Showing posts with label actors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label actors. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Movie Review: About Time




We're all travelling
through time together
every day of our lives.
All we can do is do our best
to relish this remarkable ride.
[About Time - 2013]



Hell, Richard Curtis did it again!


The king of rom-coms director is back. Buat yang suka sama film rom-com (Me? LOVIN IT!) pasti sudah sangat familiar dengan karya-karya si kakek romantis ini. Love Actually, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones Diaries, Four Funerals and Weddings? You've gotta be kidding me if you don't recognize him from those movies.

Kali ini mata saya langsung jatuh cinta oleh pemandangan apik nan romantis Vault beach, Inggris sebagai salah satu setting di film ini. Alkisah, keluarga Lake tinggal di rumah di tepi pantai di mana mereka hidup dengan sangat nyaman, damai dan harmonis. Everything looks perfect (way till the end, in fact. Ooops spoiler alert!)

Tiba-tiba, di hari ulang tahunnya yang ke-21, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) si sulung mendapat kejutan dari sang ayah. Bukan sulap bukan sihir, semua lelaki di keluarga Lake ternyata punya kemampuan untuk travel back in time alias jalan-jalan ke masa lalu.

Sounds familiar? sampai sini saya mulai berpikir, jangan-jangan film ini semacam jiplakan dari "The Time Traveler's Wife" yang mengusung tema science dan romance jadi satu. Kebetulan juga both of the movies have the same heroine, Ms. Rachel McAdams herself. Tapi dari awal film ini tidak ada kesan serius sama sekali, atau mungkin karena efek si kakek eksentrik Bill Nighy yang jadi Mr. Lake senior ya?

Lanjut cerita, Tim lantas menganggap ayahnya sudah gila. Namun, karena didesak, ia akhirnya mencoba apa yang diinstruksikan ayahnya agar bisa jalan-jalan ke masa lalu. Dan yaa benar aja loh, si Tim balik ke malam sebelumnya saat ada pesta tahun baru di rumahnya. 

Tim yang shock mulai bertanya-tanya untuk apa sebenarnya kemampuan itu. Sang ayah dengan bijak dan sedikit konyol mengingatkan Tim untuk senantiasa hati-hati dengan gift nya tersebut. Banyak lelaki di keluarga besarnya yang hidupnya berantakan atau bahkan kewarasannya terganggu akibat serampangan jalan-jalan ke masa lalu. Dasar Tim yang memang aslinya lugu dan sedikit naif, dia bilang ke ayahnya kalau dia hanya ingin menggunakan kekuatannya untuk mencari cinta. Cheesy? Hmmm, super!

His first try adalah mencoba merubah keadaan di masa lalu agar cinta pertama-nya mau menerima cintanya. Sayang, bahkan merubah masa lalu pun tidak bisa membuat seseorang lantas jatuh cinta kepadamu. Mungkin itu pesan pertama yang saya tangkap di film ini. 

Singkatnya, Tim pindah ke London untuk mengejar karir sebagai pengacara muda. Seperti yang sudah bisa diduga, there he found love and he messed it up by helping a friend in need, same old.. same old... 
Adalah seseorang yang lugu, manis, agak quirky bernama Mary (Rachel McAdams) yang menjadi wanita idaman Tim kali ini. Dari pertemuan pertamanya yang manis, sampai proses Tim menemukan kembali Mary karena keteledorannya yang membuat Mary sempat tidak eksis di kehidupannya, manjadi krisis pertama dari Tim's time-travelling experience.

The rest of the movies, mata saya seperti digelayuti mimpi tak berkesudahan tentang manisnya pasangan Tim dan Mary. Saat mereka memutuskan tinggal bersama, saat Tim melamar Mary, Mary yang diterima dengan sangat baik oleh keluarga Lake, hari pernikahan mereka yang lucu sampai saat putri pertama mereka lahir. Welcome to the love-tale ala Richard Curtis. Pokoknya semua berjalan rapih dan menyenangkan buat Mary dan Tim.

Konflik yang mulai serius ditunjukkan oleh beberapa kejadian yang membuat Tim sadar kalau kemampuan time-travelling nya memiliki keterbatasan. Pada akhirnya Tim harus dihadapkan pada kenyataan bahwa ia pun tidak bisa memilih untuk menyelamatkan ayahnya yang didiagnosa kanker stadium akhir. Karena hidup bukanlah berbalik ke belakang namun terus melangkah ke depan

Jujur film ini jauh sekali dari kata sempurna. Banyak adegan yang janggal dari time-travelling issue nya dan plot yang terlalu dipaksa dipercepat, seperti saat Tim diberitahu masalah kemampuan khususnya. Beberapa karakter yang harusnya menonjol juga malah kecil porsinya. Karakter adik Tim yang hippie-perky-quirky, Kit-kat (Lydia Wilson), kurang diasah lebih dalam padahal sangat berpotensi untuk memunculkan konflik yang lebih menarik.


