Selasa, 22 Desember 2009

The Time Traveler's Wife

Title : The Time Traveler's Wife

Cast : Eric Bana, Rachel Mc Adam, Ron Livingston

Genre : Drama

Rating : Boring T_T

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

Henry De Tamble is a time traveler; having a genetic disorder which caused him to travel through time unwillingly, to the past and the future. He begins to travel at 5 while driving with his mom just before a crash happened, which eventually kills his mother. Henry meets his future wife Claire, when she’s only 6.

Henry and Claire meet at the library when Henry is 28 and Claire is 20, this present Henry has no idea who Claire is, since the one that met Claire in her childhood was older Henry, so Claire tells him the story. Soon, they get married and Henry is suddenly disappearing before the ceremony, but the older Henry shows up. The couple later finds up that Claire is having trouble carrying a pregnancy due to Henry’s gene disorder. After six miscarriages, Alba is born. Unlike her father, Alba can control where she wanted to go. Before Alba born, Henry is time travelling to the future and meet 5 year old Alba, and finds that he’ll die at 43.

Comments:

I like to book very much. It’s the kind of romance book that you won’t like to put off before it finishes ^_^. Anyway, the film was not that fascinating. Don’t get me wrong, I love drama, and mostly I watch drama, but when I saw this film, I just feel very bored. They adapted mostly from the book, but somehow it felt plain and boring. The relationship between Henry and Claire was not as strong as the book.. Oh well, anyway, it is hard to make a film from a bestseller book, mostly I’ll be disappointed, so I’ll just deal with that.

Fun Facts:
  • Adrien Brody was the first choice of the writer to play Henry (they should use him)
  • Shipped to theaters under the name "Meadow"
  • imdb.com

Kamis, 03 Desember 2009

NEW MOON

Title : New Moon

Cast : Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Billy Burke

Rating : Nice ^_^

Genre : Drama

Pic : 21cineplex.com

Synopsis:

On Bella's 18th birthday, she never gives up hope to change her mortality to immortality but Edward is resisted. The birthday party planned carefully by Alice is turning into disaster when Bella accidentally cut her finger and shed a drop of blood, Jasper is gone mad and attack Bella, Edward in attempt to save her, push Bella backward and crashed on a glassed desk and caused her more injuries and more blood. Only Carlisle to remain calm, the other Cullens are move out to avoid Bella's blood smell.

The next day, Edward asks Bella for a walk, and suddenly he said that they will move from Forks. Bella said that she needs a reason for Charlie, but Edward said that she stays. He and his family will leave Forks forever. He promises Bella that he will never show up in front of Bella soon, she will forget everything about him, and for Charlie's sake he wants Bella to take care of herself and avoid troubles. Edward's gone as soon as he finishes speaking, Bella is trying to keep pace but when the night comes, she stumbles and just lays down, heart broken.

For months Bella is grieving, yelling in her sleeps and makes her dad, worried. Charlie than decides to send Bella back to her mother in Jacksonville, but Bella refuses and said she will have a girls night out with Jessica. while walking after watch a movie with Jessica, Bella sees a bunch of guys with motorcycle, when Bella walks nearer, she's surpraised to see Edward's reflection which asks her to move back.

Bella than finds a perscription of her devastating loss, every danger made her sees and hears Edward again. So she asks Jacob help to repair broken motorcycles that she found.
Bella finds comfort in Jacob, he's a young and happy teen. They get along well until one day Jacob is suddenly avoid her. Bella desperately needs to make up her friendship with Jacob but Jacob is backed away. Even he join what he called Sam's pack which he distates earlier.

With Jacob's absent Bella begins to feel the big hole in her chest again, and she decides to find the prairie once Edward and her visited. Laurent, one of the vampire, shows up. He knows that The Cullen is away from Forks and aware that nobody protects Bella. He also said that Victoria maybe furious if he kills Bella now, but he can't resist to Bella's appealling blood smell. Before Laurent does anything, giant wolves appear, run after the frightened vampire.

Comments:

I lost track of time to wait the movie, it's soooo long! Sigh. Though i know the story (and still very much remember tough i stop read the novel months ago T_T), i still want to see the film ^_^. But i can say i'm not to satisfied. One: the make up. Oh God, my gorgeous Rob looks extremely weird. Most of the scene, the white features are just too much. Come on guys, he's originally white and pale, why is it hard to make his features look a bit natural? Aro is just the same. Dakota looks great, they should use her make up artist, hmpppffh!
Second, it's kind of different than the book, well maybe they have reasons, but i just can't stand to see what they did to Edward! They made his character into weak and helpless. Arrrggh!
If you read the book, the sadness is devastating but you don't see it in the movie. Bella should be extra sad to be left behind. And the last scene, where a werewolf and a vampire stand face to face with Bella in between, Edward should be looked more..fierce. Afterall, a vampire hates werewolf right?

Fun Facts:
  • It takes 36 hours to change Nikki Reed hair's colour, so she reportedly use wig
  • Jamie Campbell Bower who plays Caius, originally casts for Edward at 2008
  • imdb.com

2012

Title : 2012

Cast : John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Liam James, Morgan Lily

Genre : Thriller

Rating : Greaaat

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

In 2009, an Indian scientist, Dr. Satnam Tsurutani, discovers that neutrinos from a massive solar flare is increasing the temperature of earth core rapidly. Adrian Helmsley, an american geologist, informs White House's chief of staff Carl Anhauser and President Thomas Wilson, that his founding will lead to natural catasthropic chain.
At the G8 summit, 2010, the US flooring a rescue plan to ensure human's survival. They sell the tickets for 1 million euro, begin the massive project in Himalaya.

