[REVIEW] KNIGHT and DAY

4 STARS of 5

Director: James Mangold
Writer: Patrick O'Neill
Cast: Tom Cruise (Roy Miller), Cameron Diaz (June Havens), Peter Sarsgaard (Fitzgerald), Jordi Molla (Antonio), Viola Davis (Director George), Paul Dano (Simon Feck), Falk Hentschel (Bernhard), Marc Blucas (Rodney)

The first time I read the title of the movie was at Cineplex's page. I was not really interested with it ---Until I read two names, Cruise and Diaz. Damn, I was sticked in a moment, because the first plan was: "Watch Karate Kid!" Yeah, I haven't watch it. Friends told me it's a good movie. But I will not give any comment until I watch it by my self. But unfortunately, I couldn't find Karate Kid in the place where I belong. So, the next thing I knew--so did with my friend, Knight and Day is better than we have to out from XXI without nothing to watch.

Okay, here's the review.

First scene is opened in an airport situation, it reminds me of how My Name is Khan was began. A handsome man --- Roy, looks at a woman --- June, and keeps watching her. He looks like having something with June, but actually they don't know each other. They have collision for two times and the first impressions of Roy is good, June looks like want to have unintentional moment again with Roy. A ticket problem makes She can't through the boarding pass, while Roy passes her to the plane to Boston. But then they meet again at the plane Because the official has something wrong and then She gets permission to be in that plane. Several talks are made by them and that makes June really interested with Roy. A kind of action parts happens, murder and shots by Roy. So everybody in the plane is dead and that is weird for June. Suddenly the plane lands to the ground and it makes June more and more anxious with Roy, Who is he?

June: The pilots are dead!
Roy: Yeah, they've been shot.
June: By who?
Roy: By me. No, actually, I shot the first pilot then he accidentally shot the second pilot. It's just one of those things.

The next thing I curious to see is: how about the connection between Roy and the agents that is wicked, as Roy has tell to June.

Roy is separated with June, but then they meet again after shooting the-moment (again) and June is saved by the agent who says Roy is the one that they are looking for, because Roy is crafty and wicked having the authority of Zephyr. But agents who want to make June safety are dead and there is, Roy, wants her to trust him. June, is more and more confused with her connection among them. Her agenda in Boston is interrupted by them. Whereas She only has one destination, celebrate her sister's wedding party. Above all the fact that she is confused choosing the right side that should be trusted, Roy tells her why he has to be so drilled by the agents and it is because of the Zephyr. The next thing happens is how they want to find Simon Feck and include in the strained trip, fight against CIA with the Director George as the messenger agents who would arrest enemy, namely Antonio.

I'm afraid there is a lot spoiler. The point in this film occurs betrayal of one of CIA agents. Tom Cruise's action gives the current capacity of his age that I think is pretty cool, especially the slowness-thought of June that played by Cameron Diaz, is enough to make me laugh out loud. Scary when I saw fighting action in this movie didn't happen, but it's totally funny and cute all the way. Lot of twists, and I went back to my problem deciding which side is good or evil. it's successfully tricked me many times. A bit boring in the middle of the movie because I was confused why June should get involved in the case that they face and other various questions came to my mind. But when the moment arrived I was able to dull the answers that is gave by this film. Then I understand this movie although until the climax of this movie, still, I was swindled. And it turns out my guess about who's evil was wrong. Haha. But it's quite satisfying, the ending. It makes me laugh again and a little bit touched by the Roy's connection with his family.

The last Tom Cruise's movie that I watched was War of the Worlds in 2005, but now I forget lil bit about it. I haven't see the next movies after that, such as  'Mission: Impossible III, Lions for Lambs, Tropic Thunder, and Valkyrie. Moreover in 2009 He has no movies that's starred. So I totally forget about how his actions could attract my attention.

