2012 Phenomenon

I do believe that everyone has read or hear or even talks about 2012 and it's doomsday prediction. Wait, no worry, because I'm not going to talk about that here, in my blog.

The phenomenon i'm gonna talk about is the phenomenon that is caused by Roland Emirich's latest film about that prediction: 2012. It really gives people curiosity because of the theme.

And this movie, even though i haven't watch it for some reason (later revealed in this post), i do believe that this movie is something for some people. It caused a long queue in Mall Puri Indah, the longest line for 3 years! Last time I saw queue this long is the queue of Spiderman 3 back in 2007. Even Transformer: Revenge of The Fallen wasn't this long!

Outside XXI. And the credit card line reached Shabu Tei!

The queue inside XXI

I'm gonna watch it in DVD. 2012, so crazy for it's not holiday season, or does this regular season like this make line as long as this?

Dimanakah nasionalisme?

Nasionalisme, sebenarnya, apakah yang dimaksud dengan nasionalisme? Nasionalisme bisa disebut sebagai satu paham yang menciptakan dan mempertahankan kedaulatan sebuah negara dengan mewujudkan satu konsep identitas bersama untuk sekelompok manusia. Tampakkah nasionalisme di pribadi setiap warga negara Indonesia?

Masyarakat Indonesia memang sudah merdeka secara status, dan sekali lagi, ya, mereka memang merdeka secara fisik,namun mental belum secara mental! Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, rasa nasionalisme itu semakin menghilang! Apalagi dalam diri para pemuda-pemudi Indonesia, mereka cenderung tidak menghargai bangsanya sendiri! Nilai nasionalisme yang (diharapkan) tertanam pada saat sumpah pemuda sekitar 80 tahun yang lalu nyaris terlihat. Ada 2 poin penting mengapa saya dapat berkata demikian: tidak adanya rasa rasa cinta akan tanah air serta cinta akan produk dalam negeri.

Banyak pemuda(di) yang tidak memiliki rasa cinta akan tanah airnya, salah satunya adalah teman saya, sangat tidak menghargai kenyataan bahwa dia lahir, besar, hidup, di dan sebagai orang Indonesia, yang tentu saja tinggal di Indonesia! Dia bahkan secara terang-terangan berkata bahwa dia sama sekali tidak berharap lahir sebagai orang Indonesia! Teman saya adalah salah satu contoh pemuda yang kehilangan rasa nasionalismenya.

Kedua,banyak pemuda yang tidak menghargai karya anak bangsa, bahkan meremehkan karya-karya tersebut. Sebagai contoh, karena saya banyak berkutat dalam dunia film, saya akan mengambil film sebagai contohnya. Para pemuda sering kali lebih memilih film-film impor dibandingkan film-film lokal. Alasannya, mereka beranggapan bahwa film-film impor lebih bagus dibandigkan dengan film-film lokal, padahal tidak semua anggapan itu benar! Banyak film-film Indonesia yang secara kualitas lebih baik dibandingkan dengan film-film impor. Kalau ada film lokal yang bagus, untuk apa menonton film impor yang tidak meyakinkan?

Untuk menutup postingan kali ini, saya hanya dapat berkata, bahwa sangatlah disayangkan bahwa seorang warga negara, apalagi seorang pemuda tidak memiliki rasa nasionalismenya, itu dapat diartikan bahwa orang tersebut tidak menghargai keadaan dirinya. Untuk itulah, seharusnya rasa nasionalisme mulai ditanamkan dalam diri setiap jiwa muda Indonesia. Tanamkan spirit: Proud To Be Indonesian. Proud To Be Indonesian!

Summer Phenomenon

Every summer, there're movie phenomenon, because summer means: blockbuster movie time! No matter how bad a movie was, if it has strong fan base, queue line will always be full. Usually it happens in sequel movies.

Before this year's phenomenon, I found similar things back on 2002, when the first Spiderman released. The cinema or the theater filled with the fans, and that movie last in the cinema for a month (usually a movie last about one or two weeks, if they're lucky, three).

