Ayat Ayat Cinta?

i remember joking about this movie with some friends of mine who were not that enthusiastic about the movie. many of my college friends are just so in love with the movie that i feel i need to do it justice by watching it (finally). so i did, it was aired on TV3 last Friday and now, i just HAVE to write about it.

i first heard about it from my college friends who were reading the book then. someone actually asked me to read it but being the sceptical girl that i am, i ofcourse just laughed it off. sure, the title is catchy but i'm still not interested in reading it even after i watched the movie. firstly, i have to point out some illogical parts in the movie that's just unbearable for me. sorry to those who love AAC (found this short form on the net). can you actually get married when the bride is unconscious? what was the significance of Aisha being a German and that allows Fahri to leave prison for a few hours? (ok this part is probably arguable since i dont really know much about law in Mesir. still is illogical for me though.) then there's the part where the evil Bahadur, the real scumbag, testified! how did that Noura girl end up in his clutches after she has stayed with her parents? and then...dear sweet Maria had to die..but of what? no offence...but nosebleeds are just not chronic enough a symptom. in the end, the person i pitied most was Nurul! my dad and i actually concluded halfway through the movie that BOTH Maria and Aisha would die and Fahri will marry Nurul. hey, all the girls should get their chance right? so, Aisha will die after giving birth and Maria will die of the mystery illness that she died of. but, only the latter came true. so what was Nurul's part in the movie? just another girl who's head over heels for Fahri? then i thought maybe she would end up with Fahri's good friend Saiful (i think that's his name). she could've had a better ending...

still, there are some parts of the movie that really moved me. i guess i finally understood the Ayat Ayat Cinta part of the whole movie. the language they used are so beautiful. i especially liked the part where Fahri and Maria were overlooking the waters and talked about jodoh.

Maria: Kamu percaya jodoh Fahri?
Setiap orang memiliki jodohnya masing-masing, itu yang kamu bilang
Aku pikir Sungai Nil dan Mesir itu jodoh
Seneng yah kalo kita bisa bertemu dengan jodoh yang diberikan Tuhan dari langit?

Fahri: Bukan dari langit Maria tapi dari hati, dekat sekali

and another one when Maria was talking to Fahri at the end...

Maria: Aku minta maaf bukan karna kesalahanku, tapi kebodohanku
Sekarang aku baru ngerti antara cinta dan keinginan untuk memiliki, tidak sama
Maafin aku Fahri, Aisha

hurm..so in conclusion, it wasn't entirely boring. just the funny illogical parts that i couldn't ignore. other than that, it's a lovely story. so if you haven't watched it yet, please do. maybe it's not exactly like the book but hey, no book adaptation is 100% the same anyway.