finally! after nine months of reading i finished it!
the book had
so much differences compared to the film. for instance, there was not
much appearance of the Count in the book, but it didn't affect the
horror feel of reading it. probably since i've seen the film thousands
of time, i could visualise what i read easily, yet it didn't make the
book less interesting (compared to Anne Rice's Interview With The
Vampire? ergh.)
i salute Abraham Stoker for writing this piece of
horror. even reading it on a broad daylight in a public transport could
send the chills behind my neck. i took one star off my rating. or the
death of Dracula in the book.
i'd prefer the film's version much better.
really.
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[Review] The Picture of Dorian Gray
The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.
This is a fault.
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
That is all.
The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.
The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.
The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved.
No artist has ethical sympathies.
An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.
From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.
All art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
- Oscar Wilde as in the preface of his novel "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" -
i have to admit, the very first reason i read this book was my crush to the character Dorian Gray in LXG (portrayed sinfully gorgeous by Stuart Townsend).
it's about the title-character, 18-years-old Dorian Gray who made a path to exchange his very own soul to his painting's, driven by jealousy when he learned that his painting would never grow old, as opposed to himself who will age day after day after day.
Dorian himself was torn apart between his two best friends: Basil, the painter who made his painting, and Henry, the gentleman who told him about the fates he and his painting would face.
this was the first and only novel Oscar Wilde had released, apart from his plays. being Oscar Wilder, it got a strong homosexual essence, but that's the beauty of this novel. the story was well-written, the language was beautiful, the characters were fantastic. this is how a young hedonist would live back then (or as i would say, ABG)
and the ending ... is how Oscar Wilde would end it properly.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.
This is a fault.
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
That is all.
The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.
The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.
The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved.
No artist has ethical sympathies.
An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.
From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.
All art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
- Oscar Wilde as in the preface of his novel "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" -
i have to admit, the very first reason i read this book was my crush to the character Dorian Gray in LXG (portrayed sinfully gorgeous by Stuart Townsend).
it's about the title-character, 18-years-old Dorian Gray who made a path to exchange his very own soul to his painting's, driven by jealousy when he learned that his painting would never grow old, as opposed to himself who will age day after day after day.
Dorian himself was torn apart between his two best friends: Basil, the painter who made his painting, and Henry, the gentleman who told him about the fates he and his painting would face.
this was the first and only novel Oscar Wilde had released, apart from his plays. being Oscar Wilder, it got a strong homosexual essence, but that's the beauty of this novel. the story was well-written, the language was beautiful, the characters were fantastic. this is how a young hedonist would live back then (or as i would say, ABG)
and the ending ... is how Oscar Wilde would end it properly.
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[Review] Butterfly On The Wheel (Shattered: US title)
FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!!
this movie might be the best thriller film i have ever seen. by this year. even though i admit, my two main reasons to watch it were Pierce Brosnan and Gerard Butler. but turned out their good looks were nothing compared to the whole package of the movie.
i could hardly take my eyes from the screen for the whole movie. it's fast, unpredictable, psychologically disturbing ... WICKED!!
the twist between the characters are spectacular! how a simple thing could lead to your worst nightmare. and how you could never judge someone from their appearance. that someone who seemed to have the world in their hands could fall down to a principal matter, and someone who seemed so simple could do something you never expected before.
the main idea of the case might be simple, but what comes with it was spectacular. the cast was brilliant. pierce brosnan was perfect as the psychopath maniac, he got that cold expression that could send shivers to the back of your neck. and gerard butler had not have the Leonidas look yet. he looked a bit ill, if i may say. definitely not leonidas-y.
Suppi!! lo harus nonton!! babeh gue melempar laki luh dengan mudahnya lalu raja spartan haus darah itu dipukuli!! ahuahauhha!!! ngerrriiii ... !!!