Cameron Diaz gives me satisfaction this time, indeed! Her last act was on The Box and the movie was boring me all the way. It didn't show me how good her act, and the next thing She did after that was : took part the voice of Princess Fiona's in Shrek Forever After. In spite of that, I do like her voice because it's always match with Fiona character. But in this movie, She brings back her strength and her performance, just like at the Charlie's Angels, cool.

For the conclusion, things that I like from this movie are: the actions, the casts, the twist, and the Places! I felt like I was in vacation when I watched it. You don't have make too much expectation from this movie, just enjoy it and go with the flow and blend with the actions also the story. It's twistful!

P.S. : I do appreciate comment and critic for correcting this.

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GGG

My 1st duet-song, The Gift.

Have you read my previous post ??? This posting will give you the gift that I mean in the previous one.  This song is made by Endy Daniyanto and Rizki Januarsaputra featuring me. I hope Sitty Asiah and Reza Ihsan enjoy this, and so do you . It will be one of 3 songs for Emagz #3 soundtracks.  Wait for the next good news .

I thought that I was very surprised when I saw the link of this song appeared in my twitter's timeline. But that's true. I was surprised too when I heared my own voice in this song after downloading. A lil bit unconfident to share, because my Mom didn't really like mine . She said that my voice is weird. So did with me, I wanted to say the same comment. But then, about next 30 minutes after listening to this, She made up her comment and said, " I like it but you have to do practices to make your voice better." LOL.

By the way, don't forget to download, if you don't mind pals :)

   #DuaSahabatSayaJadian (Duet ft. Rizky Jay and Pia Zakia) by Endy Daniyanto

or go ahead to Kak Endy's page.

The blue is Rizki, and red is mine, green is both of us.

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#DuaSahabatSayaJadian

Verse 1:
Tak ada yang menyangka Panah Dewi Asmara
Jatuh di hati mereka berdua
Saat awal cerita tak terbaca tanda-tanda
Cupid melancarkan chemistry-nya

Pre-Chorus 1:
Sekarang mereka berdua disini
Tak lagi sendiri dan saling menyayangi

Chorus 1:
Kupandangi lekat mata mereka
Seakan-akan ada kata CINTA disana
Hanya ucapan Selamat dan Bahagia
Mimpi menjadi nyata dan kami iri pada kalian berdua

Verse 2:
Telah lama mencari hingga berkali-kali
Hati mereka disakiti

Pre-Chorus 2:
Namun ada yang takkan pernah terhenti
Satu tekad di hati tuk Keyakinan dan Mimpi

Chorus 2:
Kupandangi lekat mata mereka
Seakan-akan ada kata CINTA disana
Hanya ucapan Selamat dan Bahagia
Mimpi menjadi nyata dan kami iri pada kalian berdua

Bridge:
Ini akhir nelangsa
Sekarang saatnya menyambut Bahagia

Bahagia
Bahagia
Menyambut bahagia

Coda:
Hanya ucapan Selamat dan Bahagia
Mimpi menjadi nyata dan kami iri pada kalian berdua

REZASIAH

(CC) 2010 Rizki Januarsaputra Danamihardja and Endy Daniyanto
Lyrics by Rizki Januarsaputra Danamihardja and Endy Daniyanto
Music by Endy Daniyanto
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P.S. : wish happily ever after for the couple. Mba Asiah & Kak Reza :)

The Making of Songs Project : Second Day at Batavia

Jakarta menjadi kota yang menarik perhatian saya sejak--- satu tahun yang lalu. Ya, dimana pemilihan umum sedang ramai menguasai headline news tiap media, dan The Hermes menjadi bagian yang penting karena saya bisa menemukan teman-teman baru yang keren, who love writing anyway.

