Went for the launch of Mari Menari. So not impressed. Already Sehati Berdansa was a bad photocopy of Dancing With The Stars. Ni lak wat Mari Menari ganti Sehati Berdansa, which is more or less the same minus the celebrities.
Jap. Ada celebrities. Zulhuzaimy, Erra Fazira, Ferhad and Lisdawati. Too bad meka ni penasihat je. Wait a minute - apa kena mengena? Erm... nasihat pasal menari? Ok...diamkan dri je la.
Layan Lisa dan Awal ni agik baik. The hosts of the show.
Sempat catch up ngan abang Zul. Rindu lama tol tak jumpa dia. I like him. He's funny and warm. Not everyone leaves that impression on me, so there.
Will I watch Mari Menari? Not likely. Korang layan... kalao bagus bagitau ek baru aku tengok.
Smalam berbuka kat Restoran Seri Melayu for Mizz Nina nya event nak break fast. Masa sampai tuh memang ramai gila orang.
Tapi yang aku macam tergamam gak, ngan perangai orang semua rushing buffet. Sesuatuh la sampai aku tengok makcik-makcik pon cam pemain American football. Lom agik yang jenis potong line orang berbaris, tanpa muka bersalah. Erm... puasa ke? Bukan ke aku tengok ko isap rokok kat keta tadi?
Ehm... aku kalao majlis berbuka ni, aku bagi orang jalan dulu. Malaih nak berebut. Bukan makanan abih ke... ko leh kebulur ke kalao tunggu seminit dua beza...
Pelik la... kekadang rasanya orang kena tanya niat wat sesuatuh. Nak posa, tapi lupa sebab why they fast. Oh well.. hak memasing. Cuma tak selesa... but I guess benda ni bukan soal osa je. Teringat dulu wat buka puasa kat residence of the Prime Minister ke haper masa open house, orang ramai berebut sampai memalukan gila depan pelancong asing yang hadir.
I think we are developing into Singaporeans. Ke-kiasu-an semakin teruk. Kiasu tu maksudnya takot kalah. Sesuai la ngan perangai orang kalao bab buffet tuh, bukan kisah leh makan abih ke tak, main pile on the food je tanpa kira. Janji 'menang' dari segi dapat wat camtuh. Ish... agak agak la...
Sempat snappy Mizz Nina. Not a fan. Not a hater too. Just cam so-so je... not my cup of tea kot muzik dia. Muzik sedap tapi aku geli sikit bab lirik. But I guess market dia market anak muda sikit, so simplicity kisahnya. But good club tunes, so ok la...speaking of clubs... ni si DJ Cza.
Tak silap dengar Cza, Joe Flizzow dan Altimet akan wat opening for Sean Kingston kat show nya di Jakarta 23 September. Kalao takde aral melintang, I'll be there for it - skang tengah rancang persiapan nak gi cuti sana jap sekali menonton konsert ulangtahun Sheila Majid sana.
Anyway, tak lepak lama. Pas berbuka, interview terus ciao. Lepak ngan bebudak pas majlis berbuka Red Box kat Pavilion. Borak, ngumpat ngan si Awal dan manager dia Lina. Pastu semua meka ni gi melalak... aku tengok je. Firstly I'll admit very honestly I can't sing for nuts and secondly sora aku masih cam katak tak sembuh.
Pas abih ke destinasi seterusnya, lepak sahur ngan kengkawan kat Rasta. Terserempak seseorang di sana. Korang leh cam tak sapa artis ni?
Nama dia familiar, tapi da lama tak jumpa.
Dia ngan kengkawan geng biker semua catch up sebelom Raya katanya. Skali pandang, gaya cam Lara Croft.. heh!
Da teka ke? Ada yang mesti teka Erra Fazira kan? Masa aku tweet soalan ni ngan gambar, Erra sendiri komen kat Facebook aku, "janji bukan aku kan?". Matilah! Heh! Tapi memang ramai sangkakan Erra ek rupanya.
Da tangkap ke lom?
Hah.. ni jawapannya.
Tuh dia. Fauziah Latiff! Orang Klang gak kak Jee ni. Heh... kampungku memang glamer ngan ramai artis. Ella, Bunkface..
Ok la.. ni short update sungguh sebab nak tidur esok a lot of errands to run. I have a long weekend, sebab da nak Raya nih banyak sungguh keja nak abihkan.
