Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Good day!!!!! And still on the traffictjam of Jakarta............................. huh

Its long time for me to write a movie summary or review in my blog. Yappp, it’s so many workssssssssss in my head! PPL, Project, and other activitiess

Okay, back to the main topic. Actually this movie which I’ve watched is older than the box office movies in this year and before. Maybe this movie has been launched on 5 years ago (in 2008). When I still on the High School.

Taraaaaaa....

That’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

In my opinion, in first impression when I saw the cover of the DVD, I didn’t interested. It just; a man who sitting in the old chair who lives in 50’s era. A little bit of “ancient”.

Why the title submitted “Currious Case” inside of?

Anyway, lets begin the story, that question would be answered soon, hihihi

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a splendidly made film based on a profoundly mistaken premise. It tells the story of a man who is old when he is born and an infant when he dies. All those around him, everyone he knows and loves, grow older in the usual way, and he passes them on the way down. As I watched the film, I became consumed by a conviction that this was simply wrong.

Let me paraphrase the oldest story I know: In the beginning, there was nothing, and then God said, "Let there be light." Everything comes after the beginning, and we all seem to share this awareness of the direction of time's arrow. There is a famous line by e.e. cummings that might seem to apply to Benjamin Button: and down he forgot as up he grew. But no, it involves the process of forgetting our youth as we grow older.

We begin a movie or novel and assume it will tell a story in chronological time. Flashbacks and flash-forwards, we understand. If it moves backward through a story (Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"), its scenes reflect a chronology seen out of order. If a day repeats itself (Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day"), each new day begins with the hero awakening and moving forward. If time is fractured into branching paths ("Synecdoche, New York"), it is about how we attempt to control our lives. Even time-travel stories always depend on the inexorable direction of time.

Yes, you say, but Benjamin Button's story is a fantasy. I realize that. It can invent as much as it pleases. But the film's admirers speak of how deeply they were touched, what meditations it invoked. I felt instead: Life doesn't work this way. We are an observer of our passage, and so are others. It has been proposed that one reason people marry is because they desire a witness to their lives. How could we perform that act of love if we were aging in opposite directions?

The movie's premise devalues any relationship, makes futile any friendship or romance, and spits, not into the face of destiny, but backward into the maw of time. It even undermines the charm of compound interest. In the film, Benjamin (Brad Pitt) as an older man is enchanted by a younger girl (Cate Blanchett). Later in the film, when he is younger and she is older, they make love. This is presumably meant to be the emotional high point. I shuddered. No! No! What are they thinking during sex? What fantasies apply? Does he remember her as a girl? Does she picture the old man she loved?

Pitt will of course be nominated for best actor and may deserve it because of his heroic struggle in the performance. Yes, he had to undergo much makeup, create body language and perform physically to be manipulated by computers. He portrays the Ages of Man with much skill. That goes with the territory. But how did he prepare emotionally? What exercises would the Method suggest? You can't go through life waving goodbye. He is born looking like a baby with all the infirmities old age. He grows younger, until he resembles Brad Pitt, and then a younger Brad Pitt, and then -- we do not follow him all the way as he recedes into the temporal distance.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is third among the top five favorites for best picture. It may very well win. It expends Oscar-worthy talents on an off-putting gimmick. I can't imagine many people wanting to see the movie twice. There was another film in  2008 that isn't in the "top five," or listed among the front-runners at all, and it's a profound consideration of the process of living and aging. That's Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York." It will be viewed and valued decades from now. You mark my words. Ahayyyy. :--------------P 

Ps: the poster of the film cannot be attached, I don't know why

Modus yeah you are anomali and me?

Hell-oooo guys, minggu kemarin gue baru aja lagi menyentuh yang namanya cinema. oh my ternyata gue terlalu rajin kuliah ya ternyata. hahaha


anyway, kemarin gue nonton sama temen2 kampus gue disalah satu cinema dibilangan pemuda (enggan menyebut tempatnya). sebenernya nonton juga gara-gara dapet tiket gratisan.
well, akhirnya kita nonton juga yang namanya "Modus Anomali"


 
damn!!!!!! I didnt get the point of this film on the theater. gue baru ngeh pas gue pulang deh jalan ceritanya ternyata begitu.
sorry y'all guys, I cant explain the story. Its soooooooooooooooo fuckin physco movie ever after. *at this momment*




Two Thumbs for Joko Anwar and crew, FYI:  this movie has been shown in USA. wow funtastic.





Ps: Rio Dewanto! you are fuckin bitch man!!!!!!!! hot! always make me thirsty, iuhhhhhh :p

Review : Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter 7) is more than just the seventh and final installment in J.K. Rowling's epic wizardry series. It is the keystone, the culmination of the 4000 or so previous pages. Rowling brings to Deathly Hallows a fully-realized world, complete with history, mythology, and a vast web of characters intertwined thoroughly with that history, that mythology, and with each other.

