Friday, April 06, 2007

to begiN wiF, i'D definiteLy watch dis a 2nd tyM:

everYone has a firsT love storY to teLL..do yOu?

anOther instaLLatioN of d sePet-gubra saGa, i thOught sepeT-Gubra caMe fuLL circLe wif the Release of mukhsiN. i savoureD everY moMent of d mUvee. but theN agaiN, dOn't i do thaT for eveRy yasMin ahMad's muVee i've watChed? *hee* liKe sePet & guBra, muKhsin wiLL toucH ur heaRt wiF famiLiar scenEs froM d pasT & d preseNt, emoTioNs U can identifY wiF, aNd theMes thaT are oH-so-cLose to d heaRt.

YasmiN's moVies are greaT narrativEs; weLL, she's a greaT excellent magnificieNt extremeLy magicaL stOryteLLer!! aLL your seNses are enGaged as u watcH d muVee..ur eyEs enJoy d landscape & settinGs of d mUvee, ur eaRs listEn in to famiLiar diaLogues (its as if U couLd heaR ur mOm or ur neighbOur speaKing those Linez), ur miNd's ofTen in discOurse n deeP thouGht about themes shE preseNts in her moVies. wHat i lurVe about yasMin's moVies is d simpLicity of it; no gadGets, no giMMicks, juz peopLe & their Lives; theiR feeLingz & theiR daiLy experieNces. tHat's wHat's memorabLe abOut it. d moVies taKe u home; or sO, to speaK.

mukHsin remiNds me of d innocenCe of chiLdhood. d tyMz weN we thOught, "eh budaK tu kiut Lah." bUt neVa got roUnd to sayiNg thaT we actuaLLy love theM. [wHy? too youNg for Love huH?] d tyMz weN we pLayed & got cLoSe to our pLaying buddiEs. d tyMz, those tyMz, thaT maKe us smiLe in bitter-sWeet reminIsce as we waLk dowN memory Lane. aAaah...*faJ smiLez*

aWww. (",)

gReat caSt once agaiN: d whoLe cLan of d shariFahs' r in d muVee; d oh-so-kiut abG jasOn; adibah Noor & orKed's parenTz for d huMour; spiCe it uP wiF kay-Poh maKcikz & younG chiLdreN. thuMbz & feet up! ;o)

tHemes sUch as parentinG, rooTs, tradiTions, cLash of cuLtures, marriaGes, backbitinG & gossipiNg, LifestyLe, famiLy relatioNs & of coUrse loVe are interspersEd withiN d moVie's focus oF chiLdhOod & its iNnocenCe.

SoNgz..i lurVe d soNgz. orkeD's famiLy antheM of "ikaN di Laut, asaM di daraT" is sO unforgettabLe. d adiBah Noor's renditiOn of 'Hujan' is fantastiC! but theN agaiN, anythinG she sinGz is greaT. *hee*

d sinGapore ciTy gaL dedicaTes this entrY to midoN. taT cuTe bOy froM geLang pataH of JB. (",) n how oLd was i theN? 10.

for mOre of yasmIn, poiNt ur cursoRs HERE

n of coUrse, a gLimpse of mukHsin:

~aFter i finisHed readinG my firsT loVe storY, i LooKed everywheRe for yOu~
orKed

(d liNe i recaLled frOm my memorY; pardOn if i'M wronG)

Labels: childhood, innocence, mukhsin

whaT? mE?

25.

muVee bUFF.

iMpuLsiVe VCD-HunteR.

mY escaPe.

mY reLieF.

wHere's d Line betweeN pHantasY & faNtasY??

juZ waTch LaaH!

kindly.talk.booK.

d untoUchabLez

::phantoM of d opeRa::

osTs to lisTen

paSt staGinGz

feLLow aRtistZ

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