A 2012 movie, played by the one and only Merryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. Well, you wont see much actors in this movie, this was like their movie all the way.
The story is about a couple who has been married for 31 years, yesss 31 years!Unbelievable right?? I am also married, but we're still at stage 9, I don't know if we're going to make it to stage 31, but lets just give it a shot!
The married couple, Kay and Arnold live with their routines as a married couple. Wakes up in the morning, Kay will preparing breakfast, Arnold will read his newspapers and leave to the office. On and on, until one day Kay realized that she wants to change her marriage life. She wants something real in her married. As a woman, I kind of understand her feeling.
Kay finally found a therapist to talk about their marriage and fix it. She pays quite a great amount for the counseling, and Arnold felt weird, since he felt that there's nothing wrong with their marriage. This is where the conflict begun.
There are only two people, but both of them feel different with the life their live in. Everyone has their own perspectives and of course arguments. So, to make her wife happy, Arnold decide to go to the therapist reluctantly. Steve Carrel plays as the therapist, a calm doctor with superb experiences.
One of the things the therapist asks is, if they have any sex fantasies? Kay says No, and Arnold says yes. The gap between them must be filled with exercise, the touch exercise, the hug exercise. As a married woman, I found this movie is an opening. Sometimes we as a couple tend to forget to nourish our relationship and just go on. Just like a plant, if we never nourish the relationship, in the end it will die on its own.
Kay and Arnold tries their best to fulfilled the requirement of their partners. But since they haven't done it for some time, the awkwardness appears, and at one time it makes them stop trying. Until the therapy session ends, the objectives has not been completed. Kay resent her husband, and Arnold stuck in getting no clue.
The couple definitely love each other and they tries their best to make it work. There are lines that I take from this movie, said by the therapist :
"This is the end of the session, you could turn back home and visit local counselor. You may fall not in the finish line, but at least you fall near the finish line". I guess, in some points you just have to keep on trying and moving, although its a step at a time, but at least we are making progress rather than sit, wait and do nothing.
I really recommend this movie for all married couple, especially who already had children in their life and caught up with routines. This movie is a reflection, the question is have we nourish our relationships? or are we like Kay and Arnold that got stuck on the process?
I have no doubt for both actors, they are proven actors. The movie flows so light, you will feel its just a short movie. I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
Friday, December 26, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
The time has come....
to leave 2014 behind and walk in to 2015. Can't say I'm proud of 2014, yet its just a path that I must walk through.
Thanks to Google, I could see in my photos the milestones of 2014, happy times and bad times, I could only say..No regret and keep on moving!
So, here it goes the milestones of 2014 :
#1. Went to Jogja this year, first time out of town Business Trip after more than 10 years of work in my company. Tragic?? Nope, I consider it as a chance for greater opportunity. I go with my boss, and my colleagues, there are 4 of us. I also consider it as a Me time. Since I could go alone without being troubled by my kids. Its a great journey.
#2.Also in March, our team went for an outing to Bandung, so I could say I went to two different cities in a month. Grateful? definitely!
#3. In May, I went to Tanjung Lesung, also a Business Trip! Maybe I could say that this is a year of Business Trip. Its like Play Hard and Work Hard at the same time! This is also my first time to Tanjung Lesung, I could see virgin beach and sharks in the beach! Meet up with journalists, eating fresh sea food, meeting new people, so exciting!
#4. Went to Bandung again with my family! Went to floating market, stayed there for a night, play cards!!! As usual I loose :((. A very fun trip, one of the most memorable moments in my life.
#5. In June, I held my third Press Conference collaborate with a Japanese Company. The event went fine, no failure in the process, everything went smooth. We went looking for Kagami Biraki like crazy, and end up using Sake as the final event. Well, end up we drank the sake, although only in a small glass! Kanpaiiii!!
#6. Another trip to Bandung, this time its a treat for Rafael's Birthday. We went there with my hubby's family, almost 20 members of the family. Although at night we kinda being bug by something, I guess it didn't underrated the value of the event. It was FUN!
#7. In July, well this is not a planned trip. At first, we actually planning to have a road trip to Jogja in the first morning of Lebaran. By the time, we overslept, and the plan was ruin. After a short survey here and there, we decided to go to Pelabuhan Ratu, and stayed there for two days. A 6-7 hours drive from Jakarta, but it paid off with the view and karaoke!!! Karaoke??Yes, karaoke! We managed to rule to karaoke room and beat the crap all the visitors! Hah!!
#8. My team create an event in August, back to vintage, 60's.70's and 80's. With a reward of 3 mio rupiahs, all the division in our company unite to win the reward. Well, my division won! The crazy people in it just couldn't resist the limelight.
#9. In September, we held a NoBar, or watching together with our clients in a movie theater. We watch Hercules. Although its an OK movie, but when everything went well, its a good sign for us.
#10. In October, we held Animal Party! Just like the theme, everyone is wearing animal print! All the women was competing to each other, and it was fun to watch! There's nothing more fun then seeing woman cat-fighting to each other for some prize!
#11. Still in October, I went to another business trip to Malang. This time the team add another person, a girl. New experience, new excitement, and its a cold city indeed!!
#12. The last but not least, in November I had a short trip to hubbies home town because my father in law passed away. Even though its only for 3 days, but it was valuable moments.
Well that's a wrap! Its been a great year, I know 2015 will be fabulous! Lets spread our hopes and dreams!
Thanks to Google, I could see in my photos the milestones of 2014, happy times and bad times, I could only say..No regret and keep on moving!
So, here it goes the milestones of 2014 :
#1. Went to Jogja this year, first time out of town Business Trip after more than 10 years of work in my company. Tragic?? Nope, I consider it as a chance for greater opportunity. I go with my boss, and my colleagues, there are 4 of us. I also consider it as a Me time. Since I could go alone without being troubled by my kids. Its a great journey.
#2.Also in March, our team went for an outing to Bandung, so I could say I went to two different cities in a month. Grateful? definitely!
#3. In May, I went to Tanjung Lesung, also a Business Trip! Maybe I could say that this is a year of Business Trip. Its like Play Hard and Work Hard at the same time! This is also my first time to Tanjung Lesung, I could see virgin beach and sharks in the beach! Meet up with journalists, eating fresh sea food, meeting new people, so exciting!
#4. Went to Bandung again with my family! Went to floating market, stayed there for a night, play cards!!! As usual I loose :((. A very fun trip, one of the most memorable moments in my life.
#5. In June, I held my third Press Conference collaborate with a Japanese Company. The event went fine, no failure in the process, everything went smooth. We went looking for Kagami Biraki like crazy, and end up using Sake as the final event. Well, end up we drank the sake, although only in a small glass! Kanpaiiii!!
#6. Another trip to Bandung, this time its a treat for Rafael's Birthday. We went there with my hubby's family, almost 20 members of the family. Although at night we kinda being bug by something, I guess it didn't underrated the value of the event. It was FUN!
#7. In July, well this is not a planned trip. At first, we actually planning to have a road trip to Jogja in the first morning of Lebaran. By the time, we overslept, and the plan was ruin. After a short survey here and there, we decided to go to Pelabuhan Ratu, and stayed there for two days. A 6-7 hours drive from Jakarta, but it paid off with the view and karaoke!!! Karaoke??Yes, karaoke! We managed to rule to karaoke room and beat the crap all the visitors! Hah!!
#8. My team create an event in August, back to vintage, 60's.70's and 80's. With a reward of 3 mio rupiahs, all the division in our company unite to win the reward. Well, my division won! The crazy people in it just couldn't resist the limelight.
#9. In September, we held a NoBar, or watching together with our clients in a movie theater. We watch Hercules. Although its an OK movie, but when everything went well, its a good sign for us.
#10. In October, we held Animal Party! Just like the theme, everyone is wearing animal print! All the women was competing to each other, and it was fun to watch! There's nothing more fun then seeing woman cat-fighting to each other for some prize!
#11. Still in October, I went to another business trip to Malang. This time the team add another person, a girl. New experience, new excitement, and its a cold city indeed!!
#12. The last but not least, in November I had a short trip to hubbies home town because my father in law passed away. Even though its only for 3 days, but it was valuable moments.
Well that's a wrap! Its been a great year, I know 2015 will be fabulous! Lets spread our hopes and dreams!
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Review - Exodus Gods and Kings
The hottest movie of the Week, this is Exodus Gods and Kings.
Played by Christian Bale as Moses, Joel Edgerton as Ramses, Maria Valverde as Zipporah, and Aaron Paul as Joshua. Directed by Ridley Scott, an adaption of Moses from the bible.
As we all know, Moses was taken from the river of Nile by the princess of Egypt when he was a baby. He was raised together with Ramses, the owner of the Egyptian crown. They were not very good buddies, and there's a competition in the relationship.
The Jews were the slaves at those times. They were beholding the premonition, that one day a man taken from the water will save them all. After struggling the reality that he was a Jew, and after Ramses found out, Moses was thrown to the dessert to die.
In a back of a hand, Moses life was switched from a prince to nothing. Stranded in the dessert, he finally found a place to live, where he become a cattleman.He fall in love with a beautiful woman, Zipporah. Yes, Zipporah is a beautiful lady, with beliefs to the God. They end up in a marriage and have children.
This are the moment when God finally show himself to Moses, since he was not a believer. He was seen as a kid, talking to Moses, tell him about his plans. Just like a natural human being, Moses deny it at first. I guess, if I'm also Moses, I will reject it also, seeing the hard work shown upon you. Finally Moses take his responsibility to become God's General and go to Egypt to release His people.
Human was build with stubborn head if I may say. There's nothing easy in changing a mind of a human being. Lots of people hanged, lots of chaos and disaster just to change a mind of the Egyptian, especially Ramses.
Ramses, just like any other king was flooded with lavishness. He always get what he wants. He wants to build statue of himself, a beautiful palace and everything was build by the Jewish slaves. You will see how slaves work 20 hours a day, without proper food and clothes. There are no such thing as a reward, if they died, they just toss them in the fire. It was a time of brutality.
Ramses finally let the Jewish go, after his son died. Watching all the disaster made by God, was just to have obedience from His people. Nothing more, and nothing less. This kind of struck me a little bit in my faith :)). Are we obedient enough in every situation that God has put us through? Will we still call his name, pray and be grateful in all the chaotic things that crossed our path?
One thing for sure, Moses also has doubts. This movie shows how human the prophets are. There's a scene where Moses talked with God, they argue, and the conclusion is we will not always agree on everything, but there are consequences in every action we have made.
The whole movie is about 150 minutes, all the scenes, the palace, was crafted beautifully. A very big budget indeed. The actors and actresses also played beautifully in their part. One thing that kinda troubles me is Zipporah is not aging :P. She looks the same after so many years married to Moses, where Moses grows old, but Zipporah stays the same.
This is maybe one of the best closing movie in 2014, next to the Hobbit and Mockingjay. Although Ridley Scott play safe in the story by not changing much of the story, but it was beautifully made. I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Played by Christian Bale as Moses, Joel Edgerton as Ramses, Maria Valverde as Zipporah, and Aaron Paul as Joshua. Directed by Ridley Scott, an adaption of Moses from the bible.
As we all know, Moses was taken from the river of Nile by the princess of Egypt when he was a baby. He was raised together with Ramses, the owner of the Egyptian crown. They were not very good buddies, and there's a competition in the relationship.
The Jews were the slaves at those times. They were beholding the premonition, that one day a man taken from the water will save them all. After struggling the reality that he was a Jew, and after Ramses found out, Moses was thrown to the dessert to die.
In a back of a hand, Moses life was switched from a prince to nothing. Stranded in the dessert, he finally found a place to live, where he become a cattleman.He fall in love with a beautiful woman, Zipporah. Yes, Zipporah is a beautiful lady, with beliefs to the God. They end up in a marriage and have children.
This are the moment when God finally show himself to Moses, since he was not a believer. He was seen as a kid, talking to Moses, tell him about his plans. Just like a natural human being, Moses deny it at first. I guess, if I'm also Moses, I will reject it also, seeing the hard work shown upon you. Finally Moses take his responsibility to become God's General and go to Egypt to release His people.
