BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS

Setelah nonton AVATAR beberapa hari yang lalu ... terus jalan2 ke Bandung ... eh bingung mau ngapain lagi yah ... akhirnya nonton yang jadi pilihanku sama temenku ... suka gak suka ... mau gak mau ... aku nonton film BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS ini ...

Awalnya sih aku gak ngerti ceritanya ... jadi nanya terus ke temenku ... tapi dengan sabarnya dia menjawab setiap pertanyaanku dengan baik ... eh begitu pertengahan film, aku mulai ngerti deh ... mana lama banget lagi filmnya ... 2 jam lebih ...

"Bodyguards and Assassins" tells the story of a group of bodyguards protecting Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) from assassins in 1905 Hong Kong.

Kalo mau tau detailnya ... klik aja tp://asianmediawiki.com/Bodyguards_and_Assassins

ONE DAY TRIP TO BANDUNG

Memasuki libur akhir taun 2009 ini ... selain nonton, aku juga sempet ke Bandung ... seperti biasa ... ke FO-FO dan jajan makanan Bandung ... dan yang pasti ada sessi photo2 juga ... walopun cuman sedikit ... tetep narsis ... he he ...

AVATAR

Dari beberapa hari sebelum film AVATAR ini mulai diputar di bioskop2 ... temenku udah ngomong ...
D: “Wi, nanti kita nonton AVATAR yah”
E : “Emang udah main?”
D: “Kamis nanti mulai main”
E: “Ok”

Kebetulan kita sama2 suka nonton makanya dia selalu meng-up-date dirinya dengan informasi tentang film2 yang akan tayang ... jadi aku tinggal ngikut aja ... dan nonton memang kita jadikan salah satu kegiatan untuk menghabiskan waktu ber-sama2.

Begitu week-end tiba, sesuai kesepakatan bersama kalo kita mau nonton AVATAR ... dan begitu sampe di bioskop ... ternyata ada beberapa studio yang memutar film itu ... temenku tanya:
D: “Mau nonton jam berapa?”
E: “Jam 7 aja. Kita kan mau makan dulu. Nanti gak keburu”
D: “Ada yang 3D tuh. Mau nonton yang itu gak?”
Memang aku belum pernah nonton yang 3D, tapi aku kan kagetan orangnya, jadi ...
E: “Yang biasa aja deh. Aku nanti kaget terus lagi”

Dan dia ngikut aja ... akhirnya kita nonton yang biasa, bukan 3D ... Makasih yah kamu selalu nurutin aku ...

The film inverts science-fiction mythology by showing the humans as the alien predators and not as the innocent victims. In AD 2154,[14] humans are engaged in the colonization of Pandora, Humans having depleted Earth's resources and,according to Jake having wiped out the planet's "greenery" are now set about colonising and exploiting the resources of Pandora, a lush moon of Polyphemus, one of three gas giants that orbit Alpha Centauri A,[14] 4.3 light years from Earth.

The actual colonization process is in the hands of an unnamed company which seeks to extract a precious metal called

Unobtainium from Pandora, its main quality being that it can make rocks float in air and is responsible for the floating mountains of Pandora. The company employs former marines as its mercenaries. Humans are unable to breathe the Pandoran atmosphere; in order to interact with the Na'vi, human scientists have created genetically engineered human-Na'vi hybrid bodies called Avatars, and use them to interact with the natives and gain their trust for a relocating operation. A human who shares genetic material with the avatar can be mentally linked to it, allowing them to control its functions and experience what it experiences, while their own body sleeps. The protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. His twin brother Tony was a scientist working on the Avatar program; when he is killed, Jake is given the opportunity to take his brother's place, as he shares Tony's genetic material and is therefore compatible with his avatar.

The film draws upon America's own history and myths with its own

Native American population as Pandora's indigenous peoples, the Na'vi are cast in the role of the Indians. Neytiri, the native Princess played by (Zoe Saldaña), is, for instance, a mixture of the Native American heroines Pocohontas and Sacagawea The Na'vi are a tall, slender humanoid race who stand 9 feet tall and have sparkling blue skin.

Cameron shows that the Na'vi live in harmony with

Nature and worship a Mother Goddess called Eywa. Unbeknown to the alien human invaders, all life forms on Pandora are inter-connected to each other through Eywa who is the conscious spirit of the planet.

Jake travels to Pandora, and assumes control of his avatar body. He accompanies Dr. Grace Augustine,

Sigourney Weaver, on a trip through but is separated from the rest of the group when he tries to flee from one of the many, teeming predators who live in the Pandoran jungle. He is rescued from an attack by native wild dogs by Neytiri. She takes him back to her village where Jake learns that her father is the Chief and her mother, the shaman. Neytiri is enjoined by her mother to teach Jake the ways of her people: the Omaticaya clan of the Na'vi. Jake had been ordered by Colonel Miles Quaritch, Stephen Lang to spy on, infiltrate and gain the trust of the Na'vi. Jake initially reports back to the Colonel on the laayout of the Omaticaya village, which is set around Hometree. However, he is increasingly drawn to Neytiri who, along with other Na'vi, had learnt English in the school originally run by Dr. Augustine. He comes to appreciate the natural beauty of Pandora and the harmonious simplicity of the lives of the Na'vi. He learns their customs and traditions and their rites of passage to become a Man. This involves learning to tame and fly an ikran, which he manages to do successfully. Neytiri tells him the the reward of being a Man is that he now permitted to choose a Woman for himself. She suggests several but he tells her he only wants her. She, delighted, becomes his.