[Alex: ...]
this movie might be the best thriller film i have ever seen. by this year. even though i admit, my two main reasons to watch it were Pierce Brosnan and Gerard Butler. but turned out their good looks were nothing compared to the whole package of the movie.
i could hardly take my eyes from the screen for the whole movie. it's fast, unpredictable, psychologically disturbing ... WICKED!!
the twist between the characters are spectacular! how a simple thing could lead to your worst nightmare. and how you could never judge someone from their appearance. that someone who seemed to have the world in their hands could fall down to a principal matter, and someone who seemed so simple could do something you never expected before.
the main idea of the case might be simple, but what comes with it was spectacular. the cast was brilliant. pierce brosnan was perfect as the psychopath maniac, he got that cold expression that could send shivers to the back of your neck. and gerard butler had not have the Leonidas look yet. he looked a bit ill, if i may say. definitely not leonidas-y.
Suppi!! lo harus nonton!! babeh gue melempar laki luh dengan mudahnya lalu raja spartan haus darah itu dipukuli!! ahuahauhha!!! ngerrriiii ... !!!
[Alex: ...]
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[Review] Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand (Audio)
reading the lyrics of Franz Ferdinand's songs always raised eyebrows. both by the unknown meanings and the smartness of them. it's really interesting how various conversations from an art party in a gallery in Glasgow could lead to an ambiguously bisexual song titled Do You Want To.
then the same man who wrote it made a book about food while touring the world with the band. and he read it on BBC's Book Of The Week.
disguised as a travel journal, Sound Bites tells us about various cuisines that had passed the path of Franz Ferdinand, especially Alex Kapranos, a former chef in Scotland and today's world-famous vocalist, from fugu-fish in Japan to bull's testicles in Argentina.
the way Alex described the meals he had was elegantly sensual, yet it's perfectly placed. it was highly exaggerated, yet it's a spot-on. it was witty, yet it's also curiously amusing.
maybe he was the first person who could make a five-year-old boy's birthday cake sounded so sexy. a fugu fish is something that would be perfect for your fore-play sessions. or perhaps, inviting six-thousand people to have dinner in the lobby of the hotel you're staying sounded like a perfect revenge for the manager.
he could made us feel as if we were there with him experiencing the same travels, foods and feelings. it even comes reflexively to one's mouth the ticklish tingling sensation caused by his allergy to peanuts.
this book was obviously made for the Greek-Scot's velvet voice that was complimented with a seductive English accent with a slight touch of Scottish. every page he read was like a bedtime story-telling. every words slipped out in an innocent sensual way from his tongue and lips. it's hard to keep patience for him to read the next page, and the one after that, and the next after that.
i really can't wait to get my hands on the proper form of this book.
my biggest mistake while listening to the four-part BBC reading was ... doing it in the broad daylight in Ramadhan month.
then the same man who wrote it made a book about food while touring the world with the band. and he read it on BBC's Book Of The Week.
disguised as a travel journal, Sound Bites tells us about various cuisines that had passed the path of Franz Ferdinand, especially Alex Kapranos, a former chef in Scotland and today's world-famous vocalist, from fugu-fish in Japan to bull's testicles in Argentina.
the way Alex described the meals he had was elegantly sensual, yet it's perfectly placed. it was highly exaggerated, yet it's a spot-on. it was witty, yet it's also curiously amusing.
maybe he was the first person who could make a five-year-old boy's birthday cake sounded so sexy. a fugu fish is something that would be perfect for your fore-play sessions. or perhaps, inviting six-thousand people to have dinner in the lobby of the hotel you're staying sounded like a perfect revenge for the manager.
he could made us feel as if we were there with him experiencing the same travels, foods and feelings. it even comes reflexively to one's mouth the ticklish tingling sensation caused by his allergy to peanuts.
this book was obviously made for the Greek-Scot's velvet voice that was complimented with a seductive English accent with a slight touch of Scottish. every page he read was like a bedtime story-telling. every words slipped out in an innocent sensual way from his tongue and lips. it's hard to keep patience for him to read the next page, and the one after that, and the next after that.
i really can't wait to get my hands on the proper form of this book.
my biggest mistake while listening to the four-part BBC reading was ... doing it in the broad daylight in Ramadhan month.
