Review Xia Aimei: Franda! Franda! Franda!

Gw menonton Xia Aimei dengan satu tujuan: Franda. And I got that.

Oke. Mari coba bahas film-nya. Secara ide, Xia Aimei lumayan. Bahkan jauh lebih bagus dibandingkan dengan sebagian besar film lokal lain.

Film ini mencoba buat ngangkat tema human trafficking di Jakarta. Dan juga dunia malam yang penuh persaingan dan kotor.

Dalam Xia Aimei, fokusnya adalah seorang gadis yang dijual dari Cina, terdampar di Indonesia, dan dijual ke sebuah klub malam, dan berjuang keluar demi kebebasan.Well. You know the rest.

Klise in some ways. Untungnya, penyampaiannya tidak terlalu klise. Beda dengan film-film si KK Dheraj atau Nayato yang lebih banyak menjual belahan dada dan adegan mesum, film ini lebih elegan dalam menyampaikan maksudnya.

Akting dari beberapa pemainnya juga oke. Olga Lydia jadi mami asli Cina yang sering mengumpat, Ferry Salim luar biasa annoying sebagai bos klub malam, Shareefa Danish jadi supporting yang sempurna buat Franda –dan akting bahasa Inggris patah-patahnya lucu. Dan Franda juga keren di debutnya ini.

Now let’s get down to the negative part.

Xia Aimei jauh dari sempurna. Walaupun pendek, film ini somehow bisa terasa ngebosenin, ditambah lagi banyak lubang besar dalam plot-nya, adegan gak penting, dan beberapa jokes yang terlalu standar dan jauh dari lucu. Awkward moment dan akting-akting kaku juga sering muncul. A pity.

All in all. Xia Aimei seperti banyak film Indonesia yang lain, punya ide yang bagus dan aktor-aktris yang beneran bisa akting. Sayang, ada beberapa part yang agak ngeganggu, cerita yang terlalu klise, sederhana, dan gak masuk akal.

Still. It’s worth a watch. Kalo kita mau nonton film-film sampah semacam Final Destination atau Shark Night di bioskop, kenapa gak appreciate usaha filmmaker lokal buat bikin sesuatu yang beda?


Dan satu lagi: FRANDA CUTE BANGET DI FILM INI! AAAAAAKKKKK!!!

Women's Mind = Treasure Map?

“Scientist has worked years and finally found out what women want.

And then they changed their mind.” -@sickipediabot

Gw ngebaca tweet itu beberapa waktu yang lalu dan langsung merespon “SO TRUE!”

Well. Sebenarnya sih gw lebih suka nyamain Woman’s Mind itu dengan Treasure Map. Peta Harta Karun.

Kenapa? Karena mau se-complicated apapun, kalo akhirnya sukses dipecahin, bakalan so damn worth it.

Mari kita coba lihat kondisi-kondisi di bawah ini:

Pas PDKT:
Lo: “Selamat Pagi… Have a nice day yaa…”
Cewek: “Iya… You too…”
Lo: “Kamu udah makan siang?”
Cewek: “Udaaah. Kamu jangan lupa makan juga yaa…”

End result: Nothing.

Itu artinya: “You just being PR’d!”
Dulu dikenal dengan ‘She’s just not that into you.’
Energy wasted to figure that out: MUCH!

Pas Jadian #1

Lo: “Sayang, kamu mau makan di mana?”
Cewek: “Terserah kamu aja deh.”
Lo: “Oke. Hokben aja ya…”
Cewek: “Gak mau. Lagi gak pengen makanan jepang.”
Lo: “Yaudah. Sushi Tei.”
Cewek: “Itu juga makanan Jepang kan?”
Lo: “Err… Fish and Co.?”
Cewek: “Gak mau.”
Lo: “Terus kamu maunya makan apa?”
Cewek: “Terserah.”
Lo: “……………….”

Kadang gw suka berpikir kalo makhluk Tuhan yang satu ini gak ngerti apa arti sebenarnya dari kata “Terserah”.

Pas jadian #2
“Sayang. Yang biru apa yang coklat nih dress-nya?”
“Yang biru bagus deh.”
“Masa sih? Kayaknya aku cocok sama yang coklat lho!”
“Yaudah. Coklat boleh juga.”
“Tapi biru juga bagus…”
“…………”
“Eh. Beli yang ungu aja deh!”
“…………”

Imagine what they will do when choosing something much more important like… A groom?

Pas Jadian #3
Lo: “Sayang lagi di mana? Udah makan?”
Cewek: “Posesif banget sih nanya-nanya? Terus kenapa kalo aku udah makan?”
Lo: “…………….”
*beberapa waktu kemudian”
Cewek: “Kamu kok gak nyariin aku?? Udah gak peduli yah???”
Lo: “……………”

Bahkan rollercoaster manapun di dunia ini masih kalah ngeri.

Pas mau putus.
Cewek: “Kamu udah beda! Aku gak mau lanjutin lagi. PUTUS!”
Lo: “Yaudah…”
Cewek: HAH??? YAUDAH??? Kamu emang pengen kita putus ya?? Aku tuh gak pengen tau sebenarnya. Huhuhuhu.”
Lo: “Lho??? ……………………..r#$%#&”

Ah. The Drama.

Beberapa dari kita pernah mengalami hal kayak gitu. Salah satu-nya kalo beruntung, kalo sial ya semuanya.

Yang belum… Well… Antara lo SANGAT beruntung (MARRY HER! NOW!) atau ya emang jomblo seumur idup aja.

Tapi apapun itu, yang jelas mereka special.

