Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

First and foremost, I'm a typical Malay with a stereotypic view of Malay movies. There's something in my mind that says, Malay movie sucks.

Boy, how I was wrong

Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa is another Hikayat (story or legend) that is as famous as the fabled Hikayat Hang Tuah.

It is about how the first king of Langkasuka became king. He was a sailor once, and a great warrior, that the Roman prince seek help from him in his voyage to marry the Chinese princess.

I'll write about the downfall of this movie first. In my opinion, I believe that this movie lacks dimension whenever there's a talking scene.

It's hard to comprehend what they talk about, plus the scene gets boring real quick. Probably because of poor script writing, or perhaps lack of skills in the actor's acting.
 I don't know, but there are times when I wish they will just stop talking and kill someone; like when I was watching Twilight.

I'm not saying EVERY talking scene is boring though. Some are fun, like the part where the prince met the princess  : )

Also, there are some bad scenes where I think they shouldn't have put in this movie. The scene before the final war, where they were on the boat, getting ready to fight the pirates; where my mouth was gaping like a fish and I was thinking like 'WTF is this man?!'

but, there's only one scene of this, and I pardon the director. 

THAT scene, that small down pit is actually the starting to something bigger. The final battle is super good, and I definitely like the battle between Merong and the sex addict bad guy.

The fighting felt powerful, and the effect is great.

Congrets goes to the choreographer for such wonderful finghts.

Also, I believe that the fighting scenes is the biggest strength in this movie. 

Trust me, they kind of covers all the bads of this movie.

Clap clap.

Oh, the costumes was also superb. I wonder if I can go to classes half naked like that?

Also, the effect isn't that bad. Some poor editing here and there, but otherwise, you might not think this is KRU's first epic movie. The moral value was also transferred efficiently, and in a very interesting way.

I also half-debated with myself during this video.

'Is this better than Afdlin's movies?'

And truth be told, I still don't have the answer to this question.

I think I missed some stuffs that I wanted to say. To sum it all up, I just wanna say,

If you think this movie will be boring, then change your opinion, because its not.

If you think it will be good, change your opinion as well, because it is superb.

And that is why, ladies and gentlemen, I give this movie 7 stars, and pronounce it as the best Malay movie that I had ever watched (or one of Afdlin's movie; I still can't decide. maybe I'll watch one soon so I can decide)

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