The next day, as they are still sleeping, bulldozers start destroying the Na'vi trees and sites. Jake tries to stop the bulldozer by breaking the cameras on it. However, his image is caught on film and he is accused by Colonel Quaritch of being a traitor to the humans. When Jake confesses to the Na'vi that he had originally been sent to gain their confidence so as to persuade them to leave Hometree, which sits on top of a rich deposit of Unobtenium, he is accused by Neytiri of being a traitor to them. Jake thus finds himself spurned by both sides and he must choose one. He chooses the Na'vi because he has fallen in love with Neytiri and the rapacity of the humans repels him.

Jake tries to warn the Na'vi about human power and ruthlessness but the Na'vi refuse to leave their home as they consider the land and all life to be sacred. Colonel Quaritch leads a helicopter attack on Hometree. The Na'vi find that their

bows and arrows and spears are no match for human technology. Hometree is destroyed and the Na'vi are forced to flee.

Dr. Augustine, whose interest in the Na'vi is primarily scientific, grows increasingly uneasy about the human intentions towards the Na'vi. She arrange for her key staff to flee to the floating mountains of Pandora, where because of magnetic interferance, the humans will not be able to use their technology to track them.

Dr. Augustine, however, has been wounded in the human attack and Jake takes her back to the Na'vi so that they can help her. In order to impress them, Jake manages to ride the most fearsome of the ikrans - a feat that had only been achieved five times previously in the whole of Na'vi history. The Na'vis are duly impressed and take Jake back into their fold. Dr. Augustine's body and her avatar body are placed under the Tree of Souls, the most sacred Na'vi site on Pandora, the tree has the power to transplant Dr. Augustine's soul into the body of the avatar but she dies because had been too badly wounded and there was not enough time for the process.

Jake addresses the Na'vi and pledges allegiance to Tsu'tey,

Laz Alonso who had become the leader of the Omaticaya after the death of Neytiri's father, Eytucan, Wes Studi in the human attack on Hometree. Jake vows defiance against the humans and Tsu'tey accepts him as a brother. The Omaticaya send out messengers to all the other Na'vii clans living on Pandora so that they can join forces and fight the alien human invaders. Jake is well aware that the humans will attack and goes to the Tree of Souls and prays to Eywa hoping that She will help them. He urges Eywa to look into Dr. Augustine's memory to see how the humans had bespoilt their own planet and would do exactly the same to Pandora.

The next day the humans lead a mass attack against the Na'vi. Their target is the Tree of Souls because they know that it is the centre of Na'vi religion and culture and that if they destroy it the Na'vi will be too demoralised to resist the human invasion and take over of Pandora. The Na'vi gather all their strength to oppose the humans. But human technology outweighs Na'vi bravery. The Na'vi are forced back defeated. This is when Pandora's true power is revealed. All living creatures are connected to each other through Eywa. Neytiri tells Jake that Eywa has answered his prayer. There is a mass attack by all Pandoran wildlife against the alien human invaders. The humans are taken aback and defeated.
Colonel Quaritch, however, refuses to give up and pursues Jake. He tries to defeat Jake's avatar by killing Jake's actual human body but is killed by Neytiri. Neytiri rescues Jake and takes him to the Tree of Souls. The human base on Pandora is over-run by the Na'vi and the alien human invaders are forced to leave.

The film ends with Jake's soul being transplanted from his human body into his Na'vi avatar body in the Tree of Souls.

THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND

Selain nonton Air Terjun Pengantin, aku juga nonton THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND ... Filmnya menurutku biasa aja, saking udah gak tau mau nonton film apa lagi, makanya aku pilih nonton film ini aja ... dan parahnya lagi, aku agak2 ngantuk di dalem bioskopnya ... makanya temenku ngajakin keluar aja walopun filmnya belum habis ...
Dia gak marah sih, cuman ngomong "Kamu pingin nonton film ini, tapi kamu ketiduran di dalem." ...

New York firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Morgan) had no idea his seemingly idyllic life was about to go up in smoke — especially as the unwitting, second-hand recipient of advice from famed love expert and radio host Dr. Emma Lloyd (Thurman). One day he is a happy-go-lucky guy looking forward to a life with his soon-to-be-bride. Then, his fiancée Sophia (Justina Machado) is seeking couples counseling on the radio from Dr. Lloyd. Lloyd questions Sophia’s concept of romantic love and advises her to break their engagement, which she swiftly does.

Patrick is so upset that when he hears that Emma is about to be married herself, he allows his young neighbour, an Indian computer whiz-kid to hack into public records and create a fake marriage between himself and Emma, because he wants to force a confrontation. Emma is told she cannot marry her perfect-gentleman fiancé, Richard (Firth), because she is already married. She has no choice but to confront Patrick, who after stringing her along with lie upon lie, finds out that he is attracted to her, and makes a play for her romantically. He proceeds to inject himself into her life, causes her to have to lie herself, to her beloved fiancé. Emma is drawn to his immense charisma but tries to ignore it.

Emma needs Patrick’s help desperately because he has to sign the annulment papers so that she can marry Richard. Patrick delays this process long enough so that he can get enough time to spend with Emma. At one point, Patrick acts as her fiancee Richard and Emma doesn’t deny the pretense because of some people watching them while tasting a wedding cake. Unknown to Emma, one of the ladies there happens to be the wife of a man Richard is doing business with. This particular man decides to stop his deals with Richard and is planning to tell him in so during a banquet where both Richard and Emma are attending. This lady (after finding out her husband’s plans) meets Emma during the banquet and tells her of the same. Emma wants to save Richard’s business, but she is in a dilemma because the lady believes Patrick to be Richard. It so happens that Patrick arrives there at the banquet. Not knowing what else to do, Emma continues to pretend that Patrick is her fiancee Richard and that Richard is her brother Karl. Matters get worse when Patrick and Emma are invited to dinner with Richard’s business partner and his wife. But the funny side is that Patrick charms the businessman so much that he decides to change his decision and continue business with "Richard".

