Jermal… He is the Only Hope
Jaya, that’s what people call him. After her mother died, he went to Jermal – fish trap in the middle of the ocean, consisting of closely spaced stakes behind which the fish get caught when the tide goes out – to find his father – who was working there. Jaya was a clever boy, but weak. He was almost dead in the journey he goes to Jermal. With a little boat, his head was spinning and he threw up a lot until he finally couldn’t feel his body.
Maybe you have already known that people who live around the sea are tough, rough, loud, and whatever you call them, they just don’t know how to behave gently. Around two months living with children there in Jermal, Jaya always suffered. They made fun of him in all the way they can. They took his only bottle – they use it for keeping water because they couldn’t drink sea water, grabbed all his stuffs until nothing left – including his clothes – but his cricket – his best friend, and all the harmful things you can imagine.
Then where was his father? He did nothing. He even didn’t want to admit that Jaya was his son. He hated him like he hated the noisiness of the ocean which always disturbed his sleep every night. The two months of living in Jermal has turned Jaya into a tough, rough, and loud boy. He couldn’t speak as a good person anymore. When his enemy, Gion – who was the leader of all crimes – killed his cricket, Jaya was mad until he couldn’t think of anything else. He hit Gion’s head with a block of wood until Gion was full of blood and couldn’t move anymore, but he was not dead. At that time, his father, Johar, saw him hitting Gion and grab him out of the house.
That’s their real story begin as son and father. Jaya was mad and shouted to him, told him he was a liar and killer. Yes, Johar went working in the Jermal because he was escaping for killing his wife’s lover, he was blinded by his madness at that time and he just saw Jaya hit Gion just like he hit the man 12 years ago. Jaya didn’t believe him until Johar gave him his Mom’s letter telling about the guy. They kept silent and just had nothing – too many things until they didn’t know what – to say.
Johar ctually loved Jaya so much. At least, he just realized that. He decided to go back to the land whatever it would take. He couldn’t care if he would get caught anymore. He didn’t want his son to be like him – a killer. They said good-bye to all of people in Jermal and took a little boat. In the journey, they still kept silent as a signal that they had forgiven each other. But then Johar asked Jaya whether his wife said something before she died. Jaya answered, “Find your father, he’s a good man”
Asperger… What do you see?
I was in AWP (Academic Writing and Presentation) class when I thought about Asperger Syndrome which came to my mind since I read a novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – just go back to my book review – which told me about Christopher. Many people said this character is autistic. But he’s not autistic exactly. He’s an Asperger. They’re different matters. So, what’s an Asperger actually?
From some videos I’ve watched on Youtube, you can imagine an autistic boy and a normal boy. And an Asperger is in the middle. They see the world half like autistic, half is normal. The cause is still not clear but it has no cure, it’s a long life disorder.
To begin my point, I’m wondering why kids like Christopher are almost always good, even excellent, in Math. Is there something to do with their brain? Well, from what Christopher says and how he thinks, I probably could understand a little that it seems like his left brain is the only thing who works for him. He is so terrible in imagining or guessing some abstract stuff. He is excellent in Math – he is the only student in his school getting an A – and in remembering things.
His right brain seems doesn’t work. He can only analyze things through the reality surrounding him. Once when he writes about the fact that his Daddy loves him, he doesn’t say anything about how close they are, or how good it is the moment when they are together. He just states the facts which mean he uses his brain – not his heart – to know that his Daddy loves him. He hates being touched – even by his parents – and he says that in the end of the world, the only person left is like him – he loves the imagery of the world with no people in – which means he doesn’t like people. He can’t understand people. I mean, he knows when someone is sad or upset, but he can’t do anything about it. Even when he says he wants to have a wife, it’s because he wants someone taking care of him. He even doesn’t want to love.
Children with Asperger syndrome like Christopher also like to repeat the same things – telling the same exact things or doing them – and sometimes they do silly stuff about their likes or dislikes. Christopher hates the color brown and yellow and he hates everything brown or yellow including meals. He won’t eat anything with this color.
He can’t tell his feeling. When he’s happy, he doesn’t say, “I am happy” but says, “My feeling is like this”, then he imagine about something beautiful in general.
He hates the future, which is unpredictable. He hates everything random, changeable, and fickle. Ironic isn’t it? But also some kind of lie where he once says that he dreams about the end of the world and he’s the only person left, but he actually hates the future.
