Michael said that this is the one movie we got to see and find out ourselves. Our family went when it first started screening at 1 Borneo cinema and we even split into 3 groups just to watch it, get this, on the first row when the screen was too large to be covered by our eyes ! Yeah, we were determined to watch it !
The kids gave a thumbs up, Malcolm even wanted the DVD as his collection ! Bel loves the song Rasa Sayang 2.0 and it was really a Malaysian movie, the locals will understand the scenes and details, the multi-racial and multi-languages that were used throughout the movie. It is a Chinese movie but with a Malaysian twist to it ! The movie is mostly in Mandarin and Cantonese with a smattering of other Chinese dialects, Bahasa Malaysia, English and Tamil.
Nasi Lemak 2.0 was made on less than RM1mil, after failing to obtain funding from the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) and Creative Industries Fund (CIF), who were supposed to be supporting the local arts and entertainment scene.
This is an unusually daring exploration of the racial ties that bind us all and the film has been successful. Watching Nasi Lemak 2.0 will make Malaysians (those who possess some sense of humour anyway) take a good look at themselves in the mirror and laugh.
This film was produced by Fred Chong and Sylvia Lim. The cast includes comedian and singer Adibah Noor, Karen Kong, Afdlin Shauki, Kenny & Chee, Reshmonu, Dennis Lau, Nur Fathia, Nadine Thomas, Pete Teo, Ho Yuhang, Dian Sharlin and Felixia Yap.
The best comments about this movie came from this blogger and I agreed with what has been said !
Because Namewee uses vulgar words excessively in his songs, people tend to think of him as an uncouth person. But the truth is far removed from reality. He’s in fact a very polite young man and is very encouraging of aspiring artists and authors. Namewee is also a patriot who wants nothing but a better Malaysia for the future generation. He mentioned that as an artist, he feels that the only way he can reach out to the public about his visions is through his songs.
Here is the movie trailer :-
Our final comments are that it is trully a 1Malaysia movie, the Malays and other races who acted in the movie know the cause of this movie - to bring forth racial harmony through the signature dish of Nasi Lemak that has been unifying us as one nation ! It is worth watching. I wish him, Namewee, very success in future film making and songs writing and I just wish his songs do not contain vulgar words anymore so that we could start buying his songs too !
