Breakfast at Tiffany's #2

Paul Varjak: "Holly, I'm in love with you."

Holly Golightly: "So what?"

Paul Varjak: "So what? So plenty! I love you. You belong to me."

Holly Golightly: "No. People don't belong to people."

Paul Varjak: "Of course they do."

Holly Golightly: "I'm not going to let anyone put me in a cage."

Paul Varjak: "I don't want to put you in a cage. I want to love you."

Holly Golightly: "It's the same thing."

Paul Varjak: "No it's not. Holly..."

Holly Golightly: "I'm not Holly. I'm not Lula Mae, either. I don't know who I am! I'm like cat here, a couple of no-name slobs. We belong to nobody and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other."

A flippant lifestyle from Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) has something in common with someone I know. Why do people too afraid to fall in love and having a commitment? Poor Holly. I couldn't sigh more over this film.

PICTURE: www.fact.co.uk / blogs.bable.com / 4.bp.blogspot.com / fanpop.com

Breakfast at Tiffany's #1

Directed by: Black Edwards
Based on: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Release date: October 5, 1961
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Mickey Rooney
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

I've just watched a 1961 legendary film adapted from novella by Truman Capote, which starring timeless American beauty icon―Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. Yes, call me a girl from other planet. I love this film, the dress (my favorite one is LBD from Givency at the begining of the film), jewelery, society, the actors, the conversation, and the scoring―Moon River by Henry Mancini is absolutely a masterpiece, don't you think? Not too surprised if it was nominated for several Academy Award that time. 

Doc Golightly: "I love you Lula Mae."

Holly Golightly: "I know you do, and that's just the trouble. It's the mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing. You were always lugging home wild things. Once it was a hawk with a broken wing... and another time it was a full-grown wildcat with a broken leg. Remember?"

Doc Golightly: "Lula Mae there's something..."

Holly Golightly: "You musn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky."

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Movie Review: G.I. Joe Retaliation

Director: Jon M. Chu
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fiction, Sci-Fi
Cast: Dawney Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, D.J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

SPOILER: ALERT!!!

G.I. Joe: Retaliation merupakan sekuel dari G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra yang diputar pada 2009 lalu. Dalam sekuelnya dikisahkan G.I. Joe tidak hanya bertarung melawan mortal enemy mereka Cobra, melainkan juga melawan pemerintah USA. Zartan, salah satu anggota Cobra berhasil memanipulasi pemerintahan dan menjebak G.I. Joe sebagai penjahat yang merencanakan pencurian nuklir di Paskitan. Perintah resmi untuk memusnahkan seluruh anggota G.I. Joe pun diturunkan. Hingga akhrinya hanya tersisa tiga personil yang harus berjuang untuk merebut kembali pemerintahan sekaligus mengembalikan nama baik G.I Joe.

Frankly I'd interested to watch this movie because of the cast. Film ini menyuguhkan aktor-aktor A-list seperti Bruce Willis, Dawney Johnson/The Rock, dan Channing Tatum. Girls supposed to love Channing Tatum. Who doesn't? Namun baru beberapa menit film berjalan, peran kapten G.I Joe, Duke (Channing Tatum) dihilangkan. JEDERRRRR!!! Yes girls, our Channing Tatum was die in a blink! Saya melongo, bukan hanya karena Duke mati, namun karena Duke "begitu saja" mati. Nggak ada dramatisasinya dan minus emosi. Padahal ini merupakan sequence dimana drama bisa disisipkan. Adegan sentimentil Roadblock (Dawney Johnson) yang merupakan best friend Duke juga kurang dimunculkan saat si kapten ini tewas. Terlepas dari itu, hal ini merupakan tindakan yang cukup berani dengan menghilangkan Channing Tatum di awal film dan menggeser spot light ke Mas The Rock dan Om Bruce Willis.

Captain Duke

Sebagai pecinta drama garis keras saya tetap harus berpendapat bahwa Jon M. Chu sebagai sutradara benar-benar minimalis dalam menggarap emosi antar pemain. Ketika seluruh anggota G.I Joe dibantai di padang gurun dan hanya tersisa Redblock, Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) dan Flint (D.J. Cotrona), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) sebagai satu-satunya G.I Joe yang selamat karena tidak ikut serta dalam misi juga tidak memberikan peranan berarti untuk menolong tiga kawannya. Adegan bertemunya Snake Eyes dan ketiga G.I Joe juga cuer banget. Mungkin scooring di film ini memang difokuskan untuk adegan action bukan dramanya. Or is it just me?

