Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts

Jul 16, 2012

Thank You for Smoking (2005) - reviewed


[Nick Naylor and his son arguing about ice cream]
Joey: So, what happens when you're wrong?
Nick: Well, Joey, I'm never wrong.
Joey: But you can't always be right.
Nick: Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong.
Joey: But what if you are wrong?
Nick: Okay, let's say that you're defending chocolate and I'm defending vanilla. Now, if I were to say to you, "Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream", you'd say …?
Joey: "No, chocolate is."
Nick: Exactly. But you can't win that argument. So, I'll ask you: So you think chocolate is the end-all and be-all of ice cream, do you?
Joey: It's the best ice cream; I wouldn't order any other.
Nick: Oh. So it's all chocolate for you, is it?
Joey: Yes, chocolate is all I need.
Nick: Well, I need more than chocolate. And for that matter, I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom and choice when it comes to our ice cream, and that, Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty.
Joey: But that's not what we're talking about.
Nick: Ah, but that's what I'm talking about.
Joey: But … you didn't prove that vanilla's the best.
Nick: I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong, I'm right.
Joey: But you still didn't convince me.
Nick: Because I'm not after you. I'm after them.

Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent.


this movie totally crazy bad-ass.
one of my favorite snce the first time  watched this in the end of 2008 
nuts, satire, funny, out of the box and tottally hipster ( fuck you mainstream)


Jason Reitman made a masterpiece with the synopsis and the storyline.
he strucked your brain with hs ability to make Aaron Eckhart look a great bad-ass father who teach his son with his own lesson.
The pro-kontra between the tobacco organization and the senator is really a great satire comedy until this day. The point of view from Nck when he tried to comunicate and represented his firm makes everyone in that city and hall looks like ridicoulous ,shit AWESOME!
The ability of this lobbyist to spin the situation on TV, to control the dialogue in front of the pers, to be a decision maker, to negotiate and argument somehow is very smart.
tottaly i've watched it 5 times and until this day what i get is just fascinating and speechless.


the black comedy about the 3 of lobbyist who represented their killer organization , thei scheduled meeting, and what they shared to handle their problem is completed the black comedy.
the reporter who try to seduce him to get the information and build her reputation, somehow its works for nick and she dump him after that , tottaly a whore!
how he tried to confince the jury, to spin the fact and save his client and then quit. WOW !


not so many part i could talk from this movie, what i tried to say is, THIS IS THE MOVIE YOU REALLY HAVE TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE !


9,5/10 
a perfect point from me !


bad-ass, open minded, creative, fresh, mind breaker, and SATIRE comedy !
FOUR THUMBS UP!

The Lorax (2012) - Review

The Once-ler: 'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that's because he's a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.


So Zac Efron and Taylor Swift are the voice cast, and this is good to hear !

A movie from universal studio what i really wanted to see , kinda tricky because this is an animation !
guess what, i really got what i need.
A good voice cast , a colourfull sets, a funny characters and a stupid memorable moment and quotes!
that's enough for me from this one.

this movie provides you about the story what you need and must see when you are a child !
they told about how life so dramatically turn around , about a boy who ellegantly try to be a man because he love some girls (pardon me) a woman actually.

Chris Renaud creates a peace, colourfull, cheerish story in here , the story line , the easy litening music for all viewers i guess.
So the story begin with a boy named Ted, who love a girl , try to search and find something in her dreams to get her attention and her heart.
And in this journey, he realiize that the city he growth there is no tree, they bought air to breathe.
all tree in this city is fake, just a lamp and plastic.
He break the rules, find a backdoor and run out from the city to see The Once-Ler , that his grammy tell him to ask the Once-Ler about that tree.
And, the story goes back to the Once-Ler life, when he's young and naive to break his promise and cut all the tree at the forest.
about his family, his friendship and his simply dream he tries to reach, made a big trauma for him !
So, ted with his simply dream, try everythn to make hs girl pround and got her dreams, with his grammy help he fought and find the seed, and try to plant it in the middle of the city .
the ted's sacrifice for hs girl suddenly turn to his sacrifice for his city and finally that girl do what a boy really want, a simple kiss for his sacrfice..
with the simply characters, the good music and the perfect picture, this movie is full-fill what a childfilmography should be.
FRESH, CHEERFULL, COLOURFULL, LIGHT, SIMPLE and EDUCATIVE !

