[Movie] The Greatest Showman

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

Genre: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts

Directed by: Michael Gracey

Written by: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon

Release date: December 8, 2017 (Indonesia)

Production house: Chernin Entertainment, Seed Productions, TSG Entertainment

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes. 

I must say that this movie is the greatest show, INDEED. I feel so much joy watching the movie. The story, the characters, and especially the music, everything got me amazed! No wonder everyone talks about this movie (people posting about this movie on instagram stories, share the songs and reviews all over my timeline lol). I've always loved musical movies, either it's animated or not (this is also why I love all Disney movies). Although some people find it annoying, I love movies which the characters sing almost all the time (dikit-dikit nyanyi).

The movie tells a story about P. T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), a man who's such a risk taker in his life. He lives a modest life with her wife Charity Barnum (Michelle Williams) and both of his daughters. Despite being responsible to his family living, he still takes a big risk when he tries to make his dreams come true when he bought a museum from a loan. He wants to own a show, and make money from it. Then he searches for "freaks" to serve as performers for his museum. This attracts a large audience, despite protests and poor reviews. As his show business gets better, he met Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron), someone who he knows could bring his reputation amongst the upper class. They worked together and Barnum's American Museum starts to get known by countries. But Barnum never gets enough of it, until things happens and he finally find out how to stop.

The plot is quick but it doesn't rush. This movie contains life lessons that often happens in our lives, and wrap it beautifully in songs; never gets enough of what we already have (Never Enough), feels different and gets ignored by people (This is Me), but also complicated love (Rewrite The Stars) and unconditional love (Tightrope). 

Songs in this movie gives me chills! Even I got chills already during "The Greatest Show", the very first song that begin the movie. The way they sing it makes me believe that the show they're playing is really the greatest show! There are 11 songs i n the movie, and I love each of them. The song I love the most is Tightrope. It's sang by Michelle Williams, the cast of Charity Barnum, and tells about Charity's feeling as the wife of P. T. Barnum, the risk taker. I'm so touched by how much she loves him that she 'risk it all' for the life they choose. Yeah, despite the personality Barnum has, Charity stays with him, believes in his husband's dream, and enjoy everything that comes with it. For her, living with Barnum is beautiful, and so worth it. This is so wonderful for me: when you can make the decision to leave the 'better things' in life just to be with the one you love. Can you tell how beautiful her heart is?? *cries*

I highly recommend this movie, especially for those who loves musical movies. To be honest, I really want to watch this again in the cinema because I'm in love with this movie and of course because I know that it'll be sooooo worth it!!

Rate: 10/10

[Movie] Spider-Man: Homecoming

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Directed by: Jon Watts

Written by: Jon Watts, John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein

Release date: July 5, 2017 (Indonesia)

Production house: Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures, Pascal Pictures

Duration: 2 hours 13 mins. 

To be honest, Spiderman is one of my favorite superhero character. Why? I think it's must because he's so playful and funny. He talks a lot during fights and his carelessness is sooo amusing. Despite that, he's a clever student! I like that. I like how he can keep up his scores mostly because of his brilliant brain. A nerd that is actually a talkative and lovable person! Such my type :))))))

Properly presenting Tom Holland as the brand new Spiderman 3.0, I think Marvel has done a great job in this movie! Tom Holland himself is an easy-going and humorous person, which makes his personality suits Spiderman's character. Plus, he's cute!! Although I really feel like didn't had enough of Andrew Garfield as the Spiderman 2.0...:( Andrew is a great actor and good-looking and cute and he makes a wonderful couple with Emma Stone! Well, in short, the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming tells a story about the young Peter Parker (15 years old!) who would give his all to be a part of the Avengers. The time setting is a few months after the 'civil war' between Iron-Man and Captain America in the movie Captain America: Civil War. Peter was recruited into Iron-Man's team, and since then, Peter always tries his best to draw Tony's attention and secretly wishes to join the Avengers.