Another interesting fact is that he pictures his mind as a computer. So, when he is overwhelming and thinks too many, he will be tired and imagine he presses Ctrl+Shift+Del then stop all the running programs and start all over one by one. He is so organized.
But one thing that I’m impressed is the end of the novel. Christopher says, “And then I will get a First Class Honors and I will become a scientist. And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? and I found my mother and I was brave and I wrote a book that means I can do anything”
Why am I impressed? See, Christopher actually only did usual things for us even though it is not usual for him. From those things he did, he found his strength, he believed in himself that he could do anything. How many of us who always keep reminded by our mistakes or compare ourselves to others when we try to move forward? I think this is a common threat, but it’s dangerous if we don’t stop it. From Christopher, at least we learn that we have our own way to believe in ourselves. For me – well, sometimes it sounds silly but it always works – when I loose my faith, I remember everything I could remember about some things good which I did in the past, even they are just little things. Take this one for example. I used to always bring this to my mind. When I loose my self-confidence and see someone is better than me, I imagine my self in the airport. Why? I am a woman who did a lot of far away journey all by my own. If I can do that, why should I think I can’t do this? Period. I am then will be pumped and smile, and I know I will have done it my way.
What about you?
This is My Confusion
Seriously, have you ever been in a very confusing circle where you didn’t know how to get out of? And did you think you didn’t know which one to pick as a reason because there were just too many things running in your head? Then when you tried to pick up one, it just felt wrong and you let it be and tried to find the others?
Well, I’m in that circle right now. Trapped. All by my own. Nobody’s even with me. I try to think this is because my college that I became much much much more busier that the last semester so I don’t have enough time to relax. I got held up by too many works. When I was figuring all this out, another idea came to my mind that it’s because of my health. For the last six days, I have been walking like a … zombie? No. Like a … Well, I don’t know what word to say. I walked like I want to fall down. Something is happening in my back brain which makes my body doesn’t feel under control. Then I start to solve this health problem.
Phoooey! I haven’t found the answer then another thing rolling back my mind again. My families whom I cant reach again, my friends who still have no clear condition, the earthquake, my little hometown, my study (oops! I’ve mentioned it), my money, this, that, these, those… And bam! Bam! And it happens like that this whole day. I’m sooooo tired without noticing it. I have nothing to do – actually, I know nothing to do – so I write this stupid confusion.
O my… I’m sorry folks. Sometimes, it’s just too hard to be alone. I never feel this way when I’m home, or when I’m with my sister. I want to talk to someone but I’m just afraid they’re busy. Since the last holiday, I think everybody’s just getting busier and busier day by day, yeah… Including me. It’s kind of sad that I couldn’t make room for my self and them, but there are some moments where you have to be able to forget the others and just focus on your things. Not being ego, but… It just has to be that way. Some rules are just absolute, unconditionally have to be done. I think I’m in such condition right now.
Ok, I will be more spinning if I go on. So, I’ll drop it here. Fiuf… What a messy life!
One Long Night
Good night, my love
You close your eyes with a perfect smile. The smile that you first gave me in our first sight, with your deep blue eyes. Did you know you had haunted my life only by staring at me? The way you talked, walked, ran, smiled, laughed, cried… You did everything in the best way I’d ever known.
Good night, my heart
Have u ever realized that I already fell in love with you at the first sight? Even though you were standing away from me, I saw you like an angel. Then when you acted you love me, I knew that was the best few seconds in my entire life. From that moment, I promised to give my life only for you.
Good night, sweetheart
You always said that nothing lasts forever, but there could be something lasts longer that we thought. We walked in a different flow of time. We saw that what matter most was the time. We were haunted by the fear of the running time. But I know now one thing that lasts forever, it’s our love. The feeling of loving you.
Good night, my soul
As you walk forward and I walked backward, we see that this life sometimes doesn’t feel fair. And in the end, we have to let everything go. You let me go, I let you go. But this is not the end. Life itself is longer than we thought.
“Good night, Daisy”
I said that to you every single night, with or without you hearing me. One day, I’ll look like a baby with an old man inside and perhaps at that time, everything has changed. Or maybe, I’ll be the only one who changed.
