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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Natasha Arina
Ok so here is the review of my own cerpen Natasha Arina. Bear the long post. Hehe Firstly, I would like to say that the trailer was extremely well done. I mean the 30s advertisement. Heck I think its the best among all the Projek cerpen's drama's advertisement. But sadly...soooo saddddd
Take note that I'm judging this base on the one broadcasted on tv, not my original cerpen because the original was extremely different. So I'm taking Natasha Arina as a whole new story, not the one I wrote. Storyline was good actually but the directing was terrible. It seems that the director wants to tell 10 different stories within a short period of time of 45 mins (minus the advertisements).
First was the search of the lost siblings, second was the relationship of the guy Hakim and the greedy ass women Dewi aka wiwik (I laughed at the name when I first heard it), third was the killing of Natasha Arina, and fourth was the court thingy. So 4 different stories within 45 mins. Obviously its gonna be a mess! And it is! The development was ridiculous. They developed only 1 out of the 4 stories. And that is the relationship which took a whole 30+mins! The rest of the 3 stories were rushed towards the end and that led to confusion among the viewers. It was not good at all! Such a pity because I think the storyline was good. There was even a twist (this is the only thing same in my cerpen), but the scenes were too rushed towards the end and so the twist wasnt so noticeable!
The one that I really hate is the transition between the kiiling of one of the sisters (I don't know who and I'm surprised that Hakim knows who he killed as the victim wore a scarf which makes them impossible to differentiate). Yah the transition from there to the courtroom was horrible! Orang dah feeling tengok the girl mati tiba-tiba terus masuk courtroom. Spoiler! The feeling is lost! But even so, I quite like the courtroom scene though its very rushed and can be alot better!
There are just too many flaws on the movie!! And it really is a pity because the storyline is good (again) and the casting were excellent!! Jorah Ahmad was great and I like all her scenes! I still remembered when she turned her chair to face weeweek, my mom said *Ah setan datang!* Rahimah aka dewi aka weeweek was excellent! That Hakim aka Suhaimi guy pon not bad! The husband also not bad! Even the bibik is good! See!! So many good actresses and actors but spoiled by the poor directing.
The most obvious flaw is, the title is Natasha Arina, but the twins only got their scenes after 40 minutes of the one-hour show. Okaaay. Ok this can be forgiven because this was my title and they had to use it. Even so, nak alter pon berpatutan lah. Hehehe
Now how is this different from my original cerpen? VERY different. My cerpen has no bibik, no husband, no sister searching for lost siblings and no nenek scene aka jorah ahmad! In fact, it only had 2 characters! And eveything happens in 1 day! And my cerpen has both the twins dead instead of only 1! And its not caused by drowning to death but by suicide! And the killer Hakim had a grudge against Dewi, not love her as portrayed in the drama! Now why do I say killer when it is suicide? Thats the interesting part. See!! Sooooo different from the drama!
And people, please dont blame the writers for the dissapointing Projek Cerpen dramas (Im saying in general). Since when is it the writer's fault when what had been portrayed in tv is ridiculous? Whether or not the drama will turn out to be depends on the directing. You can have the best story in the world but if u give it to a poor director, it will be a disaster. Im sure that if Steven Spielberg were to direct all the Projeck cerpen drama, it will all be nominated for Oscars.
Moral is: Screw the show I got the money!
Take note that I'm judging this base on the one broadcasted on tv, not my original cerpen because the original was extremely different. So I'm taking Natasha Arina as a whole new story, not the one I wrote. Storyline was good actually but the directing was terrible. It seems that the director wants to tell 10 different stories within a short period of time of 45 mins (minus the advertisements).
First was the search of the lost siblings, second was the relationship of the guy Hakim and the greedy ass women Dewi aka wiwik (I laughed at the name when I first heard it), third was the killing of Natasha Arina, and fourth was the court thingy. So 4 different stories within 45 mins. Obviously its gonna be a mess! And it is! The development was ridiculous. They developed only 1 out of the 4 stories. And that is the relationship which took a whole 30+mins! The rest of the 3 stories were rushed towards the end and that led to confusion among the viewers. It was not good at all! Such a pity because I think the storyline was good. There was even a twist (this is the only thing same in my cerpen), but the scenes were too rushed towards the end and so the twist wasnt so noticeable!
The one that I really hate is the transition between the kiiling of one of the sisters (I don't know who and I'm surprised that Hakim knows who he killed as the victim wore a scarf which makes them impossible to differentiate). Yah the transition from there to the courtroom was horrible! Orang dah feeling tengok the girl mati tiba-tiba terus masuk courtroom. Spoiler! The feeling is lost! But even so, I quite like the courtroom scene though its very rushed and can be alot better!
There are just too many flaws on the movie!! And it really is a pity because the storyline is good (again) and the casting were excellent!! Jorah Ahmad was great and I like all her scenes! I still remembered when she turned her chair to face weeweek, my mom said *Ah setan datang!* Rahimah aka dewi aka weeweek was excellent! That Hakim aka Suhaimi guy pon not bad! The husband also not bad! Even the bibik is good! See!! So many good actresses and actors but spoiled by the poor directing.
The most obvious flaw is, the title is Natasha Arina, but the twins only got their scenes after 40 minutes of the one-hour show. Okaaay. Ok this can be forgiven because this was my title and they had to use it. Even so, nak alter pon berpatutan lah. Hehehe
Now how is this different from my original cerpen? VERY different. My cerpen has no bibik, no husband, no sister searching for lost siblings and no nenek scene aka jorah ahmad! In fact, it only had 2 characters! And eveything happens in 1 day! And my cerpen has both the twins dead instead of only 1! And its not caused by drowning to death but by suicide! And the killer Hakim had a grudge against Dewi, not love her as portrayed in the drama! Now why do I say killer when it is suicide? Thats the interesting part. See!! Sooooo different from the drama!
And people, please dont blame the writers for the dissapointing Projek Cerpen dramas (Im saying in general). Since when is it the writer's fault when what had been portrayed in tv is ridiculous? Whether or not the drama will turn out to be depends on the directing. You can have the best story in the world but if u give it to a poor director, it will be a disaster. Im sure that if Steven Spielberg were to direct all the Projeck cerpen drama, it will all be nominated for Oscars.
Moral is: Screw the show I got the money!
1 Comments:
I guess they have to "comercialise" the story.
I'm sure your cerpen is much better.
Now, how do I get a hold of the original $1000 worth cerpen? I could put it to good use in my Malay class and maybe inspire some of my students to embark on the same journey.
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