FFM 23

Where do I start.... ok korang start ngan results and pics dulu lah sebelom aku meroyan on some irrelevant tangent.

Filem Terbaik
Magika

Pengarah Filem Terbaik
Syamsul Yusof (Evolusi KL Drift 2)

Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik
Bront Palarae (Belukar)

Pelakon Wanita Terbaik
Lisa Surihani (Lagenda Budak Setan) (Pemenang)

Lakon Layar Terbaik
Jumaatun Azmi (Haq)

Cerita Asal Terbaik
Ahadiat Akashah (Lagenda Budak Setan)

Sinematografi Terbaik
Raja Mukhriz (Niyang Rapik)

Penyunting Terbaik

Hisham Jupri (Evolusi KL Drift 2)

Skor Muzik Asal Terbaik
Edry Abd Halim (Magika) (

Filem Animasi Terbaik
Buas

Er... ok so now on to my comments. Nak cakap camna.

Tahniah la pada semua yang menang. Everyone, every film - semua orang work hard kan? SO takde isu 'aku menang, aku keja keras'. Takde gak isu dengki ke, haper ke... sebagai alasan bila orang kritik. So lame.

I mean, immediately aku dengar beberapa orang defensive mode sebut pasal 'ni lah orang Melayu nak dengki etc hasil keja orang sendiri' or 'we worked hard for this' or 'suka tau ada bangsa sampahkan hasil keja orang lain' etc.

Excuse me? Masuk industri di mana hasil keja ko akan dinilai - pe halnya nak camtuh? Stupid, moronic mentality tol bila camtu. Nama nak iktiraf yang TERBAIK?

Kalao da ada yang BUKAN yang terbaik perlu ke.

I have been dissatisfied with nominations dari start. Muallaf, Ice Kacang Puppy Love dapat consolation prize la kiranya ngan Anugerah Khas Juri. Merasalah la kan... tak layak bertanding kononnya sebab not enough content dalam bahasa kebangsaan. Nama FESTIVAL FILEM MALAYSIA. Siapa yang wat filem-filem tuh? Orang asing ke? Does it make those two films any less Malaysian - sedangkan filem-filem tu gak angkat nama Malaysia at an international level?

I think Shamsul and Lisa are very talented, but I think it's not their time yet. There were more people yang lom recognized yet.

Magika as Best Film? Interesting... but no valid reason. Kenapa? Sebab fantasi yang promosi watak mitos/fiksyen local? Sebab CGI? Oh well... lantak la.

Camni je la. Aku tak suka dunia seni baik filem atau muzik, dipolitikkan. Dan aku tak suka kalao this ends up being JUST a business. Mana penghargaan nilai estitika hasil seni?

Ok... da la meroyan bab tuh. Letih. Sepanjang malam, and the last two weeks memacam da dengar dan bertukar dari mulot ke mulot. FFM SUCKS. Period.

About the event itself - ni pemerhatian aku sendiri, dan juga kompilasi complaints dari artis dan orang industri sendiri. Sapa nak terasa ke haper ke, stop being a defensive idiot. Nak wat better kan? Learn from your mistakes. And you can only learn when you admit the mistakes.

*Majlis penuh dengan orang entah siapa pon, tak kenal. Kata ni ibarat Raya orang filem. Tapi kenapa ramai jemputan nan hado? Datang lak cam kereta berhias lak...bad fitting suits and cheap, skanky dresses.

*Nampaknya 'silent boycott' menjadi. Tak ramai artis nama top meletop muncul including nominees. Yang mai KEBANYAKKANNYA either penyampai, or artis suam-suam kuku je nak promosi diri.

*SACC sungguh tak glam dan tak sesuai nak feeling jadi home pada majlis yang konon prestij. Kecik dan semak ala Kompleks PKNS.

*Dah la venue kecik, tak bagi orang masuk dewan kena berlegar kat luar, sampai tiap rongga SACC diisi pelok sakan sekor-sekor.

