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Monday, October 4, 2010

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I made this review to fulfill my college task in Studies of Film class


“I was born under unusual circumstances” adalah kalimat inti dari cerita dalam film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Film yang disadur dari buku karangan F.Scott Fitzgerald dengan judul yang sama ini berkisah tentang seseorang bernama Benjamin yang terlahir dalam keadaan yang tidak biasa, yaitu berfisik seorang tua, pada akhir Perang Dunia I. Bersamaan dengan itu, seorang pengrajin jam bernama Mr Geteau meresmikan jam buatannya yang berputar ke arah yang berlawanan dengan jam-jam biasa. Jam ini pun menjadi analogi dan cerminan hidup Benjamin.


Benjamin kecil tidak diinginkan oleh ayahnya sendiri karena ia tampak seperti makhluk tua yang mengerikan. Ayahnya kemudian meletakkannya begitu saja di sebuah rumah yang ternyata adalah sebuah panti jompo. Pengurus panti tersebut lalu merawat dan membesarkan Benjamin dengan penuh kasih. Di panti itu Benjamin mendapatkan banyak sekali pembelajaran hidup. Dia melihat orang-orang di sekitarnya menua dan mati, sementara semakin hari ia malah semakin muda. Benjamin bekerja sebagai awak kapal, pergi ke rumah bordil dan minum, berkelana ke banyak negara, bertemu wanita, bertemu ayahnya, dan terlibat dalam perang. Dengan keadaan aneh yang dimilikinya, malah membuatnya mendapatkan kesempatan dalam hidup yang tidak dialami orang lain. Satu per satu orang-orang di sekitarnya meninggalkan dirinya, termasuk ayahnya dan ibu asuhnya.


Saat Benjamin dewasa, ia bertemu kembali dengan teman masa kecilnya, Daisy, yang kini sudah tumbuh menjadi seorang wanita penari yang cantik. Setelah melalui berbagai halangan, akhirnya mereka bersatu. Mereka bertemu di tengah, baik secara fisik maupun usia. Namun, tak lama muncullah konflik. Benjamin yang menyadari bahwa ia akan semakin muda mulai khawatir dengan masa depan keluarganya. Akan sangat menyedihkan apabila ia nantinya menjadi teman bermain anaknya alih-alih menjadi sosok ayah. Maka ia memutuskan untuk meninggalkan Daisy dan anaknya yang masih bayi untuk menjalani hidupnya sendiri. Semakin hari, Benjamin semakin muda secara fisik, dan meninggal dalam wujud bayi kecil di pelukan Daisy setelah beberapa waktu sebelumnya, jam terbalik Mr Geteau diturunkan dan diganti dengan jam digital.


Film produksi Amerika Serikat yang disutradarai oleh David Fincher ini bersetting tahun 1918 sampai dengan 2008. Beralur flashback dengan tulisan buku harian Benjamin dan cerita Daisy tua sebagai titik baliknya. Film ini meraih banyak penghargaan, termasuk piala Oscar dalam tiga kategori sekaligus, yaitu Best Achievement in Art Director, Best Achievement in Make Up, dan Best Achievement in Visual Effects.


Film yang dibintangi Brad Pitt ini sarat akan makna dan pesan-pesan kehidupan dalam ceritanya, yang diwakili oleh kehidupan Benjamin Button sendiri. Mengajarkan kita menghargai waktu, memaknai hidup, dan mengerti betapa pentingnya arti seseorang yang kita cintai. Kejadian-kejadian yang tampaknya kecil dan sepele dalam film ini sebenarnya memiliki makna mendalam yang berhubungan dengan filosofi kehidupan.


Saya sendiri sangat menyukai film ini karena menurut saya, film ini menyuguhkan cerita yang tidak biasa. Hal-hal kecil dalam hidup dapat dikemas dan dibingkai menjadi sebuah film yang sangat menarik dan berkualitas. Dengan setting yang sesuai dan make up luar biasa serta pemilihan cast yang tepat film ini tampak sangat nyata, walaupun beberapa kali terdapat kebetulan-kebetulan yang tampaknya agak sedikit dipaksakan. Namun, alasan saya yang paling utama adalah film ini mampu membuat kita lebih bercermin, merenungi kehidupan, dan menemukan pembelajaran-pembelajaran di dalamnya.


“Life can only be understood backward. It must be lived forward.”


”Benjamin, we’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?”


“Life is a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone’s control.”


“Time is passing, even backwards.”


“Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.”


