Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Review - Ombak Rindu

Kawan aku cakap tak jantan arrr tengok ini filem...okay fyneeeee...whatever...tapi aku nak tengok gak...tak kesah lah...filem ni memang adaptasi novel yang gilos lama sudeh...waktu aku kat uni lagi...okay la...aku ngaku aku pernah baca ini novel...layannnn...pastu bila jadi filem...of koz la aku mau tengok...


The rule of the thumb when watching a movie adapted from a book is that...kena tengok movie tu as a stand alone movie...not based on a novel...kalau tak memang abis la melopong sana sini dok compared apa yang baca dalam buku and apa yang ada kat silverscreen la kan...kompem tak enjoy...

Tengok senarai pelakon filem serius beb...semua pon the 'current in thing'...the three main leads are Aaron Aziz...Maya Karin...Lisa Surihani...aku memang bagi starssss la kat itu pelakon...every single one of them managed to carry out their characters...especially Lisa la...sebelum ni dok tengok dia berlakon watak comel comel ajer...tapi kali ni jadi ala ala pompuan yang ada obsessive compulsive disorder...nak jugak walaupun orang taknak...siap main ugut lagi...its all with the eye...demmm...takot la plak aku nengok...scary weih kalau terikat sudeh...kompem tak bley lari...

Anyway...movie dia memang ada agak noticeable adjustments here and there...from start to finish...ada gak characters yang ada dalam novel but not in the movie...and watak si Mail itu memang aku rasa cam takder dalam novel version...tapi memang sangat la tertekan tengok ini movie sebab there will be tears in every 10 mins thruout the movie...semua main leads ada diorang punya fair share of tears shed...

The movie started of with Ustazah Izzah (Maya Karin)...kelass ko Maya Karin jadi ustazah ngajar budak ngaji...kena jual dengan pakcik dia kat bapak ayam mana ntah...pastu si Hariz tu dot dot dot itu ustazah waktu ustazah tengah high...sedar sedar dah tak V sudeh...then si Hariz (Aaron Aziz) beli plak dengan 3x ganda...perghhh...kelasss ko Aaron...pastu si Hariz tu letak la ustazah kat satu rumah...siap cakap lagi...kalau dia mau dot dot dot...ustazah tu kena bagi dengan no question asked...of kos la si Izzah ni being an ustazah...dia merayu rayu kalau mau dot dot dot...kena kawin dulu...tak kesah la...tak tuntut hak isteri...janji kawin  dulu...pastu ko nak ehem ehem dari pagi sampai malam pon tak kesah...mana la si Hariz tu mau kawin...tapi lepas si Hariz ni terdengar ustazah mengaji pada itu malam...terus bawak dia gi kawin kat selatan thai...

Pastu biasa la kan...dah dok ehem ehem...and then ustazah tu pon ngancam weih...harus la jatuh hati terussss...after series of events...si Hariz ni pon ngaku la yang dia itu sudah tangkap cintan sama itu ustazah...happy ending? owh noooo...long way to go weih...tetiba la plak long-time sweetheart si Hariz yakni si Mila (Lisa Surihani) balik dari US...terus mau kawin dengan si Hariz...Hariz plak cakap takmo...sebab dah syok kat orang lain...Mila of koz la won't take no for an answer...paksa gak si Hariz ni kawin...kawin la diorang...

Owh tak citer lagi pasal mak si Hariz tuh...Datuk Sufiah...dem gilosss biatch weih ini latuk...dia tak tau si Hariz dengan ustazah dah kawin...dia anggap si ustazah tu pompuan simpanan...ceh...so dia biaq pi dulu...sampai la satu masa tu si Hariz tu eksiden...koma plak tuh...and then patah kaki riuk bagai...terus la latuk amik kesempatan halaunya si ustazah dari rumah diorang...

Ustazah tu plak balik kampung...terjumpa la si Mail yang dok syok kat dia tuh...pastu kebetulan dapat plak la kerja kat KL...ikut la si ustazah balik KL...tumpang rumah pak dollah and mak jah...pastu apa lagi...itu latuk buat cerita palsu...kata itu ustazah curang...sekali si Hariz gi rumah pak dollah tu...terjumpa la si ustazah...sebab dia dah ingat yang memang ustazah sudah curang...apa lagi...molot tu pon tak bley kontrol...laser nak mampusssss (and its an excruciatingly painful scene to watch as words of insult ran like water during this particular scene)...terus kata mau gantung itu ustazah tak bertali...demmm weih...waktu time ni tengok itu ustazah punya reaction sangat la sentap...ustazah tu berlari lari la kejar itu Hariz pastu terjatuh (so cliche) and almost keguguran (owh lupa lak...ustazah dah preknen)...

