As Suanie Sees It

We had to watch Cicak-man, we just had to. So we did.

I’m not going to elaborate on what/how/when etc of it, will just quote some news piece that I read from somewhere and comment on it. Probably from The Star? I dunno.

Lead actor Saiful Apek said the movie, which would be released during Hari Raya, had the potential to penetrate the Western market.

Not going to happen, sorry.

“This movie is so full of high-quality special effects that even Putrajaya, where the film was shot, looks different on screen,” he said.

I really want to remain patriotic and proud that this is the first Malaysian CG film etc etc etc, but then I remember that we *are* talking about heavy CG usage here….

Saiful said Cicak Man proves that Malaysia had creative talents to take the filming industry far.

Yes,definitely. But honestly I would rather see the money go to improving actors’ performances (not picking on Saiful Apek alone), and great on-location audio capture. I absolutely DETEST watching the words and lips not in sync. And it makes me absolutely UPSET because I KNOW it could have been SO MUCH BETTER.

When you record the audio in a studio, it’s damn different la. You’d feel compelled to add sounds that seem too out of place, tak secocok with the acting. I HATE the extra sounds the actors make. The extra hmms, tskk, hmmmm, tsk… quite killed my enjoyment.

In SEPET, the mobster’s sister’s acting was a bit kayu. But even in her kayu-ness, I liked her a lot better than Fasha Sanda, because her voice was recorded real-time. I don’t know whatever technical terms you want to call it, but to me it makes a HUGE ASS difference.

I don’t understand why Malaysian producers cannot invest more money in sound production. It’s only like one of the most important things in a good movie.

“Cicak Man is one of my greatest achievements in my 12-year acting career. It is high time we catch up with Hollywood, Bollywood and Hong Kong,” he said, adding that he had acted in 38 films.

Cool. I like Saiful Apek because he was funny in Senario, and I felt that he was better there.

Honestly, as an avid movier-goer, Cicak-man cannot fight HKG or Bollywood movies. Standards are like one heaven one earth. Cannot fight lah Maybe set lower, more realistic goals first, such as… I don’t know, a more fulfilling storyline?

Maybe Yusry should hire me as special consultant for Cicak-man 2

Not to say there weren’t good things. Some parts were absolutely hilarious and I LOL-ed in the cinema. But many parts were quite lame, and could have been so much better! So much wasted time and talent.

Haiya since it’s not going to run for long now, plus it made all the money it could make when it first opened, Yusry and gang are laughing all the way to the bank now. So I’m not going to write anymore la.

Don’t want to waste my talent

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