[REVIEW] Elysium

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Matt Damon and Jodie Foster played together in the sci-fi movie. Pretty good

Synopsis:

In the year 2159, mankind is divided into 2. Rich and poor. Poor people living on earth with the bad conditions and dirty air while the rich lived in a luxurious space station called Elysium. Max (Matt Damon) one of the worker that got radiation at work. He wanted to go to Elysium to cure the illness even though it meant he had to commit a crime.

The premise of this movie is already used in many films like Hunger Games. This film remains unique mainly from his own poster we will wonder why Matt Damon into a robot. Although in this film a lot of terms science and tend rambling, this film can still be followed.

Matt Damon showed surprising physical changes. His head is bald and his body becomes good (not fat like in the informant). His Acting can be no doubt as well as Jodie Foster who has won Oscar two times. The disturbing thing in this film is Jodie Foster’s accent ... so unnatural. That's it.

This film has a lot of values ​​such as caring and helping each other. Surely political story also complete the film. The film also closed with a great ending.

My Rating

61% 

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[REVIEW] The Intern (2015)

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This film combines the two actors and actresses of different generations. Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro

Synopsis:

Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) 70-year-old retiree in felt empty his life. He decided to follow the senior intern program at About That Fit owned by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway). As the running time, they develop bond of friendship between them.

Remember the Devil Wears Prada? Well this time Anne Hathaway becomes the big boss, but not as bad as in Devil Wears Prada of course. The film is very sweet and warm. Not much conflict or excessive drama. This film makes the conflict is highly relevant to the real world, especially the world of work. Suitable watched with your colleagues.

Robert De Niro usually plays tough guy, acting as an old man who is quiet, wise and sensitive. He looks so adorable. Unexpectedly he was able to build a good chemistry with Anne Hathaway as a friend. I always smile with their interactions.

Does not always require a complicated and hard story to make a good movie. The intern proves that light and simple story can captivate audience

My Rating

80%

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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Maze Runner The second installment is quite different from its predecessor

Synopsis:

After Thomas and his friends survived the maze, they were evacuated to safety place. But apparently they are still chased by organization WCKD. They must escape from WCKD that threaten their lives.

If in the previous Maze Runner, it’s quite boring with a slow pace, Scorch Trials will be a little different. At the beginning of the film, Scorch Trials’ paces are very quickly without pause, but when the film went into the middle, the flow was very slow and boring, and as it continues until the end of the movie. Perceived conflicts seem repetitive and less intense. A story of friendship between Thomas and his friends do not help this movie. Fortunately WCKD organizations discussed in detail in this film. Actually, the conflict in the new franchise Maze Runner was emphasized in this second film.

Oh yes, about Thomas, I might sound a bit biased but seriously, Thomas is the hero that most makes me upset. I don’t know why he was appointed as leader when he did not have planning, too emotional, and constantly questioning and that makes me upset. Yep, that's my opinion about Thomas

In this film, minor character such as Newt and Minho succeed steal scene. I even admit they are much cooler than Thomas as the main character

My Rating

61%

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[REVIEW] Magic Mike XXL (2015)

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Synopsis :
Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) who has retired in striptease for 3 years back in action with his friends in Myrtle Beach.

In this film, two main cast in the previous film, Dallas and The Kid, which played by Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer have written off from the story. However, other cast able to replace them.  Ken (Matt Bomer) and Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) have more scenes after in previous movie only appeared in films slightly. Unfortunately, the missing characters in the second film is not described in detail.

Admit it girls, you watch this movie just want to see the biceps and abs of the casts and their striptease dance. For story, this film doesn’t have a clear story. From beginning to end, there is no conflict or clear premise about this movie. The story in this film is very flat and boring. Many non-sense dialogues and bad acting from the supporting cast. For this sequel, seemed concerned with striptease scenes which I admit more and better than the previous series.

Besides the striptease show, the strength of the film is in the song. Besides Pony which is the main song of this film, a lot of other songs are all about sex. Matt Bomer sings Heaven with a good voice. Yep make women melt.

Magic Mike, like a stripper, the story is not important. The most important thing is how the handsome cast undressed, dancing sexy and makes many girls horny.

My Rating

40%

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[REVIEW] Inside Out

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Pixar made again the animated film that’s very touching after a successful Toy Story 3.

Synopsis:

Riley, an 11-year-old child who was cheerful and loves to play hockey. Her whole life is controlled by five emotions that Joy, Sad, Fear, Anger and Disgust. Their job is to keep Riley stay happy. One day, Riley and his family had to move to San Francisco and everything becomes different. In Riley's head, Sad and Joy lost in Riley’s thought and they must return to Headquarters so Riley can back into a cheerful girl.

Ok first, do not to be late to the cinema because there is a short film titled lava. This movie-themed musical and very nice. Stories and songs worked perfectly. Okay finished with a short film, let's move on to the Inside Out

Okay, seen from the graphic, Hollywood animator is currently compete to present a realistic animation and Inside Out has done it successfully. Pixar’s name no doubt considering they had made Toy Story, Up, Wall-E, Monsters Inc., etc. (See the trailer of Inside Out). Pixar animation always develop their animation technology.

 

Inside out has a story that is fresh and different. I think the theme of Inside Out is slightly less suitable for small children because the theme is about a child's mind to be a teenager along with the conflicts that she experienced. This story may be more understandable for children over 13 years.

Pixar as previous films, can make us laugh, tense and also cry. As I have said, I cried watching this film as same as when watching Toy Story. Damn you Pixar!

I predict that this film will win the Oscar for best animated movie but too bad this film does not have OST such as Let It Go from Frozen

My Rating

91%

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[REVIEW] Pretty Woman (1990)

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Yes, I am going to discuss romance comedy movie which became the inspiration for RomCom movie in this era. Starring actress who has a beautiful smile, Julia Roberts and handsome actor Richard Gere.