I love the fact that Tony Stark is in the movie! I've always liked his arrogant character (gaya orang kaya sombong xD). And, oh yeah, I was #TeamIronMan back then when the Civil War movie was booming. I thought I have to wait for Captain America's next movie for more of Stark, but thanks Marvel for letting me to watch him in Spider-Man's movie. Although he's arrogant and seems ignorant, he is 'always there' for Peter. When Peter's in trouble, he will (or his robots will) be there to help. He's such a responsible parent lol xD

And about Aunt May...? Well... We've always enjoyed Spider-Man movies with our loving old lady Aunt May, but no, no old ladies this time. In this movie, it's a hot attractive woman as Aunt May. Yes, it's Marisa Tomei in the house! Despite the very different appearance, he's still a loving auntie to Peter. And I was totally surprised when I find out that Marisa Tomei is actually 52 years old. I mean, wow, WOW. I'm totally impressed with how she keeps up her youth xD she's so pretty (and so attractive) for a 50 y.o woman!

This time, Spider-Man's enemy is a man in a robotic bird costume. It's Vulture. This man is actually just a man who loves his family and wants his family to be happy... but he picked the wrong way to actualize it. I can't tell much about this movie because I'm so sure if I talk more I'm about to spoil the whole movie lol. So, if you want to find out Vulture's true identity, or who's Peter's girlfriend now, or whatever you want to know, go watch it to the cinemas!

Rate: 8/10

[Movie] La La Land

LA LA LAND

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance

Directed by: Damien Chazelle

Written by: Damien Chazelle

Release date: December 25, 2016 (USA)

Production house: Black Label Media, Gilbert Films, Impostor Pictures

Duration: 2 hours 8 mins. 

Here's to the most overrated movie of 2016. So sorry for those who hyped a lot to La La Land, but for me, this movie is so overrated! My first impression to this movie was just like everyone else's! I really thought this movie gonna be very good since it looks like that everyone love it! Plus, I've always liked Emma Stone since I watched The Amazing Spiderman (and omg how i love her relationship with Andrew Garfield!!). But, boom. My expectation was shattered. La La Land didn't impress me as much as I hoped it might be.

I watched the movie with my friends. We picked this movie for that reason we talked about: it looks like that everyone love it. That's all. Turns out, the first-half of the movie was really boring, and I can't help but to check out the rating of this movie on IMDb right on my seat during the movie. And I was really surprised that the rating is 8.8! I was like 'wuuuuuuuuuut' and... well, tried to just enjoy the movie. Then, as the movie finished, I can say that this movie is good, but not 'that' good. The ideas they're trying to tell is really good; about people trying to reach for their dreams and how dreams don't just magically come true like we usually seen in movies. But for me, the beginning is too boring and a bit weird. I don't like the idea to begin a movie with a bunch of strangers dancing and singing together in a middle of traffic jam... The point is, as the beginning of the movie didn't get my attention, it makes me lost curiousity to continue watching the movie. I can say, if I watch this movie online and not in the cinema, I might never watch this movie until the end.

Other than that, let's talk about the good things. I really liked the relationship between Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling). They look so cute together, and their relationship development is so lovely! My favorite part is when Mia just sent a voice message to Seb, telling how she misses him, but it turns out that Seb's at home, preparing a dinner for two (too bad the dinner ended with a fight). Actually, I might be very touched by this movie if (once again) the beginning wasn't so boring... Because I know that they loved each other so much. Seb got a job that he doesn't really like for Mia (that her parents want a 'good man' to be with Mia), and it's so... Ugh. Please find me someone like this to be my future husband lol.

The songs are so geeeeewd! My favorite is Audition (The Fools Who Dream) by Emma Stone and City of Stars by Ryan Gosling. Both are very good, and it's so awesome that both main actors/actress who sings the songs. A Lovely Night is great too, as it's the song that comes along with the iconic dance by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. To be honest, this dance was also a reason I watched La La Land. It's so cute and entertaining!

Rate: 6.8/10

but 8.8/10 for the songs! :)

[Movie] Moana

MOANA

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Directed by: Ron Clements, Don Hall

Written by: Jared Bush, Ron Clements

Release date: November 25, 2016 (Indonesia)

Production house: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Duration: 1 hour 47 min. 