In 2012, Jackson Curtis, a writer and part time limo driver of Russian's Billionaire Yuri Karpov, is heading to his ex wife house to get his children, Noah and Lily. They plan to go to a holiday, though Noah seems very reluctant to go with his father, the pack is leaving to Yellowstone National Park. Jackson is planning to get his children to his and Kate's favorite spot, but they find a barrier fence but decide to threspass. When Jackson and his children find the spot that used to be a lake, Jackson is surpraised. The lake is gone and the water is dried out. And out of nowhere, a bunch of army with tanks and helicopters approached and bring the family along.
Jackson and his children are brought to meet Adrian, which eventualy a fans of Jackson book. He tells Jackson to stay away from the restricted area and escorts them to the camping area.

While trying to find what happen in the Yellowstone Park, Jackson accidently heard a radio program which broadcast from a trailler in front of him. The Broadcaster is Charlie Frost, a conspiracy theorist that believe that the end of the world is near and he also claims to know a map of a secret space ship. Jackson leaves him to think that he's speaking to a lunatic.

Back in California, a huge earthquake caused massive crack in the ground. Kate is calling and ask Jackson to bring the children home. Jackson then rush to pick Yuri's twins up. As soon as he arrives, the boys are complaining due to his lateness and being ignored by Jackson, the boys said they have the tickets and Jackson is left behind and died. The moment Jackson heard it, he remembers Charlie Frost. He rents a plane and rush away to take his family.
At first Kate ignores, Jackson's plea to bring the children away, but then a big earthquake hit and destroy everything. Jackson, along with Kate, Noah, Lily, and Gordon, Kate's bf, are saved. They jammed in the limo and drive like crazy to avoid street cracks, rumbling buildings and witness million of people died.

Soon, they manage to come back at the hangar but the pilot is dead. Gordon then take the deceased man position and flies the plane. Jackson said they should go to Yellowstone Park to find the map Charlie's said before. Leaving kate, Noah, and Gordon to feel up the gas, Jackson and Lily rush to find Charlie and find him on the highest ground still broadcasting. The land before them is moving up to shape a huge mountain and errupts! Charlie refuses to leave so Jackson departs and wishes him luck.

The Curtises and Gordon continue their journey to follow Charlie's map which is lead them to China, but it's imposibble to use the small plane to china. They decide to land in Los Angeles, where people are evacuated due to thick poisonous cloud attack. They meet Yuri and his family, his pilot Sasha find a plane and says he needs a co pilot to fly it. The Curtises along with The Karpovs and Tamara, Yuri's gf leave LA to China

Comments:

The first time i knew that the movie was a disaster movie, i rushly plot my time to watch in a theatre. I love disaster movies ^_^ and i saw almost all Rolland Emerich's film and fans of some like Independence day and The day after tomorrow. And from what i saw, it was great! I like the thrill, the action, the effects, they're just ok. But if i need more emotional scenes, i won't ask Cusack to play. I don't know if Jackson should be that plain, but he supposed to be more emotional, more happiness when you succed and more sad features when you lose.
It's nice and to see it in a wide screen is highly recommended ^_^

Fun Facts:
  • Some cinemas show the movie on 20.12
  • Summer Oympics in London at 2012, is no way held in December, it should be earlier months.
  • No airplane is able to fly in heavy volcanic ashed atmosphere
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ends in January, 2011.
  • When the children are on the camping trip they are bitten by mosquitoes. Both have several fairly serious bite marks on their faces. However in the scene in which they return home (the following day) their faces appear unblemished.
  • Assuming that neutrinos have caused to heat the earth core, what was the cause of cooling it in such short time?
  • imdb.com

Jumat, 02 Oktober 2009

THE PROPOSAL

Title : The Proposal

Cast : Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Dennis O'hare, Malin Akerman

Genre: Drama

Rating : Funny ^_^, three stars

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

Margaret Tate (Bullock) is a powerful senior editor in a big publishing company, being very strict and seems heartless made her, a subject of hate to her staffs. Andrew Paxton (Reynolds) is Margaret's assistant and for 3 years is working under pressure and has little chance to being promoted. Margaret, a Canadian, almost being departed due to violation against immigration terms that said she can't leave the country before her status of citizenship is approved. She introduces Andrew as her fiance to deceive the immigration officer.
Andrew introduces Margaret to his family and things grow beyond their plan. The Paxtons love Margaret and they even propose to celebrate the couple wedding as soon as possible. To see Andrew and his family, Margaret starts to fall for him.

Comments:

Just like any other Sandra Bullock's romantic drama, this film has the same quality. It's funny and cute (i don't know any other word to say it T_T). The story runs smoothly, but i think it's too fast to make Margaret and Andrew fall in love in 4 days, it's weird, i guess you can not make people that hate you, fall in love with you with in 4 days, too fast and almost impossible. And Ryan Reynolds' character seems not that in to Bullock's character. They don't have any chemistry for sure.

Fun Facts:
  • Julia Roberts originally going to play the role but dropped out due to salary conflict
  • In original, Reynolds is from Canada and Bullock is American
  • During the sequence where Margaret proposes to Andrew on the street in New York, the same woman in a green sweater walks by three times.
  • imdb.com

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

Title : Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Cast : Jennifer Garner, Matthew Mc Conaughey, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer

Genre : Drama

Rating : entertaining ^_^

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:
Connor Mead (Mc Conaughey) is a famous photographer and a womanizing bachelor. Hook up and broke up with girls so easily and say he doesn't believe in love. Attends his brother, Paulie (Meyer) wedding rehearsal, Conner meets his old flame, Jenny Perotti. He also tries to confince his brother that he make a huge mistake by getting married. Being alone in a restroom, his dead uncle, Wayne Mead (Douglas), showed up and warns him that his way of life will do no good to him in the future, and said he will be visited by 3 ghosts whom will bring him to his past and future. Thinking that he might has weird dream, the second ghost shows up, his first relationship Allison Vandermeesh and brings him back to his childhood up to his recent days.
Connor causes a lot of mess, starts with his cynical comments during family dinner, ruins the wedding cake, and ultimately destroys his brother relationship by accidentally said Paulie had slept with one of the bridesmaid.

