Kung Fu PandaTahun: 2008
Sutradara: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Genre: Animation
Pemain: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jacky Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu
Skor Film: 8.0 / 10
Sebenarnya setelah film Shrek yang ketiga, saya agak kurang tertarik dengan film-film animasi berbasis 3D yang ada. Kenapa begitu? saya merasa jenuh dengan film-film animasi tersebut karena menggunakan rumusan yang hampir-hampir sama: Studio besar (Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, dll), plot cerita standar (perkenalan, konflik, penyelesaian), dan menggunakan nama-nama besar aktor/aktris sebagai pengisi suara.
Hal inilah yang membuat saya sedikit skeptis saat pertama kali melihat teaser dan poster Kung Fu Panda beberapa bulan sebelum film ini dirilis. Belum apa-apa saya sudah males duluan dengan anggapan "ah pasti gitu-gitu aja deh"
Namun, pada saat film ini dirilis di Indonesia, muncul juga sedikit keingintahuan saya untuk menonton film ini. Maklum lah, subjektivitas sebagai penggemar Jack Black akhirnya memegang andil juga yang memaksa saya untuk memilih menonton film ringan ini daripada menonton The Incredible Hulk.
Oke, Kung Fu Panda sendiri bercerita mengenai seorang Panda bernama Po (Black) yang hidup di satu tempat fantasi di daerah Cina. Sehari-hari Po adalah seorang yang pemalas, ia bekerja di kedai bakmie milik ayahnya. Po adalah seorang penggemar Kung Fu. Ia mengidolakan pendekar-pendekar kung fu yang ada di desa tersebut yang disebut sebagai The Furious Five.
Satu hari secara tidak sengaja Po terpilih menjadi pendekar pilihan yang ditakdirkan untuk mempelajari jurus rahasia turun temurun dari para jagoan kung fu. Hal ini menjadi menarik karena ia tidak sebelumnya ia tidak bisa kung fu. Dengan belajar bersama The Furious Five dan dilatih oleh master Shifu (Hoffman), ia berusaha menjadi pendekar kung fu yang melegenda.
Sebenarnya, cerita dari Kung fu Panda ini sudah ketebak, perjalanan dari seorang panda kikuk menjadi seorang panda yang melegenda. Ya, tapi saya pernah membaca salah satu review yang menyebutkan begini:
"Terkadang ada banyak film dimana kita sudah dapat menebak bagaimana akhir dari film tersebut. Tapi, yang dapat membuat film tersebut menjadi menarik adalah bagaimana jalan cerita sehingga bisa sampai kepada titik akhir tersebut"Inilah hal yang menurut saya menarik dari Kung Fu Panda. Meskipun akhir dari film sudah bisa ketebak, tapi jalannya cerita dari film ini sebenarnya cukup bagus. Konflik dan permasalahan dari film ini menurut saya menarik garis yang berbeda dengan film-film berkarakter "messias" lainnya. "The Chosen One" dalam hal ini Po, tidak begitu saja dapat menjadi seseorang yang hebat.
Dari segi karakter, saya patut mengacungi jempol bagi mereka yang bertugas merancang karakter Po si panda ini. Mereka dengan sukses merepresentasikan gaya Jack Black ke dalam Po sehingga karakter Po ini bisa dibilang benar-benar kayak: "Jack Black didandanin jadi Panda". Gerak-gerik, raut muka, bahasa tubuhn dari si Po ini sangat Jack Black sekali.
Sangat disayangkan, karakter pendukung lain tidak terlalu keliatan stand-out dalam film ini. Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, ataupun Lucy Liu sepertinya tidak mendapat banyak dialog dan peran dalam peran ini. Namun mungkin memang film ini tidak dibuat menjadi suatu film animasi all-star dimana film bertaburan bintang seperti itu bisa menyebabkan tidak terarahnya tujuan dari film tersebut. Jadi saya rasa cukup porsi dari pemain pendukung ini bisa dibilang cukup fair.
Kung Fu Panda menurut saya cukup sukses menjadi film keluarga yang memiliki humor yang cerdas, pesan moral yang kuat, dan penyuguhan animasi yang memukau. Film ini menurunkan sikap skeptis saya terhadap film-film animasi Hollywood yang mungkin akan lebih banyak muncul di masa yang akan datang.
Jika Anda di musim liburan ini belum sempat nonton Kung Fu Panda, saya sarankan cepat-cepat Anda kumpulkan teman-teman lalu pergi ke bioskop yang masih menayangkan film ini.
gambar via imdb
Hi, it’s been awhile. I have spent too much time on social media sites like Facebook or Myspace to notice that I haven’t blog in ages. You probably see me much often on Twitter rather in here, and for that I’m so sorry.
