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Saturday 3 August 2013

movie review: untuk 3 hari

Assalamualaikum, readers.
today, i'll be a movie critic for a Malaysian movie, 'Untuk 3 Hari' which simply means For 3 Days. the plot is about two lovers who married some other people, with a plan. they plan to get married with the other half for 3 days only, and on the third day, they'll ask for talak or divorce. and when everything is settled, these two lovers will get married to one another and live happily ever after. well, that's just the plan. 
the cats line-up is exciting. the two lovers, played by Vanida Imran and Rashidi Ishak are actually husband and wife in real life. but in this movie, they will get married to Afdlin Shauki and Ayu Raudhah respectively. 
what caught my attention while watching the movie is the fact that the young generation have no idea what marriage is. all they know is to attend the marriage classes and get married with the one they love. 
in this movie, the character played by Rashidi was the one who came out with the plan. he told his girlfriend (Vanida) to use sleeping pills and pepper spray to prevent her future husband from touching her. this is one of the funny parts in the movie. well, i don't want to exaggerate more on this, but i can assure you you'd love this movie. so, go watch it if you haven't. but please, don't watch this movie with kids, they would ask a lot and everything you explain would end up wrong and adult-ish. please don't.
one message i got from this movie just made what i believed all along stronger. you can love a stranger called husband after marriage. 
okay, i hear some gasps and growling back there. let me explain.
say A is a girl and B is a guy. B has a girlfriend but he is forced to marry A. B refuses to have any physical contact with A, because he claims he doesn't love A. 
living in the same house, in the same room, of course B sees A drying her hair after she bathes. B definitely smells the sweet scent of A, right? definitely, B will start to fall for A. that's the reason why Islam doesn't allow women to put on really nice perfume, coz they can attract guys. okay, say B has a strong love towards his girlfriend, and he tries his very best to look away and not noticing. A cooks for B and cleans the house. A even irons clothes for B. won't B fall for A? B has never received this much attention and help even from his girlfriend. sooner or later, B WILL DEFINITELY fall for A.
the last thing i could think of is a physical contact between A and B. say B falls sick, and has a bad headache. of course, A as a loving wife, would apply some ointment on her husband's forehead. B would somehow melt at the touch of A. even if A has rough hands, the contact between a lady and a man would melt him. he would definitely fall for A.
therefore, there's no such thing as i can't love you after marriage because i don't know you. marriage itself is a process of getting to know one another. you share the same house, the same room, the same bathroom, the same car, one bank account. you fight, yeah, most definitely, but also, you find a way out of it. that's what marriage is all about.
at most, a guy and a girl would fall for their respective halves in one month. if they don't fall completely for their husband or wife, they've at least developed the love for them.
in the case of the movie, they fell in love at the 3rd day. 
nothing is impossible. if you are in this situation, pray a lot and seek help and guidance from Him. it's not easy, but you can work it out. all you need is patience and honesty.

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