I hope it's not too late to review this movie, my bad that I drafted this post and forgot to post it. Yup, I watched Moana a few weeks ago with my family and it was beyond my expectation. It was so good! Moana got me enchanted just like Disney's previous movies, Zootopia and Frozen (I'm so excited that they say they're going to make a sequel for Frozen!). Disney always know how to steal my heart. The animation, the story, the music! I love them all. And yes, Moana's main soundtrack, How Far I'll Go, just ranked top on my playlist now. Auli'i (the voice actress of Moana) is really a good singer and she looks just like Moana in real life! 

The movie begins a thousand years before. The island goddess Te Fiti, she created all the islands and the life that lives on them thanks to the power of her heart that forms as a green pebble. But her heart was stolen by Maui, a shapeshifting demigod, who believes if he has the heart of Te Fiti, he might gain a power of creating life to the humans. When he was about to escape, a gigantic lava monster named Te Ka attacks him, losing the pebble in the vast ocean. Without Te Fiti, all of the Pacific Islands will be left to rot away by a darkness spreading across the ocean. The heart of Te Fiti must be restored, and who else is responsible to do that except Maui? So, Moana, encouraged by her grandmother, left the island to find Maui and force him to return the heart of Te Fiti. 

Little Moana is really cute, right!? She also has the courage and kindness that make ocean choose her. And Moana, unlike other Disney princesses, don't need any prince in the movie. The movie has no romance, yet still able to touch your heart with all the love inside. But talking about Moana as a Disney princess, Moana herself kept on denying that she's not a princess, but Maui says: "If you wear a dress and has an animal sidekick, you're a princess." which somehow addressed to Moana with Heihei/Pua.

I really love Moana and Maui's love-hate relationship! At first, Maui keeps on refusing to restore the heart of Te Fiti and throw Moana to the ocean all the time. But thanks to the ocean, Moana always get back on the boat. But after Maui get back his fishhook from Tamatoa, the enormous crab that loves shiny objects, Maui finally accepted Moana's request to restore the heart of Te Fiti, and their relationship grown stronger. He taught Moana how to sail and everything. I think they suit best as brother and sister, since they fight over little things and get along easily, so cute!

And for the animal sidekicks... of course it's Pua the pig and Heihei the rooster. Pua must be the cutest pig I ever seen in Disney movie history. His big ears really make the face much cuter. I hoped he would appear more often in the movie when I first seen him in the beginning of the movie, but it turns out that Heihei that become the main sidekick lol. If Pua is the cutest pig, then Heihei... must be the stupidest rooster lol. He even don't know which one's food and which one's not! But that's what makes him special in the movie, right? Because he always bring laughter to us xD

One of best parts of the movie is the main soundtrack, of course! My favorite is How Far I'll Go (Moana) and You're Welcome (Maui). Thanks to this movie, now I know that Dwayne Johnson can sing very well! It's surprising knowing such guy can sing that good for Disney! This is the second time I adored Disney musical movie so much after Frozen. Overall, Moana is a movie that I can watch over and over again without getting bored. At first I didn't think it would be this great, so I'm so happy that it's really worth it!

Rate: 10/10

[Movie] Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

FANTASTIC BEAST AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

Genre: Action & Adventure , Kids & Family , Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed by: David Yates

Written by: J. K. Rowling

Release date: November 16, 2016 (Indonesia)

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Duration: 2 hours 12 min. 

To be honest, I'm a big fan of Harry Potter series, and when Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them was confirmed to be adapted into a movie, I was very very verrrryyyyy excited! I watched this movie a few days ago with my boyfie (yaaas I finally met him after 4 months of not meeting each other because of distance), I was so happy!! And yep, I didn't regret anything about this movie because I end up wanting to watch it over and over again. One of the main reasons is, of course: Eddie Redmayne! 

Eddie Redmayne, I believe, is an important part why this movie is really awesome. He acted Newt Scamander so perfectly! I love his acting, like, seriously!!💕 He shows everything in his act; even how Newt loves his creatures so much. The first time I adored Eddie Redmayne acting is in The Theory of Everything movie (it's also a great movie!) when he acted as Stephen Hawking. Newt Scamander himself is a really lovely person, that he gives his all to look after magical creatures, to nurture and love them unconditionally. Plus, he's a Hufflepuff! I don't even get it why did Newt actually expelled from Hogwarts. He's just a cinnamon roll :c