Comments:

For a drama film, it is quite entertaining ^_^. That kind of sweet and romantic drama, but still i found it quite amusing. A generic story but hey i love drama so i bear with that, it feels real and not too exaggerate . Matthew Mc Conaughey plays great role as a womanizer, with texas accent ho ho, some girls will say that sexy ^_^, but his accent did bother me, if The Meads are family, so his accent is awkward, i mean Michael Douglas and Breckin Meyer as his uncle and brother have no accent. Anyway, if you need a light movie, good laugh, so this probably a good choice

Fun Facts:

  • Christa B Allen who plays teenage Jenny, also starred in 13 Going on 30 (2004), in which she played a teenage version of Jennifer Garner's character as well.
  • During the rehearsal dinner when Connor Mead receives a phone call, he talks into his phone upside down.
  • The bride's father is referred to as "Sarge" because he's a Sargent Major in the Marine Corps, but "Sarge" is an Army or Air Force term - Marines are very insulted by it.
  • imdb.com

Kamis, 01 Oktober 2009

CROSSING OVER

Title : Crossing Over

Cast : Harrison Ford, Ray Liota, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess

Genre : Drama

Rating : Very good~ love it ^_^

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

Max Brogan Works for Immigration and Customs enforcement in Los Angeles. Having a raid in a textile company, one of the illegal immigrant Mireya Sanchez begs him to help her pass some money and writes him the address . Brogan refuses to help and throws the address. Unable to sleep due to feels guilty, Brogan tries to find the paper and called his office to meet Sanchez but he fails. Brogan came to the address and paid the money to a lady whom has, Sanchez’ son. He cleans the boy and brings him back to his family in Mexico and promise, the sanchez he would try his best to find Mireya.

Gavin Kossef, a jewish, teaches in jewish school illegally, and tries so bad to get the work. He persuades his mom to finds a rabbi to gives him a good religious record so that he can get the job in the school. He also tries very hard to learn jew language. Upon immigration interview, his interviewer ask him to cast a prayer in Hebrew, since Kossef said he is a good jewish, a religious person, and also teaching in a jewish school, the interviewer also asks a rabbi to witness if his cast is correct.

Taslima Jahangir, a Palestinian girl writes about her sympathy to 9/11 terrorists, earns mockery amongst her classmates. And by the end of the day, FBI shows up, asking her about her writing and they also finds out that Jahangir and her parents are illegal immigrants, and even though two Jahangir’s siblings are Americans, since they were born in America, they still face deportation due to Jahangir’s act. Denise Frankel tries to speak with the FBI and they gives her 3 options, to deport all Jahangirfamily, or just Taslima and her parents, or Taslima and one parent and they will not rise the case.

Hamid Baraheri, Brogan’s partner, arab descendant whose father earns naturalization. Being proud American citizen, the family outcast the youngest, Sarah and also the one and the only family member earns her citizenship by birth, due to her inappropriate behavior. One day sarah is found death, shot on the forehead with her married boyfriend.

Denise Frankel, an immigration defense attorney works on an African little girls case. After being put in juvenile prison for almost 23 months, she still can’t find anyone to adopt the girl, and suggest to her husband, Cole, to adopt the girl.

Claire Shepard, an Australian and always dreams to be an actress in the US. In trying to get her green card, she stumbles in Cole Frankel's trap whom using her as his lust satisfaction as payment of her immigration status.

Yong Kim's family from Korea have work very hard to get their neutralization as US citizens and Yong almost jeopardize his family struggle by joining a gang and involving in a store robbery.

Comments:

The movie was great! I heard lot of bad things when you are illegal citizen, not only in the US but everywhere in this planet, being illegal immigrants will never be easy. The film showed us, people who believe in american dreams and willing to take anything to get it. Some lose their live and the other lose their freedom. But i also see american people paranoia, Indonesian also subject to many terrorist act but you will never see people getting deported just because he writes an essay about terrorism, and he's under age. What would an under age teen understand about law? That's too much, and yes i believe it happens in the US, especially in the past, in you know who, presidential time. The paranoia that make people hate each other.

PERSONAL EFFECTS

Title : Personal Effects

Cast : Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Spencer Hudson

Genre : Drama

Rating : average

Pic : freswap.net

Synopsis:

Walter is a wrestler whom join a national team before he goes back to his town to attend trial of his sister murder. In a counsellings season, Walter met Linda whose husband is murdered and has a deaf son, Clay. Walter helps Clay when he's being abused and pointing a gun to his abuser, then he helps Clay to focus his anger to healthier way, wrestling. Along with the closeness between Linda and Walter, Clay also put some respect to Walter but this leads to critical moment when Clay witness Walter threatens a man whom he suspects as the killer of his sister, Clay then decides to kill the man for Walter

Comments:

I always see Ashton Kutcher as a funny man, once only i saw him play in a serious film, Butterfly Effect and i liked it. But then so he played lots of comedy, hmm...or else i am the one miss his serious film? Anyway, he looks different, i loved to see Walter which was an awkward guy and lived a healthy live, somehow i found it cute ^_^. But frankly, nothing special about the film. At first i didn't even understand why Walter sit in a court and seemed very angry. Hi hi i missed that scene. They focused on relationship between Walter and Linda and how they cope the trauma they had in live and it felt real, but too real so i found it boring. A movie should be have more intrigues right? So the audience feel it thrilling and they willing to see again and again.

