Yes, yes, I know I've been saying that I'd be updating my blog often since now I have wireless and such.
But here I am. Still failing to update my blog as promised.
Somehow, surprisingly, I have nothing, like absolutely nothing worth blogging. Or interesting enough to blog.
Being in Nilai for the final 2 months before I'm back to civilization,
Staying in a dorm with wireless,
I have nothing to blog about. Simply because, Arina and I have agreed that we seriously lack drama this semester.
To be honest, we're pretty much bored in the dorm at night.
Now that the population has been cut down to ¼ of the actual population of my campus, the rate of drama has gone close to, uh, NONE.
I mean, not having drama is good, judging on how much drama we both been having the past two semesters, But we're BORED.
Like literally bored, bored. Yes. THAT bored.
But anyway, how am I?
Been good. I've got debate training every Wednesday and Thursday. In PJ (ugh!)
And my classes are absolutely awesome.
Okay, partially awesome. My classes are only from Monday till Thursday,
Giving me THREE days of weekend *dances around*
It's good. Because I so deserve 3 days of holiday after two VERY HECTIC semesters I have.
And it'd be 3 days weekend if, and ONLY if I don't have anything important or, important to do during the weekends.
But the only sucky part is, my class starts at 9 am on Monday, when the original schedule said its at 2 pm.
UIA is just plain jealous, JEALOUS, I tell you, because I could have come back on Monday morning, but NOOOOOOO….. they have to make my class at 9 am.
UGH. *pissed off face*
Mathematics 2 is a no doubt boredom.
But I actually got whatever I am studying. Like get, get in the sense that I could actually do the exercise.
Honestly speaking, I am MORONIC when it comes to Add Math or any of that sort,
But I got this one. I understand.
Why didn't I get this lecturer earlier? I could have passed Add Math more often that I did.
SERIOUSLY.
Anyway, getting to the true gist of this blog post,
I would like to write a review on 'Talentime' directed by Yasmin Ahmad.
As a true Yasmin Ahmad's movies' lover / Yasmin Ahmad hardcore supporter,
I might as well jump into a well if I miss any of her movies.
(Provided that they show it in M'sia, unlike MUALLAF. WTF wei. Serious shit. Why don't they allow Muallaf to be showed in M'sia? WHY? WHY? WHY? *dramatic mode*)
I'd give Muallaf a 4 and ½ star for its awesomeness.
It's a no surprise that when it comes to Yasmin Ahmad, you're guaranteed of good MALAY movie. Literally.
This movie is actually worth spending RM9 on, rather than some lameass sucky movies like 'The Spirit' (wtf?) and also 'Watchmen' (*shoots oneself*)
Okay. Probably RM18. I watched it, TWICE.
Was rooting for the 3rd time, but my friend thought I had too much 'Talentime' moments; I should probably lay off 'Talentime' for now.
It's a movie about the contestants of the 'Talentime' competition.
The story of multi-racial love, love of a boy and his mother, with side stories bringing up emotions of the world.
To quote Yasmin Ahmad, " I do not have message when I do a movie, I just bring out the emotions in it."
What that is truly amazing about this movie is that how the plot evolved,
Taking the attention away from the base idea of the movie, which is the Talentime competition, and putting the attention to the stories of the finalist of the competition.
Yasmin Ahmad has directed the movie in a manner that, at the end of the day, it's no longer about the Talentime competition, that the competition is only the side-story to the real contents of the movie.
I love how this movie has bring you into a taste of every emotion possible.
Emotion of love, pain, lingering death, fear of world, hope, judgement-free, and the emotion of loss.
The way the story evolved has brought me up spiraling emotions; from feeling sad to feeling happy in a second.
The movie has absolutely magnificent soundtracks, ranging from Pete Teo's to Angels by someone and then to 'O Re Piya' by AR Rahman.
A must check out soundtracks. To die for.
And intertwined with poems and quotes, that are just perfect to capture the moment.
"If the moon can appear during the day, then why can't the sun do the same at night?"
"Words are too much. Love comes in silent"
And with the just right amount of humour to send the audience to small giggles, reminding them, it's not a sad movie. The movie's for getting in touch with our emotions, it's not for laugh, it's not for cry, it's for reminding us the basic of life, that life is light, nothing's too hard or too light to take.
"Momma, I don't think he reads Yorkshire lips"
"Arse licker!"
Something that everyone could relate to, because Talentime is taking the life at its basic.
That the matter of details do not matter,what matter is how the situation makes your heart feels.
The best scene from the movie that I truly favour is when Mahesh kneeled down to his mother,
After the mother found out he's dating a Malay girl.
In his sign language, he said,
"I worship the ground you stepped on." trying to ask for her blessings, which she refused to give.
Him, like us, know how family always come first. Afraid of being forever rejected by his only caretaker, his mother, feeling afraid of being considered an insolent son,
He continued gesturing,
"If you want me to stop seeing her, I will stop seeing her. But I need you to do one thing for me. I need you to teach my heart how to forget her."
"Because my heart does not know how to."
And then it was followed by a song 'O Re Piya' which gives that extra oomph to the sadness.
My words could never justify the movie and the essence of it,
But it is DEFINITELY worth watching.
But I shall forewarn you that it has sucky ending.
Cliff-hanger. Swear I wanted to scream in the cinema.
TWICE. Yes.
Oh well. Very Yasmin Ahmad.
After the 4th movie, I should have figured that out.
Oh well. 'Nuff blabbering.
I've got 9 am class tomorrow, and it's uh, 3 am now.
Oh well.
Loves loves,
Kdee.
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