{ Decepticon Tampak Seperti Baja Rongsok dan Megan Fox Terus-Terusan Dipaksa Berlari }

//June 27, 2009//

Transformers 2.
Hmm, where should I need to start? Explosion, the creepy Decepticons, Megan Fox, explosion, the great great Optimus Prime, a lot of explosions.

Menonton Transformers 2 sama dengan pengalaman menghancurkan (atau lebih tepatnya meledakkan) BANYAK kaleng rongsok. Transformers 2 mungkin bisa disebut the most anticipated movie di tahun ini. Tetapi tampaknya, kita berharap terlalu banyak.

Untuk penggemar lamanya, menonton seri kartun ini menjadi nyata adalah impian yang telah lama terpendam. Itulah mengapa Transformers menuai kesuksesan. Di sekuelnya ini, Sam Witwicky kembali berperang menyelamatkan bumi bersama Optimus Prime dan geng Autobot lain. Ekspektasi berlebihan mungkin adalah kata yang tepat untuk Transformers 2. People getting bored with a metal who can turn into robot, and then into a car, and into robot again. We’ve seen it already. No need to bring another (or much more other) metal.

Yah, mungkin itulah perasaan saya. Di Transformers pertama mungkin saya sedikit memaafkan ceritanya yang biasa-biasa saja itu, karena ada bagian hebat lain yaitu disebut animasi dan actionnya. Semua orang pasti terpukau dengan animasinya (yang bahkan berhasil mendapat Oscar itu). Saya aja sampe pengen koprol sehabis nonton film itu sangking serunya. Tapi, tampaknya, Michael Bay mengartikan lain Transformers 2. Mungkin karena menganggap itulah daya tarik terbesarnya (selain Megan Fox tentunya), ia menambah (banyak) Autobot dan lebih banyak action di film ini. Seru memang, tapi membosankan.

Seperti adegan pertarungannya misalnya, kadang Bay membuat banyak slow motion untuk memperjelas beberapa bagian actionnya. Tetapi, kadang kita bahkan tidak tahu siapa yang sedang menghajar siapa, dan apa yang sedang terjadi. Banyaknya karakter baru yang ditambahkan juga membuat saya bingung, sampai akhir filmpun saya gk inget siapa nama-nama Autobot baru itu (kecuali Iron Head mungkin). Yah, setidaknya terima kasih atas trailernya yang ‘mengundang’ itu. Constructicon (or whatever the name is) memang keren, sesuai harapan yang ada di trailernya. Tapi kok gampang kalahnya? Begitu juga dengan adegan pertarungan Optimus dan The Fallen. Orang-orang tentu menunggu saat2 di mana mereka berdua akan bertemu, tetapi justru adegannya terlampau cepat. Cuma kurang dari 1 menit, The Fallennya udah KO. Tetapi salut buat Optimus Prime sih, luar biasa. Saya langsung jatuh cinta sama karakter ini. I guess people also loves the robots more than the human character (kecuali Megan Fox mungkin) .

Dan hmm.. Megan Fox. She just turns the movie into Victoria Secret show. Gila ya, kayaknya emang banyak adegan yang disengaja-sengajain supaya si Megan Fox itu lari-lari. Well yeah, she ranked #2 on sexiest woman on Maxim. Ya udahlah ya, no need to worries, boys. Kecuali rumor kalo dia cowok, ya. Sepanjang film, Mangasi terus2an geleng2 kepala sambil ngomong, “ Sayang ya, dia cowok.” Hiburan terbesar saya justru ada di tokoh Jetfire, dan kedua orang tua Sam. Karakter mereka lebih menarik daripada Sam dan Mikaela yang tampaknya susah sekali mengucapkan kata cinta (eeuwwh, too lame).

Recommended Consensus: Transformers 2, lumayanlah. Another great entertainment popcorn for people who loves explosions and metal crancking sound.

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{ We Finally Gonna Meet, Alice. Yeeey... }

//June 27, 2009//

March 5, 2010.

