Movie Review : Flatliners

Movie Review : Flatliners

Friday 29 December 2017

Director : Niels Arden Oplev

Cast : Nina Dobrev, Diego Luna, Ellen Page, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons

Genre : Sci-Fiction, Horror

Trailer :

At first thought I didn't know this is a horror movie. Ingatkan movie ni pasal a journey of comma patient sebab tak tengok trailer pun, tengok poster je everytime keluar dari panggung. Saja je tengok movie ni sambil iron baju.

Movie Flatliners mengisahkan tentang 5 orang medical students merasai pengalaman hampir mati yang biasanya pesakit koma rasa selama beberapa minit with great medical knowledge but it all turns out to be a horror experience for them when their sins haunts them back after flatlining. 

Masa tengok diorang buat flatlining tu memang best sangat, nak pulak bila masing-masing struggle kembalikan Courtney since Courtney the first one who come up with the idea and experiment flatlining thing on herself. First half memang best bila masing-masing nampak Courtney berubah makin bertenaga, makin cerdik, memori dia makin kuat lepas buat flatlining and attempt Jamie, Marlo, Sophie nak buat jugak sebab memasing compete nak nampak bagus dalam career diorang except Ray sebab bagi Ray, efforts and hardwork dia ada selama ni dah cukup untuk career dia lagipun masing-masing dah memang bagus dah pun tapi manusia kan, mana pernah puas. 

But then Courtney start kena kacau dengan hantu adik dia, Tessa yang mati 6 tahun lepas sebab kecuaian Courtney masa drive. The cliche horror experience for the whole movie memang menyampah nak tengok. Horror movie cenggitu lah, tiba-tiba bangunan jadi gelap, hantu datang, hantu buat seram and bla bla yada yada but I love when Ray sorang je yang rasional try cari scientific explanation lagipun memang dia sorang je la waras sebab dia tak buat flatlining tu. 

Scene seram tu tak seram sangat pun sebenarnya tambah lagi bila scene seram tu tak logik langsung sebab orang yang datang sebagai hantu tu hidup lagi. Meanwhile diorang serabut & cuak fikir kenapa jadi macamtu, I am here sambil iron baju sambil bagitau benda tu halusinasi je lah. Bila semua sense hightened, of course lah the guilts pun meningkat sekali macam dalam The Vampire Diaries lah masa Elena mati semua sense dia meningkat bila dia jadi vampire. Patutnya Nina Dobrev dah boleh jawab dah soalan tu sebab dia berlakon dalam TVD but nope they made them looks stupid although they're bright students. Ohhh part Marlo kena tarik untuk masuk ke alam lain tu sama scene dia kena tarik into vortex dalam TVD. Lewlz

Lagi tambah kecewa bila ending dia Marlo & Ray buang laptop Courtney sebab nak hapuskan bukti experiment Flatlining. WHYYYYY?! Masa Ray refuse untuk buat flatlining tu & most of them dah huru-hara I expect Ray akan buat documentary and kumpul semua hasil kajian, buat thesis or journal propose dekat dekan universiti. Flatlining tu dah gempak kot plus its 2017, people are looking for any opportunities in making easy money, become wealthy, have assets and influence but this movie playing safe and convey good message only. Hmmm k. Tengok ending terus rasa murung. Dah lah tak best, ending pun hancur. Grrr

Movie Flatliners ni remake sebenarnya dari movie Flatliners tahun 1990 tapi yang original lagi meletops lah with same storyline meanwhile this one turns out to be dull. Tsskkk

1. Team Production +1, 2. Visual +0.5, 3. Audio +0.5, 4. Storyline +0.3, 5. Casting +0.5, 6. Genre +0.7, 7. Themes +1, 8. Editing +0.5, 9. Social Message +0.5, 10. Personal Thought +0 = 5.5/10

Movie Review : Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle

Movie Review : Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle

Director : Jake Kasdan

Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Rhys Darby, Nick Jonas

Genre : Fiction/Adventure/Action/Comedy

Trailer : 

Jumanji starts back in 1996 when a father took morning jog at beach found Jumanji board game and brought it home for his son, but he ignored it since board game is not cool anymore but later that night the sounds of Jumanji made him open the game and he disappeared into Jumanji world. For 20 years he hasn't come back and his house turns into Freaky House. Tahun 2016, Spencer, Fridge, Martha & Bethany masuk dalam kelas tahanan & found Jumanji board game. Just like previous character, they're suck into the game but according to the avatar they chose earlier. First half of the movie diorang still figure out character yang diorang pilih & mencari bahagian peta yang hilang disamping selesaikan misi untuk hilangkan sumpahan dunia Jumanji.