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Beach


what's with a beach?
what's so special about outspreading sand, salty water, rolling wave, and coconut trees?
what's the business with shells, rocks, and seagulls?

well, honestly, it strikes my eyes when I see a landscape of blue, attached with a form of white cottony clouds, meets the ultramarine..
it takes me away off the ground when i smell the vague salt scent, feel the warm wind, and hear the sound of rolling waves..
the warm delicate sand, it's so inviting, so inviting...
and when the dusk comes, the tinge of gold glare tickles the water's surface, creates a silhouette, brings some romance to the atmosphere..

and that's..
that is when i will be standing, letting the gentle sand crawl in my bare feet
i will be holding your hands, staring at your eyes deeply, and saying without any words... I love you

but suddenly the glare's reflection blinds my eyes, i blink for a few times..
then i wake up.. i come back to reality.. but i'm not sad, nor disappointed

because i like that dream, i always do
and i want it to be true




Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Cancer - My Chemical Romance

I've been listening to this particular song recently
it's such a dark-deep song, with dramatic melody and touching lyrics
tells us about someone's agony of having cancer

Here's the lyrics

Turn away,
If you could get me a drink
Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded
Call my aunt Marie
Help her gather all my things
And bury me in all my favorite colors,
My sisters and my brothers, still,
I will not kiss you,
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you.

Now turn away,
'Cause I'm awful just to see
'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body,
Oh, my agony,
Know that I will never marry,
Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo
But counting down the days to go
It just ain't living
And I just hope you know

That if you say (if you say)
Goodbye today (goodbye today)
I'd ask you to be true (cause I'd ask you to be true)

'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you


well, yeah..fighting against cancer is very, very tough and difficult.. knowing it's such a killing disease that is hardly healed..
but, actually the tougher and harder thing is:
leaving someone we love, leaving someone who's been our reason for staying alive, for..... ever. leaving them in sadness, leaving them in tears.

If probably you want to listen to the song, just click here -- > My Chemical Romance - Cancer Mp3

Monday, September 6, 2010

Our story, has just begun ♥


Once upon a time, i went to a beach..

sometimes alone, with a bunch of girls, or with a jackass in a form of Adam's son

Once upon a time, i stared at the evening sky..

been waiting for a star to fall, i looked at the moon it seemed always blue

Once upon a time, i woke up in the morning light..

dizzy-headed, brokenhearted

Once upon a time, i cried alone..

with no hands to hold, and no shoulder to cry on

Once upon a time, i was trapped by the past's shadows..

no changes, no directions


But,

now i go to a beach..

with my own sunset glare

now i stare at the evening sky..

and the moon had turned to gold

now i wake up in the morning light..

with a pair of wings in my chest trying to get out

now someone holds my hands..

doing the best he can not to make me cry

now i've found someone new..

with new place to go and new smile to kiss

and that someone is YOU


Take me where i've never been

Help me on my feet again

Show me that good things come to those who wait

Tell me i'm not on my own

Tell me i won't be alone

Tell me what i'm feeling isn't some mistakes

'cause if anyone can make me fall in love, YOU can

Save me from myself, YOU can

and it's YOU and no one else

If i could wish upon tomorrow,

that tonight will never end

If YOU asked me i would follow,

but for now i just pretend if anyone can make me fall in love..

YOU can

Baby when YOU look at me, tell me what do YOU see?

Are these the eyes of someone YOU could love?

'Cause everything that brought me here

well, now it all seems so clear

Baby YOU're the one that i've been dreaming of

If anyone can make me fall in love

Only YOU can take me sailing in your deepest eyes

Bring me to my knees and make me cry

and no one's ever done this, everything was just a lie

and i know.. yes i know...

that this is where it all begins, so tell me it will never end

I can't fool myself, it's YOU and no one else

If i could wish upon tomorrow,

that tonight will never end

If YOU asked me i would follow,

but for now i just pretend if anyone can make me fall in love..

YOU can..

Show me that good things come to those who wait...

(You Can - David Archuleta)


Baby thanks for all we've been having these past 3 months, until now..

thanks for understanding me, and loving me for who i am

i'll give you my best, bring you love you want, 'till you ask me to not to

I DO ♥ YOU

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Friday, September 3, 2010

The (Abandoned) Richest Country of The World



Many people don't know what actually is the richest country on the planet, some say it's USA, the others just say it's the Middle Eastern countries. They aren't wrong at all, actually. Take USA for an example, it's a superpower country, and only few other countries can compare its level of technological development. Another example: Middle Eastern countries. In average, those countries in desert-covered area have millions barrel of oils ready to process.
But, all of those examples aren't good enough to be compared to this particular country. Even The USA, Middle Eastern and Uni European countries themselves can't beat this one.
and....... so, this is the (ignored) richest country on the planet. This particular country's citizen would be very proud if they knew. But ironically, they don't realize that they're standing on a bunch of diamonds. So, let's see this one's profile.


Wait... does the writer (me) make a mistake? Well, i could straightly declare that this particular country, is the richest country in the world. But, isn't this country currently slumped? With huge amount of debt to pay, poverty, corruption, degrading mores, and the other serious problems that have been happening? Okay, so let's discuss about it specifically, so that we can see how rich this country actually is...

