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Sunday 21 October 2012

Before Sunrise (1995) - Before Sunset (2004)






I am about to review two movies in this one go. It consists of two sequels that were released separated by 9 years intervals. The first one is Before Sunrise. The second one is Before Sunset.
These movies complement a thorough roots and history of a human connection and widely praising its formation, frontally observed and oversaw the getting closer proximity of the distance between two people as they get along and understand each other’s world and subconsciously seeping its substance, to fill and create another temporary world existing for them to inhabit and how the limited time are no binding boundary to truly connects to someone, celebrating anomaly of life as it passes. These are movies that would engage you in the exchanging of ideas, point of view, daily routine story of life, an intimate yet casual conversation between Jesse and Celine, of whom accidentally met on a train embarking to Vienna with different destinations in each mind.
Before Sunrise(1995) : Jesse was an American student coming to Spain to visit his long-distance girlfriend while Celine, a French young woman just returned from visiting her grandmother in Budapest. Both were sitting in the same train compartment as the public quarrel between a German couple erupted and had Celine moved to a seat opposing Jesse’s. Both instantly felt a connection and a long conversation flourished. In each mind, a short acquaintance is to be ended not sooner than the timely halt of the train in Vienna as Jesse had to catch the flight to America in that very night. Jesse’s adventurous spirit immediately asked Celine to alight the train and roaming the city of Vienna together until Jesse’s flight is about to depart. After a brief moment of persuasion, Celine agreed to the idea and the approval has brought to the adventure of those two strangers. The two separated with the abounding hope as they promised to meet again 6 months afterward in Paris.
Before Sunset(2004) : It’s been 9 years since Jesse and Celine first met. The promise made 9 years ago to meet again was not substantiated. Now they meet again, only this time Jesse had become an author and already got married with a kid, while Celine has actualized her passion in social politic and becoming a non-governmental activist. The reunion took place while Jesse was holding his book launching on his last tour in Paris. The two decided to spare the limited time to reconnect, finding the essential not much changed as if the time hasn’t yet relapsed 9 years since. The film closes the curtain with the undecided ending of the two, leaving the audience with a question we ourselves has to answer through speculation.
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From every aspect, these movies are both exciting and unique. It does not do the usual cliché to segregate the phase of movie into sections of a different nature before the climax reached. Every second spent filming the movie was simply indispensable. You missed one screen-shot due to accidentally falling into sleep for only 5 minutes, you would have missed the best part which from my point of view embedded in every running seconds of the movie. You have to keep yourself alert from the very beginning until the very end because the whole content of a movie itself is a real journey, not a journey/adventure told from the angle of a cinematography. Particularly for the sequel, Before Sunset, the screenplay was credited and penned not only by the director, Richard Linklater, but also by the leading actors. The sense of reality is astoundingly felt in a high degree. The script is highly praised as it is thought-provoking and built around the deep feeling and giving us the rare chance to become acquainted, feel the sense of belonging and familiarity with the characters of these movies . The acting is vividly, realistically spectacular. It is not a romantically-based movie with a guessable happy ending, intrigues, and drama-drama-drama at each ends but simply showcasing the romance as it is. There is no sugarcoating it.
Before Sunrise was released in 1995, starring Ethan Hawke( The Dead Poet Society, The Day Breaker, New York, I Love You!) opposite a French actress-singer-songwriter-director, Julie Delpy who might internationally be best known for her role in these movies . The upcoming third sequel, Before Midnight will be released in 2013. Richard Linklater himself was inspired to write, produce, and direct the movie after his encounter with a woman named Amy who walked around the city of Philadelphia with him one night, conversing. It shows, sometimes, the impact one gives does not necessarily involves the elongated period of time but a brief truthful moment yet it is so rare, can overcome a lot. (NA)







Perahu Kertas Part 1 (2012)




Perahu kertas itu bercerita tentang perjalanan hidup & cinta dari Kugy dan Keenan. Mereka berdua pertama kali ketemu waktu sama-sama kuliah dibandung. Keenan mahasiswa ekonomi yang sebenarnya berjiwa pelukis sedangkan Kugy mahasiswa sastra yang bercita-cita jadi penulis dongeng. Keenan terkesan dengan Kugy karena Kugy orangnya aneh apalagi dengan radar neptunusnya itu sedangkan Kugy terkesan dengan keenan karena menurut Kugy, Keenan itu orang ajaib yang sudah menyadarkan dia kalau cita-cita jadi penulis dongeng itu sangat realistis. Tapi ternyata jalan Kugy dan Keenan masih harus berputar karena Kugy sendiri sudah punya pacar namanya Ojos, sedangkan Keenan di comblangin sm sepupunya Noni ( sahabat Kugy ) yang namanya Wanda. Wanda anak pemilik galeri wasita dan Wanda suka sama Keenan sementara Keenan nya sendiri belum kasih pernyataan apapun ke Wanda. Melihat kedekatan Keenan dan Wanda membuat Kugy menjauh. Menjauh dari Noni, Eko ( sahabat Kugy yang jg pacar Noni ) dan pastinya menjauh dari Keenan termasuk juga dari Ojos. Suatu malam minggu dimana Ojos datang ke Bandung buat ketemu Kugy, biasanya mereka asyik ngobrol tapi kali ini Kugy hanya diam dan mendengarkan Ojos karena Kugy merasa ada yg berubah. Kata Kugy di dalam hati waktu lagi makan sama Ojos sambil melihat foto mereka berempat ( Eko, Noni, Kugy, dan Keenan ), "Mungkin aku yang berubah atau lingkungan aku yang berubah atau kedua-duanya yang berubah." Dan Kugy menutup gambar wajah Eko dan Noni di foto itu dengan jarinya. Kugy menyibukkan diri nya menjadi guru di Sakolah Alit ( Sekolah Darurat ) sampai-sampai hubungan Kugy dan Ojos harus berakhir karna Kugy disuruh memilih antara pergi ke Bali bareng Ojos atau mendampingi anak-anak Sekolah Alit yang akan ikut berlomba.

