#813 - Eight Random Stuffs

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1. I think I am enjoying this new category in my blog: Random List. I can write anything in such wide array of topics under this category, without worrying to be off topic, which I usually did anyway (being off topic :D).


2. Anyway, last week I hanged out with my college friends, finally, after several months. It was kinda hard to set a date, even though we are all still in Bandung and I was the only one who had graduated. I can't imagine how harder it will be after we all have our own lives several years ahead. Okay, that was such a standard opinion. Coming to a second thought, it might turn out to be exciting though. Because we will all live in different places, a reunion can be held anywhere. By "anywhere", I mean it's likely to be a short-vacation together, and I like vacation. Having a vacation together is such a pleasant experience!


3. See? I was being off-topic. I wanted to write about what we did last week but instead I wrote randomly about what might happen in the future and how exciting it is, LOL. Anyway,


4. last week we watched a movie. Well, it was my second movie I watched in a cinema this year. We watched Clash of the Titans (CotT). Okay, now I am deliberately being off-topic. I think these past few months have been a season of "Greek-mythology-based" film, haven't it? About two months ago I watched Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, a film based on a novel based on a Greek Mythology. Last week, aside from CotT, some other played movies were also based on Greek Mythology, like Agora and, uhhhmmm, I can't think of anything else. Anyway, still, (at least) three movies based on the same mythology! Is Greek mythology becoming a film pandemic right now or what?


5. Speaking of CotT, the only positive thing I can say about this movie is the animation and special effect. However, I am never interested in a movie which only showcases animation or special-computer-graphic-something effect. That's why every time I watch a movie, I try to watch beyond its graphic. In this movie, I don't find anything good from anything but the graphic. The storyline was so poorly written with many some not so logical actions and bad connectivity between one scene to another. For instance, if King Acrisius hated her wife and the baby she was having (because the father of the baby was not him), why would he even wait until the baby was born to kill them? He had like nine months to do that. Then, I didn't see a good and logical scene where Io joined the Perseus' troops. All the sudden she just joined them. Then, why did Io tell the troops that she wouldn't be able to enter Medusa's lair when they were already halfway to get there? She would be useless and even a liability for the team, right? Well, I gotta score this movie 1.5 our of 5. Sorry, but it was not a good movie for me ;-) Anyway, the main storyline was so similar with Percy Jackson.


6. Anyway, the form of the Kraken was also strange. In my mind, a kraken is a monster in a form of a giant squid, just like the one in Pirates of the Caribbean. Here, the only squid part of the monster was its tentacles, but its body was just, a monster. I just found it strange, hehe.


7. It is kinda sad to hear (or read) that a doctor is curious about consuming illegal drugs. I mean, aren't they supposed to be people who know most about its dangers? hmmm....


8. I am targeting myself to live a healthier live now. I will buy an ample supply of fruits for me to consume for dinner for this several days. We will see whether it works or not. I hope it does. Thanks to Mrs. Tyka for the idea :-)

::: CotT's poster. The monster in the background is supposed to be the "kraken". BAHASA INDONESIA

1. Aku rasa aku sangat menikmati kategori baru di blogku ini deh: Random List. Aku bisa menulis sesuka hati dengan segala macam pilihan topik tanpa harus takut keluar jalur, yang memang biasanya terjadi kaya gitu sih (keluar jalur :D)


2. Ngomong2, minggu lalu aku jalan2 bersama temen kampusku, akhirnya, setelah beberapa bulan. Hmm, susah juga lho menetapkan tanggalnya, padahal kami semua masih ada di Bandung dan hanya aku saja yang sudah lulus. Gabisa terbayangkan deh gimana nantinya kalo kami udah hidup masing2 nanti beberapa tahun ke depan. Oke, itu adalah pendapat yang standar ya. Cuma kalo dipikir2 lagi, sebenarnya bisa menarik juga lho. Karena kami akan tinggal di berbagai tempat berlainan, reuni bisa diadakan dimana pun. Dengan "dimana pun", artinya reuni bisa menjadi semacam liburan singkat bersama kan, dan aku suka liburan. Liburan bersama itu kan mengasyikkan!