So let’s just move on to random stuffs that I’ve been meaning to discuss right now. In regards of the Cessna plane crash that happens two days ago, I give my big condolences to the family of the crash victim.
Move on to other topics, Germany against Spain on the finale of the Euro 2008. Thank God they were the team that managed to go to the final. They were two of the rising teams in Euro. So this will be a good match I presume. Although there’s news that David Villa and Michael Ballack will not played, I hope it didn’t spoil the excitement of the game.
Mac OS X and Apple. After all this years, I can’t separate my life from this two. Now with the emerging of Mac OSX86 I found myself working 80% of my time in Leopard. This is a good thing. I don’t have that much money yet to buy a nifty Macbook Pro (which is in my wish list of things to buy), but at least I can be more productive now that my desktop is filled with Leopard. The only problem is, I can’t perfectly connect the IndosatM2 modem on it. That’s a glitch.
Okay, that’s all for now. See you soon. Very soon. :)
So let’s just move on to random stuffs that I’ve been meaning to discuss right now. In regards of the Cessna plane crash that happens two days ago, I give my big condolences to the family of the crash victim.
Move on to other topics, Germany against Spain on the finale of the Euro 2008. Thank God they were the team that managed to go to the final. They were two of the rising teams in Euro. So this will be a good match I presume. Although there’s news that David Villa and Michael Ballack will not played, I hope it didn’t spoil the excitement of the game.
Mac OS X and Apple. After all this years, I can’t separate my life from this two. Now with the emerging of Mac OSX86 I found myself working 80% of my time in Leopard. This is a good thing. I don’t have that much money yet to buy a nifty Macbook Pro (which is in my wish list of things to buy), but at least I can be more productive now that my desktop is filled with Leopard. The only problem is, I can’t perfectly connect the IndosatM2 modem on it. That’s a glitch.
Okay, that’s all for now. See you soon. Very soon. :)
Today mark the two months since my last post. In celebrating Indonesia’s 100th anniversary of “Nation Awakening Day”, I have returned to post some of my thoughts here and there.
So, it’s been a while, yes? Of course! Aside from the fact that I am very busy (I know, such a cliché excuse), I haven’t managed to write a single post for this past months. Some lack of motivation? Probably. Not enough resource? Not quite. I actually have tons of topics that I like to discuss
What’s new? Nothing much. Jakarta seems much dull these past months. The gas price will be up starting this June. That upset everyone of course, including me. I think this kind of policy makes the government very unpopular. Yet, they always use the “hey! We don’t have any other choices, you know!” excuse to finalize this thing.
Back to the Nation Awakening Day theme. I went to see Bill Gates lectures and speeches when he visited Jakarta earlier this month. Such a total nerd that guy is. Okay, I concur, he is a brilliant man; I acknowledge that from his speeches. But, he doesn’t have that Steve Job’s charisma. He talks like a professor, no witty comments, no small talk, and no jokes whatsoever. He’s a tech guy, not a sales person. Yet the topic he presented is interesting. I’m fascinated with the Microsoft focus on technology for helping countries via education, healthcare, and economy.
What this country need is a good low-cost education system. You know the “Nation Awakening Day” marks the day the “Boedi Oetomo” organization was created. This for us symbolizes the arising sense of unity of Indonesian as a nation back then. The Boedi Oetomo consists of well-educated young man who studied in STOVIA that eager to make a progress through that organization.
Education is the fuel that can lead us to advancement in every field that we want. Through education we can achieve great things. With education, we can be a better nation.
Yet, a large percentage of Indonesia is still illiterate, many government funded schools logistic are poor and/or damaged, and to have a good educations means you have to spend a relatively large amount of money. So this reality right now is quite flawed. Only rich people can afford good education since it’s so damn pricy.
Well, I hope the government raises their spending percentage of education, since the last time I check, they didn’t give it much thought on that.
So to Bill Gates, when you said technology that could help education, all I can ask is: “would it be affordable for us as a developing country? Will it help us achieve a low-cost education system?”
Okay, probably that’s all for now. Dinner waits. My last though to all of you Indonesian, it’s been a 100 year since a couple of bright young men thinks that “hey! We’re a great nation, let’s join together and arise!” yet life was so simple back then. But now, with all this technologies that we can easily use in front of our eyes, what would you do to make Indonesia a better nation?
So, it’s been a while, yes? Of course! Aside from the fact that I am very busy (I know, such a cliché excuse), I haven’t managed to write a single post for this past months. Some lack of motivation? Probably. Not enough resource? Not quite. I actually have tons of topics that I like to discuss
What’s new? Nothing much. Jakarta seems much dull these past months. The gas price will be up starting this June. That upset everyone of course, including me. I think this kind of policy makes the government very unpopular. Yet, they always use the “hey! We don’t have any other choices, you know!” excuse to finalize this thing.
