Mates in Twilight "Breaking Dawn Part 2"

I was bored, so I re-read "Breaking Dawn"... and a thought crept inside my head. :)  Since I love the pairings in the novel, I decided to merge two photos of every mates that I know from The Twilight Saga. I don't include Jacob and Renesmee... 'cause... ya know...

Without further ado...

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Breaking Dawn Part 2 Cast Posters

I took sometime searching through the net for Breaking Dawn part 2 photos. I found quite a number of poster of the casts. Elegant, I tell ya!

I've arranged the posters according to the characters' coven and alphabetically too. lol. I have no life... :P

Amazon Coven

Senna

Zafrina

Cullen Coven

Alice

Bella

Carlisle

Edward

Emmett

Jasper

Renesmee

Rosalie

Quileute Tribe

Jacob

Denali Coven

Carmen

Eleazar

Garrett

Irina

Kate

Tanya

Egyptian Coven

Amun

Benjamin

Kebi

Tia

French Coven

Henri

Yvette

Irish Coven

Liam

Maggie

Siobhan

Nomads

Charlotte

Mary

Peter

Randall

Romanian Coven

Vladimir

Stefan

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Breaking Dawn: Part II (Posters)

I can't believe it's finally here! Been waiting for this final installment of the twilight saga for ages!! I can't wait to see the more happier (and somewhat pissed) Edward and I guess the happy-go-lucky Jacob will be back soon enough... and I'm very excited to see every minor (but important) characters!

The movie arrives at the Brunei's Mall Cineplex on November 22nd! Can't wait!

Here's a poster I edited... :P

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I Just Watched "Don't Look-Look"

I just got back from the cinema. Mi Amor and I watched "Jangan Pandang-Pandang", which stars Zizan, Sara and some other actors/actresses who I don't really know, and I don't have any urge to research who they are. I do know the veteran actors in this: Azhar Sulaiman (my mother loves him!) and Jaafar Onn.

I think this is the first time that I found myself liking Zizan as an actor. I think he acted beautifully in Jangan Pandang-Pandang; there are times when I think he over-acted, though he was decent in most of the scenes, especially throughout the first half of the movie.

I'm giving this movie a 3 out of 5 stars. I was surprised to see the decent acting by all the actors involved except this one actor who I have NEVER seen before. It's rare to see Malaysian actors in their best portrayal these days, especially when it comes to comedy. The "comedians" tend to over-exaggerate their tones and actions which annoys me a great deal.

This is the part where people should be aware that I'm about to blurt out spoilers for those who haven't seen this movie.

Anyways... Back to the actor who I have NEVER seen before... He wore leather jacket throughout the movie... he played the guy who I think (if I'm not mistaken) was one of Marsha's brother. Ugh! I've never wanted to throttle a guy this much! He's SOOOO ANNOYING!

The storyline at the beginning was good, but after the part when this annoying guy showed up, the progress dramatically went downhill. Everything make no sense at all... especially the part where it was revealed that Marsha and Bob (Azhar Sulaiman) were siblings. What's the point of having the scene where Marsha was caught "stealing" the box by Bob and had her afraid of this Bob person when he was her BROTHER... and NOBODY was there to witness their facade. Big, big plot hole.

Nothing much to say really. I really do think that Zizan is the reason why I enjoyed this movie. Best effort by this comedian, so far. Well done! *thumbs up*

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From Novels to the Big Screen

I went to the cinema twice in a row. My Love and I treated ourselves with “John Carter” last night and just a few hours earlier, we’ve watched another movie called “The Hunger Games”. Needless to say, these two movies are… unique in their own ways given the fact that they both are of the same genre of fiction -- sci-fi action (such a popular genre!).

Another interesting similarity and one fact which somewhat annoys me quite a bit -- these two movies are based on novels. Such a popular concept these days, isn’t it? Making films out of detailed novels. I do think that novel writers tend to be very creative when it comes to the plot or story-telling; however, the logic is always out of this world, which audience/readers can easily accept. It’s really impossible for the movie to get all the plot right so the results of these film adaptations could go either way; it can get horribly wrong, or it can be decent, if not great.

Fact is… Most novels these days are written in series, at least those that I’ve read, which means that there are always going to be sequel(s). It’s like watching TV series, but the wait are months/year apart.

I’m an avid Julie Garwood and Nora Roberts fan, so I’m waiting to see if their romance novel will get their chances on the big screen. I know some of Nora Roberts’ novels have already been adapted into movies, but I’m still hoping to see one on the cinema instead of my TV, or Laptop. I’m not counting on the romance part though. Mind you… these two authors have sense of humor and they respect the bond that ties people together, whether by blood, marriage or others…

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Will Erica Durance be getting involved with this kind of project? She nearly gets that... but for some reason, Kristin Kreuk replaced her in that project Erica was supposed to be part of. Sheesh!