23 November 2011
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Immortals [2011]
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
itulah kesan2 gw setelah kelar nonton film berdarah2 ini.
tenang, saudara2 sekalian yang terkasih dan tersayang, gw masih belum bermutasi jadi manusia yang suka liat darah, koq. terbukti ketika menonton film ini, gw beberapa kali mengernyitkan dahi, karena pusing yang melanda. masih untung sih gak pingsan kaya a certain Scottish vocalist yang jago masak, tapi pas nonton adegan operasi di Dirty Little Things di in-flight movie langsung semaput, black out aja gitu.
Cavill + Rourke: .............. honestly, woman.
*eLmo lanjutin ngetik setelah benjut2 digebuk Theseus dan dicapit helmnya Hyperion*
rupanya, Raja Kepiting ini mendendam kepada para dewa, karena
that is too mainstream!
this is how ...

cross your legs, lads.
cross your legs.
yak, lanjut!tersebutlah Theseus, pemuda desa yang sejak kecil
dan di sinilah weapon of eLmo's distraction dilepas.
bapak2 tua itu ternyata bukan sekedar
Gusti Zeus Maha Agung!
apa2an ini lelaki??
kemaren jadi pendeta kurang senonoh yang piawai main pedang dan hobinya pake baju clerical itemitemitem dengan kalung salib segede hoh-hah, tetapi kelakuannya sekarepe dewe, sekarang dia jadi Dewa Zeus aja gitu, yang busananya minim sekali, dada diumbar kemana2, pahanya kekar banget. udah gitu doyanannya mainan pecut sama rante pula!
oh my mighty Zeus!!
*lap monitor*
not that i mind Sean Bean and Liam Neeson as Zeus, though. especially Liam, when he boomed "RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!" in Clash Of The Titans. *eLmo releases her clothes*
and, guess what? Luke was in Clash Of The Titans, as Apollo. so, he got a raise! yaay!
yah, anyway, layaknya hamba2nya, para dewa ini juga kerjaannya leyeh2 nonton
[entah kenapa, ketika ngetik ini yg kebayangnya begitu Titans dilepas, para dewa akan direpotkan dengan alay2 grupis band KWnya Peterpan. hih!]
tentu saja anak2nya Zeus yang maha ganteng ini tidak nurut.
mulai dari Poseidon yang bikin tsunami lokal, kemudian disusul Ares yang membantu Theseus dan si Phaedra [Freida Pinto] melarikan diri dari penjara garam [sehat amat ya penjaranya?]. sayang sekali Ares kegep ngebantuin manusia, dan dihukum pecutlah dia sama Bapaknya. sampe mati.
entahlah. hanya Tarsem Singh yang tahu.
yang jelas sih gw agak2 ogah juga ya diteriakin "PROVE ME RIGHT!!" sama lelaki yang bentukannya macam Luke Evans sebagai Zeus.
............................... or maybe not.
*crut*
right, speaking about Tarsem, sutradara yang satu ini ternyata manusia di balik The Fall. gw belum nonton sih filmnya, baru liat trailer-nya beberapa tahun lalu. tapi gila deh, trailer-nya aja tuh udah bisa bikin kejet2 saking kerennya! sayang saat itu gw belum mampu untuk nonton di bioskop tak berangka, yang saat itu harga tiketnya masih bikin nangis. hiks.
begitu pun Immortals ini. walaupun aura 300-nya kenceng banget, tapi tetap aja film ini gak keilangan kemegahannya sebagai sebuah film yang loosely, VERY loosely based on Greek Mythology.