Jujur, saya bukan orang yang jago menulis, malahan kalau buat nulis cerita (apalagi) wah susah deh idenya. Tapi kalau saya udah depan computer dan keyboard menantang saya untuk memijit-mijit huruf di atasnya, tiba-tiba ide itu mengalir begitu saja. Tanpa peduli hasilnya akan menarik-bagus-awesome atau tidak. Yang penting kita menulis dan mengeluarkan pikiran kita untuk berbagi, itu esensinya kan? (wah gile kapan lagi gue nulis beginian ya… serius amat :D)

Engga berkaitan sama hal di atas, sebenarnya saya pengen report pengalaman saya kemarin 4 hari di Batavia. Seneng banget akhirnya saya bisa punya waktu santai buat nikmatin Jakarta. Terlebih, salah satu tujuan utama saya ke sana buat ngebantuin salah satu hermesian, Kak Rizki alias  Kak Kiki buat bikin kado kepada salah satu hermesian lainnya, yaitu Mba Asiah, yang telah menemukan pendamping, yakni sahabatnya Kak Kiki, yaitu Kak Reza (wahhh struktur kalimat yang aneh ya). Dalam proses pembuatan kado tersebut, Kak Endy punya andil yang sangat penting juga. So, udah ketebak kan kadonya berbentuk apa? ;)



Here we go, Senin tanggal 21 Juni 2010, Saya dapet bagian juga mengisi vocal di kado tersebut, Dengan latihan yang berkali-kali (tapi ternyata tetep aja grogi kalau berhadapan dengan microphone) saya akhirnya bisa rampung duet bersama Kak Kiki di studio mininya Kak Endy. Pengalaman pertama ketemu Kak Endy juga, jadi masih deg-degan dan pemalu kalau ketemu orang baru meskipun udah kenal. Ya, bayangin aja kita nyanyi harus bagus di depan satu orang yang baru ketemu, wahaha malu bener saya. Untung Kak Endy tau saya nerpes dikit, dan dia berkata, “Ayo Pi, keluarkan inner Chickonya!” sambil memeragakan gimana pertama kali hermesian yang satu itu antusias banget waktu pertama kali mau recording bareng di studio yang sama bareng hermesian yang lain buat ngisi soundtrack E-Magz #2 kemaren. Yap. Satu Kosong  judulnya.  bisa didengerin di webnya The Hermes, di sini.



By the way, pengalaman recording pertama itu berlanjut ke recording ke dua. Satu lagu lagi yang bakalan jadi soundtrack E-Magz #3 The hermes, dengan tema galaksi dan bintang. Kak Endy sebenernya udah kirim email demo lagunya, supaya saya bisa ngapalin dulu. Eh saya engga sempet download attachmentnya gara2 udah keburu ke Jakarta. Alhasil, ngapalin dadakan dan ya, musiknya itu bagussss bener! Kalo kata Kak Kiki di twitternya :

#hermesian lagu baru @endydaniyanto feat @piazakiyah buat Emagz 3 sumpah keren bgt. gw serasa lg terbang di luar angkasa. Via @sutradaratop


Wow. Penasaran engga? Mudah-mudahan penasaran ya, soalnya saya juga penasaran versi jadi dari lagu itu. Hehe. Lagu itu disebut Kak Endy sebagai Constellation project with Pia Zakiyah. Bukan cuma saya doang nyanyi, tapi Kak Endy juga. So, siap-siap mengunduh E-Magz #3 The Hermes ya! Bakalan ada 3 soundtracks di sana. Can’t wait!

Sedikit narsis sehabis recording


P.S. :

•  Emagz #2 #hermesforsoccer sudah diunduh 400 kali.  8:56 AM Jun 18th
•  Mengunduh Emagz #2? Here. Totally free!
  
•  Mengunduh Emagz #1? Here. Totally free!

