March 2008 Archives
I had a newly habit of mine where I directly check a movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes after I watched a DVD. This habit which started like a couple of months ago is kind a fun. The simple reason that I did this is I want to compare my review of the DVD to the global consensus that form as a rating in Rotten Tomatoes.
To my surprises, sometimes the margin scores from me and the so-called Rotten Tomatoes reviewer are quite wide. Like the last movie I watched, Cashback, an indie-flick about a boy meets girl theme covered in artsy cinematography. I myself think the movie was okay, not so great, just okay. If I converted my review, I would say it was a 75% rating movie. But surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes meter just gave it a 45%.
No, I’m not an expert of cinema. I enjoyed films and only take the fun of it. I don’t curate movie like those expert. Because I have a certain beliefs that movies should be a medium for you to enjoy it, not took it very seriously (except for Fight Club, it wasn’t a movie, it is a way of life, I believe in Tyler Durden… :)
I said these to many of my friends. I don’t like movies that makes you think hard about the storylines. Movies were made for entertaining people. I watch a movie to be entertained, not to push my brain to the limit in finding the elusive meaning of that movie.
But it’s just me. That’s how I enjoy films.
Those reviews on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t affect me though. It just come as a reference for me. I know you can’t debate about individual taste of a certain film. Yet, sometimes I just want to know what other thinks, what’s their take about it, and how that films affect them.
How about all of you? Do other reviews affect you?
To my surprises, sometimes the margin scores from me and the so-called Rotten Tomatoes reviewer are quite wide. Like the last movie I watched, Cashback, an indie-flick about a boy meets girl theme covered in artsy cinematography. I myself think the movie was okay, not so great, just okay. If I converted my review, I would say it was a 75% rating movie. But surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes meter just gave it a 45%.
No, I’m not an expert of cinema. I enjoyed films and only take the fun of it. I don’t curate movie like those expert. Because I have a certain beliefs that movies should be a medium for you to enjoy it, not took it very seriously (except for Fight Club, it wasn’t a movie, it is a way of life, I believe in Tyler Durden… :)
I said these to many of my friends. I don’t like movies that makes you think hard about the storylines. Movies were made for entertaining people. I watch a movie to be entertained, not to push my brain to the limit in finding the elusive meaning of that movie.
But it’s just me. That’s how I enjoy films.
Those reviews on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t affect me though. It just come as a reference for me. I know you can’t debate about individual taste of a certain film. Yet, sometimes I just want to know what other thinks, what’s their take about it, and how that films affect them.
How about all of you? Do other reviews affect you?
It’s great to see this afternoon Kick Andy’s rerun. In that show, Andy invites some of the great puppeteers from the 80’s and 90’s. These guys (and girls) brought a meaning in educating children through television shows.
With all of today’s crime, sex, and violence in television content, let us take a deep breath and go back what would it feel like back then in the 80’s. There was this kid Unyil, he’s just like you and me, he goes to school, he has adventures with his friend, you know, day-to-day life. He got his own show back then. A puppet show. The show that every single kid who got TV was eager and can’t wait to see. Okay, he is a puppet. Lame, if you see it nowadays. But back then, that show was a cultural phenomenon. That show teaches us wonderful things, from moral issues, health, education and everything else.
I lived in those glory days of positive televisions. Yes, it kind of sucks where you can only watch one channel back then (TVRI). But, the good side is, they filtered what they want to broadcast, so in a way they provide a couple of quality shoe in term of content.
Ah, I’m tired of comparing it to these days TV show. Somehow, I blame them in expanding violence, moral, and all that family problems.
Call me conservative, I don’t care. But TV Stations please give today’s kids good educating shows that were you know... meant something good for them in a long run. Please guys, I beg you, there is other goal other than ratings you know, like educate your frickin nation for example?
With all of today’s crime, sex, and violence in television content, let us take a deep breath and go back what would it feel like back then in the 80’s. There was this kid Unyil, he’s just like you and me, he goes to school, he has adventures with his friend, you know, day-to-day life. He got his own show back then. A puppet show. The show that every single kid who got TV was eager and can’t wait to see. Okay, he is a puppet. Lame, if you see it nowadays. But back then, that show was a cultural phenomenon. That show teaches us wonderful things, from moral issues, health, education and everything else.
