Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa - RE'VUE'



poster movie Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

** Thanks kat uncle aku coz finally dpt gak aku tgk movie nie sbb dia belikan tiket utk kitorang sume..kiranya no excuse laa kalau nak ckp x sempat nak pegi tgk la apa la..haha..Anyway, being said to be the most expensive movie to be produced in Malaysia (paper ckp movie nie paling mahal diterbitkan and PGL paling mahal kos nak buat..apa beza ek?!!?..haha) I was very much looking forward to watch it; to be specific tgk kat cinema instead of beli dvd n layan kat umah jer..hehe..hall was full i could say showed that everybody were eager to watch this epic film by KRU..quite impressive coz xde la orang2 kita nie suka penuhkan panggung cter2 humor or lawak mcm Adnan Sempit, Ngankung or Hantu Kak Limah jer..haha..aku bajet cter nie akan jadi mcm PGL which was really a good movie tp collection x cun sgt (x ramai org nak pegi tgok...)..hopefully this won't happen to HMM...(heard that until today dorang da kutip almost RM5 mil..niceee)..Ok laa malas aku nak sinopsis ke apa so here is my verdict...:)

thumbs up sbb mampu buat props yg hebat mcm nie..

Good point:

~ Being realistic, i know that i couldn't expect too much from this movie; to compare or to want it to be at the same standard wt any epic films produced by Hollywood...but having watching it i was impressed wt the works and efforts they put in this movie..the props (ships, background, costumes) were awesome, nampak real (one of my fren told me that the locals where they shot this film thought that someone came in to develop a resort there where it is actually props for shooting...hehe) and casts were well selected eventhough Stephen Rahman for me doesn't lived up to my expectations (lakonan ok tp gaya ckp x best)....fighting scenes pun ok cantik nmpk brutal nmpk real nmpk keji..haha..dan yg aku boleh puji cara extras pegang parang or pegang tombak ke apa mostly x nmpk lembik sgt...mcm dorang pegang panah tu nmpk yg cara2 tu agak betul laa...sbb most of our films especially jenis2 epik yg pegang bnyk senjata nie xde sorang pun pegang cara betul..kata extras kan?..so sume amik sambil lewa jer..for this, i give 2 thumbs up for KRU sbb even the smallest thing mcm pegang parang pun dia x abaikan..the way dorang turun dr kapal n serang org nmpk bertenaga n semangat..xde la lembik2 pegang lemah je...(eventho ada jugak la lembik tp xde nmpk ketara..haha..)..



scenes gaduh2 yg boleh dibanggakan

** Last but not least, cinematography dlm cter nie mmg cantik bagi aku..(aku pun bkn tau sgt apa cinematography tu..wakaka..main sebat je pakai)...camera shots, angles and colour sume cantik dan menarik..CGI was acceptable at this scale but were overdone in some scenes..but anyway this is something yg KRU Studios makin mantap from one film to another...(cicakman nye gmbr was nice but magika is better..and this one is even better)..aku leh kata yg CGI n gmbr dia lagi power dr PGL laa..hehe.storyline bolela dikatakan kreatif ditambah pulak dgn adanya suara narrator yg menceritakan sejarah HMM nie..Geruda yg asalnya kita baca dulu dlm buku sejarah digambarkan sbg 'Big Bird' gergasi(bukan Big Bird dlm Sesama Street tauu..haha) tp KRU tukar jd puak lanun Geruda which is quite good aku rasa..kira xde la tahyul sgt..haha..(maybe CGI burung Geruda lg susah kot)..basically storyline HMM nie cantik n bagus in general esp bila digabungkan Empayar Rome time Hadrian (kira aku nie agaknya darah Rome ek?..'hadry'an..haha), Dinasti Han from China and Langkasuka yg mana aku rasa adalah satu pertalian yg unik dlm film HMM nie..kira bagus n creative laa..TETAPI..hehe (ok..nak cter downside lak...yg x best..) 