Buktinya ada Ladies Parking, Menteri Peranan Wanita, Jatah 30% Kursi di DPR, Tempat Khusus di Kereta Api sama Busway. :p (Come on girls, isn’t it a bit TOO much?)

On the serious note.
They ARE Special.
Once you cracked the code.
Once you finished the treasure map.
You’ll find everything worth’s the sacrifice. 
Seriously.

But then again.
They STILL can change the location of the treasure on the map and you have to start all over again! :D

Lost and Found

I lost a lot of things in last few months.

A few months ago, I lost my phone. With a lot of numbers, friends, and memories in it.

Then I lost my laptop. All the work I have in the last year, now vanished into the thin air.

Then I lost the TV Show that I’ve been working on for the last six months.

And I also lost some hearts in the process. Something that I thought I had before, now it’s broken into pieces, and also vanished. Nowhere to be found.

So, what did I found? Nothing.

Not yet maybe.

But I still believe, behind all these lost things, lies something –or someone- waiting to be found.

Someday.

Insidious: Mediocre Horror Movie with a Some Twist

This is a horror movies. Scores 7 on IMDB. And created by the people who brought us Paranormal Activity and Saw.

Jadi gak ada alasan buat gw untuk gak nyoba nonton.

Ceritanya tentang satu keluarga yang baru saja pindah rumah. Dan setelah sebuah insiden kecil, anak laki-laki mereka tidak bisa bangun dari tidurnya. Selanjutnya, keluarga –terutama sang ibu- mulai dihantui berbagai bentuk makhluk aneh. Dengan penuh paksaan, mereka pun terpaksa pindah rumah (lagi).But apparently, it’s not the
house that haunted.

All in all. Ini sebuah film horor yang cenderung medioker. Polanya ketebak. Dan dalam beberapa poin malah cenderung ngebosenin.

Tapi Insidious juga punya beberapa stand-out point. Well, at least rasa ngeri dan teror sukses muncul dalam banyak scene. Tense-nya juga ada. Dan endingnya juga shocking. Literally.

Despite that, nothing special. Lebih ke nonton Paranormal Activity dengan “sedikit” jalan cerita yang “sedikit” misterius. Penampakan hantu2-nya bisa ditebak, ngomong2-nya terlalu banyak, dan sempat dataaaar banget di tengah-tengah.

The idea was nice. The horror-feels was there.
But still, something not quite right with this movie in my opinion. Just one horror movie that will passed by and forgotten in a few weeks.

Worth a watch? Maybe. Especially if you’re looking for some thrill and horror.

If you’re looking for something special? Nothing.

Rate: 5/10

Limit

I’ve talk about this before –in such an emotional way.

But, for now, let’s see it in clearer way.

Everyone’s has their own limit, eh?

Me, you, him, her, them, everyone.

Some are short, some are long, some are too-long-that-you-imagine-they-dont-have-any.

But they do. Oh yes. They do.

They just hiding it, ignoring it, avoiding it.

With so many different reasons. From the most rational one, until the clearly-irrational (and stupid) one.

These reasons will keep coming, until they running out of it.

And at that time, the limit are unavoidable.

The blow up won’t be nice to see. Or face for some matter.

So, which one are you?

And which one is the person closest to you?

This Is A Curhat Post

You've been warned.

Post ini isinya curhatan penuh kelabilan dan kegalauan.

If you've read me galau/labil/nyampah in twitter or plurk or anywhere else and feel the urge to vomit, please don't read this one.

i'm on my weirdest moment right now.
feeling-wise.

i don't know what to feel, i don't know what to do, i don't know what to expect.

yes. i've signed for this rollercoaster.
when i'm entering it, there's a huge sign posted there in the front door.
so, i know one way or another, this kind of thing will happen.

well, i entered it anyway. i'm enjoying it, to be honest.
...enjoying it too far perhaps.
in fact, i love being inside it.

but there's moment like this.
there's always moment like this when i feel like i need the earth to eat me and sunk me alive.

first punch, i can get up. second punch, i'm hang on to it. third one? everyone's has a limit, aren't they?

so now, i'm laying on the ground, feeling hurt, feeling un-easy, feeling confused. and even a bit sick.

and sadly, it seems i'm the only one who felt this way for now.

i thought this was a game for two...

i need someone to pick me up. whether with words, or any little thing that mattered.

i know that i've made the mistakes. maybe one too many.
but, again, when you signed up for this, you know exactly this'll happen. and you agreed to face this together, as i am facing yours.

this blah-blah-blah post has gone everywhere. without even any clear point. you might as well call this a confused post.

this is a pointless-curhat-session of someone who's unstable enough to write anything clearly.

but of course, you've been warned.

Hello, Blog... I'm back.

Udah bulan April 2011.

...dan ini postingan pertama tahun ini.

So much for #365tulisan2011 --"

Anyway, lately, i got some pretty huge urge to start writing again. or should i say, blogging again.

the only interesting thing for now is, i finally move to another job.

It was one hell of tough decision.

decision between working, or jobless...

And also there's another offers from others.

feels like i'm walking around and then facing a LOT of ways to choose. and i have no idea which one to choose, and where would that ways go in the future.

Yet again. That's life, eh?

No matter what happen, you got to make a choice.

whether it's a right choice, or the wrong one.

And for this, I think, or i hope, i've made the right one...

Ciao for now... I really think i'll catch up with this blog pretty soon...

p.s: SAYA SUDAH LULUS DAN PUNYA IJAZAH LOOHHH!!! Wuhuuuu.... :D