It is a darker landscape since Voldemort's return to power and Dumbledore's subsequent demise at the wand of Severus Snape; many of Voldemort's followers have been released from Azkaban as have the Dementors, who now serve the Dark Lord's purposes as well. The Ministry of Magic, now controlled by Death Eaters, has instituted a campaign against muggle-borns that smacks of Nazi Germany, and Harry Potter is dubbed "Undesirable Number One," with a 2,000 galleon prize offered for his capture.
Prior to all this, at the close of Book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry was left with a task. Before being struck down by Snape, Dumbledore had schooled Harry in the matter of horcruxes, physical objects to which a severed bit of a wizard's soul is attached, making that wizard immortal. According to Dumbledore, Lord Voldemort, who desires nothing so much as immortality, had split his soul into seven pieces, six of which were currently residing in horcruxes hidden throughout the world. Two of these were already destroyed - Tom Riddle's diary was impaled with a poisonous basilisk fang in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2), and a ring passed down frrom Marvolo Gaunt, Voldemort's maternal grandfather is destroyed by Dumbledore in Half-Blood Prince. Dumbledore set Harry upon a quest to destroy the remaining four of Voldemort's horcruxes, a feat which would then enable Harry to destroy Voldemort himself. And ultimately, Harry must destroy or be destroyed by Voldemort.
Deathly Hallows opens upon the Order of the Phoenix's plan to move Harry from 4 Privet Drive to a safe house before the magical protection surrounding his aunt and uncle's home expires on Harry's seventeenth birthday. The plan to move Harry involves, as many plans in Book 7 do, the use of polyjuice potion, which allows the drinker to look like another person. Harry, along with six who volunteer to disguise themselves as Harry, are individually escorted into the night sky upon brooms, thestrals, and, in one instance, a flying motorcycle. The ensemble is ambushed instantly by a host of Death Eaters and He-who-must-not-be-named himself, who surprises everyone by having acquired the power of flight. Like a pale-skinned and dark-hearted Superman, Voldemort gives chase through the skies:

"And then Harry saw him. Voldemort was flying like smoke on the wind, without broomstick or thestral to hold him, his snakelike face gleaming out of the blackness, his white fingers raising his wand again --" (p.60)

Harry has also grown older, wiser since we last saw him. No longer the petulant and angst-ridden teen whose days were punctuated with dark moods and fights with those closest to him, he has matured beyond his years and accepts the impossible tasks before him decisively. The same holds true for Ron and Hermione and as the novel progresses, we see the relationships between the trio mature and triumph in the face of great difficulty.
The writing is fantastic as usual. Rowling strikes a perfect balance in attacking her dark subject matter in a manner fitting for both the adult and younger reader. Never once did I feel spoken down to, nor did I come across anything too mature for my ten-year-old daughter, who was reading the novel concurrently.

I recoil at the thought of further divulging plot details of this book that held my attention througout its 750 pages of twists, turns, revelations, and surprises. A lot happens. Somebody gets his ear blown off; somebody gives birth; someone betrays somebody else. House-elves find themselves involved, as do goblins, and even a dragon. Characters you'd completely forgotten about show up unexpectedly to play a role in knotting ends that have long been left loose. As already mentioned, there is much polyjuice potion drunk, and a good number of patronuses are thrown along the way (Mr. Weasley's is a weasel).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows exceeds expectations and is, by a long shot, the best yet of the series, which has been entirely transfixing, far more so than fans of the movies might suppose. Those readers who have kept the faith throughout will no doubt continue on if they haven't already. Those who are looking for added encouragement to pick up these magical books and forge ahead, find it here. Harry Potter is a rare treasure and a cultural phenomenon in the midst of which we can feel fortunate to find ourselves.

Captain Eo (film jadul, tapi saya tonton 7x)

well, para pembaca blog, saya mau sharing nih tentang kebiasaan saya nonton film.

tadi sore, pulang dari kuliah, saya langsung menyalakan dvd player dan memutar salah satu film pendek yang sudah sering saya tonton. judulnya Captain Eo.

Captain Eo? apa sih itu?
oke, mungkin para pembaca belum tahu apa itu film Captain Eo, namun bagi para MJ lovers seperti saya, pasti sudah tahu seperti apa Film tersebut.

sedikit saya ingin menjelaskan tentang film tersebut :)

Captain Eo adalah film pendek 3D yang dibintangi oleh mendiang penyanyi pop legendaris Michael Jackson. Film ini hanya diputar di taman hiburan Disney Land pada tahun 1986-1990. dalam film ini, MJ beradu akting dengan Angelica Huston.

Film ini bercerita tentang seorang kapten kapal luar angkasa bernama Eo, nama Eo sendiri diambil dari bahasa yunani 'Eos' yang berarti Dewa Surya (matahari). Sang kapten beserta awaknya diberi tugas untuk menyembuhkan suatu planet yang dikuasai oleh ratu jahat bernama 'supreme leader'. dalam film ini, Captain Eo menyembuhkan ratu jahat itu dengan tarian-tarian dan lagu-lagu yang dibawakan dengan sangat energik.


Lagu yang dinyayikan dalam film ini adalah lagu 'we are to change the world' dan 'Another Part Of Me' yang masuk juga dalam album Bad MJ.

walaupun film ini terlihat sangat jadul, tapi pada masanya (1980-1990), sudah membuat film 3D adalah suatu hal yang sangat luar biasa. Captain EO memanfaatkan penuh efek 3-D. Tindakan di layar diperpanjang ke penonton, termasuk laser, dampak laser, efek asap, dan starfields yang memenuhi teater.


tahun 2010 ini, pihak dari Disney telah menayangkan kembali film tersebut (ditujukan untuk mengenang mendiang King Of Pop)
Film 3D ini hanya diputar di Disneyland paris, amerika, dan tokyo.

yah, nasib saya ya hanya menontonnya lewat dvd bajakan yang beli di pasar malem. huhhh *ngelap aer mata*


yah intinya, Film ini bagus buat ditonton untuk para penggemar MJ. Mungkin yang gak suka juga kudu nonton deh ;)