PS - Please sedekahkan al-fatihah buat ibu teman ku Zul Husni dari bipop, Berita Minggu yang telahpun meninggalkan kita. Dapat berita sebentar tadik. Sedih sungguh sebab tadik lepak ngan Zul cam everything ok. Tiba-tiba berita sampai camni, dia kena gegas balik Penang. Be strong, Zul.
Just finished Sehati Berdansa nya press conference. Kesian pon ada kengkawan yang uruskan majlis, sebab focus was on Awal and Scha pas isu Christmas even gi clubbing konon ditangkap polis bagai kerana ujian air kencing... or at least tuh implication based on news reports, and kata-kata dari beberapa blog bijak pandai (yang speku hado lebih gaks)
Anyway, first of all, congrats to Sein and Nana. Honestly aku support si Sazzy and Naz, tapi takpe la. Ni program realiti, so paham paham je la... SMS akan menentukan kemenangan. Anyway, this is for charity, so congrats to both couples, because banyak masa meka laburkan (prizes or not) for their respective charities with their efforts.
Juara Sehati Berdansa - Sein dan Nana
Naib juara Sehati Berdansa - Sazzy dan Naz
I have to say, the costumes as usual, were FUGLY! Every year, in and out, they get tackier and tackier. Oh wait a minute. They can't get tackier, because they've always been butt fugly anyways.
On to more interesting stuff. Pas abih press conference yang utama, one more diadakan. This time with hosts. Of course pas semua puji memuji usaha memasing (which deservedly so, sebab they all did a good job this season, though I think Scha nervous sikit malam ni - and I keep thinking of how well Linda Onn did in comparison, which is in no manner carot si Scha, just maybe dia memang nervous kot)
Then on to the goods.
Sabar separuh dari iman
Lega nih pas explain semua
Merasalah... panas gak soalan. But both Awal and Scha cleared the air.
We all talked a bit about the whole issue and how it blew up, no thanks to speculation from various parties. Again, no thanks to blog-blog yang banyak tak check fakta, based on hearsay which was in no way substantiated.
Oh well.. here's a lesson, guys. Stop believing crap, and try and find out the truth by actually asking people who know what's going on. Parking yourself in front of your PC doesn't mean you say stuff which immediately becomes truth.
Awal was a little sore about it, but nak wat camna. Terima je lah. Blog start semua memberikan memasing peluang nak bersuara. Tapi kekadang, orang feeling suara tuh leh disalahgunakan tuk membuat duit. Nak wat camna... tunggu je la kang surat saman da bersepah kang baru ada yang insaf. Or at least tutup blog dan pindah wat duit tempat lain.
Heh... esok ada hal sikit ngan TV9. Need some sleep now. But if you guys nak full story of Awal and Scha nya pengakuan, CLICK HERE.
First of all, aku nak ucapkan tahniah kat TV3. Hah... bukan senang tau aku nak pujian melambung nih. Bukan aku ada kontrak apa kat TV3 nak puji puji kosong nih... but CONGRATULATIONS to TV3, the production team of Anugerah Juara Lagu 23.
You know why I wish congrats to them? Because the 23rd year of Anugerah Juara Lagu, menyaksikan THE BEST show in the history of the series. Bukan cakap je... memang dari start sampai habis, kurang sangat benda aku nak carut, no matter how I try.
From the opening act of stomping and stepping by the combination of dance crews, including Floor Fever (the best in the business), sampai ke penghujung rancangan ketika Meet Uncle Hussain meraikan kemenangan mereka dengan perform for the second time tadik... memang the whole show meletup!
The only thing I found even the most disturbing - was the wonderful performance bebudak kecik tuh ngan Jac, M. Nasir dan Jamal. I loved the show - don't get me wrong. Just I think problem sangat mengalakkan bebudak kecik yang nak berkecimpung dalam dunia hiburan kita ni menjadi klon. And also cam asik asik moka lama like Jamal gak wat show ngan lagu sama. Sifu Nasir no komen - he is a legend ya amats already.
And stakat persembahan sampah yang nan ado dari Aiman tuh - takleh carut sebab da layak dalam kategori yang hidup segan mati tak mau gituh.
Camera angles were ugly occasionally, especially when it came to choreography, but technically the lighting folks and the people responsible for bringing in the gorgeous screens mounted everywhere should be applauded.
And even though I think the combination of Cheryl, Ally dan Faizal pelik sikit - but they didn't do too bad sebab skrip tak draggy and they managed to pull it off without sending even the bitchiest of them - like me, to sleep. Heard the script was jointly written by themselves... so tahniah guys sebab manage to pull it off well.