 

[REVIEW] TOY STORY 3

5 STARS FROM 5!!

Director : Lee Unkrich
Writers: Michael Arndt and John Lasseter
Cast : Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Joan Cusack (Jessie), Ned Beatty (Lotso), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Michael Keaton (Ken), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenberger (Hamm), Estelle Harris (Mrs. Potato Head), John Morris (Andy), Jodi Benson (Barbie), Emily Hahn (Bonnie), Laurie Metcalf (Andy's Mom), Blake Clark (Slinky Dog), Teddy Newton (Chatter Telephone)

Berawal dari tweet Kak Wina yang nge-mention saya dan bersikeras untuk nguber premiere ini film, akhirnya saya mau juga dan jadilah kami nonton hanya berdua. Untuk pengakuan, saya jujur belum pernah nonton TOY STORY 1 dan 2 (menyedihkan -,-) bahkan yang 3Dnya beberapa bulan yang lalu yang disajikan untuk teaser film ini (mungkin) saya pun engga nonton, kurang tertarik (kemane aje guee?? -,-) although I have the posters of those movies. Karena penasaran dan penasaran. Akhirnya film ini saya tonton!

Di awal film saya masih belum ngerti ceritanya bakal kayak gimana. Walaupun udah liat trailer-trailernya tapi tetep aja belum mikir bakalan kayak gimana. Soalnya Pixar bikin hiburan dulu sebelum Toy Story ini dimulai, Day and Night kalo engga salah. Kirain nyambung sama Toy Story ini. Setelah dimulai, akhirnya saya cukup deg-degan. Saya pikir para mainan si Andy itu emang musuhan. Woody and Buzz emang musuhan sama Mr. and Mrs potato Head, haha saya pikir. Tapi saya dikecoh. Awal cerita berhasil bikin saya ngakak. Scenes tentang perjalanan mereka dari Andy kecil ditayangkan dengan begitu penuh cinta dan kasih sayang. Belum lagi imajinasi Andy yang membuat saya terbahak-bahak.

Dan ternyata semua itu adalah tentang bagaimana para mainan ini diakui keberadaannya dan mendapatkan tempat untuk pemilikannya. Karena pemilik mereka sebelumnya, yaitu Andy, he's going to the college and of course, he doesn't need any toys to accompany him at college. Para mainan seketika frustasi dan cemas akan nasib mereka selanjutnya. Padahal mereka tahu kalau Andy sangat menyayangi mereka. Tapi beberapa tahun terakhir ini mereka sudah jarang dimainkan. Hal ini benar-benar membuat mereka berpikir tentang hidup di loteng, dibuang, atau dibawa ke kampus.

Sayangnya mereka terdampar di Sunnyside tempat penitipan anak. Walaupun mereka sudah memutuskan tidak ikut dengan Woody untuk kembali ke rumah, mereka berpikir hidup mereka akan bahagia. Apalagi hadirnya Lotso si beruang pink gendut yang berarome strawberry yang senang memeluk, Jessie dan kawan-kawan yakin inilah tempat yang tepat untuk mereka supaya bisa bermain setiap hari. Tetapi keanehan dimulai ketika mereka ditempatkan oleh Lotso di ruang ulat bulu (geli ngetiknya), sedangkan Lotso dan koloni ada di ruang kupu-kupu.

Woody yang dalam perjalanan menuju rumah Andy ternyata singgah di rumah Bonnie, mendapatkan info yang sangat berharga tentang keberadaan Lotso. Dia kembali ke Sunnyside dan berjuang untuk melepaskan teman-temannya sementara Sunnyside telah dibuat Lotso sedemikian rupa bersama antek-anteknya agar mainan di dalamnya sulit kabur. Seriously, di adegan itu saya ngakak habis-habisan bercampur deg-degan yang sempurna. I was sticked with this movie and it's hard to close my eyes because I wouldn't want to lose a second scene from this movie!

Setelah itu saya dan Kak Wina nangis hebat (Sebenernya saya doang sih yang nangis hebat). Adegan mereka dibodohi Lotso ditempat pembakaran sampah lalu mereka bersiap terbakar api di sana sungguh mengharukan. Belum lagi adegan akhir (ehm gak boleh spoiler ya?) yang berhasil bikin saya engga ngedip soalnya saya engga bisa nampung air mata saya. Keluar bioskop, ya pusing dan bengep. Mata merah. Kayak abis diputusin pacar yang udah pacaran hampir 2 tahun.
 