So, Newt went to New York city and met this guy Jacob Kowalski, who's an aspiring baker and accidentally swap suitcases. Then, Newt's niffler (a treasure-hunting creature with a long snout) sneaked out of Newt's suitcase in the bank and steal everything's shiny. Newt tried to get the niffler back all around the bank and ended up making a riot. Then he was 'arrested' by Tina Goldstein, a former auror. Lots of things happen; Tina brought Newt and Jacob to her house and met Queenie her sister, Newt escaped to find all of his missing creatures, until they meet the actual problem: Obscurus. If I retell the story here, it wouldn't be as exciting as the movie does, so watch it yourselves guys! I promise you won't have any regret!!🙆

In the movie, my OTP is Jacob and Queenie!! They're soooo cute together. I know they liked each other, and it's really unfortunate that Jacob should be obliviated as well as the other muggles. I also like Queenie's legilimens ability a lot, that I've always wanted that kind of 'superpower' lol. Legilimens is a title for people, to put it simple, who can read others' mind. Don't you guys think that it's a very useful power? You can tell if a person actually think about you without asking or anything, just read their mind lol 😏

And this cutie above is a niffler, the most hilarious creature in the movie. He actually loves everything that shine and he knows how to hide away from Newt, but at last Newt will always find this naughty guy and put it back to his suitcase. Newt has a lot of fantastic beasts in his suitcase, and I love how he can put everything, literally everything, inside his suitcase, even himself! Yet, the suitcase weight stays not-heavy... I hope I can have that kind of thing someday lol. But of course ones that's still empty, not full of those fantastic beasts, especially the niffler because the niffler is really a pain in the ass :)) 

Actually, I haven't read the book yet because I've never seen it in bookstores (either because I'm unlucky or it's not sold in my city/country). But I'm really looking forward to read the book as soon as possible because I believe that every J. K. Rowling's story are better in the books💘

Rate: 10/10

[Movie] Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji 「オオカミ少女と黒王子」

WOLF GIRL AND BLACK PRINCE 

Romaji: Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji 

Japanese: オオカミ少女と黒王子 

Genre: Teen-Romance, Romantic-Comedy

Directed by: Ryuichi Hiroki 

Written by: Ayuko Hatta, Yukiko Manabe

Release date: May 28, 2016 (Japan)

Producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi, Naoaki Kitajima
Duration: 1 hour 56 min.

Hi there!! Sorry for disappearing for a very very very long time... I just entered college and suddenly I got so busy since I got no single day without assignments. I took art major, and the assignments really use up a lot of time and energy (and money, too). I'm going to show you some of my assignments someday soon in a post as a proof that I gone for something advantageous and not just lazying around, 'kay? I'll do the post asap! So, some of you guys might be asking, why even in the middle of my rushing activities, I still have time to watch some movies?! Well, but really, I just managed to watch movies during few days before the mid exam (which makes my lecturers lessen the assignments a little so we can breathe peacefully for a while lol). 

The movie I just watched, as you already know from the title and that big poster above, is titled as "Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji" which means "Wolf Girl and Black Prince" in English. It's adaptated from a shoujo manga written by Ayuko Hatta, and also has an anime series published during final quarter of 2014 by TYO Animation in Japan. I don't read the manga nor watch the anime, so I can't give a comparation of them with the live action. The movie tells story about Erika Shinohara, a high school student who desperately wants to fit in a clique so she won't be lonely. However, her clique consists of girls who have boyfriends, and she has to tell lies about her having a boyfriend too. She even took a photo of a random guy as a "proof" that she isn't lying. Unfortunately, the guy she took photo of, Sata Kyouya, turns out to be the most popular boy in her school. Erika asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend, which he agrees to under one condition: that she become his "Wolf Girl" by acting like a pet to him.

To be very honest, I actually watched this movie because the main actor is Yamazaki Kento (acts as Sata Kyoya). Yamazaki Kento is my favorite Japanese actor of all time!! He's cute, and he appears as main actor, everywhere. Literally everywhere. Well, now is his rising time. Some people don't like it that he's everywhere, they say it's boring to see same faces over and over again in different movies. But I don't! I love it that his face is everywhere! Fumi Nikaido (acts as Erika Shinohara) is really cute, too! I don't really know about Erika's personality in the manga, but I think Fumi is too innocent to role as Erika lol, because somehow Erika (in the manga/anime) has a face that shows strong/emphatic personality. But it's okay since she's cute! Overall, the actors/actresses in the live action really resembles the original character, and it's really great.