Back to the Nation Awakening Day theme. I went to see Bill Gates lectures and speeches when he visited Jakarta earlier this month. Such a total nerd that guy is. Okay, I concur, he is a brilliant man; I acknowledge that from his speeches. But, he doesn’t have that Steve Job’s charisma. He talks like a professor, no witty comments, no small talk, and no jokes whatsoever. He’s a tech guy, not a sales person. Yet the topic he presented is interesting. I’m fascinated with the Microsoft focus on technology for helping countries via education, healthcare, and economy.
What this country need is a good low-cost education system. You know the “Nation Awakening Day” marks the day the “Boedi Oetomo” organization was created. This for us symbolizes the arising sense of unity of Indonesian as a nation back then. The Boedi Oetomo consists of well-educated young man who studied in STOVIA that eager to make a progress through that organization.
Education is the fuel that can lead us to advancement in every field that we want. Through education we can achieve great things. With education, we can be a better nation.
Yet, a large percentage of Indonesia is still illiterate, many government funded schools logistic are poor and/or damaged, and to have a good educations means you have to spend a relatively large amount of money. So this reality right now is quite flawed. Only rich people can afford good education since it’s so damn pricy.
Well, I hope the government raises their spending percentage of education, since the last time I check, they didn’t give it much thought on that.
So to Bill Gates, when you said technology that could help education, all I can ask is: “would it be affordable for us as a developing country? Will it help us achieve a low-cost education system?”
Okay, probably that’s all for now. Dinner waits. My last though to all of you Indonesian, it’s been a 100 year since a couple of bright young men thinks that “hey! We’re a great nation, let’s join together and arise!” yet life was so simple back then. But now, with all this technologies that we can easily use in front of our eyes, what would you do to make Indonesia a better nation?
I had a newly habit of mine where I directly check a movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes after I watched a DVD. This habit which started like a couple of months ago is kind a fun. The simple reason that I did this is I want to compare my review of the DVD to the global consensus that form as a rating in Rotten Tomatoes.
To my surprises, sometimes the margin scores from me and the so-called Rotten Tomatoes reviewer are quite wide. Like the last movie I watched, Cashback, an indie-flick about a boy meets girl theme covered in artsy cinematography. I myself think the movie was okay, not so great, just okay. If I converted my review, I would say it was a 75% rating movie. But surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes meter just gave it a 45%.
No, I’m not an expert of cinema. I enjoyed films and only take the fun of it. I don’t curate movie like those expert. Because I have a certain beliefs that movies should be a medium for you to enjoy it, not took it very seriously (except for Fight Club, it wasn’t a movie, it is a way of life, I believe in Tyler Durden… :)
I said these to many of my friends. I don’t like movies that makes you think hard about the storylines. Movies were made for entertaining people. I watch a movie to be entertained, not to push my brain to the limit in finding the elusive meaning of that movie.
But it’s just me. That’s how I enjoy films.
Those reviews on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t affect me though. It just come as a reference for me. I know you can’t debate about individual taste of a certain film. Yet, sometimes I just want to know what other thinks, what’s their take about it, and how that films affect them.
How about all of you? Do other reviews affect you?
To my surprises, sometimes the margin scores from me and the so-called Rotten Tomatoes reviewer are quite wide. Like the last movie I watched, Cashback, an indie-flick about a boy meets girl theme covered in artsy cinematography. I myself think the movie was okay, not so great, just okay. If I converted my review, I would say it was a 75% rating movie. But surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes meter just gave it a 45%.
No, I’m not an expert of cinema. I enjoyed films and only take the fun of it. I don’t curate movie like those expert. Because I have a certain beliefs that movies should be a medium for you to enjoy it, not took it very seriously (except for Fight Club, it wasn’t a movie, it is a way of life, I believe in Tyler Durden… :)
I said these to many of my friends. I don’t like movies that makes you think hard about the storylines. Movies were made for entertaining people. I watch a movie to be entertained, not to push my brain to the limit in finding the elusive meaning of that movie.
But it’s just me. That’s how I enjoy films.
Those reviews on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t affect me though. It just come as a reference for me. I know you can’t debate about individual taste of a certain film. Yet, sometimes I just want to know what other thinks, what’s their take about it, and how that films affect them.
How about all of you? Do other reviews affect you?
It’s great to see this afternoon Kick Andy’s rerun. In that show, Andy invites some of the great puppeteers from the 80’s and 90’s. These guys (and girls) brought a meaning in educating children through television shows.
With all of today’s crime, sex, and violence in television content, let us take a deep breath and go back what would it feel like back then in the 80’s. There was this kid Unyil, he’s just like you and me, he goes to school, he has adventures with his friend, you know, day-to-day life. He got his own show back then. A puppet show. The show that every single kid who got TV was eager and can’t wait to see. Okay, he is a puppet. Lame, if you see it nowadays. But back then, that show was a cultural phenomenon. That show teaches us wonderful things, from moral issues, health, education and everything else.
