Review: Killing Season

Starring: Robert de Niro, John Travolta
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson

Despite of putting the big names in action movie (Travolta and de Niro), I personally thought that this movie was unsuccessful. When saw the trailer, I was curious what will happen if Travolta and de Niro meet up in a movie. End up, I am quite dissapointed. Thumbs up for Travolta's Serbian accent, but for the others..it was boring. It might because the main point in this movie just two of them and no one else, not enough conflict (just because Ford shot at Kovac's back and Kovac wanted to take revenge *palm face*), and Kovac surrendered so easily. My expectation before was: Kovac will hunt all the army who killed his Scorpion team, and the end he will meet Ford and Ford win hahahaha. No doubt iMdb just give 5,3 out of 10. Yah, thank God it was John Travolta and Robert de Niro. They fought and acted well, at least.If it wasn't them, surely it would be more boring at all.

When HaHa Burst Out

*knowledgeable quiz on Running Man episode 141*

Yoo Jaesuk: With a meaning of working hard, what are the 4-words-chinese-character that means 'making a needle from sharpening an axe?
HaHa: If I give you an axe and you couldn't make it to a needle, then it doesn't count!!

*ngakak*

"There Is No Indonesia in Africa"

Americans: Where are you from?
Indonesian Navy: Indonesia!
Americans: Oh, Indochina?
Indonesian Navy: No, Mam. Indochina is Vietnam!
(dari buku Dewa Ruci, Pelayaran Pertama Menaklukkan Tujuh Samudra)

Chilean: Where are you from?
Trinity: Indonesia
Chilean: Can you do kungfu?
(dari Twitter-nya Trinity @TrinityTraveler, traveler yang lagi trip #RoundTheWorld ke AmSel)

Landlady: Where are you from?
Azhar: Indonesia
Landlady: Hmmm, I think there's no Indonesia in Africa
(dari ceritanya Azhar pas lagi internship di Jerman)


Inget nggak sih pelajaran IPS jaman SD kita dulu? Di pelajaran IPS, kita diajarin bahwa 'Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk terpadat keempat di dunia setelah Cina, Amerika Serikat, dan India.', 'Indonesia adalah negara terbesar ketiga di dunia setelah Cina dan Amerika Serikat.', 'Presiden Amerika Serikat Bill Clinton, Presiden Afrika Selatan Nelson Mandela.', atau pelajaran peta buta yang nebak dimana Kuba, dimana Namibia, dimana Laos, dimana Swiss, dimana Laut Cina Selatan, dan sebagainya, dan sebagainya.

Nah, kenyataannya? Indonesia sama sekali nggak terkenal tuh, kalo berdasarkan tiga sumber yang aku dapat diatas (atau memang sebenernya terkenal, tapi di orang-orang tertentu aja?) Padahal dari SD aja kita bahkan tau ada negara namanya Suriname di pojokan Amerika Selatan sono, bahkan nama UN Secretary General macam Boutros-Boutros Ghali. Apa di negara maju (eh, tapi Chile masih masuk developing country kan?) emang kurikulumnya nggak diajari sejarah? Atau karena mereka emang ngerasa nggak penting tau tentang adanya negara-negara di belahan dunia yang lain?

Review: The Conjuring

Actually I'm not a fan of horror movies. Aku sebenernya nggak niat mau nonton sih soalnya aku anaknya penakut :p Terakhir nonton horor, itu nonton film Mama ama Aziz. Sepanjang film juga cuma bisa teriak-teriak sambil nyubitin tangannya Aziz. Intinya, aku nggak bakat nonton film horror.
Tapi kemarin, aku diajak nonton The Conjuring ama Indah dan Rheno. Lihat di Twitter, banyak banget yang ngetwit kalo filmnya serem banget. Lihat di iMdb, ratingnya 8/10 which means kalo ini emang serem. Tapi yasutralah, surprise me. Yang jelas udah siap bawa tas gede buat nutupin muka.

Directed by: James Wan
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston


I still don't get it what made it di-rating 8/10, since IMO, The Conjuring ini sama seremnya kayak Mama kemarin, dan Mama cuma di-rating 6,3/10. Apakah karena ini based on true story, entahlah. Beberapa scene hampir sama kok ama Mama, mereka pindah ke old haunted house, trus anak yang paling kecil bisa ngomong ama hantunya, hantunya invisible dan nyeret-nyeret mereka kemana-mana, ngikut kemanapun mereka pergi walaupun mereka gak di rumah itu, something like that. Tapi, The Conjuring ini hantunya ada banyak. I also thought that Carolyn would die in the end karena biasanya kan orang kalo possessed dan gak kuat mereka bakal mati, tapi ternyata........ (watch it yourself, ntar spoiler :p)

Overall, it was spooky kok. Sound-nya ngagetin, hantunya mendadak munculnya, wajahnya serem pula. 25k and 2 hours was worth for watching this movie.