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My favorite part of the movie is when Kyouya realizes his feelings to Erika, that he told his friend, Kamiya, that it's not everyday you can find the person who really cares about you and really think about your feelings. And also that funny part when Kyouya deletes all contact numbers of 300 girls in Kamiya's cellphone xD and last but not least, that moment when Kyouya finally approached Erika, put a necklace on her neck and kissed her but can't tell "I love you" without getting embarassed! That's soooo cute!❤

Overall, I really like this movie! The story isn't too complicated but still have its own interesting intrigue. Plus, it has Yamazaki Kento in it!

Rate: 8/10

[Movie] Ore Monogatari!!「俺物語!!」

MY LOVE STORY!! 

Romaji: Ore Monogatari!! 

Japanese: 俺物語!! 

Genre: Teen-Romance, Romantic-Comedy

Directed by: Hayato Kawai 

Written by: Kazune Kawahara, Aruko, Akiko Nogi

Release date: October 31, 2015 (Japan)

Production house: Nikkatsu, Django Film

Duration: 1 hour 45 min.

Hi guys! So today I'm back again with another movie review. Since I watch animes, I watch live-actions too! It's so great to see your favorite 2D characters become alive! Ore Monogatari!! is one of my all-time favorite anime. I don't read the manga though. The anime series is 24 episodes long. It tells about a love story of Gouda Takeo, a high school student who is very tall and muscular, but doesn't have much luck with girls as every girl she likes ends up falling for his best friend, Sunakawa Makoto. This all changes when a petite shy girl, Yamato Rinko falls in love with him!

I like this Takeo character so much. He's really my type lol. Despite his looks (well tbh his look doesn't matter to me. he's cute and all his boldness is breathtaking), he's a really good guy. He's polite, kind, modest. He would help anyone who might need his help, do anything he's still capable of for sake of other people. But most of people in this movie just don't get it! Such dumbheads. There's a scene when Takeo helps a kid drowning in a river. But everyone (including the kid and the kid's mom) sees him as kind of monster who came from nowhere. Then Suna, his best friend came and help Takeo. Suddenly everyone get dazzled by Suna's "heroic action" and Suna get all the thanks. Suna tries to tell that it's Takeo who helps the kid, but well, as I told you before, most of people in this movie are just dumbheads. This kind of scene happens a lot in the anime. It's pathetic, isn't it? When people only sees you by the looks and not by your actions :(

I like the main casts. They're perfect for the movie. Although I hoped for a cuter Rinko, but Mei Nagano is cute enough to play as Rinko. I thought they will make her hair brown like in the anime too, but well, you can see that black hair. Her acts are soooo cuteeee!! He acted so well that I can't see that it's only acting. I think Ryohei Suzuki makes a perfect Takeo, too! His facial expressions really resembles Takeo in anime. Love the parts when he screams "SUKI DAAAAA" (Japanese, means: I like him/her) in mind, it's so hilarious! Last but not least, Kentarō Sakaguchi is a perfect Suna, too. I like his calmness. He acts really cool and just don't realize it. As for the character, I like how Suna loves his best friend sincerely! Both of Takeo and Suna are good guys. Really good that I'm afraid there's no guy in the world might be as good as them lol.

The best part of the movie (in my opinion, ofc) is when Takeo and Rinko goes to a 'date' because Rinko asked Takeo to accompany her looking for a birthday gift for Suna. They went to a shopping center. They make a really cute couple together (they weren't couple yet on that date, tho)!! They also went to a Purikura and took photos together, the photos turned out really cuteeeeee!! This is one of my thousands reason of wanting to go to Japan: Purikura!! xD

Overall, I'm satisfied with this live-action movie. Actually, I expected this movie to be full of stories about Takeo and Rinko being couple, but no. The movie ends when they become couple. Great. But that doesn't really matter because this live-action is very, very good. A good live-action movie really matters to me as a person who watches anime. It sucks when a live-action movie of our favorite anime series doesn't turn out good. But this, is worth watching over and over again :)

Rate: 8/10

[Movie] The Angry Birds Movie

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE

Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family

Directed by: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly

Written by: John Cohen, Mikael Hed, Mikko Pöllä, Jon Vitti

Release date: May 13, 2016 (Indonesia)

Production house: Rovio Entertainment, Columbia Pictures

Duration: 1 hour 37 min. 

