Sunday, February 22, 2009

Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula

Assalamualaikum...


It's official!!

Our local film industry is reviving with the release of Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula!
For the first time in my life, i watched a Malay film in theater and came out really proud, and with a big wide smile on my face too! And not only once, but twice!

Of course, it helps greatly when you entered the cinema with no high hope or expectation - oh come on, Malay film?!! Sorry! - but Geng really delivered... and i tell you, it delivered BIG time!!!

Great story line, graphic, sounds, characters, 'acting', did i mention story line?, and best of all, great dialogue - which almost unheard of from a Malay movies, except P.Ramlee's, of course - all mixed up and help Geng become the most enjoyable film you can ever asked, especially for families.

It's hard to find anything you will dislike about the movies. And i tell you, i'm one of the greatest cynic for Malay film industry! I mean, who can resist such cute characters, in the form of Upin & Ipin, and even Rajoo and Sapy! With nearly perfect 3D-animation in a very low budget of merely RM 4 million, i really salute the Les' Copaque team for bringing Geng to theaters. One word: GREAT!!

Oh, wait! i do have one thing i dislike about the movie! The song in the middle of the movie. The scene was playing greatly, as the 'kampung' scenery was shown perfectly and the music, especially from the harmonica fuelled the mood nicely, and suddenly this song came and.. bamm, not good enough...!
But, mind you, that's the closest thing i would able to recall on any negative thought throughout the 1 and 1/2 hour movie!

The best scene? and i'm sure everyone would agree is the part of 'roller-coaster' involving Upin, Ipin, and Rajoo. The suspense, the graphic, and especially the humor?! huu, top-notched! Perfect!!! You know, I chuckle everytime i recall that part!

Ok, i better stop now! This is what happened when i got too excited. Heck, i can write about it non-stop!

Lastly, for what is worth, i would say, we no longer need Saiful Apek... and.. and... who else eh? ha, and the crappy Prof Madya, for our film industry. In fact, with their brand of ill-humored-with-very-bad-storyline-it-makes-me-want-to-puke (sorry for the language) for a movie, they in fact, killed the industry. What we need is these fresh guys (like the Les' Copaque team), willing to try something new and have the sense of what a great movie should be...!

P/S; don't get out too early once the movie finished. Wait for a while...





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9 comments:

amirmukhtar said...

Hoho... now you're a reviewer eh?

Anonymous said...

nak tengok!...nak tengok!
sadly with my two hyperactive, hypermanja n hypercute boys, that might no be possible...isk
kene tunggu peddler la nih...hehehehe

Akmal said...

thank you for your support!! ^_^. We're pleased that you enjoyed the movie. Nice write-up as well

Akmal (Les' Copaque)

Aidan Z said...

A'kum,

To Amir,
well, you inspired me mate.

To Aiman,
So true. You have your own hypercute upin and ipin yourself, haven't you?

To Akmal,
Thanks to yoouu for visiting. No problemo. I'm even more pleased with you n your team for delivering such a great movie!
Nice work!!!

Anonymous said...

my 2nd little monster dh pandai ajuk ipin...betul,betul,betul...hihihi

amirmukhtar said...

Z, maybe you (or rather we) can be a film critic duo later...

Aiman, little monster? Mini-you more likes it...

hehe

Aidan Z said...

hehe, great idea, Mir.
yeah, i'm sure we can do that...

Zaimun Yahyah said...

betul..betul..betul.. (ala2 ipin)
such a great malay movie... hihi.. I watched it 2 times... nak tgu cd kuar plak.. :)

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