Away, away, from reality
Away for a while
Just to savor deceitful lie
Please, I beg you
Let me stay for a while
Just to savor deceitful lie
Okay, okay,
I’m awake, I’m awake
In reality I’m awake
Awake from my precious poisonous lie
In darkness I find sweetness
In lightness I find bitterness
For my life is black and white.
They say you can forget easily if you’re further away from something. However, how to forget something that you remember by heart?
You may operate and change all of your body parts but your soul will remain the same.
Have faith.
May God grant me strength.
To go through everyday.
To go through those judgement glares.
To go through the pain.
To go through myself.
To go through you.
May God grant me strength.
Recently, I’ve been asking myself: What do I want to do in my life?
Most people says ‘do things that you love’
I mean, I do have things that I love but it’s a lot. That’s the problem.
some people they already have one direction like for example, doctors or teachers or chefs or artist and whatnot…
I know, I’m a mess. For not knowing what do I want to do. I mean if you ask me what are the things that I love, my top answers would be:
animes – well I can draw. not like some hidden talent awesome mangaka or something but I can draw…
theatres – I love the arts of theatre! wouldn’t mind splurging myself to enjoy good performances or maybe joining some of the production houses. ( I did apply but….I guess it wasn’t enough for them to take me under their wing?)
books – I love to write. I’m not saying I’m a good writer (or maybe I am but I’m not a person who really thinks highly of herself………I KNOW I’M SUCK AT THIS THING. DAMN IT I GUESS THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE A LOW CONFIDENCE IN ME. I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW)
games – lol. only playing games.
food – cooking is the best! I wonder why I didn’t pursuit in this route. hm.
ARGH. after that lil incident happened last year, my self confidence was like crushed to level 9879869872897826y389273. There’s nothing wrong with it actually. It’s just… I have no idea how to explain this. you may think it’s ridiculously ridiculous to think such thing would crush my confidence (if you know what’s the thing. HAHA YOU WILL NEVER KNOW. HAHA)
I’ve given too much.
Yes, it’s bad of me to expect something. I guess, it’s my fault to even think to expect something. But I can’t run away from the fact that it hurts me really bad. It’s painful to be taken for granted. That’s just how I feel at the moment. I’m just tired of everything. Look, even the strongest base of the building will cracked one day. Once it’s cracked, it will never go back.
Rationally, I’m not alone. duhh.
IT’S JUST A BAD FEELING OKAY. I MEAN GIVE ME A CHANCE TO ADMIT THAT I CAN BE VULNERABLE SOMETIMES I MEAN LIKE COME ON, I’M HUMAN. yes, I’m ranting in such manner because I have no idea to whom should I express. (plus, it’s good for me to polish my writing skills? even tho it’s casual???)
and it just pisses me off when others just wailing over smallest thing. you can do better than that. can you not… okay, maybe I have no idea what they’ve gone through. entah
okay, salwa. you have no right to judge. lantak pi.
I apologize for such a worthless post but sometimes I need this for my self-therapy.
Thank you.
I remember, I think it was one/two years ago? The very first time I met Redza Minhat in real life and we sat and discussed things.
It was one of the EnglishJer’s hangouts.
There are three strong points (for me) that I remember clearly until today;
1. ‘First thing first, do what you love.’
2. ‘If you love something, make time for it.’
3. ‘When you’re creating a movie, it doesn’t have to HAVE a hidden message.’
and I get to know about ‘Terbaik Dari Langit’ (which was originally ‘Bikin Filem’) was on their way. By that time, I’ve watched KIL. The KIL movie was not bad (you guys should watch it!) and knowing them producing another film after KIL gets me excited. Excited to see how they are growing.
Finally, last night I get to watch ‘Terbaik Dari Langit’.
I felt the warm feeling from the movie. It was nice.
Okay, what I really love besides the story plot, (because I don’t really want to spoil the fun so you guys can just go attack any cinemas and watch ‘Terbaik Dari Langit’ as soon as possible.)
