Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula

Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula (Gang/Friends: The Adventure Begins) is Malaysia's 1st locally made full length 3D animation by Les’ Copaque Production Sdn Bhd of Upin & Ipin fame.

It was about 2 friends, city slicker Badrol and Lim visiting the former's hometown- Kampung Durian Runtuh. They met new friends, though reluctantly, the village kids- mischievous twins Upin and Ipin, animal talking Rajoo, and hot-tempered beauty Ros. And also a mysterious critter. Together, they got involved in the recent mising durian mystery and had the biggest adventure of their lifetime. Unless of course, they come back in a bigger sequal *LOL*

For a debut local 3D animation movie, Les’ Copaque' sure have no qualms throwing everthing but the kitchen sink. We have stereotype characters, udder jokes, car chases (of sorts), Disney-like song dance sequence (more Bollywood, me thinks), big fireball explosion, teary moments and monsters fight ala King Kong, all packed into its 90 minutes time frame. While more is good, but it doesnt help if they compromised on the story which was rather straight forward and a bit far fetched. What I really like about the movie was the comedic elements which we Malaysian can truly related to. Not to mention the cute twins which got one of the best laughs out scenes in the movie.

Of course, it's hard not to compare it visually with the likes of Pixar and Dreamworks but hey, this is by the way, Malaysian's 1st and frankly, I think it was a really good start for them :) Saying that, there still a lot to improve in term of animation and some of the characters design especially the cuddly main one ;)

It a shame if most of us shun this feature just because of its "locally made" tag. Sure, Geng is in Bahasa Malaysia (with a nice post production English sub), but it is made by Malaysian for Malaysian and it can be pretty enjoyable for all of us. Do watch it and be proud :)

Post Chinese New Year Post

Chinese New Year has come and gone and today is the last day of my holiday. Even a few days ago I start to think about the work I left before the holiday... *Big sigh*

This year's Lunar New Year was indeed a lot better than last year's. With a stable job now, I have more reason to celebrate the festive season. Not to mention, my eldest cousin was finally able to come back to celebrate with us after many years aboard. Then again, with a better financial situation I did spent a lot more too XD Now, equipped with a good camera, I able snap some great pics, though not as much as i hope to be, for memory sake. You can view them here.

And yesterday I took the time, to go shopping at both KLCC and Times Square with Sakura chan though she arrive latter XD. I was planning to buy Liquid City vol. 1 a comic compilation of mostly SEA artists including Datuk Lat and Michael Chuah, but taken aback with its steep price o.O Never thought it was published by Image and so damn thick. Maybe next time *Sigh~*
Well, at least I able to brought Starcraft: Frontline vol.2 XD

After lunch, we head to Jelatek LRT station so that Sakura can drive us to Times Square since it's more convinient than taking the monorail. We only browse around the figurine and anime shops there and Sakura able to buy some stuffs ( Yatta, she got Kagami Hiiragi from the Gasaphon machine there). Too bad she have to go early since she a bit tired from the begining. Thanks Sakura chan~~ ^^
As for me, I continue to hang around till 8 pm (after a Sushi King dinner) and manage to buy a Figma Miku Hatsune of Vocaloid fame. ^^ Got back tired but worthwhile.

And my loot of the day.


Before I go, I wish a very late Happy Chinese "Niu"(Ox) Year to all XD