Later, Emma and Patrick go to dinner with the businessman. Patrick then takes them on a surprise visit to a special event. Patrick stays with an Indian family and is quite close to them. They support and encourage him through his difficult times. It is to a Hindu "sacred thread ceremony" (Upanayana) rite-of-passage ritual, that Patrick takes Emma and the businessman’s family. The computer whiz-kid is the one getting initiated. Emma and the other guests have a really good time there, and it is there that she sees a whole new side of Patrick, who had been repulsive to her so far. There is a slight spark of attraction, but Emma flees the scene before anything else can happen.

Patrick continues to pursue her later, and even comes to visit her in her radio studio. There they have a confrontation and then board a lift, continuing their argument. Suddenly Patrick asks the other occupants of the lift to leave and they do so after seeing his fireman’s badge. He then locks the lift and then proceeds to kiss Emma. They have quite a passionate time, not knowing that they are being viewed by the security staff on the camera at the top of the lift. Soon Emma can not deny her attraction to Patrick anymore and decides to call off her wedding. She goes to Patrick’s lodgings and they make love that night. It is only the next morning that she finds out that Patrick had been keeping tabs on her and stalking her. Patrick then confesses that he had initially wanted to teach her a lesson about love but then fell for her. She is so hurt that he had been using her. She then goes back to the honorable Richard, who still loves her and says that she wants to marry him. Richard tells Patrick to leave Emma alone. Patrick also decides to let Emma go because by this point, he feels he will always have to question her resolve and honesty.

But both Patrick and Emma are miserable with their separate lives. One day before her wedding, Patrick calls her at the radio station and tells her that he loves her. She does not answer him. She confides in her father and asks his advice. He tells her that the decision is hers. At the next day, Emma and her guests arrive early to the church and are getting ready for the wedding. There, Richard tells her that he wants her to be happy and decides to let her marry the man she has fallen in love with. Richard had also heard the radio show the night before and recognized Patrick telling Emma of his love for her. Richard then walks away while Emma activates the sprinkler system with a burning paper. The sprinklers drench the guests who then leave the church to dry. During this time, Emma’s father calls the fire department where Patrick works and asks them to come to the church. When Patrick arrives there, they get married, and live happily ever after. The final scene shifts to a year later where it is shown that Emma is pregnant, and that she and Patrick are still very much in love.

AIR TERJUN PENGANTIN

Karena penasaran sama berita2 yang beredar belakangan ini tentang Tamara Bleszynski, yang katanya berani buka2an untuk film terbarunya ... makanya week-end kemarin aku nonton film terbarunya itu, AIR TERJUN PENGANTIN ...

Berniat untuk liburan akhir tahun ke pulau tak berpenghuni? Lebih baik Anda berpikir lagi, jangan sampai nasib Anda seperti Tamara Bleszynski di 'Air Terjun Pengantin'.

Tiara (

Tamara Bleszynski) mengalami trauma berat karena kecelakaan hebat. Untuk menghilangkan traumanya, Tiara berencana berlibur. Ia pun mendengar cerita beberapa orang kalau Air Terjun Pengantin menjadi tempat yang asyik.

Tiara mengajak teman-teman sepupunya untuk menemaninya. Dengan rombongan delapan orang termasuk sang kekasih, Lilo (Kieran Shidu) berangkatlah mereka ke Air Terjun Pengantin.

Begitu melihat pantai yang masih asli, Tiara Cs pun langsung meluapkan kegembiraan. Nah, adegan itu merupakan adegan yang sempat membuat heboh masyarakat. Di adegan itu, Tamara, Tyas Mirasih dan aktris perempuan lainnya tampil seksi dengan balutan bikini.

Namun kesenangan mereka tak berlangsung lama setelah beberapa kali muncul kejadian aneh. Hingga akhirnya Lilo bercerita di pulau tersebut sebenarnya terdapat penduduk, hanya saja semua penghuni pulau itu dibantai oleh orang misterius.

Mulai dari situ, munculah manusia bertopeng yang menebar teror. Satu demi satu rombongan Tiara dibunuh dan diminum darahnya. Apa motif motif pembunuhan pria bertopeng itu? Apakah Tiara bisa lari dari pembantaiaan tersebut?

'Air Terjun Pengantin' merupakan karya Rizal Mantovani, salah satu sutradara yang doyan menakut-nakuti pecinta film Indonesia. Namun tidak seperti biasanya, karya Rizal yang satu ini sedikit miskin cerita. Film berdurasi 90 menit ini terasa hanya seperti kumpulan adegan kekerasan yang cenderung sadis dan penampilan seksi para aktrisnya.

WE NEED EACH OTHER

Aku berkenalan dengannya pertengahan 2006 ... yah ± 3 tahun yang lalu ... "WIJA", itu nama samaran yang aku berikan untuk dia dan hanya temen2 deketku, Devi, Mira & Yani, yang tau tentang aku dan dia ... Kalo Devi yang paling up-date ceritanya ... kebetulan kita 1 kantor jadi hampir setiap hari ketemu ... Kalo Mira yang paling tau proses aku dan Wija berkenalan sampe kita deket sampe putus ... kalo kata BBB, putus nyambung putus nyambung ... Kalo Yani, lucu ... suatu hari dia pernah ngomong "Wi, Wija kan kependekan nama loe sama dia" ... Pas dia ngomong gitu, baru aku sadar, oh iya yah ...