FRAGMENTS

Title : Fragments

Cast : Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson

Genre : Thrilled drama

Rating : average

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

In one normal day in a dine, Charlie Archenault (Whitaker) is trying to called a busy waiter, Carly (Beckinsale) to order something. Not so far Annie Hagen (Fanning) is having breakfast with her friend, Jimmy Jasperson (Hutcherson) and her father, Anton Hagen.
Dr. Laraby is walking out of the dine after having his coffee, on his way out a guy come in and he helps him to hold the door. Suddenly the stranger pull a gun and shoot a guy near him, the shoot freezed everybody on his place accept Annie whom quickly hide under the desk and pull Jimmy with him. The shooter shoot another 2 men before shoot himself.
The victims' lives are changing after the shooting, each person tries to coupe their trauma in their on way.

Comments:

Frankly, i never heard any about this film before, i just accidently got it. I always like Dakota Fanning's film, and now i just realize that she played mostly, the same charachter. Troubled girl, with calm and cool personality. Do tell me if she plays another role which is not mention above ^_^. For me, the movie is not that good. Some people deal their trauma in bizzare ways, well that's what i got from the movie. Apart from that, this is the kind of boring movie, flat from the start till the end. It is said that the movie is based on a novel called Winged Creatures, maybe i should read the novel, since not many novels look good on screen.




Jumat, 01 Mei 2009

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Title : Race to Witch Mountain

Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Anna Sophia Robb, Carla Gugino

Genre : Action, Science fiction

Rating : Quite entertaining

Pic : wikipedia.org

Synopsis:

Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is an average cab driver down town Las Vegas, until one day he meets alien siblings Seth (Alexander Ludwig) and Sara (AnnaSophia Robb), they give him a bundle of cash and tell him to go as soon as possible to one direction. While driving, some government agents pursue and try to catch them. Seth, whose ability is to penetrate any solid object move out from the running cab, standing in the middle of the street and crashes pursuer's car without even moving. Having succeed to escape from their pursuer, the siblings tell Jack to stop in front of an old ragged house.

The siblings enter the house, several minutes after Jack decides to follow. The house is quiet and abandoned, Seth and Sara are hiding behind a sofa when Jack shows up, they warn Jack to be very quiet. Seth leads the way, is entering some secret doors and exit to unusual place. A minute after Sara takes whatever they need to have, a fire attacked began. It's Siphon, an assassin whose mission is to eliminate Seth and Sara. Succeed to escape, Jack brings the siblings in a bar to refresh, and Sara explain that they come from a distant planet, sent by their parent to take their parents experiment results which contain lots of information about the earth, it will help them to save their dying planet without attacking and invading the earth, since the government of their planet is meant to do so. Not so long after, the agents show up and ask Jack to surrender, with the help of a waitress they escape from the ambush.
Jack decides to go back to city and meets one of his passenger, Dr. Friedman (Carla Gugino) at UFO expo and with her help, they will find the siblings' aircraft.

Comments:

The film is a mix between a family drama and action, well you can't expect Dwayne Johnson to play pure drama right? ^_^. Interesting, with easy to guess plot. I think if the government agents were made even more aggresive like you saw in the matrix or bourne identity, it will add some thrill in the movie. Anyway, it's quite entertaining for a weekend movie and if you want to see something light and a little bit of thrill.

Fun facts:
  • It's a remake film, the original film is played in 1975
  • Jack's cab number is the same with the original film in 1975
  • imdb.com

Kamis, 30 April 2009

CHANGELING

Title : Changeling

Cast : Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Gattlin Griffith, Michael Kelly

Genre : Drama

Rating : Very good!

Pic : wikipedia.org

Synopsis:

In 1928, Walter Collins (Gattlin Griffith) son of a single mother, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) was found missing. Rev. Gustav Briegleb (Malkovich) publicizes Christine's plight and rails against the LAPD for its incompetence, corruption and the extrajudical punishment. After 5 months, LAPD informs Catherine that her son is found. But at the reunited day, Catherine finds out that the boy is not Walter. Capt. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) assured her that the boy is Walter and to bring him home on trial basis.

Catherine confronts Jones with the difference appearance and insists him to keep looking for her missing son, Jones then sends a doctor. The doctor explains the height difference and circumcision of Walter and the boy, through his medical theory. Rev. Berglieb (John Malkovich) meets Catherine and warn her that LAPD is trying to dicredit her. Catherine meets Walter's dentist and teacher and they support her by agreeing that the boy is not Walter. After speaking to reporters, states that she has proves that the found boy is not Walter, Jones orders to put Christine to phychopathic ward in county hospital. While in the hospital Catherine finds many women being kept in the asylum due to police problem.

Ybarra (Michael Kelly) headed to Wineville to arrange deportation of 15 year old Canadian boy, Stanford Clark, later Stanford confests that he was being forced by his uncle Gordon Northcott to kidnap and murder 20 children. Ybarra gives him several photos and ask Stanford to identify his victims among the missing children, then he takes Stanford back to Wineville and the boy shows him where he burried the children's body.
Rev. Briegleb secures Catherine's relase by showing The Wineville slaughter and Walter possibly one of the victim. The police capture Northcott at his sister's house in Canada.

