Movie Review : Into The Wild 2007

*UPDATED*

"I now walk into the wild"

10 out of 10

Into The Wild is a movie about Christopher McCandless, who is running away to Alaska to seek adventure and hides away from the crazy society. "Your great adventure on Alaska," he exclaimed. Based on a true story, it covers his adventure in Alaska, and encounters several people that shaped his life.
After graduating from Emory University, he donated $24,000 from his savings to charity, and running of to the wilderness without his family knowing. No money, no ID, just him and the wild.

Sean Penn, the director of this movie, took almost ten years to get the McCandless permission to film this movie. Well, it was worth it. Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless is just flawless. With such little dialog, we could understand what he feels, just from Hirsch's facial expression. Superb acting. And William Hurt as Walt McCandless, oh what a talent. He only appeared once in a while, but we can instantly hate him and feel sorry for him at the same time. There is also the beautiful Catherine Keener as Jan, the hippie. You can't be any more believable than that! Hal Holbrook deserved his Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. He didn't overact, just the perfect amount of sadness in his eyes. His portrayal of a lonely character is outstanding. Perfect. Oh and did I mention that Kristen Stewart is also in this movie as well? Yes, that Twilight girl. Boy, she can act. Her face when Hirsch's character refuses to sleep with her was beautifully deep. We can feel her heart breaks. And Vince Vaughn! He knew that he could act? He should do more of this kind of movie instead of those romantic comedies that doesn't even put great use of his talent.

The scenery in this movie, and the cinematography is just beautiful to watch. Gorgeous. The hot desert, the lonely Alaska, the warm South Dakota, the sound of the current - just marvelous. Sean Penn did a great job directing this movie. He captured every moment beautifully without making it such a big cliche.

Sean Penn proved us that he is a versatile actor. He directs as beautifully as he acts. This movie, is a masterpiece. Regardless of what people say how stupid and selfish Chris McCandless is, it is still worth the watch. But warning, this movie leaves you thinking about your life! And when you get there, just be sure you have as big as the courage of Chris McCandless to follow your dream. Ciao!

The New You

Gak berasa, it's been months since I last wrote this blog. It's been neglected this whole time. Walaupun gak ada yang baca, I feel obligated to update it once in a while you know?

Neeways, I'm outta high school and off to university! hurray! No more killer teachers, no more biology (I'm taking industrial engineering, so there's no way I'm gonna meet up with biology), and most of all, gak ada pemaksaan penghormatan towards...you know. (but if you don't, what I meant was teachers). So karena udah graduate dari highschool, jadilah sekarang aku nganggur slama kurang lebih tiga bulan (mostly because of UN dimajuin sih). You know what I did to kill time? I rented more then TEN (yes, ten) movies at one time, and returned it just in 5 days. Semenganggurnya aku sampe minjem segitu banyak.

Minggu lalu, karena yakin bakalan bete di jakarta slama berhari-hari, aku minjem 15 film dari jogja, lalu aku bawa ke jakarta sekarang. But you know what, baru aku tonton 4 biji. kenapa? karena ternyata oh ternyata aku tidak nganggur selama di jakarta. tiap hari pergi gara2 ada kawinannya anaknya temennya mamaku (wow this is confusing) It was last night though, the climax of the wedding ceremony. And when I said climax, oh hell it was the climax. Aku dateng ke ceremony nya bersama mila, karena takut saya akan jadi kambing congek di sna sendiri. Aku bilang ke mila, betapa senangnya diri ini datang ke wedding ceremony si mbak ruri (yg nikah) karena banyak makanan enak2. but you know what? just as soon the wedding ceremony started, the dessert booth (yg notabene udah jadi bidikan ku selama nunggu yang nikah dateng) was fully crowded. gak cuma anak2 aja, ibuk2 juga banyak. damn! mo ngambil kuenya susah gilaaa, oh eff, mo ke boothnya aja susah banget. udah harus melewati rintangan dulu. rintangannya adalah: anak2 cina (ntah kenapa banyak anak2 cina) lari2 sambil berebutan ngambil kue, ibuk2 yg gak mo kalah ngambilin kue, dan bapak2-ibu2-remaja2 yg lalu lalang sambil bawa piring. aku, karena orang yg baik, berusaha untuk tidak menyenggol mereka. Tapi oh tapi saya yg disenggol2, pemirsa. Kagak bisa jalan. Cuma bisa diem di antara orang2. it frustrates me anyway, dikelilingi orang sebanyak itu.

