Watched Cinta yesterday,the cinema was full and the audience extraordinarily responsive towards the film-all through out i kept hearing loud laughter,and even louder weeps particularly from the bunch of Malay girls seated close to me.Cinta is far from being a perfect film and like most local films it has its obligatory share of very obvious flaws-out of the many intersecting stories in the film,very few of them (typically involving the older generation and graver conflicts) are truly genuine and moving while the others remain cold,incomplete and lack any heart to be meaningful.One of the stories in particular,involving the relationship between an overly self-conscious celebrity and a much-less glamorous girl,is shamelessly chuck-full of vomit-inducing cliche's that ultimately seem superficial and unreal,and this part of the movie is very hard to watch.Character development is done very poorly for some-we are introduced to their present selves,who are often conflicted in some way,and we see them deal with their personal issues and display sad emotions,but we have no idea who they really are as individuals and we remain as outsiders watching in but failing to connect fully with the characters-for example,Pierre Andre's Taufik is played brilliantly,but he is written in a way that is very hard to understand,when we first see him he is painfully shy,seems utterly depressed and avoids any social contact,but the reason he is this way remains a total mystery and is never uncovered.The amazing thing is,the movie does have its good parts and they manage to make all these otherwise hugely noticeable flaws seem insignificant-two of the stories in Cinta,feature some of the most compelling,honest,tragic,incredible characters i've seen in a movie-and these two stories alone would be sufficient reason for anyone to watch and enjoy this film.A story of love between two siblings,and another between an elderly woman and an Alzheimer-stricken man,both these two stories and some other touchy parts of the film easily makes Cinta the best local film this year.
28.12.06
Cinta
Watched Cinta yesterday,the cinema was full and the audience extraordinarily responsive towards the film-all through out i kept hearing loud laughter,and even louder weeps particularly from the bunch of Malay girls seated close to me.Cinta is far from being a perfect film and like most local films it has its obligatory share of very obvious flaws-out of the many intersecting stories in the film,very few of them (typically involving the older generation and graver conflicts) are truly genuine and moving while the others remain cold,incomplete and lack any heart to be meaningful.One of the stories in particular,involving the relationship between an overly self-conscious celebrity and a much-less glamorous girl,is shamelessly chuck-full of vomit-inducing cliche's that ultimately seem superficial and unreal,and this part of the movie is very hard to watch.Character development is done very poorly for some-we are introduced to their present selves,who are often conflicted in some way,and we see them deal with their personal issues and display sad emotions,but we have no idea who they really are as individuals and we remain as outsiders watching in but failing to connect fully with the characters-for example,Pierre Andre's Taufik is played brilliantly,but he is written in a way that is very hard to understand,when we first see him he is painfully shy,seems utterly depressed and avoids any social contact,but the reason he is this way remains a total mystery and is never uncovered.The amazing thing is,the movie does have its good parts and they manage to make all these otherwise hugely noticeable flaws seem insignificant-two of the stories in Cinta,feature some of the most compelling,honest,tragic,incredible characters i've seen in a movie-and these two stories alone would be sufficient reason for anyone to watch and enjoy this film.A story of love between two siblings,and another between an elderly woman and an Alzheimer-stricken man,both these two stories and some other touchy parts of the film easily makes Cinta the best local film this year.
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