Don’t you just dying to wait the date?

Alice in Wonderland and Tim Burton. Imagining my two most favorite things combine in one movie, it’s like a dream comes true. Don’t you just love the smell? ♥

It’s creepy yet beautiful. The line up just wonderful and the art concept is like magic. Helena Bonham Carter (obvious) as The Red Queen, Anna Hathaway as The White Queen, and Johnny Depp (too obvious) as the Mad Hatter. Mia Wasikowska is playing Alice. Look at the pictures, is like a dream. The Mad Hatter looks faboulous, and the Queen of Heart is just as snob as I thought. Oh my, I’m just crazy about the movie already ♥.

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{ Saturday Noon with Empty Glass }

//June 27, 2009//

Suddenly I just miss being in Bandung. Haha, another reality check. And finally, it's just 2 days before my internship was over. Yeah, finally.

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{ Di Tempat Saya Berdiri Sekarang }

//June 26, 2009//

Sehabis menonton Debat Capres 2009-2014. Haha, saya hanya warga biasa yang tidak terlalu tahu tentang pemerintahan dan negara. Tetapi saya memuja acara Debat Capres ini karena acara ini terbukti dapat mencerdaskan bangsa. Selain memberikan overview atas kondisi asli negara saat ini, tetapi juga memberikan pandangan kita atas sakralnya pengetahuan tentang si Capres sebelum tanggal 8 Juli 2009. Saya menggarisbawahi kata asli, karena itu pandangan orang 'atas' terhadap permasalahan2 negara, dibanding mengkritisi terlalu banyak tanpa tahu dasar masalah, solusi, dan langkah ke depannya, malahan pada akhirnya mengatasnamakan segalanya sebagai 'salah pemerintahan'.

Dalam debat Capres malam itu, juga dibahas tentang jumlah pengangguran terdidik Indonesia yang mencapai 50.3 % sedangkan jumlah wirausahawan hanya ada di tingkat 2 %. Membuat saya bertanya kepada diri sendiri.
Apa yang bisa saya lakukan?
Haha, klise. Semua orang pasti (atau harusnya) pernah memikirkan kalimat ini. Saya bukan ekstrimist nasionalis yang biasa berteriak-teriak membela rakyat. Saya hanya warga biasa yang suka menonton bulutangkis dan ikut berteriak. Ataupun mengutuk kebiasaan pemukulan wasit dan tawuran massal setelah pertandingan bola. Saya hanya sadar, bahwa KITA adalah bangsa yang besar.

Potensial adalah kata yang harus dijunjung. Dan kaya adalah kata untuk bangsa kita. Cukup butuh kesadaran, untuk tahu bahwa kita harusnya punya BANYAK untuk maju. Cukup butuh kesadaran, untuk yakin bahwa kita harusnya BISA untuk membuat segalanya lebih baik. Jangan menutup diri untuk sekedar mengutuki keadaan tanpa berbuat apa-apa.

Rumput tetangga memang selalu lebih hijau. Tapi BUKAN BERARTI kita tidak mampu. "Go Taufik. Go Indonesia." Kemenangan Taufik berarti kemenangan Indonesia. Ya, cukup butuh kesadaran untuk merasa yakin bahwa kalau satu dari kita bisa berbuat banyak, kenapa kita tidak?

Saya tidak sok-sok an berkata nasionalis, tapi jangan melulu memikirkan diri sendiri. Yang penting cari kerja, dapat uang, membangun keluarga, memakmurkan saudara, apa itu Indonesia? Hanya sekedar tempat berpijak? Sekali lagi, hanya sebuah renungan untuk saya. Sebuah renungan besar.

Apa yang bisa saya lakukan untuk Indonesia?

