| | hidup ini memang palat, tapi esok masih ada..
**this post contains spoilers to the series and movie**
 
before watching the movie, i downloaded all 8 episodes and watched it all in one go. what i like about KAMI is that it connects to me personally on so many emotional levels. when abu's brother died in the series, i was reminded of a same experience of a friend of mine who was killed in a similar manner. and i cried my eyes out. but when the humorous parts came out, i was giggling like a little school girl. the character abu was probably my favorite. using humor as a self-defense mechanism sounds all too familiar. and when he died at the end of the movie, i felt like sobbing right there and then. with just 8 short episodes and a movie, i felt connected with this character and to lose him left me empty and incomplete.
a memorable scene from the series where abu and ali met with lynn for the first time. lynn, one of the three malay chicks in this movie that dont really look malay. well lynn sorta looks like a malay but also kinda looks indonesian as well. adii looks a little chinese. and sophie...(sigh) sophie looks mat salleh. maybe since her real name is juliana evans.
  
attractive cast? check. engaging storyline? check. exemplary tales to guide you in your own life? check! what doesn't this movie have? oh, a little something called a 35mm camera. the only downfall, for me, of the movie was the fact that it looked like they shot the entire movie using a handheld HD camera. which made it look amateurish. but me being a fan of B (and sometimes C) slasher/gore flicks, i was kinda used to it.
when i started watching the series around episode 2 or 3, i KNEW i had to write a review of the movie. i sensed that this was something special. although other people might not have the same experience as i did watching KAMI, they should give it a try and not think that this is just another malay movie. but make sure you watch the series first. and i think one of the smaller characters in the series is a former Form 5 classmate of mine. ok, i dont think, i know. his name is in the credits. just another thing that made me relate to this series/movie. i rate this movie 5 stars on a scale from 1 to 5. one star for each character.
*i'll post raya pix tomorrow or friday. and some other randoms... |
| | Posted 10/8/2008 9:36 AM - 29 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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