Review - The Winter Soldier

Its kind of late to create review for this movie, since this movie was launched last year. Well, I hope my review could bring out the memories about it and we could compare if this is a good movie or not.

One of the movie from Marvel, this time is about Captain America. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers a.k.a the captain himself. The story begin with a project that needs to be accomplished by Captain America and his wing woman Black Widow or Scarlet Johansson. The project done smoothly. But than the movie was only a decoy, about something big, which is Hydra with the weapon of in project Insight, where the main target is Captain America.

Hydra is what's left from the Nazi, you could understand it clearly if you have watched the previous Captain America movie. Now, who is going to be the villain, nonetheless its Bucky, Captain America long lost best friend who has been freezed for all this time, just like him. Now, this is the part where I feel kind of awkward, two people freezed, have powers and against each other! Too many coincidence for me.

Moving forward, where nobody to trust since there's a lot of double agent out there who have become Hydra members. Captain America met falcon, who become his allies, together with Black Widow, and Fury, they try to win back SHIELD once again.

Everyone looks in shape in this movie, beautiful as ever! Chris Evans looks so yummy, I don't have the nerve to lick him XD~~. He even looks more beautiful than Scar Jo, like a statue. The story is great but it left nothing to remember for me. It's just a heroic story, nothing more, nothing less. No emotional connection at every scene. So, with that kind of length, its just a movie on Saturday night.

Since I don't get much from this movie, not that this is an ugly movie, so I give this movie 3/5 stars!

Review - Focus

If you see the image on the left, the caption is beautifully made "Never Lose.Focus"

I guess we will never lose if we focus on things we do. Well, this was proven by Will Smith or Nicky in this movie. He is a con man, a thief. He operates day and night with his team, yes they have team there. Especially during the events, they really could grab lots of money.

One day, a very beautiful girl came, Margot Robbie or Jess, wish to join the team. Maybe she was born with criminal blood, since she's very talented in stealing things, she looks like very natural every time she do her "things". Jess and Nicky finally become a couple, and they were like perfect to each other.

These movie will show us, that criminal actions is about planning, organizing and do it accurately. Just like any other job, you need to plan it wisely, organize the people inside the project and do it accurately, and in the end the reward is yours. They hit the highest revenue that week, they manage to collect 1,2 million. The show is over, all their shares will be transferred and everybody should go outside the country for vacation. The big bag is loaded! Nicky only have to put it in a bank and transfer it.

In a football game, Nicky and Jess watched the game from the VIP seats. Feeling bored, since Jess doesn't understand the game, they gamble a little. About the people around them. This trigger someone to also join in the game, he was chinese, named Liyuen. I almost close my eyes in this scene, since they bet for 1 million USD for a ball is passed or throw out. It was just a ridiculous bet. Nicky kept on loosing, until the highest bet of 2 million USD for choosing one of the team. Liyuen could choose anyone, and he said that Jess could guess the number right. Could Jess guess it right for 2 Million USD?

Enough about the bet, the scene moves 3 years after the bet, where Jess and Nicky have separated. This time, the place is taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A rich man, Gariga played by Rodrigo Santoro, loved to race and he spend lots of money to win. To make sure he win the race, he hired Nicky to con his competitor, to sell them a fake formula. It should be a smooth con, only if Jess not showing up. I guess everybody has their own past, and when the past emerge everybody was shaking a bit.

This movie is full of surprises, the plot is unpredictable. The puzzles will be shown at the end. Maybe because this is about a con man, they managed to twist the story here and there, and it worked. The story is entertaining, full of surprises. One of the things that kind of bothered me is Will Smith's face that look kind of ugly, he looks less charming like he used to be. I haven't figured out the reason, but compared to Margot Robbie, its like they were in different level. Margot Robbie's act is also great, effortlessly beautiful, she's going straight to the A Class Actors with that kind of ability and beauty, a complete package.

I give this movie 3,5/5 stars for entertaining and the surprises. Make sure you watch the movie, and give me your comments or review! Happy Sunday!

Di persimpangan...