Dari segi content cerita tidak ada sesuatu yang baru, satuan agen rahasasia yang difitnah sebagai musuh negara kemudian berusaha mencari kebenaran demi memulihkan nama baik. So typical. Alur flashback Snake Eyes dan si sipit lucuk Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) juga sangat membingungkan jika penonton tidak mengikuti film pertama. Belum lagi beberapa adegan nanggung, seperti romantisme Lady Jaye dan Flint yang cuma lepas-lepas baju tapi nggak sampai ke kasur. Oke, yang ini memang subjektif. *naikin tali beha*

Untung kehadiran Bruce Willis sebagai Jendral Joseph Colton, veteran kapten G.I Joe dan Dawney Johnson sedikit menyelamatkan. That's why we called them a legend, no? Sedangkan Lady Jaye sebagai satu-satunya agen wanita berperan tak ubahnya Bond's girl dalam film-film James Bond. Though her acting was a bit dull, the way she dressed was totally hot! Mayan buat tombo gelo.

Lady Jaye in Red

But still, G.I Joe has a gorgeous cinematography. It's everything an action movie should be. On top of that, those BANG-BANG-scenes, kung fu fighting, explosions, gave me a pay back, all the reasons we buy a ticket to see. 2.5 from 5 for G.I Joe: Retaliation!

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Movie Review: The Croods

Directors: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy 

Cast: Nicolas Cage (Grug), Emma Stone (Epp), Ryan Reynolds (Guy), Catherine Keener (Ugga)

SPOILER: FREE!

Synopsis

The Croods is a comedy adventure that follows the world first modern family as they embark on a journey of a life time when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed. Travelling across the spectacular landscape, The Croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures, and their outlook changed forever. (Source: Official Website)

I'm so into The Croods. It exactly has a good point in viewing life, and also about family things, arguing-fighting-make up. Teach us how to survive through bad situation. I love the parent-child issue which so close with ours. Dady's little girl is growing up, fall in love, confront her vigilant father. They successfully mix slapstick humor, action and drama. Effortlessly fun! Each characters along with their daily conversation could evoke a whole story, made it alive. Some characters were named uniquely, out of the box, like "Belt" for a monkey, a pet that used as a belt occasionally, "Gran" for granny, and "Guy" for a nomad guy. I was barely laughing like crazy all the time. The visual oh-so-sophisticated in 3D! I bet you'll love it! After all, it's the best cartoon movie ever! 5 from 5 for The Croods!

Picture: http://tbreak.com/movies/files/2013/03/THE-CROODS_poster.jpg

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

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Thanks to atuna yang sudah mereferensikan film ini kepada saya. Film Thailand bergenre komedi romantis ini bercerita tentang first love dan sukses menghadirkan kembali frame masa lalu tentang:

1. Mencintai secara diam-diam
2. Mencari berbagai detail tentang si dia (yang mungkin bagi orang dewasa terlihat sangat bodoh).
3. Walk pass just to see his face
4. Berharap bisa masuk ke dalam inner circle nya
5. Keep his things as a precious souvenir
6. Call him just to hear his voice
7. Does everything to become beautiful. Ingin menjadi "terlihat"
8. Cinta tak terbalas

Pemeran utama, Nam (Pimchanok Luevisetpaibool) digambarkan sebagai ordinary girl, jauh dari predikat cantik yang saat ini dilambangkan sebagai gadis berkulit putih, tubuh semampai, modis, mengikuti klub populer di sekolahnya seperti cheers, tari, marching band. Dalam waktu yang lama dia secara diam-diam mencintai sang senior Shone (Mario Maurer) yang tentu saja most wanted di sekolahnya. Perbedaan antara film dan kenyataan ialah: dalam film, sang pujaan hati secara unexpected juga mencintai si itik buruk rupa, in fact that's nonsense!

Bisa cek trailer disini. Terlepas dari pemilihan angle, plot cerita, naskah, talent, dan tetek bengek tekhnis broadcasting, film ini terasa begitu dekat, begitu saya. Cause it's based on true story of every one, right?

Quotes: "Time changes. People change. But the heart remains true..."

REFERENCES: http://www.filmoo.com/movie/2011/crazy-little-thing-called-love