Minggu, 15 Juni 2014

Stripping Off Enemy, An Order Yet Undeciphered Film



Enemy, sebuah film drama psychological thriller karya arahan canadian director Denis Villeneuve, diadaptasi dari novel Jose Saramago berjudul The Double. Film yang menurut saya memiliki poster yang menarik (dilihat dari sisi seni grafis) kembali dibintangi oleh Jack Gyllanhaal setelah sebelumnya ia mucul di film denis sebelumnya bersama Hugh Jackman, Prisoner. Selain itu tokoh pendukung juga diperankan oleh Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon dan Isabella Rossellini.

Berdasarkan urutan sekuens screenplay film, film ini bercerita tentang seorang guru sejarah bernama Adam Bell yang dipernakan Jack Gyllanhaal yang tampak nya memiliki satu tekanan batin yang mengakibatkan penggambaran kehidupannya dalam film terlihat sendu dan sangat tertekan. Tinggal di sebuat flat, jack tinggal bersama seorang wanita bernama Mary diperankan Melanie Laurent, hubungan mereka sendiri terlihat baik dengan diselingi hubungan sex hampir di setap malam nya. Suatu waktu jack mengobrol dengan rekan kerja nya yang berujung pada sebuah film yang direkomendasikan oleh rekan kerjanya tersebut. Lewat film yang direkomendasikan teman nya tersebut Adam secara tidak sengaja melihat seorang tokoh figuran yang mirip persis dengan dirinya. Setelah mencari tahu tentang orang yang mirip dengan dirinya tersebut, Adam pun mulai mengalami satu perjalanan dimana ia memiliki satu kembaran bernama Anthony yang sama persis suara dan perawakannya sampai suatu saat mereka bertemu lalu Anthony memaksa untuk bertukar tempat, di akhir film tokoh kembaran Anthony mengajak kekasih Adam Mary ke sebuah motel sedangkan Adam masuk menggantikan Anthony dan bertemu dengan istri Anthony yang tengah hamil bernama Helen diperankan Sarah Gadon. Mary yang berada dengan Anthony diluar kota mendapati bahwa ia bukan Adam karena memiliki tanda cincin dijarinya, kemudian mereka pulang dan bertengkar dalam mobil yang berujung pada kecelakaan, sedangkan Adam bersama Helen tampak memiliki hubungan baik dan satu pagi ketika Helen sedang mandi dan Adam tengah berpakaian menanyakan apakah Helen ada rencana keluar tetapi ia tidak menjawab, saat ia menuju kamar untuk memastikan ia mendapati Helen berubat menjadi satu Laba-Laba raksasa.

Apabila kita hanya melihat sekilas film tersebut tanpa ada observasi mendalam, katakan kita hanya menonton film dari awal hingga akhir tanpa terlalu memperdulikan tentang arti dan korelasi setiap scene nya, maka akan sangat jelas bawha film ini merupakan film yang bisa dikatakan sangat membingungkan, karena mungkin hampir semua orang yang menonton untuk kali pertama akan dibuat ghoosebump olehnya. Bagi yang mungkin ingin menghetahui makna sebenarnya, berikut beberapa paparan yang berhasil dirangkum, itupun berkat bantuan beberapa film reviewer yang ikut menjelaskan tentang arti film Enemy.

Tokoh Utama Film
Sekilas tokoh utama dalam film ini adalah Adam sang guru sejarah yang menemukan bahwa ada orang lain yang mirip persis dengan dirinya, namun pada kenyataannya film ini bercerita tentang seseorang yang memiliki kepribadian ganda dengan menciptakan satu karakter lain dalam pikirannya dan karakter rekaan nya itu adalah Adam sang guru sejarah. Jadi, karakter asli dari tokoh yang diperankan Jack Ghylanhaal ini adalah Anthony si pemeran film figuran, premis nya :
1. Karakter dalam poster film adalah Anthony karena ia terlihat mengenakan leather jacket.
2. Ketika Adam mencari foto dirinya untuk disandingkan dengan foto orang mirip dengan dirinya di internet ia kemudian mengambil satu potongan foto yang sobek, dan foto tersebut terlihat utuhnya di apartemen Anthony.
3. Ketika Adam berbicara pada ibunya bahwa ia menemukan orang mirip dirinya, secara langsung ibunya menolak. Lalu ibu nya menyuruh Adam untuk makan blueberry dan berhenti untuk jadi aktor bayaran bintang tiga. Padahal pada saat itu Jack Gyllanhaal sedang memerankan tokoh Adam si guru sejarah, sedangkan blueberry dan aktor bayaran adalah atribut milik Anthony.
4. Helen sebenarnya telah mengetahui tentang keperibadian ganda Anthony dan Adam. Ketika ia memutuskan untuk mencari tahu tentang Adam di sekolahnya yang kemudian mereka bertemu, Pada saat itu Anthony yang tengah menjadi Adam menolak untuk mengenali Helen. Dan pada saat malam nya pun ketika Helen memberi tahu bawha ia menemui Adam, ia bertanya tentang apa yang sebenarnya terjadi dan mengataka bahwa 'Anthony sebenarnya faham tentang semua ini'.