gw suka banget pemandangan desanya Theseus. oh my mighty Zeus! apakah di Indonesia ini ada desa seperti itu? indah banget! penjara yang terbuat dari garam itu juga keren, dan adegan2nya di sekitar tempat2 itu pun indah2 pisan! dan, of course ... Olympus. walaupun gw mungkin gak akan mau berada kurang dari 10m dari ujung tempat itu ya :|
klimaks film ini, bagi gw, adalah ketika para dewa akhirnya gontok2an sama sekelompok suku Wachati itu. brutal! tusuk sana, tusuk sini, gorok sana, gorok sini. hadoh, gw nontonnya udah urut2 kening aja saking kliyengnya liat darah dimana2!
penampilan para dewanya ketika perang ini, sayang sekali, udah sedikit bersahabat sama kain, walaupun paha2 kekar itu masih kemana2 ... *gigit paha Zeus*
gw suka banget koreografi pertarungan gods vs. titans. gerakan2 gemulai nan indah para dewa sangat kontras dengan gerakan2 para titans yang kaya monyet rabies dikasih kopi segentong. and Tarsem really made sure people would see the difference. bravo!
di sela2 pertarungan ini, kita bisa melihat bagaimana piawainya Yang Dimuliakan Zeus bermain rantai. rantai aku, Zeus ...
jadi itulah review saya mengenai Zeus, eh, Immortals.
ya ... Zeus .... Bapaknya para Dewa yang gantengnya astaghfirullah, subhanallah itu.
dada kekar .... paha kekar ... kekar semua deh!
apakah saya sudah bilang kalau yang jadi Zeus itu orang ini?
*JROWODH!!*
ps. Zeus poster of Immortals and mad Zeus came from lukeevansfan.tumblr.com
image of Theseus came from scifi.about.com,
image of King Hyperion came from iteramo.com,
picture of nut-breaking was stolen from Suppi's MP,
image of old Zeus and Theseus came from moviespad.com,
image of titans and Olympus came from latinoreview.com,
image of ZEUS came from hollywood-spy.blogspot.com,
image of Poseidon came from movies.about.com,
image of Athena came from deskofbrian.com,
image of Luke Evans Zeus came from movietuna.com,
image of Ares and Athena in Olympus came from popcornaddiction.com,
image of Zeus whipping Ares came from ropeofsilicon.com,
image of gods at war came from beginningandend.com,
image of Luke Evans came from .... my WinchesterPhone :|
17 November 2011
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The Adventures Of Tintin [2011]
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Animation |
sayangnya, banjir besar melahap komik2 Tintin gw
puluhan tahun kemudian, gw dapet versi mangascan-nya, kumplet! sampe yang Alph-Art juga ada. whoo-hoo!
jadi begitu filmnya masuk ke bioskop tercinta yang tidak ada angkanya itu, gw langsung nyeret Pol dan Koh Pengkie [yang kelihatannya lagi butuh hiburan pasca-jam-kantor] untuk nonton. 3D.
baru opening credits, gw udah kelojotan sendiri, saking kerennya! sumpah keren banget itu! udah jadi satu "short movie" sendiri hihihi. tapi kekaguman tidak berhenti di situ .... ketika film sebenarnya mulai, kepala gw rasanya udah mau meledak. anjiiiiirrr!!! gilak ya itu animasi buwaguuuuusssss banget!!! karakter2 Tintin yang biasanya berwujud 2D di komiknya sekarang jadi 3D, dan bagus! enggak maksa macam Garfield atau Smurfs kemaren! ini lebih alus ... ibarat kata nyureng dikit tuh, udah keliatan kaya film beneran!