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{ The Hilarious & Charmingly Zac Efron 17 Again }

//June 20, 2009//

Hmm… Okay, highlight of this week. 17 Again. Debat Capres putaran pertama 2009-2014. Djarum Indonesia Open, pertandingan Taufik Hidayat. Di akhir debat Capres, Iwan Fals menyanyi dengan luar biasa. Memperlihatkan setiap urat dan peluh di kening untuk mengantarkan sebuah lagu luar biasa menakjubkan dan menggetarkan jiwa. Sayangnya Trans TV dengan tak berperikemanusian memotong siarannya dengan sangat nggak ens. I hate you for doing that.
And congratulation Mr. Hidayat (terdengar seperti dosen Kalkulus waktu TPB, yeah well..) for making to the semifinal. The 8000 people on the stadium just happen to get their adrenaline rush during the match. The match is to die for, the audience screaming on and on and on again, seems like they'll get sore throat on their way home. My dad and I just enjoy the match, and jump afterwards when Taufik enjoyed his victory moment. And thanks to you Mr. Hidayat, Indonesia is singing once again. The audience was singing ‘Gebyar Gebyar’, the song burned in my heart till now. Yes, I envy you for becoming a hero.

Biggest highlight. 17 Again. Yey!

No one rated popcorn movies better than I do.

Yep, I love popcorn movie. It is simply because they’re giving a sale on dreams in the movie. I bet my best partner in crime, Mega, would also love this movie as much as I do.

High school bon-bons, Zac Efron, returns again in the super typical movie, 17 Again! Yet, seems Efron doesn’t want to leave his safety zone. Yes, he dances in the movie and throw some basket t-shirtless. The thing is, the movie is unexpectedly hilarious. The acting was much better than I thought and Efron—like a dream—charmed the audience effortlessly. And you should highlight the dinner scene between Ned (Thomas Lennon) and the Head Principal (Melora Hardin). It’s funny and yet genius! The myth is right, only a geek can love a weirdo. Though the story is expectedly—you just know how the story will end before entering the cinema—you just have to enjoy it without prediction. And you’ll end up, leaving the cinema happily entertain enough with the movie. (This is, by the way, the rule of thumb on watching popcorn movie. I happen to use the theory over and over again, and believe me, it works all the time.)

The story is about Mike O’ Donnell (Matthew Perry), who just happen to lose all things in life. A divorce, the kid, the promotion. He then, took a trip to his glory days in high school, when he was 17 and seems to have everything in the world. A popular seat as a basketball player, a scholarship which coming for him, and a beautiful girlfriend. The time stop for him since that day. He left all the glitter in life for the love of his life, Scarlett (Allison Miller). And yet, 20 years later, he seems regretted all the time about that. Second chance came, in the hand of, which we believe a spirit guide, a janitor. He gave Mike a second chance to be 17 again! Same problems, same time, in a different body. And that is how the story rolled.

The big surprise is, the audience I’m watching the movie with, were dominated by middle aged woman around maybe 23-27 years old. And yes, the audience just keeps swearing “Zac Efron ganteng banget!!” all time during the movie. Dan gila aja, di akhir film, seorang tante-tante yang terlihat seperti socialite-Jakarta-yang-abis-belanja-ke-PRJ-dan-mau-ke-Sale-di-Centro berteriak sambil keluar bioskop, “Gila ya, ganteng banget!” Seems Efron deliver the movie so damn good that everybody just happen to forgive all mistakes on the script. Well, by the way, congratulations for graduating the high school, Mr. Efron.

Recommended Consensus: 17 Again was hilariously charmed and a worth to see movie for people who wants to enjoy a weightless movie before seeing the entire summer filled with Tom Hanks, Autobot and a house that fly by thousand of ballons.

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{ I happen to play on other field }

//June 18, 2009//

Let's play!

Hmm.. Let's see. I'm just following the trend. Yippie!

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{ The Dance and Rythm That Followed }

//June 18, 2009//

2 years, 10 days ago.

We sat down face to face. Talking about what we called ‘feeling’. Something we weren’t sure, it is or it isn’t.
My arms were thinner, as well as his.
But heart still flying and we decided to take a go.
Deep down inside, we speak in one language.
No one understands better than us, that differences sure really are beautiful.