Anyways… I’m still contemplating whether I should try writing reviews again… hmm.

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Ombak Rindu... A Disappointment!

Release Date: 01 December 2011
Language: Malay
Genre: Romance
Running Time: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Director: Osman Ali
Cast: Maya Karin, Aaron Aziz, Lisa Surihani

Synopsis: Izzah a simple kampong teacher is sold to a brothel by her uncle on the pretext that they need money for her Aunt's surgery. Her first customer is Rich playboy Harriz whom she begs to marry her and take her out of the rat hole. He marries her, brings her home, the only good deed he has done in a long time. Unknowingly he falls in love with her, and wants to break his engagement to childhood family friend Mila, but due to family pressure has to marry Mila. Thus begins the triangle of a saga which entangles three lives into a myriad of emotions.

What I say…

Beware of SPOILER ahead. Review seorang pembaca novel... so semuanya based on BOTH Novel and Film, tapi lebih kepada Novel sebab tulah yang ORIGINAL!

I’ve finally watched the movie last night. I was very excited to see this movie, solely because I am an avid fan of the novel which was written by Fauziah Ashari, who also wrote “Pergilah Sepi”. Pergilah Sepi is another one of the best novels ever published by Alaf21. I, sort of, “dragged” my hubby to the movie which started at 9.40 p.m. walaupun I have to wake up early the next morning. Shows you how excited I was.

I read an article from Murai.com.my that Fauziah Ashari is not satisfied by the movie adaptation of her own novel. In the article, she seems to be dissatisfied due to the timeline of the story, but I beg to differ. I think she’s not happy with the fact that the Movie doesn’t stay true to the novel. I know I’m not happy at all. I was expecting the novel Ombak Rindu to come to life, but what I’ve seen is totally (not really) differs from the novel. They got some (very little) details from the novel correct, but I was left annoyed with MOST part.

From what I recall, whenever this movie is mentioned, the fact that it comes from a novel is being highlighted. Even the poster add in “A Masterpiece Based on the Best-Selling Novel”. Aduh. Those words macam nak membuatkan orang teruja with this movie. Macam Harry Potter dan Twilight la kononnya… Sepatutnya statement tu kena ubah sikit; “A Masterpiece LOOSELY Based on the Best-Selling Novel”, tak la I teruja sangat. Rasa macam kena tipu je. Huhuhu

In the novel, Izzah was a Clerk. In the movie, she was an Ustazah and work kat Warung. Izzah is supposed to be a girl with high ambition. Dia seorang pelajar yang cemerlang dan dia nak menyambung pelajaran. In the movie, she’s… betul – betul plain. To show that a girl is nice, kind and religious, she doesn’t need to be an Ustazah be all those. Kalau nak kata if Izzah ne ambitious is a bad thing, tak juga -- moralnya tetap ada. 

In my opinion, the beginning of the movie was not needed. 

The “Mak Cik” wasn’t supposed to be nice. Like the husband, she was anticipating a large income from Izzah’s involvement with the pub… and she was afraid that her husband would do something “sumbang” with Izzah because she was getting older, prettier, etc. Kes jealous la tu… I baca an article, memuji the fact that filem ini menyelitkan unsur kemanusiaan kerana Pak Cik si Izzah tu "menjual"nya kerana TERPAKSA. Tetapi menjual darah daging sendiri untuk suatu kebaikan tak lah membawa apa-apa mesej yang berguna. Kerana terdesak, sanggup melakukan sesuatu yang extreme macam ne. Daripada melihatkan "kebaikan" pada watak si Pak Cik, baik jadikan dia kejam terus kalau dia tu sanggup nak jual anak saudara sendiri.

Di dalam Novel, Izzah di“penjarakan” di apartment Bayu Damai. Di dalam movie, dia stay kat rumah banglo kayu Hariz.

There are too many dissatisfaction in my part, but to list it all out would take up all day. Biar lah. Yang penting I hate this movie.