Good night, Daisy
Benjamin
(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
It’s about AIESEC and Me
What’s better than gathering with people who inspire you to do much more good things in your life, who never see you as a little human being but a big one, who trust you perfectly that you can do many things to your life and around and not only tell you that but also show you by their eyes and moves??? Well, I’m so proud to tell you this story about what I had gone through with that kind of people.
Honestly, to be one of them wasn’t easy, in fact it is really challenging. I remember the day when they all phoned me and screamed together “Congratulation…!!!” Man! I have never been welcomed in that special way! Haha… I was so much happy and felt so precious.
On 11 to 13 September, I was in Mojokerto, gathering with them in our first AIESEC Local Conference. I just spent those days without thinking how the ending would be, and my friend Fandy was right. I was shy to cry, but if someone started it, I might be crying so much. I realized the last 3 days with them were really fun and I didn’t wanna go back to Surabaya.
Well, for you who are still not familiar with AIESEC, let me explain a little bit about it.
According to Juan Roman, an AISECer from Roma, AIESEC is a voluntary association of young leaders interested in global issues, management and leadership. AIESEC is not a company. Beyond any ideology, our members construct reality of that dream in their daily work. And that work should be valued and managed to achieve results that make both the individual and the organization win and be happy doing something right.
Currently present in over 107 countries globally, AIESEC partners with more than 5, 000 organizations from across the world. AIESEC provides its 35,000 member base from over 1,700 universities and educational institutions with a unique leadership experience, opportunity to be a part of more than 470 global and national forums and over 5,500 global internship opportunities with leading organizations from the corporate, development, student and education sector.
The AIESEC Way is not only a description of the way (manner) we aim to make a positive impact on society, but also describes the way (road) we are taking to achieve what we envision. For more information you should check this out http://www.aiesec.org
District 9 is really something
Firstly I thought it was only a usual alien movie. Yes, if you look at the whole story, but it’s not usual to see the way how it’s filmed (with a very documentarian look), the look of the aliens, and the way they lived and interact with humans, and many more.
This movie gave a new picture of aliens. It is more real and scarier than the other similar movies. I guarantee that people who love some kind of movies like Saw or Hostel will also like this movie although it’s not as scary as they. I hated this genre actually but what could I do after buying the ticket (I didn’t buy actually, my friends did, hehe… Thanks Okkiiii ^_^) and sitting right in front of that wide screen and being surrounded by the bombastic sound? Haha… I was trapped. I didn’t expect this was that kind of movie actually.
So… What made me confused was that it didn’t explain the process of adaptation that humans and aliens had been through at the early years aliens living on earth and what humans did to their ship (it had hung for 20 years above Johannesburg and nobody told me one thing humans did after the aliens lived in D-9). Still there are also some things bothering like: the place and font of the translation wasn’t good and it disturbed the audience I’m sure, how Wikus Van De Merwe knew how to drive the robot he was in because he just directly controlled it, the metamorphosis was weird (it started randomly in Wikus’ body), and more but then I thought that not every movie has to tell every detail like those things I told you. Ok, I will not go far into detail.
Honestly, it’s kind of boring because I don’t really like thriller. But this movie told me some things good.
- Humans are arrogant and think they know everything better than anyone else (other humans or other creatures), it’s just like their natural. Yeah… I’m human too. Hehe… It’s a wake-up call.
- Humans kill each other, aliens don’t. See how arrogant they are? (or… we are?)
- Making judgment about persons/people we don’t really know is such a crime. It’s terrible.
- It’s ironic that the victim was Wikus, a honest, friendly and good guy who loved his family by his heart. He didn’t deserve any of what happened to him. We could find this reality easily around us.
But if I throw away the feeling that I hate thrillers, District 9 has so much to like, plus if you really get the hidden messages.
My favorite quote:
- “Three years, I promise”, said Christopher – an alien – to Wikus to promise him that he will find a way to change him back into humans.
- “When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet”
- “We mean you no harm. We just want to go home…”
The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time
What I got at the first time reading this novel was “what is it all about?” I knew of course it’s telling about a journey of an autistic twelve-year-old boy named Christopher who worked out a mystery of his neighbor’s dog’s death, but what made me blank was the jump of the time and the boring story. Until the half of the novel I was still wondering what that was all about and I hadn’t feel something good keeping me going on so I paused the rest for quite long time until last night I finally finished it.
