1. Glenn Close - The Wife
2. Keira Knightly - Colette
3. Nicole Kidman - Boy Erased
4. Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me
5. Toni Colette - Hereditary
start jek tayang kt malaysia, dah kena lobi michelle yeoh utk oscar.
skrg ni hanya bbrp pundit jek letak nama dia sbg contender
terutamanya dlm goldderby dan award circuit
Aku baru sempat menonton filem Crazy Rich Asians dan banyak benda menarik dipaparkan dalam filem ini.
So, aku share sikit beberapa benda menarik yang dipaparkan dalam filem ini.
1. Henry Golding membanggakan Malaysia di samping seorang lagi living legend Malaysia, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh. Dua-dua punya lakonan tak kurang hebat cuma Henry masih boleh diperbaiki lagi. Henry siap order sate, "Sate 20. 10 ayam, 10 daging,".
2. Babak pertama, kita disogok dengan sifat racist Mat Saleh terhadap Asian. Namun, berjaya dipatahkan dengan jelingan Aunty Eleanor Young lakonan Michelle Yeoh.
3. Tahap kekayaan keluarga Young adalah sekaya-kaya makhluk. Kiranya, Temasek mereka punya. Dia punya kaya sampai satu pulau kenal nama family dia.
4. Bukan hanya keluarga Young, tapi kawan-kawan dia pun kaya nak mampus. Paling jelas waktu mereka mengadakan parti bachelor. Over the top!
5. Lokasi yang dijadikan latar belakang pun vass ye. Selain Singapore, penggambaran dijalankan di Langkawi, KL dan Penang.
6. Rumah keluarga Young sebenarnya adalah dua buah mansions di Carcosa Seri Negara, KL. Tapi, dalam filem tu, nampak gah ya amat. Siap laluan masuk berlingkar-lingkar di dalam hutan. Shot dari atas guna drone tu memang memukau betul.
7. Scene kononnya di West Village, Manhattan tu pun sebenarnya di KL dan Penang saja. Haha. Tapi, tak kantoi langsung. Aku pun mati-mati percaya itu di negara orang putih. Scene Astrid, sepupu Nick beli barang kemas tu pun sebenarnya di St Regis, KL.
8. Bachelor party kononnya dalam kapal kontena di tengah-tengah laut, sebenarnya di parking lot area KL dan bachelorrette party, sebenarnya di Four Seasons, Langkawi.
9. Scene pertarungan mahjong sambil mencarut antara Rachel dengan bakal mak mentua dia pun sebenarnya di Penang, manakala scene pujuk memujuk dalam flight antara Nick dan Rachel, di KLIA.
10. Pierre Png bertambah hot berbanding karakter dia sebagai Phua Chu Beng dalam siri popular Phua Chu Kang. Selain Pierre, Tan Kheng Hua yang jadi bini dia dalam PCK pun ada, tapi berganti lebih tua sebab jadi mak kepada Rachel.
11. Majlis perkahwinan dalam gereja sangat vass ye! Tetamu dalam church macam duduk dalam sawah padi. Pengantin lalu ke aisle, lantai berair ye. Kau mampu air mengalir masuk ke tengah-tengah church dengan dekorasi mewah! Kau kena tengok scene ni sebab sangat epik! Wajib!
12. Banyak babak yang menunjukkan sikap Asian yang suka membawang. Gosip menular dengan sangat pantas sepantas kentut! Hahahaha. Lagi satu, walaupun bukan saudara, kita tetap panggil aunty dan uncle walaupun tak kenal.
13. Aku suka lakonan Gemma Chan sebagai Astrid, sepupu kepada Nick. Dahlah cantik, kaya raya pula. Laki elok, anak comel. Sangat classy dengan accent dia. Lakonan Awkwafina sebagai Peik Lin pun vass! Sangat ala-ala black girl tapi versi Asia.
14. Ada karakter salah seorang aunty tu, macam Siti Kasim! Hahahaha. Kau kena tengok.
15. Dalam kata lain, Crazy Rich Asian coraknya filem Hollywood, tapi penampilannya versi Asia. So nice.
16. Secara tak langsung, buka mata Mat Saleh yang memandang rendah Asian yang sebenarnya kaya, tak semestinya dari segi wang ringgit, tapi budaya, makanan dan tempat menarik.
17. Akan ada sekuel dan khabarnya, penggambaran sudah dimulakan. Aku tak pasti sama ada ini benar atau khabar angin. Yang pasti, akan ada sambungan.
So, kepada Asians sekalian. Pergilah menonton filem adaptasi daripada novel ini sebab tak akan rugi. Banyak scene yang akan buat kau keluarkan perkataan, “Woahhhh!”, “Omg!”, “Oh, shit,” dan macam-macam lagi.
Ia bukanlah filem yang akan buatkan kau kena berfikir sejenak ku termenung, awan pun mulai murung, tiada siulan-siulan burung-burung, tapi straight forward.