Human was build with stubborn head if I may say. There's nothing easy in changing a mind of a human being. Lots of people hanged, lots of chaos and disaster just to change a mind of the Egyptian, especially Ramses.
Ramses, just like any other king was flooded with lavishness. He always get what he wants. He wants to build statue of himself, a beautiful palace and everything was build by the Jewish slaves. You will see how slaves work 20 hours a day, without proper food and clothes. There are no such thing as a reward, if they died, they just toss them in the fire. It was a time of brutality.
Ramses finally let the Jewish go, after his son died. Watching all the disaster made by God, was just to have obedience from His people. Nothing more, and nothing less. This kind of struck me a little bit in my faith :)). Are we obedient enough in every situation that God has put us through? Will we still call his name, pray and be grateful in all the chaotic things that crossed our path?
One thing for sure, Moses also has doubts. This movie shows how human the prophets are. There's a scene where Moses talked with God, they argue, and the conclusion is we will not always agree on everything, but there are consequences in every action we have made.
The whole movie is about 150 minutes, all the scenes, the palace, was crafted beautifully. A very big budget indeed. The actors and actresses also played beautifully in their part. One thing that kinda troubles me is Zipporah is not aging :P. She looks the same after so many years married to Moses, where Moses grows old, but Zipporah stays the same.
This is maybe one of the best closing movie in 2014, next to the Hobbit and Mockingjay. Although Ridley Scott play safe in the story by not changing much of the story, but it was beautifully made. I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Review - The Book Thief
A 2013 movie, about a brave young girl named Liesel. Starred by a beautiful young actress Sophie Nelisse as Liesel, Geoffrey Rush as Hans, and Emily Watson as Rosa. Adapted from the book with the same title, written by Markus Zusak.
Liesel is an orphan, she was adopted by Hans and Rosa. The movie was set in the World War II, where Nazi rules the world. The people is in fear, and every knock in the door could mean instant death.
Liesel loves to read books, the Nazi told the people to burn all the books, since she loves book so much, she managed to stole one book. When she stole that one book, the mayor's wife sees this and remember liesel in her heart.
One day a young man stop by to Hans' house and fall on the floor. Hans recognize this young man as one of his best friend's son who has sacrifice himself to help Hans. His name is Max, and they took him in to help him. Liesel was forced not to tell anyone about Max, or the Nazi will come and killed them all. Max was taken care by them until he was healthy enough to leave the house.
Liesel has a good friend named Rudy, a boy next door. They were so close, in school and at home. They look so cute together, it was like the morning dew of romance. They were so natural, I wish more teenagers could act like them.
Problem occur when the Nazi do the basement search, Hans hid Max so well, and the Nazi couldn't find him. Every now and then, Liesel goes to the mayor's house to deliver bread, and Ilsa, the mayor's wife lend him some books to read. She used her loved of books to read it all to the sick Max, which in the end help him to become healthy.
The scene and the scenario was beautifully written, we could feel the pain of war, where everybody lives in constant fear. But young Liesel was brave enough to show the world how human shouldn't be treated that way. Human should taken care of each other.
"Life never promised anything...So, I should start right away..", then she began to write her story in a book where Max gave her. I guess this is also a reminder for me, action is far more needed in every occasion in our life. That actions will determine our next phase in life, we might made the wrong decision, but at least we could learn from our mistakes. Wewww, I'm getting wiser XD.
In this movie I'm so amazed by Sophie Nelisse beauty, what a superb beauty! World Class indeed. She acted so gracefully and beautifully in every scene. The movie flows in just the right amount.
Making my Sunday afternoon so perfect, I gave this movie 4/5 Stars!
Liesel is an orphan, she was adopted by Hans and Rosa. The movie was set in the World War II, where Nazi rules the world. The people is in fear, and every knock in the door could mean instant death.
Liesel loves to read books, the Nazi told the people to burn all the books, since she loves book so much, she managed to stole one book. When she stole that one book, the mayor's wife sees this and remember liesel in her heart.
One day a young man stop by to Hans' house and fall on the floor. Hans recognize this young man as one of his best friend's son who has sacrifice himself to help Hans. His name is Max, and they took him in to help him. Liesel was forced not to tell anyone about Max, or the Nazi will come and killed them all. Max was taken care by them until he was healthy enough to leave the house.
Liesel has a good friend named Rudy, a boy next door. They were so close, in school and at home. They look so cute together, it was like the morning dew of romance. They were so natural, I wish more teenagers could act like them.
Problem occur when the Nazi do the basement search, Hans hid Max so well, and the Nazi couldn't find him. Every now and then, Liesel goes to the mayor's house to deliver bread, and Ilsa, the mayor's wife lend him some books to read. She used her loved of books to read it all to the sick Max, which in the end help him to become healthy.
The scene and the scenario was beautifully written, we could feel the pain of war, where everybody lives in constant fear. But young Liesel was brave enough to show the world how human shouldn't be treated that way. Human should taken care of each other.
"Life never promised anything...So, I should start right away..", then she began to write her story in a book where Max gave her. I guess this is also a reminder for me, action is far more needed in every occasion in our life. That actions will determine our next phase in life, we might made the wrong decision, but at least we could learn from our mistakes. Wewww, I'm getting wiser XD.
In this movie I'm so amazed by Sophie Nelisse beauty, what a superb beauty! World Class indeed. She acted so gracefully and beautifully in every scene. The movie flows in just the right amount.
Making my Sunday afternoon so perfect, I gave this movie 4/5 Stars!
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Miss you.. Much!
Beneath everything, I kept it silently
A chunk of feeling
I miss you, dearly
Wishing and fantasize every scenarios
You would show up in front of me
Holding hands and laughing together
But I guess it's just me
I hope this is all just a dream
By the time I wake up, I don't have to remember u again
Amnesia is the cure
Be still.. Just be still
Dear night, please take me away
Erase all my thoughts
Erase the memories that left
So I can wake up tomorrow
In the old me... No more him
No more pain, just the future
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Review - Begin Again
A blown away movie from Keira Knightley and Mark Rufallo.
I've heard the sound track, before I see the movie. Listening to Lost Stars is such an experience, that urge me to watch the movie instead.
So what is this movie about? It's about standing up again after falling hard down to the ground. How do you get up? By helping others, its just that simple.
Keira Knightley played as Greta, a young English lady who was recently broke up with his boyfriend Dave Kohl played by the one and only Adam Levine, it's like playing the name of Dave Grohl ;p. Mark Ruffalo played as Dan Mulligan, a drunk man who got divorced to his wife, after his wife cheating on him to other man.
Greta is a talented song writer, but shadowed by the famous boy friend Dave who become the next superstar in the city of New York. Like any other relationship, when one of them is too famous, the other is just an underdog, even when they have the same talent. She also writes beautiful songs, but too afraid to show the world her real talent, or should we say, his boyfriend never give her a chance to show it.
Dan, was thinking about killing himself when he heard Greta sang in a local bar. After failing at his marriage, he become an alcoholic and drove himself to the ground. The record company he built fired him, and he was just lost.
After their meeting in a local bar, Dan tries to convince Greta about her talents, but she just doesn't bought it. They finally found a relationship in music, by showing their music library. Yup, it's not a musical movie, but it really shows lots of great music.
Their relationship grow, when they made their own outdoor music. They record the music in the whole town, it creates something beautiful, and paid every effort they made. A trophy at the end of the game.
This is one of the best movie I've seen so far. Keira's act is flawless! Seems like she just played as her. Mark Ruffalo is also one of the best actor, I have notice him since he played at Now You See Me. They were just like a great combo together, plus Adam Levine as the bonus. A must see movie, and a must listen music. One word "Magnificent"!
I give this movie 4/5 stars!
I've heard the sound track, before I see the movie. Listening to Lost Stars is such an experience, that urge me to watch the movie instead.
So what is this movie about? It's about standing up again after falling hard down to the ground. How do you get up? By helping others, its just that simple.
Keira Knightley played as Greta, a young English lady who was recently broke up with his boyfriend Dave Kohl played by the one and only Adam Levine, it's like playing the name of Dave Grohl ;p. Mark Ruffalo played as Dan Mulligan, a drunk man who got divorced to his wife, after his wife cheating on him to other man.
Greta is a talented song writer, but shadowed by the famous boy friend Dave who become the next superstar in the city of New York. Like any other relationship, when one of them is too famous, the other is just an underdog, even when they have the same talent. She also writes beautiful songs, but too afraid to show the world her real talent, or should we say, his boyfriend never give her a chance to show it.
Dan, was thinking about killing himself when he heard Greta sang in a local bar. After failing at his marriage, he become an alcoholic and drove himself to the ground. The record company he built fired him, and he was just lost.
After their meeting in a local bar, Dan tries to convince Greta about her talents, but she just doesn't bought it. They finally found a relationship in music, by showing their music library. Yup, it's not a musical movie, but it really shows lots of great music.
Their relationship grow, when they made their own outdoor music. They record the music in the whole town, it creates something beautiful, and paid every effort they made. A trophy at the end of the game.
This is one of the best movie I've seen so far. Keira's act is flawless! Seems like she just played as her. Mark Ruffalo is also one of the best actor, I have notice him since he played at Now You See Me. They were just like a great combo together, plus Adam Levine as the bonus. A must see movie, and a must listen music. One word "Magnificent"!
I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Review - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A movie about pain and friendships.
Starred by Emma Watson as Sam, Logan Lerman as Charlie, Ezra Miller as Patrick, and Nina Dobrev as Candace, Charlie's big sister.
Charlie just lost his best friend, Michael, just before he entered high school. Michael shot himself, and didn't left charlie a single note. So, charlie wrote him a letter, almost every day to tell him about his daily stories.
Entering high school could be challenging, especially if you didn't have any friend to talk to, particularly during lunch hour. Eating alone, makes you feel everybody is pitying you. Lonely, is probably the exact word.
One day, in a football game, Charlie made a friend with a senior named Patrick, which happens to be he has a step sister named Sam. In just moments away, Charlie feels happy since he finally made some friends where he finally doesn't have to eat lunch alone. Everything went smoothly, until an incident happen where he shows his special affection to Sam.
The story is simple, run smoothly between all scenes, its a great movie, with great songs slipped in every scene. The movie tells how human being will blocked every ugly, bad times in their life, and the brain will simply block it until you have insufficient space in your brain or triggers that will made everything burst out. Charlie is simply a poor child, and a very normal human being.
The movie also tells how we human, needs interactions to other people, a feeling that we're "accepted". We are a proper human being, if we fit in to our environment. Sometimes we made stupid things, stupid decisions just to feel "accepted". The movie tells so much stories in just 102 minutes.
I have to give credit a lot to Emma Watson, since she played soo well in this movie. She's just the charm of the movie. Beautiful, edgy and fragile in one place. Come to think of it, all the casts of Harry Potter, is a great actor/actresses. Gotta see Horns after this, maybe.
Well, I am a content viewer, I love this movie so much. I gotta say, I gave 4/5 stars for this movie! Cheers!
Starred by Emma Watson as Sam, Logan Lerman as Charlie, Ezra Miller as Patrick, and Nina Dobrev as Candace, Charlie's big sister.
Charlie just lost his best friend, Michael, just before he entered high school. Michael shot himself, and didn't left charlie a single note. So, charlie wrote him a letter, almost every day to tell him about his daily stories.
Entering high school could be challenging, especially if you didn't have any friend to talk to, particularly during lunch hour. Eating alone, makes you feel everybody is pitying you. Lonely, is probably the exact word.
One day, in a football game, Charlie made a friend with a senior named Patrick, which happens to be he has a step sister named Sam. In just moments away, Charlie feels happy since he finally made some friends where he finally doesn't have to eat lunch alone. Everything went smoothly, until an incident happen where he shows his special affection to Sam.
The story is simple, run smoothly between all scenes, its a great movie, with great songs slipped in every scene. The movie tells how human being will blocked every ugly, bad times in their life, and the brain will simply block it until you have insufficient space in your brain or triggers that will made everything burst out. Charlie is simply a poor child, and a very normal human being.