I got something nice in the end, exactly right in the very last paragraph. I just realized at that time that this novel wasn’t about the journey but the boy himself. I mean, he was the one who made the novel interesting; the way he wrote his journey, doing things, having some likes and dislikes, his belief on something unusual, etc. This novel gave me some new point of view about how an autistic boy thinks, which was really complicated.
Christopher wrote things which actually didn’t need to be written, as though he didn’t write them, it wouldn’t disturb the story. But, well, just like what I said, it’s not about the story, it’s about him. He liked to tell his feeling and thought about things a lot! He had unusual belief like if he saw 3 red cars in a row, then that would be a Good Day, or 4 cars for a Super Good Day, and yellow cars for the opposite, the Bad Day. He had pet rat named Toby (it’s weird and disgusting for most of us but he liked him so much). When he saw something, he drew all the pattern exactly in his brain. He didn’t just hear things but listen to them. He remembered every single thing in every single place and how it looked/smelled like and who was/were there and what they do when he saw it. What’s quite simply interesting is that he thought like a computer where once he had too many things in mind, he stopped thinking by picturing that action as pressing Ctrl+Shift+Del and stopped all the running program.
Overall, it’s really a good novel if you keep reading and don’t think about the usual story. Think and figure out the way a 12-year-old autistic boy thinks. This is brilliant!
Merantau The Movie
Akhirnya, setelah Laskar Pelangi ada juga film Indonesia yang bikin aku ga mual. Mukaddimah ga penting, aku ga sabar mau ceritain pendapatku tentang film ini. Secara keseluruhan, aku puas bin sangat sangat puas! Emang masih ada “pengganggu”, tapi masih bisa ditolerir.
1. Dari segi bahasa, minangnya kurang kental untuk ukuran orang Bukit Tinggi. Tapi mungkin ini menimbang pemahaman penonton. Translate English-nya juga sering ga sesuai, meski maknanya terwakilkan, tapi menurutku lebih bagus kalo terjemahannya tepat dan sesuai dengan kata2 yang diucapkan.
2. Yuda pernah nelfon Amaknya pake tlp umum, dari Jkt ke Bkt, kok bisa SLJJ ya? hm… apakah ada jenis telp umum baru di Jakarta?? Trus bunyi koinny jatuh, bukan masuk. Lha kok bisa nyambung?
3. Nah, yang ini n poin no 4 kayaknya sangat belum bisa dimaafkan. Adegan melankolis antara kakak-adik Astri n Adit kurang tepat timingnya. Mereka nangis2an, Adit ga mau pisah, si Astri bujukin Adit hampir 2 menitan. Padahal waktu itu mereka sedang dikejar makhluk2 yang ga bisa bedain manusia dan nyamuk (hehe… Perbandingan yg kurang tepat, maksudku… asal bunuh aja). Poor editing… Tapi aku dengar versi internationalnya cuma 106 menit. Curious! Aku yakin scene yg ini dipotong.
4. Make up artistnya kurang convincing. Darah2ny ky sirop bgt. Aku yang biasanya mual liat darah banyak malah jadi ngiler. Haha… Waktu wajah si Ratger ketusuk kaca yg lumayan banyak, dia marah2 dengan senam wajah yang sempurna, ga memperlihatkan sedikitpun rasa sakit, kebal bgt ya? Trus bekas2 nya keliatan bgt cuma dilukis, kalo gitu menurutku ga usahlah di close up. Dan… Utk seseorang yg udah 2 hari ga ganti baju, Yuda ga pernah keliatan kucel n bajunya ga ada kusut2nya. Waktu dia berantem sama Jhoni dan anak buahnya di sebuah gang suatu malam, Yuda udah kotor bgt, blepotan darah, tanah, keringat, lumpur, tapi besoknya bangun tidur… Cling! Udah kinclong aja si Uda
5. Personally… Aku kecewa bumi Minangnya bentar bgt diliatin. Hehe… Ya wajarlah, perasaan anak yang sedang merantau, trus nonton Merantau dengan harapan kampung halamannya terlihat lebih lama hanya sekedar sebagai pelipur rindu. Halah! Ga penting yg ini.
Tada…! Dan kekagumanku ada disini…
1. Meski bukan penggila film action, tapi dari dulu aku selalu yakin bahwa film2 laga yg keren itu pasti identik dengan pakaian serba itam, kacamata hitam, kendaraan mentereng, senjata canggih bin ajaib, et cetera. Tapi Merantau meluluhlantakkan paradigmaku itu. Hohohoho!