Walopun aku dan Wija sama2 tinggal di Jakarta eh aku di Bekasi denk ... tapi kita jarang ketemu .... namun demikian kita sempet menjalin hubungan yang lumayan dekat selama 1 tahun ... setelah itu on off on off sampe sekarang ... karena aku ada komitmen dengan orang lain demikian pula dia ...

Setelah kita tidak dekat lagi ... maka e-mail/sms/telepon jarang banget kita lakuin ... terbatas pada ucapan selamat ulang taun, lebaran ato selamat yang lainnya ... kecuali kalo ada yang aku mau tanya, baru aku hubungi dia ... demikian pula dia ... Bahkan pernah sampe beberapa bulan kita gak ada komunikasi sama sekali ... JAUH DIMATA DEKAT DIHATI ...

Setelah lumayan lama kita gak ada komunikasi ... tiba2 seminggu terkahir ini dia udah 2 kali telepon aku ... padahal aku tau dia lagi gak di Indonesia ... Puncaknya jam 1 dini hari tadi dia telepon aku cukup lama ... dia cerita tentang segala macem dari A-Z ke aku ... sampe2 aku potong "Kamu nanti mahal loh bayar teleponnya. Kapan sih kamu pulang? Nanti aja kalo kamu udah di sini diterusin lagi ceritanya" ... Bukannya aku gak mau ditelepon lama2 ... walopun agak2 ngantuk toh aku tetep nyimak ceritanya dengan cukup baik ... dan akhirnya pembicaraan dini hari tadi kita akhiri ....

I don't like Monday ... bener2 deh hari ini .... dari pagi dah heboh banget ... mungkin Nova yang tau persis ke-heboh-anku pagi ini seperti apa ... Eh lagi heboh2 gitu, tiba2 HP-ku yang 0811-xxxxxx bunyi ... aku lihat dari siapa ... ternyata dari Wija ... mau gak dijawab, gimana ... mau dijawab, bos lagi gak bersahabat ... tapi hati kecilku bilang suruh jawab telepon dari Wija ... dan akhirnya aku jawab walopun sebentar banget ... Alhamdulillah dia ngerti banget dengan kondisiku yang masih menerima gaji ini walopun dia di posisi yang sudah membayar gaji ...

Wija, Wija, walopun jarak memisahkan kita ... walopun kita pernah berselisih ... tapi kenyataannya WE NEED EACH OTHER kan?

NEW MOON

Setelah Ninja Assassin .. besoknya aku nonton NEW MOON ... mungkin filmnya bagus tapi karena aku gak nonton yang sebelumnya jadi gak ngerti ...

On her 18th birthday, Bella Swan wakes up from a dream in which she sees herself as an old woman. She expresses her distaste with growing older than her boyfriend Edward Cullen, a vampire who stopped aging at 17. Edward's adoptive family throws Bella a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, Bella gets a paper cut, which causes Edward's brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by her blood's scent and attempt to kill her. Realizing the danger he and his family pose to Bella, Edward decides to end their relationship, and the Cullens move away from Forks, Washington.

Edward's departure leaves Bella heartbroken and depressed for months. However, when her father,

Charlie, attempts to send her to live with her mother, Bella agrees to spend time with her friends. After seeing a movie with Jessica, Bella sees a group of men who remind her of a time when Edward rescued her previously, and she is surprised to see a vision of Edward warning her against approaching them. Bella discovers that all thrill-seeking activities grant her visions of Edward. She also finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eases her pain over losing Edward. When Jacob is unable to see Bella for weeks, she discovers that he is a werewolf, an age-old enemy of vampires. Jacob's pack members are on constant patrol for Victoria, a vampire searching to kill Bella, leaving Jacob little time to spend with Bella. Alone, Bella returns to seeking thrill-inducing activities.

A series of miscommunications leads Edward to believe that Bella has killed herself while cliff-diving. Distraught over her supposed

suicide, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi, a powerful coven of vampires who are capable of killing him. Alice, Edward's sister, and Bella rush to Italy to save Edward, and arrive just in time to stop him. However, the Volturi decide that Bella, a human who knows that vampires exist, must either be killed or transformed into a vampire herself. Alice stops them from killing her by showing them a vision of the future in which Bella has been transformed. Once they return home to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he has always loved her and only left town to protect her. She forgives him, and the Cullens vote in favor of Bella being transformed into a vampire, to Edward and Jacob's dismay. Edward gives Bella a choice: either she lets Alice change her after their graduation, or, if Bella agrees to marry him, he will change her himself. However, Jacob reminds them of a treaty the Cullens have made with the werewolves: they will not attack each other, as long as the Cullens never bite a human.

NINJA ASSASSIN

Kegiatanku long week-end kemarin gak jauh beda sama week-end biasanya ... yaitu nonton ...

Tapi sebelum memutuskan untuk nonton NINJA ASSASSIN ini ... aku sempet ngambek sama dia ... habis tadinya janjiannya mau nonton NEW MOON ... eh pas the day-nya dia berubah pikiran ...

Yah udah lah aku pikir ... toh sebelum ini, dia udah ngikutin aku ... jadi gantian ... kan gak boleh egois ...

Dan gak nyesel juga sih nonton NINJA ASSASSIN ... dari awal sampe akhir ... seru dan darah di-mana2 ...

Raizo (Rain) is one of the world's deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world to be a myth. When Raizo's lover is executed by the Clan for betrayal, Raizo begins to harbor resentment towards the Clan. When his first task is given to him, he is told to execute one of his fellow members for the same reason his lover died. He rebels against them, nearly dying in the process, and goes into hiding, seeking revenge on his former Clan. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) is a Europol agent who investigates money linked to political murders and finds that it is linked to the Ozunu Clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), and retrieves secret agency files to find out more. The clan, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Hiding in Europe, Raizo and Mika must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan.