tanpa bermaksud membocorkan jalan cerita, gw mau berkomentar kalau jalan cerita film ini menarik banget. bukan sesuatu yang baru, karena gw udah faseh banget sama ceritanya Tintin *congkak*, jadi gw tau apa aja yang terjadi selama mencari harta karun Unicorn itu. tapi tapi tapi .... gw suka mix and match-nya. yep, tim scriptwriting film ini enggak mentah2 adaptasi dari komik duologi Unicorn-Red Rackham, tetapi dari beberapa buku. dan hasilnya tuh indah banget! dan sangat Indiana Jones. well, gw gak akan mengatakan kalau Tintin ini niru Indiana Jones, karena justru Tintin muncul duluan daripada Indy. dan Steven Spielberg pun baru tau Tintin itu eksis ketika ada media yang me-review Raiders Of The Lost Ark itu mirip Tintin.
tsk. bloody Americans.
selain cerita yang menarik, visualisasinya menurut gw juga luar biasa. lokasi2 yang selama ini hanya ada di buku komik sekarang ada di depan mata dalam bentuk 3D, yang walaupun computer-generated, tetapi tempat2 eksotis itu tetap terlihat keindahannya. dan salah satu keuntungan membuat Tintin dengan teknologi animasi adalah, pengambilan gambar bisa dilakukan dari angle manapun, karena kamera tak akan kepetok properti/setting.ini serius.
karena selama 2 jam nonton film ini, gw sangat mengagumi angle2 cinematography-nya. asli keren banget, dan kayanya ga bakal mungkin dilakukan kalau Adventures Of Tintin ini dibuat live action pake manusia, dan prop beneran!
pembentukan karakternya pun juga luar biasa. mungkin masih ada yang inget dulu di saluran televisi lokal Indonesia, ada yang pernah muter Tintin the Series. kartun 20 menit, satu buku komik dibagi 2 episode. menurut gw pengisian suara karakter2 di situ bagus banget. tjutjoklah sama bayangan gw selama ini. Tintin yang almost perfect tapi oon, Capt. Haddock yang "buas", Thomson & Thompson yg super oon XD [they're not twins, did you know?], dan Snowy yang menggemaskan.
and now, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost did a marvellous job lending their voices in this movie! gak cuma pengisian suara, tetapi membawa karakter2 ini ke bentuk 3D yang enggak mengerikan, kaya Garfield *masih*, juga amazing. Tintin jadi mirip Ronan Keating, dan suaranya Jamie Bell itu cocok banget! boyish, tapi at the same time cocok sama aura Tintin yang kelihatannya udah on-age, tapi energinya kekanakan. Capt. Haddock tetap seperti ujud asalnya, lebih menggemaskan, Snowy terlihat ndud dan lucu, Thomson & Thompson berbeda ukuran, kelihatannya bergantung pada yang mengisi suara. sumpah gw gak inget which is which, tapi gw curiga salah satu dari mereka yang dibuat lebih ndud itu diisi suaranya oleh Nick Frost, sedangkan yang lebih ramping bagiannya Simon Pegg. kemudian Red Rackham, terutama ketika ia berjalan di atas tiang kapal yang udah kebakar itu. duh, Gusti Zeus, bahkan siluetnya pun terlihat ganteng. tjutjok dijajarin sama Kapiten Jack Sparrow!walaupun ujut aselinya ternyata enggak :|
pengisi suaranya sih iya ... Daniel Craig, baby!!
animasinya pun bagus banget, gerakan2nya terlihat sangat manusiawi. Spielberg membuat keputusan yang tepat dengan mengajak Peter Jackson, sang juragan WETA [Gollum, anyone?]. bahkan kelihatannya, teknologi yang ada di WETA udah lebih diperbaharui lagi sejak Gollum. adegan Unicorn vs. Rackham's ship itu indah banget! pertarungan antar kapal terkeren yang pernah kulihat setelah Black Pearl vs. Flying Dutchman di At World's End [iya, gw suka film itu, ada masalah?], dan gw pun wondering, kenapa waktu kecil gw gak tertarik sama pirates ya? XDngeliat Tintin bergerak2 tiga dimensi, berinteraksi sebenar2nya, pemandangan lokasi yang full, nggak terbatas panel komik, dan ... musik pengiring yang luar biasa [bener2 deh itu John Williams, patut diberi standing ovation!]. dan buat yang udah baca semua komik2nya kaya gw, pasti seneng liatnya, karena ada detail2 yang bisa bikin "eh itu kan ...", "waaaa ... ada itu di sini!" gemes deh pokoknya!