I lived in those glory days of positive televisions. Yes, it kind of sucks where you can only watch one channel back then (TVRI). But, the good side is, they filtered what they want to broadcast, so in a way they provide a couple of quality shoe in term of content.
Ah, I’m tired of comparing it to these days TV show. Somehow, I blame them in expanding violence, moral, and all that family problems.
Call me conservative, I don’t care. But TV Stations please give today’s kids good educating shows that were you know... meant something good for them in a long run. Please guys, I beg you, there is other goal other than ratings you know, like educate your frickin nation for example?
With all of today’s crime, sex, and violence in television content, let us take a deep breath and go back what would it feel like back then in the 80’s. There was this kid Unyil, he’s just like you and me, he goes to school, he has adventures with his friend, you know, day-to-day life. He got his own show back then. A puppet show. The show that every single kid who got TV was eager and can’t wait to see. Okay, he is a puppet. Lame, if you see it nowadays. But back then, that show was a cultural phenomenon. That show teaches us wonderful things, from moral issues, health, education and everything else.
I lived in those glory days of positive televisions. Yes, it kind of sucks where you can only watch one channel back then (TVRI). But, the good side is, they filtered what they want to broadcast, so in a way they provide a couple of quality shoe in term of content.
Ah, I’m tired of comparing it to these days TV show. Somehow, I blame them in expanding violence, moral, and all that family problems.
Call me conservative, I don’t care. But TV Stations please give today’s kids good educating shows that were you know... meant something good for them in a long run. Please guys, I beg you, there is other goal other than ratings you know, like educate your frickin nation for example?
Di dalam perjalanan hidup seseorang terkadang kita harus mengalami satu atau dua hal yang sangat menyakitkan. Baik itu sakit secara batiniah ataupun sakit secara fisik.
Saya baru saja mengalami sakit yang sangat menyakitkan secara fisik. Ceritanya begini: Kemarin pagi, saya hadir di JCC pada saat acara Microsoft Server Wave 2008. Acara ini merupakan acara peluncuran besar-besaran dari produk Microsoft yang terbaru yaitu: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, serta Visual Studio 2008. Disitu saya dengan beberapa redaksi bertugas meliput acara tersebut.
Acara pembukaan berlangsung di Plenary Hall. Karena tempat sudah penuh terisi, saya dan teman-teman kemudian mencari posisi di tribun atas dari Plenary Hall. Untuk mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting saya terpaksa ke bawah dan mengambil gambar langsung di bawah panggung.
Setelah mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting, saya kembali lagi ke tribun atas. Disana setelah menulis beberapa catatan penting, saya berniat kembali ke bawah untuk mengambil gambar band Dewa (kebetulan Dewa menjadi artis penghibur pada acara pembukaan ini). Nah pada saat turun tangga tribun, ruangan gelap dan semua orang menumpuk ingin melihat Dewa. Pada saat itulah kejadian naas ini terjadi. Saya salah menginjak salah satu anak tangga, sehingga saya terpeleset dan kaki kiri saya tidak jatuh secara benar. KREK!! bunyi itulah yang jelas saya dengar (padahal satu Plenary Hall terdengar hingar-bingar oleh suara lagu Dewa).
Terjadilah musibah ini. Kaki kiri saya sakit sekali. Walaupun begitu, saya mencoba untuk jalan. Ternyata masih bisa meskipun sakit. Merasa masih dapat beraktivitas, saya melanjutkan lagi kegiatan peliputan acara ini. Mulai dari meliput salah satu breakout session (oleh Steve Riley, seorang pakar keamanan dari Microsoft) sampai acara private interview dengan beberapa Product Manager Microsoft.
Selepas peliputan, saya kembali ke kantor. Disana hal yang diduga itu terjadi, setelah membuka sepatu, kaki saya bengkak luar biasa dan semenjak sampai di kantor saya sudah tidak bisa berjalan lagi dan harus dipapah.
Setelah pulang (diantar oleh salah satu teman saya yang baik hati), saya langsung pergi ke rumah sakit untuk mengecek keadaan internal kaki saya. Setelah di rontgen ternyata tidak ada tulang yang patah (Thank God), hanya (hanya?) terkilir saja.
Lalu datanglah pengalaman itu. Di dekat rumah saya ada salah satu ibu yang memang ahli dalam urusan urut-mengurut. Saya sudah berpikir bahwa mau tidak mau, hal ini harus terjadi. Saya harus diurut. Dan yang lebih parah, saya harus diurut dalam keadaan bengkak. Karena seyogyanya, bila ada seorang yang terkilir, ia harus segera diurut sebelum pembengkakan terjadi (tentu setelah dilihat bahwa itu bukan patah tulang ya. Karena kalau patah tulang malah tidak boleh diurut).
