Sepet

"Sepet" a movie written & directed by Yasmin Ahmad . Yes i just watched the movie and here i would like to write something about the movie. Living in a multiracial social such as Malaysia everything about race is sensetive , yes included Love. This is a good movie because we can see a lot of thing about Malaysia from this movie. Ah Loong one of the first character ,same name with me , is a pirate-VCD seller who had fallen in love to a Malay girl call Orked.The story was happened in Ipoh, Perak .Ah Loong’s life takes a sudden turn one day when a Malay schoolgirl,

Orked, arrives at his stall. Love blossoms between Orked and Ah Loong, although there are social and racial pressures that stand in their way. In the end, Ah Loong dies in a motor vehicle accident while Orked is going to England to pursue her studies.Yes the ending is sad .One of the part of the movie make me impress is Ah Keong ask Ah Loong why don’t him just tells his true name "Ah Loong" to Oked just because "Jason" is cool.The sence just react the common viewpoint of Malayisa Chinese(excluded who believes in God),that is cool if you have a western name.Funny.Yes the movie have 4 controversies:

There’s a scene where the father and the mother were dancing in their ’sarongs’(a large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist (for men) & above the chest (for women)

A sence where the father and the mother were tackling each other in bed after having sex.
There’s also a scene where the family comb each other’s hair, depicting the laziness of Malays.

Ah Loong didn’t convert to Islam at the end despite his courtship with Orked who is a Muslim.
Ignore the racial and the controversies,this movie is a nice movie,a pure love story ,from the first they know each other, the first dating ,the first call and to the death, the whole story is full of romantic.Of course the movie also ask the government to care about those students who get good result in SPM to help them to finish their study smoothly ,yes for my own opinion, if Ah Loong Got the sholarship to continues his studies,i don’t think he will will become a pirate-VCD seller,insteal he could be a talent to contribute to our country’s development.

Finally, i would to say at here is just take a 90 minutes to watch our national’s movie and you will found out that Hollywood’s movie is nothing.

June 8th, 2006 at 1:28 pm