salaam bombay,pariah,beyond borders
banyak cerita yg diceritakan disini mungkin didapati utk tontonan umum. Banyak tajuk yg agak pelik terutama filem peringkat antarabangsa, film yg memenangi award2 spt Cannes, dsb.
salaam bombay
The story of Krishna, Manju, Chillum and the other children on the streets of Bombay. Sometimes they can get a temporary job selling tea, but mostly they have to beg for money and keep out of the way of the police.
Cerita yg amat bermakna bg mereka yg pernah ke Bombay (Mumbai). Onak kehidupan hidup jalanan diolah begitu rapi dan kukuh, seakan pengarah cukup memahami kehidupan dilorong hitam di Mumbai. Kehidupan tiada hala tuju, kais pagi makan, pagi menjadikan asas kesesakan hidup begitu bermakna. Kita akan memahami kehidupan susah namun jika pernah menjejakkan kaki kesana sudah tentu lagi bermakna. Dapat lihat secara hidup masalah sesetengah manusia.
pariah
jalan cerita rapuh,lakonan agak longgar. tidak sehebat msg dlm american history x,maupun romper stomper yg lebih ada 'feel' dalam ambience movie. namun ia menunjukkan kehidupan karut marut,kekecohan dan hidup tak menentu yg penuh dgn titik hitam skinhead.tak direkemen utk ditonton.
An interracial couple is attacked and the woman is gang-raped in a random attack. This prompts the woman to commit suicide and the man decides to seek revenge from the inside by joining the gang. However, once inside he learns of the reasons (poverty, social rejection) for their existence and starts developing a kinship until he is asked to kill someone to prove his loyalty.
beyond borders
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Gambaran permulaan cerita cukup menarik. Terutama scene di Ethopia cukup gagah mesej kehidupan dan kedaifan hidup yg penghujung nya tidak tau kemana, mungkin berakhir dipadang pasir atau masih ada peluang esoknya. Namun gabungan A. Jolie dan Clive Owen, sudah cukup mencerminkan ke Hollywood annya. Ada unsur stereotype cinta. Kurang minat sebenarnya garapan ini terutama penyudah cerita yg lebih cuba mengengahkan keheroaan watak utama. Sad ending namun boleh lah utk layan.
the rebound,fish tank,romper stomper,phone booth,up in the air,
the rebound
baru selesai menonton the rebound, typical hollywood movie,ada mesej tersendiri.cinta antara 2 peringkat umur. Apa yg menarik, bila kita lihat cerita yg berltrbelakangkan negara-negara yg pernah dilawati spt France, India, Turkey...menggamit nostalgia lama, tambahlagi shot shot itu exactly tempat kita pernah lawat.
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Aram's family thinks he's wasting his life and education by working in the coffee house. Soon after moving into the apartment, Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny while she takes on work for the first time since her children where born. It isn't long when Aram and Sandy find they get along wonderfully and start to date. But the question is: is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?
The fish tank
sebuah cerita berlatar belakangkan budaya Sub urban british.cukup kuat penampilan kehidupan typical british. Slang British yg pekat,sumpah seranah merupakan budaya kehidupan tahap rendah, terutama bagi yg tinggal di flat. Cukup synonim. Siapa yg ada pengalaman tinggal disini mmg faham permasalah hidup British. Byk adegan adult ditampil dgn terbuka, cukup jelas menayangkan kekangan kehidupan ,perhubungan family yg retak,masalah sama bg manusia sejagat. Mungkin ada di Msia juga.
Mia, a foul-mouthed, stroppy fifteen-year-old, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been excluded from school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's handsome, extrovert Irish boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. What could go wrong? Written by don @ minifie-1
romper stomper
cerita russel crowe masa muda, memuatkan rasa benci,racist,hidup tanpa arah.mmg penuh dgn kejahilan.sesat.membawa kita kealam baru dunia kesesatan skinhead.