Mungkin satu RT mendengar teriakan memilukan dari saya. Saya tidak peduli. Kemarin malam, saat diurut itu adalah saat paling menyakitkan yang pernah terjadi di hidup saya. Sakitnya begitu mendera sampai saya pusing sendiri.
Menurut ibu itu, hal ini harus dilakukan untuk meluruskan kembali urat-urat yang bengkok. Setelah selesai, kaki saya diikat dengan perban agar tetap lurus.
Saat ini, saya masih belum dapat berjalan dengan benar, masih dalam tahap penyembuhan. Saya masih melakukan terapi jalan. Untung saja saya masih dapat berjalan ke komputer. Karena hampir semua aktivitas saya ada di komputer ini. :)
If this is true, then excuse me for yelling F*CK YEAH!!!!!:
Electronic Arts (EA) Los Angeles is currently developing "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3", the next iteration of its popular 'Command & Conquer Red Alert' game series.(thanx Joystiq!)
EA said the mainstay of the new game is its fully cooperative, story-driven campaign rendered in a 'light-hearted' style. By contrast, EA's 'Command & Conquer Tiberium' series has an essentially serious, stark tone.
Sudah lama saya ingin mencoba Mozilla Thunderbird lagi, khususnya untuk digunakan pada account Gmail saya. Alasannya sederhana, saya lama-lama bosan juga menunggu waktu tunggu untuk membuka halaman web-based Gmail.
Kebetulan teman kantor ada yang menggunakan Portable Thunderbird. Aplikasi menarik ini dia gunakan untuk segala keperluan mobilitas e-mail, termasuk di dalamnya, account Gmail miliknya. Menurut sarannya, Thunderbird cocok digunakan untuk menarik e-mail dari Gmail.
Namun, sangat disayangkan… untuk alasan sekuriti, ternyata port pop3 dan smtp Gmail secara default ditutup oleh admin network kantor saya. Teman saya bisa mengakses Gmail karena memang dia minta request khusus kepada sang admin. Bisa saja sih saya merequest kepada sang admin untuk membuka port tersebut, namun saya urung untuk melakukannya dengan alasan bahwa ini merupakan proyek eksperimen saja (hanya untuk coba-coba, biasanya kalau sudah 1-2 bulan saya akan bosan dengan sendirinya).
Tadi malam, setelah pusing menyelesaikan deadline artikel (yang tiba-tiba datang bagaikan air bah), dan tidak tahu mau ngapain lagi (pulang malas, tapi belum ngantuk juga), saya iseng lagi mencoba koneksi Gmail lewat Thunderbird. Saya teringat teknologi SSH tunneling yang dulu sempat saya pelajari dan coba-coba sebentar.
Oke, googling sedikit, riset sedikit, ngoprek-ngoprek sedikit, salah-salah...banyak. Akhirnya! Saya berhasil melakukan koneksi ke Gmail melalui tunneling via SSH. Begini cara sederhananya menurut pengalaman saya:
Kebetulan teman kantor ada yang menggunakan Portable Thunderbird. Aplikasi menarik ini dia gunakan untuk segala keperluan mobilitas e-mail, termasuk di dalamnya, account Gmail miliknya. Menurut sarannya, Thunderbird cocok digunakan untuk menarik e-mail dari Gmail.
Namun, sangat disayangkan… untuk alasan sekuriti, ternyata port pop3 dan smtp Gmail secara default ditutup oleh admin network kantor saya. Teman saya bisa mengakses Gmail karena memang dia minta request khusus kepada sang admin. Bisa saja sih saya merequest kepada sang admin untuk membuka port tersebut, namun saya urung untuk melakukannya dengan alasan bahwa ini merupakan proyek eksperimen saja (hanya untuk coba-coba, biasanya kalau sudah 1-2 bulan saya akan bosan dengan sendirinya).
Tadi malam, setelah pusing menyelesaikan deadline artikel (yang tiba-tiba datang bagaikan air bah), dan tidak tahu mau ngapain lagi (pulang malas, tapi belum ngantuk juga), saya iseng lagi mencoba koneksi Gmail lewat Thunderbird. Saya teringat teknologi SSH tunneling yang dulu sempat saya pelajari dan coba-coba sebentar.
Oke, googling sedikit, riset sedikit, ngoprek-ngoprek sedikit, salah-salah...banyak. Akhirnya! Saya berhasil melakukan koneksi ke Gmail melalui tunneling via SSH. Begini cara sederhananya menurut pengalaman saya:
Continue reading Alternatif Akses POP3/SMTP Gmail Menggunakan SSH Tunneling.