First half memang hillarious sebab masing-masing nak adapt dengan avatar yang diorang pilih. Spencer budak nerd berubah watak kepada Dr. Bravestone paling sado & bersemangat waja tanpa kelemahan langsung. Martha gadis nerd macam Spencer bertukar kepada watak Ruby Roundhouse yang hot and superb in martial arts. But credit goes to Jack Black sebab dari watak Bethany gadis hot di sekolah bertukar jadi professor berbadan besar. Dari perempuan jadi lelaki so banyak jugak benda dia explore. Nak pulak bila ada Kevin Hart sebagai zoologist & pembantu kepada Dr Bravestone and have lots of weaknesses while in real life dia kuat, tinggi & stamina tinggi. Comedy scenes dalam movie ni memang lawak cuma ada several parts tu cuma adults je faham macam scene Dr Shelly Oberon jumpa Alex for the first time.  

Scond half of Jumanji gets interesting bila Nick Jonas muncul sebagai watak Alex Seaplane, pilot kapalterbang di Jumanji. Alex tolong diorang berempat berlindung dari kumpulan jahat dalam movie ni and pergi ke level seterusnya. Walaupun Nick Jonas masuk dalam movie ni agak lambat tapi dia punya handsome campur dengan dia punya acting skill memang perfect. 

Tak sure Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle ni sequel kepada Jumanji tahun 1995 ataupun reboot. Nak kata reboot, movie ni start tahun 1996. Nak kata sequel, there's no clue or hint about previous movie. But reboot or sequel this movie is worth to watch. Perfect comedy, twist, surprises and action scenes. Berapa kali entah menjerit dalam hall tu nasib pop corn dah separuh. I love it when Jake Kasdan keep real character combined with fictional character in one body. Even though Dr. Bravestone is strong and have no weaknesses at all tapi Spencer in real life penakut even dengan tupai pun dia boleh melompat, bila datang Jumanji masuk dalam badan Bravestone pun dia tak mampu nak hilangkan takut tu so the logic is there. Same with other characters.

Part bunyi drum yang diorang dengar out of nowhere tu sama macam dalam movie Hunger Games, bila dengar bunyi drum tu rasa makin saspen, no clue or hint given. Setiap masa kena berjaga-jaga. Bezanya dengan Hunger Games, nyawa diorang ada 1 je. Kalau mati, memang eliminate terus tapi dalam Jumanji ada 3 nyawa memang basic standard untuk mana-mana games. Cuma tak tahu apa yang jadi kalau habis 3 nyawa tu. Mati in real life sekali ataupun cuma dalam tu je. Well no one dare enough to experiment that.

Tbh I dah tak ingat the original movie of Jumanji macam mana so tak boleh nak compare but all I can say this movie is worth to watch sebab visual dia memang cantik. Tapi disappoint jugak lah sebab hutan Jumanji tu scary dah macam Amazon dah. Semua binatang agresif kemain, kerja nak makan orang je. Memang tak jumpa pun binatang yang jinak atau bantu diorang feel calm dekat situ. Kalau masuk Jumanji tu rasa nak keluar cepat2 je so tak tahu ada sequel ke tak sebab tak ada hint langsung pun for second installment. If you guys haven't watch it yet and need some entertainment, this movie have to be your pick! 

1. Team Production +1, 2. Visual +1, 3. Audio +1, 4. Storyline +1, 5. Casting +1, 6. Genre +1, 7. Themes +1, 8. Editing +0.5, 9. Social Message +0.5, 10. Personal Thought +1 = 9/10

Movie Review : Shubh Mangal Saavdhan

Movie Review : Shubh Mangal Saavdhan

Wednesday 27 December 2017

Director : R.S. Prasanna

Cast : Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Seema Pahwa, Anushul Chauhan

Genre : Romantic Comedy

Running Time : 119 minutes

Trailer :

Ayushmann & romcom berpisah tiada but this time around, the problem is not the girl but the boy. Movie SMS is a remake of the 2013 Tamil film 'Kalyana Samayal Saadham' from the same director, R.S. Prasanna. Not knowing much about him but the producer of this film is Anand L.Rai, one thing for sure the dialogue and storyline makes the movie a totally worth to watch. 