7/10
that's the score i gave to this movie.
A good one to watch for family time

The Amazing Spiderman (2012) - Review by Me

Aunt May: Secrets have a cost. They're not free. Not now, not ever
Peter Parker: We all have secrets: the ones we keep... and the ones that are kept from us.

finally, Raimi's spidey is end !

now, Spiderman has a new spirit from webb (500 days of summer) , and no more tobey parker or kirsten as MJ !

this movie, completely shock me, totally different and so original !
webb don't wanna try to copycat , or to get same line spidey in this movie , he try to create the new spidey , look more realistic likes in the comics !

okay, now.

Peter Parker or Spiderman , they put a new character Andrew Garfield as a hero behind the mask !
So, the story is about how peter parker become spiderman and his 1st villain and his FIRST LOVE !

In, this time Emma Stone (as spidey's first love) really made a one woman show, she stole the whole movie attention with her performance and how she walked and acted like a shy,charm,and smart young girl ! FRESH than MJ i guess.

in the first hour you just see and know the truth about parker. Webb created what everyone read in comic become a movie !
about the socialife , the reality about his parents, how he survive and live with full of secrets and love from uncle ben and his wife, its more real than the old ones !
Peter Parker who try to search about his parents, went to the Manhanttam Labs with his young's ego !
He breaks the law, steal the id card and he sneak into the place that he shouldn't go to see and observe that lab ! and, dramatically, gwen (Emma) works in here as a tour guide and an assistant  from Curt Connors, the chief of this lab !
Parker suddenly bite by a spider and then he becomes more powerfull , more stronger, braver and more faster than he should.
so, this new boy from the blocks will become a hero !
What tottally different is, Parker is more human-able !
He play with his strength , show-off with that and try to embrace something from that, until he find the way that his Uncle died and he just let the killer went away !
he transform to be the hero with a heart to revenge, chase everywhere and do the show-off every time, and the policemen hate it!
Webb's touch is really dramatically, he made the storyline so "summer" when parker meet gwen at the wndow of her room, a weird dinner (because gwen's father is the head of police department) so he and parker just confront about SPIDERMAN, and the rooftop kiss ! Damn, suddenly emma stone looks so gorgeus with her big and beauty eyes and so KISS-able.
yeah, i'm knda shock with emma stone in this movie, she really stole whole my attention to the movie, to the villain with a really huge size and not ideal i guess, the idea of the citizen to help spiderman, and how parker made his own custom and his OWN WEB ! So spiderman in here is really a human who just have a gift , but not transform to be a spider ! He still needs an equipment like mask, web and feel an injured and pain !

Although webb's do the great job in the drama and the story line but compare to the spiderman 2 (the best one) is tottaly out of range i guess.
Webb's spiderman doesn't have a memorable moment, a memorable quote, a memorable fight effect than raimi's.
He needs to improve something more special in this superhero stroy, more elegant and more "heroic" than this.
In here spiderman is very tricky and easy person , thats tottally not a good selling point from a superhero, but Garfield somekind a good manner and profile to let the viewers move on from tobey and emma stone tottally makes MJ lost in our mind.

I wish webb's next project in spiderman will be as good as raimi's in his second spiderman !
He just put a big hope and step in this movie, a good one to make a standart for his own spidey.

At, least i'll say 7,5/10 for this movie.

P.S : The soundtrack of this spiderman really needs an upgrade !
Tottally flushy and flat , just to easy to forget with no emotion !


