Saturday, February 11, 2017
Love Actually Review
So I watched it after I watched About Time, and I fell veryyy in love with the movie. So I guess I should watch Love Actually too since its also a movie directed by the same Richard Curtis.
It's an omnibus movie which consist of multiple love stories. Some get a bigger portion than others. Some just appear as a side story. But each of it represent every love victims that could happened. The friendzoned, the single, the old married couple, the child, the widower, the secret admirer, the cheater and the cheated on. So I guess it meant for every love aspects that exist.
These are my chosen favourite happy ending story:
1. Jamie (Colin Firth) and Aurelia (Sienna Guillory) (the scene when they dive into the pond trying to catch Jamie's paperwork and each saying something oppositely with different language but no one aware is HILARIOUS)
2. John (Martin Freeman) and Judy (Joanna Page), actually the very moment I saw them I was disgusted as hell. I wouldn't like what I see but I like what it turned out to be. I love the idea that even tho they were making physically contact with bare skin, the reason why they both felt very comfortable with each other is because the way they could have small talks in between. Which they never felt with anyone else before. (And how they still felt very awkward during their first kiss.)
These are my chosen favorite sad ending story:
1. Harry (Alan Rickman) and Karen (Emma Thomson). Their relationships is one of those oh please it's possible to happen moment. It's about getting old and the fact that we couldnt avoid that. We will have wrinkled faces and widen stomach or loosen thighs. And the fact that man always like what they see, so will they still be in love with their wives when they're not young and beautiful anymore? It's not a suprise when we see a man wants a younger woman to have fun with.
The thing about their story in the movie is that we couldn't see the conclusion right away in the end. Are they making up or not. Since its a kiss on a cheek not on a lips. Even if they reconcile, it would be for the sakes of the children not for the sakes of the relationships.
2. Sarah and Karl. What it is that's more miserable when you can finally be together with the love of your life that you've been secretly admiring for as long as you can remember?
We can feel the eagerness about Sarah making the first move. And the excitement when they finally have a slow dance. And grumble when Sarah has to answers all her brother calls, interrupting what might have been with Karl. In the end they're not being together because Sarah felt has the responsible to give her brother full attention because their parents is not there anymore, so zero time for love.
What I Like About The Movie Itself.
The Intro and The Ending
Both the intro and the ending are set on the airport. At the intro, the narrator which sounded so much like Colin Firth said that the airport is the place that can makes us believe again that love actually is around. So its obvious that for no reason at all everyone is returning back from somewhere. (except for Jack and Judy, they were leaving somewhere else)
Though when all the characters has reunited, it doesnt end there. There's a multiple scenes on one frame that shows people we're not aware about, just a buch of strangers that are genuinely happy to see their loved one back. Which it is what you will actually see when you go to an airport.
The Transition
If we paid attention during every transition to one story to another. We can hear that there's a song in between, connecting them. (the song of the funeral to the wedding, or Sam's drums to the office chrismast party) Some cases it's the use of the dialogue. Like when in the radio station when Billy was being interviewed, the broadcaster mentioned about the prime minister and next it cut to the scene of the prime minister itself.
Honorable Mention
Rowan Atkinson Cameo
During this scene, somehow we can feel what Alan Rickman felt when he's sneaking out to buy his secretary a necklace but Rowan Atkinson has to "wrapped the gift" first and it was one hell of a gift wrapping.
That's all my review of Love Actually movie, I really liked it but I'm not sure if I would watch it with my children around. Still one of my best romcom! :)
Thursday, August 25, 2016
That Five Seconds Where You Relieve It Was Ending
Seharusnya gue nulis ini 30 Juli, waktu pengumuman benerannya. Tapi karena pada hari itu gue udah capek banget jadinya gue tinggal tidur karena pengumuman tak kunjung datang. Besoknya tanggal 31, pagi harinya gue cek email, dan yang ada gue liat di inboxnya adalah...
Gue berfikir mungkin pengumumannya jam 8, karena waktu email sebelumnya di kirim jam 8 juga. Tapi tetep aja juga ga muncul-muncul walaupun udah jam 9 malem.
Dan ketika gue memutuskan untuk mengakhiri hari itu. Gue me-refresh untuk yang terakhir kalinya...
Datanglah email itu.
Gue langsung menjerit-jerit, langsung panggil nyokap gue untuk melihat pengumumannya sama-sama. Gue membuka email tapi gue langsung ngumpet di belakang nyokap, nggak berani liat apa-apa. Gue membiarkan nyokap yang menatap langsung layar laptop gue. Menatap apa jawaban dari semua usaha dan doa gue selama ini.
Dan Nyokap bilang, "Arissa Purilawanti..."
