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review: memento

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Memento Poster
Memento (2000)

A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan

Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano



Udah lama gak ngepost review film. Berhubung gw baru aja nonton film ini, dan film ini di-direct sama Christoper Nolan (my fav movie director this far, I guess).

Film ini hasil adaptasi dari cerita pendek “Memento Mori” hasil karya Jonathan Nolan, dijadiin screenplay, and ta-daaah, jadilah satu film (IMHO) khas Chris Nolan.

Plot intinya, kurang lebih, mengenai Leonard Shelby, seorang petugas asuransi yang tugasnya menginvestigasi kasus-kasus klaim asuransi. Istri Leonard (yang sering dipanggil Lenny ini) dibunuh, mati dan cuma ninggalin Lenny dengan kondisi kerusakan hipokampus (bagian dari limbic system dalem otak manusia) akibat digebok sama si pembunuhnya. Hipokampus berperan dalam ingatan jangka pendek manusia, jadilah si Lenny ini ga mampu mengingat suatu kejadian dalam jangka terlalu lama. Dia dengan gampangnya lupa sama orang-orang yang baru dia kenal setelah digebok itu. Bedanya sama kasus amnesia, Lenny masih punya ingatan jangka panjang. Lenny akhirnya menemukan satu cara buat sedikit ngebantu dia dan penyakitnya itu, yaitu dengan bawa polaroid kemana-mana dan nulis note di bawah foto-foto yang dia ambil. Selain, itu beberapa hal yang terkait sama pencarian si pembunuh istri sekaligus penggebok kepala itu (contoh: nama, ciri-ciri, dsb) di tattoo di badannya, supaya gak bisa direkayasa sama orang yang mau manfaatin penyakitnya. (these aren't spoiling :’))

Film ini dibikin dengan alur mundur. Artinya, kalo diliat dari timeline waktu kejadian, kejadian yang terakhir terjadi muncul di awal film, dan awal kejadian di akhir film. Di tengah film sih, gw agak merasa beberapa bagian flashback agak menguras durasi film, gw udah mau fast-forward, tapi gw mikir “Nolan must have something to do with this”, jadilah gw tetep nonton setiap detail ceritanya.

Kalo ada kategori film brain-teaser, Memento jelas masuk ke dalamnya deh (begitu juga film Chris Nolan lainnya, sih). That kind of movie that keeps you guessing from the beginning till the very end, or even afterwards.Bahkan setelah filmnya abis, endingnya masih bisa didiskusiin. No absolute ending, just twisted.

Gw suka konsep short-term-memory-loss yang diderita sama tokoh utamanya. Nggak biasa, dan lumayan orisinil. Mengingatkan gw sama beberapa prinsip Etologi terapan; conditioning dan insting. Apalagi kalo dipikir-pikir, these stuffs really exist, they are happening.

Rating? 8/10. Gw masih lebih suka Inception & Batman Trilogy, but this one, just made it to my favorite lists. Recommended for those who like brain-teaser movies.

(another) s3w debate story

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so.. I came to SMAK 3 Week for the second time.
their theme this year: The 8th Wonders
my team consisted of:
- Stefanny as the 1st speaker
- Me as the 2nd speaker
- Kario as the 3rd speaker

just like last year, we had 4 prelims and quarters, semis & final after that.
for the prepared motions, they gave us 3 headings:
Religion, Indonesia & Electronic Lifestyle

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1st pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)
motion: THW ban Blackberry (prepared) as GOV
Single adju losing decision with margin -1,5

2nd pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 2 Tg Selatan)
motion: THS the us of torture in U.S. (impromptu) as GOV
Single adju winning decision with margin +2

3rd pre-eliminary (vs SMAK 3 B)
motion: THBT TNI/Polri should have their rights to vote (prepared) as GOV
Single adju winning decision with margin +6