1. This country has the biggest gold mine with best quality in the world. The name is: Freeport.



this mine has been producing 7,3 MILLIONS tons of copper and 724,7 MILLIONS tons of gold. I (the writer: Suranegara) tried to convert that amount by the current price of gold per gram, let's say it's IDR 300.000, multiplied by 724,7 millions tons or 724.700.000.000.000 gram, equals IDR 217.410.

000.000.000.000.000 !!! Could anybody please help me to read those freakin' numbers?

Well, it was just the gold. We haven't count the copper and the other materials. Then, who manages this SUPER mine? Not the country itself, it's The USA!!! The percentage is 1% for the land owner country and 99% for USA as the owner of technology to manage the mine. Even when gold and copper started becoming less and less, 400 meters under the layers, they found a kind of substance that costs 100 times more expensive than gold: URANIUM, the main material for making nuclear fuel. For your information, we can go round the earth by a small car with only 2 grams of uranium! It isn't clear yet, how much exactly uranium is under there, but the latest news said that according to the experts, the amount of uranium substance there is enough to light up this whole world by a nuclear electric generator. Free port has been giving a lot of advantage for a few government officers, generals, and filthy politicians, who could enjoy their charmed life above this country's poverty. They're not better than bloodsuckers!


2. This country has THE BIGGEST natural gas reserve IN THE WORLD!


It's in Block Natuna. Do you know how much the substance of gas is in Block Natuna? Block Natuna D Alpha has gas reserves about 202 TRILLION cubic feet!! and there are still many more blocks that produce mineral and oil just like Block Cepu etc. Who manages them? EXXON MOBIL! gets a little help from Pertamina.

3. This country has the biggest richest in biological variety tropical forest in the world.


39.549.447 hectare of tropical forest is located in Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi. Actually, if this country wants a doomsday, they can have it easily. Just simply cut all of the trees in those forests, and the doomsday will soon come along. The reason is, this planet is so dependent on those tropical forest for keeping climate balance, because the rain forest in Amazon is not strong enough to do it alone. But now, they slowly turned into golf courts and resorts, how ironic.

4. This country is surrounded by two big oceans, The Pacific and Indian, where millions species of unique sea creature live under.





This country's seas are so rich that other countries can also harvest the fish (secretly).

5. This country is the #4 most populated country in the world.


With this big amount of people, this country should have many qualified people. But sadly, the government just ignores them. So they choose to move out this country and work for any other country which could appreciate and value them.

6. This country has very fertile soil, because of active volcanoes and equator line that gives lot of sunshine and rain.


Compared to those middle eastern countries which have pouring oil, this particular country surely is way richer. The fact is, oil is non-renewable resources, someday they would run out of it, and soon they'll be poor countries because they don't have soil as fertile as this country's that almost anything can grow here.


7. This country has exotic landscape yet again, none other countries can compare, from the top of the mountain until deep down under the sea.










This country is very rich! There's no other country as rich as it is! But...what is happening???



Yes, this country is INDONESIA.


for EXXON MOBIL OIL, FREEPORT, SHELL, PETRONAS and all of the GOVERNMENT OFFICERS who sold national property for foreigner's wealth, THANK YOU GUYS ALL..


Here's a story that may reflect Indonesia now, enjoy:

the title is: When God created Indonesia.

...One day, God smiled when He was looking at a planet He’d just created. The angel asked, “What did you just create, God?” “Look, I’ve just created a blue planet named The Earth,” said God while he added some clouds above Amazon forest. God continued, “This would be the most wonderful planet I’ve ever created. In this new planet, everything will occur in balance.” Then God explained to Angel about Europe. In the northern part of Europe, God created potential and pleasant ground like England, Scotland, and France. But in that part, God also created torturously cold weather. In the southern part of Europe, God put little bit poor people, just like in Spain and Greece, but the sun shines so warm with exotic landscape in Gibraltar strain. Then the Angel pointed at a form of archipelago and shouted, “then what is that, God?”. “Oh, that.” God answered. “That is Indonesia. A very rich and beautiful country on the planet. There’s a million kinds of flora and fauna I’ve created there. Billions of ready-harvested fish, and lot of sunlight and rain. I put there, also friendly and helpful various people. They love their culture and arts. The Angel got confused, he asked, “You said that everything will occur in balance on this earth. But why is Indonesia full of good things? where are the bad things? where is the balance?” and then God finally answered, “Wait until you see the idiots I put in the government.”...

and thanks also for 65th anniversary of Indonesia's Independence Day, we, Indonesian youths, give a big appreciation to all the fighters that had sacrificed their blood and tears for this ungrateful nation.



~Indonesia tanah air betadisana tempat lahir beta,dibuai dibesarkan bunda,Tempat berlindung di hari Tua...HIngga nanti menutup mata~