Lain dari the very minor grouses, the show, would have been a God send for any producer.
And of course I'm sure korang da tau the results by now. Etnik Kreatif : Persoalan Cinta (Etnik Kreatif/Farawahida/Julfekar dan Ku Seman Izza Rosley) Balada : Sampai Syurga (Balada/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir) Pop Rock : Lagu Untukmu (Pop Rock/Meet Uncle Hussain/Taja dan Tass/Taja, Tass dan Lan) Vokal Terbaik : Sampai Syurga (Faizal Tahir) Persembahan Terbaik : Sampai Syurga (Faizal Tahir) Juara Lagu : Lagu Untukmu (Pop Rock/Meet Uncle Hussain/Taja dan Tass/Taja, Tass dan Lan)
Do I agree with the results? No. Am I dissatisfied? No.
Kalao ikutkan, memang not my choice, but takde la jauh lari sangat pun dari apa aku jangkakan so ok jerk results. Leh la aku tima.
Etnik Kreatif memang kelakar sebab memang tuk ramai orang, Doa Dalam Lagu was the strongest in a group of weakass tunes. But whatever la...
Balada memang produce results as everyone expected with Sampai Syurga menang.
Dalam kategori Pop Rock, it was like I said a tough fight, depending on how the judges voted, I said it would either be Lagu Untukmu or Yang Pernah. A more hip current trend would be Meet Uncle Hussain's choice and the judges went with it but I have no problems with their decision. A little surprised, but still, asalkan antara mereka aku leh tima sebab both are bands yang responsible for their own songs, so ok jerk. Good for the local music industry yang tak harapkan komposer dan penulis lirik jerk. Wat keja sendiri, main sendiri (tak harap sessionists masa recording) dan mempunyai showmanship yang tip top.
It was a tough fight for the Juara Lagu title, but again I didn't mind Meet Uncle Hussain winning sebab they had a strong tune too as I said.
Bab Persembahan Terbaik, aku ada ramalkan Faizal may win for Sampai Syurga. But honestly, kalao ikutkan aku kan... aku rasa show Meet Uncle Hussain was more deserving. And dare I mention Estranged yang memang besh gila... cuma sayang something sounded wrong with their performance sikit.
Bab Vokal Terbaik lak aku memang bayangkan lebih sesuai tuk Aizat julang trofi sebab walaopon lagu dia bukan yang type nak memekik melolong with a more relaxed pace, it was a moving tune, which was sung beautifully by someone who was able to bring out the emotions of the song so well. Still, Faizal was great for Sampai Syurga so no complaints gak.
So pemenang korang semua da tau. Like they always say, everyone's a winner for just being there. So nak make it true, ni aku nak bagik anugerah sendiri pada semua performers. Matilah nak gak carut kan,...
Bukan Di Sini (Sofaz) Aku nak bagik meka, Best Boyband With Credibility To Rock award. Aremeer banyak improved on his vocals and the band's showmanship is getting better, Kalao dulu la.. penah meka dibandingkan ngan New Boyz (matilah), skang meka appear so much more mature in every aspect. Rock on!
Lagu Kita (Aizat) Aizat deserves a I Can Move You To Tears award for his moving number which was delivered equally beautifully. *sniff* Need I say more?
Dusta Berkalang (Aiman) Perghhh... si Aiman ni memang layak patut menang banyak award. Konsep persembahan dia.. Aiman tak kisah... walaopon orang nak carut persembahan sarkas ke, versi muzikal Zombi Kampung Pisang ke... tetap dia wat ngan kostum ala ular kuar bahu, Firaun versi auwwwwww... backed by dancers yang nampak tripping on acid sangat. Tapi rasanya anugerah paling besar aku bagik kat dia is the I'm A Bad Reincarnation of Noraniza Idris In Drag award. Matilah aku.... Also worth mentioning is the subsidiary Loyal Customer Award dari Kamdar for the costume of his penari. This award skali ngan anugerah Penyewa Kostum Paling Banyak Bulan Januari Mak Ayam Dicky.
Cuba (Faizal Tahir) For lagu Cuba, Faizal gets the damn I Want Your RM17,000 Guitar Even Though I Am Not Musically Inclined award. Semerdu nyanyian Faizal, and as much as I love this song, my eyes were on his new guitar just bawak masuk dari luar negara. Makan hati!!!