Gue pun langsung ikutan liat dan ternyata, alhamdulillah, gue berhasil mendapatkan beasiswa sebanyak 50%!!!

Ini nggak terduga banget, karena yang gue bayangkan selalu 100% atau nggak sama sekali.
Tetapi pasti Allah punya jawaban yang lebih baik untuk gue.
Gue mensyukuri apa yang gue dapat.
Merasa gagal? Pasti.
Karena gue gagal untuk membebaskan orang tua gue dari biaya-biaya sekolah yang nggak murah. Tapi mama pun bilang ke gue kalo semua pasti ada jalannya. Asalkan kita selalu berdoa kepada yang di Atas.
Setelah keadaan hectic yang paling menegangkan dalam hidup gue (setelah gue pikir-pikir mungkin ini rasanya jadi anak yang ikutan SBMPTN)
Akhirnya gue bisa bernafas lega.
Gue nggak akan menyia-nyiakan ini, gue akan belajar yang rajin dan giat biar beasiswa gue nggak di cabut (biar SAE ga nyesel ngasih gue potongan stengah harga)
Semangat juga buat yang lain, yang telah mendapat apa yang diinginkan, atau yang doanya belum dikabulkan. Percayakan saja semua kepada-Nya. Karena Ia lah yang tau apa yang terbaik untuk kita.
Jangan pernah putus harapan atau berkecil hati, teruslah bermimpi karena itulah alasan kita hidup.
Ttd,
Arissa Purilawanti.
(Your future movie director)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Fundamentals of Caring
Friday, July 29, 2016
When I Build A Rollercoaster For Just A Week.
Seperti ketika gue menonton konser penyanyi favorit gue di tempat paling dekat dengannya.
Seperti waktu gue MC pertama kali di depan seluruh SMA padahal waktu itu gue masih di bangku kelas 10. Sampai semalam sebelumnya gue nggak bisa tidur sama sekali.
Seperti waktu gue bikin suatu hadiah dan takut apabila sang penerima tidak menyukainya. Dan sang penerimanya, tidak hanya 1 orang.
Gue merasakan semuanya dengan berurutan.
Merasakan adrenalin ketika mengendarai wahana roller coaster pertama kalinya.
Sampai akhirnya tiba harinya.
Waktu itu hanya mengumpulkan portofolio dan formulir saja. Jadi, gue masih kembali santai, karena finalis akan dipanggil 1 bulan lagi.
Yang berarti, yang finalis akan dihubungi 2-3 hari sebelum interview.
Dan entah apakah dia salah satu dari penguji kuliah gue, tapi Alhamdulillah, bener aja. Hari itu gue ditelfon.
"Halo, ini Arissa ya?"
"Iya betul. Dengan siapa ya?"
"Ini aku Edo, dari SAE Institute."
Dheg.
"Oh iya mas..."
"Ehm, selamat ya kamu jadi finalis scholarships."
"Alhamdulillah! Serius..?" *ngadep mama, yang tadinya nangis gara-gara nonton filmnya, jadi makin nangis gara-gara alasan yang berbeda*
"Iya, portofolio kamu lumayan. Kamu dateng interview ya hari Kamis, jam 10."
"Oh iya mas!!"
"Oke, ada yang mau ditanya??"
*grogi setengah mati, ga bisa mikir lagi*
"Ehm..." *nengok mama* "Ma ada yang mau ditanya?" *mama geleng-geleng* "Kayanya nggak mas..."
"Oke deh, makasih ya Arissa. See you."
"Iya mas makasih banyak!"
Dan, setelah itu gue masih santai aja dan merasa bangga. Gue baru cari-cari tips and tricks buat interview yang baik baru tanggal 26 malam, dan pada tanggal 27nya. Gue mulai kalang kabut panik sendiri. Ngebayangin nanti ditanyain apa aja, cari-cari materi, nyusun kalimat yang ingin gue sampaikan, sampai latihan ngomong sendiri di depan kaca kayak orang gila. Untungnya rumah lagi kosong waktu itu.
Gue juga selalu berdoa, setiap shalat selama beberapa bulan terakhir, gue gak akan pernah lupa untuk bilang "Ya Allah... Semoga aku bisa mendapatkan beasiswa 100% Ya Allah..." dan sekarang gue tambahi dengan shalat sunnah.