Time is flying, you and I, walking on rainbow, running under the rain.
Forward. Through weathers we’ve never seen before.
You and I, soul we’ve never touch, mind we’ve never say hello.
But, should we throw all the differences? We’ve never seen the end, or have we?
We just enjoying the road, at least I do. Do you?
People never really know what we feel. Feeling like no other? Or just a pain knowing we will really meet an end?

A long heavy sigh. A really deep breath. A ship of sugar.
Then, another reality.

Someday, when we’re already become memory or making another history. Should we remember the day?
We wouldn’t go back. Like Marty do.
But we like where we’re going. We never do candlelight while eating dinner. We rarely shout sweet words through each other. We feel odd with the romantic kind of stuff. We have never taken any photo of us, a reminiscence of what people called moment. Yet, we have never complained about those things.

Thankful is the feeling. For having you. For deciding to take a go. Regret never really the words, for our little dictionary.

I do. Is the answer to every question you’ll ask.
Or the one you’ll never asked.

Until later dear sweetheart. Let’s have another ice cream :)

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{ Close Up and Snap }

//June 14, 2009//

I do have this!

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{ Peter, here is your trip to wonderland. }

//June 12, 2009//

People always said afraid talking about growing up. When we're still in kindergarten or elementary school, we always dream about growing up, getting married, getting your own money, etc. But later on our journey, we found out that the truth is, nobody ever want to grow up. But what's too scary about it anyway? Afraid of taking responsibility? Afraid of letting go a lot of spare time? Or afraid that you are finally caring yourself alone without your parents doing it?

'Fear', once again, is a strong word. Almost as strong as 'hope', 'will', 'trust', and 'anger'. But fear alone can eat 'hope', 'will', and 'trust'. As the 'hope', 'will', and 'trust' can eat 'fear'.

What is it about growing up? Is it being an adult? Or being mature? That's the question. We use the word adult to refer people that have age more or less than 2,5 decades. And we use the word mature to address all people knowing their responsibility in life and taking it to the fullest. For me, I don't want to be an adult unless I already have maturity in me. And I never want to be an adult if I have to throw up all the child in me.

People always think hardly about things that they don't know what it is. Why do we have to be afraid with thing we haven't try before? Being childish is not always because you're a crybaby, saying a lot of whine, or telling some so innocent thought. Being childish is about being afraid to whatever you'll face next on your journey.

Remember mate, the world won't wait for you to rotate. And sooner or later, you'll have to face it. So what you're gonna do when the time is really coming? Run and hide yourself on your tiny shell called "fear-of-growing-up" or taking it slowly with a will to learn about every new thing you'll meet?

For me, I'd rather take a step and let's the music guide me. Because the music is me. The world won't wait me either, but someday, I'll make me not waiting the world.

Cheers to the future.

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{ Thankful is Not Enough To Be The Words }

//June 04, 2009//

Saya pengen jadi penulis cerita anak-anak. Saya pengen punya restoran. Saya pengen jadi pengembang biak ikan. Saya pengen kerja di PBB atau mungkin UNICEF. Saya pengen bisa terbang. Saya pengen jadi editor majalah. Saya mau buat film yang bisa menyentuh semua anak sebagaimana Toy Story menyentuhkan aura magisnya kepada saya. Saya pengen pergi ke Inggris. Saya mau jadi kontributor National Geographic. Saya mau beasiswa sekolah film, atau magang di PIXAR. Saya pengen punya perpustakaan umum. Saya pengen bikin bioskop.

I'm a dreamer. So what? I keep all of this long enough to know that I'm still here. This is a message to the world, I'm not stopping, until I'm done.

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{ Silence }

//June 02, 2009//

Ngetik ngetik, buka internet, baca baca buku, dikasih bahan materi, makan siang baca lagi, dikasih buku KP tahun lalu, baca lagi, ngetik ngetik lagi, ngeblog deh...

Haha, hari-hari yang aneh. Kayaknya saya nggak cocok kerja di kantor nanti.

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