ehem ehem. well yeah itu lah yg bikin hari ini aku tepar sampe jam 11 pagi. jarang2nya nih bangun jam segitu. abis itu, tidur lagi deh, hehe.

well back to my main focus. Did I mention that I rented plenty of DVDs last week? well one of them is this Sean Penn's movie Into The Wild. Aku udah nonton dari HBO sih, tapi cuma sempet nonton dari tengah2. I was so awe-struck by the scenery that I decided to rent it. Dua hari yg lalu kayaknya aku baru nonton nih film. My first thoughts? nothing. I was speechless. Kenapa? karena, gillaaa ni film bagus banget! Not only the scenery, the performance of the actors were top notch. Message yg di-delivered pun juga meaningful! I mean, the message it gave moved me. Abis nonton pun aku jadi mikir, kenapa selama ini aku cuma duduk diam aja? Kenapa aku gak berani mengeksplor lebih jauh segala yang aku anggap baru dan menarik? Kenapa aku terlalu memikirkan moral code? And social status?? Because I currently am staying in Jakarta, it's easy to see that social status is what these people are aiming for, what drives them. It does bug me. Long before I watched this movie. How you wear reflects your social status in here. And do I have to mention that everytime I go to the mall, these girls always look (well, glare actually) at me from head to toe just to check out how I dress? It's annoying! It's effing annoying! Well, I don't dress bad you know, I know how to mix and match just for my delight. I mean, I love to mix and match clothes, but that doesn't mean I love to be "check-ed" out. It's just for the sake of my enjoyment. Oh it sickens me.
Tiap ibuk2 ngumpul pun, yang namanya social status tetep aja dikejar. You know it when one of them asks where your kids go to school. Pasti ibuk2 ini akan bangga setengah mati kalo anaknya kuliah di UI atau ITB, dan akan show off ke semua orang. Atau pernah juga nih kejadian, aku nanya sama seorang ibuk2 waktu registrasi UGM, dia langsung aja ngomong kalo anaknya sebenernya keterima di UI lah, tapi gak mau lah dan blablabla. Aku gak ngiri, tapi aku rasa gak penting aja ibuk itu ngomong gitu.

oh oh social status. Thinking of it sometimes makes me wanna go out of the society and heads somewhere new, where I don't have to think about it.

sedikit curhat, selama ini aku selalu ngerasa kalo aku gak bisa terlalu dekat sama seseorang. I mean like, besties forever and ever. I can get close to someone new quickly, tapi gak pernah lebih dari acquaintance. Maybe because I moved a lot, so I avoid getting too close to people. Mungkin lebih baik aku dikelilingi orang baru daripada temen2 lama yang udah kenal aku dari TK. It leaves me wondering, what's wrong with me? Coba liat orang lain deh, kalo ketemu temen lamanya dia pasti jejingkrakan and supersuper happy. Sedangkan aku, bisa setengah mati mikirin topik pembicaraan. A different story if I met new people though. Aku bisa ngomong terus tanpa henti, and nanya2 everything general about them. It's this stuff, that makes me want to go out and travel. Because by travelling, I can meet new people. lebih2 lagi kalo bisa mempelajari culture and history nya mereka. or maybe, just go out alone, pergi sendiri. Away from people. Ntahlah, beberapa minggu ini aku jadi suka menyendiri. Call me anti-social for that, I don't care. But right now, I want to go away from all the people that I knew and be alone.

and I just remembered, my mom told me to get married when I passed 25 years old. GOSH! I didn't even think I would want to get married at that age! I was thinking, 28 or 29 years old I guess. I think 25 is way too young to be married. waaaay too young. Because at 25, you can do anything you want to, you know. Karena kalo aku udah nikah, pasti aku harus "live up to my husband's expectation of a good wife". Since I'm Indonesian, and a woman, I don't think I would be able to do what I want without being constricted. oh jadi berasa pengen lari aja nih. If I were a man, and had money, I would totally runaway to other countries by now, exploring the new world I had never seen -or thought- before.

and this is all because I watched one movie -__-
woops ya ampun, I talked too much! guess this is goodbye, see you later!

Hmm. Udah lama aku gak buka blog. What is it, three months or so ? Rekor. (gak juga sik)

Well, I am back in nothing more than horrible condition. I don't know where to start. Or, maybe I shouldn't ?