The movie also tells how we human, needs interactions to other people, a feeling that we're "accepted". We are a proper human being, if we fit in to our environment. Sometimes we made stupid things, stupid decisions just to feel "accepted". The movie tells so much stories in just 102 minutes.
I have to give credit a lot to Emma Watson, since she played soo well in this movie. She's just the charm of the movie. Beautiful, edgy and fragile in one place. Come to think of it, all the casts of Harry Potter, is a great actor/actresses. Gotta see Horns after this, maybe.
Well, I am a content viewer, I love this movie so much. I gotta say, I gave 4/5 stars for this movie! Cheers!
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Review - Rurouni Kenshin 2012
This is 2012 movie, and I just watch it last night.
I know this movie as Batosai X, have watched the manga few years back. Love the manga quite well.
Himura Batosai, is a skilled, cold blooded killer. He is named as Batosai as a credit for the numerous killing he made. Started the job since 14 years old, he mastered all kinds of killing tricks. If you wish to see the art of katana (japanese sword), this movie will entertain you.
Kamiya Kaoru is the daughter of a dojo owner. She grew up with a paradigm that a sword is used only to protect others. She's a brave woman, fearless and caring also.
In the new era, if I'm not mistaken the Meiji Era, opium is illegal. One of the tycoon in that era, smuggle the opium and sell it secretly. To guard his business, he hired the best fighters in town, not only samurais but a boxer, and also a finest fighter who claimed himself as batosai.
During that time, lots of killing happens everywhere, the killers put the batosai signature in every killing he made. Every police officers and national guard trying so hard to find batosai, but somehow could not find him everywhere. When faith crossed, the killer met the real batosai. With the X scar in his face, the killer knew that he finally confronted with the real batosai.
Swore no to kill anyone again, himura batosai forced to broke his promise and marched to the tycoon's palace to save kaoru. Helped by his friend, he finally managed to save kaoru. Just like the manga, even as a batosai, himura never seen as a serious man, he always shows his foolish personality. I think this is one of his effort to show his eagerness to change, from a killer to common man.
The movie is filled with blood bath, I have to warn you this. If you wish to watch this with an underage, I suggest you not to watch it with them. Overall, this movie is quite entertaining, although batosai is a very skinny dude, but I like his act in this movie. I gave this movie 3/5 stars!
I know this movie as Batosai X, have watched the manga few years back. Love the manga quite well.
Himura Batosai, is a skilled, cold blooded killer. He is named as Batosai as a credit for the numerous killing he made. Started the job since 14 years old, he mastered all kinds of killing tricks. If you wish to see the art of katana (japanese sword), this movie will entertain you.
Kamiya Kaoru is the daughter of a dojo owner. She grew up with a paradigm that a sword is used only to protect others. She's a brave woman, fearless and caring also.
In the new era, if I'm not mistaken the Meiji Era, opium is illegal. One of the tycoon in that era, smuggle the opium and sell it secretly. To guard his business, he hired the best fighters in town, not only samurais but a boxer, and also a finest fighter who claimed himself as batosai.
During that time, lots of killing happens everywhere, the killers put the batosai signature in every killing he made. Every police officers and national guard trying so hard to find batosai, but somehow could not find him everywhere. When faith crossed, the killer met the real batosai. With the X scar in his face, the killer knew that he finally confronted with the real batosai.
Swore no to kill anyone again, himura batosai forced to broke his promise and marched to the tycoon's palace to save kaoru. Helped by his friend, he finally managed to save kaoru. Just like the manga, even as a batosai, himura never seen as a serious man, he always shows his foolish personality. I think this is one of his effort to show his eagerness to change, from a killer to common man.
The movie is filled with blood bath, I have to warn you this. If you wish to watch this with an underage, I suggest you not to watch it with them. Overall, this movie is quite entertaining, although batosai is a very skinny dude, but I like his act in this movie. I gave this movie 3/5 stars!
Friday, September 19, 2014
Review - Hercules The Thracian War
I guess everybody knows who Hercules is, and what to expect from this movie. Well, I guess I'm the one who has too much expectation.
Starred by Dwayne Johnson as Hercules, or we may know him as The Rock, Irina Shayk as Megara, Ian Mcshane as Amphiaraus and Ingrid Bols as Atalanta. With the duration of 98 minutes, i kind of loose my appetite at the end of the movie.
The movie started with bunch of villains listening to stories about Hercules told by Iolaus. The villains laughs about the Hercules stories and tries to torture Iolaus, this is where finally Hercules shows, and turns out he has 4 other friends : Amphiaraus, Tydeus, Autolycus and Atalanta. Every one has their line of expertise, added with Iolaus there will be six people on team Hercules.
Hercules is a bounty hunter, he gives services to kill villains or monster and get paid by gold. Along with his team, they made a great team facing different kind of people and monsters. One day, a princess, Ergenia came and offer him gold as much as his weight. The job is to killed their enemy the centaur that has tortured lots of citizen in the city of Thrace. Led by King Cotys, Thrace army is untrained, and this is one of Hercules job to train them.
The first war they have to face is the local barbarian, I have to say, this war is the best scene on the entire movie. It's thrilling, yet wonderfully delivered. The scene is dark, but the detail is magnificent. Hercules and king Cotys won the war. Next, they have to face the centaur who were claimed could influence people to do what they wanted to do. In the next war, they also won, and the rest of the defeated army was taken to Thrace.
For me, the story is too easy, shallow and it's the least from I have expected. Hearing the name of Hercules, I imagine it will be filled with Greek Gods, monsters like Hydra,Cyclops and other myth that I see in the usual Greek Myth movie. It's like the movie is trying to hid all the myth part and only shows the human part. This is where I kinda lost my appetite.
All the actors and actress are great, their role is great, the set is magnificent but if I wrap it all, there is no taste after the movie. It's like just watching another episode in the TV series. Compared to Clash of the Titans, this is a very weak movie.
Anyway, that's just my opinion. I give this movie 2/5 stars!
Starred by Dwayne Johnson as Hercules, or we may know him as The Rock, Irina Shayk as Megara, Ian Mcshane as Amphiaraus and Ingrid Bols as Atalanta. With the duration of 98 minutes, i kind of loose my appetite at the end of the movie.
The movie started with bunch of villains listening to stories about Hercules told by Iolaus. The villains laughs about the Hercules stories and tries to torture Iolaus, this is where finally Hercules shows, and turns out he has 4 other friends : Amphiaraus, Tydeus, Autolycus and Atalanta. Every one has their line of expertise, added with Iolaus there will be six people on team Hercules.
Hercules is a bounty hunter, he gives services to kill villains or monster and get paid by gold. Along with his team, they made a great team facing different kind of people and monsters. One day, a princess, Ergenia came and offer him gold as much as his weight. The job is to killed their enemy the centaur that has tortured lots of citizen in the city of Thrace. Led by King Cotys, Thrace army is untrained, and this is one of Hercules job to train them.
The first war they have to face is the local barbarian, I have to say, this war is the best scene on the entire movie. It's thrilling, yet wonderfully delivered. The scene is dark, but the detail is magnificent. Hercules and king Cotys won the war. Next, they have to face the centaur who were claimed could influence people to do what they wanted to do. In the next war, they also won, and the rest of the defeated army was taken to Thrace.
For me, the story is too easy, shallow and it's the least from I have expected. Hearing the name of Hercules, I imagine it will be filled with Greek Gods, monsters like Hydra,Cyclops and other myth that I see in the usual Greek Myth movie. It's like the movie is trying to hid all the myth part and only shows the human part. This is where I kinda lost my appetite.
All the actors and actress are great, their role is great, the set is magnificent but if I wrap it all, there is no taste after the movie. It's like just watching another episode in the TV series. Compared to Clash of the Titans, this is a very weak movie.
Anyway, that's just my opinion. I give this movie 2/5 stars!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Review - The Fault in Our Stars
I don't know why, but I got this feeling that I have to watch this movie.
So, I watched it yesterday. In conclusion, a romantic yet sad movie. It doesn't give you that tons of romantic feeling pouring in your heart, it just give you such calmness and tries to absorb all the messages.
Based on a book by John Green with the same title, I really have no idea about the book, but I can tell you my view about the movie.
Starred by Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace, Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters, Willem Dafoe as Peter Van Houten.
The question in the movie is what should I do before I die? when death seems close and just a step ahead?
Hazel Grace has cancer that caused her lungs filled with water and made her difficult to breath. She's a beautiful and very tall girl, that brings oxygen tube everywhere she goes. It's mandatory for her to bring it along.
One day, doctor ask her to join the support group to meet other people that has the similar problem like her. The support group is filled with people who had different kind of cancer, that's when she met augustus waters. An 18 year old boy, who filled with so much energy and positivity. He's like a torch in the dark.
Their relationship grew from friendship to eventually love. Well, if you're going to die tomorrow you might as well enjoy the day in a grand way right?? They went to Amsterdam together, enjoy dinner in a fancy place and met Hazel's favorite author named Peter Van Houten, who turns to be an alcoholic.
So, where's the sad part? The sad part is when you see two people in love, they struggle for so many years and so many times, facing death more than a hundred times. Hospital is like their second home. There's even a scene where nurse will ask : from scale 1-10, how much it hurts? I guess its not only hurting the patient, but also hurting all your surroundings. How could parents just have to face their children died? How could you face your loved ones died in your very eyes? The pain is just inevitable and demand to be felt.
Hazel and Augustus know that their love won't last forever, but they are brave enough to take the chances and feel the pain. As they say, to enjoy the rainbow you have to stand in the rain.
The movie also tells us to be strong in any situation you have to be, and just do what you want to do cause life is so short that time will runs out in just seconds. Maybe if the movie is happy ending, the essence will be so much different then they are now.
This movie is beautiful with its simplicity, hazel's eyes sparks every time she speaks, augustus energy could be felt to your bones and surely the pain is like the main menu to be enjoyed.
I give this movie 4/5 stars and surely will find the book to compare the pain.
So, I watched it yesterday. In conclusion, a romantic yet sad movie. It doesn't give you that tons of romantic feeling pouring in your heart, it just give you such calmness and tries to absorb all the messages.
Based on a book by John Green with the same title, I really have no idea about the book, but I can tell you my view about the movie.
Starred by Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace, Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters, Willem Dafoe as Peter Van Houten.
The question in the movie is what should I do before I die? when death seems close and just a step ahead?
Hazel Grace has cancer that caused her lungs filled with water and made her difficult to breath. She's a beautiful and very tall girl, that brings oxygen tube everywhere she goes. It's mandatory for her to bring it along.
One day, doctor ask her to join the support group to meet other people that has the similar problem like her. The support group is filled with people who had different kind of cancer, that's when she met augustus waters. An 18 year old boy, who filled with so much energy and positivity. He's like a torch in the dark.
Their relationship grew from friendship to eventually love. Well, if you're going to die tomorrow you might as well enjoy the day in a grand way right?? They went to Amsterdam together, enjoy dinner in a fancy place and met Hazel's favorite author named Peter Van Houten, who turns to be an alcoholic.
So, where's the sad part? The sad part is when you see two people in love, they struggle for so many years and so many times, facing death more than a hundred times. Hospital is like their second home. There's even a scene where nurse will ask : from scale 1-10, how much it hurts? I guess its not only hurting the patient, but also hurting all your surroundings. How could parents just have to face their children died? How could you face your loved ones died in your very eyes? The pain is just inevitable and demand to be felt.
Hazel and Augustus know that their love won't last forever, but they are brave enough to take the chances and feel the pain. As they say, to enjoy the rainbow you have to stand in the rain.
The movie also tells us to be strong in any situation you have to be, and just do what you want to do cause life is so short that time will runs out in just seconds. Maybe if the movie is happy ending, the essence will be so much different then they are now.
This movie is beautiful with its simplicity, hazel's eyes sparks every time she speaks, augustus energy could be felt to your bones and surely the pain is like the main menu to be enjoyed.
I give this movie 4/5 stars and surely will find the book to compare the pain.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Review - Chef
A great comedy! Life lesson in 115 minutes.
Starred by Jon Favreau as Carl Casper, Robert Downey Jr. as Marvin, Scarlet Johansson as Molly, and Sofia Vergara as Inez.