 

Hi guys!! It's me again! So, I went to the cinema with my JHS friends last Tuesday. It was a lot of fun being with them again!! Missed them like hell, and the best part is we still talk each other like best friends who meet everyday. Oh, I also finally got my national exam score that day! I'm so relieved that it isn't as bad as I imagined it will be. Got over 9 for English and Bahasa, but my Math is totally up lol. I remembered how I only can answer 10 questions out of 40. So I answered the other 30 with my divination... Well, at least I'm satisfied with the score! :p

About this movie, I bet all of you guys already know what it might be like since the game was really popular back then. I think it was during my JHS years that Angry Birds game was really viral; everyone has the game in their phones. And yes, the game has sum up pretty much of the movie: Pigs stealing eggs, and birds want their eggs back so they attack the pigs.

So the story tells about Red, the red bird who can't manage his anger. He went to an "anger management class" and met Chuck, the yellow bird, and Bomb, the black bird. There's also Terrence (the big red one) and Matilda as their lecturer. They has their own stories; Red who just simply can't hold his anger towards people, Chuck who can't calm down for a while that he always dashed everywhere (he's so quick!), and Bomb who can't help but literally explode when he's surprised or pissed off. Nobody knows what Terrence's case was, and it seems that even Matilda doesn't want to talk about it. One day, a huge ship docked at birds' island beach. Then two pigs came out of the ship. Leonard, the leader, stated that both of them came in peace, and started giving the birds entertainment shows by the pigs. The birds enjoyed the shows and had party all day with the pigs. But Red knew there's something wrong with the pigs. Red warned the birds that the pigs must be up to no good, but nobody trusts him. And it happened. The pigs stole the eggs, all of them, and brought the eggs to their place. Now, how the birds supposed to get their eggs back? Watch it yourself ;)

For me, the movie was pretty boring at the first hour. Probably because the story is guessable. There's nothing special about the movie that makes me a bit disappointed since I expected so much from this movie because the trailer was really interesting. Well, since I'm not too satisfied with this movie, I can say much. Instead, I'll talk about my favorite characters. If I gotta choose, it must be the Blue triplets!! They was my favorite in the game, too bad they only appear in the last part of the movie. They are soooo cute in the movie!! And it's so sweet that it's Red who saved their life~

Overall, this movie is okay. You may watch this with your family because it's lightweight and there's so many laughs inside (but still no compare to Kung Fu Panda, if you ask me). This movie was really under my expectation. Well, it has been so long since the last time I feel unsatisfied toward a movie, thought. I hope Rovio Ent. will be able to make a better movie next time :)

Rate: 6/10

[Movie] Captain America: Civil War

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

Release date: April 27, 2016 (Indonesia)

Production house: Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios

Rating: PG-13

Duration: 2 hours 26 min. 

Now, check out that tagline guys. "United we stand. Divided we fall." and that's what really happening in the movie. I really must admit that Captain America: Civil War is totally in the must-watch list of the year. Because all this movie brings is awesomeness! The fights, the conflicts, and even the feelings. So, I warn you, this review might contain spoilers. If you really hate spoilers, you gotta stop reading now and rush to nearby cinema and watch it yourself because you'll have no regrets! 

First of all, I wanna you guys to know that I'm actually not into the Avengers so I wouldn't talk anything about the earlier series like The Age of Ultron or others, frankly because I didn't watch any, but this 'civil war' thing really stole my attention. I never thought any idea about these guys fighting each other before, so this must be really awesome isn't it? Moreover, people give a lot of good feedbacks that really concerns me. 