Untuk Crazy Rich Asians, aku bagi 4.5/5. Tapi, minat orang kan subjektif. Aku rasa okay, mungkin ada orang lain rasa tak okay. Begitulah kehidupan. Hempas datang lagi. Hempas datang lagi. Hempas datang lagi. Cantik!
Nota kaki: Kalau ada yang lebih menjurus ke arah filem peperangan, tembak menembak, pergaduhan, kejar mengejar, penggunaan senjata api, gangsterisme dan sebagainya, ini bukan filem yang sesuai. #crazyrichasians#movie#moviereview#asian
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review utk lakonan acik michelle yeoh.
bakal disenarai utk anugerah pengkritik tahun ni
Joe Morgenstern, writing for The Wall Street Journal, found the film to be "Bright, buoyant, and hilarious," making special note of the large number of quality performances from the cast members stating: "...And anyone with a sense of movie history will be moved by the marvelous Ms. Yeoh, who was so memorable as the love-starved fighter in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and by 91-year-old Lisa Lu, who plays Nick’s grandmother and the matriarch of his family. Anyone, in this case, means anyone. Crazy Rich Asians includes us all"
Justin Chang in a review for the L.A. Times found the film worthy of comparison to other notable films using an Asian ensemble cast including Memoirs of a Geisha, Letters from Iwo Jima, and The Joy Luck Club. Chang found the supporting cast performance of Michelle Yeoh to be exceptional stating: "...you can't help but hang on Eleanor's (Michelle Yeoh's) every word. In a crisp, authoritative, sometimes startlingly vulnerable performance that never lapses into dragon-lady stereotype, Yeoh brilliantly articulates the unique relationship between Asian parents and their children, the intricate chain of love, guilt, devotion and sacrifice that binds them for eternity"
Audiences went coo-coo for “Crazy Rich Asians,” the first Hollywood-produced film with an all-Asian main cast (plus a director, Jon M. Chu) since 1993’s “The Joy Luck Club.” The weekend’s No 1 film grossed $34 million in five days and has already made back its budget. Like its predecessor, it is based on a best-seller. It also is a rare romantic-comedy released by a major studio so far this year. Given the love it is getting from critics, it looks as it is not so crazy to think it could be a shoo-in contender in the Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category at the Golden Globes.
However, I am most curious about whether Oscar, which can be rather comedy averse, will warm to it. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” a surprise 2003 blockbuster that also found humor in its central family’s ethnic quirks, could only manage a nomination for Nia Vardalos’ original screenplay. As for “Crazy Rich Asians,” its only surefire nod is costume design for all those crazy gorgeous gowns and perhaps the newly conceived Best Popular Movie.
But if I could make a wish, I would ask the awards gods to consider Michelle Yeoh for supporting actress as the insanely wealthy and influential matriarch who does everything in her power to prevent her drop-dead handsome son and heir to the family fortune from marrying his unpolished Asian-American girlfriend.
It’s true that rapper Awkwafina delivers her retorts with firecracker panache while benefitting from being in another summertime gals’-night-out hit, “Ocean’s 8.” Yeoh, however, gets to deliver a sly slow-boil dramatic performance amid all the sumptuous fairy-tale trappings and funny family business. Perhaps her best moment comes when her son’s intended challenges her to a mahjong showdown that is akin to a poker game-induced shoot-out in a Western. As a martial artist who has kicked butt alongside Jackie Chan in “Super Cop,” Chow Yun-Fat in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger” and Pierce Brosnan’s 007 in “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Yeoh is one lethal competitor. Which only heightens the stakes and makes the scene the most pivotal and surprising in the film.
How good are her chances to slip into the supporting actress category, especially in such an enjoyable confection? Better than it might seem, since mothers have tended to fare well this decade, especially if they can make us laugh a little and cry a little. In the 2017 race, Allison Janney’s scathingly funny take as skater Tonya Harding’s abusive mama snagged a trophy for “I, Tonya.” Meanwhile, Laurie Metcalf’s micro-managing mom in “Lady Bird,” was her main competition.
Patricia Arquette claimed a prize in 2014 for her matriarchal survivor in “Boyhood,” while Laura Dern shone in “Wild.” Jacki Weaver made the cut as the mother of a kooky clan in 2012’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” June Squibb was a stitch in 2013’s “Nebraska.” And Melissa Leo KO’d the competition as she lorded over her brood of nine in 2010’s “The Fighter.” It seems to me that the Academy has been crazy for smothering mothers for a while.
But what truly would be worth celebrating if Yeoh gets recognized? The fact that only one Asian actress has ever won an Oscar in the supporting category – Japan’s Myoshi Umeki in 1957’s “Sayonara” – and three others have been nominees — Meg Tilly in 1985’s “Agnes of God” and her sister, Jennifer, in 1994’s“Bullets Over Broadway” (their father is Chinese) and Japan’s Rinko Kikuchi in 2006’s “Babel.” It would be terrific if Yeoh is allowed to join this sisterhood — and possibly even win.
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