Carl Casper is a Chef, a great chef with so much talent and innovation. He got caught in a place, where innovation is a disadvantage. His boss is a safety player and afraid that innovation will ruin his restaurant.
One day, a food critics is coming to the restaurant to give reviews. The food critics is so famous that he got 10 mil USD when he sells his website. Casper's team all prepared for the meal and tries their best serving the food.
When the review came out, it was far from their expectations. Yup, an ugly review about the food and the chef that creates it. What Casper didn't know that the review got viral on the Social Media. As an old school guy, he's no into the technology section and everything that relates to it. Luckily, he got a son that could teach him all that stuff. One day, he accidentally tweet something that led to tweetwar and it made him loose his job.
Inez, is Casper's ex wife. They kept on becoming good friends even when they are separated. Tries to help Casper, she persuade him to sell his food on a food truck. Nowhere to go, Casper finally agreed and create his foodtruck, helped by his old team and his son Percy. Like any other divorce situation, percy is the victim of the situation. He kept on asking for attention, but Casper never realize it.
Comedy, Food and Relationship in one place. A lesson to keep your the "real" you and never give up, even when it seems like you screw everything. I never get bored in every seconds of this movie. Enjoy Sofia Vergara's amazing body and imagining myself to have a body like that! I don't even bothered with her accent :)! This movie is just fun to watch and relaxing at the same time.
Hope you could enjoy the movie as much as I do, I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Starred by Jon Favreau as Carl Casper, Robert Downey Jr. as Marvin, Scarlet Johansson as Molly, and Sofia Vergara as Inez.
Carl Casper is a Chef, a great chef with so much talent and innovation. He got caught in a place, where innovation is a disadvantage. His boss is a safety player and afraid that innovation will ruin his restaurant.
One day, a food critics is coming to the restaurant to give reviews. The food critics is so famous that he got 10 mil USD when he sells his website. Casper's team all prepared for the meal and tries their best serving the food.
When the review came out, it was far from their expectations. Yup, an ugly review about the food and the chef that creates it. What Casper didn't know that the review got viral on the Social Media. As an old school guy, he's no into the technology section and everything that relates to it. Luckily, he got a son that could teach him all that stuff. One day, he accidentally tweet something that led to tweetwar and it made him loose his job.
Inez, is Casper's ex wife. They kept on becoming good friends even when they are separated. Tries to help Casper, she persuade him to sell his food on a food truck. Nowhere to go, Casper finally agreed and create his foodtruck, helped by his old team and his son Percy. Like any other divorce situation, percy is the victim of the situation. He kept on asking for attention, but Casper never realize it.
Comedy, Food and Relationship in one place. A lesson to keep your the "real" you and never give up, even when it seems like you screw everything. I never get bored in every seconds of this movie. Enjoy Sofia Vergara's amazing body and imagining myself to have a body like that! I don't even bothered with her accent :)! This movie is just fun to watch and relaxing at the same time.
Hope you could enjoy the movie as much as I do, I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Sunday, August 10, 2014
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Review - Noah
After weeks not writing in this blog, I finally had a time to fill it in with this grand movie that you all might had know it before. The movie is Noah, a simple title from the prophet Noah. Whether you're a moslem or christian, I believe you know all about the prophet.
Not far from the story told in the bible, this movie told about faith and problem occur between human and the creator. The story started how human was thrown away from eden and live on earth. After they were thrown away to the earth, some of the angels that fell sorry for the human follow them to the earth. The angels was punished by the creator and made them into stones.
Noah is just an ordinary man, who had a family with three sons, Sam, Ham and Jafet. His wife, was a faithful wife and follow him everywhere. One day, he had a dream, a premonition told by the creator, that one day the earth will be filled with water. So, he and his family started to build a ship, helped by the fallen angels.
Russel Crowe as Noah is no doubt, played his role in a remarkable way. As a viewer, sometimes I feel sorry for him, sometimes I get angry since he always follow the "right" way, he is the best actor for this movie. Jennifer Connelly played as Noah's wife, something bother me in watching her appearance, it seems she never gets old no matter how many years she spent in poverty and troublesome :). I think she had botox while playing the movie :). The other actors that plays quite a role in this movie is Emma Watson as Lia. A girl who was found injured, on the way Noah's family heads to the land of the fallen angels.
Could you imagine someone is building an ark? It takes so many years for building one, the scene was great. The ark doesn't look perfect or grand, it's just an ark made of woods, looks like a long cube. Darren aronofsky as the director, show this very well. There is nothing grand in this movie. It shows humbleness, Noah is not trying to show everybody his creation, he just create. Signs of faithfulness of his creator. He talks and ask the creator in any kinds of action he was trying to do. Compare to me, I'm nothing more than a dust of faithfulness.
The movie climax is when Lia is trying to deliver her baby, while Noah tries to kill it. It's like a great dilemma. We could feel how painful it is for Lia while carrying the baby and knows it well end up dead, since she has defies the rules from the creator. In the other hand, Noah's wife sees its just a way to carry their descendants, since all human being in the world is vanished. So, what happen? What about the other two children Noah had? They all have their own stories.
Its a great movie, best special effect, and great stories. It brings you new perspective about how the world runs. There's no overdoing during the whole movie, it's just a simple story about human faith to his creator. Why the creator decide to vanish all of his creations? I guess we could see the hints in this movie. But, will it ever happen again? The creator has promised that this will never happen again, and hopefully never happen again.
The movie ended with Noahs guilt, and how he got drunk and finally get naked in the sea. A remorse of a human being in how he could not complete his task. One of the best movie this year, I give it 4,5/5 stars!
Not far from the story told in the bible, this movie told about faith and problem occur between human and the creator. The story started how human was thrown away from eden and live on earth. After they were thrown away to the earth, some of the angels that fell sorry for the human follow them to the earth. The angels was punished by the creator and made them into stones.
Noah is just an ordinary man, who had a family with three sons, Sam, Ham and Jafet. His wife, was a faithful wife and follow him everywhere. One day, he had a dream, a premonition told by the creator, that one day the earth will be filled with water. So, he and his family started to build a ship, helped by the fallen angels.
Russel Crowe as Noah is no doubt, played his role in a remarkable way. As a viewer, sometimes I feel sorry for him, sometimes I get angry since he always follow the "right" way, he is the best actor for this movie. Jennifer Connelly played as Noah's wife, something bother me in watching her appearance, it seems she never gets old no matter how many years she spent in poverty and troublesome :). I think she had botox while playing the movie :). The other actors that plays quite a role in this movie is Emma Watson as Lia. A girl who was found injured, on the way Noah's family heads to the land of the fallen angels.
Could you imagine someone is building an ark? It takes so many years for building one, the scene was great. The ark doesn't look perfect or grand, it's just an ark made of woods, looks like a long cube. Darren aronofsky as the director, show this very well. There is nothing grand in this movie. It shows humbleness, Noah is not trying to show everybody his creation, he just create. Signs of faithfulness of his creator. He talks and ask the creator in any kinds of action he was trying to do. Compare to me, I'm nothing more than a dust of faithfulness.
The movie climax is when Lia is trying to deliver her baby, while Noah tries to kill it. It's like a great dilemma. We could feel how painful it is for Lia while carrying the baby and knows it well end up dead, since she has defies the rules from the creator. In the other hand, Noah's wife sees its just a way to carry their descendants, since all human being in the world is vanished. So, what happen? What about the other two children Noah had? They all have their own stories.
Its a great movie, best special effect, and great stories. It brings you new perspective about how the world runs. There's no overdoing during the whole movie, it's just a simple story about human faith to his creator. Why the creator decide to vanish all of his creations? I guess we could see the hints in this movie. But, will it ever happen again? The creator has promised that this will never happen again, and hopefully never happen again.
The movie ended with Noahs guilt, and how he got drunk and finally get naked in the sea. A remorse of a human being in how he could not complete his task. One of the best movie this year, I give it 4,5/5 stars!
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Review - Mama
A 2012 movie, cast by Jessica Chastain and Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, based on a short film Mama' an Argentine movie.
The genre of this movie is definitely horror, no doubt about it. A story about two little girls who was abandoned by their father in a cabin in the woods. How do they live?
Somewhere in the other cities, their father's brother Lucas and his girlfriend Annabel pay a private investigator to look for those girls since they are nowhere to be found and there are no bodies as a proof of their absence. After five years of searching, Lucas finally found the two girls, Victoria and Lily, they are alive and healthy. How? In the middle of the woods, how do the girls live? Well, Mama feed them with berries.
Lucas, took the girls in with him. They were under doctors investigation, since they forgot how to speak and communicate with other human being. They crawl, climb and only talks "Mama". Annabel, who has no connection in what so ever with the girls, doesn't know what to do and how to communicate with the girls. She also feel something weird happening, after Lucas falls in the stairs and have a serious wounds and have to stay in the hospital for quite some time.
Annabel see shadows, Victoria give her hints that Mama is following them and stay with them. She stays in the closet, and sometimes plays with them. There are moments when Lily, giggles and laugh, plays with blankets with no one. Somehow, Mama get jealous since she thought all of her girls will be taken away from her. So, she intrude their lives and also killed their doctor.
Who is Mama? I won't deliver you the answer, since the excitement will lost if I told you the whole story. One of the most horror movie I see, moral of the story is a mother will always tries to protect her children no matter what happen at any time and anywhere.
I don't know why they put a 50-50 closing in the end, it kinda left me off balance but its an art, we will never know the reason of it. I give this movie 3,4/5 stars!
The genre of this movie is definitely horror, no doubt about it. A story about two little girls who was abandoned by their father in a cabin in the woods. How do they live?
Somewhere in the other cities, their father's brother Lucas and his girlfriend Annabel pay a private investigator to look for those girls since they are nowhere to be found and there are no bodies as a proof of their absence. After five years of searching, Lucas finally found the two girls, Victoria and Lily, they are alive and healthy. How? In the middle of the woods, how do the girls live? Well, Mama feed them with berries.
Lucas, took the girls in with him. They were under doctors investigation, since they forgot how to speak and communicate with other human being. They crawl, climb and only talks "Mama". Annabel, who has no connection in what so ever with the girls, doesn't know what to do and how to communicate with the girls. She also feel something weird happening, after Lucas falls in the stairs and have a serious wounds and have to stay in the hospital for quite some time.
Annabel see shadows, Victoria give her hints that Mama is following them and stay with them. She stays in the closet, and sometimes plays with them. There are moments when Lily, giggles and laugh, plays with blankets with no one. Somehow, Mama get jealous since she thought all of her girls will be taken away from her. So, she intrude their lives and also killed their doctor.
Who is Mama? I won't deliver you the answer, since the excitement will lost if I told you the whole story. One of the most horror movie I see, moral of the story is a mother will always tries to protect her children no matter what happen at any time and anywhere.
I don't know why they put a 50-50 closing in the end, it kinda left me off balance but its an art, we will never know the reason of it. I give this movie 3,4/5 stars!
Review - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sets in a country named Zubrowka in the early 1900, a man named Gustave H is running his job as the hotel concierge. Greeting, accompanying the hotel guests and pleased all the guests even in the weirdest way. The guests keep coming back for him.
One day, the lobby boy,Zero, brought him a newspaper with a murder news as the headlines. It was madam D, the hotels respective guest. Drawn by wonder, Gustave runs fast to see her funeral, while he knows that all of Madam D hates her so much and only waits for her inheritance.
I can't believe that Ralph Fiennes plays as Gustave D, believe me, maybe this is his best act so far. It was so amazing, and I love him very much. Zero, Anthony Quinonez, also played his part as a newbie very well. Zero had a girlfriend named Agatha, a brave pastry girl who has a big scar in her cheek, who helped Gustave and Zero to finish their mission in finding the real killers of Madam D.
This movie is a full package, they are all proven actors, such as Tilda Swinton as Madam D, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, everybody just play their part here, I wont mention every one of them, since there are lots of them.