Now, this summer those thing, happened again! Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen successfully attract audience. In one cinema, T:RotF shown in three screens every day and there were no single vacant seat in each screens! And you know what? It last for about 10 days! Usually it last for 3 days or in the opening week.

If you think that's crazy enough, you and I haven't seen something crazier. The sixth installment of Harry Potter, definitely crazier than any movie! The cinema allow us to buy advance ticket, and I went to cinema, and ask if there're any seat available (in regular screen), and for the opening day, no seat available for groups. For the following day, maybe it is as full as the opening day already, and so do the next 3 days. For XXI's Premiere Screen, it almost fully booked till Sunday's last screening.

Crazy? I bet it is for it haven't released yet. Truly, one need a great attempt to watch this movie.
PS: Oh, if anyone wanna know if I have any ticket, yes I did, for 5 person in Premiere Screen.

Peace!

Quick Movie Update

Yeah, just a quick movie update, well, one of the most anticipated movie of the year: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!

Currently it hold 96% Fresh Rating in Rotten Tomatoes, with 100% rating int top critics!
Check out Roger Ebert's quotation:

"I admired this Harry Potter. It opens and closes well, and has wondrous art design and cinematography as always, only more so."


But the average rating only 7.5/10 (Roger Ebert gave 3/4).
We'll see what it will be, this week. Catch it in the closest cinema!

There are possibilities it will be as crowd or even more crowd than Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen. So, those who want to watch it, better buy advance ticket (if available).

Movie's Released date in Indonesia

Expecting? Not baby okay? Well, how about latest installment of Harry Potter? Up? Or Bale and Depp's latest movie, Public Enemies? I tell you, it is going to be released this month in Indonesia.

Here's the release date:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman
Indonesian Release Date: July 16

Public Enemies
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Indonesian Release Date: July 22

Up
Directed by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring Voices Of: Edward Asner, Christopper Plumer
Indonesian Release Date: July 29

Oh, I finally saw Merah Putih's trailer for the first time. Thanks to Debby who told me.
Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86TL8wDsV6g&feature=related

Sorry can't upload the video from youtube, I don't know why.


And it's slated for 13th of August or 17th of August. Based on the trailer, it's really promising! Both the effect and the cinematography. It's too early to judge, but it's okay to give 'Merah Putih' high expectation. "MERDEKA!"

Those release date still tentative, distributors are the one who set the date.

Source: www.blitzmegaplex.com

Indonesia: (One of the) Home Of Piracy

Indonesia! My lovely yet prettyfull country, but filled with plagiarism, pirated things, and corruption. In this post, let's talk about pirated things, that sometimes irritated me.

Well-well, Indonesia, for some international tourist, is heaven for they're able to buy pirated DVD with small price (compare it: 5k to minimum 79k). Or they're able to buy some fake bag (fake LV and so on).

One of the most famous pirated or fake things in Indonesia, beside of those pirated CD/DVD is fake Jersey. What is jersey? In this case, jersey is a shirt that's used for playing sport for example football, basketball and so on.

And, today, I found something funny. In Mangga Dua, one of Jakarta's Shopping 'Heaven', I saw something that tickled me. I saw a fake, and cheap Manchester United's jersey. Feeling usual? I tell you, it's the unreleased United's 09/10's home shirt! Godemit! Crazy isn't it? The official jersey is yet to be released! It's will be released on 16th of July. Oh, if one desperately want to have this new jersey, he/she can pre-order it from Red Shop.

Yet to be released, United's 09/10 Home Shirt

I said: Wow! Indonesia surely fast enough! They even have post any back in Manchester, yet.

Another thing. This one talking about pirated DVD. Anyone know about a movie titled 2012? If don't please visit imdb.com for more info. Anyway, several days ago, I went to Glodok, this place is another 'heaven' for those who seek movies and softwares or games in cheap price, and I saw in one of the pirated DVD store, there's a movie titled 2012! I wonder what it would be. For your info, 2012 will be released on the 4th of November. Cool is it not? The question is, which 2102 movie is it?