Beberapa Adegan Adalah Flashback Masa Lalu
Sebenarnya terdapat banyak adegang flashback dalam film ini, namun memang jika tidak jeli semuanya akan terlihat seperti sebuah untaian kejadian yang berada pada timeline yang sama dalam film tersebut, namun pada kenyataannya beberapa adegan adalah sebuah mimpi atau kenangan. Premise nya :

1. Adegan di awal film ketika jack terlihat sering berhubungan badan dengan Mary sebenarnya itu adalah mimpi Adam semata.
2. Adegan Anthony bersama Mary dalam mobil sebelum car crash juge merupakan sebuah flashback.

Asumsi
Sebenarnya ada beberapa asumsi yang muncul tentang film ini, terlebih saya sejujurnya belum paham 100 persen tentang cerita asli film ini, berikut hal yang mungkin bisa saja menjadi arti dalam cerita film:
1. Adam adalah satu kerpiadian baru yang diciptakan Anthony untuk melakukan hubungan gelap dengan Mary setelah keduanya terlibat kecelakaan mobil, jadi diasumsikan bawha Anthony dan Mary selamat, kemudian Anthony berubah menjadi Adam untuk mendekatinya lagi.
2. Adam adalah satu tokoh yang tidak ekis, hanyalah satu bentuk rekaan alam fikiran anthony, jadi semua adegan Adam dan Mary merukapan ilusi, jadi diasumsikan bahwa Mary meninggal pada saat kecelakaan dengan Anthony, dan Anthony menciptakan Adam sebagai orang lain untuk mengingat Mary tanpa ia harus merasa trauma dan guilty.

Kesimpulan
Sejujurnya, menguraikan film Enemy berdasarkan tentang apa yang mungkin sebenarnya terjadi dalam film adalah hal yang cukup sulit, berlebih film jenis ini yang orang bilang berlairan surealis merupakan jenis film yang mungkin masih asing dimata saya pribadi, sehingga ketika pertama menonton film ini pun di ending saya sempat 'sighs..' mengerutkan kening. Beberapa blog yang saya baca yang mereview film Enemy cukup memberikan saya gambaran dan pencerahan, meskipun itu tidak sepenuhnya membuat saya mengerti, karena terlepas dari adegan yang sebenernya saling terhubung satu sama lain dan memiliki makna tersirat juga disisipi oleh simbol-simbol yang mungkin akan menambah panjang penjelasan film Enemy, sebut saja Laba-laba yang mucul di awal, laba-laba raksasa yang berjalan ditengah kota dan Helen yang berubah menjadi laba-laba di akhir film. Selain itu, ada pula simbol yang berhubungan dengan laba-laba yakni jaring laba-laba yang terlihat di beberapa gambar, mulai dari scene rangkaian kabel dan pecahan kaca ketika kecelakaan. Membingungkan memang, namun setelah saya mencari informasi sana sini, ternyata penyimbolan Laba-laba dalam film ini merupakan simbolisasi ketakutan Anthony akan Helen.

Beberapa uraian film berdasar review dari :
http://movienthusiast.com/review-enemy-2013/
http://rorypnm.blogspot.com/2014/04/movie-review-enemy-2013.html

Rabu, 11 Juni 2014

Cinema In May 2014



Untuk bulan Mei kemarin, I watched 2 films in the same Cinema, the only one cinema in town. They are X-Men: Days of Future Past dan satu lagi Edge of Tomorrow.

