akhir2 ini kerjaan gw beli dvd mulu. hehe. abis gw beli dvd banyak bgt, dah gitu msh banyak yg blom ditonton. hehe. i feel like making a movie review. so here goes.
AtonementStarring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan
Directed by: Joe Wright
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan
this movie is just marvelous. it was beyond. it is about well, um, atonement. how far someone would go to atone their guilt.
the movie starts with 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), an amateur writer and daughter of a wealthy, well-respected parents. she's spending the summer in the huge Tallis' estate. during which she witnesses her sister, Cecilia's (Keira Knightley) "romantic encounter" (can't find the right/appropriate words, sorry haha) with Robbie (James McAvoy), their houskeeper's son/gardener. blinded by jealousy and naivety Briony concluded that Robbie was assaulting her sister, when it's not what happened. when, Lola Quincey, Tallis' cousin was found raped in their garden, Briony accused Robbie as the attacker, resulting Robbie being arrested and sent to jail solely out of Briony's false testimony. she accused Robbie of a crime he never commited. from then on, her journey to seek atonement begins. will she be able to apologize to Robbie and Cecilia for condemning their love forever? will she tell the truth of what happened when Lola was raped? who raped Lola?
curious much? you have to watch this movie. i regreted it so much not to have watched it during jiffest, though i had the ticket already. but good thing i found the dvd. bad subtitles though. ;p
it is a complex story, but i find the theme quite simple. i suppose we encounter atonement in our life, no? the ending is very very surprising. a seemingly happy ending, but then again, maybe it won't. i cried watching the ending, really. you would be very surprised, once you know what happened to Cecilia and Robbie. no spoiler here, thank you very much! go watch it yourself! it's a must watch!
Across the UniverseStarring: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson
Directed by: Julie Taymor
this one is a musical. and a really good one, to be exact. set in the 1960s, all of the songs are The Beatles' songs! it features more than 30 Beatles' songs. and i just love Beatles! the storyline's marvelous too. another movie which i didn't get to watch during jiffest. =[
this movie is sort of a mozaic/montage and the storytelling is quite hard to be written in words. since there are a lot of characters, with their own story to tell. though these character's end up in nyc, it's very complicated. ;p
so the movie starts with Jude (the oh-so-hot Jim Sturgess), on the beach singing the song "Girl". then it moves on to Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) on a dance party with her boyfriend, who is to be drafted to Vietnam. we'll then find out that Jude lives in Liverpool, with his single mother. he never knew his father, so he traveled to New Jersey, to Princeton University to be exact, because his father works there. Jude thought his father would be a renowened proffesor or somethin', turned out he war merely a janitor. Jude met Max (Joe Anderson), a student in Princeton and soon befriends him.
in the mean time, we scour all the way to Ohio, to find Prudence (T.V Carpio) a high school student, who's in love with someone (not clearly shown, i don't know who the crush is myself) and sings "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" (oh, i loooove this scene!). we'll then find out that she'll hitchhike all the way to New York City.
meanwhile, Max turned out to be Lucy's brother, and he invited Jude to come to their family's thanksgiving dinner. spontaneously (or not) Max asked Jude to go to New York with him, and so off the go. their adventure starts here, they rented an apartment and befriend their landlord, Sadie (Dana Fuchs), who is an aspiring singer.
back in New Jersey, Lucy was in grief because her boyfriend, Daniel died in Vietnam. to escape from grief (i spose xp), she went to New York to find her brother, Max. then, romance blooms between Lucy and Jude (they'rea cute couple, really).
in New York, Lucy joined an anti-war movement. however, the (seemingly) apolitical Jude doesn't really support Lucy's group, as their act become more radical and anarchist. as a chain of chaotic event followed, Jude was to be deported back to England.
will he ever see Lucy again? what will happen to Max?
ok, so i suppose i've practically told you half of the movie, so i shall go no further! go watch it yourself! it's a romantic movie, really. a lot of important messages are delivered here. such as the true meaning of friendship, how war is no good to the humanity, the power of love and lots more.though some may be invisible to me... or not.
it wound up to one sentence.
a must watch.
go get the dvd! NOW!
i'm running out of words here! capek gila!
anyways, JIM STURGESS is ÜBERHOT!! to add it up, he has a beautiful, beautiful voice! aaarh. here's a still from Across the Universe
GOD, I'M MELTING. i found lot's more but blogger is stupidly slow uploading the pics.
alrightey then! review time's over. gotta do some school stuff! OH NANDRA SO GEEKY!
haha. apa aja lah.
go watch the movies people! you'll love it!
