one is a super serious movie.. if i have to describe his acting in words, i'd say matured... and Liyana Jasmay always look like a kid to me and she's just adorable.. haha.. especially with tudung.. anyway i needed to scream since i haven't scream in a long time. hence, it was a good scream. haha.... so, go watch it! 


go Malaysia! keep making wonderful and great movies! oh, i can't wait to watch Yusry Abdul Halim's Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa!

4 comments:

saRaHiyLiA on February 4, 2011 at 7:56 AM said...

da tgk coming soon x? cter hntu thai..huhu tgk laa

Unknown on February 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM said...

coming soon? yg pasal wayang tu kan? dah2.. aku tgok kat wayang.. seram gak tu.. lg2 tang tgok kat cermin rpe2ny die tgh dukung hantu tuh! hahaha.. terkejut eden.. dahlah wyg time tu.. 5 6 org je kan.. haha

Jordan on February 5, 2011 at 6:54 PM said...

I like bhatia's work! tapikan, dia kan indian India, agak ralat nak katakan produk malay.. Okeyh, agak tergoda nak tgk khurafat! byk review baik nih! =D

Unknown on February 5, 2011 at 8:53 PM said...

agak ah.. tp sbb dlmnya cerita psl kisah cinta org melayu completely kan.. maaybe i should put it like this. instead of malay movies 'malaysian movies' hehehe.. tgoklaa.. best.. huhu... cepat.. dah nak abes tayangan dah.. hehe

Friday, February 4, 2011

the one with malay movies


as most people can see, i rarely review Malay movies. well, that's cause i rarely watch them. not that i'm not supportive of local movies. it's just hard to find one with a whole lot of values and qualities in it. one movie that managed to capture my attention years back was Khabir Bhatia's Sepi. i love it. the movie was like Valentine's Day, Love Actually, and He's Just Not That Into You where random love stories compiled and connected to one another in a movie. it has multiple story lines and the perspectives it took were justifiably interesting. a guy falling for someone's wife prior to his wife's death but unable to be with that person because the situation prohibits them. a cook always receiving wedding invitations of his ex-girlfriends and reflecting on his personal life until he meet his soul mate. and finally, a girl who's shadowed by the death of his boyfriend becomes temporarily blinded by her imagination until rescued by an admirer. i dunno why but i love this movie. it was well-coordinated and well-delivered. another work by Khabir Bhatia that i also like is Cinta. it's the same as Sepi but has more stories in it. it's few of the Malay movies that i can look up to and be proud of.



but i recently went to watch Khurafat : Perjanjian Syaitan directed by Syamsul Yusof and to my surprise it was actually a really good horror movie. i've watched tonnes of horror movies before, be it Malay, Thailand, Korean, Japanese, or Hollywood and i have to say very few movies scared me to death. most of them are gory and bloody. especially zombie movies. yuckk. movies like Paranormal Activity (the first one) which is a low budget movie almost scared me to death. haha.. haven't watch the second one yet. gathering all my guts to watch it. haha. apart from that movies from Thailand scares me the most especially Nang-Nak. i was a kid when i watched that one. never watch it for the second time. maybe i will.. soon. haha i like Phobia... especially the second one.. and especially the last story. funny as hell! haha.. but i'm here to talk about Khurafat... back to the point >> when i decided to watch the movie, i didn't think i would be sitting on the edge of my seat and holding my friend really tight that i swear i might've bruised her!! haha... i didn't expect the ghost to be so darn drastic! drastic as in coming straight at you instead of just sitting or standing there scaring you. i swear to God my heart almost stopped and i got very jumpy afterward. haha.. it has element of surprise at parts you won't expect. and the ending was unexpected! seriously it was scary and good! two thumbs up to Syamsul Yusof.. thanks for scaring me! plus he's acting is way different than his prior movies.. maybe because this one is a super serious movie.. if i have to describe his acting in words, i'd say matured... and Liyana Jasmay always look like a kid to me and she's just adorable.. haha.. especially with tudung.. anyway i needed to scream since i haven't scream in a long time. hence, it was a good scream. haha.... so, go watch it! 


go Malaysia! keep making wonderful and great movies! oh, i can't wait to watch Yusry Abdul Halim's Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa!

4 comments on "the one with malay movies"

saRaHiyLiA on February 4, 2011 at 7:56 AM said...

da tgk coming soon x? cter hntu thai..huhu tgk laa

Unknown on February 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM said...

coming soon? yg pasal wayang tu kan? dah2.. aku tgok kat wayang.. seram gak tu.. lg2 tang tgok kat cermin rpe2ny die tgh dukung hantu tuh! hahaha.. terkejut eden.. dahlah wyg time tu.. 5 6 org je kan.. haha

Jordan on February 5, 2011 at 6:54 PM said...

I like bhatia's work! tapikan, dia kan indian India, agak ralat nak katakan produk malay.. Okeyh, agak tergoda nak tgk khurafat! byk review baik nih! =D

Unknown on February 5, 2011 at 8:53 PM said...

agak ah.. tp sbb dlmnya cerita psl kisah cinta org melayu completely kan.. maaybe i should put it like this. instead of malay movies 'malaysian movies' hehehe.. tgoklaa.. best.. huhu... cepat.. dah nak abes tayangan dah.. hehe

 

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