Lagenda Budak Setan
I went to watch Lagenda Budak Setan with my housemate Kak Ina few weeks ago. Actually, I seldom watch Malay movie in cinema, but this is Lagenda Budak Setan, so I thought "why not?" We went straight away after work, extremely hungry but we didn't have much time to eat before the show. So we just grabbed some sushi at Jusco and sneak-in them into the hall *Shhh..*. Anyway, we noticed that most of the people in there were group of guys and there's just a few lovey-dovey couple. Well I guess most of them are the fan of the book who read it in their teenage years, especially the 90's generation. (I love guys who really read. Most guys nowadays just don't. How sad...)
Deep inside I had high hope for this movie. The reason? Yeah, because I'm a huge fan of Ahadiat Akashah. Me and my big bro love his novels very much. Sadly most of the novels were already gone. Some people just don't feel guilty of not returning others' property. At first sight, looks like it gonna be a good movie. But after a few scenes, I felt really, really disappointed. Let me get the record straight, I don't hate Malay movies. In fact, I love Afdlin Shauki's, Bernard Chauly's, Khabir Bhatia's and Allahyarhamah Yasmin Ahmad's works. But Lagenda Budak Setan? The script is extremely bad, it made us laughed (and annoyed too) all the time even when the scene was supposed to be serious or emotional. The acting? Lisa Surihani as Ayu is gorgeous, she melts the hearts of all my guy friends, but there's a lot to be improved on her acting (she's better though this time than in 'I'm Not Single'). That newcomer, Syikin Kamal was actually good than her (Sorry Lisa!), but this probably because Syikin got to act the much more emotional parts. Farid Kamil was okay but I did hope they featured more on Kashah's wild, naughty character (where's the 'budak setan'?!) while Raja Farah was awful to look at. I don't know, her acting just looked really 'fake' this time. Those tears were just tears without emotion. It surprised me because she was great in Manjalara.
Thankfully there's Que Haidar and Fazura who actually 'save' this movie. Que was phenomenal (Kak Ina said he's like the Malay version of the late Heath Ledger, and I agree), and Fazura, oh..she's amazing as always. Love her! She covered the bad script perfectly. I wish she had more screen time (I kept asking "where's Fazura, where's Fazura?" almost the entire movie *sigh*. But what's good with this movie are the cinematography and the soundtrack. Big round applause for the beautiful cinematography and good choice of songs. We stayed until the end credits nearly finished rolling just to figure out the songs *grins*. Well people, these is just from my point of view. Go buy the DVD later if you haven't watch it. Some people love this movie. Maybe you'll too. Support our local film industry! (^-^)
2.5 Stars for Lagenda Budak Setan
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