Wes Anderson successfully not only directs and write this movie, he successfully create a beautiful imagination into a wonderful movie. I enjoy every minute of it, the scenery of the Mountains, the snows, the designs of the colourful cart, the Hendl's cake, everything just seem incredibly beautiful. The costumes was purple, the hotel designs and interior, even the rooms names. Not a single thing irritate me, even in the prison.
As we all predicts, Mr. Gustave won the case. After a series of running, and hiding, he finally made it. Although this looks like a very light and filled with comedy, but the content is not light. It shows us how to struggle in life and how to be kind and helpful. Agatha, is definitely one of the key point in the movie, she talks less but her bravery shows in every single step she made in this movie.
I really recommend this movie to everyone each of you who has watch this movie, and share all of your ideas after watching this movie. Is it really as good as I see it, or is it not? Anyway, I came to the point that I gave this movie 4/5 stars!
A full of enjoyment movie!
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Review - Ghost Stories by Coldplay
This might be one of the most famous wings we will ever remember. The cover of Ghost Stories new album by Coldplay. This is my first review on a music category, it was so intriguing that I just could not ignore it.
Contain with 9 songs, their sixth album was just like rain in the dessert. This are the songs :
1. Always in my head
2. Magic
3. Ink
4. True Love
5. Midnight
6. Another Arms
7. Oceans
8. A Sky full of Stars
9. O
This album is quite different from the other albums. Maybe it was influenced by Chris Martin separations, since this is launch after they announce his separations with Gwyneth Paltrow. All of the songs is like a crying in a healing process, especially in Ink.
Got a tattoo that said "2gether thru life"
Carved in your name with my pocket knife
And you wonder when you wake up, will it be alright?
Feels like there's something broken inside
All I know
All I know
Is that I'm lost whenever you go
All I know
Is that I love you so
So much that it hurts
Got a tattoo and the pain's alright
Just want a way of keeping you inside
The beauty of a musician is they could tell their stories in different kind of stories. Most of the songs saying the same message in different kinds of stories. Its like we were placed in different kind of details, but the nuisance or the ambience is almost the same.
Hoping you would enjoy this album as much as I do. It was worth it, and definitely going to save it in my long lasting album! 4/5 stars!
Contain with 9 songs, their sixth album was just like rain in the dessert. This are the songs :
1. Always in my head
2. Magic
3. Ink
4. True Love
5. Midnight
6. Another Arms
7. Oceans
8. A Sky full of Stars
9. O
This album is quite different from the other albums. Maybe it was influenced by Chris Martin separations, since this is launch after they announce his separations with Gwyneth Paltrow. All of the songs is like a crying in a healing process, especially in Ink.
Got a tattoo that said "2gether thru life"
Carved in your name with my pocket knife
And you wonder when you wake up, will it be alright?
Feels like there's something broken inside
All I know
All I know
Is that I'm lost whenever you go
All I know
Is that I love you so
So much that it hurts
Got a tattoo and the pain's alright
Just want a way of keeping you inside
Every song is easy to listen, definitely not a rock n roll album in my opinion. I don't know which genre to put their music, but this is one of the best album I ever heard. In O :
"O"
Flock of birds
Hovering above
Just a flock of birds
It's how you think of love
And I always
Look up to the sky
Pray before the dawn
'Cause they fly always
Sometimes they arrive
Sometimes they are gone
They fly on
Hovering above
Just a flock of birds
It's how you think of love
And I always
Look up to the sky
Pray before the dawn
'Cause they fly always
Sometimes they arrive
Sometimes they are gone
They fly on
The beauty of a musician is they could tell their stories in different kind of stories. Most of the songs saying the same message in different kinds of stories. Its like we were placed in different kind of details, but the nuisance or the ambience is almost the same.
Hoping you would enjoy this album as much as I do. It was worth it, and definitely going to save it in my long lasting album! 4/5 stars!
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Review - Transformers Age Of Extinction
This is like the most hard-to-get tickets of the year! I've watched this movie for more than a week after its premiere in the movie theater. The tickets were always sold out, and then finally I bought it online for last weekend and fortune came upon us, the tickets were available.
Maybe you already know the cast of this movie, Mark Damon as Cade Yaeger, yup the name is kinda weird, Nicola Peltz as Nicola Yeager and Jack Reynor as Shane, who happens to be as Nicolas boyfriend in this movie.
This is the resurrection of Optimus Prime, if you watched all of transformers movie, you already know that in the previous sequel Optimus died cut by one of the decepticon.
The movie started with the yaeger family, where Cade found an old truck, due to his debts he tries to fix the old truck to sell it on better price. Well, unsurprisingly the truck was definitely Optimus Prime. The resurrection of Optimus Prime made the CIA who tries to evict all of the robots from mother earth, hunts all the yaeger family and tries to kill them. This is where the action started.
Apparently, the CIA have successfully killed many of the autobots by claiming that they are decepticons. After Optimus Prime called all of his buddies, they were only 5 left including the one and only Bumblebee. The other three is the new kind of robots, one of them is like a fat irish robot, the other one is the samurai robot who always talks nice, and the other one is a self centered robot.
I don't know why but these robot characters they put on, is kinda annoyed me in some way. It was like too much, with all the glitters and shiny kind of thing in their bodies, is like the creative people lost the essence of transformers.
The CIA work along with a private High Tech Company called KSI, who gather all the robots to create their own robots. The robots their gain is Megatron, well not only Optimus Prime gain resurrection, so is megatron. Surprise..surprise! Adding more enemies, the CIA also worked with transformer creators people named Lockdown, a huge size kind of robot with his huge ships who contains a jail for all convicted aliens.
Yup, nothing gets easy for Prime. Everybody just want a piece of him in this movie. The burden was too heavy, and somehow as we all know it, he won. Its not a sad ending, but I don't like the process of the movie. The enemy is just wayyy too much, Cade is just like a worn out superhero, and especially his daughter who becomes only the sweet display in the whole movie. I recommend Michael Bay, to put Megan Fox back to the picture, since all of his replacement, even Rose Huttington Whiteley makes the movie bad by showing a "stupid blonde" look to the movie.
It was just a plain movie, not enjoy it. If I may say, the only transformers I could enjoy is 1 and 2. The others is just lost.
So not recommended, I give this movie 2/5 stars!
Maybe you already know the cast of this movie, Mark Damon as Cade Yaeger, yup the name is kinda weird, Nicola Peltz as Nicola Yeager and Jack Reynor as Shane, who happens to be as Nicolas boyfriend in this movie.
This is the resurrection of Optimus Prime, if you watched all of transformers movie, you already know that in the previous sequel Optimus died cut by one of the decepticon.
The movie started with the yaeger family, where Cade found an old truck, due to his debts he tries to fix the old truck to sell it on better price. Well, unsurprisingly the truck was definitely Optimus Prime. The resurrection of Optimus Prime made the CIA who tries to evict all of the robots from mother earth, hunts all the yaeger family and tries to kill them. This is where the action started.
Apparently, the CIA have successfully killed many of the autobots by claiming that they are decepticons. After Optimus Prime called all of his buddies, they were only 5 left including the one and only Bumblebee. The other three is the new kind of robots, one of them is like a fat irish robot, the other one is the samurai robot who always talks nice, and the other one is a self centered robot.
I don't know why but these robot characters they put on, is kinda annoyed me in some way. It was like too much, with all the glitters and shiny kind of thing in their bodies, is like the creative people lost the essence of transformers.
The CIA work along with a private High Tech Company called KSI, who gather all the robots to create their own robots. The robots their gain is Megatron, well not only Optimus Prime gain resurrection, so is megatron. Surprise..surprise! Adding more enemies, the CIA also worked with transformer creators people named Lockdown, a huge size kind of robot with his huge ships who contains a jail for all convicted aliens.
Yup, nothing gets easy for Prime. Everybody just want a piece of him in this movie. The burden was too heavy, and somehow as we all know it, he won. Its not a sad ending, but I don't like the process of the movie. The enemy is just wayyy too much, Cade is just like a worn out superhero, and especially his daughter who becomes only the sweet display in the whole movie. I recommend Michael Bay, to put Megan Fox back to the picture, since all of his replacement, even Rose Huttington Whiteley makes the movie bad by showing a "stupid blonde" look to the movie.
It was just a plain movie, not enjoy it. If I may say, the only transformers I could enjoy is 1 and 2. The others is just lost.
So not recommended, I give this movie 2/5 stars!
Friday, July 4, 2014
Review - That Awkward Moment
Actually, I find this movie accidentally. During all the workloads I have to do, I need something funny, light to accompany me on my way home. There it is, I saw Zac Efron as the main cast, and I just knew that I have to download it XD.
I have watched this movie twice, and I couldn't agree more that this is an entertaining movie. A story about 3 buddies, two of them is single and not looking for a relationship, and one of them is a married man. Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) are the singles, and Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is the married one.
One day, Mikey come to their buddies to share that his wife is asking for divorce. Trying to comfort his friend, Jason and Daniel ask Mikey to a club to meet with girls, like they usually do. This is where the story began. Jason met Ellie, and Daniel finally hook up with their friend Chelsea.
As you could guess, the relationships between Jason and also Daniel with the girls grows without knowing it. The comfortable feeling they feel each other swung them to heaven, but in the other hand, they don't want to share it with their buddies since they are committed to stay single no matter what happen. This is becoming the point where they have to choose between relationships or friendships.
Maybe even we have endure that kind of dilemma, between our relationships or the need of friendship. Mikey on the other hand, trying to resolve his marriage with his wife.
I like this movie, even watching it on the second time doesn't bore me even a little bit. Watching the Manhattan or is it New York scenery, the parks in the evening or during the day is just so calming, make you imagine what it be like to be there with your coat in a cold autumn day.
This movie will also intrigue you to have buddies in your life, that kind of friendships to share your foolishness, thoughts, laughter, sad stories and also your anger. To have a small circle to share almost anything you have in your life, to know that you won't be alone no matter what happen. To be loved in any kind of conditions.
I really recommended you to watch this movie, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
I have watched this movie twice, and I couldn't agree more that this is an entertaining movie. A story about 3 buddies, two of them is single and not looking for a relationship, and one of them is a married man. Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) are the singles, and Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is the married one.
One day, Mikey come to their buddies to share that his wife is asking for divorce. Trying to comfort his friend, Jason and Daniel ask Mikey to a club to meet with girls, like they usually do. This is where the story began. Jason met Ellie, and Daniel finally hook up with their friend Chelsea.
As you could guess, the relationships between Jason and also Daniel with the girls grows without knowing it. The comfortable feeling they feel each other swung them to heaven, but in the other hand, they don't want to share it with their buddies since they are committed to stay single no matter what happen. This is becoming the point where they have to choose between relationships or friendships.
Maybe even we have endure that kind of dilemma, between our relationships or the need of friendship. Mikey on the other hand, trying to resolve his marriage with his wife.
I like this movie, even watching it on the second time doesn't bore me even a little bit. Watching the Manhattan or is it New York scenery, the parks in the evening or during the day is just so calming, make you imagine what it be like to be there with your coat in a cold autumn day.
This movie will also intrigue you to have buddies in your life, that kind of friendships to share your foolishness, thoughts, laughter, sad stories and also your anger. To have a small circle to share almost anything you have in your life, to know that you won't be alone no matter what happen. To be loved in any kind of conditions.
I really recommended you to watch this movie, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
Friday, June 20, 2014
Review-Jack Ryan The Shadow Recruit
Actually I thought I've written this review, but after I checked my blog yesterday, I found out that I haven't write this.
I've watched this movie about two months ago. If I'm not mistaken it was a 2013 movie with Chris Pine as Jack Ryan and Keira Knightley as Cathy Ryan, his fiance.
If you already love Chris Pine, then this movie won't disappointed you :), just like how I love Jason Statham..hah! This movie was an adaptation from Tom Clancy's novel Jack Ryan, I never read the book so I could not give any opinion if this movie was as good as the book.
Jack Ryan is a smart, dedicated young man who graduated from college and then go to the military service to serve his country. He was placed in the middle of war and got hit, the military put him in a hospital to regain his health. This is where he met Cathy his doctor that helped him to get his strength back.
Even though he was hospitalized, he was never neglected by the government, a CIA director watch him recover and offers a job as a CIA agent. Jack accepted the offers and he was posted in a Financial Company to learn and notice how the money flow.