CNET released a quick review of Windows Vista SP1 Performance, stating:
In our initial round of testing, we saw a mixed bag of results: we saw a few notable performance improvements under some conditions as well as significant performance degradations in others. For the most part, however, we saw little difference in performance between Vista and the Vista SP1 update.It was a brief yet throughout review. A very good one.
These days, after I got my hands on one of the Vista laptop here in the office I’m trying to maximize its potential. I know I'm now diving and becomng one of the minorities now; some of you may mock me since I use Vista. But actually, I have tried this thing you called beast since its beta releases. Though at first it wouldn't make a promising look, but now I can say that I have safe bet on this OS.
With it's first announcement of the Service Pack 1 release, I think Windows Vista would make a good choice for newly desktop system. I know I had experience one myself. Windows Update improves many things that early Vista release lack of. Still, is it enough to convince user to change their mind about Vista.
Been trying those Windows Live Apps and I can say that so far so good. The Live Mail was okay, the Live Messenger though a bit bulky seems nice too. Unfortunately, I can't connect Live Writer to this weblog. But I think this is a Movable Type problem since I do experience this on other stand-alone blog editor.
Why the sudden change Pat? You know, I still use XP on daily basis, but still, I want to have new perspective on Vista other than what other people think about. It's like giving your ex-girlfriend a second chance in relationship, probably they would do better this time around, and I wrote this with an optimistic feeling around this issue.
With it's first announcement of the Service Pack 1 release, I think Windows Vista would make a good choice for newly desktop system. I know I had experience one myself. Windows Update improves many things that early Vista release lack of. Still, is it enough to convince user to change their mind about Vista.
Been trying those Windows Live Apps and I can say that so far so good. The Live Mail was okay, the Live Messenger though a bit bulky seems nice too. Unfortunately, I can't connect Live Writer to this weblog. But I think this is a Movable Type problem since I do experience this on other stand-alone blog editor.
Why the sudden change Pat? You know, I still use XP on daily basis, but still, I want to have new perspective on Vista other than what other people think about. It's like giving your ex-girlfriend a second chance in relationship, probably they would do better this time around, and I wrote this with an optimistic feeling around this issue.
Now I'm getting more ashamed by some Indonesian director....
Love (2008)
Love Actually (2003)
I mean, c'mon guys?!! Can't you be more creative than this??
Love (2008)
Love Actually (2003)
I mean, c'mon guys?!! Can't you be more creative than this??
To whom own this wonderful car with this nicely put sticker on it: Thank you! You gave a whole new meaning of the word Yin/Yang, Good vs Evil, Light vs Darkness. Now I can call it, Sufi/Suffo. Because in life, everything have to be balanced.
PS: I like Suffo's "Effigy of the Forgotten", it's one the essential album in my list. :)
And just when everyone is talking about the new nifty Macbook Air, I want to tell you a story about my first concert of 2008 right now. Boring and pointless story? Well, it might be for you who don’t have soul! Ah just kidding there. But seriously, this story will be fun, promise!
So back to the story, I promise myself in my spontaneous-unwritten-2008-resolution-list that I had to watch more than three concerts this year. So last Sunday, would be my first one. That day I was as sick as hell, I got this flu that kept my nose feeling it’s going to blow every instance (well it did blow and I sneeze a lot, but unfortunately it blows every time that I’m not ready).
Nevertheless, I force myself to watch MXPX "Live in Concert at Senayan Basketball Hall A", since I have bought the ticket (it’s somewhat expensive) and since I like MXPX. Funny story with MXPX. I know them back in the 90’s (well, late 90’s to be exact). They had this one-hit-wonderful radio playing song called “Chick Magnet”. However, that’s not the case, I like them by the fact that they are somehow punk rock, and they have this very cool singer, Mike Herrera.
No I’m not a big fan, I occasionally listens to their album singles that they release every now and then (they had eight albums by the way). The only full album of MXPX that I like was their “Ever Passing Moment“album. That my friend, I believe is the best album they have made so far.
So back to the story, I promise myself in my spontaneous-unwritten-2008-resolution-list that I had to watch more than three concerts this year. So last Sunday, would be my first one. That day I was as sick as hell, I got this flu that kept my nose feeling it’s going to blow every instance (well it did blow and I sneeze a lot, but unfortunately it blows every time that I’m not ready).
Nevertheless, I force myself to watch MXPX "Live in Concert at Senayan Basketball Hall A", since I have bought the ticket (it’s somewhat expensive) and since I like MXPX. Funny story with MXPX. I know them back in the 90’s (well, late 90’s to be exact). They had this one-hit-wonderful radio playing song called “Chick Magnet”. However, that’s not the case, I like them by the fact that they are somehow punk rock, and they have this very cool singer, Mike Herrera.