Comments:

I have to admit this is the best film i saw ^_^, very touching and thrilling. Moreover this is a true story, i read that Walter Collins was never found. A very emotional film, and a different side of Angelina's acting. I encourage you to watch this movie!

Fun facts:
  • The film is shipped to some theaters under the name "Nomad"
  • Clint Eastwood agreed to direct the same afternoon he read the script.
  • Some scenes were filmed at a train station in San Bernardino during the 2007 California brush fires. The whole set was thick with fire smoke.
  • The hanging scene at the end appeared to be filmed in part of the old Alcatraz prison. The man running the execution is Jim Quillen, former inmate at Alcatraz and now author of books about his stay at the famous prison. He is uncredited in the film.
  • Detective Ybarra uses the term "serial killer." The phrase was coined by FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler in the 1970s, and entered popular use a few years later.
  • The night before he disappears, Walter expresses his disappointment about missing a broadcast of "Amos 'n' Andy." The first "Amos 'n' Andy" broadcast was on March 19, 1928, ten days after Walter disappeared.
  • Jeffrey Donovan's left ear is pierced, which was not acceptable for a police officer anywhere in 1928.
  • On March 9, 1928, Christine says they might see "The Mysterious Airman" the next day. The movie was released June 1, 1928.
  • Electroshock therapy is a strong jolt of electricity (up to 10,000 Volts) sent through brain. There are no dials to turn, and it doesn't hurt. A patient undergoing such treatment becomes unconscious immediately.
  • imdb.com

Rabu, 29 April 2009

KNOWING

Title : Knowing

Cast : Nicholas Cage, Chandler Catenbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson

Genre : Adventure, Science Fiction

Rating : Nice with bad ending!

Pic : wikipwdia.org

Synopsis:

In 1959, the new opening William Dawes elementary school use a student's idea to remark the day with a time capsule. The capsule will be filled with drawings of students and will be open after 50 years. One of the students, Lucinda Embry, writes lines of number instead of pictures.
In 2009, Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury), whose father is a professor at MIT, received Lucinda's letter. Caleb's father, John (Nicolas Cage) accidentally find the meaning of Lucinda's number lines. At the end, he finds that all the numbers show accident dates and numbers of victims occur in the past 50 years, and according to Lucinda, 3 fatal accidents are going to happen. Meanwhile, Caleb is starting to receive visits of strangers and hear voices.

John is trying to convince his colleague, Phil, that they will face major disasters, but it comes to no avail. While searching to Lucinda, John meets her daughter, Diana (Rose Byrne). After train crash in the subway, Diana agrees to help John. They visit Lucinda's home and find strange rocks, Caleb and Abby (Lara Robinson), Diana's daughter, being left in the car and once again strangers come to visit them. While trying to solve Lucinda's last line, John then find out that the earth will face a doomsday. The sun is forecast to have a super flare, which will burn 3-4 planets around. Diana is panic and brings Abby and Caleb to evacuate and left John to solve Lucinda's last message.

Comments:

I almost chose Knowing for my best movie of the first quarter, but the end of the movie was really disappointing. It's almost the same watching Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull or The Forgotten which starred by Julianne Moore, great films but become real awful at the end. I know this is a film and people can do anything in it, but aliens? Come on, the ending made the movie really tasteless. The aliens took Caleb and Abby and put them in a new planet to start over, just like Adam and Eve. Boy, that's weird.
Anyway, maybe i'm not aliens fans, except for ET, but why would aliens have power to mess up earth's lifes? Just weird.

Fun facts:
  • The phenomenon of people looking for patterns in randomness (number strings, faces in trees, shapes in clouds etc.) is called Pareidolia.
  • A New York City subway operator is seen wearing an MTA logo on his uniform. However, he's wearing the logo that has not been used by the MTA since 1994.
  • The character played by Nicholas Cage, a MIT professor, claims the ozone layer can be "burned away" by the Sun. The Sun's radiation ionizing the atmosphere MAKES the ozone layer. The only way to eliminate the ozone layer is extinguish the Sun, not have it send more radiation than usual.
  • The solar flares knock out John's cellphone, yet he is still able to somehow receive the phone call from the gas station.
  • They are opening a time capsule that was placed in the ground in 1959, when William Dawes Elementry School was built. The building that they are in front of is Camberwell High School. This building was built in 1941 and looks too old to have been built in 1959.
  • They talk about caves near route 40 in Groten. There are no caves or route 40 in Groten.
  • It has been scientifically proved that there is no possibility of our Sun ever emitting a super-flare as stated in the film. Flares are caused by manipulations in the Sun's magnetic and gravitational fields, these are common. However, for a super-flare to occur, there would need to be a massive celestial object (such as Jupiter) at a distance no further than the Earth, to have a massive pull on the Sun's gravitation, thus when breaking the magnetic bonds, a super-flare breaks out. Jupiter is much too distant from the Sun to ever have that effect and there is nothing else that large anywhere nearer.
  • imdb.com

Selasa, 28 April 2009

BRIDE WARS

Title : Bride Wars

Cast : Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey

Genre : Drama

Rating : Quite entertaining ^_^

Pic : cinema21.com

Synopsis:

Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) have been best friend since 6 years old. Both have dreamed to have a fantastic June wedding party at the Plaza. Then one day, Fletcher, Emma's boy friend proposes her, a few days later Daniel, Liv's boyfriend, proposes Liv. The best friends meet Marion St Claire, the best wedding planner in town, together. The time slot for June wedding party at the plaza is limited, Liv takes June 6th and Emma takes June 27th, but Marion's assistant misread and put Emma and Liv's wedding at the same day.