AKU ....

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

Karena satu dan lain hal, aku sama temenku yang biasanya meluangkan waktu untuk nonton pas week-end ... tapi tidak untuk week-end kemarin ... sebagai gantinya kemarin (walopun week-day) kita nonton juga ... kali ini film yang ber-genre drama komedi ... GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST ... dan senengnya lagi temenku udah mulai suka nonton film jenis2 seperti itu ... tadinya kalo aku ajakin nonton film drama komedi gitu suka banyak alasan ... inilah itulah ... maunya nonton film action aja ...
Finally, yah ... PEOPLE CAN CHANGE

The story concerns Connor Mead, a womanizing bachelor and high profile photographer with a disdain for marriage. After a routine photo shoot, Connor drives up to his family's estate for the wedding of his younger brother, Paul, to his girlfriend, Sandra. Connor soon encounters his former sweetheart, Jenny, and eventually manages to offend the majority of the guests with his views on romance and his attempts to convince Paul not to go through with the wedding.

Later in the evening, Connor visits the restroom and encounters the spirit of his late uncle, Wayne Mead, a former womanizer and Connor's mentor. Uncle Wayne tells Connor that he'll be visited by three ghosts and that he'll learn something about himself before the night is over.

Soon after, Connor goes to his room to meet one of the bridesmaids only to find the Ghost of Girlfriends Past, appearing to him in the form of an old high school girlfriend. Together, they revisit Connor's past relationships, particularly his childhood friendship and eventual romance with Jenny. After several weeks of dating, Connor and Jenny slept together with Connor becoming scared and leaving while Jenny was asleep, never looking back. When Jenny awoke to find Connor gone, she was visibly heartbroken. After being taken through the myriad of meaningless flings Connor had from that point to the present, he finds himself back in the present.

Following an altercation with the guests over Connor's (accidental) destruction of the cake and being shot down by Jenny after he poorly attempts to reconcile, Connor angrily storms out of the house and finds the Ghost of Girlfriends Present in the form of his assistant because even though she and Connor aren't dating, she is the only constant female figure in his life. She shows Connor how everyone is acting with him not around. Many of the guests endlessly put him down. Paul, however, speaks about how Connor looked out for him growing up and how he has hope that Connor will someday change for the better. Connor also sees Jenny, upset by a comment made by one of the bridesmaids, being cheered up by Brad, a fellow doctor that Paul and Sandra are trying to hook Jenny up with. Connor is upset that his actions and attitude are bringing the two closer, and even more distraught when he sees a trio of women that he had earlier dumped in a conference call bonding with his assistant over Connor's disregard for them.

Returning to the house, Connor finds Sandra angry and upset over an earlier revelation by Connor that Paul had had a previous fling with one of the bridesmaids, cheating on Sandra early in their relationship. Connor's attempts to mend the situation are hindered by Jenny as she defends Sandra's position. Paul, frustrated by the turn of events, tells Connor to leave.

Connor walks out to his car and finally encounters the Ghost of Girlfriends Future, a hauntingly beautiful woman who shows him a church where Jenny gets married to Brad while a lonely and unmarried Paul sits in the back of the church. Time fast forwards to an older Paul attending Connor's funeral. He is the only mourner. Uncle Wayne appears again and tells Connor that this is the path he chose before pushing him backwards into his own grave while all of his ex-girlfriends proceed to bury him.

Connor finally wakes up and is excited to greet the day until he learns that his brother's wedding has been canceled. Connor rushes to intercept the bridal party and manages to convince Sandra that she should forgive Paul and take him back, to which she happily accepts. That evening, Connor gives a speech about Paul and Sandra at the wedding, stating how much their parents would have loved her. He leaves the reception and finds Jenny in the backyard and once again tries to reconcile with Jenny, proving that he is serious by showing Jenny a picture of herself that he had taken as a child. Jenny is touched and kisses him. They are last seen dancing outside in the snow.

2012

Akhirnya film 2012 ini main juga ... makanya begitu week-end dateng, aku dan temenku yang emang udah nunggu2 dan penasaran banget pingin nonton film ini ... langsung menuju cinema tempat kita biasa nonton .... Untung aja kita gak telat ... seandainya telat 10 menit aja ... ngantrinya udah kayak ular naga panjangnya bukan kepalang ...

Filmnya sih lumayan lah ... ada tegangnya ada sedihnya juga ... Selesai nonton film yang lumayan lama ini (± 2,5 jam) ... temenku tanya "emang kamu kepikiran kalo mau kiamat akan seperti itu?" ... aku jawab "yah gak lah, paling2 di rumah, zikir, baca2 doa"

In 2009, the sun emits a massive solar flare. American scientist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) travels to a copper mine in India to meet his friend, Satnam (Jimi Mistry), who has discovered that Earth's core temperature is increasing rapidly. Adrian returns to Washington D.C. and submits a report to Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), who immediately takes him to see US President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover). In 2010, Wilson tells other heads of state and heads of government the situation at the 36th G8 summit and the creation of a number of arks begin in preparation for the world ending. To fund the venture, billionaires are allowed a ticket for one billion euros.

In 2012, Jackson Curtis (

John Cusack) is a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer. His ex-wife Kate (Amanda Peet) and their children Noah (Liam James) and Lily (Morgan Lily) live with her new boyfriend, plastic surgeon Gordon (Thomas McCarthy). Jackson takes Noah and Lily on a camping trip to Yellowstone, where they meet Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), a radio show host and conspiracy theorist who believes in the Mayans' prediction of the world ending in 2012. The family return home as cracks begin to develop along the San Andreas Fault in California and earthquakes occur in the San Francisco Bay area. Despite government assurances that all is fine, Jackson grows suspicious and hires a private plane to rescue his family and Gordon. As the Earth's crust displacement begins, Jackson collects his family and escapes Los Angeles as it collapses into the Pacific Ocean.