2. Aksi2nya nyataaaaa syekalleeee… Setauku belum ada film Indonesia yang kalo mukul ya mukul beneran, tonjok ya tonjok betulan, seperti di film ini. Kadang aku mikir jangan2 bunyi pukulan n tulang yang “kreek” (hiiii…) bnr2 nyata dari tubuh stuntmannya. Omigosh… Salah satu scene yang bikin aku syok, yg bikin bola mataku hampir melompat dan mulutku ga bisa nutup beberapa detik, adalah waktu adegan kejar2an di atas rumah susun. Anak buah Johni melompat menyebrangi bangunan mengejar Yuda yang udah ada di seberang. Lalu ketika orang yg melompat itu lagi keren2nya di udara, clup! Dia ditombak sepotong bambu oleh Yuda dan gdebum! orang itu jatuh. Aku kira bakal mati ketusuk, ternyata nggak dan itu lebih sakit lagi menurutku. Wuooow!!! Ini belum pernah aku lihat sebelumnya di film Indonesia manapun.
3. Selain itu, gerakan kamera yang lincah n pengambilan sudut yang pas sangatlah oh sangatlah mengagumkan…! Favoritku disini:
- adegan Yuda n Adit kejar2an di gang
- spinning shot waktu Erik dengan singkat, padat, dan tegas menghabisi cowo yang kerjanya cuma teriak “AAARRGH…! AARGHH!” ga jelas memamerkan kekuatannya di “job interview”
- pertarungan di jembatan penyebrangan, Adit di angkat dengan ringannya oleh Yuda
- preman yang ditombak di udara tadi
- Yuda melompat menyebrangi bangunan, di shot dari bawah dengan sempurna
- adegan Yuda narik handuk orang, wakakakak
4. Di film ini ga ada slow motion dan diem2an yang ga jelas. Ada banyak film yang gitu, ntah kenapa dieeeem aja beberapa menit, atau slow motion yang kalopun ga digituin udah slow n bikin bingung.
5. Applause buat backsoundnya yang ga biasa dan perfect. Plok plok plok…
6. Semua peran disini bermain maksimal. Banyak wajah baru, tapi aktingnya ga keliatan amatir. Contohnya si Ratger. Itu bule emang asli aktor apa ya? Biasanya kan kalo ada bule main di film lokal pasti kayak ga niat. Lebih keliatan kayak… Hm… Seorang bule yang lagi asik2nya berjemur n tiba2 dimintai tolong ngisi figuran. Tapi Ratger juga Luc ini sungguhlah berbeda, saudara…
7. Merantau mengangkat tema2 yang jarang disatukan. Budayanya ada (tradisi merantau dan silat harimau dalam budaya minangkabau)… Politiknya juga… (human trafficking)… dua topik hangat yang jarang dikombinasikan dengan baik dalam sebuah karya.
8. Tampilan Christine Hakim disini sangat memperlihatkan sosok ibu kampung Minang asli. Pakaiannya… Rambutnya yang ga rapi… Wajahnya yang sedikit berminyak karena lama di dapur… Ekspresinya… Aku kebayang baunya pasti mirip bau nenekku. Hiks… Untuk yg satu ini, make up artistnya keyen! Christin tampil hanya di awal dan akhir, tapi sebagai Amak, penjiwaannya tak mudah dilupakan. Apalagi setelah dia melihat yang kembali dari perantauan bukanlah anaknya Yuda, melainkan Astri dan Adit, 2 orang yang sama sekali asing baginya. Dia menerima dengan ikhlas, bahkan menyekolahkan Adit… Ah… Aku melted disini.
Final verdict:
Film ini sangat layak ditonton. Kalo film2 Indonesia kualitasnya kayak gini mah, aku bisa bangga. Udahlah… ga usah nonton film2 horpon dan film2 komedi esek-esek, dan yg lebih penting lagi ga usah penasaran. Udah dijamin ga bakalan dapat 1 bintangpun masih juga dibuat, heran bgt. Cinta film2 lokal sih boleh… Tapi jangan asal nonton. Buktiin bahwa indonesiaunite hanya mendukung karya2 anak bangsa yang bermutu, biar kita ga diremehin sama bangsa lain.
p.s.: masih ada little distraction.. Kali ini cowo yg ketawanya gilani. Duduknya di depan. Aku jamin wajah orang satu bioskop kmaren itu kusut tiap dengar dia ketawa.