Yg x best:

~ A film for me especially when ur talking bout epic film has to be something that really struck ur heart n mind for keeps..betul2 lekat kat hati yg buat ko akan terbawak2 or terbayang2 or teringat2 every skrip or bait2 ayat yg ada dlm movie tu..x kesah la cter lawak ke atau cter serius ke tp kene ada dis x-factor yg buat kita terkenang balik..cth nye Titanic bg aku bukan la bagus sgt but the way they portray cinta btw Jack and Rose amat berkesan smpai orang menangis2 tgok..ditambah pulak dgn lagu celine dion yg mendayu and kene sungguh dgn cter tu..tats why dia dpt box-office paling bnyk kutip until Avatar kalahkan dia laa..(Avatar nasib je sbb buat 3D jugak leh kutip lebih padahal bukan bagus sgt pun cter nyer)..''u jump i jump'' dlm Titanic lak sampai skang org still pakai ayat tu..kan??!?..kenapa cter P Ramlee sume sukses adalah sbb cter dia yg terkesan kat hati yg mana skrip dia org bole hafal n ulang n gunakan dlm kehidupan seharian..sapa x penah pakai ayat 'jolok motosikal ye bang??...'..lawak dia menjadi ikutan most of us..film mcm Hantu Kak Limah lak ngan ayat2 mcm 'kita bakor jer'..'cu cter cu cter' and etc2 amat2 la menjadi..mcm epik film lak aku bg cth cter Puteri Gunung Ledang (PGL) yg mana kalau nak banding, HMM lg power dr segi props n CGI but dr segi lain PGL masih terkesan kat hati..terbawak2 ayat Hang Tuah ngan PGL "Setapak melangkah, dua langkah ingatan kanda pada dinda" and "Adinda bersumpah jikalau kekanda tidak kembali, adinda akan menyusul kekanda, meminjak pada tanah yang sama, bernafas pada udara yang sama"..terasa amat dlm cinta PGL kat Hang Tuah time tgk cter PGL tu..HMM lacks the after-movie nyer effects on penonton..Pantun mak Merong pun x diolah dgn baik sgt and x kesah pun ada ke x pantun nie..hehe..ada maksud mendalam tp x digmbrkan sgt keindahan dan kedalaman maksud pantun tu..

"Sampai Masa Tibanya Waktu, Redup Hati Kaum Berdua, Bila Dua Jasad Menjadi Satu, Hidup Mati Jadi Bersama"

** Its more mcm sekali lalu jer..tgk movie cun2 gaduh sume then abis balik umah x ingat dah cter HMM nie.and opinion aku the reason why is sbb sejarah or hikayat cter Merong Mahawangsa nie terlalu panjang nak disumbatkan dlm filem 2jam nie..hasilnya plot cerita or scenes jd terlalu laju and watak2 dlm HMM x dpt dikembangkan dgn baik..aku x dpt nak feel cinta Marcus ngan Puteri Meng Li Hua samaada dorang rindu ke x atau cinta sgt ke x esp lepas da berpisah time kene culik tu..dan jugak xtau feeling Embok ngan Merong sbb sume benda terlalu laju..ye laa mana x nye kalau plot nye jumpa gaduh sayang cinta kawen sume laju giler.haha..and maybe sbb aku expect more dr 4 watak nie sbb aku terpengaruh ngan lagu annuar zain yg dlm lagu tu dia nyanyi mmg giler feel abis rindu abis cintan abis laa..cudn't get it from this film..(lagu tu smpai la ke hati tp cter nye x..hahaha)..apart from that, language yg dorang pakai aku agak kurang suka laa..komen aku dorang patut pakai English yg betul2 zaman tu nyer ayat..pakai Bahasa Melayu yg betul2 lama..campur sanskrit2 sket ke..hehe..and sbb Merong tu x pandai BM yg buat aku rasa mcm tgk cter kartun alih bahasa..haha..x silap aku 1st ayat Melayu yg kuar dr mulut Merong betul2 mcm cter doraemon ke apa..cuba laa cek sbb aku pn x sure sgt tp x silap 1st ayat BM dia la dlm movie tu..

