rasa cam dah lama sangat tak update this blog. many reasons. main reason - no time for blogging. another big reason - my streamyx still not functioning, and my dial-up connection is way toooooo SLOW. and i am a person who can't really tolerate S.L.O.W.ness.
it has been few weeks since the late Yasmin Ahmad passed away. may she rest in peace. no matter what people says about her, and the recent revelation, i think she is just a beautiful person. i admire creative people, she is one of them. and her ability to touch people's inner feelings with her beautifully casted movies and advertisements were just superb.
i have never really watched her movies, but i like all the advertisements directed/produced by her. i don't know... i seldom watch malay movies. pernah tengok sikit2, but never really duduk tengok sampai habis satu movie.
since Yasmin passed away, astro had a channel yang tayang balik her movies. and i watched Sepet and Gubra. my comments... both are wonderful movies. different, stood by itself and touching.
Sepet - a beautiful love story told in an honest and beautiful way. about Orked and Jason. i love to see the cute and talkative, witty, spontaneous little Orked. her fresh face and long straight hair makes her look innocent and pure and pristine. jason, a chinese guy who is actually a contrast to Orked - romantic, a guy with few words. love is blind. love sees no boundaries.
there was an incident towards the end of the movie. jason had to break-off with orked for another girl whom he never loved but was trapped. life goes on... orked got a scholarship to study abroad. on the way to the airport, she finally read the letter Jason sent her, after persuaded by her mom. the letter was sooo beautiful and touching. she tried to call him. too late, jason was knocked over his bike on the way to the airport.
GUBRA - is actually a sequel to Sepet. orked got married to a malay guy. but the guy cheated her. she found it hard to forgive him, no matter how hard he tried. orked met Alan, jason's brother. at the end of the movie, orked walked out of her husband's home. the scene was beautifully potrayed - she walked out of that big house with a BMW and big bike, and get into Alan's humble pick-up motorvan, and went to Alan's humble home. in a room, she was seated on a single bed, and alan gave her a box. she opened it up to find all her memories with Jason were carefully kept there. his wallet with their photos inside, the pictures together, his letters that were never sent, two books of poems and his old handphone. she cried. tears rolling on my cheeks too.
the movies were simple, but the storytelling and the way the story was told, makes me like it. Jujur, enlightening, enriching. it makes you laugh and smile, and there were moments that you feel your throat is lumpy and tears start pooling in the corner of your eyes. tiada imej orang kaya2, mak datin dan kereta besar as usually seen in malay movies. tiada perempuan dan lelaki yang tersangat cantik dan tersangat handsome as the the main casts. ia cerita kehidupan yang biasa kita lalui. it is so close to our heart. so simple, pure and yet touching.
there are so many things that you wish to have in your life. but you may not have it all.
life is survival. the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, but they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. make a prayer - for His taufiq and hidayah.
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