Hm… Kalo ada sekuelnya, kayaknya boleh. Misalnya cerita si Adit yg belajar silat harimau dengan tatapannya yang mampu membunuh 4 harimau sekaligus. Haha… Judulnya: Merantau Lagi.
Saturday, 22 August 2009 at 12:32
“Merah Putih” opiniku
“Wuih, bhuwaaaagus itu!” dengan “bhuwwaaa” yang hampir mau meledak. Itu jawaban mas2 yang kerja di tempat aku biasa nyewa film waktu aku nanya tentang film Merah Putih kemaren. Jadi aku putuskan nonton film itu tadi malam. Katanya, penggarapan film Merah Putih itu banyak campur tangan orang2 yang udah expert di film2 Hollywood, kayak ahli special efek Inggris Adam Howarth yang pernah menggarap film Saving Private Ryan, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer`s Stone. Ada juga sutradara Rocky McDonald yang udah memperlihatkan kejeniusannya dalam film Mission Impossible II dan The Quiet American. De el el yang serba brilian lah. Ya otomatis aku penasaran bgt n ekspektasiku langsung meninggi. Ga sabar pengen liat film lokal yang ditangani orang2 berkelas dunia. Ting! Aku langsung ke 21 dan…. akhirnya…. Inilah yang ku dapatkan.
Untuk tidak terjebak emosi sesaat, lebih baik aku nulis nilai plusnya aja dulu.
1. Setianya Melati pada suaminya Amir dan sayangnya Senja pada adiknya Soerono. Aku ga yakin apakah yang dilakukan Melati benar tentang merahasiakan kehamilannya karena Amir akhirnya memutuskan ikut berjuang (dia sebelumnya adalah guru). Tapi poin disini adalah bahwa Melati sangat tegar dan setia. Senja juga. Nyari2 Soerono di hutan, ditengah deru bom dan tembakan, sempoyongan berjalan tanpa arah yang akhirnya dia menemukan adiknya itu udah sekarat. Kalo ini aku sedikit dibumbui perasaan pribadi… Kebayang adik cowokku. Hweheehh..
2. Seorang bapak di sebuah kampung selamat karena ketika tentara Belanda menyerang, dia dan anak2nya sedang di sawah. Wajah bapak itu lho… Ntah karena belum lihai akting atau emang tuntutan sutradara… Ekspresinya datar banget. Padahal istrinya dan orang2 sekampung udah tewas. Aku jadi ragu, yang baja itu hatinya apa wajahnya? Tapi berhubung nilai minus buat film ini lebih banyak, aku dengan sedikit berat hati mengkategorikan ini sebagai nilai plus lah. Bukan hal yang mudah memasang tampang datar ketika orang2 terdekat kita meninggal secara massal.
3. Dibanding film2 Indonesia yang makin hari makin ga jelas, Merah Putih jauuuuh lebih bermutu dan berisi. Hm… Aku ga abis pikir kenapa sih masih ada juga yang mau memproduksi film2 kosong, yang udah jelas ga ada mutunya, n paling parah ga punya karakter sedikitpun.
4. Aku suka banget sama tokoh Dayan (eh iya Dayan kan? yang dari Bali). Ga banyak omong. Dia yang banyak mengucapkan kata2 bijak. Salah satu yang paling aku suka adalah waktu Amir (sebagai letnan) sedang kalap n panik. Dia ga tau mau ngasih instruksi apa sama anak buahnya yang cuma tinggal 3 orang.
Dayan: “Seorang pemimpin bebas mengatakan apa saja kepada pasukan kecuali ‘tidak tahu’”
Plok plok plok… Suit suit… Aku suka banget. Trus…
Amir: “Kenapa bukan kamu saja yang memimpin?”
Dayan: “Lalu siapa yang akan memberiku nasehat?”
Hm… Cuma 4 ya? Ya… Sayang banget. Oke, sekarang kita beralih ke hal2 yang “mengganggu” buatku
1. Wilayah yang diceritakan kurang spesifik. Aku ga tau itu di kampung mana, taunya cuma di Jawa Tengah. Informasinya minim sekallee..