1. The soundtracks.
Mind you, when it comes to any performances, either on screen or on stage. Sound is playing a vital part, even silence can give a strong impact with the right execution. That olfactory factor helps in contributing the mood of the audiences in order to indulge themselves in the movie. So, kudos to the music composers of the film because I do believe there are a lot of talented local indie musicians are yet to be discovered. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THERE!
Honestly, I used to be very cynical when it comes to our local production film’s soundtracks because sometimes they’re using other movie’s soundtrack and it’s a bit off. Macam tak kena pada tempatnya. Jangan sebabkan bunyinya sedap, dia akan sedapkan cerita. No. But hey, don’t ever give up!
2. The cinematography.
How in the world you guys manage to produce such an awesome cinematography. Personally, I love galaxy sceneries. The moment when Berg in his own universe, it’s as if I was drawn along to his universe. (Faham tak kenapa kena tengok dekat skrin besar? FAHAM TAK?) THAT WAS AWESOME SHIT KOT! HAHAHA
The only weird part is the UFO scene, the first one was okay. The final scene (spoiler alert!) I don’t know why it looks a bit weird but hey it’s like a tiny bit. OHH AND WHEN BERG INJECTS SOFIA JANE’S EYES, I LOVE IT HOW DARING YOU GUYS WENT but when the eyes like how should I say it, ‘melantun’? macam kelakar. BUT COOL IDEA.
and you guys made me us think Malaysia is actually beautiful than we thought.
and of course, I love how you guys play with angles. People, angles are important. There are reasons why some angles are meant to be focused on or meant to be blurred and that’s why you have to shoot at every angle. Hence, why shooting is time consuming but of course the angle ideas are already on the story boards for everyone to refer but that is another story. Do read up and discover how interesting to play with angles.
3. The dynamic of the characters.
Characterization. These process are involving not only the directors but also the actors itself. Some of you may think, ‘Alah berlakon je. aku pun boleh buat’. You see, there are nothing easy in this world. It will be easy once you’ve practised, once you’ve polished, you’ve made research, you’ve learned and it has to be constant. In this case, a character is like acting as another human being (or other beings) which are not yourself. That’s the best part, to act to be someone else for ‘acting is doing’. It must be natural and you will know that the actors and the characters that they’re playing do have chemistry between them or not. It’s how they communicate.
What I like about the characters in this film, is how human they are. It feels realistic. It feels relatable. it beats out every stereotypes of the characters because when I watched it, it reminds me of a group of friends that I’m close to. Hence, the warm feeling. It has triggered my real life emotional experience. Well, the point was simple. Simple yet effective.
Bila Sofia Jane cakap pasal how guys can be very emotional than women, I DEMAND THE HIGHEST OF HIGH FIVES? HAHA, in fact humans are emotional beings. Well, aren’t we all human?
Less is more.
4. The humor.
It’s surprising to see the audience reacts accordingly (well, at least for me) Either you guys successfully rings audiences’s mind or the audiences are ready for this exposure. That’s a good start.
Yes, the humor. Instead of the usual slapstick ones, this film brings forward the satiric elements kind of humor. I must say, my favorite part would be when Berg is presenting his film about ‘kayu’ and he says that the film is about his perspective towards the film industry. Kayu. It’s like ‘BOOM CHAKA LAKA’ moment. It’s subtle but makes you wonder for a moment. Ini bukan jenaka kosong.
These are among the stronger points that I love about this movie. Well, this is me telling you as an human being. I am not an establish film critics or whatsoever. So, it’s open to discussion. At least this is how I see it. It might differ from yours.
I love it because it does tingle my creativity and critical thinking and I agree with the cast when they’ve asked us
‘When is the last time you’ve watched local movies?’
I understand what they’re trying to say. We need to start trusting our local film industries. Even if the movie sucks the hell out of you, just tell them what and why you dislike about it so they can improve to be better. Communication is important. We have to start establishing movie makers-audience relationship actively.
Don’t just simply sit and bash without any grounds or facts. Think before you act. Adatlah, ada orang suka, ada orang tak suka. Rambut sama hitam, hati lain-lain. Tapi kena tahulah kenapa, jangan membabi buta.
Selamat Tahun Baru!
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