*Red carpet glamour trafik jam sebab jalan pendek nak penoh berapa interview, pentas bagai. Last-last, stop sana stop sini, red carpet lom abih, majlis da start mengakibatkan artis ada yang sangkut luar kena jeling masuk lambat.

*Hezrey tu menyemak. Ngan rambut pacak senget penuh glitter, merapu je staff RTM ni. Sharifah Shahira dan Zizan meletop tapi dicacatkan oleh penyertaan sekor tuh.

*Opening Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. Motif promosi filem KRU akan kuar? Apa relevance? Tarian tu not our culture ke haper pon as it's a work of fiction. Unless ada something I missed and Merong tuh dance musical yang nak diketengahkan.

*Performance semua haus! Shamsul as a rapper? Really? Nyemak je dia dan ensemble dia. Radhi lak tenggelam.

*Performance best - Angkatan Pemuda Indie atau API (AJ - Popshuvit, Lan - Azlan & The Typewriter, MonoLoque, Jipie - Pesawat, Greg Henderson, Din - Estranged) paling meletop. Appallam pun best. Dayang dan Lan ok la. Lain - erm.. production RTM typical.

*Penyampai trofi semua - entah asal usual planet mana. Up sikit dari penyampai trofi puteri bunian kat pre-awards jek.

*Pas abih event konon ada post party. Hado? Makan-makan kat luar lobby jek.

*Press conference takde. Juri semua ilang dan tidak dapat dikesan media tuk ditanya soalan.

*Sekuriti tak dibayar overtime kot semua pon sama ilang. Orang luar semua masuk, kesian artis da la berasak makan minom sparuh mati pas event hado... kena layan peminat.

*Dalam kesempitan SACC dan keadaan kelam kabut, cam pasar malam da. Kesian yang feeling pakai kain panjang kena pijak bagai.

*Ramai artis dan berangan artis tak tahan keadaan lantas angkat kaki berkompol mamak-mamak. Glamer sungguh mamak Shah Alam malam tadi.

Ni bukti post part hado.

Aku pon ciao ngan kengkawan nak makan dan wat post mortem. Kesian ada kawan sorang ni. Asik wat keja, tak sempat melantak dalam huru hara, sampai kena nasi ayam banyak ni nak isi tangki.

And that, my friends, is how films are judged in Malaysia - in a presitigious manner katanya. Walaupun...

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Magika

Went for the gala premiere of Magika tadik. Dah dua kali ku tonton, dari preview sebelom ni berbulan lalu.

Again, kalao nak mintak aku review, tak larat lor. Bukan aku entertainment website. I'm just a blog - a personal blog, which is just my personal opinion of things. Things that I choose to talk about.

But kalao nak mintak opinion aku, depending on what you're looking for. It's a good family popcorn movie. Nak kata rugi, takkan la kalao beli tiket. Would I buy a ticket to watch? Yes.

But maybe simply because aku memang suka tengok lakonan Ning sebagai Puteri Gunung Ledang, Ziana sebagai Nenek Kebaya, Nani dan Leya sebagai Bawang Putih dan Bawang Merah, Pak Nil sebagai Pak Pandir. Kira amusing la to have our own version of Alice In Wonderland with all our favourite artistes.

Star power memang kaw kaw. Ada Mawi, Diana Danielle, Maya Karin, M Nasir... aduh. Ramai la. Dah.. malas nak taip panjang. Baik korang layan pics at the premiere.

Kalao korang perasan aku perangai kemalasan menulis. Tapi ni sebab kesibukan aku so paham la ek. Pe pon, aku kejar rezek ni, blog peribadi ku menjadi tanggungjawab semakin berat nak maintain. Especially since aku lebih meriah ber-micro blogging via Twitter. So add aku sana lagik up to date.

