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Wednesday, September 07, 2005
  Le Parkour & YA-MA-KA-SI !!
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes (2001)

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In a nutshell : They don't believe in the law of gravity and they don't care about the law. Paris' youth idolize them. The police hate them. They are the Yamakasis, modern samurais, warriors in the war against the ghetto's dark and sad reality. With acrobatic skillfulness and adrenaline pumping belief in their own immortality, they throw themselves out from incredible heights, and jump from roof to roof. Locked doors and "No Trespassing"-signs are irresistible challenges. Sky-high buildings are only made for one thing, climbing. But one day, one of their young fans try to imitate a stunt and he falls down. Now there's only one thing that can save his live, an unbelievably expensive operation, an operation the Muslim family to the boy under no circumstances can afford. This is when the wealthy upper-class in Paris will experience, that advanced security systems isn't enough to keep out the Yamakasis ! (Thanks imdb.com !)

Mama’s dua sen : Ha ! A refreshing change from the usual Jackie Chan/ Jet Li action flick. Gang Yamakasi tediri drp mereka yg benar2 berbakat dalam bidang parkour (an extreme sport; a discipline more comparable to martial arts; to others an art form akin to dance, a way to encapsulate human movement in its most beautiful form. Parkour also inspires freedom; being free in an urban environment designed to trap, not restricted by railings, staircases, even buildings (from Wikipedia) --mereka bukan pelakon professional, dan dengan sentuhan Luc Besson, filem pertama Yamakasi ini mejadi amat menarik utk ditonton berulang kali. My favourite Yamakasi would be Le Arraignee (aka The Spider) dan Baseball. Lain2 gang mereka ialah Sitting Bull, Rocket, Tango, Zicmu dan Ballet. Wow, these guys are Nike’s ad dream come true. Seven guys dari berbilang bangsa, bersatu di atas minat yang sama. Cool gila.

Satu jek aku tak setuju, iaitu keputusan mereka utk merompak dari golongan kaya (juga board of director sebuah hospital), demi menyelamatkan Djamel, kanak2 yg critically injured tu. Yeah, juga babak dimana mereka menyelamatkan Fatima (emaknya si Djamel), yg ingin membunuh diri kerana takut anaknya tidak dapat diselamatkan. Aksi yg hebat, ia disulami dengan laungan azan. Haunting scene, that one.

Oh yes, filem ni juga memperkenalkan aku kepada Gustav Klimt, yg mana lukisan beliau ‘Mother and Child’ menjadi profile blog aku sekarang.

Mama bagi : *** ½ / *****. 5 * for actions alone.


Les Fils du vent a.k.a The Great Challenge (2004)

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In a nutshell : French youngsters who are into extreme sports go to Bangkok and get in trouble with the local triad mafia, just because the training ground they use happen to be on their turf. Without really having anything to do with it they get into the gang warfare. And without choosing any sides they try to fight a way out. (To cheh, imdb.com !)

Mama’s dua sen : Haha, aku terjumpa filem kedua geng Yamakasi ni last week, dan terus beli ! Well, just a regular action movie, para pelakonnya terdiri dr geng2 original Yamakasi. Cuma dlm filem ni, mereka memegang watak yg berbeza, dan dgn tujuan yg berbeza (jln cerita, of course la berbeza!). Kehadiran seorang awek eksotik (Elodie Yung) memeriahkan lagi filem ni. Jalan ceritanya ? Mcm filem2 aksi tipikal, cuma mungkin sbb aku minat ngan geng Yamakasi ni, jadi menarik pulak…The story isn't very spectacular, y’know, the usual good vs evil stuffs, the good guys kalah dulu, pastuh menang, then the sexy babe hooked up with one of the guys, etc, but the fighting and acrobatics are awesome ! Reminded me very much like Ong Bak’s Tony Jaa. In fact, lebih menarik kalau Boonting himself dijemput berlakon dalam filem ni, mesti best gila !

Mama bagi : *** / *****. Loved the scaffolding fight scene !!

Banlieue 13 (2004)

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In a nutshell : The story takes place in 2010, in a slum called "Banlieue 13" where the inhabitants live by the sword, after the official police left the place. There's one guy who thinks he can change the world, but his power isn't enough and then he gets reinforcement in the form of another great fighter for peace. (Terima kasih imdb !)

Image hosted by Photobucket.com David Belle - ain't no building tall enuff !

