Movies of Late

Caught Duyung and Evolusi KL Drift over the weekend. It was on Demand TV. Hubby was so excited over our free Hub Station that he took this as an excuse to try out everything. I can almost feel my wallet bleeding in my hands since yours truly will end up paying for the services - as usual. It's bad enough that WWE pay per view matches cost $10 per view, we just HAVE to watch every major match after the previous major one.

And so, that weekend saw us watching 2 Malay movies. Something, totally unlike us. Evolusi KL Drift was awesome because Farid Kamil was there...mm..yummy. I just love his eyes. That scene in Remp-It when he was about to make out with that slutty girl after he won the first race just turns me on. You just have to love the way he look at you. Eiii....cam nak gigit jer.

No, he was not the lead here. He was already the lead in Remp-It, they couldn't possibly give him the lead in a flashy cars movie right? No, he's not the director, so he cannot be the lead. The lead goes to the producer's son. He was afterall the director of this movie, so, he gets to be the lead and a wooden one at that. But who cares since this is a movie about fast cars.

Like all awesome adreneline pumping speed racer movies, the story line was super weak. Aaron Aziz as the head "chong" Joe, was impressive although the "lu-gua" lingo sounded more like Singapore's local gangsters than those from the other side of the causeway. I didn't get a close look at his tattoos but he was so into character, you have to take your hats off at him.

Major disappointment was Fasha Sandha and her squeeky high pitched voice which really grates on your nerves sometimes. She was spot on in her acting, afterall, she's Malaysia's movie darling for now. But come on! She was supposed to be the lead actress here. The intro scene was fancy enough with her getting ready to go to (her boyfriend) Zack's, race patch. The S15 she drove is reminiscence of Neela and Suki from F&F: Tokyo Drift and 2F2F, (Oh sorry, Neela drove an RX-8 and Suki vroomed around in a Honda S2000).....and that's just about it.

You'll see her angsty, crying character all the way till the credit rolls. At least Neela taught Lucas how to drift and Suki actually raced in her hot pink S2000. Fasha did nothing of that sort. Apart from successfully falling in love with her boyfriend's best friend, she left the poor car decorating the asphalt and the front porch of her big monster of a house where she left the sunroof open (at night!) and leaving the gate unlocked while she go to the shops. How careless, tsk, tsk. The S15 did nothing for her character's self-esteem. Zilch...Nadah...Kaput...How nice it would be to see her race her bloody jerk of a boyfriend and wrecking his car in the process for being such an asshole.

Other talents from our sunny island, Huda and Shahril were given minor roles to support the main cast. Well, at least Hetty Sarlene also get to join her hommies by being part of their gang as well. Oh yes, the gang. There is something seriously wrong with this picture. It seems that the gang do nothing in the workshop but read magazines and play Need for Speed: Most Wanted/Grand Theft Auto (or is it? I don't know, but whatever). There are scenes where someone is under the car looking greasy enough but not much to remember by. The girls looked too schoolgirl clean to be seen holding a greasy screwdriver. In fact, they're not holding any tool at all because they have perfect fingernails and perfect makeup. Nope, not even a smudge of engine oil on the chin. They spend their time ego-bashing Zack but since he's so wooden, he couldn't care less anyway.

Talking about scenes, a direct rip-off from F&F:TD was Zack's circling of the car Fasha was in. It's just like Han circling a perfect O with his RX-7 around the one with the two females. Another obvious unrealistic horror of a cock-up was when Farid Kamil (Sham) got hit by Joe's RX-7 and his body snapped the rear spoiler before lying in a cute heap at the tarmac. The next thing you see is the car speeding away, rear spoiler miraculously intact.

Apart from nitpicking about all these, the R34 GT-T, S13 Silvias and FD used in the film was worth salivating over although the tacky stickers was a bit of a let down. I just wondered why they don't have the "pressing NOS" scenes. Maybe they don't allow NOS on KL roads. Yeah, you see all the traffic lights in KL at night seemingly not working and you cannot use the NOS. Bummer.

Oh yeah, I hate the soundtrack. The rapping was cool but the intro/chorus was nonsence. Very uncreative. Not like the next movie I want to talk about. Hehe. Duyung.

I refused to watch a certain horror movie starring Maya Karin. While she was so good in that movie, I didn't know she looked so good as a mermaid. Hubby said Fasha should play Duyung and I was like "What?!!" Her voice would spoil everything. The KRU brothers would cry all the way back from the bank.

Saiful as usual played the unlikely hero. He may not be as cute as that guy who played Izham in Impian Illyana but he can sure deliver. I just love these:

To his father "Bapak, jangan lupa pakai baju, elok2 jadik orang kang jadi arang pulak.."

While about to blow that sea shell to call Puteri the Mermaid in his self-made island "Sini takder coverage, kat atas ada"

To Puteri "Mak Bapak saya marah sangat dengan saya sampai dia cakap jangan panggil dia bapak lagi, habis takkan saya nak panggil dia Daddy"

To Wak Pagek "Alah Kordi tu Cucuk Botox la. Dia pakai asteroid (steroid), saya punya ori.."

When Wak Pagek said "Aku nak tanah", he replied "Wak cakap jer berapa kampit wak nak. Tanah apa? Tanah merah, tanah besar, tanah liat, tanah bundle, tanah kubur, Guantanamera pun ada..."

To his mother after a minor fallout with his father "Mak, laki mak mana?"

Lepakkkk...

Maybe Saiful should play Zack, ...nah, he'd take our attention away from the beautiful cars but then again, that would be a welcome change from the glaring flaws and the obvious mistakes of KL Drift...

So there, my weekend. Beats cleaning the toilets anytime.