Apr 27, 2011

review atau resensi "catch me if you can"

"Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he turned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse."

kata pamungkas dari Abagnale Sr. kepada Abangnale Jr. yang selalu dikenangnya bahkan ketika dia disuruh berdoa oleh calon mertua yang seorang Lutheran.

yap,ini film lama tahun 2002.
perannya diisi oleh leonardo di caprio yang menceritakan seorang bocah anak dari seorang pemilik toko kue yang dijerat kerasnya pajak dari pemerintah dan dari seorang ibu yang pada akhirnya berselingkuh saat si ayah lagi bekerja di RUMAH nya sendiri.

abagnale jr. lari dari rumahnya begitu dia mendengar kabar perceraian kedua orangtuanya.
masih sangat muda dan memegang sebuah cek kosong frank mencoba bertahan hidup.
memulai penipuannya menjadi seorang pencair cek yang menggoda teller bank yang sayangnya begitu mudah gagal dia beralih menjadi co-pilot Pan Am setelah mewawancarai seorang atase pilot senior bagaimana dan apa yg harus di perbuat sebagai pilot.
dia membuat struk (cek) gaji palsu yang mengatasnamakan perusahaan bank tsb,terbang ke lebih dari 26 negara bagian tanpa biaya dan menikmati fasilitas hotel kelas atas.
puas bermain0main sebagai pilot dia kembali menjalankan peran baru sbagai dokter,disini dia bertemu brenda yang sangat dicitainya akhirnya , dan yang hampir membuat dia tertangkap.
kembali keahliannya menyamarkan data dan kepercayaan diri membuat dia diangkat menjadi kepala UGD. pada saat dia melamar brenda (yang ayahnya seorang jaksa) dia beralih menjadi jaksa setelah mengikuti ujian jaksa.

Carl Hanratty opsir FBI yang menangani kasusnya terkecoh oleh keahliannya pada saat hendak menangkap 1x di sebuah hotel.
hal ini menjadi tamparan bagi hanratty yang terus mengejarnya keliling amerika.
mengendus jejaknya pada akhirnya ketika ia menjadi jaksa dan mendatangi tempat frank saat mengadakan pesta lamaran di rumah orang tua brenda.
jumlah duit dan pengalamannya menipu membuat dia dapat terbang hingga ke prancis,ke suatu desa tempat orangtuanya dlu bertemu.
disana dia kembali bekerja mencetak cek palsu dan menipu puluhan bank di eropa.

akhirnya hanratty sukses dan abagnale dipenjara 18 tahun atas tuduhan pencurian senilai 4 juta dolar lebih.
disinilah pada akhirnya hanratty meminta abagnale menjadi anggota fbi untuk menginvestigasi cek-cek palsu lainnya dan pemalsuan lain dalam bidang keuangan yang merupakan keahlian utama dia.

penceritaan karakter yang sangat baik,.

poin utamanya yaitu pada saat manusia benar-benar memanfaatkan talenta besarnya dan mengeluarkannya dengan sebaik-baiknya pada akhirnya akan menjadi sebuah kesuksesaan baginya.
seorang anak korban broken home,tumbuh,dan akhirnya menjadi seorang pria yang dikenal luas di dunia.
top!

best quote : [In a letter] Dear dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid. Frank W Abagnale Jr.

resensi atau review "tanda tanya"

akhirnya nge post ini artikel secara terpisah.

2011,benar-benar banyak list film yang harus lo tonton sebagai penggemar film.
sayangnya hanya secuil film lokal yang "top rated"
salah satunya ini "tanda tanya" oleh hanung bramantyo.

ini film dari awal muncul emang sudah berhembus isu kontroversi nya ,bro.
yap,si hanung hadir dengan konsep pemikiran bebas.

overall nilai 8,5/10

cerita berawal dari sebuah latar pemukiman yang penuh dengan bermacam ragam etnis agama dan ras
begitu banyak perbedaan yang terjadi sehingga begitu mudah gesekan terjadi itu benar.
inilah yang diangkat oleh hanung menurut gw.
dimulai dari kejadian awal penikaman pastor saat menunggu pembukaan ibadah oleh 2 OTK
yang langsung menimbulkan konflik, dan dilanjutkan dengan kehadiran sosok "RIKA" seorang janda yang memilih berpindah agama dari islam ke katolik,yang bahkan ditentang keras oleh kerabat dekat dan anaknya,dan sosok "MENUK" seorang muslimah berjilbab yang bekerja di restoran tioghoa yang menjual masakan haram dan halal .