 ** Another downside i realised in this film is the unnecessary oe unneeded humour in it which some of them were a bit out of place laa..CGI effects eventho aku puji tp bab kapal dtg nak tlg tu agak kurang meyakinkan sgt sbb mcm x bnyk je kapal2 dr Rome n China yg dtg nak tlg..dua2 nie adalah kerajaan dan empayar yg besar time tu xkan la hantar kapal still leh nmpk laut kosong jer...patt penuhkan betul2 kasi mcm betul dtg nk balas dendam nak serang puak Geruda nie..br power..haha..Skor music by Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) mmg mantap and tjukkan KRU Studios betul2 serius dlm hal nie..setanding la ngan cter2 Hollywood tetapi sayangnya x kene dgn background cter..alahaii frust aku sbb part mendebarkan skor nye x mcm tu..part sayu skor nye x sgt sayu...huhu..it doesnt match and fits nicely wt the backgrd stories..and paling frust lagu yg annuar zain nyanyi tu if im not mistaken xde pun dlm cter nie..music nye pun x de kot juz time credit rolling je br nak kuar lagu 'Sedetik Lebih' nie..frust sguh aku..hahaa..and owh lgi satu nk gelak laa tgk rahim razali dlm cter nie..a good choice as one of the casts tp rambut putih palsu tu nmpk sgt x real laa..da mcm Gandalf LOTR x mandi da aku tgk..haha.. 

 
 

x ke mcm Gandalf lupa nak mandi setahun nie??..haha..

** Afterall, not trying to be too critical but every critics i wrote were actually an honest comment..aku tau yg cter nie bajet dia RM8 juta je xde la beratus2 juta mcm Pirates of the Carribean ke atau Titanic ke LOTR ke atau CGI power giler mcm Avatar ker..hehe..kene sedar la diri aku nak kritik pun kan??..haha..apapun 2 thumbs up and salute kat KRU Studios for being such a gentleman to go out of the norm in producing this epic film HMM..mmg gentleman laa sbb x bnyk or maybe yg lain sume takut nak kuar duit banyak2 buat cter mcm nie..sume nak murah tp collections bnyk giler..haha..hasilnya cter2 mcm Razak Mohaideen jer laa..(anti dia nie!!haha..)..x pun Yusuf Haslam nye style movie dia dulu..agak murahan n kualiti xde..mmg respek laa KRU Studios!!!.. quite an achievement for them and they do deserve a standing ovation..eventhough aku kritik bnyk but its still worth every penny paying..a film i can be proud of but the fact that i wasnt moved by it is a bit frustrating..hihii..(tu yg agak kurengg)..so apa lagi..pegila beli tiket and tengok..maybe apa aku tulis nie merapu jer kot..hahahaha..jgn percaya sgt!!!.. :p

 ~ Last gmbr aku nak insert sini sudah pasti la si Embok by Ummi Nazeera (muka klasik melayu dorg kata aku baca kat Metro Ahad 13 Mac 2011)..haha..and im sure most will agree wt me that she's the right person to be Embok... :)



niceeee..(tp my 'Embok'-linda- is better laa..hehe..:p)

 

Rating:

Previously i gave only 6/10 but after thorough review and recheck i wud give 7.5/10 laa...hehe..no argument the picture is much2 better than PGL esp CGI effects and the props but PGL wins my vote on the after-movie effect..hehe..

p/s: nie aku paste comment aku kat FB right after abis tgk cter nie..kira luahan tu betul2 fresh laa..haha..mcm yg nie bila aku da fikir balik apa bagus n x bagus..huhu..

"merong mahawangsa: grafik bole dipuji cantik..tp plot cter laju sgt..skor musik x best sgt n x kene ngan plot..x berdebar2..skrip x cun kaku..mcm tgk kartun alih bahasa lak..haha..babak aksi x bnyk sgt..overall:effort bole dipuji.movie bole dibanggakan.tp here n there x cun biasa ah.movie x smpai ke jiwa mcm PGL..rating: 6/10..sekian.. tapi ummi nazeera cun..haha.."(FB Sat.19mar2011)