I lived in those glory days of positive televisions. Yes, it kind of sucks where you can only watch one channel back then (TVRI). But, the good side is, they filtered what they want to broadcast, so in a way they provide a couple of quality shoe in term of content.
Ah, I’m tired of comparing it to these days TV show. Somehow, I blame them in expanding violence, moral, and all that family problems.
Call me conservative, I don’t care. But TV Stations please give today’s kids good educating shows that were you know... meant something good for them in a long run. Please guys, I beg you, there is other goal other than ratings you know, like educate your frickin nation for example?
Di dalam perjalanan hidup seseorang terkadang kita harus mengalami satu atau dua hal yang sangat menyakitkan. Baik itu sakit secara batiniah ataupun sakit secara fisik.
Saya baru saja mengalami sakit yang sangat menyakitkan secara fisik. Ceritanya begini: Kemarin pagi, saya hadir di JCC pada saat acara Microsoft Server Wave 2008. Acara ini merupakan acara peluncuran besar-besaran dari produk Microsoft yang terbaru yaitu: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, serta Visual Studio 2008. Disitu saya dengan beberapa redaksi bertugas meliput acara tersebut.
Acara pembukaan berlangsung di Plenary Hall. Karena tempat sudah penuh terisi, saya dan teman-teman kemudian mencari posisi di tribun atas dari Plenary Hall. Untuk mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting saya terpaksa ke bawah dan mengambil gambar langsung di bawah panggung.
Setelah mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting, saya kembali lagi ke tribun atas. Disana setelah menulis beberapa catatan penting, saya berniat kembali ke bawah untuk mengambil gambar band Dewa (kebetulan Dewa menjadi artis penghibur pada acara pembukaan ini). Nah pada saat turun tangga tribun, ruangan gelap dan semua orang menumpuk ingin melihat Dewa. Pada saat itulah kejadian naas ini terjadi. Saya salah menginjak salah satu anak tangga, sehingga saya terpeleset dan kaki kiri saya tidak jatuh secara benar. KREK!! bunyi itulah yang jelas saya dengar (padahal satu Plenary Hall terdengar hingar-bingar oleh suara lagu Dewa).
Terjadilah musibah ini. Kaki kiri saya sakit sekali. Walaupun begitu, saya mencoba untuk jalan. Ternyata masih bisa meskipun sakit. Merasa masih dapat beraktivitas, saya melanjutkan lagi kegiatan peliputan acara ini. Mulai dari meliput salah satu breakout session (oleh Steve Riley, seorang pakar keamanan dari Microsoft) sampai acara private interview dengan beberapa Product Manager Microsoft.
Selepas peliputan, saya kembali ke kantor. Disana hal yang diduga itu terjadi, setelah membuka sepatu, kaki saya bengkak luar biasa dan semenjak sampai di kantor saya sudah tidak bisa berjalan lagi dan harus dipapah.
Setelah pulang (diantar oleh salah satu teman saya yang baik hati), saya langsung pergi ke rumah sakit untuk mengecek keadaan internal kaki saya. Setelah di rontgen ternyata tidak ada tulang yang patah (Thank God), hanya (hanya?) terkilir saja.
Lalu datanglah pengalaman itu. Di dekat rumah saya ada salah satu ibu yang memang ahli dalam urusan urut-mengurut. Saya sudah berpikir bahwa mau tidak mau, hal ini harus terjadi. Saya harus diurut. Dan yang lebih parah, saya harus diurut dalam keadaan bengkak. Karena seyogyanya, bila ada seorang yang terkilir, ia harus segera diurut sebelum pembengkakan terjadi (tentu setelah dilihat bahwa itu bukan patah tulang ya. Karena kalau patah tulang malah tidak boleh diurut).
Mungkin satu RT mendengar teriakan memilukan dari saya. Saya tidak peduli. Kemarin malam, saat diurut itu adalah saat paling menyakitkan yang pernah terjadi di hidup saya. Sakitnya begitu mendera sampai saya pusing sendiri.
Menurut ibu itu, hal ini harus dilakukan untuk meluruskan kembali urat-urat yang bengkok. Setelah selesai, kaki saya diikat dengan perban agar tetap lurus.
Saat ini, saya masih belum dapat berjalan dengan benar, masih dalam tahap penyembuhan. Saya masih melakukan terapi jalan. Untung saja saya masih dapat berjalan ke komputer. Karena hampir semua aktivitas saya ada di komputer ini. :)
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