angels and demons

"angels & demons"

oh, after sooo many good movies ive watched, now only i can share something as reviews. there are plenty of good movies i watched which to be considered deserving standing-ovations and rated as jaw-dropping-ones which to include slumdog millionaires, sell out, cape no.7, parfume; the story of a murderer and many more. there are too many to list down. and i just watched “angels and demons” yesterday with some buddies.

before that, since i missed to share the previous excitement, let me brief on several movies which i enjoyed watching (again and again? dont mind at all!). “cape no.7” is a must-watch because of the wordings in the letter. they are touching enough (it is unbelieveable for me to say so, but its true if “touching” is the word. Mmg menyerap jiwaraga. hahaha). and the movie requires focus from the audience as the first thirty minutes you wont see the picture just yet; until they introduces the lead actor. basically the storyline is about the mayor (the subtitles said so) of an island wanted to form a band to attract the outsiders to the island, yet the youngsters keep on going and moving out from the island. so, the journey starts there. and apparently last two months, astro aired the movie.

i love drama type movies since m not sure what genre they are, but i categorised them as drama-movies i.e. “chocolat” (yes, without “e”), “parfum: the story of a murderer”, “a walk to remember”; just to list. “parfum” is so dramatic and is about the bastard (the lead actor) born with a special nostril-sense as he can determine and recognise everything; even from far. everything. fear, joy, anger, lust; just name it. the story starts when the boy turns into an adult and try to discover and does his own ‘researches’ to improve his skills. the same for “chocolat”. the story is about passion of chocolate that the chocolate-maker has. she created chocolates which can bring one happiness, sadness, etc. the background is around 60s, but they got johnny depp in that, i think. i watched this on tv when i was like 9-10 years old. since then my passion for the drama-movies stuffs bloomed.

undeniable the storyline of “slumdog millionaire” is simple and dramatic. and yet i hav no idea why the local film-makers have to come out with all the slapsticks i.e. gila bola, gila-gila pengantin remaja, cinta seratus ela, cinta kolestrol (and all other “cintas” and “gilas”). thanks to all the new-age-directors e.g. yasmin ahmad for enlighten a bit of our local film industry path. sumpah storyline “slumdog” is simple nak mampus and undeniable it deserved the oscar. the story is about how the lead actor manage to answer all questions in the programme of ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ of the indian-version. the story starts there. as for “sell out” (instead of ‘sold’) is a sarcastic movie about malaysian. the reality of malaysian. the truth of how MOST malaysian (or i rather say typical) react. those who deny these facts are those in the state of denial and hypocrisy. it is in mandarin and it supposes to be a comedy show and yet we are laughing as the director managed to turn ‘our’ silliness, foolishness and selfishness (and not to be forgotten, stupidity) and we keep on laughing as that were the truth. the reality of ‘our’ surroundings. the environment itself. the bureaucracy, issues on money, reality shows, corruption, typical bosses, love, etc. the movie is an award-winning at overseas. another thing about this film, the songs chosen are superb and marvelous and very ‘painful’ somehow. but, i was a bit confused on the ending somehow. however, overall the director really deserved the overseas-trophy and rated as must-watch from me.

better i stop here for the previous reviews. concerning “angels and demons” i haven’t read the book tho i was offered at first to read to understand the movie. but, i refused to as i dont want the same devastating and disappointing feelings as what happened on “ayat-ayat cinta” and “memoirs of geisha” when i read d novel first before i watch the movie. the feeling is not the same eventho the movie was based on the novel. the same scenes and storylines. budget and too-lenghty would be the reasons for the details to be ignored. yet, the messages were delivered. At least, the main ones were. Enough said bout these devastation and disappointment.

now, concentrating on the newly-watched-movie, it was a great and a worth-watching-movie. and of course a worth buying ticket (unlike the shopaholic-movie-thingy). i was stunned from the introduction of the movie until the credit part appeared. i even didn’t allow my eyes to blink (okey, ni exaggerate melampau. haha), but believe me, even those who watch the movie without reading the novel would understand the whole storylines. and of course this movie has sort of the so-called sequel to the-boring- “da vinci code” which the latter is less interesting (just admit it. hehe).

basically this movie started with the plot where the pope’s death of which the “thrown” has to be filled with his successor. the successor or pope-to-be, however, has to undergo some sort of meeting to draw lot on who is going to succeed the dead pope. there are four “favourite” Pope-to-be who were kidnapped by one illuminati-psycho due to the “previous revenge” who apparently loves to riddle. and the story starts from there onwards. i wont spoil the mood of those who haven’t watch the movie. again, it was a worth watching movie and has nothing to do with our religion. so, i bet it is a movie for all.

seriously, i was stunned from the start till the movie ended. and i even said to my buddies that i dont mind at all to watch the movie for the second-time. i only uttered this the last time after i watched transformers 1. yes, this is the impact of “angels and demons”. perhaps some of you might think that i over-reacted or exaggerating. my advice is just go and watch the movie and hand down some comments on this entry. again, this movie really deserves a standing-ovation and is under must-see-movie. at least from me.

ps/m keen, super-eager and super-duper-excited for “transformers2: revenge of the fallen” which will be released somemwhere in June. from the thriller, i know its gonna be another jaw-dropping one. big-applause to wonders-maker, mr.michael bay.

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