Yang paling I tak puas hati is the revelation part. The part where Pak Dollah revealed the truth about Hariz. Part tu yang paling I tunggu and ia merupakan my favorite climax of a villain. Sepatutnya, Pak Dollah marah kat Hariz je sebab dia dah jatuhkan hukumah gantung tak bertali kat Izzah dan telah “membunuh” anak mereka dengan tak sengaja. Datuk Sufiah mendengar dari satu sudut yang tersembunyi daripada Hariz and Pak Dollah. Pak Dollah tu sebenarnya bestfriend dengan laki Datuk Sufiah ne. Laki Datuk Sufiah merayu Pak Dollah serahkan anaknya sebab Datuk Sufiah tu dah keguguran 2 kali. Sebab sayangkan bini, dia sanggup merayu kat Pak Dollah supaya menyerahkan anaknya dengan janji bahawa dia akan dijaga dengan baik. Sebab Pak Dollah terhutang budi dengan bestfriend dia ne, dia bagi la. Pak Dollah bagitau isteri dia yang anak mereka ne yang mati tu… aaand…. Bila Datuk Sufiah mengetahui hal sebenar, dia terkena serangan jantung dan mati on the spot. Dalam movie ne, dah lah Pak Dollah attack Datuk Sufiah tu… Part sana tu lagi tak berapa clear. Mati ke dia, jadi baik ke dia, insaf ke… Blank terus Datuk Sufiah tu.

By the way, I mentioned that Hariz telah “membunuh” anak mereka semasa Izzah dijatuhkan hukuman tu. Izzah tu keguguran… Tapi dalam movie ne, oleh sebab director tu baik sangat kot… Kandungan Izzah selamat. Mungkin juga nak kurangkan "dosa" si Hariz ne. Pfft.

Dalam novel, I don’t hate Mila. Tak suka je sebab dia ne, as the Bruneian would say, “babal”. Dia seorang yang boleh diconsider lemah lemut tapi keras kepala. In the movie… Mila ne macam psyco. Tak tau la salah Lisa Surihani or salah si director.

Yang I waited juga, part where isteri Pak Dollah meraung nakkan Hariz selepas dia tau Hariz tu anak dia. 

Paling-paling mengecewakan... Semua perubahan dibuat, dikatakan, bagi menepati kesesuaian la, citarasa penonton la, etc. Watak Izzah "dinaik-tarafkan" menjadi seorang Ustazah; Izzah sebagai seorang wanita yang berhati bersih, mulia... bla... bla... bla. Apa yang gagal ditekankan adalah hijrah watak Hariz dari beperwatakan buruk ke arah perwatakan yang lebih baik. Di dalam novel, penulis bijak menyelitkan teguran-teguran halus daripada Izzah terhadap suaminya (seperti membentangkan sejadah untuk suaminya) dan akhir sekali, Hariz dilihat sentiasa faham dengan teguran-teguran si isteri tetapi buat-buat tak faham. Filem ini langsung tidak menitik-beratkan usaha penulis dengan perkembangan watak lelaki ke arah positive. 

Walaupun they created an Ustazah out of the main character, the film still failed to highlight Malay and Islam as a general. Watak utama tu saja la yang "perfect" eh?

I don’t like Osman Ali’s direction. Selalu lari dari satu scene ke satu scene dengan tiba - tiba. Kadang - kadang, belum habis orang bercakap, dah kena potong. Hisy... Spoil! Dah tu, lagu tema tu dimainkan berulang-ulang-ulang-ulang kali. Kacau! Karyanya sebelum ne, Lagenda Budak Setan, tu, my sis and amit rate the movie 1/10. Hmm… They did mentioned about the scenes change, now I understand why they're annoyed by that.

My hubby cakap, kalau sama macam novel, baik baca saja novel. Huhu. I wanted to see the novel I read come to life. Breaking Dawn Part 1 is a good example of a good adaptation. I puas hati sangat - sangat. When pengarah decided to angkat novel orang, baik fikir dulu. Kalau I lah penulis novel tu, I will get mad, kecewa and offended. Pandai-pandai je ambil idea orang dah tu ditukar-tukar sesuka hati. I pun heran gak bila I read review from peminat novel mengatakan mereka suka. Seriously?!!!

Pffft. I rate Ombak Rindu the Movie... 2/10. 2 points because of the perfect casting, even with one being unnecessary addition to the main cast. I think semua penonton mungkin berpuas hati dengan movie ne; semasa I keluar dari panggung wayang, ramai yang merah mata, and ada yang cakap, "liat dua kali, nangis jua ku masih". Novel Ombak Rindu ne I beli in 2004, Tapi I ingat sebab I baca balik-balik dah. huhuhu. Banci I ehhh! Disappointed brabis! I watched the movie in the first place because of the novel, tapi lain plang yang dilihat.

Quote from Osman Ali di extract dari Murai.com.my + My Ulasan

"Pertama kali saya arahan filem yang diadaptasi daripada novel serta skrip yang ditulis oleh orang lain. Saya tak pernah kerja dengan skrip orang lain dan pada mulanya saya mempunyai pandangan yang spektikal.