Seorang teman berkata kemarin supaya aku menuliskan satu hal saja yang bisa disyukuri dalam 24 jam terakhir. Saat ini pukul 15.00, jadi aku harus mengingat ingat kembali apa yang terjadi sejak pukul 15.00 kemarin. Pertama yang perlu disyukuri adalah seorang teman yang dengan baik hati membawakan makanan dan menyiapkannya untuk aku di sore hari. Sebuah jajanan pasar yang dibubuhi kelapa kemudian dimakan dengan cairan gula merah, tidak mewah tetapi nikmat. Kenapa harus disyukuri? Karena saya menjadi tidak kelaparan di sore hari yang cerah. Sore hari kemarin sangat cerah, berbeda dengan dua hari sebelumnya dimana langit selalu digelayuti mendung. Begitu cerah sehingga diskusi aku dengan teman tak terasa sudah hampir dua jam, dan sudah waktunya untuk pulang. Aku bersyukur karena masih ada seseorang yang bersedia mendengar dan mendukungku bahkan untuk sesuatu hal yang aku pikir tidak aku miliki. Ucapan syukur yang ketiga untuk suami yang masih bersedia untuk menjemputku, sehingga bisa pulang dengan nyaman di traktir makan pula! Satu hal yang menarik selama perjalanan tersebut adalah ketika Suami mendorongku untuk membuat cerita. Terserah cerita apa saja katanya, daripada hanya menilai, cobalah ciptakan sesuatu, karena mencipta adalah kreasi, dan tidak pernah mudah. Wow! Sebuah tantangan telah dikirimkan, apakah harus diterima? Sambil membayangkan muka Barney Stinson di HIMYM, yang selalu menyukai tantangan bahkan yang paling ajaib sekalipun. Syukur yang terakhir mungkin adalah melihat raut muka anak-anak yang begitu senang ketika kami orangtuanya pulang. Mereka sehat, bahkan dalam kondisi cuaca yang tidak baik dalam sebulan terakhir ini. Semuanya ini ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia, karena tantangan juga. Ketika semua yang bergejolak di kepala dan yang muncul adalah bahasa Inggris, kreativitas akan dilatih dengan mencari padanan kata yang lebih sesuai dalam bahasa Indonesia. Tulisan ini adalah awalnya, dan semoga menjadi pemicu sesuatu yang baik dan membanggakan di kemudian hari. Entah kapan.. Tapi aku yakin suatu hari nanti, aku tidak akan berada di persimpangan ini lagi, karena aku tahu apa yang aku inginkan.

Review - About Time

If you're looking a light movie but still full of meaning, then this might be a perfect movie for you.
An english movie, sets in London and Cornwall played by Domhnall Gleeson as Tim and Rachel McAdams as Mary. Not only show the beauty of a relationship, this movie shows the beauty of England in every corner. It just pushed me to visit England, one day.
Tim is the second child of the family. They have this family rituals to drink tea in the beach and throwing stones to the sea. Oh yeah, they live in a beautiful house in Cornwall, and it was in front of the They just have to go in a dark room, imagining the time and place they want to visit an in just an instant they will go back to the past they have imagined.
So, Tim practice his ability during the New Year Party. He nailed it! The successful action motivates him to do more, especially after he went to London to work. He met Mary in a dark room restaurant in London, and he just fall in love with her at first sight.
Mary in the other hand is just a simple and cute ordinary girl. There was this one scene, where Mary already had a boyfriend for a week. So, Tim return to the previous week to meet Mary first. Although Tim's look is so geeky and awkward, he's really a funny and a very nice guy. They talk all evening, bonding to each other and fell in love.
The movie is just so ordinary, its like a natural thing. Tim also has a sister who he dearly love named Kit Kat. Not only a great husband, he also a great brother. He tries to protect his sister with his power.
The benefit of the power shows real good when he found out that his father is dying, and finally passed away. He was very close to him, and with the ordinary thing that this family shows, its just filled with so much love between all the family members. It was so clear, they were bond to each other. You just want to be the part of the family. No requirements needed, no special requests, just you and the real you. It might not be a perfect family, but it was beautiful in every way.
This movie will show you how to appreciate every moment, cease the day they say! Every moment counts, all the little things. After his father passed away, Tim tries to repeat his day, every day. So, if he felt that today is a bad day, he repeat it again and made it a good day. In the end he just stop doing it, and really relish every single moment in his day. The message was simple, it is about time to live your life and not just live in it.

Do we always remember what we have been through in a day? Do we remember every single moment that we miss, and it just become meaningless. Every day that we live in, have we really live in it? How many moments that we just slipped it out from our hands?

Its like an intervention in my life when I watch this movie. Maybe I'm too serious with everything, but the message is clear for me. Always appreciate every moments in your life.

I give this movie 3,5/5 stars! Hopefully you could enjoy the movie as much as I do!