Wow~ It's been quite sometime I did not blogging. Please accept my apology as lately there were a lot of incidents and also sudden dramatic changed in my life, which took me 3 days to turnaround and back to my own life, where I used to chat on MSN and blogging.
TAL ENTI ME Date : April 1, 2009 Venue : Prangin Mall, Penang Rating : 4.5 / 5.0
Directed by Yasmin Ahmad, she has once again breaking the ice, exposed the loves, religion, races and mindset between different races of Malaysian citizen. “Talentime” truly reflects the Malaysian issues.
The story was surrounding 2 main roles, Malay-mixed girl named Melur (starring by Pamela Chong Ven Teen, younger sister of Akademik Fantasia winner, Vince Chong), and an Indian boy named Mahesh (starring by Mahesh Jugol Kishor). Both get to know each others in the audition of Talentime, where Mahesh was selected to be the driver for Melur. Since then, their love starts growing, day by day, until the day both were confuse to truly understand the meaning of love.
Unfortunately, Mahesh's mum did not bless in this relationship, instead she is mad and doesn't allowed him seeing Melur. The reason being is because Melur is Muslim. She is too afraid that she will be losing her son and become Muslim.
The love scenes between them reminds me “Love of Siam”, where the love is simply pure and “I love because I love”.
Other casts that catching our attention are KaHoe and Hafiz. KaHoe is from a wealthy family, but his father has very high expectation on him that he would need to be the perfect ones.
While Hafiz got my attention during the audition of Talentime, he sang “Just One Boy”. Sadly, her mum is seeking treatment in hospital for suffering disease of cancer. Though she is in the hospital, she is still hoping that Hafiz to do well in his studies, even perform well in Talentime.
I find that the editing is quite a mess at first, from one scene to another, which is totally unrelated, introduction of new characters was never detailed, only when it jump into another scene, then you started 'ohhh, no wonder, guan lai (hokkien), rupanya (malay)”. However, you will find the sequences of the editing when you have almost finished watching the movie, thanks to the music.
There are few quotes that keep playing in my mind...
By Melur “If the moon can blink in day, Why can't the sun shine in the night?”
By Mahesh “If you want me to stop seeing her, I will, But you need to teach me how, As I don't know how to do it.”
“If I promised I will never hurt you, Will you promise not to leave me?”
In Yasmin's blog
- cinema is not a mathematical equation to solve issues, dear. it is a sketch to express its maker's feelings and concerns, many of which will never be solved.
In Wikipedia
- Yasmin also mentioned that the idea behind Talentime: That as humans, we have to go through a lot of pain and some measure of suffering before we can reach greater heights.
Yasmin's first Original Soundtrack?
The music in the film mostly are composed by Pete Teoh. I personally like the lyrics of “Angel”, “I Go” and “O Re Piya” (Of My Beloved). Angel and O Re Piya were the songs that makes me tears and down.
OST Talentime
01. Just One Boy by Aizat 02. Angel by Atilia 03. I Go by Aizat 04. Pergi by Aizat 'I Go' Malay Version 05. Itulah Dirimu by Aizat 'Just One Boy ' Malay Version 06. Kasih Tak Kembali by Atilia 07. Just One Boy by Aizat Full Band 08. I Go by Pete Teo Original Version 09. O Re Piya by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 10. Just Hold On by Azhar 11. Kasih Tak Kembali by Yasmin's own father Ahmad Hashim 12. Clair de Lune (Moonlight) by Claude Debussy
My review... We can't deny that Malaysia is a unique country, We can't deny that there is conflicts between cultures, We can't deny that understanding is what Malaysians need utmost.
In life, There is laughter ; There is love There is sadness ; There is tears
In love, There is no boundary ; There is no limitation There is no discrimination ; There is no differences
And... I love because I love
I believe you all should listen to this song and pay attention to the lyrics. This song named "Angel", sang by Atilia
Angel I have a dream of you I can't defined You've been on my mind Don't go I feel lost without you by my side Lost and on my own Yeah I'm falling for an angel
Angel Your brightest star is shining next to mine Every night and day You know Stars exploded then they fade away Then they fade away Yeah I'm falling for an angel Yeah I'm falling for an angel
Would you please be my babe Come by and I lay you down I'm loving when you say I love you too
Won't you please be my honey I'm sorry that I let you down Your eyes are breaking my heart in two Break my heart in two
Angel May the one above us keep you safe Every night and day If he knows How I love the smile all on your face When you are here to stay
Yeah I'm falling for an angel Yeah I'm falling for an angel