Wanda berhasil membujuk orangtuanya untuk mengikutsertakan lukisan Keenan dalam pameran di Wasita Gallery. Saat hari pagelaran, orangtua Keenan datang tapi Ayah Keenan tidak mau melihat lukisan Keenan karena pada dasarnya ayah Keenan kurang setuju anaknya jadi pelukis karena dia ingin anaknya kuliah ekonomi untuk meneruskan bisnis mereka. Keenan merasa senang karena mengetahui lukisanyna laku terjual sampai Keenan memutuskan untuk keluar dari kuliah dan pergi dari rumah karena di usir ayahnya. Ulang tahun Noni dirayakan di halaman rumah Wanda dan hal itu yang membuat Kugy tidak bisa datang sedangkan di sana lah Keenan tahu kalau Wanda lah yang membeli lukisannya dan itu membuat Keenan marah. Keenan memutuskan untuk berhenti melukis. Kugy yang tahu menjadi marah. Kugy dan Keenan terlibat perdebatan. Keenan memutuskan untuk pindah ke bali dan menetap di rumah Pak Wayan (pelukis asal Bali ). Hubungan persahabatan Kugy dan Noni pun menjadi renggang karna Noni merasa kesal kenapa Kugy tidak datang ke pesta ulang tahunnya. Di bali, Keenan bertemu dengan Luhde ( keponakan Pak Wayan ). Luhde lah yang membangkitkan semangat Keenan untuk melukis lagi dan Keenan melukis berdasarkan buku dongeng yang ditulis Kugy. Waktu terus bergulir, Keenan dan Luhde pun menjadi dekat sedangkan Kugy telah lulus sarjana dan magang di kantor advertising dan kemudian diangkat menjadi karyawan karna ide briliantnya. Berkat ide briliantnya itulah Kugy menjadi dekat dengan Remi ( bos Kugy di kantor yang sangat di gandrungi oleh perempuan satu kantor ). Akhirnya Kugy dan Remi pun jadian. Hubungan Kugy dan Noni yang tadinya mejauh pun jadi dekat kembali karna Noni pun akhirnya tahu alasan Kugy mengapa tidak datang ke ultah nya noni. Pada saat pernikahan Noni dan Eko, disanalah Kugy akhirnya bertemu dengan Keenan lagi setelah sekian lama mereka berpisah .



“Perahu kertas salah satu film Indonesia yang bisa di bilang punya 'kelas' berbeda dengan film-film Indonesia lain yang marak di bioskop. Sinematografi, naskah film, akting pemainnya menurut saya tepat meskipun ada beberapa adegan yang ada di novel namun ditiadakan di film “

 ★★★★☆ SDG

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful




One Direction, gokil banget nih boyband!!! Denger-denger nih yaaa...boyband asal Inggris-Irlandia ini lagi jadi sensasi karena lagu mereka masuk ke tangga Billboard Amerika dan langsung menempati posisi ke-26. Rekor ini mengalahkan The Beatles, grup musik dari Inggris yang masuk ke jajaran Billboard Amerika pada tahun 1964 dan menempati posisi ke-45.

Single pertama mereka, "What Makes You Beautiful" dirilis tanggal 11 September 2011. Single ini berhasil bertengger di posisi pertama UK Singles Chart setelah dinobatkan sebagai single yang paling banyak di request sepanjang masa oleh Sony Music Entertainment. Di tangga lagu Irlandia, single ini berada di posisi pertama selama empat minggu berturut-turut. Di Amerika Serikat, single ini dirilis pada Februari 2012, dan memulai debutnya pada posisi 28 di Billboard Hot 100, posisi tertinggi bagi musisi asal inggris sejak tahun 1997. Single ini terus naik hingga ke posisi empat dan tanggal 21 Mei 2012, sebanyak 2.060.303 unduhan digital single ini telah terjual di AS. Single ini juga pernah dinyanyikan ulang di salah satu episode dalam serial TV populer AS, Glee.

Single ini telah berhasil mendapatkan sertifikasi 5x Platinum di AUS, 2x Platinum di CAN, 2x Platinum di NZ, 1x Platinum di SWE, dan 2x Platinum di US. Selain itu Single ini juga memenangkan Best British Single di BRIT Awards dan masuk kedalam nominasi Most Streamed Video of The Year di MunchMusic Video Awards.


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