Cuma satu kata deh yang bisa describe me properly, and that is CAPEK. I think I needed a break from all this. No, I'm not talking about school and home works -ya emang sih, sekarang lagi banyak2nya. Aku perlu break dari semua les-les dan bimbel-bimbel, dan acara2 gak penting dari sekolah. It's like, I don't even have time for myself anymore. I hate the fact that when I go home from school aku langsung les. I hate the fact that almost everyday aku pulang jam 5 sore. I also hate the fact that people have been giving me crap all day long. Tugas yang seharusnya tugas kelompok, kenapa malah rely on me ? Aku mau nyuruh mereka nyari bahan juga gak enak. I don't know why. But still, I acted like some jack-ass diva. Percobaannya aku sendiri yang buat, trus aku tinggal ngasih data ke kelompokku dan nyuruh mereka buat powerpoint and laporan out of it. Is that fair ? No! But that was exactly what I did! Ujung2nya, yang bikin pembahasannya juga aku, mereka tinggal nyari referensi2 sama informasi pendukung. Uh, so foolish of me.

Okeh, okeh, aku tau banyak dari kalian yang lebih sibuk dari aku. Atau yang dapet perlakuan yang lebih parah dari aku. I'm just whinning. Yes, I just got my period. And I had the worst PMS. So yeah, I'm pretty much over-sensitive right now. Kalo ada yang lagi bersikap selfish-selfish gak jelas yang biasanya kutolerate, I'll give em crap. Kalo ada yang lagi kekanakan-kekanakan gak jelas, I'll be bitchin'. Kalo ada yang lagi mo menangan yang biasanya juga kutolerate, well, go to hell.

Well moving on to another subject, I just wanted to ask my ol' pals from Voxistah: how y'all doing, folks?! (pake aksen country ala miley cyrus) Masih aktif gak nih ? Aku baru aja nemuin some video, yang nyanyi itu sbuah grup nyanyi namanya Celtic Woman (maaf gak bisa dilink, ngenetnya lgi pake hape). Cari deh di youtube. Whenever I listen to them, I remember voxistah. And it made me pretty much sad, because I miss singing together with you guys! :(
Well Wanda, if you read this, ping me! (sok-sok "ping me")

P.S. : I don't know bout you, but, kerasa gak sih kalo voxistah itu nama yang sedikit...erm, aneh ?

Things I want to do but too lazy to get it done

Things I want to do but too lazy to get it done :

1. Update Facebook
2. Ngisi blog yg ngupas tuntas tentang Holga 120 CFN
3. Hunting foto di Malioboro en kawasan Kotabaru
4. Ngapalin doa buat solat jenazah
5. Ngasih surat ijin ke pak wali kelas
6. Internetan gak lewat hape
7. Ngurusin account deviantart
8. Belajar fisika buat persiapan ULUM *never gonna happen*
9. Mintain Holga balik dari kakak klas yg lagi minjem
10. Mandi pagi. *yes, aku belum mandi pagi padahal sekarang udah jam dua siang. Don't ask why*
11. sms mas ku yang ngebawa kabur charger iPod ku ke Surabaya *darn, you !*
12. Buat ulang naskah drama Bahasa Indonesia karena kata gurunya gak ada klimaks. *meh*
13. Baca novel Rahasia Meede seharian sampe selesai *dan sampe mata berkantung dobel*
14. Tidur siang *dan gak bisa karena mo baca novel Rahasia Meede-dan terlalu malas untuk baca novel at the moment*
15. Ngidupin laptop buat internetan *males nunggu loadingnya yang kalo dikonversi jadi light years menjadi 360 juta tahun cahaya*
16. Latihan piano jazz, padahal dah dimarah2in sama mbaknya. *abis lagunya sangat gak penting untuk dimainkan. Mendingan mainin lagunya Kuburan yg Lupa Lupa Ingat*
17. Menyesali gak menonton UGM BNI Jazz, tapi terlalu malas untuk menyesali.
18. menulis list-list what I wanted to do but too lazy to get it done

don't be afraid, I do too

radical thoughts, poison in our minds
blackened your heart, blurs which defines
tried to clarify, but never clear enough
blinked your eyes, still have a gone

never tried to understand, never had regrets
which was done is now undone
knowing which was false, didn't cross your mind