The Real 2012 movie

So, to kick piracy out of Indonesia (I know this is hard, but we should try), please buy the official Jersey, or buy fake but real jersey (maybe you can find it in Kaskus). If you can't afford the official DVD/CD, simply rent it or borrow the real one from friends of yours!

Indonesia? Cheers! Peace! Smile!

Film Merah Putih: Kebangkitan Film Nasional?

Selama ini, film-film produksi Indonesia tidak jauh dari kisah percintaan kawula muda (AADC, dll dsb, dst), horor (lengkap dengan pocong+kuntilanaknya yang tiada berakhir), serta komedi seks. Hal ini cukup disayangkan, padahal Indonesia punya berbagai hal yang dapat difilmkan, terlepas dari tiga genre yang disebutkan di atas. Memang ada film yang bercerita tentang pendidikan dan budaya contohnya Denias dan Laskar Pelangi, namun film bertema nasionalisme sudah tidak pernah terdengar gaungnya.

Coba tengok industri film Hollywood yang mencakup berbagai jenis film, mereka tidak lupa menyertakan sejarah ke dalam film mereka! Mau contoh? Film yang bercerita atau berlatar sejarah dan perjuangan Amerika di masa lampau tidak terhitung! Nama-nama terkenal antara lain adalah Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, Deer Hunter, bahkan yang baru-baru ini The Hurt Locker yang menceritakan tentang perang Irak.

Memang, sekitar dua dekade yang lalu film-film yang bertemakan perjuangan masih marak, namun, dewasa ini, kemanakah film bertema Nasional? Apakah rasa nasionalisme itu sudah hilang ditelan perkembangan jaman?

Mungkin hal nasionalisme itulah yang coba diangkat oleh salah satu penata gambar terbaik Indonesia, Yadi Sugandi serta produser Hasyim Djojohadikusumo lewat trilogi film kemerdekaan. Film pertama dari trilogi ini berjudul Merah Putih dan rencananya akan dirilis tepat pada tanggal 17 Agustus 2009.

Berikut adalah ditel dari film Merah Putih.

Maaf,Posternya Kecil, dari Imdb.com tidak bisa ambil yang besar sih

Judul: Merah Putih
Rilis: 17 Agustus 2009
Budget: 6 Juta US$ (Rp 60 Milliar)
Produser: Hasyim Djojohadikusumo
Sutradara: Yadi Sugandi (Penata Gambar Laskar Pelangi, Under The Tree, Tiga Hari Untuk Selamanya, dan The Photograph)
Asisten Sutradara: Mark Knight (December Boys, Beautiful)
Pemeran: Darius Sinarthya (Love,dll), Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Lukman Sardi (Laskar Pelangi, 9Naga, Gie), Doni Alamsyah, Zumi Zola, Atiqah Hasiholan, Saraswati.
Skenario: Connor dan Rob Allyn
Koordinator efek khusus: Adam Howarth (Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down)
Koordinator pemeran pengganti (stunt): Rocky McDonald (Mission Impossible II, The Quiet American)
Make-up dan visual effects: Rob Trenton (The Dark Knight)
Konsultan ahli persenjataan: John Bowring (Crocodile Dundee II, The Matrix, The Thin Red Line, Australia, X-Men Origins:Wolverine)

Para pemeran film "Merah Putih"

Menurut kabar yang beredar, pembuatan film ini memakan waktu selama 3 bulan dan berlokasi di Jawa Tengah. Bahkan ada sumber yang mengatakan bahwa aktor yang bermain dalam film ini mendapat bimbingan langsung dari pihak militer!

1-1nya adegan yang didapat dari browsing.
Poster dan Trailer menyusul

Melihat jajaran staff dan aktor aktris yang bermain dalam film ini, seharusnya hasil yang baik didapatkan. Sudah seharusnya para ahli visual effect itu menampilkan hasil terbaik dan tidak menampilkan efek ala sinetron dan FTV yang memalukan itu baik dari ledakan, setting, maupun make up diharapkan tidak mengecewakan. Sekarang kita hanya bisa berharap nama besar Hollywood itu bukan hanya sekadar nama, namun mampu mengembangkan industri film dalam negeri dari kemonotonan. Jangan sampai biaya 60 Miliar yang dikeluarkan tersebut tidak terbuang percuma dan saya berharap penuh bahwa film itu merupakan salah satu sinyal nasionalisme dalam dunia perfilman dalam negeri.