As millions begin dying in apocalyptic earthquakes the world over, the group fly back to Yellowstone to collect a map from Charlie so they can try and reach the arks. They narrowly escape as the

Yellowstone Caldera erupts, killing Charlie who remains behind to watch. Realising the arks are in China, the group lands in Las Vegas and meets up with Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buric), who Jackson works as a limo driver for. Karpov, his twin sons, girlfriend Tamara (Beatrice Rosen) and pilot, Sasha (Johann Urb) join the group as they head across the Pacific.

President Wilson meanwhile elects to stay behind in

Washington D.C., and dies when the carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy smashes into the White House, caused by a tsunami hitting the city, while Anheuser escapes with Helmsley and First Daughter Laura Wilson (Thandie Newton) on Air Force One, also bound for the arks. In the wake of the President's death, Anheuser appoints himself Commander-in-Chief.

Crash-landing in the Himalayas (which kills Sasha), Jackson and his family (along with Tamara) are deserted by Karpov, who has a ticket for himself and his sons onto the arks. However, the group is able to get aboard with the help of a

Buddhist monk, Nima (Osric Chau) and his brother Tenzin (Chin Han) who worked on the ark project.

Tsunamis begin to engulf the

Indian peninsula as heads of state, hand-picked individuals chosen to repopulate the Earth and the rich elite who bought the tickets begin boarding. Adrian realises they have much less time than anticipated and Anheuser orders the arks be sealed early, although in conference with other G8 leaders Adrian, quoting Jackson's book, manages to convince them to open the gates and let the remaining people on board.

Below decks Jackson's group is sneaking aboard, but as the gates open again, Gordon falls between two gears and is crushed. As the gates start to close once more, Yuri sacrifices his life to get his two sons on in time, and Tamara drowns in a compartment. Jackson realizes their entry into the ark has jammed the door mechanism, setting the entire ark on a crash course with

Mount Everest. Together with his son, Jackson fixes the problem in time for the ark to suffer only minimal damage from hitting the mountainside.

When the flood eventually recedes, satellite data shows that Africa rose in sea level and may not have flooded at all. As three arks set sail for the

Cape of Good Hope, Jackson reconciles with his family and Helmsley starts a relationship with Laura. The movie ends with a view of the world showing the dramatically changed African continent.

SOULMATE - KAHITNA

Tadi pagi pas di jalan mau ngantor ... seperti biasa aku dengerin radio g**fm ... dan diputerlah lagu ini ... lagu lama sih tapi aku suka dan masih enak didengar ... ini menurutku loh yah ...

ketika engkau datang
mengapa di saat ku
tak mungkin menggapaimu

meskipun tlah kau semaikan cinta
dibalik senyuman indah
kau jadikan seakan nyata
seolah kau belahan jiwa

meskipun tak mungkin lagi
tuk menjadi pasanganku
namun ku yakini cinta
kau kekasih hati

terkadang pintu surga
sukar dimengerti
semua ini kita terlambat

BUKAN DIRIKU - SAMSONS

Setelah kupahami aku bukan yang terbaik
Yang ada di hatimu
Tak dapat kusangsikan
Ternyata dirinyalah yang mengerti kamu
Bukanlah diriku ..

Kini maafkanlah aku
Bila aku menjadi bisu kepada dirimu
Bukan santunku terbungkam
Hanya hatiku berbatas 'tuk mengerti kamu
Maafkanlah aku..

Walau ku masih mencintaimu
Ku harus meninggalkanmu
Ku harus melupakanmu
Meski hatiku menyayangimu
Nurani membutuhkanmu
Ku harus merelakanmu

Dan hanyalah dirimu
Yang mampu memahamiku
Yang dapat mengerti aku

Ternyata dirinyalah
Yang sanggup menyanjungmu
Yang ramah menyentuhmu
Bukanlah diriku..

JOGJAKARTA

Setelah cukup lama (hampir 7 tahun) aku gak ke Jogja .... eh 2 bulan belakangan ini, September dan Oktober, aku sempet ke Jogja walopun cuma sebentar ...

Berhubung mepetnya persiapan pergi kali ini (namanya juga mendadak), jadi aku gak bikin itinerary ... begitu sampe sana aku sama temenku bingung mau kemana ... Eh pas kita lagi menyusuri jalan Malioboro ... tiba2 ada Trans Jogja lewat ... temenku langsung ngajakin "kita naik Trans Jogja aja yuk, muter2 sesampenya aja dimana" ... Aku setuju aja daripada gak tau juga musti kemana dan ngapain ... Ternyata Trans Jogja yang kita naiki itu rutenya lumayan jauh ... hampir 2 jam kita muter2 hanya dengan membayar 3000 rupiah seorang ... kita sudah bisa me-lihat2 kota Jogja walopun gak semua wilayah terlewati ... Sayang aku gak sempet foto bus-nya ... yang pasti busnya lebih kecil dibanding Trans Jakarta ...

Aku sama temenku juga sempet jalan2 ke mall yang ada di Jogja ... Saphire Square (mall ini kebanyakan jualan batik2 gitu tapi masih banyak kios yang kosong juga sih), Plaza Ambarukmo (menurutku mall ini paling lumayan lah ... dan disinilah aku nonton THIS IS IT malemnya) dan ke Malioboro Mall (makanannya pilihannya lumayan banyak ... yang aku inget ada Pizza Hut, KFC, Texas Fried Chicken, J-Co) ... dasar Ewi yang diinget makanan aja ... dan aku sempet makan KFC disitu ... Jauh2 ke Jogja kok makannya KFC juga yah ... Oh yah aku juga sempet beli sesuatu disitu, tapi gak bisa diceritain ... too personal sih ...