Emma and Liv try to persuade the other bride to exchange the date, but their struggle comes to no avail, and this lead to another agreement. Emma and Liv agree to do nothing before one of them change her date, Liv hopes Emma will change the date, since she wants her as her maid oh honour and Emma also hopes the same. Then Emma decides that Liv should let her have the date since she has been let her have anything she wants for 20 years of their friendship. Emma send announcement email to all her friends that she will get marry at 6th. The announcement starts a clash. Emma and Liv try to mess other's party plan, they do anything to ruin their rival's party.

Comments:

This movie actually quite entertaining, to see 2 girls with highly different character that stay as best friends for decades, was amazing. In reality, it hard to find such friend, and even harder to keep ^_^. But i hate to see the end, it's way far from what i have imagined, well this movie is predictable but the end is not, and it sucks. Why suddenly Fletcher and Emma split? They don't show enough conflicts between them, and why should Emma marry Liv's brother instead? It is just not make any sense, too much. Well, but apart from nasty ending, this film is nice. It taught you to adjust, to be more understanding, and to less selfish when it comes to friendship ^_^
Moral of the story? Keep your girlfriends no matter what, they keep you sane and still be with you even if your love one is not ^_^

Fun facts:
  • Earlier in the film, Emma wears a Helen Ficalora charm necklace with the initial "A" for Anne. Later in the movie it has switched to "E" for Emma.
  • When Liv and Emma find the box with the ring for Liv, they are fighting for it to open it. During this fighting scene the bow gets opened, but after the fighting it is closed correctly again.
  • During a scene in which their characters slap each other Kate accidentally hit Anne straight in the face very hard. Kate hit her with a big diamond ring on her finger, but she kept shooting the scenes in pain. Kate later found Anne sitting in a chair with a ice-pack on her face.
  • imdb.com

Senin, 27 April 2009

Newmoon update ^_^

Hi hi Twilight lovers ^_^!

I have browsed here and there and found some interesting news about New Moon.

From what i read from msnbc.com, the article focused on Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) who work very hard to look good as Jacob Black, he added few pounds to look bigger and very serious in forming chemistry with Kristen Stewart. Apparently, he is also serious to get rid of Rpbert Pattinson charm in previous film, Twilight. Ouch!

From omg.yahoo.com, i saw full cast of Jacob's werewolf pack. I want to give you the picture but...errrr....it's quite dangerous to show them ha ha ha. Please check at the site to see the pic and below is their cast: Alex Meraz (Paul), Chaske Spencer (Sam Uley), Bronson Pelletier (Jared), and Kiowa Gordon (Embry).
Still from the same site, Taylor Lautner said that the movie will accurately follow the book. He also said "Don't hate on me too much," and "I love you, guys." to Edward/ Robert Pattinson fans ^_^. That's so sweet, but he's just my type he he he he
British actor, Michael Sheen, will play as Aro, the leader of Italian Volutri Vampire. Some other name you may have heard, yup, Dakota Fanning will play as Jane

Well, just one thing to remember. Please, please, please, stop reading the novel at least 2 months before the premiere (Mid november i think). So when the movie is different from the novel, no body will disappoint ^_^.

Enjoy!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Title : X-men The Origin: Wolverine

Cast : Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collin

Rating : Pretty good ^_^

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

At 1854, young Logan accidentally killed his father and run away with his brother Victor. The brothers join army for many years, the killing activity sharpened Victor killing instinct and change him into a cold blooded murder. One day William Stryker shows up, asking the brothers to join his special force. Together with Gambit, Agent Zero, John Wraith, Deadpool, Weapon IX, Bolt and Dukes, the group first assignment is to take a meteor stone from a drug cartel.
No longer feel comfortable with his group, Logan decides to walk away and leave his brother behind.

Six years after, Logan has changed to an ordinary guy, lives in a small town with his lover Kayla and work as a lumberman. While having a happy live, Kayla is killed. And the journey to find Kayla's assassin is begin.

Comments:

I can't tell you much regarding this movie, since what i have is the leaked internet version. I am sure that you can find it somewhere by googling it. Frankly, this is a good movie just like any other X men film, you can see the plot and the action is the same thrilling. But since what i saw is unfinished film, i can't tell you the whole story. I need to see the original movie first, then i'll come back with the polished complete story ^_^

Fun facts:
  • Originally, Liev Schreiber was given a muscle suit to wear for his role as Victor Creed, in an effort to make his physique look comparable to Hugh Jackman' figure. The suit made Schreiber feel "humiliated." Schreiber then requested he be given a chance to gain real muscle by putting work in the gym and changing his diet. He trained for 3 months while on the set of Defiance (2008) in Lithuania, and eventually trained with Jackman on the set of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Australia.
  • imdb.com

AUGUST RUSH

Title : August Rush

Genre : Drama

Cast : Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams

Rating : Grrrreeeaaat!

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:
Lyla Novacek (Lyla Novacek) is a talented young cellist and Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a talented singer and guitarist meet on the top of Lyla' friend apartment, listen to "moondance" play by some street performance. They spend one romantic night and seperate in the morning. The two have never met again. Lyla then become pregnant, her father does not approve since he thinks Lyla will have a great career await. Lyla runs away and hit by a car, by the time she opens her eyes, her father tell her that her baby was died.

Eleven years later, an orphan kid name Evan Taylor lives with strong faith that as long as he follows music he hears, he will reunite with his parents again. This faith takes him to New York, where he meet Wizard (Robin Williams), whom gathering homeless children and teach them to perform in the street for money. One morning, Evan admires Arthur's, one of the children, guitar. He touches it, feel the sound and by all sudden he plays it and produce a remarkable sound. Wizard soon realize that Evan is a music genius. Wizard gives a new name, August Rush, and ask Evan to never tell anybody his real name.