Mama said : Satu lagi filem aksi Parkour dgn sentuhan Luc Besson, arahan Pierre Morel. It’s action from start to finish ! Filem ni juga memperkenalkan aku kepada Parkour extraordinaire - David Belle dan Cyril Raffaelli, which were awesome in the fight and flight scenes. Seperti biasa, mereka bukan professional, dan dgn subtitle yg mcm sial (aku terpaksa agak2 apa diorg ckp, the movie’s in French), lakonan mereka mmg agak kayu. But then, who cares ! I just watched this flick for all the hard-core action !

My fave scenes : The fight scene between Leito and Damien. Kewl ! And yeah, any scene yg ada adik Leito tu. She could pass for the next Syarifah Aleya ! And yeah, speaking of which, in the movie, she’s been captured and put on a leash for 6 months, (trademark Luc Besson ? Also seen in Danny The Dog a.k.a Unleashed) tapi karakternya tak traumatized pun ? Helluva girl dat one !

Mama bagi : *** ½ / *****. Sigh, I wished I was 6 kg lighter dan muka setebal 5 inci… boleh aku practice parkour kat kawasan Bukit Bintang nih….

For more info :

http://www.parkour.com/history.htm

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The first film tu nampak best sangat. Pandai ko cari filem ya Zack. BTW, kalau tengok kat VCD ok ker? Kekadang VCD kat Malaysia ni cipan juga kualitinya. Tu sebab kalau boleh, mana filem-filem yang bagus (berdasarkan ulasan ko dan Fadz) saya nak cari DVD dia kat UK. Beli siap-siap. Kalau DVD memang kualiti pixel dan audio sangat bagus. Saya ni cerewet sikit, kalau nampak 'semut' kat skrin walaupun hanya seketul... it will instantly put me off!

Yang dua lagi filem tu pure action ka Zack? Another genre yang saya sangat tak lalu nak tengok (tapi kalau kungfu tradisional, saya suka pula - macam filem Crouching Tiger tu.. he he he). Tapi kalau ala-ala Stephen Seagal, Arnold, Stallone et. al. - even if you threat to kill me, I will never watch these films! Filem ko yang dua ketul tu ada menyerupai filem-filem depa tu ka?

Yang saya kata filem lawak badut tu.. apa lagi kalau bukan Jim Carrey et. al. Yang jenis-jenis gitu! (tapi kalau filem badut ni, bila ada geng.. saya layan juga. Kiranya tahap anti tu tak adalah mencanak-canak sangat.. macam daya antiku pada filem fantasi, sci-fi dan 'pure hard-core' action!
 
Wahhh yamakasi dah kuar pilem! Bagus nanti wa cari!

Rem, arnold, stallone wa bole tahan lagi... tapi tidak steven seagal!!! Kontrol macho tahap cipan entah apa apa hahaha
 
Rem : Filem Yamakasi yg pertama tu, aku beli VCD, and the following two are in DVD formats. Yelah, since aku beli DVD player, aku sgt mementingkan mutu gambar/ kualiti filem tu. Hari tu, aku terbeli DVD, konon2nya, Bad Santa dan Layer Cake, hampeh, cinema copy ! Langsung aku tak tgk sampai hari nih. And aku dah stop beli VCD, except for filem2 Melayu dan wrestling la. Sekarang aku tgh completekan collection DVD for my son oso, semua Pixar Animations, animes under Studio Ghibli dan filem2 dalam list 50 Films You Should Watch Before the age 14. Quite difficult jugak nak cari some of the titles like, The Bicycle Thief, Kes, dan a few filem2 lama.

Yg menariknya filem2 Yamakasi/ Parkour ni, Rem, semua stunt-nya dilakukan oleh pelakon2nya sendiri, which is, not a household name in the acting world. Diorg mmg parkour experts, no string, no wires, just pure adrenaline ! Mcm filem Ong Bak. Pergh, aku kagum betul opening scene-nya (scene jatuh pokok tu, real gila !!!)

Fyi, filem2 aksi yg aku tak layan – yg ada Stallone (except Spy Kids), Seagal, Van Damme (demn you !), Dolph Lundgren, dan sekutu2nya. Aku lebih rela tonton Aku No. 1 berulang kali (which is a really good farce kalau boring2).

Spiral : Dah lama dah…. Btw, The Devils’ Reject dah ada kat sini, oso Land of the Dead, tapi gambar belum clear la. As for TDR, aku harap ia lebih ’horror’ dr House of 1000 Corpses!! Haha, ingat tak Mermaid-man? Shudder…Sid Haig rules !!!
 
Hi zach. Finallyyyyyyyy I'm here.

So you're a mama! heh heh. Alamak.. ko advance dari aku ler Zach dlm bab filem ni.. kena nuntut dgn ko ni... Tapi aku tengok vcd pun layan ajer... asal anak aku suka nengok.. ok ler tu.