Akhirnya tiba di SAE. Masih 1 jam menuju interview, karena sistemnya siapa yang datang duluan adalah yang masuk duluan, dan gue yang kedua datengnya, gue adalah urutan kedua. Gue berusaha tenang lagi, berkenalan dengan beberapa teman baru, yang merasa sama seperti apa yang gue rasakan. Tetapi gue masih nggak bisa fokus. Gue memperhatikan orang yang urutan pertama sudah masuk. Hanya hitungan menit sampai giliran gue. Setelah beberapa kali percobaan untuk bisa ngobrol seperti manusia biasa. Akhirnya orang "urutan pertama" itu keluar. Gue panik. Gue kira masih ada waktu lenggang sebelum gue masuk. Tetapi mba resepsionis langsung memanggil nama gue. Gue pergi masuk tetapi sebelumnya gue minta doa dari teman-teman senasib gue. Lalu gue berjalan mengikuti mba nya, gue berdoa di perjalanan yang singkat itu. Mba nya bertanya, "nervous nggak?" dan gue menjawab, "dari kemaren..."
29 Juli 2016.
Sehari sebelum pengumuman.
Arissa Purilawanti.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Little Miss Sunshine
I know it's 10 years late to review this movie. But the legend still lives through the world. This movie has effected many lives i supposed, and i just see how that's working.
First this movie was all about one thing: a family, a pretty fucked-up family, but they are all fucked-ups that unites together.
Richard (a father), Sheryl (a mother), Dwayne (a son), Olive (a daughter), Frank (an uncle) and Edwin (a grandfather).
A winner-obsessed father who's a speaker of a 'how to be success' program. A loving mother (i think she's the only one with no emotional problem). A son who wanted to be in air force and fly jets, and has sworn to secrecy to never speak a word again. A daughter who's dying to be a beauty pageant. A gay uncle with a suicidal problem. And a crack smocking porn lover grandpa.
Each of the family has their own character, and the mom being the only one who's settled with everything. This movie is focused on the daughter who has to go to California from Alberqueque to enter a Little Miss Sunshine contest. The family were all confused because they don't have enough money to fly, so the father decided to drove a mini van with hesitation at first because the trip itself is not pretty cheap. But he learns that his friend named Stan would sell his motivational program and get the money back.
The character that has been taking my attention from the very start was absolutely is Dwayne. He hasn't said a word and he always writes down what he wanted to say. He's the kinda child in the family who hates everyone and think each part of the family is stupid. Everybody has that part of the family.
The uncle is very heart-warming as well. Eventho he had suicidal problems. But he could get off pretty well and having this kinda bond with Dwayne. He tries to support him at times, not remembering he had once wants to kill himself.
I like the grandpa figure who always support Olive, unlike her dad who wants her to win no matter what. Throughout the movie, Olive and grandpa has been "practicing" for the contest, but nobody knows what, except for the growling face they practiced at the hotel. But he still smoking heroine, which make him dead in the half part of the movie.
Altho Richard, the Dad, didn't get the money because Stan's failure to sell his program. Which make Sheryl, his wife really sad. Richard takes responsible and meet him at night to confront him.
The movie was full dedicated to Olive, but the storyline was pretty much telling about the other part of the family. And how to keep this family back together after going on through so much stuffs.
The very scene that has touch me for the first time was when the van broken and everybody has to push for it to be able to start the engine again. It shows that family is supposed to be a team to make things work. No matter how much you hate them. And that scene was done much more till the end of the movie.
I like how Dwayne has finally decided to speak up eventho his first word was "FUUUUCK!!!" and since then i feel the bond of the family getting stronger.
Everybody in the family supports Olive to be in the pageant. But when its talent time, everybody was begging her to turn down the contest, because they know its impossible for her to win. Comparing her costume to the other. But Olive still wants to do it, for her grandpa. And the next thing you know, every part of the family is dancing with her. It's weird and awkward to see, makes you think "whaaaa?" but that's just how family works right? They wont let you go down on your own.
This family movie describes more than a happy-lovey family, it says about the reality in the world. And that family should sticks together no matter how bad the situation is.
Here are some quotes that I like:
"For better or for worse, we're still your family." -Sheryl to Dwayne.
"Losers are the one who's afraid of not winning so much, they don't even wanna try." -Grandpa to Olive.
"Life is a never ending beauty pageant. There's school, then college, then work. It's never gonna stop. We just gotta do what we like. Fuck the rest." -Dwayne to Frank.
"All those year he suffered, those was the best year of his life. Cause they made him who he was. All those years he's happy? You know, total waste." Frank to Dwayne.
It's a cool family movie, I'd give it an 8.5/10 :)
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Radio.
Menurutku radio itu romantis.
Romantis kenapa?
