Box Of Reviews

A nightmare on elm street 2010

Achie — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:34:47 +0000

My movie meter says:

Surprisingly good in terms of film making.

Some parts successfully create high-quality tense.

Same-old story.

Nice special effect.

Great visual interpretation.

Amelia

Achie — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:22:45 +0000

My Movie Meter says:

So-so.

Average acting performances, even from Hillary Swank and Richard Gere.

Fashionable retro dresses.

Handy information about the life of Amelia Earhart.

I don’t feel the “drama”, but I do feel a bit of the romance.

The whole film lacks of charms.

Precious

Achie — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:09:30 +0000

Even brutality cannot break something that is really precious, it’s what this movie all about. Precious’ life doesn’t goes along with her name. She is raped by her own father until she pregnant and gives birth to two children from him. Her mother is a cruel woman, who’s jobless, lazy and poor.

No matter how hard life is, the young Precious never really complain. When it’s about her time to breakdown, she’s lucky to have found best friends who loves her.

This film is okay. I like the scripts but the plots are average.

Lot of nasty words used by Precious’ mother, those words even hurt me when I heard her saying them in the film. Precious doesn’t talk much on the film, but her narration leads us the way from the beginning to the end. It’s not her words that touch the audience, but it’s about how cruel her momma treat her. Big applause to Monique who plays the role as her momma, no wonder she won Oscar for this role.

If I have to describe this film: It’s simply something “precious” to watch.

Prince of Persia

Achie — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:46:19 +0000

My Movie Meter says:

Average special effects.

Average plots.

Cool parkour techniques

Love Jake Gyllenhaal.

Disney can do better than this.

Let’s talk about study

Achie — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:19:57 +0000

Study is not about memorizing theories and rephrasing them on the test’s paper. It’s not study, it’s called memorizing.

Study is not about aiming good grades, because it will be stressful, yet it’s supposed to be fun.

Study is not about being the best, because there’s no such thing as “the best”, there always be greater people than we are.

Study is the process of understanding something.

Study is the process of enriching our self with inspirations, new thoughts and new ideas.

study is the process to enable our self in creating something useful for others.

It took me years to finally understand the true meaning of study. Thank god it wasn’t too late

Inspiration is my new religion

Achie — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:16:56 +0000

Inspiration is my new religion. May I explain why?

Inspiration is what motivate you to do something about your life and the others’ life.

Inspiration is the key to a hidden treasure inside you.

It tickles your heart and triggers you to act.

It brings life ideas, great ideas.

Inspiration is everywhere. Observe carefully, open your mind and your heart. Let it slips into your mind, let it tickles your heart, let it forms you ideas, let it guides you to act.

“I want to be inspired and to inspire”

.Inspiration my new religion.

Crossroads

Achie — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:52:22 +0000

Don’t know where to go yet there are roads lay ahead me.

Don’t know what I want but willing to accept new challenges.

I might take the wrong road, but I won’t be able to turn around.

I might freeze a while at the center, but I don’t have much time.

I might be in doubt but I believe God will lead me to the finish line.

So now I just wait and see, cause I believe God know what best for me.

At the crossroads.

Good is not good enough

Achie — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:39:54 +0000

“Good”, the word depicts high-quality of standard. It sets up highest standard of what we do, and highest standard of the result of what we did.

In my opinion “good” is not good enough. There is higher standard than “good”. What’s higher then? “Function”.

Yes, function. If that something is useful to other, then it’s good enough.

It’s easy to create something good, but it’s hard to create something useful. So what is it that you do?Is it “only good” or is it useful? Think again, you might have to re-evaluate your standard.

Good is ok, but useful is perfect. Create something useful to others. Now.

The Ugly Truth

Achie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:59:18 +0000

Tanpa banyak basa-basi, Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler) membawakan sebuah talkshow yang membahas tentang hubungan pria dan wanita. Jauh dari kesan jaim, Mike sangatlah vulgar dalam memberikan opini, bahkan setting talkshow-pun dibuat seadanya seperti ruang kerja laki-laki yang berantakan dan seadanya. He’s a bad boy yang tidak malu menelanjangi para penelpon dengan pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang memojokkan, dan sebagian besar dinilai agak merendahkan martabat wanita. Hingga akhirnya Ia menandatangani kontrak untuk menjadi host dalam acara berita yang diproduseri oleh Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl), si pribadi perfeksionis dan kaku yang mengidamkan laki-laki dengan ciri-ciri yang diejek sebagai ciri-ciri ‘Gay’ oleh Mike. Perbedaan mereka yang kontras membuat Abby selalu naik pitam. Dari sinilah plot The Ugly Truth berkembang. Kedekatan Mike dan Abby dalam pekerjaan, yang dimana lebih banyak kontra daripada pro-nya, mewarnai narasi film ini.