A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing
phone booth
cerita yg ada keunikan tersendiri dan cukup kreatif kepala otak pengarahnya.Ini kali kedua menonton sbb sedang belek2 tv smalam, ada pulak movie ni, layan balik sjlah. Pengajaran mengenai keikhlasan dan perhubungan, kecurangan, penipuan cukup jelas. Mesej yg kukuh. Tak perlu byk efek.3/4 movie berlaku di pondok telefon di NY.
up in the air
sebuah drama, crite yg perlu penumpuan yg tinggi.sbb budaya kita budaya amerika berlainan, Negara maju byk memiliki kerja-kerja yg tak masuk akal. Umpama kerja memecat org kerja. ada msg juga tp tidak seimpak filem majid majidi.
With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him
moviethon: sin nombre, she’s out of my league, scorched
hujung minggu byk habiskan masa tgk movie,
antara yg terbaik,memenangi byk awards
Sin Nombre
Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events
sebuah film Hispanic, membawa penonton ke alam gangster mexico, perwatakan pelakon di warnai wajah kegerunan. Cukup penampilan saja sudah mencermin cerita ini wataknya mengenai cinta dan keganasan. Namun mesej cukup kukuh berpadanan dgn award yg dimenangi. Cerita berjaya membawa penonton ke alam sebenar kekalutan hidup, kejahilan, kemiskinan harta, kemiskinan jiwa, kerakusan kuasa dlm kehidupan remaja di mexico. Cukup cantik garapan tuan pengarah Cary Fukunaga. Mungkin tidak mudah utk didapati di Msia, namun dunia tanpa sempadan diinternet memudahkan filem ini didload dan ditonton.
she's out of my league
cerita stereotaip hollywood, namun ada mesej berkaitan keyakinan diri,cukup utk dibawa menonton bersama isteri. Pada asasnya, cerita berkaitan cinta dan kehidupan.
Kirk is an average Joe who works as a TSA agent at the Pittsburgh airport with his friends. The status quo of his fairly monotonous life ends when he meets Molly, a smart, kind and gorgeous blonde. Because she's way out of his league (she's a hard 10 and he is but a 5), Kirk knows there's no way on earth she's ever going to fall for him.
scorched
cerita staf bank yg bosan dgn kehidupan seharian dan mengambil tindakan merompak bank tempat kerja. cukup utk buat layan lawak ringan.
le premiere cercle, braveheart
le premiere cercle
sempat nonton citer jean reno, citer mmg ada feel tersendiri...citer crime,tp crime yg ada class
braveheart
braveheart...citer lama, tapi bila tgk blk di UK rasa sgt dekat sbb tempat ni semua di scotland. setiap tempat yg disebut dlm filem tu mmg boleh dikait spiritual dgn tempat disini...layaan...mcm kita tgk movie kat msia, bila shoot di kg kita dah tentu rasa cam dekat jek....braveheart secara tak langsung beri imaginasi kpd penonton bagaimana scotland beratus tahun dahulu...
turtles can fly, le grande voyage, divine intervention & savior
turtles can fly
sebuah cerita yg memenangi beberapa award diperingkat international, cerita yg bisa membuatkan kita termenung panjang...hasil kerjasama iran dan iraq..cinematografi cukup menarik, talent pelakon cukup berbakat dari kanak-kanak umur 2 thn yg memegang antara watak utama...bila agaknya film melayu akan sampai tahap ini...
Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future. Written by Sujit R. Varma
le grande voyage
kalau nak dikatakan road movie, ini cerita yg paling menonjolkan 'road movie' perjalanan ke Mekah melalui Europe...menakjubkan... mengandungi nilai kemanusiaan yg cukup tinggi...nilai ayah dan anak....nilai agama...
divine intervention
tidak mudah utk memahami cerita ini, agak abstract, namun cukup menghiburkan kerna, byk elemen budaya, palestin,israel ditonjolkan..
