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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
  Ada Apa Dengan Saiz ?
Apa first impression yg korang selalu dapat bila aku sebut manusia kerdil ? Midgets? (Wei Zack, itu tak politically correct la!, terdgr suara2 sumbang peminat2 Tom ‘Aku tgh dilamun cinta’ Cruise). Hah, apa dia ? Pak Ibrahim Pendek? Mini Me? Watak iringan wrestlers WWE yg selalu menjadi bahan ketawa penonton ? Gimli ? Kakitangan Bank Gringot di alam Harry Potter ? Assistant Santa Claus di kutub utara ? Param? Hmmm.. stereotaip le korang ni..

Well, dua filem ni, memaparkan watak2 kerdil yg agak berlainan daripada biasa…

Tiptoes (2003)


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(Rolfe, hanya kau yg faham perasaanku...)

In a nutshell : Pelakon paling versatile pernah aku jumpa, Gary Oldman, memegang watak Rolfe, seorg kerdil, iaitu abang kepada Steven (Matthew McConaughey). Dalam adik beradik dan sanak saudaranya, cuma Steven sahaja yg bersaiz normal. So, bila aweks si Steven (lakonan Kate Beckinsale) termengandung, mereka jadi serba salah, sbb khuatir akan mendapat baby yg mewarisi gene kerdil tu. Lebih komplikated lagi, bila si awek tu terjatuh hati ngan Rolfe (yelah, bila ada problem ngan Steven yg paranoid gila tu, dia slalu mengadu kat Rolfe…)..

Mama’s 2 sen – Uih, aku tatau le diorang guna body double ke, CGI utk si Gary Oldman tu, but in this movie, he is very convincing as Rolfe (sepertimana juga watak2nya dalam Immortal Beloved, Batman Begins, True Romance, Leon, just to mention a few). He really gets into the character. Aku paling menyampah kat watak MM tu, gila irritating. Paranoid tak tentu pasal. I mean, if you were to be in his shoes, you gotta be freaked out too. Tapi, kesian la skit kat awek kau tu. Nasib baik tak meroyan…

MamaIkmal bagi : **/***

The Station Agent (2003)

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It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person.
Finbar McBride


In a nutshell - Mengisahkan tentang Finbar McBride, si kerdil ‘train chaser’ yg amat meminati keretapi (dilakonkan oleh Peter Dinklage yg bersuara macho). Apabila satu2nya rakan baiknya meninggal, dia berpindah ke satu kawasan terpencil di New Jersey, dengan niat untuk berseorangan. Namun niatnya tak kesampaian kerana muncul dua insan baru dalam hidupnya – Olivia, seorang pelukis yg masih belum melupakan kematian anaknya dan Joe, peniaga kopi segera dan hotdog berbangsa Cuba yg terlebih peramah…

Mama’s 2 sen – You guys sure have that certain movies that make you feel really good after watching it ? Well, for me, this is one of ‘em. Walaupun bukan dalam genre kegemaran aku, namun, aku suka bagaimana the story builds up, albeit a bit slow in the beginning. Bagaimana Joe cuba berbaik2 dgn Finbar, seperti cuba menyelami dunianya yg tersendiri. Walaupun tak sekerdil Finbar, namun aku rasa mcm ada satu connection dgn wataknya tu – aku juga kekadang suka menyendiri, fanatik ngan sesuatuh dan tak mudah menerima org lain yg tak dikenali. Aku juga suka gila babak mereka mengambil gambar keretapi tu… gives me some sorta feel-good chill !

MamaIkmal bagi : **** ½ / *****. Wonderful !

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Hi, selalu jugak baca blog Mamaikmal ni. Hari ni baru tergerak nak leave a comment. I love Station Agent too. Ingat tak selain Patricia Clarkson dgn lelaki Cuba yang over peramah tu, ada sorg lagi watak yang menyerbu dlm hidup Finbar - budak perempuan kulit hitam tu. Filem yang simple tapi ada jiwa yang kuat.
 
hahaha

aku rasa aku tahu mana zack dapat idea nak buat citer pasal orang-orang "cinonet" nie!.

hahaha.
 
Hey there mensh! Welcome!
Slalu juga encounter ur comments kat tontonfilem.

Yup. That girl, Cleo. Ingat tak the scene yg Cleo ajak Finbar ke sekolahnya utk sesi show n tell about trains? Hmm..bebanyak soalan, buleh bebudak tu tanya pasal tinggi dia...And another babe kat library tuh. Asking him about his sexual experience with 'normal' sized woman?


Ayob, apa maksud kau?
(sambil tgk2 kiri kanan, depan belakang mcm org paranoid..)
 
Ye, saya. Masuk sini pun melalui tontonfilem. lepas ni nak cari Tiptoes, nampak macam best jugak.
 
Yeah mensh. Aku rasa kehadiran Gary Oldman aje is enough reason to watch it.
 
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