"Saya suruh penulis skrip Arman Tono untuk mengubahkannya sebanyak tiga kali dan barulah saya berpuas hati dan menerimannya. (Patutlah ceritanya LAIN sangat!) Tapi saya bantu Arman dan mengolah skrip itu jadi screen play dan supaya sesuai dengan kehendak pembaca yang akan menonton filem ini kelak. (Hmm… Daripada dia yang bantu, baik minta nasihat dari penulis buku itu sendiri)

Menyedari tidak semua pembaca novel dapat menerima rombakan dan perubahan apabila sesebuah novel diadaptasi kepada filem, maka pengarah muda ini mengekalkan keaslian jalan ceritanya.

Namun dia hanya mengubah sedikit sub plot cerita itu agar kena dengan kehendak layar perak.

"Jalan cerita saya kekalkan 100 peratus agar pembaca novel berpuas hati dengannya (Jalan ceritanya tak kekal 100% pun!). Cuma saya tambah dan kurangkan mana yang perlu sahaja. Sebagai contoh watak-watak sampingan dalam novel saya gabungkan dan ada juga watak sampingan yang saya tonjolkan dalam Ombak Rindu” (Tak perlu ada watak-watak yang sememangnya takde memainkan peranan penting dalam novel tu. Tu yang buat PANJANG cerita lagi. Kalau lah dikekalkan mengikut novel... dan buang part yang tak brapa penting tu, I don’t think it’ll be a problem to squeeze everything in 2 and so hours)

Ditanya mengapa dia sanggup mempertaruhkan prinsipnya yang sebelum ini hanya mengarahkan skrip sendiri dan kerana Ombak Rindu dia sanggup bekerja menerusi skrip tulisan individu lain, kata Osman jalan ceritanya yang menarik telah menambat hatinya.

"Saya pernah baca novel ini dan saya sendiri menyukainya. Apabila kita lihat senario sekarang terlalu banyak filem aksi, seram dan sebagainya yang dihasilkan. Jadi saya terfikir apa salahnya saya tampil dan menghasilkan sebuah filem melodrama yang dah lama tak dibuat orang. Kisah kehidupan masyarakat Melayu, cinta, tangisan dan kisah dua wanita yang tertindas dan yang kuat ditonjolkan dalam filem ini membuatkan saya sangat-sangat tertarik," (Dia baca ke, dia scan je? Movie ne macam 30% je kena adapt)

Berkongsi kisah cabaran dan kesukaran sepanjang mengarahkan Ombak Rindu, kata Osman proses membantu pelakon, serta pengawalan kamera di lokasi penggambaran di lautan antara yang mencabar dirinya.

"Saya perlu membentuk perwatakan Maya Karin untuk menjadi Izzah iaitu seorang wanita kampung dan lemah lembut. Saya puji dia kerana berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk menjayakan watak itu kerana kita tahu Maya merupakan seorang wanita kacukan. (Sebenarnya Maya Karin tu tak perlu la berusaha sangat sebab dia memang boleh memainkan watak Izzah. Masalahnya, Izzah dalam movie ne is a stranger to me. Izzah dalam novel dengan Izzah dalam movie ne are like two different character. And yang I want to see juga, Izzah yang manja. Izzah dalam movie ne is tau sedih – sedih je. Izzah dalam novel ne kuat merajuk and manja)

Kemudiannya Lisa Surihani pula telah membawakan watak Mila seorang wanita yang bersikap keras hati dan mementingkan diri yang jauh berbeza daripada sifat sebenar Lisa. (Mila ne betul – betul differs from Novel!Mila)


Di extract daripada Rotikaya.com + My Ulasan

Pendapat pendek kami, filem ini mampu mengusik jiwa penonton & jika terbuai dengan plot Ombak Rindu, mata boleh berair. Lelaki tidak terkecuali jika dalam hati ada taman. (Memang tak dinafikan!)

Ketika sidang media bersama pengarah, penerbit & barisan pelakon, penulis asal novel Ombak Rindu Fauziah Ashari meluahkan rasa tidak puas hati dengan hasil adaptasi filem yang bakal di’tayangkan pada 1 Disember ini.(High Five! I'm not alone in this...)

Menurut Fauziah Ashari terdapat beberapa plot penting dalam novel yang tidak di’angkat ke layar perak & juga dialog yang di’gunakan dalam filem ini tidak selari dengan apa yang beliau sampaikan menerusi novel.

“Namun saya tetap berfikiran terbuka dengan usaha pihak penerbit untuk membawa karya saya ke layar perak,” ujar Fauziah Ashari.

“Satu pesanan saya, jika boleh selepas ini jika ada lagi novel yang di’angkat menjadi filem — jemput penulis asal novel tersebut untuk duduk sebagai penulis skrip atau panel penasihat.” (Aaah. Tu lebih molek. Karya tu pun memang hak milik penulis novel kan.)
 

-- Sekian daripada pembaca "Ombak Rindu". Kecewa I sangat - sangat...

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