The Hilarious & Charmingly Zac Efron slash 17 Again

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//June 20, 2009//

 

Hmm… Okay, highlight of this week. 17 Again. Debat Capres putaran pertama 2009-2014. Djarum Indonesia Open, pertandingan Taufik Hidayat. Di akhir debat Capres, Iwan Fals menyanyi dengan luar biasa. Memperlihatkan setiap urat dan peluh di kening untuk mengantarkan sebuah lagu luar biasa menakjubkan dan menggetarkan jiwa. Sayangnya Trans TV dengan tak berperikemanusian memotong siarannya dengan sangat nggak ens. I hate you for doing that.

And congratulation Mr. Hidayat (terdengar seperti dosen Kalkulus waktu TPB, yeah well..) for making to the semifinal. The 8000 people on the stadium just happen to get their adrenaline rush during the match. The match is to die for, the audience screaming on and on and on again, seems like they’ll get sore throat on their way home. My dad and I just enjoy the match, and jump afterwards when Taufik enjoyed his victory moment. And thanks to you Mr. Hidayat, Indonesia is singing once again. The audience was singing ‘Gebyar Gebyar’, the song burned in my heart till now. Yes, I envy you for becoming a hero.

Biggest highlight. 17 Again. Yey!

No one rated popcorn movies better than I do.

Yep, I love popcorn movie. It is simply because they’re giving a sale on dreams in the movie. I bet my best partner in crime, Mega, would also love this movie as much as I do.

High school bon-bons, Zac Efron, returns again in the super typical movie, 17 Again! Yet, seems Efron doesn’t want to leave his safety zone. Yes, he dances in the movie and throw some basket t-shirtless. The thing is, the movie is unexpectedly hilarious. The acting was much better than I thought and Efron—like a dream—charmed the audience effortlessly. And you should highlight the dinner scene between Ned (Thomas Lennon) and the Head Principal (Melora Hardin). It’s funny and yet genius! The myth is right, only a geek can love a weirdo. Though the story is expectedly—you just know how the story will end before entering the cinema—you just have to enjoy it without prediction. And you’ll end up, leaving the cinema happily entertain enough with the movie. (This is, by the way, the rule of thumb on watching popcorn movie. I happen to use the theory over and over again, and believe me, it works all the time.)

The story is about Mike O’ Donnell (Matthew Perry), who just happen to lose all things in life. A divorce, the kid, the promotion. He then, took a trip to his glory days in high school, when he was 17 and seems to have everything in the world. A popular seat as a basketball player, a scholarship which coming for him, and a beautiful girlfriend. The time stop for him since that day. He left all the glitter in life for the love of his life, Scarlett (Allison Miller). And yet, 20 years later, he seems regretted all the time about that. Second chance came, in the hand of, which we believe a spirit guide, a janitor. He gave Mike a second chance to be 17 again! Same problems, same time, in a different body. And that is how the story rolled.

The big surprise is, the audience I’m watching the movie with, were dominated by middle aged woman around maybe 23-27 years old. And yes, the audience just keeps swearing “Zac Efron ganteng banget!!” all time during the movie. Dan gila aja, di akhir film, seorang tante-tante yang terlihat seperti socialite-Jakarta-yang-abis-belanja-ke-PRJ-dan-mau-ke-Sale-di-Centro berteriak sambil keluar bioskop, “Gila ya, ganteng banget!” Seems Efron deliver the movie so damn good that everybody just happen to forgive all mistakes on the script. Well, by the way, congratulations for graduating the high school, Mr. Efron.

Recommended Consensus: 17 Again was hilariously charmed and a worth to see movie for people who wants to enjoy a weightless movie before seeing the entire summer filled with Tom Hanks, Autobot and a house that fly by thousand of ballons.

The Dance and Rythm That Followed

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//June 18, 2009//

2 years, 10 days ago.

We sat down face to face. Talking about what we called ‘feeling’. Something we weren’t sure, it is or it isn’t.
My arms were thinner, as well as his.
But heart still flying and we decided to take a go.
Deep down inside, we speak in one language.
No one understands better than us, that differences sure really are beautiful.

Time is flying, you and I, walking on rainbow, running under the rain.
Forward. Through weathers we’ve never seen before.
You and I, soul we’ve never touch, mind we’ve never say hello.
But, should we throw all the differences? We’ve never seen the end, or have we?
We just enjoying the road, at least I do. Do you?
People never really know what we feel. Feeling like no other? Or just a pain knowing we will really meet an end?

A long heavy sigh. A really deep breath. A ship of sugar.
Then, another reality.

Someday, when we’re already become memory or making another history. Should we remember the day?
We wouldn’t go back. Like Marty do.
But we like where we’re going. We never do candlelight while eating dinner. We rarely shout sweet words through each other. We feel odd with the romantic kind of stuff. We have never taken any photo of us, a reminiscence of what people called moment. Yet, we have never complained about those things.

Thankful is the feeling. For having you. For deciding to take a go. Regret never really the words, for our little dictionary.

I do. Is the answer to every question you’ll ask.
Or the one you’ll never asked.

Until later dear sweetheart. Let’s have another ice cream :)

Peter, here’s your trip to wonderland

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//June 12, 2009//

People always said afraid talking about growing up. When we’re still in kindergarten or elementary school, we always dream about growing up, getting married, getting your own money, etc. But later on our journey, we found out that the truth is, nobody ever want to grow up. But what’s too scary about it anyway? Afraid of taking responsibility? Afraid of letting go a lot of spare time? Or afraid that you are finally caring yourself alone without your parents doing it?

‘Fear’, once again, is a strong word. Almost as strong as ‘hope’, ‘will’, ‘trust’, and ‘anger’. But fear alone can eat ‘hope’, ‘will’, and ‘trust’. As the ‘hope’, ‘will’, and ‘trust’ can eat ‘fear’.

What is it about growing up? Is it being an adult? Or being mature? That’s the question. We use the word adult to refer people that have age more or less than 2,5 decades. And we use the word mature to address all people knowing their responsibility in life and taking it to the fullest. For me, I don’t want to be an adult unless I already have maturity in me. And I never want to be an adult if I have to throw up all the child in me.

People always think hardly about things that they don’t know what it is. Why do we have to be afraid with thing we haven’t try before? Being childish is not always because you’re a crybaby, saying a lot of whine, or telling some so innocent thought. Being childish is about being afraid to whatever you’ll face next on your journey.

Remember mate, the world won’t wait for you to rotate. And sooner or later, you’ll have to face it. So what you’re gonna do when the time is really coming? Run and hide yourself on your tiny shell called “fear-of-growing-up” or taking it slowly with a will to learn about every new thing you’ll meet?

For me, I’d rather take a step and let’s the music guide me. Because the music is me. The world won’t wait me either, but someday, I’ll make me not waiting the world.

Cheers to the future.