Film ringan yang sangat menghibur, durasinya yang pendek memang terasa namun rangkaian dialog konyol dan scene-nya yang komikal konstan membuat penonton terhibur dari awal sampai akhir film. Bila dipanjangkan lagi, ceritanya pasti akan terasa bertele-tele.

The Ugly Truth yang menjadi pesan utama film ini, disampaikan dengan vulgar oleh Mike Chadway dalam perannya sebagai host. Ia jenis lelaki yang percaya, bahwa fisik wanita sangat menentukan keberhasilan mereka dalam mendapatkan jodoh. Wanita harus misterius sekaligus menggoda, mereka harus menggunakan ‘aset’ fisik mereka untuk menggaet laki-laki, yap begitulah saran Mike kepada para penonton setianya. Menyenangkan mendengar celotehannya yang kasar namun pada saat yang sama very true. Sementara itu, Abby yang mengagungkan keajaiban feeling dan naluri, menolak mentah-mentah idealisme Mike.

Akting Katherine Heigl mengungguli Gerard Butler di film ini, jauh dari perannya sebagai dokter di Grey’s Anatomy, Katherine sukses memainkan peran sebagai seorang wanita urban yang control freak dan perfeksionis. Ia cocok memainkan peran-peran ringan seperti ini, seperti perannya dalam film komedi romantis 27 Dressess.

Kesimpulan saya, film ini cukup menyenangkan. Tidak ada salahnya menyempatkan sedikit waktu di malam hari setelah kerja untuk menontonnya bersama teman atau pasangan kita.

Wake up Indonesian Brands

Achie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:49:48 +0000

Before you start reading this post, try to name at least five Indonesian brands which are famous regionally or internationally within five minutes.
One…
Two…
Three…
Four…
Five…and stop!

So how, do you manage to name five? Or even not a single one?

I couldn’t name one within five minutes. Maybe I could if the time limit is extended to 10 minutes, well umm maybe 20, or erm, an hour…I’m not sure. I won’t say that there are none but maybe there aren’t many Indonesian brands out there that have gained regional or international fame. This is a problem for our country. We almost don’t have powerful brands recognized by the international community. It’s ironic and sad because we have the resources, creativities, and talents yet until now we are still not able to make full use of them to create world-leading brands.

In fact, we are left behind the other Asian countries as Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan. Malaysia got Royal Selangor, a successful international brand which is now retailed in upscale outlets around the world, such as Harrods of London, David Jones of Australia, and the museum of Modern Art Gift Shop in New York. Next, Malaysia got Padini Holdings, the mother company of Malaysians well-known brands such as Padini, PDI, and the one and only VINCCI. Last but not least, Malaysia has Air Asia, the Asia’s most famous affordable flights.

Taiwan has Acer and NAUTICA. Yes, NAUTICA was actually made by a Taiwanese- born business man named David Chu (I was a bit surprised when I knew this, I used to think NAUTICA was an European or American brand such as CAT or Lacoste). Singapore is famous for its Singapore Airlines and SingTel. The last is Japan, which I don’t need to tell because I’m sure y’all could name the brands less within 5 minutes.

Then what happened to Indonesia? It’s about time for us to take more account on this matter because the impact of international brand is not only beneficial for the host companies, but it will also give a lot contribution for our country, especially in terms of economical factor. Besides that, having strong domestic brands which are known worldwide would give a good image for Indonesia. They would be the country’s representatives in the international community. So the world will know that we actually have ‘the quality’ to compete.

I think this ‘left behind’ situation is not an obstacle, but it is actually an opportunity for us to create strong brands of our own. Remember, we already had the resources, creativities, and talents, we only need to build-up our will and passion to create something brilliant from these valuable assets.

It’s nice to know that Indonesia already had a few strong brands which are known internationally but still formed as small players. For example: Batik Iwan Tirta, which is adored by foreigners and a batik boutique named Bin House, one of the famous foreign tourist destinations in Jakarta. These brands are on their way to soar and hopefully they will achieve international success as Royal Selangor or NAUTICA.

As Indonesian young generations, we need to be optimistic and inspired because who knows, we might be the future creators of world-leading brands. Think globally, start today because big success comes up from little things