Tapi aku personally cam aku tulis kat blog aku aku admire sepet dan movie seangkatan dgnnya. Dan definitely tak minat senario (w/pun anak aku suka) tapi minat aziz m osman kreativiti.. and and and apek of course .. new age Mat sentul hahahaha.

Prof Razak.. get him out of the business!!!

Tapi admit ler juga. aku tak nonton wayang. yg duk tengok ni budak muda.. so derang lah yg suka film prof razak ni.. so in a way.. prof tu betuller jana industri movie negara.

Kita jerlah yg sakit hati bangang nengok film dia. lantaklah.

lapar ler pulak.. aku mengular ler kejap nak minum... tahu boss aku masssssakkkk beb...

sat aa. Lain kali kut.
 
ok mama cool, do tell me, wer u get this films!!!
 
Welcome, En Bukan Sepet !

Well, aku minat senario, tapi masa diorg masih ngan original members -Azlee, Apek, Wahid, Yassin & Lan Petpet. Actually, masa ngan Ilya & Hamdan pun diorg masih kelakar lagi. Cuma bebaru ni jek, aku rasa senario dah semcm hilang taring la. Quite disappointed ngan Senario XX, memandangkan filem2 Senario terdahulu (1st & 2nd film) adalah some of my favourite contemporary Malay comedies.

Prof Razak ? Hmm..filem2 beliau menaikkan kolesterol level aku jek…

Fadz, the first Yamakasi movie aku beli dr aku punya supplier kat ofis lama. In fact, si Ajib ni banyak kenalkan aku kat VCD2 filem melayu yg aku tak pernah dgr pun (kau dah tgk filem horror Melayu ala2 Nang Nak – Misteri Jeram Lesung ?) The other 2 movies are available at any good Ah Longs kat Sg Wang Plaza.
 
Ooo... baru aku tahu nama aktiviti ni, parkour! Kat malaysia takde ke parkour ni haa? thanks 4 the reviu zack, nanti boleh cari dvd tu.
 
U'r welcome, Mensh.

Kat Malaysia, susah skit la, takut kena cekup ngan pihak berkuasa. Dalam filem pertama tu, polis mmg nak tangkap bebudak Yamakasi tu, sbb org anggap mcm nuisance (ko bayangkan jelah, panjat apartmen org kul 5 pagi, just for fun !

Lagipun kan ke Malaysians ni Idle lot. Diorang lebih suka menyamar kulat a.k.a melepak drp aktiviti2 riadah mcm le parkour ni...
 
mistri jeram lesung? woi, mana adil ni woi..! cane ni, aku dah la takde pengedar dadah macam kau...woi! dah la kena cari Intolerence, Rocky Horror Picture Show dan God & Monster menjelajah benua UK, ini kan pula misteri jeram lesung...aghhh!!!
 
ok ok.. heh heh jgn mare ler zach.. saya budak baru belajar kalau salah tolong edit kan.

aku balas kat blog ler ni...

Senario - eh eh.. samer ler kita.. masa hamdan ngan illya ada giler punya gelak aku... ko tengok tak alien dlm cerita senario xx? maaakkk aiii ... bodohnya... aku respect bg aziz m osman. tapi bab cam tu .. ko bagi ler kat KRU ker buat... sebab aku tengok KRU ni kalau dlm video clip diaorang buat cantik aja aku tengok...

- tengok video clip adam - tak tahu... real tu cam dlm space ship...

Golden triangle eh... dulu aku kat ampang. pergh... syukur ler aku kat sini sekarang. pusat bandar jem giler... Tapi nak wat camner ek... rezeki kan.
 
Maksud aku, kat blog KAU la. Jgn marah, nanti kena jual...

Alien Senario XX? Alahai, kau tgk la budget dia berapa, takkan la nak bandingkan ngan alien2 filem barat, yg budgetnya mencanak2 tinggi. btw, Aku suka KRU buat rancangan ALONG Bijak kat TV1. Wayyy better dr the previous one dan sangat informative, even utk org2 tua mcm kita. A-L-O-N-G, ALONG !

KRU bros. is one of my personal favorite M'sian act, even drp diorg start their music career in the early 90's. And hell yeah, diorg so sweet, membalas fan letter aku dgn personally autographed photo, windbreakers and all !

Traffic jem takde masalah la, aku naik monorel & LRT.
 
Fadz, kau dah try cari kat Sg Wang ke? Rasanya mcm terperasan pulak hari tu, God & Monsters.