Alur juga terasa sangat santai. All is about the lovey dovey of love and life. Saya sih lumayan enjoy cause I'm a big lover of this genre, tapi buat sebagian orang mungkin akan terasa jengah dan membosankan.

Namun tetap saja, king Richard Curtis selalu memberikan 'sesuatu' di akhir filmnya. 'Sesuatu' yang membuat kita merenungi hidup pada akhirnya. Hubungan Tim dan sang ayah benar-benar bikin saya nangis dayak. Satu yang pasti, setelah nonton film ini, saya jadi lebih mensyukuri hidup dan tentunya jadi lebih sayang keluarga. Totally recommended movie, over all!


"The truth is, I now don't travel back at all. Not even for the day.
I just try to live every day as if I've deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it as if it was the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life." - Tim Lake




Director: Richard Curtis
Writer: Richard Curtis
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Vanessa Kirby
Release Date: Nov. 1, 2013


xoxo,




Friday, 25 June 2010

Chun Jungmyung Sickness

Yes, he's the one that keeps blocking my writing mood. For nearly a month, all i've been doing was just watching him. Watching him in his dramas, some videos of him in youtube, downloading A LOT of his photos, searching any news of him, even downloading his favorite songs! Ha! I know, it's the symptom that we called craziness...

This man is really a treasure. haha lebay! but seriously i'm hypnotized so much by his smile. I love his eyes, his stubble, his sideburns (a lot!!!), his broad shoulder,his lower lip, his big hands...

I simply love everything about this man. Even if he has any bad temper or bad habit, i don't mind at all! haha. I'm soooo crazy about this man.. Uooooohh Jungmyung oppa, saranghaeyoo! marry me oppa! *o*

Check out his biodata and filmography down here -->

* Name: 천정명 / Chun Jung Myung (Cheon Jeong Myeong)
* Profession: Actor and model
* Birthdate: 1980-Nov-29
* Height: 182cm
* Weight: 71kg
* Star sign: Sagittarius
* Blood type: AB

TV Series

* Cinderella's Sister (KBS2, 2010)
* What's Up Fox? (MBC, 2006)
* Goodbye Solo (KBS2, 2006)
* Fashion 70's (SBS, 2005)
* Beijing My Love (KBS2, 2004)
* Honest Living (SBS, 2002)
* Third Coincidence (MBC, 2001)
* School 2 (KBS1, 1999)

Movies

* Hansel and Gretel (2007)
* Great Enemy (2006)
* The Aggressives (2005)
* R U Ready? (2002)

Awards

* The 42nd Baeksang Awards Best New Actor TV
* The 6th Pusan International Film Festival Best New Actor
* 2005 SBS Drama Awards Best New Actor
* The 26th Blue Dragon awards best New Actor

Yeaayyy, he's a promising actor! his work in his lastest drama, Cinderella's Sister, was really taking my breath away..

Check out some photos of him that simply make me drooling and rooting for him.. No, thank God, he didn't do any job in his beautiful face.. heeheee. It originally beautiful. God must be in His full concentration when he made this man.


























































































































He's nearly 30!!! can you believe it? turning 30 with that baby face?cuteness overload!!

I'm sick, i'm tellin ya..
Love sickness.. *sighing*


(tolong seseorang siram saya pakai air dingin!)


XOXO,

Friday, 28 May 2010

Holiday Is Coming To Town!

Haihaihaihaihai!!!

It's been like a zillion years ago since i wrote on this so-called room. So, these last 3 months was so messed up. A real messed up, i tell you. I was a slave of study, i mean, i was forced to study. i even have no time to breath! (ini lebay). it was a real blip.
But,then, it's holiday coming to town! I've got 3 months free on my hand, 3 months for God's sake!!! i'm so happy to the bones! Even i couldn't feel relieve at all cause i'm worried to death of my final exam result. No, no, no, it's not only final exam result! it's my whole term hardwork's result! (shit! everytime i think about those bloody exam results, my hands got chill all of a sudden).