No I’m not a big fan, I occasionally listens to their album singles that they release every now and then (they had eight albums by the way). The only full album of MXPX that I like was their “Ever Passing Moment“album. That my friend, I believe is the best album they have made so far.
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StardustTahun: 2007
Sutradara: Matthew Vaughn
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction,
Pemain: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller
Skor Film: 8,5/10
Tidak banyak film bertema fantasy yang saya tonton di tahun 2007 kemarin. Di awal tahun, memang ada Eragon yang cukup mengecewakan. Lalu ada juga Pirates of The Carribean: At World's End. Ini baru bagus!
Di akhir tahun 2007 kemarin, saya berhasil menonton satu film fantasy yang menarik dengan judul Stardust. Meskipun film ini dirilis di Amerika pada musim panas kemarin, namun saya baru sempat menontonnya pada akhir tahun.
Film ini bercerita mengenai seorang pemuda bernama Tristan (Charlie Cox) yang tinggal di sebuah desa kecil di Inggris. Desa ini berbatasan langsung dengan sebuah negeri fantasi bernama Stormhold. Negeri ini dipisahkan oleh sebuah tembok panjang. Selama beberapa generasi rakyat di desa tidak diperbolehkan melewati tembok ini untuk menuju Stormhold.
Cerita dimulai ketika suatu hari Tristan melewati tembok tersebut dan masuk ke dalam negeri Stormhold untuk mencari sebuah bintang yang jatuh. Ia melakukan ini sebagai pembuktian akan cintanya kepada gadis pujaannya di desa yang bernama Victoria (Sienna Miller). Sesampainya disana, bukannya mendapatkan sebuah batu bintang, ia malah menemukan seorang wanita cantik bernama Yvanne (Claire Danes). Bintang yang jatuh tersebut adalah Yvanne.
Ternyata bukan Tristan saja yang ingin mendapatkan sang bintang jatuh. Tiga orang penyihir yang dipimpin oleh Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) ingin mendapatkannya juga. Menurut mereka, hati sebuah bintang akan membuat para penyihir tersebut awet muda. Selain tiga penyihir, ada juga putra-putra mahkota dari Raja Stormhold yang turut mengejar Yvanne. Mereka bermaksud mengambil batu Ruby yang dipunyai oleh Yvanne. Karena siapapun yang memiliki batu tersebut akan mewarisi kerajaan Stormhold. Petualangan pun dimulai. Petualangan dari Tristan dan Yvanne yang ingin kembali ke desa Tristan di Inggris membawa mereka menemukan kejutan-kejutan menarik selama di perjalanan.
Banyak aktor dan aktris terkenal yang bermain dalam Stardust. Nama-nama seperti Robert De Niro, Peter O'Toole, ataupun juga Ricky Gervais menghiasi film ini. Para aktor bermain dengan apik, terutama Michelle Pfeiffer sebagai si penyihir Lamia. Aktingnya bersinar sekali di film ini (bahkan menurut saya lebih bersinar dari si bintang sendiri, Yvanne). Yang agak mengecewakan adalah akting dari Robert De Niro sebagai Captain Shakespeare, seorang nahkoda kapal udara. Aktingnya agak lemah, ia kurang cocok memerankan tokoh kapten kapal yang lemah lembut ini.
Neil Gaiman si pembuat novel Stardust yang mana film ini didasarkan memang piawai sekali dalam meramu sebuah cerita fantasi. Saya memang penikmat film-film fantasi dan Stardust memuaskan saya dalam sebuah cerita yang sangat bagus. Film ini membuktikan bahwa sebuah film fantasi yang bagus tidak perlu dibuat secara epik dan kolosal hingga dibutuhkan suatu trilogi film.
Film fantasi yang dihiasi oleh aktor dan aktris terkenal ini layak ditonton. Dengan alur cerita yang menarik, spesial efek yang mendukung, serta akting yang cukup baik, film ini menjadi salah satu film favorit saya di tahun 2007 kemarin.
Sutradara: Matthew Vaughn
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction,
Pemain: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller
Skor Film: 8,5/10
Tidak banyak film bertema fantasy yang saya tonton di tahun 2007 kemarin. Di awal tahun, memang ada Eragon yang cukup mengecewakan. Lalu ada juga Pirates of The Carribean: At World's End. Ini baru bagus!
Di akhir tahun 2007 kemarin, saya berhasil menonton satu film fantasy yang menarik dengan judul Stardust. Meskipun film ini dirilis di Amerika pada musim panas kemarin, namun saya baru sempat menontonnya pada akhir tahun.
Film ini bercerita mengenai seorang pemuda bernama Tristan (Charlie Cox) yang tinggal di sebuah desa kecil di Inggris. Desa ini berbatasan langsung dengan sebuah negeri fantasi bernama Stormhold. Negeri ini dipisahkan oleh sebuah tembok panjang. Selama beberapa generasi rakyat di desa tidak diperbolehkan melewati tembok ini untuk menuju Stormhold.