Meanwhile, Lyla is now a music teacher and has surrender her music career. One day the hospital calls her, her father is very ill and he confesses to Lyla that her son is alive and has been sent to an orphanage 11 years ago. Lyla goes to Social Department in New York, to find out about her son. She then decides to rejoin New York Philharmonic, in the same time Louise also reunite with his bandmates.

Due to a police reid, August is separated from Wizard, and by following the music he hears, August stop in a church where a choir is in a rehearsal. He meets Hope, and while left him for school with her piano, August finds a way to write notes and feels the room with his music compostion. Knowing his natural talent, rev. James sends him to Julliard School. August brilliant talent interest the Dean, and decides that they will play August composition in the next New York Phillharmonic in Central Park. But in a rehearsal, Wizzard interupt by saying that he is August father, he takes August away back to the street. Meanwhile, Lyla has found her son identity and decides to resume her career, she was choosen to play in the same concert.

Louise which received news that Lyla has been married, fly back to New York from Chicago and plays with his former band again, accidently he meets August and they play together without recognize one another. In the night before the orchestra, August decides to run from wizard, he make it there before his turn. While conducting, Lyla comes back to the stage driven by the music her son composed, Louise also comes after reading Lyla's name.

Comments:

Frankly, i never heard a thing about this film. I just accidently pick it up on my shopping day ^_^, and i'm thankful for that! The movie was just great! Pure drama but very touching and enchanting ha ha, no kidding. This is good movie. I recommend it, wheather you want to have some fun, some peace, or some treat! Just pick up your ticket and go see them ^_^

Fun facts:
  • In Brazil, the movie is titled "The Sound of the Heart".
  • Lyla and Louis do not look older after 11 years.
  • The guitar that Louis is playing in the 1994 scenes appears to be a Gibson CS-336F model which was not manufactured by Gibson until 2002.
  • Best family feature film 2008
  • Best performance by younger actor 2008
  • imdb.com and wikipedia.com

Senin, 02 Maret 2009

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, AWESOME!! ^_^

Title : Slumdog Millionaire

Cast : Dave Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Pittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan

Genre: Drama

Rating : Grrrreaaaat! ^_^

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

Please see it here ^_^

Kamis, 29 Januari 2009

BEDTIME STORIES


Title : Bedtime Stories

Cast : Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courtney Cox

Genre : Drama

Rating : Average

Pic : 21cineplex.com

Synopsis:

Mr. Bronson owes a small hotel, and dedicates his life to run the hotel as a nice hommy and comfortable place for the guests. He's a good father and a good person but never good businessman. He is broke and sell the hotel, but before he makes the buyer, Barry Nottingham, promise to give his son a place in the hotel.
Years after, Nottingham Hotel now is a well known hotel, Skeeter Bronson never has his change to run the hotel, but he survives for almost 25 years as a janitor and never lose his hope to be a hotel manager someday. One day Barry Nottingham announces that he will open new hotel and appoints Kendall to manage the new hotel and left Skeeter disappoints once again.
While babysitting his niece and nephew, Skeeter tells them a bedtime story, and magically, the story comes true. He has the opportunity to show his ability for manager position, more bedtime stories come true but other unexpected things are coming.

Comments:

Just like other Adam Sandler's movies, Bedtime Stories was the same. Funny and light. It tells you that sometimes tales stories comes to reality, though not always a happy ending. A safe family movie, and quite entertaining. Though for me the film was quiet boring, but this is a family movie, you still having fun watch it together ^_^

Fun facts:
  • The bulldog shown in the movie is 'Adam Sandler''s beloved pet, Meatball.
  • In the scene where Skeeter first spends the night with the kids, Jill and the kids are making signs. Bobbi is working on first the C is not colored in. A little while later the C is almost completely finished; a few seconds later the C is just started, and a few seconds later it is just a little bit less colored in than just a second before.
  • imdb.com

Rabu, 28 Januari 2009

CITY OF EMBER

Title : City Of Ember

Cast : Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins

Genre : Adventure

Rating : Average

Pic : 21cineplex.com

Synopsis:

The movie was opened by several old people gathering to save a deposit box that contains manual life rescue which is set to open after 200 years. The box should be past to the major and his next descendant. But things changed and the major is killed and the box is forgotten. Years gone by, the box is opened without anybody ever noticed.

Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet are school graduationg, they join with other children in the city hall to have their working placement, Major Cole hands them a bag, in which their future is fixed. Doon gets messanger job and exchange it with Lina's pipe works.
One day, Lina finds an old box which looks like what she saw in the major paintings. She opens it and find ancient paper wrote by the builders. Soon, they find out that the city generator, the heart of their city, is creeping to end. The blackouts are frequent and they realize that their city is almost collaps. Doon and Lina start to follow the builder's clue and soon they find out that ther is another place outside Ember

Comments:

Well, i haven't heard anything about the movie before and i haven't read the synopsis. And that's quite disappointing. The movie was not that great, i don't have any idea why they build an underground city, not before i finished to watch the movie. Very frustating, boring, but the adventure was quite entertaining, but they supposed to make it a little more thrilling than it is now.

Fun facts:
  • Ember is Hungarian word for man or human
  • imdb.com
Oh well, that's my opinion anyway, maybe you'll like it

Selasa, 27 Januari 2009

Movie Of The Year ^_^

Ok, i have to admit, that this is the worse moment of my life T_T

Why? Because this movie and stuffs have become my worse addiction ever! Arrrrggggh!
Sigh, not that i never have any addiction before T_T, but this is just simply the worse hi hi ^_^. I watch the movie 7 times (yes, you read it correctly T_T) and i read the books, all series both indonesian and english series, almost everyday during my free time. Oh well, not exactly free time since it absorbed me too deep so i just feel hesitate to do any other things! Oh God! I really need to come back to my sanity (har har, too much? hi hi ^_^)

Ok then, ladies and gentlemen, i proudly present my verse movie of the year!!

