After my holiday has over...

Huaaa... akhirnya liburan selese juga. Masuk blok baru deh. Ayooo, tetep semangat! Haha...


Well, anyway, in the past weeks, I've done lots of things. Let's see... First, I've bought Ayumi Hamasaki's A Complete ~All Singles~ album! I've been longing to have this album for months! And finally, I was able to find one unimported CD of it. The CD wasn't really pricey either.

This album consists of 3 CDs. CD1 consists of 15 songs, so does CD2. There are 14 songs in CD3, plus one bonus track, which is Who... (Chinese version). Since I've been a fan of Ayu since middle school (around 2001), having this album makes me reminiscing about good old days of mine. If you're also a fan of Ayu, I guess this album is a must. If you just want to hear more of Ayu's songs and randomly want to buy her album, well, you can hear almost all of her singles in this album, from her debut in Poker Face (her first song with Avex) until Mirrorcle World (Green/Days are counted as her latest singles, not yet available in an album). I definitely enjoy this album. ^^

Then... what else? Ah, I went to Bandung on the night of February 4, arrived there in Thursday morning. If I should describe my holiday in Bandung shortly, I'd say that I had become a unofficial supporter of HME ITB (sport) team; I watched (and supported?) lots of their matches during my stay in Bandung. Their matches weren't bad, I even somewhat envied their spirits during the match, really full of energy! I also went out with my besties there...


Well, I also watched movies in Blitz Megaplex. Dunno, I just find this cineplex as a really nice place if you want to watch good movies. So, one night, I decided to watch Krabat. It was a German movie and what made us who watched it got interested was this movie was shown in Toronto International Film Festival 2008. Sounds good, rite? Honestly, I couldn't really understand this movie!!! Hahahaha... However, it has got nice visual effects and a unique storyline. Krabat's storyline deals with (the "seduction" of) black magic and for a fantasy movie, I guess it's kinda rare to find a fantasy movie that mainly deals with black magic... Oh, and I just found out that this movie was based on a German novel! Maybe I gotta try to find (and read) the original (hopefully translated into English) novel. ^^;;

Another movie I watched was Pintu Terlarang, but I don't wanna write anything about it. The movie was kinda... sadistic, and scary... xD

What else have I done lately? Hmm, dunno what more to write... I started my 6th semester of university yesterday. Hopefully, this semester will give me much better things than my previous ones. =)

Twilight the Movie.. and else

So, I was finally able to watch Twilight today, at Studio 21 Plaza Ambarrukmo, at the 11:00 show. This movie had gotten its premiere in Yogyakarta on December 3, 2008. Sure, by the time I found out it had been shown on the cinema here, I directly wanted to watch the movie, yet, I had still gotten block exams until December 5, and I didn't want my "craziness" over Twilight ruined my exams (by watching a movie instead of studying). Initially, I wanted to watch it with a friend of mine, Nadia, who has been sort of "intoxicated" by me to become a Twilight fan, but she went back home to Bekasi right after we finished our last exam; she'd come back to Jogja tomorrow though, on Idul Adha. She told me, it would be okay if I watched the movie first, without her. I first answered that I would still watch the movie with her -it was our plan all along- but she then asked what if we watched the movie with her boyfriend, would that be okay? Nahh, after she asked me so, I thought it might've been better if I didn't watch it with her. Fortunately, well, I was able to find another companion to watch the movie. Niiiiice! So I went to the Plaza and watched the first Twilight show on the cinema (there were 2 studios that showed Twilight).

Since I've read plentiful of reviews on the internet before Twilight The Movie premiered here, I had had sort of "preparation" on what I might perceive about the movie. And the reviews were really mixed; I totally wondered on which side I would put myself into. Well, here's my opinion, as a LOVER of Twilight Sagas (finished reading book 1-3, currently reading book 4, have got both Indonesian & English version of book 1-3 and English version of book 4) about the movie.

So far, I think Twilight The Movie was REALLY GOOD, due to the fact, so far (for me), I guess the story was the closest movie-adaptation-from-a-book I could find. Almost all of the "major" plots were put into the movie. Except, well, I guess they really missed the story when Bella passed out on Biology class because there was a practical session about blood types... I guess that chapter was quite a "major"one. I can't ask for more... Yes, the novel is STILL better than the movie, it isn't easy you know, putting a first-observer-point-of-view-novel into an almost 2 hours movie. But the movie was good, beyond my expectation, fulfilling what I've been looking for, on visualizing my fav (love) story.

Now about the characters. I think Kristen Stewart had potrayed Isabella Swan perfectly. She's quite a Bella in my mind. :D So do Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmet Cullen), Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley), Michael Welch (Mike Newton), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen), and Justin Chon (Eric Yorkie); they quite fitted for their roles in my mind. I also totally ADORED the Cullens' house! Hahahaa... In fact, the Cullens' house in the movie was WAAAAAAAAAY much better than the one in my thought. :P

I enjoyed its soundtracks also. I think they had put nice soundtracks to the movie also.

Those are what I enjoyed most about the movie. Now, I'm gonna write about what I didn't like about the movie.

1. ANY novels in the Twilight sagas (including, of course, TWILIGHT ITSELF/the first novel) are supposed to be ROMANTIC! Somehow, I found myself laughing too many times when I watched the movie. The movie was just too... "funny", in a weird-yet-pleasing way.

2. Edward Cullen is supposed to be COOLER, MORE... oh my, MESMERIZING, etc., NOT whiney. He was just... less irresistible in the movie. And I really didn't like (though I laughed) Edward in the biology class scene... He was supposed to RESTRAIN himself from killing Bella (since his eyes were black, it meant that he was thirsty), not looked NAUSEATED!!! Peace. ^^v Well, however, I think Robert Pattinson was charismatic indeed.

3. Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre)... I think their casts should've been switched. Miss Lefevre was stunning... and Rosalie is supposed to be stunningly beautiful. While Victoria is supposed to be... homicidal... beauty to kills... and Miss Reed seemed to be able to "feel" and play such an antagonistic role beyond average.

4. The special effects. Somehow, the special effects looked UNclass! The effects were, somehow, "cheap". The fighting scenes were also... somewhat "weird". And I totally DISLIKE how the flashbacks were shown... weeeeeiiiiirrd!

5. Bella's Lullaby!!! How come they RUINED such a supposedly-beautiful-and-sweet love song, that was made by YOU for YOUR LOVER into... sort of a "weird" song? I feel sad. I hope Robert Pattinson, or Edward Cullen, could've played a lovelier Bella's Lullaby... I heard Rob actually had made his own version of the song, yet, they didn't put the song as a soundtrack of the movie. :(

OVERALL:
From 1 to 10 scale (1: totally hate it, 10: totally love it), I guess I'll give Twilight a 7,5. ;) It's a scale made by a HUGE FAN of the TWILIGHT SAGAS NOVELS though.

LOTS of my friends, who haven't read the novels, said they really LOVED the movie, so I guess, for non-book readers, the scale might be higher. :P

It's the best movie-adaptation I've seen so far (read: satisfied the book lovers).. and many of the casts were suitable for their roles. Yet, the movie was sort of... funny... less romantic than the books.And they could've given much better special effects, I suppose.

Oh, and Carlisle Cullen/Peter Facinelli & Mike Newton/Michael Welch were REALLY HANDSOME!!! Ah, how I love them! Team Cullen & Newton! Hahaha.

~You are exactly my brand of heroin.~

Terakhir, selamat hari raya Idul Adha, teman-teman. :D