Yang Pernah (Estranged) Walaopon balik tangan kosong, aku hadiahkan anugerah Most Original And Very Interesting Gimmick Onstage for their use of screens which simultaneously dropped. Live music video feel gituh. They also share the Mangsa Cameraman Ngantuk/Studio Director Butakah? award for the bad angles which didn't show this on TV. They also win the Dodgiest Sound Levels award because the guitars were just overpowering everything.
Bila Nak Saksi (Spider) Spider did well. Aku malas nak berulang lagu ni tak kuat and Mabuk should have made it instead. So I'll focus on Tony yang makeup konsep (mengikut tuan badan ye) Twilight, tapi instead menang anugerah Mata Panda Paling Menonjol. Heh... ampun Tony. Takde benda nak carut makeup ko pon jadik ler.
Doa Dalam Lagu (Zahid dan Heliza) Pemenang anugerah kategori Korang Masih Bernafas Ke? kerana berjaya menjadikan satu stadium extra sekuel abang Mamat Khalid Zombi Kampung Pisang 2 Aiman was bad enough to keep everyone awake. But Doa Dalam Lagu surprisingly and very unexpectedly was cliched enough to be bad enough to send people to sleep. And what's wrong with the attire of the dancers???
Sampai Syurga (Faizal Tahir) Like Estranged, Faizal is a co-winner of the Mangsa Cameraman Ngantuk/Studio Director Butakah? award. Hanjeng sangat tau. Susah susah orang tuh bawak kipas bagai nak efek rambut ditiup angin menggerbang ala iklan Sunsilk, ni kat TV nan ado nampak sangat. But main award aku bagik is the Berani Mati Korbankan Rambut Walaupun Tak Sengaja award. mana taknya. Alkisahnya, cita si stylist yang pose potong rambut dia, leh terlebih happy happy joy joy ting tong lak, leh terpotong rambut betul betul (patutnya light light je dan extensions jerk) sampai tahap rambut Faizal belakang jadik bob sikit. Heh!!!
Hanya Di Mercu (Ayu) Memenangi I Should Fire My Stylist award kerana rupanya teah mengundang pelbagai carutan. Kesian tau... dak ni sora sedap walaopon lagu recycle semacam je bunyi. Ni nak imej baru bantu dia, jadik mangsa kutukan semalaman je. Make up da la hazab. Baju lak tengah tuh, itam punya ruffles ke apa cam bulu tak shave lak terkuar celah. Sesuai ngan asap bagai cam toxic fumes emanating from the nether regions gituh. Help this girl. She's also the winner of the SOS Style award. Someone give her a REAL makeover NOW!
Aku Stacy (Stacy) Stacy takes home the Best Dance Break award and the subsidiary Makan Hati Korang Stamina Aku Vast Tak Semput Pun Walaupun Nari Aktif Bagai. Selain tu, dia juga membawa pulang gelaran yang dikongsi bersama ngan Estranged dan Faizal tuk Mangsa Cameraman Ngantuk/Studio Director Butakah? bila dance break yang choreography meletop tu ntah haper haper angle yang ditunjukkan kat TV. The song may not have been strong but Stacy ha amazing stamina, that much you have to give her.
Dingin (Ziana Zain) Who doesn't love Ziana? Unfortunatey, I have to give the diva the My Dress Was Made Out Of Cupcake Liners award because the sleeves were so disturbing. It was a little old hat, and kak Ziana, despite her amazing performance also got the Semangat Abih Sampai Hampir Hilang Balance award sebab memang all out, sampai ada one part aku tengok she almost lost her balance. Good show though kak.
Kalis Rindu (Elyana) Elyana gets the I Was Inspired By A Drag Queen/Christina Aguilera/Gwen Stefani/Fergie Performance award for her cute show. Aku suka sangat tengok show dia, bersahaja dan selamba. And even though I'm not an Elyana fan, I have to give her thumbs up for her effort. Plus she looked cute in that dress, walaopon aku rasa cam dia smakin membulat sikit. Takpe.. janji meletop kan...
Persoalan Cinta (Farawahida) Erm... I never thought much of this song, and it was amusing to see the 'interesting' performance. It was a good effort though despite the song being weak, and Farawahida gets the I Think I'll Celeberate Chinese New Year Early and the Guess If I Look Like A Chinese Empress Or Dead Vengeful Bride Cum Vampire awards.
Lagu Untukmu (Meet Uncle Hussain) Wow! Without any doubt they get the Damn You Got Me Headbanging Now Everyone's Staring At Me Like I'm Weird title. Semangat gila!!!! Yeah yeah rock rock!