Percakapan saya dengan Kak Wina sehabis nonton film ini engga beres-beres. Dipikiran saya masih berkelebat frase, "HOW COOL!" dan kami terus bercakap dan membayangkan bagaimana kalau mainan-mainan kami bisa ngomong dan punya hati. It sounds really touching and sad. Saya jadi inget mainan saya dan merasa bersalah dengan perlakuan sayang udah saya berikan semenjak saya beranjak dewasa.

tweet pertama saya tentang film ini :

#toystory3 couldn't stop the tears when andy played back them. It brought my childhood again.. Where're my toys?? :(


Dan ya, salah satu percakapan yang berhasil bikin saya ngakak :

Buzz Lightyear: Hold on, this is no time to be hysterical!
Hamm the Piggy Bank: This is the perfect time to be hysterical.
Rex the Green Dinosaur: Should we be HYSTERICAL?
Slinky Dog: No!
Mr. Potato Head: Yes!
Buzz Lightyear: Maybe! But not right now!
Hamm the Piggy Bank: C'mon. Let's go see how much we're going for on eBay.

HAPPY WATCHING!

,
GGG

Hectic Thing, Sometimes Makes You Up

Dunia perkuliahan bikin saya eneg sama jadwal-jadwal yang engga pastinya. Tapi kalaupun begitu, apa mau dikata. Daripada cari masalah ya ikutin aja, lah. Palingan cuma rugi waktu, pergi ke kampus tanpa ngehasilin apa-apa. But the fact is, waktu itu penting banget. Engga bisa disepelein.

Waktu, bersangkutan sama waktu sekarang, masa kini. Ah, orang-orang sekitar saya bilang saya terlalu hectic (udah hectic, pake terlalu pula...) buat ngurusin sesuatu yang di luar perkuliahan saya. But I do, enjoy it. Entah kenapa rasa cape itu hilang kalau kerjaannya cepet kelar, ya, kayak kerjaan sekarang ini.. Jadi Steering Committee buat Operational Committee yang jadi pemenang dalam satu kompetisi yang lagi diadain sama perusahaan yang lagi bikin saya bernaung di bawahnya.

Kalau sebelum-sebelumnya (Ummm, kira-kira dari akhir April kemaren sampe minggu kemaren) cuma jadi semacam EO dan ya volunteer untuk publikasi event sebagainya, ke depannya saya berharap bisa lebih nyantai dan ngurangin kadar ke-hectic-kan dalam daily schedules. Oh, orangtua saya engga pernah ngelarang saya buat engga ngejalanin kerjaan saya sekarang. Mereka cuma bawel--umm engga bawel juga sih, ya cuma ngingetin kalau pulang kemaleman itu engga baik. Takut ada apa-apa di jalan. Dasar saya ngerasa udah kenal wilayah yang bakal di laluin tiap jalan dan pulang (meskipun kemaleman) jadi engga ada pikiran macem-macem. Tapi kemaren malem saya beneran pulang kemaleman deh (untuk alasan karena ngurusin kerjaan) dan ada something yang bikin saya ngeh, saya pengen banget bisa pulang cepet tanpa harus stuck depan komputer dan terperangkap dalam kubikel 1,5 apa 2,2 m ini. Apalagi posisi Person in Charge sekarang dialihin sementara ke saya. Mudah-mudahn PIC asli cepet balik lagi ke posisinya dan saya bisa jadi sekretaris (lagi) (seperti biasa). Kalau urusan kayak gini saya lebih suka jadi bahu daripada kepala.

ASLI, engga bisa nunggu lama buat kehadiran Malam Penganugerahan atau ya.. After Party kalau kesibukan buat kerjaan yang satu ini berakhir.. Sampai kebawa mimpi. Haha, something's funny here, dimana bukan kebohongan kalau ternyata saya dan temen-temen berharap kerjaan yang satu ini cepet usai...dan mudah-mudahan tergantikan kerjaan lain yang lebih ringan dan menyenangkan-tentunya.

What's your hectic thing?

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