Why Western Film Are More Popular Than Local alaysian Films

The most important thing that I notice about popular films is that, they are never dull. In other words, the film makers do not waste their time on scenes that drag on and on. Our local films are so slow moving that one is liable to fall asleep during their monotonous scenes.  (Is it one film or two, plural.). 

Western films only show what is necessary and most likely to hold the audience's attention. The audience is kept at a pace that never allows dull moments to occur. One exciting scene is quickly followed by another exciting one until the end of the story is reached. So, the entertainment value is very high and the audience is kept interested.

Watching a local film can be a trying affair. I'm not implying that all local films are boring and dull. There are some very good ones indeed, but most tend to be very long drawn, self indulgent affair that are not entertaining at all. In one of these dreadful films that I have seen, I remember a very dull scene in a living room. The camera was kept focused at a cup of coffee for so long that I am sure the coffee might have turned cold. Then the scene shifted to two people talking in the living room. The scene was so painfully slow and predictable that the script writer might have thought the audience consist of morons.

Next, local film makers have got to make an effort to make their films looks more realistic. Most of the scenes are so badly done that even a child could tell that it's a fake. Western film makers spend a lot of money on stunts and special effects for the sake of realism in their film. Writing off a few cars and jets are nothing to them. Our local film makers cannot afford to be that extravagant. So, our local films cannot be compared with the high-quality westerners ones. When there is a lack of quality, there is also lack of popularity.

The most important thing is the local film makers have got to improve the quality of their films. There is still a long way to go before we can catch up with the westerners ones, but I notive we are on the way. Perhaps in the not too distant future, our films might be just as popular as the westerners one.

Why do you use singular film so often?  What does notive mean?