See told you guys. Aku tak leh carot langsung show tahun ni. Ringan ringan jerk la. Apapon, ni some pictures I snapped. Tak banyak sebab having such a good time leh slip my mind lak. So from the red carpet jalan ngan Faz, sampai abih post party, here are some shots.
Oh by the way, esok ada some nice pics. Of what? Tunggu!
Faz on the red carpet. Ramai nak dress - she came in rock chic
Que and Linda nearby
Dayang too arrived same time with us
We sat paling depan skali. Ni the crowd
Behind us - and our geng ngumpat whole night, Lina - manager Awal, Awal, Linda and Que
Korang ingat senang nak host live ni? Tengok memasing kerut dahi time commercial break
Ally, Hattan, Saerah, Ramli MS dan Faizal time post party
BFF - Best Friends Forever - Cheryl and Faz
Tengah borak ngan Jac, Tony passed by. Photo op!
Ngan mama Liyana Jasmay. The sweetest mom in the business. And yes, aku pun pakai Superman smalam. Heh!
Ainul acting out Jangan Pandang Belakang 2 time tengah camwhore ngan aku.
Sapa kata Liyana dan Aizat ada per per? Jeng jeng jeng... Ainul enter frame. Merasalah video clip The Boy Is Mine
Farawahida scaring me. Is that sirap ke darah???
PS - Thank you to Mommeh, kak Yus, kak Kelly, Ayong, Huda, Boboy and everyone else involved for the great show. You guys rock!!!! Mintak mintak Datuk Seri Farid and the TV3 top brass realise what great people are on their team.
So after having hung about the shooting of Maut, then named Malaikat Maut before the change in title some two years ago ketika shooting kat Sentul - did Maut live up to my expectations?
Yes and no.
It's not really a horror as the title would directly suggest. In fact, being a lover of horror movies, I was hardly - not even mildly horrified by any part of it - apart from the atrocious use of lighting which was as good as shoving a floodlight up someone's bum and asking them to direct it randomly. Matilah awal awal da nak carut... kannnnn!!!
Like I said, hampir dua tahun lepas, aku penah cover shooting adengan car crash yang korang akan dapat tengok dalam cita ketiga yang melibatkan Que, Sherry, Awal dan Nana. Lapan jam lebih gak dok set tengok meka wat. Also had a long talk with abang Bade over his vision for the movie then.
Ok... let's see. Opening the movie, and in between, the graphics of a tree, yang gugur daun tiap kali tuh, as a non Muslim aku memang tak paham... sehingga kengkawan explain. So the tree is life, and tiap kali daun gugur tuh there's a death, and malaikat maut akan menjalankan tugas. Erm... ok then.
Mai start filem ni yang ala syampu Rejoice 3 in 1.
STORY #1 Si Lina ni naik bas, kebetulan si Fadilah is on it as well... looking bored to death. Maybe she is dead cause lakonan ia memang tahap mayat bergerak. Oops!
Tetiba, kat umah, si Lina dapat tamu. Rupanya si Fadilah ketok pintu mintak tolong sebab beg dia kena ragut and she needs shelter for the night sebab dia tak dapat teruskan perjalanan dia balik ke rumah makcik dia.
Esoknya, si Fadilah vanishes into thin air. Ilang terus without a trace, dan takde orang percaya cita si Lina. Especially bila kuar berita yang Fadilah nih missing.
At the end of it, rupanya si Fadilah has been raped and murdered and her body is found by Lina yang guided to look for answers.
What did I think? Well, first of all, the premise of the story was quite interesting, though not exactly unique. Berapa banyak cita da kita layan pasal souls returning to guide the living with the agenda to seek peace over their untimely demise. So as the opening number gituh, I don't think this was a good lead in, as it didn't bear any promise of the other two stories to come.
The problems with continuity didn't help. Konon Lina dan si housemate dia tengok berita, and she realises it was the girl that had slept over - ngarut sangat. Tatau la aku missed something, tapi tanpa imej perempuan tu, aku wonder how the hell did Lina figure out it was the same girl.
Also the character of Lina ni tak strong and there is no related spooking to make it believable yang dia sanggup go through all the problems of finding out what happened to Fadilah.
Back soal conti, I wonder how Lina found Fadilah's parents' home, and leh percaya ke yang stakat berbekalkan info Fadilah dia sanggup redah carik tempat yang Fadilah kata nak headed.
Bab kawasan kubur tuh - it was laughable to imagine one area yang Bukit haper si Fadilah tuh bagitau, takde rumah bagai... I mean.. oh never mind.