Anyway, though i'm pretty concern about my scores, i don't really like to waste any second of my day to think about that. So, to spend this holiday season, i've got so many things to do, so many plans to run. Cause i haven't got any part-time job or internship yet, I'm ready with lots of novels (most of them are Chicklit, and a few of serious books. only a few.), lots of DVDs (most of them are Korean drama), and a few of activities such as work my body out (wish it could really work!), learn to play guitar (it's like my plan from a century ago actually! haha), learn to cook, and learn Korean language. I also have a wish to join some of the quiz show on telly with my friends (i'd really love to participate in Super Deal 2 Milyar quiz.haha). And while it's holiday, i'll try to write more on this blog :D

That's it for this time.
Oh iyaa, this is my new love, Chun Jung Myung! He recently take a leading role on a drama called 'Cinderella's Sister' which is a very gooood drama. Isn't he lovely?? I can't get enough to his adorable smile. say hi to him! ;)

























XOXO,

Thursday, 27 August 2009

New Hunk!





Aaron Perry Johnson is a British actor (God knows How I loooveee Englishman!). He started acting in 2001, with his debut role as young Lorimer Black in the film Armadillo (2001). He also portrayed the role of Niker in the 2004 series Feather Boy. Since then, he appeared as Prosper in The Thief Lord (2006), and as Robbie "The Sex God" in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). He has also starred as one of the main characters, Owen, in the E4 television series Nearly Famous.

Here's his complete filmography:

  • Nowhere Boy (2010) (filming) .... as John Lennon (How cool is that??!!!)
  • Kick-Ass (2009) (post-production) .... as Dave Lizewski
  • The Greatest (2009) .... as Bennett Brewer
  • Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) .... as Robbie
  • Dummy (2008) .... as Danny
  • "Nearly Famous" .... as Owen (6 episodes, 2007)
  • "Talk to Me" .... as Aaron (4 episodes, 2007)
  • Baker Street Irregulars (2007) (TV) .... as Finch
  • The Magic Door (2007) (V) .... as Flip
  • "Coming Up" .... as Eoin (1 episode, 2007)
  • "I Shouldn't Be Alive" .... as Mark (1 episode, 2006)
  • Fast Learners (2006) .... as Neil
  • "Casualty" .... as Joey Byrne (1 episode, 2006)
  • Silent Ties (2006) TV episode .... as Joey Byrne
  • The Illusionist (2006) .... as Young Eisenheim
  • The Best Man (2006) (TV) .... as Michael - aged 15
  • The Thief Lord (2006) .... as Prosper... aka Herr der Diebe (Germany)
  • Dead Cool (2004) .... as George
  • "Feather Boy" .... as Niker (3 episodes, 2004)
  • "Family Business" .... as Paul Sullivan (1 episode, 2004)
  • "The Bill" .... as Zac Clough (1 episode, 2003)
  • Behind Closed Doors (2003) (TV) .... as Sam Goodwin
  • Shanghai Knights (2003) .... as Charlie Chaplin
  • San Giovanni - L'apocalisse (2002) (TV) .... as Johanan
  • Tom & Thomas (2002) .... as Tom / Thomas
  • "Armadillo" (2001) TV series .... as Young Lorimer Black



He's such a fittie!!

XOXO

Monday, 22 June 2009

Ten Most Kissable Asian Guys a la Raisya

Meminjam istilahnya Sherina Munaf, here is my list of Ten Most Kissable Asian Guys!!
JRENG, JRENG!!

1. Kim Bum
He’s sooo Damn Cute!! I never thought this ‘Xi Men’ of F4 Korean version could be very berry adorable.

2. Lee Dong Wook
Even my friend, Ima, reminds me all the time that Dong Wook’s face is none other than plastic surgery-made, I don’t really care. Who cares if the result was pretty yum-yum like that! Heuheu

3. Daniel Wu
Actually, I only like him when he became L’oreal man icon. He’s not that oh-so-cute man, but he’s totally cool and Man-ish!

4. Lee Min Ho
He’s pretty success as ‘Dao Ming Si’ of F4 Korean version, and absolutely physically better than Jerry Yan.


5. Lee Sun Gyun
I like him more when he wears glasses. He looks more charming and casual.



6. Bao Chun Lai
He’s an athlete! The hot one!



7. Won Bin
Not my type, I think. But he really is a good actor and quite cute too.


8. Alan Luo
He has a comical face..hmm,interesting!


9. Lee Ki Woo
One word. Nice. Haha.. agak mirip Kim Bum ga sih??



10. Lee Yong Dae
Another Badminton athlete. Another Hot badminton athlete!


Oh my God!
What was I Thinking??Suddenly, I feel like that 14 years old annoying teen. seems like my hormones are in a mess!

XOXO