Chermin

This entry should follow the Red Kebaya entry. Anyway..nvr mind.

This time, I would like to comment on CHERMIN which was presented to us on the second day of the Australian-Malaysian Film Festival.

Chermin is a thriller movie which has Malay culture background. I wont talk about the actors, but I want to express my dissatisfactions over the storyline. It started well for the first few minutes but then it went boring for the rest of the story. I have to say that eventhough the movie shows the reality of the Malay culture about gossipping, it was done in a terrible way.

How many have we seen nowadays that the Malay wives gossipping at night on the staircase while waiting for the husbands to come home from the mosque ?

How many villages now that still have the jungle path in between houses ? Not many does not represent majority.

A scene portrayed a slaughtered cock in front of the house, okay..it may represent evil doing, but, what was that representing ?

A very stupid reason was given when Hussain wanted to marry another one. Hussain said he didnt like the first one, because she didnt bear any child for him. Hello....she didnt have child because Hussain didnt sleep with him, reflecting his noncompliance in responsibility as a husband!! I was so furious in this part because it tried to smirk the Islamic polygamy rule. Indirectly it said "A man can marry more than 1 if he doesnt like the first one without any valid reason". Stupid !!

The possessed Nasrin only prayed AFTER she has been medicated by the Imam. Now wonder she is being possessed !! She didnt try to pray during the time when she knew that the evil is trying to possess him.

Ya Allah, there are lots of mistakes and stupidity in this film. In short, I was embarrassed and I didnt know why Tourism Malaysia has chosen this film to represent Malaysia. They should show Pontianak Harun Sundal Malam instead.