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Sam gang 2 (2004)
KungFu_tse, here's my reply
I've seen the 90 minutes version of "Dumpling", it's much better. And I think it will tell you more than what you saw on screen. I never think it ended too abruptly. The director had already passed on the message he wants to tell. And PLEASE, NEVER suggest a Hollywood remake! Hollywood only rapes Asian horror flicks with screwed-up remakes!! Look at The Ring, look at The Grudge and Dark Water. My goodness!! There are always some flaws in movies, Hollywood ain't perfect! They made so many stupid movies every year. So do you suggest Asia to remake all of them? What I would say is, Asians have more heart in making movies, rather than Hollywood. Even a lot of European movies are much better!
Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004)
Not bad, but can be better
I can be considered involved in the production of this movie. If you listen closely to the music of the movie, you will find the strings sound are real, not some cheap MIDI sound like most movies from Malaysia are using. I'm one of the violinists in there. Anyway, I am right now studying in New York, I recorded the original score right before I came here. I long to watch this movie since I walked out from the studio. So I asked my mom to send me the VCD of this movie. After finally watching this movie, I was quite happy about the seriousness of the production in a Malaysian film. However, I have never liked to watch Malaysian movies (dominated by Malay language films), because of its slow and meaningless pace. It is sad to say that this hasn't changed a bit in PGL, which I think is the greatest pity. (Even though this movie is directed by a Chinese!!) The movie could be shortened to 2 hours --- if not one and a half --- if the hyper-slow parts were being changed into a somewhat reasonable pace. But overall, I would like to say that I'm happy to see Malaysians try to make this movie a jump start (if it is) for the oh-so-rotten Malay movie scene. Like the another review, I feel the same that some elements like action (I don't like to use the word violence) could be enhanced, it could be better. Those elements are hanging in the middle of nowhere in this film. In fact, I think this issue might be caused by the strict censorship system (if there is a "system") in Malaysia. If we Malaysians want to push the film industry further to the world, PLEASE, the censorship board should reconsider the poor censorship system average that flows from time to time and, PLEASE, give filmmakers a bigger space in creativity. More budget and more money doesn't promise better movies!! Artistic quality is the most most crucial element in making a great movie!!