konon katanya Adventures of Tintin ini mau dibuat trilogy. gw sangat mendukung terwujudnya rencana ini. kami butuh film2 spektakuler untuk ditunggu setiap tahun, apalagi setelah Harry Potter abis. dan akan lebih baik lagi kalau Peter Jackson terlibat dalam film2 yang patut ditunggu tiap tahun ini.
jadi buat yang belum nonton Tintin, this movie is highly recommended! especially in 3D!
ps. Tintin poster came from onlinemovieshut.com,
image of Tintin comic's full cast came from brusselssite.com,
image of Captain Haddock came from www3.sympatico.ca,
image of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg came from tintinblog.com,
Tintin's scenes came from kino-riga.eu, www.setaswall.com, themoviesummary.com, opionator.wordpress.com, lifewithdoctordoubleyou.blogspot.com,
image of Tintin's cast came from teenfi.com,
image of behind the movie of Tintin came from 2.bp.blogspot.com [that seemed to be a property of Empire Online],
image of Daniel Craig came from onlinemovielists.blogspot.com,
15 November 2011
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The Three Musketeers [2011]
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
iya, Robin Hood yang rubah.
rubah tertampan yang pernah kulihat.
Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers,
anyway, spiking of The Three Musketeers, beberapa waktu lalu, gw nonton versi terbarunya bersama teman2 JH6, minus Shinta yang sekarang sibuk berbikini sambil bikin resort di Bali. misi nonton The Three Musketeers kali ini, juga berkaitan dengan Koh Pengkie yang penasaran berat sama Pejaten Village. jadilah kita nonton di sana.
visualnya tuh cantik banget, dan bukan cuma jajaran wajah2 rupawan yang suwangat uwenak dipandang [adik kecil yang jadi demi-god songong di Percy Jackson sudah tumbuh besar dengan sukses!], tetapi juga setting tempat, properti, bahkan kostumnya. yes, you read that right. kostum2 jaman Revolusi Industri yang ribet penuh detail, dan fierce. baju berkerah paku/kawat/duri/peniti raksasa warna ungu yang dipakai Duke of Buckhingham bisa berakibat fatal kalau dipake di TransJakarta yang hobi ngerem mendadak!
Milady, tentu saja dengan busana nan ribet ala lady jaman itu. Buckingham, surprisingly sangat fashionable. no, make that hillariously fashionable. gw rasa faktor Orlando Bloom memegang peranan yang cukup kuat di sini.
jadi si Milady itu ternyata jahat.
ih, udah deh, gak usah sewot, itu adegan dia berkhianat ada di 10 menit pertama! gw nggak kasih spoiler macam "Bruce Willis ternyata setan!"-nya Sixth Sense! atau penjahatnya Saw itu yang di tengah!
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kalian semua yang membaca review ini udah nonton Sixth Sense dan/atau Saw kan? :|
anyway, fast forward ke beberapa tahun kemudian, dimana seorang pemuda bernama D'Artagnan [Logan Lerman] berangkat dari desanya untuk menjadi anggota musketeer, dan bertemulah dia dengan tiga lelaki Keltik bersuara aduhai. adegan perkenalan D'Artagnan sama ketiga musketeer sangat mirip dengan versi Disney dulu, mungkin emang template dari buku ya? jujur aja, gw belum baca bukunya. tebel banget bok! tapi kalo ada e-book-nya enggak keberatan deh dowload. *dikutuk Mbah Alexadre Dumas jadi pena bulu*
tetapi ternyata permasalahan bukan hanya di zeppelin maha ganteng itu, kisah cinta sang Louis dengan istrinya, Anne [Juno Temple], pun juga ikut2an kusut, sampai2 D'Artagnan dilibatkan.