What's even more laughable is that with her body being out in the elements for days, decomposition would have set into quite advanced stages, but part mayat ditunjuk sikit nampak flawless je. And yet leh terbau? Someone who wants to do stuff like this please do your homework. Jangan lak pasni alasan - tu la... strange circumstances... ko kena paham... tu yang peliknya. Puh-lease.
Erm... and dare I mention the abuse of the KLCC skyline and sound effect nak horrify orang yang nan ado jadiknya?
Overall - it was tahap drama TV je, and lakonan kesemua pelakon kayu abih, even Liyana (sorry gurl... you know I love you but this is not our best)
Maybe it's just me, but seriously there was no direction nor build up for the second story. And what's with Danny's character balak takleh pakai tuh? Waste of time, and space, which like so many things in the story - brought nothing to the storyline at all.
STORY #2 Ni lak cita si Farah yang pramugari. Dia kawin ngan mamat omputeh sekor ni and hidup dia bergelumang dosa gituh - bila hidup nya Islam pada nama saja bukan amalan.
Waking up in a hospital - Farah cita pada sorang minah ni yang helps her out, about how she died and was tormented in hell before given a second chance.
Ok... honestly this story paling sesuai tuk slot drama swasta Very TV drama quality.
It's preachy, overdrawn and just cliched!
Dari dialog, ke adengan meka melakukan memacam maksiat, it seemed so fake and composed in the mind of someone who must have envisioned a typecast lifestyle.
The CGI ok ok though... tapi masuk bab dia diseksa tuh, cam a cartoon version of Mummy Returns lak. I don't know... maybe the visual effects were better, but with a huge freaking disclaimer plastered taking up half the screen, I couldn't tell.
Acting skills were virtually non existent - and at this point, technical issues including out of focus shots and really bad lighting direction was enough to get me shaking my head. Which was a step up from laughing at the really bad script.
STORY #3 If you thought cita ketiga ni was going to save everything, tajuk albumnya NAN ADOOOO!!!
Cita ni mengenai JJ yang feeling black metal dan bertatu dan bergaul bebas... semua bebas la sampai ngongkek sana sini. Of course no scenes of that lor.
Dalam perjalanan balik dari konsert black metal yang sebenarnya lebih meyerupai konsert Siti Nurhaliza tapi cuma lighting gelap with a very bad singer screeching again cliched lines of worshiping the dark lord - JJ dan kengkawan dia kemalangan.
At this point I must add, yang like the second story, everything seems so contrived and cliched.
Sambung balik, kematian JJ tak aman langsung, sampai lubang kubur pun tanak tima. Very the local urban legend tau... this me likey. Localised content for our brand of horror. Cuba lebihkan elemen camni tuk identiti kita sendiri.
I really have to commend Que Haidar. His performance made the whole movie worth watching with him being in his element - just like in Syaitan. Sakit bontot aku nak alih kiri kanan nak elak kebas, tak sabar movie ni habih, berbaloi hanya kerana dapat tengok lakonan dia yang bebetol menjadi tuk hidupkan watak JJ.
Lain dari tuh... this film menjadi horror - sebab aku tak caya they still can make this kind of movies.
It's not as bad as Congkak - which was I think one of those movies yang bebetol memalukan filem Melayu. Maut has promise, just maybe the direction was too cliched, and too drawn from things we've all seen too much off by someone who may not have done enough homework into relevant topics that was to be potrayed.
At the end of the day, the moral of the whole film aku leh summarise is this : Story #1 - This shit COULD happen to you! Story #2 - This shit NEARLY happened to you! Story #3 - Damn you bitches! Da warning ngan dua story masih tak sedar diri - nih diaaaaa one way tiket ke neraka lahanat oiii!!!
Heh... matilah pepandai je aku.
So is Maut worth going to the cinemas for? Yeah well.... it is. If only for Que Haidar's acting and the occasionally interesting camera work selain niat menyokong filem Malaysia. Just keep your expectations low. I know aku for one, wished abang Bade tak wat filem ni after he amazed me with Syaitan which I thought was an interesting piece of work.
Korang gi layan Maut ok. The movie from Tayangan Unggul has a mixed cast of new and upcoming and more experienced names in Liyana Jasmay, Sabrina Hassan, Que Haidar, Eja, Hasnul Rahmat, Hamidah Wahab, Awal Ashaari, Diana Danielle, Mohamad Bathich, Raja Farah, Noreminadiya, Mohd Kardanie, Danny, Fauziah Nawi dan ramai lagik kot yang aku tak ingat.