Synopsis:

A businessman named Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) hire a hooker named Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) during the week to accompany him. Their relationship which was originally just a business relationship began to turn into love.

Pretty woman may be regarded as the Cinderella of modern era plus sex. In this film, they are both still very young, and Richard Gere became the idol. This movie is one of the rom-com classic movies and almost all people on this earth ever watched Pretty Woman. Maybe this film is one of the best Rom-Com. Clichés like the main character is a handsome man, a funny incident, a conflict until they get back together imitated by many Rom-Com movies today. The film also make Julia Roberts and Richard Gere become popular. Chemistry between Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are very nice and they get back together in other films named Runaway Bride.

I really enjoyed this movie and actually I've been watching movies since childhood and constantly repeated. Similarly, titanic movie, I never get tired of watching this movie. My favorite scene in the film and perhaps the most memorable is the scene Julia Roberts shopping in Los Angeles while accompanied by the song Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison. The number 1 movie at the box office when released and reached a total worldwide gross of $ 463,407,268.

This film is one of the must-watch list for women.

Rating

88%

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[REVIEW] The Truman Show (1998)

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Can you imagine your whole life is recorded and broadcasted in worldwide? Unless you're The Kadarshians, you certainly will be very uncomfortable

Synopsis: Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), since birth, his life is recorded by a hidden camera and became reality show called The Truman Show. Truman did not know that his whole life just directed by a producer named Christof (Ed Harris). The whole life of Truman was set up until one day Truman begins to realize the strangeness in his life

Well, in fact today many examples of The Truman Show, one of them is Keeping Up with The Kadarshians. Love it or hate it, many people watched it around the world. Looks like today's reality show took the idea of ​​this film. Wait, why am I even discussing Kadarshian?

Okay, the idea itself is very unique. The concept of this story was originally based on an episode of the TV series, The Twilight Zone and the story is much darker than the film. My favorite scene is when `actors' The Truman Show to promote a product as a sponsor. They clearly promote the product into the camera without making Truman suspicious.

Jim Carrey as an actor and comedian insert many comedy elements and physical gesture that became his trademark. He was able to portray Truman who is innocent, naive and confused when he found shocking facts in his life. It proves that Jim Carrey is not only an usual comedian but also a great actor.

The film received many awards and was nominated at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe. Jim Carrey and Ed Harris got the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe.

My Rating

82%

Joel Gold, a psychiatrist discover new diseases called The Truman Show delusion in which is the sufferers believe that their lives like Truman, made television series

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[REVIEW] Ant-Man (2015)

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After struggling with the ongoing sequel that was released, finally Marvel released superhero movie that is fresh (after the Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014)

Synopsis:

Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is a thief. One day, he stole a suit from Hank Pym’s home (Michael Douglas) which can make him shrink like ants. Hank knows it, ask Scott for help to be Ant-Man to protecting Hank’s innovation from Darren Cross.

Initially I was a little hesitant with this superhero movie. Imagine, Iron Man can fire rockets, Thor can released lightning, but Ant-Man can. I do not have any expectations when going to watch this movie. Especially with the trailer that I think is quite ridiculous. With a body as small as ants, Ant-Man beat up ordinary people. In my opinion, Ant-Man is a superhero with the power that is quite ridiculous and far from the cool image of the members of the Avengers.

But this movie was very entertaining. Marvel as usual can present an exciting superhero action with a storyline that is mixed with comedy. The portion of comedy in this movie as much as the Guardian of the Galaxy. Humor in the film is mostly related to pop culture. Scott Lang as the character with the humor sense is similar to the Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy. They both have a eccentric character.

The typical Marvel films, of course there were clues related to other marvel movies like SHIELD, Hydra and the Avengers. The appearance of one of Marvel characters from other films (Spoiler Alert: The Falcon) make this film more exciting. Do not forget, there is a cameo of Stan Lee.

Paul Rudd who is famous in the comedy film plays a superhero with a soft side and is very fond of her daughter. Paul Rudd is the right choice because he can serve as a good father figure and a superhero with a sense of humor.

This is one film that I initially scoffed just by looking at the trailer, but after watching, I love it.

My Rating

72%

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[REVIEW] Flightplan (2005)

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In 2005, Jodie Foster, one of the actresses who have won an Oscar played in the thriller with the setting is in the plane

Synopsis:

Airplane engineer, Kyle Pratt flied to Germany using a plane after her husband's death that fell from the roof of his house. Kyle awoke from her sleep when she realized that her daughter was not there beside her. Kyle looking into all parts of the aircraft as well as asking for help from pilots and other flight staff to found her daughter. However, the staff as reluctant to help Kyle and they say that the child actually never boarded with Kyle aka she's not on the plane.

Jodie Foster in almost every role into `a woman that you never want to trouble with '. Her trademark is to be tough and strong woman like Clarice Sterling in the movie Silence of the Lambs (which is the Gave her an Oscar). Jodie Foster’s acting as a mother is very good in this movie.

From the story, the tension built well. The film was setting only on the plane filled many people with narrow area. This film runs very well even though the setting is only in one place. Conflict is not just about the character of Kyle, but also involves other passengers.

Thriller atmosphere starts from child's disappearance until ending. At the beginning of the story Kyle still calm, then involve the whole crew to passenger aircraft until it was revealed the reasons behind the loss of her daughter. In my opininon, the ending of the film is quite forced to be a twist ending. Perhaps the ending twist ending is as bad as Now You See Me

My Rating

71%

Oh my Gosh !! There is Matt Bomer !! Matt Bomer, who plays Neal Caffrey on White Collar !! In this film he played a role as a steward with very little scene

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