After a few years working in the Financial Company, Jack found something suspicious and he was assign to Russia to investigate. This was his first time gone abroad, and the first time also he was almost got killed by the Russian. His investigation lead him to a Russian Tycoon named Victor Cherevin. Trouble comes when Cathy somehow came to Russia, cause she thought that Jack is having an affair.
Like any happy ending movie, this movie also ends well. Unfortunately, I'm not really enjoying the detective side, the investigation was too shallow and too easy for me. Keira's acting was also not an enjoyment, cause she was placed just like an accessories in this movie. I hope in the future, if they wish to made another sequel of the movie, they have dig and explore it more to show the audience the complication of the investigation or research. The movie for me is just entertaining, I prefer Chris Pine in This Means War.
I give this movie 3/5 stars!
I've watched this movie about two months ago. If I'm not mistaken it was a 2013 movie with Chris Pine as Jack Ryan and Keira Knightley as Cathy Ryan, his fiance.
If you already love Chris Pine, then this movie won't disappointed you :), just like how I love Jason Statham..hah! This movie was an adaptation from Tom Clancy's novel Jack Ryan, I never read the book so I could not give any opinion if this movie was as good as the book.
Jack Ryan is a smart, dedicated young man who graduated from college and then go to the military service to serve his country. He was placed in the middle of war and got hit, the military put him in a hospital to regain his health. This is where he met Cathy his doctor that helped him to get his strength back.
Even though he was hospitalized, he was never neglected by the government, a CIA director watch him recover and offers a job as a CIA agent. Jack accepted the offers and he was posted in a Financial Company to learn and notice how the money flow.
After a few years working in the Financial Company, Jack found something suspicious and he was assign to Russia to investigate. This was his first time gone abroad, and the first time also he was almost got killed by the Russian. His investigation lead him to a Russian Tycoon named Victor Cherevin. Trouble comes when Cathy somehow came to Russia, cause she thought that Jack is having an affair.
Like any happy ending movie, this movie also ends well. Unfortunately, I'm not really enjoying the detective side, the investigation was too shallow and too easy for me. Keira's acting was also not an enjoyment, cause she was placed just like an accessories in this movie. I hope in the future, if they wish to made another sequel of the movie, they have dig and explore it more to show the audience the complication of the investigation or research. The movie for me is just entertaining, I prefer Chris Pine in This Means War.
I give this movie 3/5 stars!
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Review - The Kite Runner
Adapted from the book with the same title written by Khaled Hosseini, this movie touch my heart. I've read in Rotten Tomatoes, that this movie only gain 65%, but that's fine by me, everybody has their own opinion.
The movie sets in Afganistan, in Kabul in the year of 1979. Where Kabul lives with many flowers, everybody was happy and no war.
This movie tell a story about best friends who finally vanish because of the betrayal of one of them. It is Amir and Hassan who become very best friend. Amir is the son of a wealthy man, while Hassan is the son of the servant. Amir always wear this leather jacket that made him look very chic, while Hassan just like any other servants, dressed himself in a modest jacket. Their difference doesn't stop them from being good friend, and most of the kids on their age mock them since they don't have any friends but themselves.
Amir's father told them, when he was their age he won a kite competition and beat 14 other kites. With that kind of spirit, both of them tries their best to won the competition. Eventually, Amir won the competition, as a good buddy Hassan run and chase all the kites they have won. After waiting for some time, Amir looks for Hassan, and found that a few bad kids was bullying Hassan, but he just watched the bullying without doing anything. Hassan come in bleed, and a crippled feet. This was the turning point of the movie.
After sometimes, a war breaks in Kabul. Amir and his father was running away to Pakistan and finally flew to America to start their new life. His father own a shop, and in the weekend they went to the local market to sell some stuff there. Amir has become an educated and handsome American-Arabian man. His father has grown old, and become sick. In the journey of his life, Amir finally become a writer and married a beautiful arabian woman.
After a few years of their marriage, something happen and force him to return to Kabul. The place was beyond his imagination, since Kabul was left in ruin. During his childhood in Kabul, his father has a very dear friend named Rahim Khan. He supports Amir to become a writer, after reading all his writing. During their meeting, he surprised Amir with a secret about Hassan, whose none other is actually his step brother. Hassan is already dead, shot by the Taliban, and Rahim Khan asked Amir to look after Sohrab, Hassan's son.
Finding Sohrab has become an opportunity for Amir to repay his mistakes in the old days. Of course, taking sohrab is not as a simple as just come and take him to America, since the Taliban is everywhere and without hesitation in killing every human being.
The movie tells us about our regrets, and how regrets haunts us even until we are older. As a human being we are longing to pay our old mistakes, and becoming a good human being to our surroundings. This movie will show how violence never ends well, no matter how strong the violence is. Please watch this movie and tells your opinion. In my opinion, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
Happy Watching!
The movie sets in Afganistan, in Kabul in the year of 1979. Where Kabul lives with many flowers, everybody was happy and no war.
This movie tell a story about best friends who finally vanish because of the betrayal of one of them. It is Amir and Hassan who become very best friend. Amir is the son of a wealthy man, while Hassan is the son of the servant. Amir always wear this leather jacket that made him look very chic, while Hassan just like any other servants, dressed himself in a modest jacket. Their difference doesn't stop them from being good friend, and most of the kids on their age mock them since they don't have any friends but themselves.
Amir's father told them, when he was their age he won a kite competition and beat 14 other kites. With that kind of spirit, both of them tries their best to won the competition. Eventually, Amir won the competition, as a good buddy Hassan run and chase all the kites they have won. After waiting for some time, Amir looks for Hassan, and found that a few bad kids was bullying Hassan, but he just watched the bullying without doing anything. Hassan come in bleed, and a crippled feet. This was the turning point of the movie.
After sometimes, a war breaks in Kabul. Amir and his father was running away to Pakistan and finally flew to America to start their new life. His father own a shop, and in the weekend they went to the local market to sell some stuff there. Amir has become an educated and handsome American-Arabian man. His father has grown old, and become sick. In the journey of his life, Amir finally become a writer and married a beautiful arabian woman.
After a few years of their marriage, something happen and force him to return to Kabul. The place was beyond his imagination, since Kabul was left in ruin. During his childhood in Kabul, his father has a very dear friend named Rahim Khan. He supports Amir to become a writer, after reading all his writing. During their meeting, he surprised Amir with a secret about Hassan, whose none other is actually his step brother. Hassan is already dead, shot by the Taliban, and Rahim Khan asked Amir to look after Sohrab, Hassan's son.
Finding Sohrab has become an opportunity for Amir to repay his mistakes in the old days. Of course, taking sohrab is not as a simple as just come and take him to America, since the Taliban is everywhere and without hesitation in killing every human being.
The movie tells us about our regrets, and how regrets haunts us even until we are older. As a human being we are longing to pay our old mistakes, and becoming a good human being to our surroundings. This movie will show how violence never ends well, no matter how strong the violence is. Please watch this movie and tells your opinion. In my opinion, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
Happy Watching!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Review - Her
One of the phenomenal movie in 2013. Won 3 Oscars, one is for best motion picture, best writing screen play and also best music.
Directed and written by Spike Jonze, this is one of the heartwarming movie I've seen. I could understand why, they were nominated and won the Oscars.
The story tells about a guy named Theodore Twombly, whose just got divorced from his wife, Catherine, played by Rooney Mara. Getting divorce, makes him loose himself, he's like living in his own world.
The movie sets in the future, everybody has their own gadget, the gadget was small just like an ip*d touch. So small, you just put it in your pocket and it will check all of your emails, letters, phones, bills, just like a personal assistant.
One day, he sees a gadget launch named OS1 and buy 1 for himself. Put it in his PC and synchronize it, voila..he met Samantha. Almost like his previous gadget, but Samantha is more like a best friend he need. They talk almost every time, she was like the replacement of his wife. The relationships evolve and as we know like any kind of movie it turns to love.
Theo becomes more dependent to Samantha, until one day he found out that Samantha also talks to thousands of people like him. It strikes him, he realize that he's just a client for her, and it hit him hard.
The movie will bring you questions such as, will human will turn like him? Only talks to robots and machine? no more chit-chat with a human being? No more personal touch that melts your heart?
One of the most beautiful movie I've seen, definitely not going to forget this one. I give this movie 4/5 stars! You should watch it and see how the movie gives it effect to you.
Directed and written by Spike Jonze, this is one of the heartwarming movie I've seen. I could understand why, they were nominated and won the Oscars.
The story tells about a guy named Theodore Twombly, whose just got divorced from his wife, Catherine, played by Rooney Mara. Getting divorce, makes him loose himself, he's like living in his own world.
The movie sets in the future, everybody has their own gadget, the gadget was small just like an ip*d touch. So small, you just put it in your pocket and it will check all of your emails, letters, phones, bills, just like a personal assistant.
One day, he sees a gadget launch named OS1 and buy 1 for himself. Put it in his PC and synchronize it, voila..he met Samantha. Almost like his previous gadget, but Samantha is more like a best friend he need. They talk almost every time, she was like the replacement of his wife. The relationships evolve and as we know like any kind of movie it turns to love.
Theo becomes more dependent to Samantha, until one day he found out that Samantha also talks to thousands of people like him. It strikes him, he realize that he's just a client for her, and it hit him hard.
The movie will bring you questions such as, will human will turn like him? Only talks to robots and machine? no more chit-chat with a human being? No more personal touch that melts your heart?
One of the most beautiful movie I've seen, definitely not going to forget this one. I give this movie 4/5 stars! You should watch it and see how the movie gives it effect to you.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Review - The Internship
After quite a while not writing any stuff in this blog, although I wish I could blog every once a week, but its been almost a month from my last blog. So, here it is, my review of The Internship. Actually, I've watched this movie about 2 weeks ago, in quite a bright afternoon, or you may call it a hot afternoon :).
The Internship as you may pictured is about interns, yes they are. Well, although in this movie the intern is not as young as we thought, since Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn is not young when they started their interns Google. Yup, this movie is telling a story about interns in, I think Google is part of the producer of this movie. If you have read about Google's work environment, well this movie will show you the real picture and deal. It's like heaven in the work department. I, myself, envy to those who works at Google, but I guess we all have our own destiny and meaning in this world.
Back to the movie, Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) used to be a salesman. Unfortunately, the company they work doesn't run well and finally filed for bankruptcy. Becoming an unemployed is hard for an adult, although they are both single. So, billy found an idea to become an intern in Google and hoping that they could pass the test and become one of Google staff. After an interview in the library through Google Hangouts, they were given a chance to become one of the interns. There are lots of interns, and they were all competing to become one of the winner and becoming one of Google staff. Its not only tempting to work at Google, but you have to fight to the last breath to become the winner, since all the contenders are great breed. Not only, they are top in their class, they are also young and innovative people. Billy and Nick comes in with less education and also
unattached with the IT world. But well, nobody beats experience and persistence, they keep on learning and resist to loose the battle.
The comedy in the movie is not really funny, if I may say. I only enjoy the Google experience, wondering when would it be my time to be part of them, heheheheh... Its a fine entertainment, I give it 3/5 stars!
The Internship as you may pictured is about interns, yes they are. Well, although in this movie the intern is not as young as we thought, since Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn is not young when they started their interns Google. Yup, this movie is telling a story about interns in, I think Google is part of the producer of this movie. If you have read about Google's work environment, well this movie will show you the real picture and deal. It's like heaven in the work department. I, myself, envy to those who works at Google, but I guess we all have our own destiny and meaning in this world.
Back to the movie, Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) used to be a salesman. Unfortunately, the company they work doesn't run well and finally filed for bankruptcy. Becoming an unemployed is hard for an adult, although they are both single. So, billy found an idea to become an intern in Google and hoping that they could pass the test and become one of Google staff. After an interview in the library through Google Hangouts, they were given a chance to become one of the interns. There are lots of interns, and they were all competing to become one of the winner and becoming one of Google staff. Its not only tempting to work at Google, but you have to fight to the last breath to become the winner, since all the contenders are great breed. Not only, they are top in their class, they are also young and innovative people. Billy and Nick comes in with less education and also
unattached with the IT world. But well, nobody beats experience and persistence, they keep on learning and resist to loose the battle.