3. Nah kan, keluar topik deh. Padahal aku awalnya ingin menulis kegiatan kami minggu lalu tetapi tiba2 malah menulis tulisan nggak jelas tentang apa yang mungkin terjadi di masa depan dan seberapa mengasyikannya itu, LOL. Ngomong2,


4. minggu lalu kami nonton film. Ini adalah film kedua yang aku tonton tahun ini. Kami nonton Clash of the Titans (CotT). Oke, kalo sekarang seh sengaja nih agak keluar topik sedikit. Kenapa ya akhir2 ini aku rasa merupakan suatu musim film "yang-berdasarkan-mitologi-Yunani", iya nggak sih? Sekitar dua bulan lalu aku menonton Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, sebuah film yang berdasarkan novel yang berdasarkan Mitologi Yunani. Minggu lalu, selain CotT, beberapa film lain juga berdasarkan Mitologi Yunani, misalnya Agora dan, uhhhmmm, nggak kepikiran yang lain nih. Yah, pokoknya sih setidaknya ada tiga film yang berdasarkan mitologi yang sama! Apa Mitologi Yunani ini menjadi mewabah di film2 gitu yah?


5. Tentang CotT, hal positif yang aku dapatkan dari film ini hanyalah animasi dan spesial efeknya saja. Namun, aku tidak pernah tertarik pada film yang hanya memamerkan animasi dan efek komputer-grafik-apalah-yang-bagus-banget. Makanya setiap kali nonton aku selalu mencoba untuk menonton melebihi grafiknya. Nah, di film ini aku nggak menemukan apa pun yang bagus selain grafiknya itu. Jalan ceritanya ditulis dengan jelek sekali dengan banyak aksi tidak logis dan keterkaitan yang buruk antara satu bagian dengan bagian lain. Misalnya, kalo memang Raja Acrisius membenci istrinya dan anak dalam kandungannya (karena ayah biologis anak itu bukan dia), mengapa ia harus menunggu sampai bayinya lahir untuk membunuh mereka? Dia kan ada waktu paling nggak sembilan bulan untuk itu. Kemudian, aku tidak melihat adanya adegan yang menjelaskan bagaimana Io bisa bergabung dengan pasukan Perseus. Tiba2 saja dia bergabung. Kemudian, kenapa sih Io baru bilang kepada pasukan kalo dia nggak bisa masuk sarang Medusa ketika mereka sudah setengah jalan kesana? Plis deh, dia akan jadi tidak berguna dan hanya menjadi beban saja bagi pasukan, kan? Hmm, kalo harus menilai, aku harus menilai film ini 1,5 dari 5 deh. Maaf ya, cuma bagi aku ini bukan film yang bagus ;-) Ngomong2, jalan cerita utamanya koq mirip sama Percy Jackson yah.


6. Ngomong2, bentuk Kraken-nya juga aneh deh. Dalam benakku kraken itu monster berbentuk cumi-cumi raksasa. Nah ini, yang mirip cumi-cumi cuma tentakelnya aja, tapi bentuk badannya ya cuma monster gitu. Jadi kerasa aneh aja, hehe.


7. Sedih juga ya mendengar (atau membaca) kalo seorang dokter tertarik untuk mengonsumsi obat-obatan terlarang. Maksudku, seharusnya mereka kan orang yang paling tahu tentang bahayanya? hmmm....


8. Aku menargetkan diriku untuk hidup lebih sehat sekarang. Aku akan membeli banyak persediaan buah siang nanti untuk konsumsi makan malamku beberapa hari ke depan. Akan kita lihat apakah berhasil ato engga, mudah2an sih berhasil. Makasih kepada Ibu Tyka atas idenya :-)