Haha, pengedar DADAH? Yup, movies and films are my drug, opiate for the masses. Side effects may include migraine and high blood pressure !
 
Ada... ada... aku ada jumpa G&M kat Sg. Wang aritu. Ya, ya, ada kat Sg. Wang. Aku suka Yamakasi ngan Banlieue 13 tapi aku takleh tahan The Great Challange; bored me to tears. Aku pun tak tau apasal. Apa2pun, guilty pleasure sepanjang zaman aku adalah filem2 lakonan Schwarzenegger. Dididik dari kecik kot? Shite!

(Dari Commando, Schwarzenegger pegang watak Matrix)

Cooke: You scared motherfucker? Well you should be because this green beret is going to kick your big ass.
Matrix: I eat green berets for breakfast. And right now I'm very hungry.

Man, a guy can't get any rule-r than that.
 
NM, it was Schwarzenegger that thot me 'mother-f****r' from da movie Predator. My all time fave Scwarzenegger action flick. Yup, he's not in my hate-list. Shite oso.

(From Happy Gilmore,one of my fave Adam Sandler flick)

Shooter McGavin : I eat pieces of shits like you for breakfast.
Happy : You eat pieces of shit for breakfast ?
 
Zack : 2sen on the Graduate, please. Ada ke jual kat Sungai Wang?
 
En Ayah, I haven't seen the REAL Mrs. Robinson yet (the closest being Stifler's Mom from American Pie Trilogy), but I think if you peruse thru the DVD 9 files (slightly more expensive than DVD 5 yg selalu saya beli) maybe ada kot. Saya pun dah lama cari citer tu.
 
ZACK...ye le..CONFIRM..baru nak belajo2 ler..tu gambor anak masa kecik..sori le tukar topik kat post yg nie..hehehe..
 
i must be from another era..apsal satu pun movies nih i tak tau ??!!!!
 
Nakia, slamat dtg ! Rerajin le ke sini. Nanti saya buatkan kopi !

minah blur,agaknya sbb nama awak tak ? heheh.. gurau jek...
 
Zack, i've seen the movie. Cemanalah dia pi buat Fatima tu nak commit suicide. Tension aku. But overall its somthing that ive never seen b4. To me its a modern day robin hood and must agree with u abt the "refreshing change" thingy.

Hey the other day i read about an article on Frances Bean Cobain. She's a teenager now. Wow. And shes not a punk rocker like her mother / late father. Suprisingly shes kinda lindsay lohan/hillary duff kinda a type. Tot u might be intrested. She looks more like kurt but happier. Wish u cud hv a story on this on yr later articles. TQ

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Wah lau eh, ada request la pulak…
Phew, aku dah tgk muka dia. Cute. Iras2 muka mak n bapak dia masa tgh sober la.
Ala.. nanti la Faiz, tunggu aku dpt filem Last Days (filem Gus Van Sant, loosely based on the life of Kurt Cobain) nanti, aku tulis la…

On the suicide attempt scene, aku rasa Tuan Direktor nak tunjukkan yg every human being ada their own threshold. Some can break down easily compared to others, and Muslims pun human beings jugak. Sapa kata takde org Islam bunuh diri? Nauzubillah…

Btw, aku baru beli filem Crash, ada ex-girlfren kau – Ms Sandy Bullock, dan ex-bf aku – Ryan Philippe.

Lupa lak, camne penerimaan Nashua & Adam terhadap the Sound of Music ?
 
Sound of Music.... They love'em. I never felt so happy playing a dvd. Well all this while i was watching dvd all by myself, with nina or with my siblings. Never was with the kids.

But this time it was different. All the fam was in front of the telly singing and enjoying ourselves. Macam tengok concert AF plak. Actually we skipped the storyline and watched the songs only..

Nashua was singing the do re mi song already as we used to sing along in the car. But listening to the original song for the 1st time she was like "papa, ni lagu nashua kan.. lagu doe a deer" We sang and sang to the umpteenth time that night. Adam was equally ectastic clapping his hands as we sing along.

Maid aku kata siang pun dia mintak pasang. Sampai maid aku pun dah boleh nyanyi "doe a deer". Thanks Zack... i owe u a lot!
 
No worries, dude. Happy to hear that !

Wow, maid kau dah jadi maid yg paling cultured kat Shah Alam wo !
 
A fresh action movie. If you love those jumping tricks by Jackie Chan, then you will surely love the movie....

The stunt is superb... most important.. it's their own act... not some stand-in like those Hollywood movie....

My rating : 4 Stars (out of 5)
 
Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's very informative. I love to read it and do hope to read your next story.
 
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