The comedy in the movie is not really funny, if I may say. I only enjoy the Google experience, wondering when would it be my time to be part of them, heheheheh... Its a fine entertainment, I give it 3/5 stars!
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Review - 12 years a slave
Hollywood floods us with history movie, and most of the stories is about African American, I think. After the butler, now they came with 12 years a slave that finally win the Oscar for Best Pictures.
Starred by Chiwetel Ejiofor, yup thats his real name :P, Lupita Nyong'o, the new MVP of Hollywood and Michael Fassbender. Chiwetel played as Solomon Northup / Platt who was a free African American in the 18 century, he was abducted and found himself forced to become a slave.
He try to claim himself as a free man and end up he was beaten severely with a whip. You will see a series of man whipped in this movie, then again this is the slavery era.
He worked in a cotton farm, at the end of the day all the slaves have to give their collected cotton to the master. The master, named epps, will measures all the slaves collection in front of all the slaves. One of the slaves, Patsey (Lupita Nyong'o) always return her collection more than any slaves could give. She finally become Epps favourite. As we all know, molestation is inevitable in the slavery era, this also happen to Patsey. Unfortunately, the lady of the cotton farm, sees Patsey as an enemy and bully Patsey most of the time.
Most of the story told is sad, it was a sad movie. You will constantly think to make Solomon run, hoping he could run as far as he could and become a free man. Well, for Solomon it takes him 12 years as a slave to become a free man again.
Chiwetel act very well, we could feel his confusion, frustation and how the spirit finally get stronger. Lupita in the other hand as the new comer of Hollywood shows her talent very well. The interesting part is Michael Fassbender or Epps, wewww he really play it well. I hate him to my gut! Hah! that good! He is a weird, eccentric and full of hate kind of person and show all of it to the viewer.
Not really love this movie, since its quite sad, but the player, the scene is beautifully shown all through the movie. I give this movie 3/5 stars!
Starred by Chiwetel Ejiofor, yup thats his real name :P, Lupita Nyong'o, the new MVP of Hollywood and Michael Fassbender. Chiwetel played as Solomon Northup / Platt who was a free African American in the 18 century, he was abducted and found himself forced to become a slave.
He try to claim himself as a free man and end up he was beaten severely with a whip. You will see a series of man whipped in this movie, then again this is the slavery era.
He worked in a cotton farm, at the end of the day all the slaves have to give their collected cotton to the master. The master, named epps, will measures all the slaves collection in front of all the slaves. One of the slaves, Patsey (Lupita Nyong'o) always return her collection more than any slaves could give. She finally become Epps favourite. As we all know, molestation is inevitable in the slavery era, this also happen to Patsey. Unfortunately, the lady of the cotton farm, sees Patsey as an enemy and bully Patsey most of the time.
Most of the story told is sad, it was a sad movie. You will constantly think to make Solomon run, hoping he could run as far as he could and become a free man. Well, for Solomon it takes him 12 years as a slave to become a free man again.
Chiwetel act very well, we could feel his confusion, frustation and how the spirit finally get stronger. Lupita in the other hand as the new comer of Hollywood shows her talent very well. The interesting part is Michael Fassbender or Epps, wewww he really play it well. I hate him to my gut! Hah! that good! He is a weird, eccentric and full of hate kind of person and show all of it to the viewer.
Not really love this movie, since its quite sad, but the player, the scene is beautifully shown all through the movie. I give this movie 3/5 stars!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Review - Enough Said
Cast :
james gandolfini - Albert
julia louis-dreyfuss - Eva
A story about two people who think they won't find another chance in love. Albert is a widower, a fat man and living on his own. Eva, a widow and a mother of one, a masseur with lots of customers. They met at a party, both claimed that no one gain their interest at the party. This is where the story starts.
This movie tells how an average person met and how their feeling evolve, just like other stories, inner beauty will finally win.
One of eva's customers is Marianne, a famous writer and motivator. Also a mother of one daughter who turns out is going to college, just like eva's daughter. They find themselves drawn into friendships, as a woman who failed in the marriage life, each of them share their stories. Eva shares how her ex-husband was, how they fell in love and years gone by, they feel like they don't know each other. Marianne also shares about his ex-husband, how he was clueless in bed, his ability in only one dish, and other lack of taste. People get connected when they think they live in the same situation. Marianne is more dominant in their friendship, while eva swallow the whole idea of a perfect relationship from Marianne.
The story is very common, when we receive bad influence over and over again, it will stays in our head and reflects in our action. Finally eva will have to choose, a good friend or a possible lover.
I like this movie cause it just so outspoken, the scenario is also so simple and reflects our daily life. I really could understand how eva thinks and do as a woman, how she thinks everything could work out perfectly.
I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
james gandolfini - Albert
julia louis-dreyfuss - Eva
A story about two people who think they won't find another chance in love. Albert is a widower, a fat man and living on his own. Eva, a widow and a mother of one, a masseur with lots of customers. They met at a party, both claimed that no one gain their interest at the party. This is where the story starts.
This movie tells how an average person met and how their feeling evolve, just like other stories, inner beauty will finally win.
One of eva's customers is Marianne, a famous writer and motivator. Also a mother of one daughter who turns out is going to college, just like eva's daughter. They find themselves drawn into friendships, as a woman who failed in the marriage life, each of them share their stories. Eva shares how her ex-husband was, how they fell in love and years gone by, they feel like they don't know each other. Marianne also shares about his ex-husband, how he was clueless in bed, his ability in only one dish, and other lack of taste. People get connected when they think they live in the same situation. Marianne is more dominant in their friendship, while eva swallow the whole idea of a perfect relationship from Marianne.
The story is very common, when we receive bad influence over and over again, it will stays in our head and reflects in our action. Finally eva will have to choose, a good friend or a possible lover.
I like this movie cause it just so outspoken, the scenario is also so simple and reflects our daily life. I really could understand how eva thinks and do as a woman, how she thinks everything could work out perfectly.
I give this movie 3,8/5 stars!
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Review - The Butler
The story about American History, told by the angle of a Butler. Cecil Gaines is an African American guy, born in a farm in the slavery era. His father was killed just because he said "hey" to his boss. After his father was killed, he was called to became a house negro or a maid.
Played by Forest Whitaker, an oscar winner with numerous sets of movie, he was undoubted played his role greatly. Cecil Gaines gain his success by shutting his mouth, sucks his emotions in most of the occasions and finally found by someone who worked in the white house and ask him to work in the white house.
Surprisingly, the Maitre'D and all of the butler in the white house are African American. We will see how a staff plays an important role in a country, by serving all the guests and also become the courier of a president. Presidents come and go, but the butler stays in the house.
In the other side, the movie also tells the history of an African American. The story how they were released from slavery and have the same rights as the white. The tortures, the terror they received and how they fight back to gain their rights and how the idea of becoming militants change to something very wrong.
Cecil Gaines marry an African American named Gloria, played by Oprah Winfrey. They had two kids, Louis and Earl, they strive their best to educate their children. Used to sucks his emotions and also the working hours, Cecil doesn't have a closed relationship to his children.
This drama flows smoothly, you will see how their fashion changes in every step of the way and how the value of life shown along the movie. I give this movie 3,5/5 stars
Played by Forest Whitaker, an oscar winner with numerous sets of movie, he was undoubted played his role greatly. Cecil Gaines gain his success by shutting his mouth, sucks his emotions in most of the occasions and finally found by someone who worked in the white house and ask him to work in the white house.
Surprisingly, the Maitre'D and all of the butler in the white house are African American. We will see how a staff plays an important role in a country, by serving all the guests and also become the courier of a president. Presidents come and go, but the butler stays in the house.
In the other side, the movie also tells the history of an African American. The story how they were released from slavery and have the same rights as the white. The tortures, the terror they received and how they fight back to gain their rights and how the idea of becoming militants change to something very wrong.
Cecil Gaines marry an African American named Gloria, played by Oprah Winfrey. They had two kids, Louis and Earl, they strive their best to educate their children. Used to sucks his emotions and also the working hours, Cecil doesn't have a closed relationship to his children.
This drama flows smoothly, you will see how their fashion changes in every step of the way and how the value of life shown along the movie. I give this movie 3,5/5 stars
Saturday, February 22, 2014
atReview - We're The Millers
After a series of drama, to lighten up my mood, I chose We're The Millers. A comedy filled with lost people. Why lost? Because the father is the drug dealer, the mother is a stripper, the brother is a very weird one, and the sister is homeless. Lost in their situations, tries to solve their problems by going together as a family called the millers to smuggle weeds to the states.
There are lots of funny situations along the way, especially when they met an RV Family : The Fitzgerald who turns out to be a DEA. This made the situation difficult, since the family felt quite attach with the fake family. In one of the scene, David (Jason Sudakis) and Rose (Jennifer Aniston) is trying to steal the family's RV key and end up in a situation where the parents is trying to make love and think that they are coming to heat up the situation. To cover their mission, they try to work things out and act interesting in the idea of wanting an orgy party.
In the same time, their son Kenny (Will Poulter) is falling in love with the fitzgerald daughter named Molly. Trying to teach Kenny how to kiss a girl, Casey the homeless sister gives some tricks to Kenny and practice it in front of their parents. Without their knowing, Molly is coming to their RV and see the scene where Kenny is making out with his sister. This made the whole situation become weirder and weirder.
This movie is hilarious and genuine in its own way. The story is simple and straight. You will also be pampered by Jennifer Anniston 47 HOT body, and I repeat HOT body in this movie. Until now, I'm still wondering how she did it. The body is just perrrfeeecct! Way to Go Jen!
Well you may know the end will become romantic and happy ending, and it did! They become a real family in the heart. We could see that bad jobs doesn't mean they are bad persons, they just want to make a living. Deep down, they just a simple human being with a heart.
I give this movie 4/5 stars!
There are lots of funny situations along the way, especially when they met an RV Family : The Fitzgerald who turns out to be a DEA. This made the situation difficult, since the family felt quite attach with the fake family. In one of the scene, David (Jason Sudakis) and Rose (Jennifer Aniston) is trying to steal the family's RV key and end up in a situation where the parents is trying to make love and think that they are coming to heat up the situation. To cover their mission, they try to work things out and act interesting in the idea of wanting an orgy party.
In the same time, their son Kenny (Will Poulter) is falling in love with the fitzgerald daughter named Molly. Trying to teach Kenny how to kiss a girl, Casey the homeless sister gives some tricks to Kenny and practice it in front of their parents. Without their knowing, Molly is coming to their RV and see the scene where Kenny is making out with his sister. This made the whole situation become weirder and weirder.
This movie is hilarious and genuine in its own way. The story is simple and straight. You will also be pampered by Jennifer Anniston 47 HOT body, and I repeat HOT body in this movie. Until now, I'm still wondering how she did it. The body is just perrrfeeecct! Way to Go Jen!
Well you may know the end will become romantic and happy ending, and it did! They become a real family in the heart. We could see that bad jobs doesn't mean they are bad persons, they just want to make a living. Deep down, they just a simple human being with a heart.
I give this movie 4/5 stars!
Review - RIPD
The first time I see the trailer this movie was in a movie theater, don't really get a clue what RIPD means even though there's a small caption under the text "Rest In Peace Department".
The movie tells a story about a Department that God made called RIPD which main duties is to caught 'deado' which means dead people that runs from their dead and back to real life and create chaos in the real life, or in short a zombie criminal :p.
Well, Ryan Reynolds act as Nick a police detective who has a wife Debby that he loves so much. In one of his duties, he and his partner (Hayes by Kevin Bacon) accidentally found pieces of gold, and they share the gold together. Pushed by his conscience he tell Hayes that he want to back down and he won't tell anybody about the gold.
Jeff Bridges in the other hand, act as Roy, a senior detective of RIPD. He has become one of the RIPD team since the cowboy period. Work as a solo detective and never wish to had a partner since his last partner betrayed him and kill him. Well, this become one thing in common between Roy and Nick.