4th pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)
motion: THW criminalize homophobic movements (impromptu) as OPP
Single adju winning decision with margin +0,5

until the end of the prelim we've got +7 margins

quarter final (vs Ipeka Sunter A)
motion: THS the use of terror in protecting environment (impromptu) as GOV
Unanimous winning decision 3 to 0 (3 adjus) with margin unknown
so, here..when it came to motion preferences, me and my team were like "how the hell on earth my opponent chose this order of preference? it's easier for their position to debate about motion number two than ecoterrorism!". since I used to love being in the "good position" to be hard on ppl who hurt environment, my team did the debate kind of greatly (yah at least I guess so).. after the decisions we asked Dyslai why did she prioritize this motion and she was just saying "Ya ampun! gua salah preference gara-gara Glen!!" then we laughed out loud..hahahha

semi final (vs Ipeka Pluit)
motion: THW acknowledge all religion, faith and believe in Indonesia (prepared) as OPP
Unanimous winning decision 5 to 0 (5 adjus) with margin unknown
after facing IPSUN on the quarter..I just relieved, it's done, facing our own friend. but then, tragedy..oh..tragedy. it happened (again), we had to face IPLU with Glen as one of the speaker. the last time I faced Glen in a debate was last year's BL1TZ SMAK 1 Cup on Quarterfinal round, he did great with his british pronounciation style..and I felt so retarded, left behind by my junior high school's best friend -____-. lucky, we won :D

grand final (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)
motion: THW abolish all limitations on immigration (impromptu) as GOV
Split losing decision 3 to 6 (9 adjus) with margin unknown
I didn't understand what the motion is all about, I'm dying, telling my teammates "I'd better faint than got ashamed this way!!". but then, they forced me to struggle, but I stupidly came forward to the podium brought up my shameful points which are not my points at all because Kario just told me what I have to argue since I didn't really understand how this mechanism's going to work. I'm not into my speech, it's an argument without a soul from the speaker, no way it'll be great. I'm sorry mates.. forgive this awful second speaker :(

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so.. again, I lost to the team that had Sindhu as one of them for the 2nd time =_____=
it was totally my fault, because I didn't know the case, I didn't understand the thing / issue, I've never even been abroad!!
though Kario (the only one in my team who's ever been abroad) tried hard to explain me about immigrations/visa/etc I still can't get the point.
I came forward as a second speaker of the GOV team, talking about nonsense I didn't understand! :(
it made our team looked so lame and it wasn't even a proper debate as a FINAL ROUND.
worst debate I've done in this competition was the final round.
great.. I ashamed myself hahaha! =_____=
even most of the adjudicators give me such bad comments when I asked for personal assessment,
one of the adjus; named Alun, said:
"All of the 2nd speaker's points are silly"
alias
"Semua argumen 2nd speakernya konyol abis" --> HAH, you mean, ME? it hurts my deepest butt, no, I mean HEART. I was about to cry, lucky I could hold it back :'(

the best speaker's Gabby from SMAN 81. congrats gab! you're cool! :)
but, then think again. I'm still thankful to all my friends who supported me, my understanding mom and God! :)

p.s.: this time we sent 2 teams; my team and 1st grader team. we're so happy because the 1st grader made lot of friends and seemed like they love debate as much as we do (L)
muchas gracias. hasta luego!

vitacharm ice

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hello guys
so.. I've just found out the new vita charm ice!

here it's.......................
how's it? haha.

available in 4 flavors!
orange, grape, strawberry & apple.
grape's always my favorite one!


just a short story, how did I find this yummy thing.
so I went to carrefour emporium pluit mall yesterday to accompany my mom.
before we went there, first we left my little bro at IVAskincare to have some facial treatment.
hahaha. *evil laugh*
yah, it just happened like normal shopping..until I asked my mom if I may buy some probiotic products for my digestive-sake.
nah!
when I reached the counter of frozen-goods. a SPG approached me and promote this thing to me and asked which one I want to pick?
because this vita charm ice looked like something new to me, I'd just like to try!
and taraaaaaaaaa..nothing to regret.
believe me to try buying some of this vita charm ice!
it's good for your digestive health!

..hmm mind to forgive me if this post is not-so-important?
but it's just all I want to share this time.

p.s.: I've just watched Glee - Gaga eps this nite. was uber cool!!