Choking on Popcorn!

I love movies. I think it's something we all should get involved with in order to escape from this harsh reality. (gituu..). Movies are fantasies that we can all afford to have and it doesn't hurt to feel like you're Juliet or rich and effing famous.

The say we should appreciate local movies. Support our local actresses and actors and also directors and screenplay writers because supporting your local artists is just the right thing to do, show em some lurve, give the country some revenue and all that jazz. But what I cannot handle is, the limit of creativity that these so-called artistes have. A few examples might help you agree with me.

1. Seeing double. After watching certain malay movies, have you ever felt a sense of Deja Vu? Yea, tell me about it. What's with all the remakes? As if YOU can make it more interesting.
*Tokyo Drift - KL Drift
*The Fast and The Furious - KL Menjerit/ Remp-it ( only promoting the fact that we love our Rempits)
* Love Actually - Cinta
* Daredevil/Spiderman - Cicakman ( I think they're suits look alike)
* Splash - Duyung
* NYPD Blue - Gerak Khas (ni paling takleh blah)
The list can go on...

2. The Dialogue. I cannot handle the schematic and stiff dialoques in Malay movies/series. It just reflects a fake, uptight and emotionless society, which we are certainly not!
A: Mari kita pergi makan? (wei, gi makan jom!)
B: Nak makan kat mana? (Katne?)
or
Father: Ali, pergi tidur, sudah lewat malam ni, esok sekolah. (Ali, tido gi. 2mrw school)
Son: Baiklah Ayah, Ali tidur dulu ya. (K, Ayah)
Father: Jangan lupa gosok gigi dan cuci kaki ye..(Gosok gigi tu, cuci kaki skali)
Son: Baik Yah..(Oritee..)

Get the point? If you still don't, i recommend you watch an episode of Gerak Khas, you'll get the picture.

3. The Plot. Its always about groups of screwed up teenagers getting high, being prostitutes, going clubbing, racing their Super cars/bikes, disappointing their parents and in the end someone dies/gets shot/gets into an accident/gets caught by the police and they learn their lesson, or so it seems. Newsflash! No one is learning anything from these movies. If anything, teenagers just think it's cool to race and go rempit-ing/ take drugs because they're favourite actors are doing it.

Or, some Datuk is having an affair with some secretary and then people want to take over his multi-gazillion company, and they just happen to have photos of him with the girl he's having an affair with, and they try to blackmail him. When that doesn't work (because the Datuk hired some guys to destroy the pictures) they kidnap the Datuk's wife/daughter/sister (has to be a girl, because a damsel in distress is oh-so-sexy.)
It always ends with someone dying. D'uh someone has to die so they can write this in the credits: "Cerita ini adalah rekaan semata2, tiada kaitan dengan yang hidup atau mati".

4. Over-the-top makeup and wardrobe. I cannot handle the fact that the actresses wear a ton of makeup and wear ridiculous clothes and wear WIGS! I mean, it's okay to wear wigs, but a diff hairstyle every damn day? Obviously too tacky and soooo deadly un-creative. Would you wanna admire someone who wears purple eye shadow with devil red lipstick, who also wears a polka-doted green dress while wearing a wig that doesn't suit her at all. I know acting is supposed to be one step above the layman, but this is just plain dumb.


Seriously, we need a revamp of Malaysia's movie scene. We need to get creative and think of ways to be different. Make Malaysians want/can't wait/won't regret to spend that RM10/12 on that cinema ticket. I'm definitely NOT saying that all Malaysian-made movies suck. But i really do think we can do with some improvement.
If Kabir Bhatia can come up with the amazing "Sepi" and Yasmin Ahmad can come up with "Sepet" and "Gubra" etc..(let's not forget her killer commercials, love em!)
I'm very sure more Malaysians can do the same thing, or even better.

Think about it, why waste millions to create a movie which no one would remember for years to come? The real success is to create a story that would be talked about for years to come because of the difference it made, or because you simply just fell in love with it.