But I am not getting rid of my blog, and I won't stop. But just that kekadang malas tulis panjang ke, ataupon lambat update, mintak paham-paham la ek. Heh...

Goodnight all... time for some shut eye now.

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Happy birthday Vee

Can you believe it. At this hour, I am in my second meeting and pas nih one more to go before I call it a day.

In between sempat selit nak gi usha rehearsal Cuci The Musical. Merasalah. Damn, I am so tired. Tapi sebab hidup aku takde orang sponsor, kena lah usaha carik makan sendiri. Hah! Actually, bukan sebab cari makan... sometimes it's not only about the money...

Anyways, am so happy today.

Jap! Before I go on, ni saja nak share pics of the main cast of Cuci The Musical. Ni time meka semua posing sakan cam whore feeling bagai.. heh.. hamming it up for the camera.

Cake tuk sapa ni? Baca bawah


The stars of Cuci The Musical - Harith, Adibah, Reefa, AC, Afdlin, Zahim, Hans, Vee and Awie


Dengar oiiiii... yes you!


Aku da cakapppp... dengarrrrr!!!


Band apa lak ni?


Trying to make a hit?


Ni lah dia... kumpulan Old Boyz... matilah aku kena carot pasni!


Vee and Awie borak


Sempat pose tuh, si Vee


Oh yes... the cake? Kak Vee nya birthday, so brought a cake for her. Love her to bits. She's so down to earth and humble. And I have to say, pas tengok dia keja set Jalan Lama on location, she is one of those talented sorts yang tak banyak songeh, unlike a lot of names these days.

Dia ngan Shidi memang pala rock gila.. selamba kodok - to borrow Afdlin's phrase of choice.

Anyway, today's meetings was to finalise the details for flash mob project. Not just any flash mob. We're aiming for THE BIGGEST flash mob in the country.

Yes, if you will be in Kuala Lumpur at the end of October, you HAVE to be in on it.

Especially if you are going for the CONCERT OF THE YEAR!

Will start releasing details beginning tomorrow, but if you are interested - again - spread the word and add us on Twitter and get your friends to do it too! Just go to http://www.twitter.com/myjsquared or CLICK HERE and follow us.

All I can say is, if you didn't get my earlier clues - it's got something to do on this event!



Get the picture?

If you don't, then tunggu for 15th of September, where the official announcement will be made, and you'll see and hear about it on TV and radio - also blogs, and online in several major websites. Yes, we're going BIG this time around.

So again - RING THE ALARM, and CHECK ON IT, cause BABY BOY, we're going to mob the NAUGHTY GIRL and the DIVA will definitely have SWEET DREAMS after we're done. So if you're CRAZY IN LOVE with the IRREPLACEABLE one, get your FREAKUM DRESS on - and everyone, not just ALL THE SINGLES LADIES, and LISTEN up for more info coming.

Agent recruitment for the flash mob begin tomorrow! Keep up to speed by adding us on Twitter and join the BIGGEST Malaysian dance flash mob in style.

Heh... promosi abih! But worth it... I'm damn excited about it.

Ok lah... need to check out some party locations (lucky me) tomorrow for a related event. I love it, love it, love it!

Being busy has never been so much fun!

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And it's a wrap!

Had to go for the final day of shooting for Jalan Lama before it wrapped.

Kalao sebelum ni kat Belum, and also FRIM kat Kepong, tonight (yesterday night, early this morning) it was the jungle deep into Gombak on the way to Bentong melalui erm.. jalan lama.

CREEPY!!!!

By the way, sapa ingat keja pelakon tu glamorous, you've got to be joking. It's hours of waiting, just to shoot minutes if not mere seconds before the camera. Dua kali pengalaman aku da cukup nak muntah darah, and never want to do anymore acting da.

Afdlin's little princesses wait patiently..


Waiting however can drive you nuts


And things can get ugly...


REAL ugly!


Ah... here we go


And there's always help to make things get dirty!