Pas nonton DoFP rada-rada gelisah gitu, pasalnya film gak nyampe tepat waktu. Yang seharusnya rilis di indonesia tanggal 21 Mei tapi di tasik ternyata belum nyampe atau belum kesampean filmnya tayang on time. Padahal ya X-Men ini kan salah satu most anticipated film of the year, salah satu summer blockbuster tapi gak tau dan gak ngerti. Kebetulan hari rilis nya itu bukan weekend, setelah di duga-duga ternyata bener. Film nya playing pas weekend malem minggu. Rencana nonton rada ragu, waktu itu pertama nya emang niat nya mau nonton sendiri berhubung dikit atau gak ada sama sekali temen yang fanatik sama X-Men, tapi alhamdulillah salah satu temen yang baik banget udah lahir di bulan mei memberikan traktiran tiket X-Men DoFP tepat dimalam pertama diputar di 21Tasik. Seneng banget dan terimakasih pandaaa :D

Pas nonton Edge of Tomorrow itu bener-bener dadakan, soalnya gak ada rencana sama sekali buat nonton, tau film nya aja pas deket-deket mau rilis. Dan setelah cari info tentang film nya itu sendiri, penasaran pun mendera berhubung yang main Emily Blunt. Dan ternyata film nya malah datang on time jadilah ada acara nonton dadakan. Sendiri ya, but fine i get use to it :D

Oh, kebetulan untuk kedua film nya I have written the reviews, read them below:

EDM, Loud And Crowd



One of the loudest and most exploding music in this past couple years is Electronic Dance Music or known as EDM or simply dance music. Led by a Disk Jockey or DJ dance music will bring noisy everywhere, girls in bikinis, everyone jumps and put hands in the air. Music which is only about enjoying the time, the dance and the life and get rid of everything about negativity into a wild night. Sounds a bit dramatic right, but really! This genere of music is really about having a good time and for myself every time I'm listening to every dancey songs all I wanted to do is just let myself out, shake my head, move my body and enjoy the moment and I think everyone does the same, are you?

I had been enjoying this sort of music ever since I first listened to french David Guetta, for me he's like the man behind all of this dance music everywhere. And now, its getting bigger, louder and taller. Based on what i know so far most of the talented man, DJs behind the recent hottest electronic dance songs are European. Say Calvin Harris, Afrojack, Zedd, Alesso, Tiesto, Avicii, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia and the other that i haven't found them yet. And American such as Skrillex and Alex Gaudino and Asia's Steve Aoki. At first my EDManics started about last year, listening to some stuffs from Zedd, Calvin Harris and Avicii and as of now i think me and its music itself is getting crazier. Lots are coming, Afrojack and Tiesto are two i recently listen and everyone is great.

What i really like about this type of musics, first is its jolting beat of musics, the lyrics which sometime light but beautiful, and the vocal on the song. They sometime bring new people and its good because i think not every singer will match music which contains electronic elements. The beat sounds good and attractive, trust me no matter what trouble are you faceing, this dance music will at least wipe it out for little while and you will automatiacally shake your head and move your body.

Okay, thats all the EDM. For more you can crawl google, my playlist will be soon updated!

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Introducing: Wrabel



As previous first post of the month I brought music thing into the post now I will do the same to talk about music stuff. And for now I would like to introduce you and to me, one of this year's breakthrough artist who came up to the EDM music as a featured artist by Dutch DJ Afrojack. He is Stephen Wrabel or simply Wrabel, an american singer, pianist and songwriter who is ready to establish his name even bigger under the shade of Island/Def Jam recording.
The first i heard the name Wrabel is of course from his smash hit with Afrojack, Ten Feet Tall. The first I listened to the song was actually the David Guetta remix version, then i tried to look for the Afrojack original track and right after that, google directed me to its official lyric video which became the first i knew him, his style, his piano skill and his voice is everything. After i did a little bit more research, from billboard then i found the Ten Feet Tall original song, the pre remixed by Afrojack. And guess what? I think its not so bad, the video is great and song lyric is quite light but beautiful, I just love the song and i want Him more. Really! And one last thing, his voice reminds me a few like Chris Martin.
For you who haven't known the song yet, you can watch the official lyric video of Affrojack verson Here, and for the official original video Here. For another fascinating music you can find them in his Soundcloud Right Here.

Rabu, 28 Mei 2014

Edge of Tomorrow Reviews



The only few reasons why do I insist my own self to watch the film is because its sort of sci-fi film in genre, it features aliens and the word ‘tomorrow’ in its tittle indicates clearly that the movie is set to be in once upon a time in the future. And also importantly, Emily Blunt’s portrayal on the film becomes the most interesting part that drags me to the one and only cinema in my neighborhood and to go see it following the curiosity of how the girly Mrs.Priestly’s first assistant’s performance from the glamorous runway high fashion life to the dangerous war zone against aliens with gun shots. Pretty different in every aspects right! Simply, i just too missing to see Emily, esp her British accent. That's the trivia part of why do i rebel myself to take no matter how much money left in my current occupied wallet to go to cinema in quite late hours and succeed to make it.