penggambaran perbedaan diawal yang sangat terbuka,seperti ketika pinghen/hendra anak pemilik restoran tionghoa tsb,dengan beberapa pemuda masjid, dan konflik surya sang bintang film figuran yang sampai bertahun-tahun tidak pernah mendapatkan peran besar menghadapi sahabatnya sendiri rika yang baru bercerai dengan suaminya dan memilih berpindah agama,serta menuk yang merupakan mantan pacar hendra sendiri yang menikah dengan soleh seorang jobless.

ceritannya sendiri berperan di tanah jawa dan memakai bahasa jawa sepertinya umum di daerah tsb,diceritakan hendra yang pengen punya bisnis yang berbeda dari ayahnya yang sudah cukup lama mengekang dia.
dimana soleh seorang jobless yang memiliki perasaan tertekan karena ketidak mampuan nya sebagai seorang suami menjadi tulang punggung dan menuk yang harus bekerja di tempat mantan kekasihnya dan menjual makanan haram dan halal secara bersama WALAU dengan penegasan yang jelas cara masak dan penyajian BENAR-BENAR dibedakan yang menunjukkan nilai keberagaman itu sangat indah.
rika juga yang memilih berpindah pada katolik dan harus mengikuti pentahbisan diri menemukan banyak kendala dari surya sahabatnya dan anaknya sendiri (ABI) yang berkonfrontasi dengan kepercayaan nya yang dia pilih "mungkin" karena ketidak setujuannya akan poligami yang dilakukan suaminya.
surya seorang pengganguran parah yang sampai harus tinggal di mesjid , yang tidak pernah mempunyai "big shoot" 1x pun dihidupnya akhirnya memiliki kesempatan yang ditawarkan oleh rika untuk menjadi peran Yesus dalam peristiwa penyaliban paskah yang sekaligus merupakan peran utama pertama di karir dia.

sayangnya,akhir cerita hanung tidak membiarkan imajinasi penonton berkekmbang liar.
dia menutupnya dengan pengadaan penyerbuan soleh ke restoran hendra pada hari ke 2 lebaran,dan keputusan hendra untuk teteap membuka restoran pada saat itu.
hal ini berpengaruh besar pada jalan hidup keduanya.
dimana soleh yang menjadi pesakitan (penyabab kematian bapak hendra) akhirnya menjadi useless di mata menuk,akhirnya memilih mati ketika menemukan bom di gerja pada perayaan natal agar setidaknya dia bisa menjadi seorang yang berarti.
dan pada akhirnya hendra yang mendengarkan pesan terakhir dari ayahnya dan menjadi mualaf
dan merubah restorannya menjadi halal.

seandainya hanung membiarkan penutupan yang terbuka dan bebas mungkin akan lebih mengundang reaksi cendijiawan dan para pemuka agama yang cerdas serta masyarakat kritis untuk mengutarakan pendapat,keinginan,dan pandangannya.
namun,itu juga sudah sangat menggugah setiap penonton terutama bagi kaum awam.
sebuah karya yang membuat pemikir-pemikir radikal dan egois kebakaran jenggot.

untungnya bagi hanung dia menghadirkan sebuah ide yang matang dan sarat pertimbangan serta persiapan hal teknis lain dengan sangat baik.
salut,bung!

sekian dari saya yang pasti masih banyak salah pengurutan ini menulisnya.
saran saya ini film wajib tonton apalagi bagi anda yang masih muda sehingga "mindset" anda tidak terjebak hingga tua.
jangan lagsung mengkonfrontasi,cukup dilihat dan dinikmati sebagai sebuah karya seni.


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best quote: "...semua jalan setapak itu berbeda-beda, namun menuju ke arah yang sama; mencari satu hal yang sama dengan satu tujuan yang sama, yaitu Tuhan".

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