As for the synopsis, this movie tells about this guy, Bucky Barnes, who get chased by the world for blowing up the United Nations' building in Wakanda, but get protected by the great Captain America a.k.a Steve Rogers. Surprising, huh? Turns out this Bucky is Steve's old friend and Steve believes him so much that he wants to take Bucky alive. While the Avengers is in their critical situation which they are 'forced' to stop being a private company and work for the government instead, Cap run away with Bucky. Of course Iron Man, a.k.a Tony Stark can't let him do such thing, either as a friend or as a part of Avengers. But to stop each other, both Tony and Steve lack of soldiers. So they recruited new guys, as you can see on the trailer already. Yup, they recruited the bugs; Spider-Man and Ant-Man! While Spider-Man is on Iron Man's side, Ant-Man is on the Cap's. 

And now, tell. Whose side are you on? If you're asking me, I'll proudly say that I'm totally on Iron Man's side. #TeamIronMan for life! So, right after watching the trailer, I decided to be on Iron Man's side, why? Well, because there's Spider-Man! He's so hilarious, probably too young to join the Avengers with his blabbery mouth, but his presence in this movie is really entertaining! To be honest, in the middle of the movie when the war happens, my loyalty to Iron Man was a little distracted (I'm so sorry, Tony!). I was like; I want the Cap to be stopped but I want him to runaway, too! But as the movie ends, I know. I know that I'm totally on Iron Man's side. For me, Cap's being too selfish. He knows that what Bucky did was really horrible, yet he still wants Bucky to be free. I be like "What the f, Cap? And you call yourself a superhero that would protect the world?" and I'm really angry to Steve now. Spoiler: the horrible thing Bucky did I meant isn't the United Nations' building. It's something more awful, believe me. 

Also, Black Panther seems to be a really important presence in the movie, too. His personality is really something to be proud of. As the king of Wakanda (after his dad's death), I don't see wandering out of his country looking for the person who 'killed' his father is right. But, well, if he doesn't then this movie wouldn't be as great as it has to be. According to other reviews, Black Panther's appearance is something new to the Avengers's movie, but this movie is enough to show his brief story, and there are people saying that he'll get his own movie on 2018. 

Last but not least, Captain America: Civil War is totally recommended to enjoy in the weekend with your loved ones. Especially if your loved ones are addicted to Marvel movies! #vrecommended #TeamIronMan. TIPS: As an unsaid rule for Marvel fans; don't leave the theater before the additional scene appears! 

Rate: 9/10

[Movie] Kung Fu Panda 3

Hi guys!! Long time no see, huh? I'm so sorry for being so inactive lately!! I can't help it. I'll be having my national exam on April 4-7 and my school life is seriously getting much more hectic than before. I'll be super busy with exams, either theoretic or practical until the national exam. I think I nearly get stressed with all these school affairs. Despite that, I went to the cinema yesterday with my mum and sis, to watch the Kung Fu Panda 3 movie!! I was so excited that finally I can see Po again~ 

As most of you guys already know, in this movie, Po finally meet his native parent: his dad. And his dad's a panda, not a goose, yes. Their first encounter was so hilarious! I laughed so hard when I first saw it in the official trailer. This 'two dads' case is so funny that his goose dad won't let Po go back to his panda dad. He even sneaked into Po's luggage when Po and his panda dad is going to the secret panda village. But I kinda understand how his goose dad feels; you raised a son on your own for many years until he reaches his success, you loved him so much, and suddenly an unknown guy come and claim your son as his. That's so unpleasant, isn't it?

My favorite part about new sequels is costume change. In Kung Fu Panda, it's usually Tigress or Shifu that changes costume (the rest either don't change or don't wear clothes lol). But in this movie, even Po get a new costume (find out by watching it)! Tigress is my most favorite character in Kung Fu Panda since the first movie. She's humble, discipline, yet she still got childish and funny sides. She's a girl, after all. I love how she sees Shifu as her father and Po as her friend. Also, her new costume is gorgeous!~

About the panda village... The babies are sooooo cute!! Reminds me of little Po when his goose dad found him years ago. There is one female baby (I forgot the name) that likes Tigress so much. She follows Tigress everywhere and the most sweet part is that Tigress can't refuse and finally play with her. There is Mei Mei too, she's a ribbon dancer that flirts with Po everytime! xD

This movie tells a story about a revenge from Kai. He was Oogway's best friend until he got blinded by strong power. It's chi; energy of living beings. Kai collected a lot of kung fu masters' chi and use it to get back to the real world from the afterlife (yes, he's already dead). He's after the Jade Palace and of course, the Dragon Warrior. Meanwhile, Po is visiting the panda village and having fun with his new family. How he's gonna defeat Kai? Well, ask your closest friends to book a movie ticket now because you won't regret watching it. The only thing I regret about this movie is that it's too short lol. Why it's not 200 minutes long or more? x'D

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Story: 5/5

Animation: 4/5

Music: 4/5

Character: 5/5

[Movie] Jurassic World

This post might contains spoiler.