2. Hm… Emangnya para pejuang negri kita dulu gitu ya mental n strateginya? Pasukan yang ga lebih dari 6 orang aja masih berantem ditengah kepungan bom n tembakan.
3. Film ini juga mengalami krisis identitas. Film perjuangan seharusnya mengaduk2 emosi nasionalisme dengan murni. Suasana asrama tentaranya aja bukan seperti sedang ada perang berkecamuk. Ringan bangeeet… Sepanjang kurleb 2 jam, penonton lebih banyak ketawa. Mau ga mau aku ya ikut juga. Abis emang lucu. Hahaha… Pas adegan tegang, banyak yang bikin ga nyambung. Ntah ekspresi pemainnyalah, ntah kata2 yang mereka ucapkanlah, ntah efek visualnyalah, ntah backsoundnyalah. Masa lagi nyusun strategi nyerang penjajah malah diiringi suara biola yang mau bikin nangis???
4. Okelah kalo alasannya film ini cuma mencangkup perjuangan di sebuah daerah kecil. Tapi… Untuk jenis film perjuangan, film ini sepi bangeeet… Di kamp pejuang lokalnya aja kayaknya ga lebih dari 70 orang. Aku jadi suuzon sama orang2 Hollywood itu. Mereka serius ga sih?
5. Soerono, belum ngapain2 tiba2 udah naik pangkat jadi letnan. Amir sih cocok2 aja. Mestinya si Tomas tuh, jago nembak. Ato Dayan.
6. Aku paling terganggu sama efek visualnya.
a. Waktu Senja lagi menangisi adiknya yang udah meninggal, turun hujan gerimis. Blah! Ga real bgt. Aku coba buka kacamataku. Dari kursi no 3 paling belakang dan dengan mata minus 2 aja juga masih kelihatan palsu. Oh… Sayang sekali.
b. Rumah2 yang di kampung kan dibakar sama tentara Belanda. Masa semalaman dibakar dinding2 rumahnya ga abis/itam? Darah korban2nya pun masih segar. Semalaman… Bukankah seharusnya udah kering tu darah? Wajah istri bapak yang masih idup itu pun ga ada pucat2nya sama sekali. Padahal udah wafat semalaman sodara2…. (prasaan dari tadi banyak bgt kata “semalaman”)
c. Oya, Amir itu kan dulunya guru… Dia punya murid yang bercita2 jadi perwira. Waktu tentara Belanda nyerang daerahnya, si murid kena tembak dari belakang. Duar duar! Toeng… Asli keliatan bgt cuma cairan merah yang ditembakkan ke bajunya.
7. Sisa pejuang kita yang 4 orang itu menyiapkan jebakan. Dibantu sama anak2 si bapak tadi. Aneh, anak2 desa yang belum pernah megang senjata bisa menembak tepat sasaran jarak jauh hanya dengan latihan beberapa menit (durasi film). Keren anak2 si bapak, mau lah satu. Haha..
8. Endingnya… waktu mereka ber4 sama paket anak n bapak tadi akhirnya menang dan bersiap menuju suatu tempat dengan seorang Belanda sebagai kunci, tiba2 3 atau 4 truk dibelakang mereka meledak. Itu gara2 apa ya? N buat apa? Kalo buat mendramatisir ending film ya dijelasin lah dengan seksama dan sesingkat2nya…
9. Tambahan sedikit buat posternya. Kok Melati ga ada ya? Menurutku lebih cocok dia daripada Senja.
Dan masih buuwwwaaaaanyaak (dengan “bhuwww”nya orang jawa) lagi detail2 yang mengecewakan. Finally… Aku bertanya2. Ada apa dengan dunia perfilman negriku? Udah banyak campur tangan orang2 high class kok ga banyak beda ya? Persiapan 2 tahun itu udah lumayan lama. Tapi ya… mudah2an ini cuma awal dari tunas yang bakal tumbuh subur. Daripada film2 horpon atau kisah2 cinta yang alurnya klise, Merah Putih memang jauh lebih bagus. Merah Putih ini trilogi, aku berharap banyak sama kelanjutannya.
p.s.: Mungkin pasangan di depanku menjadi salah satu penyebab kecil kenapa film ini banyak detail “mengganggu”nya. Dari awal film diputar, kepala mereka nempel terus. Apa ga cape tu cewe maksain badannya miring selama 2 jam??
Thursday, 20 August 2009 at 09:33
