First love.aww

Being a Yasmin Ahmad's fan I went to watch Mukhsin during the weekend. Although lots of people criticise her work but I adore them because her movies are all about simplicity and honesty. Tiada adegan datuk atau tan sri memakai kot di dalam rumah tengahari buta atau adegan perempuan kecewa sambil membawa motor laju-laju atau watak perempuan baik yang di benci masyarakat dan beratus nasib malang menimpa tapi dia masih tabah. Hoh.

Well, you could see Yasmin's signature in this story even some of them doesn't really look as it fits there but being bias, I still allow them to be the feast for my eyes.


Am not going to be a spoiler and tell you much about the movie yet will only tell you some bits that I noticed.


What makes me smiles is the way she portray society in this movie. Like the rest of her production, she did not only focus on the main title which in this case, a boy called Mukhsin but there are stories in a story.

• I love some few scenes of perlawanan bola kampong in this movie [Team rengit lawan team apatah]. Remind me of perlawanan kampong in my err kampong. Cayalah!

• I can't help myself from snickering on seeing the neighbour acted by Rosie Rashid you always like to menyebok and mendengki with her jiran. Cakap orang bukan-bukan padahal dia sendiri teringin. Sour grapes I would say. And I feel like laughing coz I know someone who is like that. Paku dulang, paku serpih. Mengata orang dia yang lebih. Aku malas nak cakap, tengokla sendiri. Hehe

• Don't really know what Orked parents did although in the sequence it explains. Or maybe it's not important.

• I totally dig it the scene when Noorkhiriah bruised a Malay guy ego after she choose a Chinese guy instead of her own race despite being questioned "Dah tak cukup jantan melayu ke lagi dalam dunia ni?". Oh I tell yew, I was itching to answer it. Haha

• One of the soundtrack by Nina Simone , Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don't Leave Me) was superb. Heartrending.

• Don't think the movie is about teaching small children to he hansap. There's nothing hansap going on, just normal perasaan. And encrypted beautifully.

• I saw Jason [Ng Choo Seong] from Sepet in one of the scene. I was like.. Jasonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. I soooo love yewlah!! Tak tipu, my heart really melt like chocolate under the sun. Eceh.

• Love the fact that no pan asian or lelaki chun was selected as the hero. The boy who play Mukhsin part, Mohd Syafie is the typical boy who could find at the playground nearby or while you were playing galah panjang at your grandma's house. Aryana as Orked was just ok.
  

• I love the father character. Abang ko-ol lah! And orked's playmate [Rozie's Rashid daughter in the movielah] buat aku tergelak ok. Kepochi kecik!

• Laughed again when I saw familiar-but-dah-lama-tak-dengar-phrases-such as "kau ni dah lama aku peratikan, dah banyak lemak!" as the mother memiat telinge anaknya, the picture of Mukhsin's kunci basikal yang berbentuk oval [pink faded] and the scene adibah noor making ais krim Malaysia, old school.

• To me, this movie makes me see how Yasmin is proud to be a Malay but berasa keji to witness the behaviour of the Malay.

As usual, I would promote people to watch Yasmin's movie. Give it a shot, don't worry tiada dialog "Cukup Fendi, Cukup!!" or "Apa punya turr".


Haha