If you're asking me, then the only answer is: THIS MOVIE IS SO DAMN COOL. I never watched its previous series before, because, you know, I don't find it interesting at all. The same thing happened with this movie at first. I thought, I will never get interested into this dinosaur movie. I thought, it's only about dinosaurs eating people and people running away from them, and then some miracle made by humans will destroy that dinosaurs and the end. But I was all wrong! It's not only about dinosaurs eating people and things (but well, some people got eaten). Watching this movie also make us learn about relationship between humans and animals (in this case, the dinosaurs), by trusting them and not controlling them. Plus, to tell us to obey rules. If you're in a dinosaur theme park, and you find a restricted area unguarded, please don't enter. You might turn yourself into someone's lunch!

This movie released on 2015, June 10 in Indonesia (two days earlier than US!). I watched this movie yesterday with my friend. She's my elementary school friend, and yes, fortunately, we still contacting each other until now. She's the one who invited me to accompany her watch this movie. At first, I think it's okay. Nothing's wrong with a try (kalo diajak ya pergi, kalo enggak ya di rumah aja). I don't think I will be interested, I think, I'm only going to watch it because I was invited. But as stated before, I was all wrong. This movie is probably the best movie I ever watched during this year. 

So, Jurassic World tells about the Isla Nublar 22 years later. Isla Nublar is an isolated island located in Costa Rica. Isla Nublar is reactivated as a new theme park named as Jurassic World, and now owned by Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), the CEO of Masrani Corporation. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), a field worker staff in Jurassic World, that assigned to train a group of Velociraptors: Blue, Charlie, Delta, and Echo. Also, Jurassic World is developing a crossbreed dinosaur called as Indominus Rex. This Indominus Rex is 15 meters tall, and it's a highly intelligent carnivore. One day, these two young boys visited the park. They're Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpson), which are nephews of Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), the park operational manager. And in the same day, the Indominus Rex escaped from its cage. 

Here goes the phenomenal image in the internet. Yes, this picture just became so popular and made into parodies by people. Actually, in the movie, it's Owen 'talking' to the Raptors to not attack. At first, this bond made between Owen and the Raptors seems great, but near the ending of the movie you'll find it awesome! It's cute how the Raptors trust him although they once doubted him and followed the Indominus Rex as their new alpha. 

The Indominus Rex itself is totally scary. She (if I'm not mistaken heard in the movie, it's called as 'she') firstly born from its egg with her sibling. They actually meant to grow together, but she ate her sibling... Well, although it's better than having two Indominus Rex(s) running wildly in the park. Many squads deployed to stop the Indominus, but they all beaten by her. As Owen said, she will chase after those who moves, or worse, eat them. But she doesn't always eat everything, she also kill for sport.

In my opinion, the most interesting dinosaur is the Mosasaurus. It's an aquatic dinosaur. It's soooo big and I don't think a big shark would satisfy its appetite. Also, I love the fact that it's a aquatic dinosaur that it can't escape easily from the park without water. At least it's pretty safe in the park for not eating people unless the visitors came too near to the pool or accidentally splashed into the water.

Other than the dinosaurs, I really like the relationship between Zach and Gray. Gray is a cute little boy who's really interested in dinosaurs, meanwhile Zach is about 17 or 18 years old which means he's that kind of boy who easily attracted to girls. At first, they look like not really close. But well, they're siblings! I love how Zach wanting to protect his young brother. He's so responsible to his brother's safety. 

There are still many things in the movie I really want to spoil to you, but I'm sure you guys don't wanna. You really need to watch the movie yourself! It's so damn thrilling yet satisfying. I have no regret watching this movie! RECOMMENDED!

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Story: 4/5

Visual Effect: 5/5

Directing: 4/5

Music: 3/5