Yang namanya jalan2, walopun sebentar, tetep aja kalo urusan belanja di-sempet2in ... he he he ...

Kebetulan hotel tempatku menginap masih berada di kawasan Malioboro ... jadi aku tinggal jalan kaki aja untuk menyusuri jalan Malioboro itu. Disitu aku beli kaos dan daster buat dipake sendiri juga buat oleh2 ... dan yang pastinya aku beli baju batik ... walopun cuma 1 ... tapi secara batik lagi booming ... itung2 buat nambah tumpukan baju batikku ... Kalo di-itung2 ada 4 kali deh aku menyusuri jalan Malioboro ... lumayan pegel juga sih ...

Selain kaos dan daster, aku juga beli bakpia buat oleh2 ... Beli bakpia ini aku baru lakuin pagi harinya sebelum aku balik lagi ke Jakarta ... Nah untuk menuju ke toko bakpia itu aku pilih naik becak ... sekalian muterin kota Jogja walopun gak semua terlewati sih ... tapi lumayan lah ... Sayangnya aku gak sempet naik andong ...

Muter2 naik Trans Jogja udah ... ke mall juga udah ... beli oleh2 juga udah ... saking bingungnya gak tau mau ngapain lagi ... temenku akhirnya ngajakin nonton ... he he he ... Di Jogja aku sempet nonton 2 film ... THE LAST LEGION sama THIS IS IT

THE LAST LEGION

The film is narrated by Ambrosinus, native to Britain, who knows of a legend concerning the sword of Julius Caesar, which was hidden away from evil men. It begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus as Emperor in 460.

Having traveled through much of the known world in search of Caesar's sword, Ambrosinus has then become Romulus's tutor. A Druid and part of a secret brotherhood protecting the sword, he at times gives the impression he is a magician, but his "magic" is just trickery. Romulus's father Orestes rules Rome but is not Emperor himself.

On the day before the coronation, Odoacer, commander of the barbarian Goths allied with Rome, demands a third of Italy from Orestes, but is rebuffed. The same day, Romulus meets the general of the Nova Invicta Legion, Aurelianus Caius Antonius, called "Aurelius".

The night after Romulus is crowned, Rome is attacked by the Goths. Most of Aurelius's men, pledged to protect the emperor, are killed, though Aurelius is only stunned and left for dead. Orestes and his wife are killed by Odoacer's lieutenant Wulfila, who captures Romulus.

Next day, Odoacer, now ruler of the Western Empire, plans to have Romulus killed. However, Ambrosinus convinces Odoacer to spare the boy. Instead, Romulus is exiled to Capri along with Ambrosinus, guarded by Wulfila and his men. His prison is a villa constructed more than four centuries earlier by the emperor Tiberius.

With Ambrosinus's help, Romulus discovers a hidden chamber within the villa. He comes across a statue of Caesar holding the fabled sword, forged by a Chalybian smith after his military campaigns in Britain. Writing near the statue's feet proclaims the sword was made for "he who is destined to rule". This is interpreted as a prophecy by various characters, and Romulus keeps the weapon.

The two are rescued from Capri by the loyal Aurelius and three surviving legionaries, accompanied by a female agent of the Eastern Roman Empire - a Keralite Indian warrior named Mira (trained in the martial art of Kalarippayattu). They take Romulus to a seaport where the Eastern Roman Empire's emissary (whom Mira works for) and the senator Nestor have promised safe passage to Constantinople. However, they barely escape after they learn the Senate and the Eastern Empire have betrayed them and sided with Odoacer.

Ambrosinus persuades Romulus to seek refuge in Britain, where the Ninth Legion (called the Dragon Legion) may remain loyal, being far from the events. They are followed by Wulfila and his men; the Goth covets Caesar's sword after learning the prophecy. Crossing the Alps and the English Channel, the party travels to Hadrian's Wall and initially find no evidence of the legion until a farmer approaches and reveals he was its commander. With the collapse of Roman support of Britain, the legion had decided to disband and settle as farmers. They also did not want to antagonize the powerful warlord Vortgyn.

Vortgyn also desires the sword of Caesar as he aspires to rule the whole of Britain. It is revealed that Vortgyn and Ambrosinus are old enemies. After meeting with the Goths, Vortgyn decides to either capture or kill Romulus as a gesture to Odoacer. Aurelius, wielding Caesar's sword, leads a few supporters against Vortgyn's forces at Hadrian's Wall. The battle appears hopeless until the rest of the Ninth Legion, having taken up their old Roman arms and uniforms, appear and turn the tide. The two warring sides cease their hostilities when Ambrosinus confronts and burns Vortgyn alive at a tree-sanctuary of his secret brotherhood near the battlefield. Romulus kills Wulfila with Caesar's sword, avenging his parents. He tells Aurelius that he fought like a dragon, whereupon Aurelius replies that Romulus fought like the son of a dragon.

Repulsed by the deaths in the battle, Romulus heaves away his sword which remarkably pierces a large rock and becomes lodged there. Many years later, Ambrosinus, now known as Merlin, takes a young boy to the battlefield to describe the now legendary events. Merlin, who has visibly aged little since the battle, says that Aurelius married Mira and raised Romulus as their own son, and Romulus became a wise ruler and adopted the name "Pendragon". The boy, Arthur, recognizes Romulus as his father.

