Minggu, 09 November 2008

20th Century Boys

Rating:★★★★★
Category:Books
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Author:Naoki Urasawa
Childhood.
Is a time when your imagination floats as high as the phoenix. Is a time when your mind is free of troubles, problems. Is a time when you have to feed those curiosity by finding the answers. A time you shall never forget for the rest of you life.

It was summer 1970, when these children starting to build their secret headquarter out in an empty field. When they started to write the book of prophecy about the world in the future by creating a scenario about the end of the world.

And when they finally forgot, someone hasn't and making it real... in the future. Someone who called himself as "Friend." It was Kenji, Yoshitsune, Ochiai, Maruo and their friends in elementary school who had to get their childhood memories back to overcome this situation and stopped Friend from his series of tragedy in destroying the world yet come out as the savior.

These 1-22 series made you crazy but not as crazy as writer. Because answers will not find you as simple as you open the page. You have to have a good memories just like these children do. And you'll be surprised...

Quantum of Solace

Rating:★★★
Category:Movies
Genre: Action & Adventure
I have to admit I am not 007 fans, at all. But I have to admit again, Casino Royale is not so bad after all (Well, maybe because Mr. Craig is totally NOT BAD!). So I went to the movies and watch his 2nd debut as agent 007.

Of all the series of 007, the action is starting to be the main point of the movie. And in this one, I saw less of 007 and more of Die Hard. The objective of making James Bond more human than womanizer is a bit overrated. And I don't know why but there are less women than any other 007 series (He didn't even get laid with the Bond girl... Or he did, but the censored got them?).

Less surprise in the story as I've already told you that they were focusing on the action. This is why the action is quite good. Some kind of Jackie Chan meets Bruce Willis' Die Hard.

Overall, I think I'd rather watch Casino Royale once again...

Minggu, 26 Oktober 2008

Body Of Lies

Rating:★★★
Category:Movies
Genre: Other
Entah kenapa saya kurang menikmati film ini. Padahal saya menonton di waktu yang sangat nikmat. Pukul 3 sore hari Jumat. Tapi ada sesuatu yang membuat film ini tidak senikmat yang saya kira.

Ciri Ridley Scott yang selalu bombastis dalam setiap adegan action, seperti Black Hawk Down, tidak ada tuh! Lalu penokohan karakter yang kuat seperti dalam American Gangster juga tidak terlihat. Mungkin inilah yang selalu menjadi masalah saat sebuah novel bagus diangkat menjadi film. Semua seakan dirangkum dan dipadatkan untuk memenuhi durasi "aman" sebuah film layar lebar.
Sayang sekali.

Padahal karakter Ed Hoffman (Crowe) cukup keren untuk dieksplorasi lagi. Halah, sok tau sekali saya ini?!

Sudahlah, kembali saja ke pekerjaan Anda. Dan tontonlah film ini jika sempat dan jika Anda salah satu dari ribuan orang yang suka film teroris, Al Qaeda, Al Saleem, Al jabar atau apalah itu... Kalau saya, jujur, saya sebenarnya muak dengan tema teroris.

Senin, 13 Oktober 2008

EAGLE EYE

Rating:★★★
Category:Movies
Genre: Action & Adventure
ini yang namanya "senjata makan tuan."
itu inti dari film ini.

tapi dengan kemasan yang di luar akal sehat.

another entertaining Hollywoody action featuring Hollywoody faces including Shia Labeouf (The main reason I watch this).