Plus movie ni berbeza dengan movie romcom lain bilamana hero, Mudit Sharma (Ayushmann Khurrana) ada masalah mati pucuk tapi jatuh hati dengan Sugandha (Bhumi Pednekar), well the perfect girl next door. Disebabkan tak mampu nak confess dengan Sugu,  Mudit hantar pinangan secara online kemudian bertunang. Tapi sebelum kahwin both of them try to have sex but unfortunately for Mudit, Sugu already found out his problem. Sebelum kahwin, both of them cari jalan untuk masalah Mudit walaupun at first Mudit nak cancel je kahwin. Geram jugak dengan Mudit ni sebab dia yang beria tackle Sugu sampai dapat sudahnya dia yang nak cancel walaupun Sugu berusaha & yakinkan dia yang perkahwinan diorang akan kekal.

The real star dalam movie ni Ayushmann lah sebab dia yang ada problem tapi dia nak jugak Sugu dalam hidup dia. Being romantic with Sugu, feeling helpless and clueless with his problem, furious, feeble semua lah dia tunjuk dalam movie ni. Nak pulak bila duduk dalam masyarakat yang akan salahkan perempuan walaupun masalah tu datang dari lelaki baik dari keluarga lelaki ataupun perempuan. Yupp, feminism vibe like all Anand L. Rai movies. Love it. Meanwhile, chemistry between Ayushmann-Bhumi memang terserlah since SMS ni movie kedua diorang lepas success dalam Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Bila chemistry onscreen jodi bagus, it adds brownie points for a movie. Cuma lagu dalam movie ni je tak best mungkin tu la sebabnya kot movie ni tak meletops sangat. Well, lagu tu penting untuk romcom movie. Its like the soul but SMS team fail to bring it onscreen. 

By the genre of the movie, memang terhibur tengok SMS, tak berhenti gelak dari awal sampai habis cumanya part Jimmy Shergill tu macam hambar and unnecessary. It disappoint me the most sebab cameo dia panjang and talk unnecessary stuff despite adding fun to this movie it turns out bland and clueless and lost cause. Btw, Jimmy Shergill ni ada contract dengan Anand L.Rai ke sebab semua movie romcom Anand ada muka dia, Happy Bhaag Jayegi and Tanu Weds Manu franchise. Happy Bhaag Jayegi Returns tak sure lah ada ke tak. 

With the romantic twist macam scene Mudit tension dengan family Sugu ditambah pulak dengan stress masalah dalaman dia, and huru-hara dari saudara mara buat dia bengang tapi rupanya dia jadi real gentleman helping them uruskan majlis walaupun family dia larang sebab pengantin tak boleh turun padang. Awww sangat. I love it when they trust each other, always find way to one another although their family being irrelevant the most. Kahwin dengan pokok pisang untuk buang masalah mati pucuk? Really? Sugu pulak tu yang kena kahwin dengan pokok padahal yang bermasalah tu Mudit.

It seems Bollywood being Bollywood bila part Mudit lompat dari kereta kabel dia ke kereta kabel Sugu semata nak pujuk Sugu supaya kahwin dengan dia. If it adds the romance and comedy for audience then it fits the frame lah. For me, tskkk. 

All in all its a great romcom movie lepas Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Bareilly Ki Barfi untuk tahun ni, leading cast did a wonderful job, supporting actors pun talented cantik je masuk dalam character especially Seema Pahwa sebagai ibu Sugu yang banyak ajar anak dara dia tentang sex relation. Kalau mencari movie Hindi yang santai nak layan, you guys should try Shubh Mangal Saavdhan.

1. Team Production +1, 2. Visual +1, 3. Audio +0, 4. Storyline +0.8, 5. Casting +1, 6. Genre +1, 7. Themes +1, 8. Editing +0.5, 9. Social Message +1, 10. Personal Thought +0.5 = 7.8/10