With a final parting scene, the sword of Julius Caesar is shown embeded in the stone, with moss growing on the blade, covering the original inscription, leaving only the Latin letters which, when read as a single word, read Excalibur.

THIS IS IT

This Is It was a planned series of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at The O2 arena in London. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and continue through March 2010. Less than three weeks before the first show was due to begin and with all concerts being sold out, Jackson died after suffering cardiac arrest.

Jackson officially announced the concerts at a press conference held inside The O2 arena. AEG Live, the concert promoters, released a promotional video that took up an entire commercial break, setting a record for ITV. The shows were to be Jackson's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997, and had been cited as one of the year's most important musical events. Over one million people would have attended in total. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, stated that the first 10 dates alone would have earned the singer approximately £50 million. Originally only 10 concerts were announced, however public demand resulted in a 50 date sold out residency. Ticket sales broke several records and AEG Live stated that Jackson could have sold more dates. Jackson's album sales increased following the announcement.

In preparation for the concert series, the pop singer had been collaborating with numerous high profile figures, such as fashion designer Christian Audigier, choreographer Kenny Ortega and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Prior to Jackson's death, Allgood Entertainment had planned to sue the musician for $40 million, claiming that he had breached a contract with them.

In light of Jackson's passing, AEG Live offered either full refunds to all ticket holders or a special souvenir ticket designed by the entertainer. Columbia Pictures acquired the footage of the show rehearsals and made a concert film entitled Michael Jackson's This Is It. The Jackson estate will get 90% of the profit made while the remaining 10% goes to AEG Live. Columbia Pictures guaranteed at least $60 million for the rights. To coincide with the release of the concert footage, an accompanying album (This Is It) is also scheduled for worldwide distribution.

Begitulah lebih kurang cerita perjalananku ke Jogja belum lama ini ... gak semua bisa aku ceritain ... ada yang aku keep sendiri juga ... walopun sebentar tapi cukup berkesan ... it's unforgettable ...

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Selesai nonton film ini, temenku tanya ...

T : "ngerti gak?"

E : "agak2 bingung sih"

T : "gak suka yah?"

E : "nontonin Brad Pitt-nya aja" .... sambil senyum2 aku jawab begitu ...

Film ini lumayan lama, 2 jam lebih ... dan kebayakan yang nonton cewek2 gitu ... pasti pada mau nonton Brad Pitt-nya ... sama sih sama aku ... tapi di film itu, menurutku Brad Pitt-nya gak banget ...

In 1941 German-occupied France, Colonel Hans Landa of the SS and SD, nicknamed "The Jew Hunter", has the Jewish Dreyfus family killed, with the exception of teenage Shosanna, whom Landa allows to escape. In America, 1st Lieutenant Aldo Raine recruits a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to parachute into France as civilians prior to the Normandy landings. Their mission is to cause panic and havoc within the Third Reich by savagely killing as many German servicemen as possible, including a "take no prisoners" attitude and scalping their victims. "The Basterds", as they come to be known, develop a modus operandi involving leaving one soldier alive to spread news of the terror of their attacks; Raine carves a Nazi Swastika into at least one of these survivor's so that he will be universally identifiable as a Nazi after the war.

Four years after her family was murdered, Shosanna has assumed a new identity and operates a small cinema in Paris. She meets Frederick Zoller, a German marksman and war hero whose exploits are to be celebrated in a forthcoming propaganda film. Although she resists his advances, the smitten Zoller, who is also a film fanatic, convinces Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to hold the new film's premiere at Shosanna's theater. She realizes that the presence of several high-ranking Nazi officials provides an opportunity for revenge, and with the help of her projectionist boyfriend Marcel, she resolves to burn down the cinema during the premiere. The British have also learned of the premiere and they dispatch former German film critic Lieutenant Archie Hicox to Paris to lead an attack on the event. Upon his arrival, he meets up with the Basterds, as well as German film actress and double agent Bridget von Hammersmark. Their meeting at a bar goes awry when a Gestapo major realizes that Hicox is not German. A subsequent shootout leaves everyone in the bar, including Hicox and the two German-speaking members of the Basterds (Stiglitz and Wicki), dead and Hammersmark wounded. Raine and the remaining three Basterds, Donny, Omar and Utivich, interrogate Hammersmark and learn that Adolf Hitler will also be attending the premiere. They devise a plan wherein Raine, Donny and Omar will pose as Hammersmark's Italian escorts at the premiere. Landa, acting as head of security for the premiere, investigates the bar shootout and finds evidence that Hammersmark was there.

At the premiere, he questions Hammersmark privately, making her try on one of her shoes which she had left behind at the bar. Realizing that Hammersmark is working with the Basterds, Landa kills her and has Raine and Utivich arrested. He makes a deal with them, after speaking with their commanding officer, to be granted immunity from war crimes prosecution among other things, in exchange for allowing Donny and Omar, still at the cinema, to kill the Nazi officials. During the film, Zoller goes up to the projectionist's booth to see Shosanna, angrily protesting her rejections of him. She shoots him multiple times, but he manages to shoot her dead before succumbing to his own wounds. The film is soon interrupted by a pre-recorded close-up of Shosanna informing the audience that they are about to be killed by a Jew, at which time Marcel lights 350 reels of flammable nitrate film behind the screen. Simultaneously, Donny and Omar ambush Hitler in his box and gun him down, subsequently firing into the crowd until dynamite which they brought with them detonates and incinerates the theater entirely. Some time later, Landa and his driver take Raine and Utivich to the American lines where Landa surrenders to Raine and hands over his weapons as part of his deal. Then Utivich handcuffs Landa, Raine kills Landa's driver, Utivich scalps the driver, and Raine carves a swastika into Landa's forehead, proclaiming it to be his masterpiece.