Majulah Indonesia!

13 Fun Fact About South Korea

First of all, I prefer to write these in Indonesian, to avoid something or anything inconvenience.
Pernah dengar film Stop-motion? Ada yang bagus loh. Judulnya Coraline. Directornya sama dengan director Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Bagi yang tertarik atau suka sama animasi, ini wajib nonton, dan reviewnya sudah ada di account Flixster-ku.

Oke, ini main topicnya.

13 Fakta unik yang kudapat mengenai Korea Selatan:

1. Restoran Korea cenderung murah hati. Mau bukti? Cobalah mampir ke salah satu restoran, minta tambah nasi? Gratis! Air Minum? Gratis! Udong?
bayar lhaa..

2. Setelah dilihat-lihat, mobil pabrikan Jepang sangat jarang! Hyundai, Kia dimana-mana.
3. Toilet-toiletnya? Luar biasa bersih!

Bersih?

4. Kalau datang ke restoran, sangat jarang ditemukan makanan yang berminyak dan bermicin.
5. Ok, di post sebelumnya, sudah disinggung bagaimana cintanya mereka pada bahasa budaya dan lain-lain yang berasal dari Korea. Hasilnya? Lihat poin nomor 2.

6. Sekitar 30% manusia yang ada di sana bernama depan (marga) Kim. Jadi kalau bertemu dengan orang Korea, mulailah dengan menanyakan apakah dia Mr./Ms.Kim. kalau bukan, cobalah dengan nama lain (Lee, dll, dsb,dst, sksd nih!).

7. Ginseng ada dimana-mana! Ada di krim, masker, pil, obat, makanan, minuman (bir ama susu), di hasil defekasi(!). Nanti sekalian ada ada dimana lagi ya?


8. Oke, ini sudah sangat umum. Kimchi ada dimana-mana dan merupakan menu wajib!

Macam-macam Kimchi

9. Punya bau khusus yang sangat "Korea". Baunya seperti bau-bauan amis khas Nori (rumput laut). Contohnya Green Tea Korea, rasanya yah...Sangat Korea!

10. Seperti yang dituangkan dalam postingan sebelumnya, sekitar 60-70% dari cewek Korea yang berusia di bawah 24 berwajah cantik/cakep!

Rata-rata tidak secakep ini sih, tapi buat pembanding boleh lha.

11. Seperti ada seseorang yang bilang: banyak cowok Korea terkesan sangat feminin! Mau bukti?

Pegang tas dan ala wanita

12. Konon, dengan adanya teknologi 3G, para pria Korea akan semakin sulit kelayapan pada malam hari, karena para Istri dapat memonitor mereka dengan mudah, baik dengan Video Call maupun mengetahui lokasi mereka dengan GPS!

Oke, di Korea tidak ada Vodafone! Cuma lambang buat 3G doang!

13. Ada kasus dimana seorang nenek usia 78 (kalau tidak salah) yang menggugat cerai suaminya setelah anaknya dewasa dan menikah. Alasannya? Dia tidak tahan dengan suaminya! (Korea
masih sangat kuno pemikirannya!)

More about South Korea is still waiting. Next I think it will be Food and Beverages. Cheers! xD

Fresh News about Jiffest 2009!

Do you know Jiffest? Well, for those who have no idea what Jiffest is, I'll tell you. Jiffest stands for Jakarta International Film Festival, which was held once a year, usually took place by the end of the year (December). Jiffest also hailed as one of the most exciting (in Asia) and the biggest film festival in South East Asia!

