“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014) 

Directed by Wes Anderson. 
Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Léa Seydoux, Jeff Godblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and introducing Tony Revolori. 
Written by Wes Anderson who’s inspired by Stefan Zweig. 
Music by Alexandre Desplat. 

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is one of two movies that lead the Oscars by having 9 nominations, which are Best Production Design, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Music - Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Writing - Original Screenplay, Best Directing, and of course, Best Picture. Never before any of Wes Anderson’s movies received such many nominations. This might be his year. Or not. It all depends on who will win the ultimate category, that is Best Picture. But, as a fan of Wes Anderson’s work, I’m super happy with this. :D

He has his own style in directing. His precision in details, would it be the gesture, props, costume, sound, or camera movement, have always been fascinating. Watching Wes Anderson movie is like looking at a masterpiece of art. It’s beautiful, yet always filled with humour. And for me, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is his best so far. 

Let’s point out on how he divided his movie into 3 ratios to enhance the three different eras the story is delivered, and also how the movement of the characters are almost like a choreography in a dance, or how his colour pallette this time was contrast yet matched with the story of passion, murders and greed. No wonder this movie received those nominations. It’s Wes Anderson together with Hugo Guiness, Robert D. Yeoman, Milena Canonero, Barney Pilling, and Alexandre Desplat creating the grand design of the life of Gustave H, played magnificently by Ralph Fiennes. 

Yes, the acting was also superb. I always remember Ralph Fiennes as the antagonist. He’s good at it. But, as Gustave H, he showed a comical side. He’s gentle and caring, smart and polite. The other actors also seem like playing with the same vibe, too. Well, Wes Anderson got his best ensemble cast ever.

The scoring part is always what I love the most. Alexandre Desplat was doing great. He brings the traditional accent by creating the classic sounds with enigma tunes. You could feel you’re in the northern Europe in 1920s trying to solve cases. Hahaha… Anyway, although he has done wonderfully on this one, I still can’t move on from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. That will always be my favorite. 

So, would this dominant contender win those 9 nominations? I don’t know. We don’t know. I don’t even dare guessing which nominations would be won by “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, because, those movies in the nominations are great pleasure to watch. I can only predict that this year’s Oscar would be exciting! 

It’s the Awarding Season!

Last Sunday’s Golden Globe was just awesome. Well, it was Monday in Indonesia and I had this excitement since morning. I couldn’t watch it because I had to go to work, but it didn’t stop from having the fun by freakin’ staring on Twitter timeline just to get all of the updates as quick as I can. Oh yeah, I never would want to miss the euforia. Thank God, so many media in all over the world tweeted it at almost the same time.

This year, most of my favorites won. Except, just one, “The Book of Life”, and that was really disappointing. :(

Anyway, the awarding season always mean a hectic moment for me and that is to catch up all of the movies that got selected as nominee and try to think (or act like) the people of the association as in why winning this actor, or actress, or film. This goes the same way with BAFTA and Academy Awards. I know there’s also TV Series in the category, but I’m all over to feature film. That is just what I love the most, motion pictures.

Anyway, still many movies to watch, but already did a few, and I’ll be writing my review after this. So, until next post!

Celebrating New Year a little too early. These boys got too sleepy so they wanted to start their simple fireworks party sooner.

Celebrating New Year a little too early. These boys got too sleepy so they wanted to start their simple fireworks party sooner.

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Clockwise, from top left: that’s my elder sister’s book, my big brother’s book, my book, my little sister’s book, and my little brother’s book.

Clockwise, from top left: that’s my elder sister’s book, my big brother’s book, my book, my little sister’s book, and my little brother’s book.

SEMUA AKAN BAIK-BAIK SAJA

Di rumah tua, nampaknya kosong, tapi ada beberapa orang yang menghuni di dalamnya. Pemuda itu berlari ke salah satu kamar. Ia membanting pintu dan berlari ke arah tempat tidur. Seorang perempuan di tempat tidur tersebut terbangun. Ia kaget melihat saudara adik laki-laki satu-satunya berlari dengan wajah pucat ke arahnya. Ia meminta tolong di tengah-tengah usahanya menarik napas. Ia terlihat kehabisan tenaga, tetapi ketakutannya akan sesuatu yang mengejarnyalah yang membuatnya tetap bertahan. 

Ada gedoran di pintu, gedoran tersebut semakin keras. Walaupun pintu sudah dikunci oleh sang adik, nampaknya hal tersebut tidak akan bertahan lama. Sang kakak perempuan mengambil pisau buah yang ada di meja di sisi tempat tidurnya. Ia menarik adiknya untuk bersembunyi di balik tirai jendela sedangkan ia sendiri bersembunyi di dalam lemari pakaian.

Pintu menjeblak terbuka, orang itu berhasil merusak pintu. Ia masuk perlahan, sang kakak dan adik sama-sama menahan napas. Orang itu mengamati ruangan lalu bergerak ke arah lemari yang menurutnya paling memungkinkan untuk bersembunyi. Ketika tangannya bergerak ke arah tuas pintu lemari. Sang kakak mendorong pintu lemari terbuka, melompat ke arah orang tersebut dan berusaha menusuk dadanya. Nyaris, ia hanya berhasil menggores lengannya. Orang itu terkejut. Sang kakak berusaha menyerang lagi sembari berteriak pada adiknya untuk lari dari ruangan tersebut. Orang itu melihat si adik berlari tetapi terhalang kakaknya, mereka berkutat berdua, masing-masing saling berusaha menjatuhkan. Pada akhirnya orang tersebut mendorong kakaknya jauh, merampas pisau dari tangannya dan menusuknya tepat di jantungnya. Sang kakak mati seketika.

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What I’ve been wanting to read. Thank you so much, Kak Jasmipon!! #hans #christian #andersen #fairytales

What I’ve been wanting to read. Thank you so much, Kak Jasmipon!! #hans #christian #andersen #fairytales

“Edge of Tomorrow” (2014)

Directed by Doug Liman 
Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson 

When I first saw this movie trailer, I thought this would be another typical Tom Cruise movie. You know, mostly he played a handsome, tough, smart, and agent-kind-of guy with super cool fighting skill and a mission to accomplish. This one, his character is different.

Major William Cage, played by Tom Cruise, is a Public Affairs Officer in United States army. Later, he receives order to join combat on the beaches in France to fight a race of aliens called Mimics that apparently have overtaken Europe. If this is Tom Cruise’s other movie, he might be willing to join the combat, survive the battle, go home, and welcome his woman into his arms. Well, this is “Edge of Tomorrow”.

Let’s just say William Cage is a coward. He’s not that type of a person who does the dirty job, so, he strongly refuses the order. Still, he’s forced to be in the army and join the combat,… and ends up being killed. Or, not really. Because, somehow, he absorbs the Mimic’s ability. He finds himself trapped in a time loop and keeps repeating the day before the battle. This makes his skills as a soldier getting improved every time he repeats the day. 

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