TWILIGHT!

Oh well, i'm probably an inch to craziness, that's fine, this is my blog anyway, sigh...

Enjoy ^_^

Picture taken from moviemania.com

Paris, je t'aime

During my plain weekends, my sister frequently surprised me with her movie collections. Some of them were hard to understand and the other were just not my favorites. But mostly i watched them T_T hiyaaaa, i'm a movie freak remember? Hikss...

Anyway, during her passion to french (she really is working hard to manage french, ffiuh!). I found this unusual movie. Gee, i don't even know how to spell it right *-*

Ok, so, Paris Je t'aime, was one film contained several short films. And it told you lots of kind of love. I had my favorites but i wouldn't say they were easy to understand, hmm...

The first cut was telling us about a guy whom has almost everything, not that everything but normal things you should have when you're grown up and mature. But he finds himself lonely, until one day he helps a fainted woman and their story begin afterwards.
The other cut was telling us about a single mother, and life simply very ironic to her, while she struggles hard to leave her infants, put her only child in a nursery, she has to take care other people baby.
My favorite was, the married couple. The husband was tired and bored with his marriage, and prepare to divorce his wife by asking her to meet in a cafe. But just before he starts to say anything, she cried, and her husband almost think that the wife has already known that he was about devorcing her. But then he realized that the wife was dying to cancer. To know that his wife life was very short, he decided to give her sweet memories. He leaved his mistress, supported and loved his wife more, and by things, at first, ment to be a simple last give, the husband felt in love again with his wife and they have a loving life and by the time the wife past away, the husband was still found himself sad to meet women in red coat, just like what the wife used to use.

I think i need to watch it again sometimes, when i need to realize that there are many kinds of love, many sides of love, sometimes a happy ending, sometimes in the other hand ^_^

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Title : The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Cast : Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson

Genre : Drama

Rating : Very Good

Pic : wikipedia.com

Synopsis:

Elder Daisy is on her bed in a hospital with her daughter Caroline as hurricane Katrina approaches in 2005. She then asks Caroline to read aloud a dairy written by Benjamin Button.

Benjamin Button was born in early 1900, abandon by his father since he was a baby whom born like 80 years old guy, full of wrinkle, almost blind and deaf. His father, Thomas Button, left him in a nursing home and was found by a couple Queenie and Tizzy.
While Benjamin growing up, he physically growing younger. At early 30, still appearing at his seventies, Benjamin met Daisy, whose grandmother lives in the nursing home. They play together and listen to daisy's grandmother read from a storybook.

A few years later, Benjamin met Captain Mike, and work in a tug boat. The captain also brings him to a brothel for the first time, and Benjamin met his father, Thomas, though he never reveals that he is Benjamin's father. Later, Benjamin leaves New Orleans with the tug boat crew.
In Russia, Benjamin meets a British woman, Elizabeth Abbot, and falls in love with her. They have a short affair before Elizabeth leaves Benjamin.

Benjamin gets caught up in World War II when Captain Mike's boat and crew are enlisted by the United State Navy. During a battle, the tugboat rams and sinks a German submarine. Most of the sailors on board the tugboat, including Captain Mike, die of wounds received from the battle.

In 1945, Benjamin comes back to New Orleans and meets his dying father. He reveals and lefts everything to his only son.
Benjamin meets Daisy, whom a famous ballet dancer. While he attends one of her performance in New York, Benjamin realizes that Daisy has fallen to her fellow dancer. Later, Daisy had a car accident and broke her leg, and ended her shinning carrier. Benjamin immediately fly to Paris to see Daisy, her first comment upon seeing Benjamin is "you're perfect" – referring to his youthful appearance – but she turns Benjamin away, telling him to get out of her life.

In 1962, Daisy returns to New Orleans and meets Benjamin again and falls in love. They have a perfect lives and while Daisy aging, Benjamin, in the other hand, is younger. And one day, after Daisy gives birth to their first daughter, Benjamin leaves her and their daughter, gives all his wealth to them, since he feels he will never be able to be a father with his never ending younger age.

Realizing that Benjamin is her father, Caroline become upset to her mother, later she finds postcards sent by her father every year and he writes how he feels about Caroline.
in 1980 Benjamin comes back for the last time, looks even younger and meets middle aged Daisy, at that moment, Daisy is married to a widower and Caroline is 12 years old. A few years later, someone called Daisy form a nursing house, and they shows her 10 years old boy, confused and remember nothing of his past. Daisy moves to the nursing house, taking care of Benjamin, growing younger, throwing tantrum, and finally died as an infant in Daisy's arm.

Comments:

While reading some newspaper, i had a good feeling about this movie, and last week i accidentally found it in my sister computer. The story is unusual, quite touching and very very long. He he he, it took me almost 3 hours to watch, and prepared to be very very bored if you don't like drama ^_^. But i think it's not really boring at all. To see Benjamin growing younger, is quite fascinating. And to see Daisy's never ending compassion was definitely touching ^_^

Fun facts:
  • Brad Pitt needs 5 hours make up session for his role in the movie
  • Shiloh Jolie Pitt played as Benjamin and Daisy's daughter.
  • In the hotel lobby, the cigarette pack Daisy put in her pocket was red, but the pack laid on the kitchen table was green.
  • imdb.com