Wulan Iki Ono Opo Yo...

Wulan kepungkur uakeh sing sengojo tak tekani adoh-adoh ning bioskop koyo sing gambare nong duwur kuwi. Hmm...taon rong ewu limolas lha diputer maning....wis ra sah teko...langsung ngacir ndelok bae. Uappik tenan je.

Terus ono meneh film sing ra patek dikenal tp yo eman eman je len ora diintip. Tg James Dean. Kanggo wong sing ra kenal koyo aku...pilem iki yo koyo budal neng jaman tahun seketan....apik.

Pilem kog ora koyok pilem...la piye je...koyok ndelok doku kalem uripe wong wong....nanging yo justru iki ki....sing marake pileme uapikkk pol. Wong bedo generasi tp yo iso saling ngerti....

Adem ayem....marake pengen nang NY.

Yo mulih...mulih....!

October: fiesta. November:???

The Intern: Review Kecil

2 Kali nonton. Kebayang, kan? There must be something in it, at least, for me.

Yup...pertama dan terakhir yg kurasakan bahkan hingga film selesai adalah betapa nyaman, damai, tenteramnya dunia yang tergambarkan oleh film Nancy Meyers ini~terlepas dari adanya masalah-masalah. Film ini membuka mata bhw lintas generasi beserta perbedaan yang ada bukanlah rintangan yg harus dihindari. Bahkan, bisa jadi malah tumbuh rasa hormat dan saling butuh+melengkapi, seperti yang tergambar dalam hubungan Jules (Anne Hathaway)-sang bos dan Ben (Robert De Niro)-sang manula intern. Hmm...banyak hal yang bikin saya jatuh cinta sama film semacam ini. Contohnya...ternyata Brooklyn adalah lingkungan yang cool juga. Manhattan tempat tinggal si Jules benar-benar dreamlike....walaupun di dalamnya ada serpihan-serpihan yg siap meledak seperti yang tertuang dalam salah satu subplot. Namun, hey, film ini tetap menyelesaikan setiap masalah dengan sentuhan gaya dan sinematografi yang tenaaaaaang dan simpel: just like the rest of the movie. Ini tuh film atau dokumenter ringan, sih?.Sempat tergumam....tapi....hey..inilah tujuan film ini. 

Tak terasa 2 jam 1 menit kuterbawa dalam film yang easy on the eyes and heart. Suka sekali sama De Niro yang lepas dari stereotipe peran-perannya sebelumnya. Hanyut pula daku sama Anne Hathaway yang bermain simpel tanpa over the top dlm memerankan seorang bos muda sebuah start up yang lagi naik daun di tengah konflik feminis klise tentang bagaimana wanita karir harus membagi waktunya untuk keluarga. Tapi....kuakui...walaupun sptnya too good to be true....hmmm...film ini tetap convincingly delivers.

Initinya...film ini cantik dan manis..warna warna New York yg manusiawi pun bikin saya berpikir kapankah aku ke New York spt yg ada dalam film ini.

Hmmm...a sweet dramedy.

****^^

Yg saya suka dr film ini banyak, di antaranya adalah: subplot "salah kirim email"; makna dan pentingnya sapu tangan (though I must admit...really???^^); Andrew Rennells!; desain interior dan detil-detil rumah De Niro yg aduhai sebagai seorang duda pensiunan; asyiknya kerja di kantor yg serba "do-as-you-like"! Wow; oh..jika kuterusin...semakin panjang.

But..for what its worth....this is indeed a worth-twice-watching movie.

There I said it.

Movies This Week

Sado, the Intern, and The Scorch Trials: as usual. . .free viewings for CGV VIP^^

As usual, movie photo tickets are a must-have.

Two perfect movies to catch up to.

*no reviews: but. .they're just worth-watching, especially Nancy Meyer's The Intern!!!^^

SPEC: what kind of 'creature' is it?

Spec: An Essential Key for most Korean job seekers

Spec? What kind of Animal is it?
Well, it is not an animal. It turned out to be the short term of 'specification'.
The funny thing is that...I just learned that this particular word has been so coined in such a way that it has a special meaning in Korean language. I did not know anything about it until I set my feet again here in Korea.
So, what is so interesting thing about this Spec or how Korean affectionately(?) refer it with..스펙 (seupek).

I would not have been so intrigued had I not talked to my Korean friend who was about to have an interview the other day. She told me a lot about it and how it has affected lots of Korea's job seekers or fresh graduates. It has affected them so much that a lot of concerns have been raised as to whether this so-called 'monster' really necessary in the first place. Monster? Yes..some are so afraid of this spec that they got themselves obsessed with this and preoccupied with this...that .....86% of job seekers got stressed out of it.
I bumped into an article on the net (www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011050907360652449) about this phenomena and how it has affected Korean youths.
It is reported that 8 out of 10 job seekers are stressed out because of this. Based on a survey conducted towards 802 people, 86.6% confirmed that they are under pressure due to this lovable creature (Hhehehe..this is my own coined word for spec). Even, 26% of them said that they are stressed out that they are in a state of necessary psychological counseling. Hmmmmm.....how serious.      ....................For those who might wonder what spec is ....?
please wait till my next entry......(If I would)^^