maro^gal entertainment space: Movie: Tiger WooHoo! 大日子

the first the foremost local production chinese new year movie by Malaysian !!!! ~ Tiger Woohoo! (大日子)

At first i didn't think of watching it.. honestly i don't like local TV show nor movie.. hahaa. however watching the advertisement (preview clips) from Astro, i felt interested on this movie because its very very funny !!! Further with the acts by Ah Beng and Ah Lian... I decided to watch it... Surprisingly a few groups of my friends actually asking me to watch too.

But one thing for sure... the movie tickets is really hard to fetch !!! Despite the limited cinemas which were showing this movie, the theatre on-show was given the smallest one as well. Usually 2 days before the showing time is already fully booked and purchased ! Finally i manage to buy my tickets 2 days in advance at 1am midnight..!

The movie started about Ah Beng lost his job and still wanted to show off to his neighbour Ah Lian. So he make a big show out of it bringing his parents to Japan but actually brought them to his friend, Ah Rain's studio to take photos. Ah Beng and Ah Rain later left the hometown and get a new job in Kuantan with Ah Huat. They were there to be trained by Pat Chi as a team to perform WooHoo dance for the village. Ah Beng met another Ah Lian there...

在马来西亚东海岸的米昔拉村，一直有个渊源流长的传统习俗——就是每一甲子（六十年），在酬神祭奠的大日子里，必定会以“舞虎”来酬谢天后娘娘。但是上一次在祭典上表演“舞虎”的连八记（萧斐弘饰），现在已是风烛残年的老人，而且村子里已经没有年轻人可以接棒表演“舞虎”了。八记的孙女阿连（曾洁钰饰）惟有刊登征聘广告，以万元月薪招聘“舞虎”新丁。

冲动好胜的银行保安阿炳 (林德荣饰)，忠实憨厚的炒馃条小贩阿发 (杨佳贤饰)和嘴硬心软的造型摄影师Rain (陈志康饰)，各自都在生活中遇到了瓶颈，于是马上被“月入过万”的征聘广告给吸引了。另一边厢，满脑子武打功夫梦的大学生Bobby (邱文博饰)也来到了米昔拉村，加上急功近利的村长儿子Alan (颜江瀚饰)，五个性格各异的年轻人，就这样因“舞虎”而聚头。

五个从未接触过“舞虎”的年轻人，在众村民的期望下，开始了舞虎的集训。五人开始被逼生活在一起，引发了不少笑话。怀着赚取“万元月薪”目的的阿炳和Rain由于志不在“舞虎”，经常偷懒不练习，要不就只顾耍乐。他们不认真的态度让阿连实行了“扣钱计划”——那就是每当发现他们不投入练习，就扣除他们的“万元月薪”。因此，阿炳和Rain与阿连的关系势成水火。终于，Rain无意中发现所谓的“月入过万”，其实只是阿连设下的一个骗局。Rain大发雷霆，决定要离开，大家再怎么好言相劝也无济于事。三人离开之际，连八记各送了他们一只舞虎的吉祥物，村子里的小孩也对他们的离去表示依依不舍。三人感到十分感动，终于抛开了金钱的利诱，决定留在米昔拉村完成这次的舞虎祭典。此时，阿炳也发现了阿连善良孝顺的本性，因此渐渐对阿连产生好感。

众人在连八记的指点下，苦练舞虎，但是训练的过程仍然是一波三折。先是担任虎头的阿发，发现连八记的大孙女，竟然是自己藕断丝连的前女友Mindy (萧慧敏饰)。阿发心情大受影响，如何苦练都无法成功上桩。连八记告诉阿发上桩的秘诀，同时也暗示阿发应该向Mindy证明自己的实力。阿发获得提点之后，终于开窍了，并成功地上桩了。正当大家以为舞虎祭典终于能顺利演出之时，舞虎用的虎头竟然被发疯的老水牛踩坏了。距离舞虎祭典只剩下三天，舞虎团是否能渡过这次的难关呢？阿发和Mindy是否能再续前缘呢？阿炳和阿连这对欢喜冤家，又有什么样的结局呢？

Some of the pictures in the movie:

ah Beng and ah Lian

ah Rain .. hahaa he has the classic telephone with him as handphone.

the WooHoo Dance !

ah Lian and her grandfather, Pat Chi

another funny family... with 4 daughter and hoping for a son.

Ah Lian's little brother.. hahaa he is so chubby and cute

Ah Beng's neighbour at hometown - Ah Lian

Bobby 仔...

tough training.. hahaa

my ratings: 6.5/ 10

First impression after watching is.. this movie really really really a very very local production. All the stage dialog are all mixed with Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, English, Malay etc. A very Malaysian show... hahahaa

If you have nothing to do, if you need some humour? this movie is the best choice.. hahhaaa further... can support local production too !!!

After watching the movie realized that the scenery of Kuantan is quite nice too.... may be going there for a holiday next time.. hahaha