Comments on: sumolah! great expectations http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/ Wasting your bandwidth since 1999 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:03:58 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Expanding the Den : Movies and other rants « The Drowmage’s Den http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-145433 Expanding the Den : Movies and other rants « The Drowmage’s Den Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:42:38 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-145433 [...] You’ve met the people. You’ve had a connection with them over similar hobbies. And, you want to like their movies. Yet, when you go through the show with a lot of cringing moments, raised eyebrows, and slaps on the head at the most obtuse moments - that’s when you ask yourself, do you care more about being nice or being honest? In short, the movie sucked. It could have been, and should have been better - yet it was filled from beginning to end with blatant advertising of products by the main sponsors for the film, Ogawa and Celcom. I sure as hell ain’t going to use any of those two products ever again.  I want to rant more, but out of respect (and that I pretty much covered about 40% of how I felt was wrong in my published review), I won’t. Unless you ask me nicely.  With chocolates. Go read Suanie’s review, she pretty much covered what I’m whining about. [...] [...] You’ve met the people. You’ve had a connection with them over similar hobbies. And, you want to like their movies. Yet, when you go through the show with a lot of cringing moments, raised eyebrows, and slaps on the head at the most obtuse moments – that’s when you ask yourself, do you care more about being nice or being honest? In short, the movie sucked. It could have been, and should have been better – yet it was filled from beginning to end with blatant advertising of products by the main sponsors for the film, Ogawa and Celcom. I sure as hell ain’t going to use any of those two products ever again.  I want to rant more, but out of respect (and that I pretty much covered about 40% of how I felt was wrong in my published review), I won’t. Unless you ask me nicely.  With chocolates. Go read Suanie’s review, she pretty much covered what I’m whining about. [...]

]]> By: Swifty http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-132021 Swifty Tue, 22 May 2007 15:04:59 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-132021 Yeah, I've intended to watch this on Wednesdays (half-price), but not tomorrow, tomorrow I'm going to the sneak preview of PoTC3, YES! But for some reason, sound just seem to be a major problem with local productions, a little something I had the misfortune to find out during my assistant director gig for this telemovie last month. Same thing happened, needed dubbing, I myself had a cameo role in that film, and it took me nearly an hour to redo my... three short lines. Yeah, I’ve intended to watch this on Wednesdays (half-price), but not tomorrow, tomorrow I’m going to the sneak preview of PoTC3, YES!

But for some reason, sound just seem to be a major problem with local productions, a little something I had the misfortune to find out during my assistant director gig for this telemovie last month. Same thing happened, needed dubbing, I myself had a cameo role in that film, and it took me nearly an hour to redo my… three short lines.

]]> By: Dabido(Teflon) http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-128641 Dabido(Teflon) Sun, 20 May 2007 02:18:33 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-128641 Suanie - Yes, I have every plan to come to KL. It's not me trying to make up my mind. It has a lot to do with the fact that the other Assistant Manager left, the Manager is about to leave, I'm the only person who can do end of month, I have to be here for the new Manager to start [as I'm the ONLY person who knows where everything is and how stuff works], Plus I have to do all the Tax Group Certificates for all the workers in June and as such I've had to cancel my leave for now. Hopefully, I'll get there in July ... maybe ... or August ... or something. :-) I'll say a Tentative Mid-July for now. BUT, depends on work, not on whether I can make up my mind or not. :-) [I just hope Fireangel doesn't beat me up when I get there. I hate seeing a grown man cry ... especially when it's me!] :-) Suanie – Yes, I have every plan to come to KL. It’s not me trying to make up my mind. It has a lot to do with the fact that the other Assistant Manager left, the Manager is about to leave, I’m the only person who can do end of month, I have to be here for the new Manager to start [as I'm the ONLY person who knows where everything is and how stuff works], Plus I have to do all the Tax Group Certificates for all the workers in June and as such I’ve had to cancel my leave for now. Hopefully, I’ll get there in July … maybe … or August … or something. :-)

I’ll say a Tentative Mid-July for now. BUT, depends on work, not on whether I can make up my mind or not. :-)

[I just hope Fireangel doesn't beat me up when I get there. I hate seeing a grown man cry ... especially when it's me!] :-)