Pak Dollah itu jadi hero of the day...sebab dia tak tahan sudeh...dia pon serang itu latuk sama Hariz...terus cakap kat itu latuk yang Hariz tu anak dia...dia bagi kat latuk sebab late hubbie latuk itu merayu rayu sebab latuk udah miscarriage...takut meroyan (and of one the most entertaining scene especially bila Pak Dollah mengajuk)...then itu Mila dengaq la rupanya ustazah la yang si Hariz tu dok gila bayang sangat...and of kos...Hariz pon menyesal...mau carik balik itu ustazah...

Ustazah sudah balik kampung...sambung balik ngajo bebudak ngaji...si Hariz tu carik sampai ke kampung...after ntah brapa lama mencari sebab no indication dia dok cari si ustazah pon...pastu si ustazah tu dah memang sangat la giler bayang dengan laki itu dengan senang ajer terima balik...perghhhh...senang siotttt...lepas kena maki hamun segala...senang betol la ini ustazah...ermmm...then itu Mila cari ustazah...sembang-sembang ala girl's talk gitu...then comes the most memorable quote for the movie (at least for me lah) ~ Redha Itu Ikhlas, Pasrah Itu Menyerah...then Mila mintak cerai...and Hariz itu pon live happily (tak tau ler ever after ke tak) dengan itu ustazah...The End...

That basically sums out the whole movie...kalau compared to the novel...memang ada lot of adjustment...kalau dalam novel...itu Izzah bukan ustazah...Hariz tu tak sempat nak dot dot si Izzah tu sebelum kawin...pastu ada a bit timeline before the ego crashed and dia ngaku dia syok kat itu Izzah...also in the book Izzah tu ada la gi belajar...amik diploma...and waktu dia belajar la ada laki syok kat si Izzah...pastu Izzah punya bff kat uni tu turns out to be Hariz punya stepsister...and on and on and on...kena sendiri baca baru tau the differences...

Overall...acting-wise memang first class...storyline pon mantap (kena tengok as a stand alone movie)...soundtrack pon sangat sesuai dengan mood penceritaan...lokasi pon menarik...tapi on the technical part...i have to say that i am a bit disappointed...cinematography was not that strong compared to filem Cun (the comparison comes because its from the same director)...filem editing plak ada yang memang fail on certain scene (tak sempat nak abis ayat dah tukar scene)...and also the timeline was not justified...sebab memang tak tau brapa lama the longing for each other goes on and all...except yang kata dah kawin 2 tahun waktu kantoi dengan itu Pak Dollah...kalau dia tunjuk timeline tu more appropriately (contohnya padi tu menguning ker haper ker yang nak tunjukkan masa berlalu)...memang akan nampak lebih gempak skit...

Pepehalpun...Maya Karin memang terbayek lah...sangat sesuai weih...nampak kampung abesss (at least pada aku la)...cuma slek skit kat certain dialog yang dia cakap pelat...Aaron Aziz memang suit the character perfectly...ari tu jadi Seth Tan gentle abesss...jadi Hariz tu pon mantap...Lisa came as a big surprise...memang watak dia nampak vulnerable but at the same time trying hard to stick to what she wants...Azizah Mahzan memang sangat suit itu biatch karakter...sangat kerek hokeh...rasa nak lempang upside down ajer...

All in all...the movie does live up to its hype...memang aku suka lah...abiesss la...romentik hopeless mode datang lagi...aiiii...

Echo

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Wave Miss

Atau dalam direct translation-nya itu Ombak Rindu...hahaha...

Kengkawan aku ramai dah tengok...

Ramai yang kata best gilossss...

Tak kurang jugak yang kata tangkap leleh sampai nangesssss...

Tak kira pompuan atau lelaki (errrrrr...kompiussss)...

Aku memang pernah baca novel dia waktu zaman uni dulu...siap beli lagi hokey...(demmm kawan aku dulu waktu zaman universiti kata aku loser sebab baca novel cinta melayu tapi dia pon pakat dok pinjam...cessss)...

Will the film version be as good the book...

Mesti banyak punya adjustment diorang buat untuk fit the movie...

Whatever it is...

Mesti tengok jugak...

Demmmm...jommmm tengokkk...

Echo

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

On The Other Side Of The Fence

Had an ohsem weekend...


Had a rare opportunity to be one of the facilitators for the new intake in intura...along with aida misran from malaysia...ina akak rempit...cik hayati da finance gurl...cipun da perlis guy...veron da perlis gurl...adiputra nama bak aktor drama...pa'an sang urusetia...amzari ado teluk intan...akak malis si pramugari...and managed to be friends with hirda and shima whom i don't know before...and some others...


Cipun and i attended the assessment in this particular spot...so we were just reminiscing on the old times...while amzari was kinda surprised that we actually remember our assessment days...hahaha...


It was a rather eye-opening experience and a great one that is to be part of the team and to be exposed of how actually the selection process goes...


Its good to be on the other side of the fence...

Echo


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Shopaholics? NO NO NO

I don't consider myself a shopaholics...


NO NO NO...

TIDAK TIDAK TIDAK...