ingorance was never a better choice

don't be afraid, I do too

mantengin komputer sampai mata berkantung empat

alo pipol! suda lama tidak update nih. maklum, lagi gak niat. *lho?*

news2nya gak banyak. minggu lalu jadinya aku ikut JDF meeting ituh. ternyata mbahas kepanitiaan dan byk hal lainnya yg gak bisa aku tulis semua disini karena jari2 tangan ku udah gempor. Aku ikut meetingnya ituh sama Rahma dan Kepleh. Aku dan Rahma pasang muka tebal. trus besoknya kita jadi ikut lomba di SMA 2, yang dimana kita juara 1. Dan gak bangga2 amat.tapi lumayanlah, dapet duit.hehe.untung lawannya gak aneh2. trus minggu berikutnya lagi, aku atina dan rani ikut lomba di UNY. dan sekali lagi, aku tidak niat ikut lomba. Rani juga lagi sakit. Dan yang sepertinya lagi semangat cuman atina. ngeliat lawan2nya, makin gak niat lagi. abis byk banget sih, 22 tim.. dan kebanyakan dari luar jogja. kalo dipikir2 kayaknya cuman tiga tim deh yang dari jogja.hem. sebenernya juga ada lomba lagi di UII, bertepatan dengan UNY. yg dikirim Rahma, kepleh, sma nia. Karena waktu di UNY ak sma atina gak meliat batang2 idungnya anak SMA 3 dan SMA 8, and not forgeting SMA 6, kita berasumsi mereka semua lomba di UII. Dan ternyata bener, mereka smua-kcuali SMA 8 kayaknya- pada ke UII smua. Yah walopun tim2 ebatnya pada ke UII, toh tetap gak menghentikan aku untuk BEGO. oya, aku lupa bilang kalo pas di UNY aku jadi third speaker, yang dimana aku paling lemah di rebuttle.yahyah.bisa ditebak gimana lombanya seperti apa: males2an casebuild (berlaku untuk aku dan rani, Atina semangat abis deh pokoknya), males2an dengerin opponent team, males2an ngerebutt (eh, klo yang ini cuma aku sih), males2an mikir pake logika, males2an dengerin reply, males2an dengerin verbal *eh enggak enggak..kita dengerin kok..*, males2 lah pokoknya. malesnya ya kayak sekarang ini, lagi males buat bikin tulisannya rapi. ya udah deh, jadinya kalah dua out of three rounds dengan tabungan margin -1,4. tapi kita skornya lumayan lho. coba kalo yang diitung duluan tuh skor. pasti bisa masuk tuh *pede*. eh tapi bener, kalo aku urutin berdasarkan skor ya, kita itu urutan ke lima, kalo gak empat. seperti apa kata Mbak Risty,"Kalian itu sangat2 unfortunate. Skor kalian lumayan kok, kalian kurang fortunate aja kalo di vp."

*sighing* entahlah, aku jadi males ikut lomba lagi. udah sering dimarahin mamah. sering ikut lomba tapi jarang menang. *ya iyalah gak menang, wong gak niat*

terus, minggu ini kita juga lagi banyak dapet tugas gak penting semacam drama dan role play. Bahasa Indonesia tugasnya drama, klo bahasa inggris tuh role play. sumpah gak penting. aku paling males deh drama2 kyk gini, karena drama2 yang biasanya dibuat itu gak "sejalan" sama the way I think and act. bukan berarti aku gak suka sama drama yang dibuat sekarang, cuman aku agak2 bingung aja sama konsepnya. maunya sih yang buat naskahnya itu ya yang punya ide, bukan semua orang yang buat naskahnya. Kalo kayak gitu mesti gak nyambung ntar dramanya.

oya, ada lagi tugas yang tambah bikin pusing dan lebih gak penting lagi: laporan ilmiah studi tour. Buat apa coba? buat bukti klo kita ikut? gitu? kan dah ada absen! iyaiya, aku tau kalo laporan itu sebagai syarat untuk dapet kartu ujian ULUM. tapi kenapa coba syarat nya MESTI BUAT LAPORAN ILMIAH STUDI TOUR? mbok yg lain kek..kayak nuntasin nilai2 ulangan harian yang belum tuntas dan tugas2 yg belum ditumpuk. Kenapa mesti LAPORAN ILMIAH STUDI TOUR ? i can't find any correlation between STUDY TOUR and FINAL EXAM. unsurprisingly confusing.

Oke, if you think that way, why don't you live with your SON and SPOIL him instead of YELLING at me constantly. Stop making reasons so that you can express your anger towards me. It's stupid. I hate it. I hate it when you're behaving like this