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings
Savior
Santau,Darah,Kandagar
Sempat menonton beberapa movie, Santau
Santau
agak menarik walaupun byk cliche dlm stoyline, namun satu pendedahan dlm kehidupan org melayu yg mengamalkan santau,sesuatu yg sukar dijumpai di UK kerna ia melibatkan amalan sesat org asia.
Darah
Ini cerita Indon, tidak mengenengahkan element hantu secara berlebihan, lebih kepada seram thriller. Ia lebih kepada pengamalan ilmu hitam dan pengorbanan, kalau Msia mungkin lebih kepada hidup Mona Fendi. Cantik kalau ada orang nak buat cerita Mona F. Sayangnya, masih belum ada orang hendak membuatnya,dulu ada sorang kawan yg berdegar-degar hendak membuat cerita yg best best, tapi bila dah jadi director, setakat ni takde cerita yg betul best pun hehehe...pernah terlihat satu hasilkerjanya di Astro.... frust sbb ceritanya mmg lawak yg kurang cerdik....
Kandagar
cerita russia,memang best , dari segi effects 5 star, mmg realistic, satu pendedahan dan ilmu baru tentang afghanistan, tidak tahu sejauh mana benarnya, harus ditonton...
the songs of sparrow, children of heaven, the colours of paradise
Sudah lama mencari cerita ini,akhirnya berjumpa di torrent, kalau nak bercerita soal cerita majid majidi,malas nak ulas panjang, kalau belum kenal, maka berkenalanlah dgn majid majidi, pengarah yg berjaya membawa soal hidup,soal nilai dlm diri ke dalam wajah penonton...wajah cerita sebegini tiada dalam minda pengarah di Msia, kalau ada sekalipun entah mengapa tidak dilayarkan,walhal kalau mahu dikorek cerita dari tanah Melayu, banyak sangat, dari hujung rambut hingga hujung kaki, tapi sayangnya masih byk cerita-cerita sampah dimomok ke minda masyarakat, ada pengarah berstatus professor pun masih mengeluarkan cerita-cerita lawak seram,cerita yang statusnya lawak tapi menonton sampai habis pun belum gelak....mungkin sesuatu tidak kena dgn minda ini....entah....
the songs of sparrow
When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis. Written by David Stevens
Bacheha-Ye aseman (Children of heaven)
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed? Written by Eileen Berdon {eberdon@aol.com}
Rang-e khoda (The Color of Paradise)
Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation. While waiting, he realizes a baby bird has fallen from its nest: he chases away a cat, finds the bird, climbs a tree, and puts it back. His father finally comes and takes him to their village where his sisters and granny await. The lad is a loving student of nature and longs for village life with his family, but his father is ashamed of him, wanting to farm the boy out to clear the way for marriage to a woman who knows nothing of this son. Over granny's objections, dad apprentices Mohammad far from home to a blind carpenter. Can anything bring father and son together? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}
Blind adolescent Mohammad Ramezani attends a boarding school for the blind in Tehran. He is a bright boy with a zest for life. With the school closing down for the summer break, Mohammad returns to his small village where his widowed father, Hashem, his two sisters, Bahareh and Hanieh, and his paternal grandmother live. Mohammad is overjoyed to be at home with his family, its female members who are as equally happy to have Mohammad back for the three month school break. Hashem, on the other hand, feels ill-equipped to deal with Mohammad. Behind Mohammad's back, Hashem treats Mohammad as an embarrassment to the family and if he is a burden. He has not even told his fiancée about Mohammad's existence. He does whatever he can to pass on the responsibility of Mohammad to others, such as the blind carpenter in the neighboring town under who he would like Mohammad to apprentice. This action is much to the chagrin of Mohammad's grandmother, who is not as worried for Mohammad as she is for her own son. She is concerned about the unconditional love which seems to be missing from his heart - love that Mohammad so craves and deserves. Written by Huggo
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