It opens 15 Januari. Korang gi tengok.. pastu mai komen balik korang setuju ke tak pandangan aku ek.
Sokong filem tempatan!!! (ni statement wajib selagik lom busuk tahap Congkak)
PS - For more info and images from maut - KLIK SINI
Still not feeling too well sebenarnya. Semalam punya pasal aku run around, siap caught in the rain, and then tido lambat agik... memang cari nahas. Resultnya today aku koma!!!
Bangun, tido, bangun, makan, tido. bangun... ngantuk lagi. The medication aku amik obviously galakkan tido je.
Anyway, aku nak try review Maut pasni, so not to take anything away from it, here's some pics from preview event semalam.
There was a good nosh up (sesi melantak ler) at the Amarin Thai restaurant, before we all headed for the show. Thanks to Tayangan Unggul for the event (dan juga kerana tiada gimik ke tarian ke apa before the show - merasalah Puaka Tebing Biru dan Histeria)
Lotsa friends about. Cam mini gathering da.
A bunch of talented directors - Saw Teong Hin, Mamat Khalid an Aflin Shauki, an upcoming scriptwriter - Ajami and a red mother.
Mirror image! Sama talented. Mamat and Afdlin
Couple sighting #1 - Fauziah Gous dan Iqram (takde maknanyaaaa)
Couple sighting #2 - Linda Jasmine dan Que Haidar (tunggu jemputan korang tau for February)
Couple sighting #3 - Liyana Jasmay dan Aizat (suka tau korang speku kengkawan)
"Don't you dare facebook this pic!!!" - suka propah skrip tuk orang aku nih... heh!
Va Va Voooooommm!!!
*terkesima ramai yang takde figure camni*
The soon to be Mr and Mrs Q
Awal dressed to tema character dalam Maut
Korang tunggu jer ek next entry for the review. Me nak dose up medication sat.
Hope you guys enjoyed the concert last night. Happy that Stacy pulled through. Actually masa rehearsal, she actually lost her voice and struggled through her practise run. Seb baik she did way better masa konsert Cornetto smalam. Just minor flaws here and there. Not too bad for her first major performance post Akademi Fantasia, with the frantic dance routine and all and a headset that refused to stay on.
Anyway, before I go on, congratulation to all fans of Stacy for voting her in at number one again on Carta Era!
Ok... now on with the pics.
Don't you think Stacy looks a little Ayumi Hamasaki in these shots? Love the make up!
Mila
Gita
A lousy shot by me of them on stage
The crowd despite the rain
The ladies
The group
One more
Tak sempat amik pic Mawi together with everyone sebab dia ciao cepat. Borak ngan Mawi on the phone je. Erm.. ada la tuh bab kerja. Heh! Ok la.. I think I need some well deserved sleep! Besok lagik another full day. Toodles all!
Siang semalam gi studio tuk Ria Sentral nak promosi Gaia on air. Aku, Tam and Farish skali. Nothing much happened sebab time sikit sangat, and cam tension pon ada sebab cam.. entahla. Patutnya promosi, but it didn't feel like we managed to promote the show, especially the excellent songs on the show. Takde masa sangat.
Didn't take any pictures (nanti aku curik dari Farish kang sebab dia sempat snappy), except for these few with my Motorola ROKR E8.
Awal tengah pot pet... pic quality leh tahan la..
The other part of the set, for Aizat's segment
Tam dan manager Awal, Lina
For the third time in two days, bumped into Aizat again sebab dia perform on the show. Have to say his voice is getting better. Sedap dia nyanyi single dia Hanya Kau Yang Mampu. Ker si Nubhan da hancurkan lagu tuh sangat Aizat's original version on his guitar sounded like such wonderment. Entah lah..
Abih jerk... gi Hilton Sentral tuk launching beberapa program baru upcoming kat Astro Ria. Kalao korang tengok ada iklan yang tunjuk orang nyanyi lupa lirik tuh, it's for Jangan Lupa Lirik, a game show, adapted from Don't Forget The Lyrics. Aznil will be hosting it. Speaking of which, nak say thanks to Aznil for this lovely entry dalam blog dia.
Such nice words. Tuk someone yang amazingly creative like Aznil to spend time nak wat entry nak compliment aku, terharu sangat rasanya.I only gave the idea, and linked your blog, but it's your words that made your blog an attractive destination. Cam promosi melancong lak katanya.