Cerita dimulai ketika suatu hari Tristan melewati tembok tersebut dan masuk ke dalam negeri Stormhold untuk mencari sebuah bintang yang jatuh. Ia melakukan ini sebagai pembuktian akan cintanya kepada gadis pujaannya di desa yang bernama Victoria (Sienna Miller). Sesampainya disana, bukannya mendapatkan sebuah batu bintang, ia malah menemukan seorang wanita cantik bernama Yvanne (Claire Danes). Bintang yang jatuh tersebut adalah Yvanne.
Ternyata bukan Tristan saja yang ingin mendapatkan sang bintang jatuh. Tiga orang penyihir yang dipimpin oleh Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) ingin mendapatkannya juga. Menurut mereka, hati sebuah bintang akan membuat para penyihir tersebut awet muda. Selain tiga penyihir, ada juga putra-putra mahkota dari Raja Stormhold yang turut mengejar Yvanne. Mereka bermaksud mengambil batu Ruby yang dipunyai oleh Yvanne. Karena siapapun yang memiliki batu tersebut akan mewarisi kerajaan Stormhold. Petualangan pun dimulai. Petualangan dari Tristan dan Yvanne yang ingin kembali ke desa Tristan di Inggris membawa mereka menemukan kejutan-kejutan menarik selama di perjalanan.
Banyak aktor dan aktris terkenal yang bermain dalam Stardust. Nama-nama seperti Robert De Niro, Peter O'Toole, ataupun juga Ricky Gervais menghiasi film ini. Para aktor bermain dengan apik, terutama Michelle Pfeiffer sebagai si penyihir Lamia. Aktingnya bersinar sekali di film ini (bahkan menurut saya lebih bersinar dari si bintang sendiri, Yvanne). Yang agak mengecewakan adalah akting dari Robert De Niro sebagai Captain Shakespeare, seorang nahkoda kapal udara. Aktingnya agak lemah, ia kurang cocok memerankan tokoh kapten kapal yang lemah lembut ini.
Neil Gaiman si pembuat novel Stardust yang mana film ini didasarkan memang piawai sekali dalam meramu sebuah cerita fantasi. Saya memang penikmat film-film fantasi dan Stardust memuaskan saya dalam sebuah cerita yang sangat bagus. Film ini membuktikan bahwa sebuah film fantasi yang bagus tidak perlu dibuat secara epik dan kolosal hingga dibutuhkan suatu trilogi film.
Film fantasi yang dihiasi oleh aktor dan aktris terkenal ini layak ditonton. Dengan alur cerita yang menarik, spesial efek yang mendukung, serta akting yang cukup baik, film ini menjadi salah satu film favorit saya di tahun 2007 kemarin.
Again for the second time in a couple of months, I’m not feeling well. I got sick again by this flu. And again, it came in a not so very right time. I can’t be sick, I have to watch MXPX tomorrow evening.
Well anyway, I am planning to watch this new Indonesian movie called “Kawin Kontrak”, I thought it will be a funny movie, I’ve seen the trailer later this morning and since it has Lukman Sardi on it. I like Lukman Sardi’s acting. But Rifie has different take about this movie. Well thanks Rifie for the heads up.
And the Kompas.com website has problems today, now it came back to the original design, and the forum is down too. I am planning to contact somebody there later. Probably a technical problem, I’m okay with it since it was on their beta stage. You know, problems occured, man.
And people of Jakarta, do you not realize that in this couple of days, the temperature seems to be getting back on it’s state a couple of months ago? I mean back in late December and early January, the weather’s seems going to be raining, rain, flood, and rain again. But these couple of days, the damp, hot, and humid temperature has return once again. Now I write this in my room with sweatiness all over me. Well, BMG, what do you have to say for this?
Now Playing: Trivium – The Crusade
Well anyway, I am planning to watch this new Indonesian movie called “Kawin Kontrak”, I thought it will be a funny movie, I’ve seen the trailer later this morning and since it has Lukman Sardi on it. I like Lukman Sardi’s acting. But Rifie has different take about this movie. Well thanks Rifie for the heads up.
And the Kompas.com website has problems today, now it came back to the original design, and the forum is down too. I am planning to contact somebody there later. Probably a technical problem, I’m okay with it since it was on their beta stage. You know, problems occured, man.
And people of Jakarta, do you not realize that in this couple of days, the temperature seems to be getting back on it’s state a couple of months ago? I mean back in late December and early January, the weather’s seems going to be raining, rain, flood, and rain again. But these couple of days, the damp, hot, and humid temperature has return once again. Now I write this in my room with sweatiness all over me. Well, BMG, what do you have to say for this?
Now Playing: Trivium – The Crusade
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