thesaturnine I just saw Puteri Gunung Ledang. I think it's fantastic. It carried on the Malay cinematic tradition... by the very slow subtle shots, I think. And whhaaatever the critics were saying, I do think that the less Freudian expressions of affection were nice. Ah, I'm proud of these filmmakers. +++ Additional Comments: If you found Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings completely ridiculous for it's lack of subtlety, this 5 million dollar movie might help you get over the I'm-really-sick-of-mtv feeling. Otherwise PGL might put you to sleep.This movie is based on classical prose, like Beowulf. So don't expect a 20th century fantasy script either. I also thought that it was nice, how they got all the Buddhist/Hindu, Islamic and animistic etc. cultural details and mythological elements into the movie. The fight scenes were very simple, but quite nice. I hate to be a Malaysian yes-man on this, but they were NICE and simple. And realistic. The martial art form used in the movie, is Silat, which is indigenous to the Malay Peninsula and its surrounding islands (present day Indonesia and Malaysia). The sword is called a kris.

Ananth Kumar I'm a great fan of the "golden age" of Malaysian cinema, when P.Ramlee simply awed us with his amazing movies. His comedies, tragedies and action-adventures left a lasting impression of the immense genius in him.Sadly after his demise, very few Malaysia production ever left such an impression. Much of it was too immature and pales in comparison with the artistic works of our great Seniman Agung.Now Puteri Gunung Ledang, an ambitious project, when first announced was well received. A movie to depict on of the greatest love stories of the Malay Archipelago, with a big budget and talented cast. Well, Kudos and Well Done to the production ! Director Saw Teong Hin has envisioned the periodic elements of Malacca Sultanate carefully and successfully. The cinematography was excellent, capturing every scene majestically and doing a lot of justice to preserve the historical elements of the movie. Tiara Jacquelina was brilliant in her role as Gusti Puteri. M. Nasir, now he really has acting potential! The background music score was simply amazing. Overall, it's a monumental achievement in Malaysian movie production.

FergusSKOng i was disappointed. i very much wanted to like this film as i'd like to hope high for Malaysian films. first the good - m nasir was very good. he met my expectation and handled a tedious script to his very best. sofia jane was excellent. if the stories that jaquelina instructed the removal of lots of jane's scenes are true (to take out screen "competition"... jaquelina co-produced this with her husband) then it is regrettable. it's just a rumor, but one does wonder why an excellent performer and performance ended up so maligned. moving on, the production values are all excellent. great set, nice cinematography, nice costumes... editing style was fine, though the decision to drag it out to 145 minutes was certainly ill-chosen.now the bad. tiara jaquelina was really not fit to play this role. she is so limited, so one-dimensional and so wooden. she doesn't exude the grace nor the natural beauty demanded of the role, nor does she poses a voice (a bit croaky, isn't it?) to perform lengthy verses of spoken word poetry kinda dialogue and voice over. inevitable that she was the lead actress but deeply, deeply flawed decision for the film.poor characterisation. didn't feel for them all. m nasir tries and succeeds somewhat to elicit a response from me but the rest of the leading cast are all cardboards. i'll blame the scriptwriter for this. just too much screen time for everyone but the film doesn't work hard enough to develop character, narrative and a love for the world. it's so easy already because everything's in place: great set, great story, great characters. in the end it just became a bad tiara star vehicle. that's why i'm so disappointed.

erdawati Puteri Gunung Ledang the most highly anticipated movie of the year has finally decided to make its appearance. The film managed to fulfill the audience's expectation on it. Credits have to be given to all the crew of the film who I can see had been working very hard to ensure the movie's success. The setting, the cinematography, the colours, the background music complementing each other and thus deliver this movie to a class of its own.Thumbs up to M.Nasir as the Lord Admiral Hang Tuah. He has given a different interpretation to the elusive Hang Tuah. His facial expression very much reflected the turmoil of emotions between his "cinta agung" and his loyalty to his Sultan. Tiara as the beautiful princess of Mount Ledang has done her best to envelope herself into the character and she has done it well. The unspoken bond between the princess and Hang Tuah was clearly prevailed by her eyes, smile and gesture as they were united by the waterfall.Overall, it is a good film and thumbs up to the script writer for the very poetic dialogue especially the dialogue between Hang Tuah and the princess when they expressed their undying love for each other. It is a sad love story and I couldn't help myself shedding a tear or two for the two lovers who had to endure so much for the sake of their "cinta agung"Kudos to the whole production of Puteri Gunung Ledang!