]]> By: Suanie http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127231 Suanie Fri, 18 May 2007 14:41:44 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127231 sicko: yeah she's hot, but somehow I felt she was ... underplayed? should have done more? given more things to do ?? dunno.. product placements were really blah, kan ? ST: heh you can read it here anyways! adrian: forgot to mention, they have subtitles. can't remember if cicakman had subs, should have if i am not mistaken. we do have the technology to capture great on-location sound. Several local movies have that, and they were shot in jungles, busy streets, etc. In this case I think it was more of the director's preference, though I think he may have to rethink his directing method to allow on-location sound recording. Or maybe spend a bit more money for that :p dabs: you are coming to KL, right? by the time you make up your mind whether to come here or not, and actually make it here, i'll get ya the DVD :D sicko: yeah she’s hot, but somehow I felt she was … underplayed? should have done more? given more things to do ?? dunno.. product placements were really blah, kan ?

ST: heh you can read it here anyways!

adrian: forgot to mention, they have subtitles. can’t remember if cicakman had subs, should have if i am not mistaken.

we do have the technology to capture great on-location sound. Several local movies have that, and they were shot in jungles, busy streets, etc. In this case I think it was more of the director’s preference, though I think he may have to rethink his directing method to allow on-location sound recording. Or maybe spend a bit more money for that :p

dabs: you are coming to KL, right? by the time you make up your mind whether to come here or not, and actually make it here, i’ll get ya the DVD :D

]]> By: Dabido(Teflon) http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127154 Dabido(Teflon) Fri, 18 May 2007 13:03:48 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127154 I just like the idea of it having something to do with Japan! :-) I just like the idea of it having something to do with Japan! :-)

]]> By: zona marie http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127143 zona marie Fri, 18 May 2007 12:57:32 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127143 st, glad you didnt either. tbh. st, glad you didnt either. tbh.

]]> By: zona marie http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127142 zona marie Fri, 18 May 2007 12:56:50 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127142 adrian, sumolah has subtitles. the film is in english, malay and japanese. so as an when the dialogue is, the subtitles are in english & malay. adrian, sumolah has subtitles. the film is in english, malay and japanese. so as an when the dialogue is, the subtitles are in english & malay.

]]> By: adrian is a noy-pi http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127050 adrian is a noy-pi Fri, 18 May 2007 11:21:36 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-127050 Wanted to watch cicak man and sumo-lah to see how lame they can get(as compared to Tagalog Movies). but cannot! no english subtitles. i need a translator! regarding the bad lip syncing (maybe more apt is dubbing), this is quite tricky in filmmaking. inevitably, there are dialogues, specially in outdoor scenes, wherein the boom mic doesn't neatly pick up the lines, but instead ,it records the ambient sounds. this is the reason why dubbing is needed (instead of retaking the scene). i remember dubbing one simple line (just 10-15 words) in a short film we made years ago. it took us more than an hour to perfect it! what more for a full length movie! that explains the bad dubbing in lotsa movies. :) :) Wanted to watch cicak man and sumo-lah to see how lame they can get(as compared to Tagalog Movies). but cannot! no english subtitles. i need a translator!

regarding the bad lip syncing (maybe more apt is dubbing), this is quite tricky in filmmaking. inevitably, there are dialogues, specially in outdoor scenes, wherein the boom mic doesn’t neatly pick up the lines, but instead ,it records the ambient sounds.

this is the reason why dubbing is needed (instead of retaking the scene).

i remember dubbing one simple line (just 10-15 words) in a short film we made years ago. it took us more than an hour to perfect it! what more for a full length movie! that explains the bad dubbing in lotsa movies. :)

:)

]]> By: ShaolinTiger http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-126917 ShaolinTiger Fri, 18 May 2007 08:57:15 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-126917 Glad I didn't watch it then tbh :D Glad I didn’t watch it then tbh :D

]]> By: sicko http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-126893 sicko Fri, 18 May 2007 08:22:54 +0000 http://www.suanie.net/2007/05/18/sumolah-great-expectations/#comment-126893 inthira is a hottie. anyway, a jap-malay woman playing a strong role wouldn be quite right considering how submissive women in those cultures are. it was a popcorn flick, nothing more. Was really pissed off the product placements though. The producers and advertisers got to realize that sometimes less is more. inthira is a hottie. anyway, a jap-malay woman playing a strong role wouldn be quite right considering how submissive women in those cultures are.

it was a popcorn flick, nothing more. Was really pissed off the product placements though. The producers and advertisers got to realize that sometimes less is more.

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