selain visual yang luar biasa, dari segi audio film ini juga sangat menggairahkan. Matthew McFayden dan Ray Stevenson itu suaranya membahana dan seksi sekali. bawaannya pengen merinding kalo denger suara mereka. Orlando Bloom, ya udah ya, kita udah tau suara dese kaya apa. tetapi, ketika menjadi villain, seperti ada yang berbeda dengan suaranya. terdengar ... agak diseret. seperti ... Viggo Mortensen.
ah, my dear Elf-Boy, ternyata hubungan kalian masih berlangsung ya?
yeah, Orlando Bloom .... ya udah ya. mau diapain juga, kayanya dia bakal tetap keliatan beautiful. bahkan dikasih peran villain aja, dia masih bisa keliatan lenjeh dan minta diunyel2 ala Will Turner gitu X)
duh, Gusti Zeus ... mukanya boros sekali ya? :|
orang ini, walaupun dia terlihat seperti versi tuanya Orlando Bloom, tetapi usianya 2 tahun lebih muda dari Orlando. aku pun terkejut ketika mengetahui fakta ini. kemaren liat dia lagi di Immortals, nanti aku akan membahas film itu di review berikutnya. dan mulailah aku jatuh bangun melihatnya. di saat2 lagi kejet2 gitu, aku menemukan sebuah berita yang cukup menjelaskan kenapa efek jatuh cinta sama si Padre Aramis ini bisa segitunya .... dese gembira ria.
YA PANTES AJAAAAAA!!!
duh, ini gaydar gw saking update-nya sampe lupa apa ya, kalo ijk masih semacam perempuan straight? dikasih nafsunya sama lelaki gay melulu! ya sudah deh! saya terima aja! *ceritanya pasrah dan nrimo*
tapi bok yaaa ... masih pada inget gak gimana kesuat2nya gw sama Padre Kiernan beberapa tahun lalu? gara2 Stigmata? belum cukup gw gelepar2 sama Padre itu, lalu Jeremy Irons dan Gary Oldman pun beramai2 jadi pendeta di Iron Mask dan Scarlet Letter. emh!
gilak! mengaku dosa udah gak usah pake pembatas bilik deh! gak sopan banget itu bangsa Keltik!
ahem. eniwei.
sebenarnya yang agak disayangkan perannya Christoph Waltz. tanggung. kayanya masih bisa dieksplor tuh orang itu, Kardinal oon itu. mubazir aja gitu pake aktor semacam Christoph Waltz untuk peran yang gitu doang. begitu pun Orlando Bloom.
secara teknikal, gw suka sekali angle2 pengambilan film ini. mungkin karena Mr. Anderson,
dari segi soundtrack juga oke. scoring-nya keren banget, sekilas agak mirip sama Pirates of the Caribbean sih, entah emang dimaksudkan begitu atau emang faktor Orlando Bloom dan swash-buckling. terserah deh yang mana, yg penting keyen! X)
waktu gw menonton film ini kemaren agak sedikit menyesal karena tidak mencoba yg 3Dnya. karena bisa dipastikan, tampilan 3Dnya akan sangat ciamik, soalnya dalam format 2D aja udah ngeri banget kerennya! this is a must have. untuk menambah koleksi.
ps. poster of The Three Musketeers came from impawards.com,
image of Disney's Robin Hood came from fanpop.com,
image of Duke Buckingham in purple outfit came from geektyrant.com,
image of Musketeers' costumes came from divasanddiamonds.wordpress.com,
image of the musketeers and D'Artagnan came from ,
image of Milady came from crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com,
image of Orlando Bloom as Duke Buckingham came from magic.co.uk,
image of Cardinal Richelieu and Milady came from movies.about.com,
image of Luke Evans in a suit came from ones2watch4.com,
image of Luke Evans as Aramis came from http://www.monstersandcritics.com and poptower.com.
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