when others did what we should do: a review on "Pensil"

i'm a movie buff, but a really choosy one... i choose to watch movies that are worth it to be watch, and deserves to help me in spending 90minutes (or more) of my quality time... drama is my favorite genre as compared to action or comedy, since drama has lots more to offer rather that showing people kicking each other's butts or spoofing other movies... the best movies are the ones that can make me cry, or perhaps tickle my tear gland... i am sam, a beautiful mind, and 7 years in tibet are a few movies that never failed to do so, no matter how many times i've watched them... i'm also into spike lee's and m. night shyamalan's, their work have never failed to impress... as for actors, i go for "actor-actors" such as edward norton, johnny depp, sean penn, brad pitt, denzel washington and samuel l. jackson...

i do also watch local movies... but not the ones that are produced by either usop aslam or prof makdia abd razak mydin-wholesale-store... the 1 and only local movie that made me cry before was KAMI, with allahyarham Sudirman as its main actor... (not the new 1 that features 3 hot chick with 2 dude + indie songs^_-)... it was the best local movie ever in term of its essence... nowadays, malaysia's producers are more likely to make movies that resolves around 2 (or more) lovers, mat rempit, illegal racing, mat drift or whatever morale problem that we have here in our country... these so-called movies were said made to educate the public, but ended up being imitated by kids who watch them in order to look cool or get hot chick... wtf...

but then came along m.subash...

^m. who? m. nasir and m. rajoli kenal lah, tp m. subash? hero tamil ke?

that was my first reaction when i read his name on the poster... i didn't have the guts to watch the movie "Pensil" when they played it in the cinema before... afraid that i might waste rm10 to fall asleep... but i was totally wrong... thx to fathimz who downloaded the movie, i've finally get to know who m. subash is... he is both a great actor and good director in the same time... i mean, he acted like he was really born like that... i was touched that an indian guy can make a movie that emphasise on Allah's greatness, while malay-muslim directors and produces opt for romance and bullshit... while other directors wasted months to make a movie, this great guy only need 6 days to do so... the whole 1 hour and 49 minutes of the movie kept me thinking on how fortunate i am to be born as a naked healthy infant... able to walk, talk and live normally to this day...

thanks m. subash... looking forward for your next masterpiece... and the next time you make one, i'll make sure i watch it in the cinema, not by downloading it or get pirated dvd, wokey macha? ;p