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.