That bunch of words about was the intro i wrote just one night before i really went to see the movie, and now i really do. So, its still fresh from the studio and i will try to extract what i saw on the screen, what's the interesting part and how was the movie as i have watched it. Because if i failed on writing things i saw, i would be killed and get back to the first i enter the studio. Hahaha, kidding! Alright, i never really often writing a review about the movie i have just already seen, so if you haven't watched it yet i warn you to be cautioned! spoliers ahead.

Things That Made Me So Happy The Most
Seeing Emily Blunt! really, since the first i knew this film it was her, playing a supporting role in the film which is clearly out of everything i first saw her in TDWP (The Devil Wears Dolce, Prada I mean!) I was curious to death! Now its just paid off, and I'm really happy seeing her and I love every scene of her and ultimately I love her accent for god's sake! But there's no part of nags like "What took you so long?! I have to pee!" or "Stop fidgeting!".

Random Reviews

  • The film's time looping story is 101% Source Code had ever done. Or maybe Levit's Looper, mmm not so similar i think, knowing i didn't really get that film, really. But in case you haven't seen both Source Code or Looper or you never even ever heard them, that's fine guys.
  • The villain is Aliens
  • The film is pretty clean for a hollywood blockbuster, there is only a single kiss scene in the film, Cruise and Emily. Not Emily and alien!
  • The film centers on how Tom Cruise is sent to an alien combat without really clear explanation on why does He becomes the field officer.
  • Tom Cruise is affected by some kind of Alien's blood, and its not just an alien. It has the power to turn his past time back as soon as he died. And Emily had ever been in that circumstances before.
  • The film is quite entertaining, good action sequences, good visual effects just like the other alien invasion themed film made by hollywood, say it Battle: Los Angeles. That's sort of it. Except for the loop.
  • The film took place in completely European territories, so there will be no part where Liberty Statue is cut off on its head, or hollowed Empire State Building or White House under alien invasion. That ain't exist.
  • Oh wait, one scene that may be categorized as explicit was, there is this fat guy in brief inside a skeleton robot suit. Despite its more like entertaining than teasing.
  • Last word, the film is worth to watch.

Thats all a little bit about the films that i can write. I'm sorry i am such a terrible film reviewer, so to get the complete entertaining story just ask for friend or some of to watch it in cinema, or you can do it alone just like i did. Haha, *curhat colongan detected*.
See you soon in my next post :D

Movieholic Tasikmalaya For Moviefreak In Tasikmalaya Surroundings


Setelah postingan terakhir sebelum ini gue nginformasiin soal forum blogger, nah sekarang gue juga mau kasih info masih seputaran forum/komunitas tapi yang ini skalanya lokal-regional untuk tasik dan sekitarnya dan forum nya sendiri konsentrasinya seputar film. Yes! gue banget itu. Namanya Movie Holic Tasikmalaya. So, let's now dig it deeper into what i know so far and what to do about it.

At first i knew about this blog was actually quite days or weeks ago, i forgot how did i find that but in a sudden soon as i know there is that sort of group or community or forum hear, somewhere in the city which is quite close to me it was so good, i feel like i really wanted to join and be a part of the forum. 

The group name is Movie Holic Tasikmalaya or simply they call theirselves as M.H.T, This was first created a few days after the opening of the one and only (so far) local cinema 21. As i check out myself about how this forum/community work, it has already a structural system of how to run the organization, how to hire or to get members, they already has tens of merchant partner. And uniquely, if you officially register to become a member, you would get a member card and it can gets you quite a lot of benefits, including 10-15% off in every registered merchants. And the merchants itself, it comes from lots of places to hangout, like cafe, street foods, photo studio and some other places. That's pretty cool, i think.

And now the question is, have i already joined the group? haha yet to no! I don't know there's just too many things myself have to (even its not the things that i really have to think first) consider. Just like the last forum i talked about, same cases, too many doubts and need many guts. haha. And even worse, the official twitter as the first i knew the group i haven't even followed it yet, but i will do someday, sometime in the very near future. May be right after i released this article. I'll everyone keep posted about what i will do next. Maybe i will join and the next post will be about a stories i spend with them on a movie holic meet ups. Wow, pretty ambitious! haha.

And i'm so sorry, i can't tell everyone here the whole things and its detail, you can see yourself to its official blog Here or its twitter home base Right Here.