One of the uniqueness of a RIPD team is, you won't be seen as who you are, as an example Roy is seen as a tall blonde sexy girl by the living people. Nick is less fortunate than Roy, he is seen as an old chinese man with his khaki jacket.
Turns out the gold found by Nick was one of an ancient pieces of artefact that could open the gate between the deado and the real life, by opening this gate all of the deado will fall down to the earth. To stop this from happening is their main mission.
This movie is not full of surprises as I thought, much similarity with Man In Black the differences is only MIB played against aliens but overall its almost the same. Its just an OK movie, nothing really meaningful to see from the first to the end.
I give this movie 3/5 stars!
The movie tells a story about a Department that God made called RIPD which main duties is to caught 'deado' which means dead people that runs from their dead and back to real life and create chaos in the real life, or in short a zombie criminal :p.
Well, Ryan Reynolds act as Nick a police detective who has a wife Debby that he loves so much. In one of his duties, he and his partner (Hayes by Kevin Bacon) accidentally found pieces of gold, and they share the gold together. Pushed by his conscience he tell Hayes that he want to back down and he won't tell anybody about the gold.
Jeff Bridges in the other hand, act as Roy, a senior detective of RIPD. He has become one of the RIPD team since the cowboy period. Work as a solo detective and never wish to had a partner since his last partner betrayed him and kill him. Well, this become one thing in common between Roy and Nick.
One of the uniqueness of a RIPD team is, you won't be seen as who you are, as an example Roy is seen as a tall blonde sexy girl by the living people. Nick is less fortunate than Roy, he is seen as an old chinese man with his khaki jacket.
Turns out the gold found by Nick was one of an ancient pieces of artefact that could open the gate between the deado and the real life, by opening this gate all of the deado will fall down to the earth. To stop this from happening is their main mission.
This movie is not full of surprises as I thought, much similarity with Man In Black the differences is only MIB played against aliens but overall its almost the same. Its just an OK movie, nothing really meaningful to see from the first to the end.
I give this movie 3/5 stars!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Review - The Lone Ranger
This movie was released in the mid of 2013 if I'm not mistaken. I finally decided to watch it, since I can't stand to delete a Johnny Depp's movie, feels like I made a big sin if I did.
After getting home from the office, I decided to watch this movie with my kids, since this is a Disney production. Here goes the review :
Starred by Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, this was a fun movie. Although the movie is a series in my childhood times, I can not reckon the movie so it was incomparable with the old movie version.
The movie told a story about Tonto played by Johny Depp, an Indian who lost his tribes and also John Reid a state district attorney played by Armie Hammer.
John Reid went to his hometown after finishing his studies in the big city, on his way home he met Tonto who get caught by the Texas Ranger and going to be punished with the most wanted outlaws named Butch.
Faith somehow made them become a companion in a journey to reveal whose their real enemies. Tonto wants to revenge his old enemy who killed all of his tribes and John want to reveange his brother killer. Although the journey is not as exciting I thought it would be, since an indian should be full with surprises of reading the nature, but the journey is quite fun.
Tonto was played with weird character, and as always Johnny Depp is like the expert of weirdness. The character itself is not a surprise for me, since I feel like watching pirates of carribean in a different suit. They put the character too weird, I wish for once Johnny Depp plays a natural character that might give this movie a whole lot more meaningful.
Actually this movie is less than I expected, I thought it will be more entertaining. Anyway it's an OK movie. So, I gave this movie 3/5 stars!
After getting home from the office, I decided to watch this movie with my kids, since this is a Disney production. Here goes the review :
Starred by Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, this was a fun movie. Although the movie is a series in my childhood times, I can not reckon the movie so it was incomparable with the old movie version.
The movie told a story about Tonto played by Johny Depp, an Indian who lost his tribes and also John Reid a state district attorney played by Armie Hammer.
John Reid went to his hometown after finishing his studies in the big city, on his way home he met Tonto who get caught by the Texas Ranger and going to be punished with the most wanted outlaws named Butch.
Faith somehow made them become a companion in a journey to reveal whose their real enemies. Tonto wants to revenge his old enemy who killed all of his tribes and John want to reveange his brother killer. Although the journey is not as exciting I thought it would be, since an indian should be full with surprises of reading the nature, but the journey is quite fun.
Tonto was played with weird character, and as always Johnny Depp is like the expert of weirdness. The character itself is not a surprise for me, since I feel like watching pirates of carribean in a different suit. They put the character too weird, I wish for once Johnny Depp plays a natural character that might give this movie a whole lot more meaningful.
Actually this movie is less than I expected, I thought it will be more entertaining. Anyway it's an OK movie. So, I gave this movie 3/5 stars!
Review - Last Vegas
This movie will give you a new insight of what you are going to experience when you are older. Older means above 55 years. Michael Douglas plays as Billy, Morgan Freeman as Archie, Robert De Niro as Paddy and last but not least is Kevin Kline as Sam.
They were friends since they were 6, calling themselves as fatbush four. Well time flies and in their old days, sometimes they still contact each other. But, when they call each other the frequent questions is "cancer", "prostate" or "surgery". The picture kind of struck me, will I be like that when I'm old?
Anyway, Billy got a girlfriend, and he's the only one who doesn't married. He hooked up with a girl half his age. Finally, he proposed the girl and plan to get married in Last Vegas.
To celebrate the marriage of their best friend and to run from their boring lives, the fatbush four reunite to celebrate and held a bachelor party for Billy. On their way to the hotel, they met a girl round their age named Susan. She sings at the other hotel, but she's a lovely and kind girl and finally get caught up with the gang!
Filled with legends of movies, this movie is definitely worth to watch! You will see lots of wrinkles and freckles here and there, but in a good terms. They will also let you picture, what you will be in your old days. Loosing your loved ones is inevitable, but having friends at your side in definitely a great gift from God!
One of the lesson I learned from this movie is to keep your friends intact, they will held you and never let you down.
By providing a great movie and fun to watch, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars! I hope you enjoy the movie as much as I enjoy writing my review.
Filled with legends of movies, this movie is definitely worth to watch! You will see lots of wrinkles and freckles here and there, but in a good terms. They will also let you picture, what you will be in your old days. Loosing your loved ones is inevitable, but having friends at your side in definitely a great gift from God!
One of the lesson I learned from this movie is to keep your friends intact, they will held you and never let you down.
By providing a great movie and fun to watch, I give this movie 3,8/5 stars! I hope you enjoy the movie as much as I enjoy writing my review.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Review - Runner Runner
Starred by Justin Timberlake as Richie, Ben Affleck as Ivan Black and Gemma Atterton as Ms. Shafran. Hollywood kind of give me surprise in this movie, Justin Timberlake too, he's getting better and better in the acting world.
A movie about a college student that strive to pay his tuition by becoming a bookie in his campus. Well luck is not always on his side, and somehow he got caught by the dean and was notified if he continued his gambling attitude he will be discharged from Princeton. Yes, Richie was a princeton student and loved gambling very much, maybe it comes from his gambler father.
He lost his saving in gambling, and the option comes up by coming to Ivan Block the owner of Midnight Black Gambling Site where he becomes the affiliates. Ivan is in Costarica, so he fly there to met Ivan.The story continues, where Richie become one of Ivan's staffs and bring 2 of his friends. They were expanding the gambling business, across all nations just through the internet. The revenue was unbelievable tempting, and there were party and beautiful girls everywhere. So the three of them stays in Costarica for quite a while expanding Ivan's business.
Problems occur when the FBI confront them tries to made them spies of Ivan. In the other hand, Ms. Shafran who turns out one of the initiator and also ex-girlfriend of Ivan also involve in the romance department with Richie. Everything heats up, lots of shooting, lots of killing, but not really a vivid scene, so it's not too painful to the eyes.
Well, this is a happy ending movie. To overcome problems you just have to move first and really know the right time to strike. I guess that's the message of the movie. It's just too bad, Ben Affleck not really showing the expected character or emotions of Ivan Block, it felt like there's something missing here and there. The thrill for Richie comes more from other thing rather than Ivan Block. But this is quite an entertaining movie, maybe Justin's Timberlake's best movie so far.
I gave this movie 3,5/5 stars! Enjoy the movie, and tell me what u think about it!
A movie about a college student that strive to pay his tuition by becoming a bookie in his campus. Well luck is not always on his side, and somehow he got caught by the dean and was notified if he continued his gambling attitude he will be discharged from Princeton. Yes, Richie was a princeton student and loved gambling very much, maybe it comes from his gambler father.
He lost his saving in gambling, and the option comes up by coming to Ivan Block the owner of Midnight Black Gambling Site where he becomes the affiliates. Ivan is in Costarica, so he fly there to met Ivan.The story continues, where Richie become one of Ivan's staffs and bring 2 of his friends. They were expanding the gambling business, across all nations just through the internet. The revenue was unbelievable tempting, and there were party and beautiful girls everywhere. So the three of them stays in Costarica for quite a while expanding Ivan's business.
Problems occur when the FBI confront them tries to made them spies of Ivan. In the other hand, Ms. Shafran who turns out one of the initiator and also ex-girlfriend of Ivan also involve in the romance department with Richie. Everything heats up, lots of shooting, lots of killing, but not really a vivid scene, so it's not too painful to the eyes.
Well, this is a happy ending movie. To overcome problems you just have to move first and really know the right time to strike. I guess that's the message of the movie. It's just too bad, Ben Affleck not really showing the expected character or emotions of Ivan Block, it felt like there's something missing here and there. The thrill for Richie comes more from other thing rather than Ivan Block. But this is quite an entertaining movie, maybe Justin's Timberlake's best movie so far.
I gave this movie 3,5/5 stars! Enjoy the movie, and tell me what u think about it!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Review - Drinking Buddies
I've watched this movie in Christmas Holiday, well at first I thought it was a fun movie since the title is Drinking Buddies. The cast of the movie are Olivia Wilde as Kate, Jake Johnson - the new Girl actor - as Luke and Anna Kendrick as Jill.
Kate is Luke's work friend in a beer factory, they share a lot of things together. As a co-worker I really get the point of this kind of relationship. They share lunch together, share the laugh, and after office hours drinks.
Kate have a boyfriend for 8 months name Chris, and Luke has a girl friend name Jill. They have their own world during the day, and another world with their own partners. Kate's boyfriend is a music producer whose hobby is reading books, and Luke's girlfriend is a teacher. You see they have a different level in hobby, mindset and it feels like they live in a two world. This was shown in the scene of their holiday in the beach, where Kate spend time with Luke playing card, and Chris walking the track with Jill.
I won't say how this movie ends, I will let you guess what will happen between the four of them. If people says that opposite attracts, well not everything in the opposite attracts each other I suppose. We all need something in common with our partner, a feeling of mutual needs sometimes crawling from inside us and ask to be fulfilled.
Some of the scene feels quite boring for me, less friction between Kate and Luke kind of turn off my mood in the middle of the movie, but I kept wondering what will happen next.
Well, why don't you try to watch the movie and tell me what's your opinion. Anyway, I give this movie 3/5 stars!
Kate is Luke's work friend in a beer factory, they share a lot of things together. As a co-worker I really get the point of this kind of relationship. They share lunch together, share the laugh, and after office hours drinks.
Kate have a boyfriend for 8 months name Chris, and Luke has a girl friend name Jill. They have their own world during the day, and another world with their own partners. Kate's boyfriend is a music producer whose hobby is reading books, and Luke's girlfriend is a teacher. You see they have a different level in hobby, mindset and it feels like they live in a two world. This was shown in the scene of their holiday in the beach, where Kate spend time with Luke playing card, and Chris walking the track with Jill.
I won't say how this movie ends, I will let you guess what will happen between the four of them. If people says that opposite attracts, well not everything in the opposite attracts each other I suppose. We all need something in common with our partner, a feeling of mutual needs sometimes crawling from inside us and ask to be fulfilled.
Some of the scene feels quite boring for me, less friction between Kate and Luke kind of turn off my mood in the middle of the movie, but I kept wondering what will happen next.
Well, why don't you try to watch the movie and tell me what's your opinion. Anyway, I give this movie 3/5 stars!
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