Anyway, again, siapa lom ke blog Aznil, singgah la. Aznil personally blogs about himself, his life and his career, so worth a read. Walaupun sibuk, I hear he's been bitten by the blogging bug, so memang dia akan update as often as possible. By the way, siapa nak tengok how Jangan Lupa Lirik! will be, here's an example. Basically it's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire meets karaoke!
Korang karaoke, then sampai satu time lirik ilang, and you have to fill in the gaps! Aku dengar meka da shoot enam episode, and sorang da menang RM10,000 pun da! Juan and I were given a chance to try the game at the launch and aku menang RM100. Heh.. worth it gila. Anyway, here's the UK version of the show.
Another new gameshow coming on Ria pun da iklan da. It's a local version of Hole In The Wall. Otherwise known as the Japanese human tetris. Here's how it works.
I've seen this on Youtube before and memang kelakar! The local version will also feature celebrities, so it should definitely be worth a watch. Meka lom agik start so far, but can't wait! Ni a couple of pics from the event.
Interesting line up. Lepak borak ngan kengkawan sambil quite late. Got some business underway too. Impian aku untuk lebih terlibat di sebalik tabir pada dasarnya, nampak semakin cerah dengan banyak idea mampu menarik perhatian.
Diari Akademi Fantasia 6 - Minggu 9 hari kelima
Malas nak review sangat ari nih.. so here's a bit jer overall.
Stanly nampaknya tak confident ngan his piano playing enough to accompany his own song. So that's his major vote winner for the week.
Riz is having tempo troubles with Rock Around The Clock.
Nadia is still having problems trying to work out with her duet ngan Riz for Endless Love. Tak paham la camni.. hish.
Forget the attempts of Toi and Stanly for their bonus song of Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta.
Aiyo.. more time wasters in the Akademi. Freaking contact lens promo katanya!
So instead of practising their songs, they waste more time on... wearing contact lens. Aduh.. tak paham tol.
Why does that CIBA VISION lady in pink scare me... maniacal sangat wajahnya. Baju cam baju Ramli MS jerk... heh!
Nubhan menjadi penternak angsa as usual. Painful as all hell! Tak paham bab Nadia pun... she's finding simple stuff unnecessarily difficult.
Kak Mah balas carutan sponsor yang sibuk carut dia pakai baju lengan panjang. Amik ko!
Note I am ignoring all the kenen kenen punya action dalam Akademi. Waste of time. Dalam Stanly masih nak mencuba nak work the piano into his performance, si Toi sibuk lak ngan angklung dia.
Masih mencuba...
Sibuk nak juga..
Thank goodness Ramli kata padamkan impian mu main angklung because sibuk nak bawak pakai lori and all tapi takde impact. Kotakman has been caught!
Pose maut the Kotakman standy in aka Zizan
Zizan ek! Padahal.. sebenarnya selama ni bukan Zizan. Tak caya? Tengok balik klip lama lama tuh mana Kotakman muncul.
Zizan is comic relief, but can't they bring people yang leh tolong persembahan bebudak instead of wasting time already taken up by sponsors?
Evaluation time by bung Ramli and tenaga pengajar.
Toi - memula masuk kena ready, selain tetap angsa dan sharp jerk as well as performance time solo buat derk. Nubhan - not enough, needs more, not at the level which he can be, kira masih satu kampung ngan Toi. Stacy - in the same boat, bung Ramli kata dia, Toi dan Nubhan naik teksi skali. Sebutan tak jelas. Riz - seorang pergi Sabah, seorang pergi Penang, seorang pergi Penang kata bung Ramli indicating nothing is linked, also lack of energy. Nadia - sama gak masa muzik solo tak wat apa apa. Stanly - masuk je gone, naik key tapi tak kena. Nubhan & Stacy - Stacy ditegur to be more firm Nadia & Riz - Nadia dikatakan cam tak ready, and tak carry weight of the song on her part. Stanly & Toi - seorang angsa, seorang kepit kata bung... amik ko!!!!!
So are they ready for tomorrow? Not by a long shot...
By the way, tima kasih semua yang SMS dan call serta mesej tak kisah lah kat YM ke at forum Cari (serta kengkawan yang komen kat thread) for all your support.
Paling mengejutkan, Anita Sarawak herself messaged puji my first effort. I know it's not much of an effort, tapi baru kali pertama lakon, so kira lega gak orang leh tima.
By the way, pada meka yang ikut gaya, telemovie semalam, is basically tuk end the first season, as well as intro musim kedua yang akan datang, Tuh yang bersambung tuh. Nizam kata aku ada muncul dua tiga episod tuk musim kedua, so that means more shooting. Adoi!