My only defence was that i spend my money wisely...

Buy things when they are SUPER SALE...

Never on NEW ARRIVAL...

Like today...

Spent my money on 6 pairs of shoes...

Can you imagine...

From the price of RM259. RM229. RM159 marked down to RM39.50!!!

Who can resists the temptation?

Of course i have to buy 6 pairs...

In the end...

I AM NO SHOPAHOLICS...

NO NO NO...

Hehehe...


Echo

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Travel Happy Visa Ad

I love the travel happy visa ad...

I think its just downright cool...

Then recently i just found out that the guy featured in the ad is Matt Harding...

Apparently he had been doing that crazy dance thingie way before the visa ad...

So visa actually got that idea from him to do that crazy dance around the world ad...

He really travelled around the world...

From one end to another...

I went to his website...

Read on his journals...

I read his entry about Malaysia...

And most of his entry about other countries...

His writings about the countries he has been...

Errrr...

He looks cool in the ad...

But so uncool with his writings...

Echo

Monday, October 17, 2011

My Happiest Moment

I'm at my best when i travel...


Regardless of where i go...it will be my happiest moment...seeing new things...experiencing new places...breathing the air of another country...it was priceless...

Most recently i went to Phuket, Thailand...different environment...total leisure...

And of course...the visa advertisement kinda inspired my new set of travel photos...its all the 'travel without money' dance...kinda cool...and i can actually imagine that i am that guy in the advertisement...its seriously cool...

Yeah...it is my happiest moment...its all about travelling...hehehe...

Echo

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Getaway

Had been working non-stop (except for hari raya) for the last three months...

So some sort of getaway is welcome...

Cam biasa...check dulu....


Then off me go...

Yeah...

Echo

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Story Of Goldfish

Goldfish is a term we used for someone equivalent to teacher's pet...

Some people are just naturally be one...

Some other are fighting others to be one...

There are even some who are jealous and irritated when they know that someone is a goldfish...

Bringing others down just to be one...

Its a bit pathetic and disturbing actually...

There are people who are dying to be a goldfish...

And there are people who doesn't want to be goldfish...

But still end up being one but because they deserve to be one...

Then the goldfish wannabes can't stand it...

Coz they want to be one...

Owh my...

Its felt as if watching 'Survivor'...

Its reality...

I need an escapism from all these...

I might just go to the beach...

Echo

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Berangan-angan Mat Jenin

I don't know how others cope with their stress...

As for me...aku suka ajer berangan-angan ala mat jenin...

Kalau stress kalu...aku terus ajer gugel tempat-tempat menarik...

Then find info on that particular place...

Pastu gi masuk airlines punya website...

Tengok harga tiket flight...pastu start buat route...then tengok connecting flight and fare...

Pastu tengok plak accomodations...check harga...start wat bajet...

Pastu enter la masuk dreamy mode...berangan terus nak pergi...hahaha...

And keep on berangan...

Pastu orang lain pon kata aku kuat berangan nak gi sana sini...

Well...at least this way aku somehow boleh just not to think about the thing that made me stress...

Berangan ajer ler...bak kata orang...

Aiiii...escapism from reality...

Echo

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Menanti Cinta

Owh noooo...jiwang mood strikes again...

Anyway its song by Kris Dayanti written by no other but the Indonesian musical genius Melly Goeslow...actually it was song taken from the movie soundtrack Ketika Cinta Bertasbih...then i downloaded the song...find the lyrics...owh yeah...jiwang karat mood...also mixed up with loser mode...and its 2009 song ye...hahaha...dah basi...tapi aku baru dengar...

Basically the song is all about cari jodoh...it doesn't have that comedic lyrics like the song by Wali...but the lyrics was meaningful enough...especially for those who are seriously pengen mau menikah tapi masih belum ketemu...nahhhh...amik ko...siap bahasa indonesia lagi nieh...

The song can be interpreted as a person who is tired of trying to find the soulmate and turn to god for everything that He has in store for the person...hanya padanya ku memohon or something and hanya Dia yang tahu...

So in the mood that i am in right now...aiseyyy...terus la kejiwangan campur keloseran...anyway...the lyrics really strikes to the chord...but maybe its just me in the mood that i am in right now...hehehe...

sejak lama aku berdiri
dalam sepinya rongga hati
tak satu pun burung
mampu menjawab

* hanya padaMu ku bertanya
lewat setiap sujudku ini
siapa kah nanti
cinta untukku



reff:
wahai penilai hati lihat batinku
nyaris bernanah karna luka tersayat
merana menantikan cinta dan kasih hidupku

rahasia itu hanya Kau yang tahu
namun aku tak mau jadi tuna cinta
tuntun hatiku dalam sabar menanti jodohku



repeat *
repeat reff



rahasia itu hanya Kau yang tahu
namun aku tak mau jadi tuna cinta
namun harus ku ikhlaskan nasib cintaku padaMu


Echo