Ketika kita mendengar suatu lagu yang baru, kita tidak tahu judul lagu itu. Kita hanya bisa menikmati sebatas durasi waktu tersebut. Lalu, lagu itu akan berakhir. Dan kita akan merelakannya, lalu mendengar lagu selanjutnya, yang hanya penyiar radio dan Tuhan yang tahu. Kapan kita akan mendengar lagu itu lagi? Entahlah. Hanya bergantung pada takdir, untuk mempertemukan kita kembali. Cinta yang tulus, tanpa perlu mengikat.
Dan ketika kau mendengar lagu kesukaanmu, yang kau kira takkan pernah mungkin bisa mendengar di luar playlistmu. Rasanya akan seperti ketika kau bertemu kembali dengan kekasihmu yang nun jauh disana. Cinta yang abadi, tidak bisa ditebak.
Juga ketika kau berusaha mencari sinyal yang terbaik agar sinyal radiomu lancar. Kapan terakhir kali kamu harus memindah-mindahkan antena agar bisa nyambung dengan satelit? Dengan perjuangan, kita mendapat apa yang kita mau. Yup, kamu tau selanjutnya apa. Cinta itu, butuh perjuangan.
Namun, tidak selalu lagu yang diputar adalah lagu yang terbaik. Bahkan, tidak ada lagu yang diputar sama sekali. Melainkan, kicauan-kicauan penyiar radio yang tidak penting. Atau iklan produk yang menipu. Ya memang begitulah. Cinta juga tidak selamanya menyenangkan.
Itulah beberapa alasan mengapa aku rasa radio itu romantis. Hiduplah sepertinya mendengar radio. Tidak ada tombol start, stop, next, previous. Kita hanya perlu menjalankan perjalanan kita. Tanpa adanya pilihan lain. Karena setiap jam, menit, detik terus berjalan tanpa istirahat. Tidak ada yang menunggu ketika kita lelah. Mereka hanya akan terus maju. Kau hanya perlu menemukan waktu yang tepat untuk bertemu lagu itu. Waktu yang tepat untukmu, dan juga untuknya.
Selamat malam dunia.
Teruslah bersamaku, radio.
A.R.S.P
11:11 pm
May 3 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Kenapa???
Siang ini, gue bersama temen gue, pergi ke acara Film Musik Makan, semacam festival yang mengadakan screening film-film indie nusantara yang dianggap berhak untuk lebih dipublikasikan.
Ada 5 film pendek yang disajikan dalam kurun waktu 2 jam. Masing-masing film menghabiskan sekitar 20-30 menit. Semua film mempunyai genre yang berbeda-beda dengan pesan moral yang berbagai macam, padahal hanya memiliki sedikit dialog dalam cerita. Terlebih lagi, semua film tidak ada yang menggunakan bahasa indonesia, melainkan menggunakan bahasa daerah. (kecuali 1 film yang berkerjasama dengan pariwisata Jepang, kalo itu pake bahasa Jepang)
Screening berlangsung dengan aman karena semua penonton yang hadir sangat serius menelan gambar bergerak dihadapannya. Tetapi... penontonnya tidak cukup untuk memenuhi satu studio.
Lalu terlintas di kepala gue.
Film pendek kan tidak selaku dengan film-film di bioskop. Film panjang nasional yang di bioskop aja dikit yang nonton, gimana film pendek kayak gini? Otomatis penghasilan maupun apresiasi film pendek juga lebih sedikit. Terus, kenapa orang-orang ini masih ingin terus memproduksi?
Karena penasaran ingin tahu jawaban dari prespektif mereka, gue pun memberanikan diri untuk bertanya pertanyaan maut itu di sesi tanya jawab dengan para sutradara.
Dan salah satu dari ke empat sutradara yang hadir, balas bertanya.
"Mbak umurnya berapa?"
"18 tahun..."
"Pernah ngerasain yang namanya jatuh cinta?"
"Emm iya pernah... (terus kenapa?)"
"Ya kayak gitu rasanya. Kalo udah cinta, pasti kita ngerjainnya juga seneng. Dan cinta itu... nggak bakal merugikan."
Gue terdiam.
"Mungkin 10 tahun ke depan, mbak baru bisa ngerti maksud saya."
Dan ketiga sutradara yang lain, terdiam dan hanya mengangguk-angguk terhadap jawabannya.
Gue hanya bisa terpana. Mereka mungkin tidak seterkenal sutradara-sutradara lain yang telah menyutradarai film-film layar lebar. Tetapi, mereka mencintai pekerjaannya, dan yang paling penting; mereka bahagia.
Memang kesuksesan tidak terhitung dengan seberapa banyak orang yang mengagumimu, tetapi dengan seberapa banyak orang yang dapat kau bantu karena karyamu.
Terimakasih Mas Ipoenk yang ada di Jogja.
Sukses selalu.
ARSP
April 2 2016