Jiffest's Logo

Well, this year's Jiffest will be held on December 4th to 12th. And there is a fresh news from Jiffest, stated that they have selected their opening movie, "Sang Pemimpi" ("The Dreamer"). "Sang Pemimpi" is the sequel of Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops), Indonesia biggest box-office of all time. And this is the first time when Jiffest select an Indonesian Movie as the opening (2008's opening is Burn After Reading).

The book cover of "Sang Pemimpi"

Jiffest, still long way to go though, but I really miss the ambiance! This year, I must watch as much as I can!

And I hope there will be more movie available than last year's.

For more info please visit Jiffest's Official Site.

TGIF and Break Time!

Finally, after the boxing day, which happened in last 3 days, finally I can take a break!
Break from
-Studying
-Going To School
-Wake up early
and so on..

But, to be frank, last 2 days was very painful. Having those "wonderful combo" of exam, which make me start to having a cold.

And here's the review of last 3 days' exam:
Day 1: Christian+Computer: Well, so-so...
Day 2: Math= Please, somebody, hang the one who made the question!
History= Well...
Day 3: Physic= Worship the one who made the question!
Civic Study= You're forgiven, Ms!

That's all about it. I'm able to survive it! Thanks to my Friday Plan!
My Friday Plan: Watching Drag Me TO Hell, do private stuff, and take a good night sleep.

Talking about Drag Me to Hell, seriously, this movie was ..................simple made me speechless.

Drag Me To Hell's Movie Poster

Seriously! If someone loves horror, this movie is highly recommended! Oh, by the way, the review is available on my flixster account. It's a little bit shame for me, for I scream when I watched it (and there were girls who sat beside me! And as far as I remember, they didn't scream! Gosh, it successfully damaged my credibility as a young man. xp)

Well2...That's all for today..Wish me luck for the rest of the exam.

Free View at XXI

Free viewing at the cinema?
It is definitely not buy one get one promo from either BCA, or other banks.

It is about watching movie with No Cost at all.

One of my teacher, my Biology teacher (Mr.Boni) told me once that he had try to watch free, in cinema. How did he do it?

1. Come to cinema.
2. Choose which movie do you want to see.
3. Look at the time table, then set the time.
4. Leave the cinema, or if you want to, you can sit and wait there.
5. About 15-20 minutes after the movie started, look at the entreance, make sure that no one's there.
6. Enter the cinema.
7. Pick an empty space, enjoy the movie.

To be frank, I don't think that this advice is good enough, because you'll miss quite a time of the movie. And you can only do this to watch 2nd class movie, or let's say, non-blockbuster movie.

For me, I have coincidentally experience some better way to watch movie with no cost. It happened on 29th of May 2009, I planned to watch Terminator 4 with one of my friends, after school. I was a little bit late, and he's inside the cinema already when I arrived. He text me his seat already, and I rushed to the cinema, and I arrived in front of Studio 1,XXI,Puri Indah Mall. Then I told the ticket checker (anyone know what it should be called?) that my friend was inside already, told her that he showed 2 tickets, and I told her the seat of him. Then she allowed me to get inside the cinema, and of course I enjoy the movie.

Later, I asked my friend if he had my ticket, and he didn't say no. And when I was about to pay him for my ticket, he was a little bit confused, wondering why I gave him that money. Then in our way home, he told me that he didn't buy any ticket for me! So, it mean that, I watch that movie for free!

So, from my experience, we can conclude a better way to watch a movie for free! Here is the step of it:
1. Come to cinema.
2. Choose which movie do you want to see.
3. Look at the time table, then set the time.
4. When the movie started for about a minute to five, rush to the entreance of the cinema (studio), told the ticket checker(s) that your friend or friends is inside, then told them a seat number, pick it randomly.
5. They will let you in!
6. Pretend that you're looking for your seat, and in this moment, all you have to do is find an unoccupied seat.
7. Enjoy the movie!

How's that? Sounds good is it not? Well, probably you might be able to apply on those tips only in the weekend or on public holiday, when the cinema is full. And the failure possibility? Not sure about it.
But, try it if you want to! I take no responsibilities at all if one of you who apply those tips and get caught on the process of doing it.

Reminder: this tips can only be used on XXI or 21

Peace! x)