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Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan (2022)
Funny flow, funny camera work, funny everything.
Don't get me wrong. I love the spirit and I know what kind of message that SY has been trying to deliver. But man... it is badly made.
1. Script
- One guy throw a line and not even a 0.01s, another guy throws his line almost cutting the first line. No momentum, no space to feel anything. Give them some time. You're not rushing. Though the pronunciations are clear, I already forgot the first guy's line 3 seconds ago.
2. Action Scenes.
- Love the superb choreography. But the camera work? It's not helping. Yes, we can see them punching and yes, we can see them flying but does the camera work helps? Oh I kid you not, it does not work. The intention of shaky cameras is to make the audience feel like you're there in a fight. Not in a 4x4 back seat heading towards Sabah rural school.
3. Editing Sequence.
- Jump cuts, here and there. Cutting the screen time for the sake of intensity? This is no KL Gangster.
4. Background Music.
- Oh my God, loud here and there. Over 95% of the film are filled with soundtracks. This is a Malay epic film and how come there's no Malay-feel soundtracks? Rembat Hollywood's soundtrack is it? At least go full silence on 'supposedly intense' fight scene. Make people feel engaged to the fight.
5. Ending.
- Believe there are 5 stages in storytelling structures, no? Bla bla bla, silat this and that, Adi Putra gave his speech after a fight and it ends. That's it? Even iklans by agency have an ending, man.
Overall, I'd say this is a good try la. Take this comment as a feedback into account and consider.
Sangkar (2019)
Does the real military on comm speaks that slow?
Well, to be honest, I was annoyed by Namron's shouting because I think in a real life training, a commanding officer would not shout with that slow articulation. It's sluggish. There's the detail and I think he missed it. I love military movies and the best I've seen so far is Sicario. Take their action scenes as an example. Realistic deaths, realistic weapon feedback and also appropriate weapon usage. You see, I don't believe PASKAL would still use M16 in their gun range training. PASKAL was said to be the best protection team in Malaysia. Paling-paling pun I think they will use M4A1, HK416 or more modern weapons.
However, I don't hate this movie. This movie is fresh. Not new but it's rare because Malaysian movie scene rarely tells about military, police, tactical and so on (Polis Evo, J Revolusi etc). I think it can still be improved, to be honest. I would like to see Malaysian movie scene strive for the better. Hoping to see more.