Or maybe you can just finish memorising your lines


Aku drop by location about midnight... and stayed until 9.30am! Merasalah! Ni da siang sambung shoot. Masa aku ciao pon, meka lum wrap masih finishing the last scene.

Oh what a beautiful morning!


Er...


Maybe it's just the loss of blood...


That leaves you feeling spaced out


So... let's cam whore! Heh!


Gross!


Among the last scenes


I left with more knowledge of the workings behind the camera. Again, have to thank Gaya and the Tayangan Unggul family for their hospitality mengalu-alukan kehadiran aku menyemak lepa skali. Heh!

Thanks to Flin and the rest of the Jalan Lama crew. Make it big, guys!


PS - Later posting entry baru. I decided to just go for the launch of Tahajjud Cinta. Banyak sangat event ari ni, but settled on one. Tunggu pics...

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Aksi berahi!

Beriya je kan title entry ni. Read on to see apa kena mengena headline sensasi nan hado nih.

Wow! I'm suprised!

Hari ni 09/09/09 and setakat ni takde berita membanjiri on the special occasion. Too much happening in the country for people to bother about more trivial, lighthearted stuff kot. Kan elok kalao leh jadi shallow and ignorant like some... that way mentaliti ada aku kisah can just take over.

Anyway, a quick note. The cow-prits were charged today. FINALLY!

Will the law find them guilty? Entah... will it have an impact on the upcoming by-election. Most probably.

Sedih kan. Bukan je negara lain nak hentam kita, orang kita - yes orang KITA -we are MALAYSIANS after all, nak spend more time bickering with each other gak. Gila kan?

Anyway, semalam got quite a bit of work done, pastu rush ke Istana Budaya tuk launching Cuci The Musical. Sounds fun, though honestly don't have a clue how it's going to be presented, but should be interesting.

Ni some pics of the cast involved.







Apart from the main cast in Afdlin, Hans, Awie and sapa nama sorang agik tuh... owh yeah AC, ada gak my faves in Adibah Noor, Vanidah Imran. Ada gak Harith Iskandar. It sounds like fun, so we'll see how that pans out.

Nak more info tu book tickets ke apa, tuh dia info kat bawah!




After I was done with that lepak with kak Vee (not Vanidah, the other Vee in Nur Aliah Lee) kat Pelita. Dinner post berbuka katanya. Banyak gak borak.

Abih je, jumpa the other Vee (Vanidah this time) and gi ke FRIM di Kepong tuk sambungan shooting dalam hutan tuk cita Jalan Lama. Banyak ok dalam hutan. Kecuali hutan ni tak ada... erm... 'penonton' macam masa kat Belum (and apparently kat Hulu Langat, the other location)

Cantik sangat set kat sana. Me likey! Amik ko scene nih.. ada katil tengah hutan belantara!




Tujuannya? Layan pic Vee dan Flin posing sat.



Motifnya tuk hot, love scene (propah kuat ke betul ni) between Que dan Marion Caunter. Erm.. tanak komen lebih. Tunggu cita ni kuar. Meanwhile, this is part of it kat director nya viewing area.

Lepak set dari tengah malam, sampai 7.30 pagik tadik! Aiyo! Malam ni meka last day of shooting before wrap. Vee racun turun padang tengok... sebab dia ada scene. Tengok kalao larat. Esok pon ada banyak event buka puasa.

In order of importance to me, ada preview of Papadom, then ada launching album Tahajjud Cinta by Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, buka puasa MIG dan PC Awan Dania 2.

Kalao ikutkan aku, aku nak gi dua, Papadom dan Tahajjud Cinta.. but see how. Ok nak abihkan keja sikit lagik so esok clear. And hopefully malam ni dapat lepak set Jalan Lama agik.


PS - Just a reminder guys. Kalao korang nak more up to date status aku add me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/klubbkiddkl - and also jangan lupa follow my blog (join up bawah chat tuh)

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