That was pretty much a quote from a classic Indonesian film titled Lewat Djam Malam or in English, After the Curfew by a legendary Indonesian director Usmar Ismail. The film itself was recently restored after most of the celluloid was damaged badly. The restoration was made real with the help of various organisations, including Martin Scorsese's, we all know how eager Scorsese is when it comes to restoring classic, culturally important films. Sadly, the film was not a choice for most Indonesian moviegoers since it has to compete with films like The Amazing Spider-Man, Ice Age 4 or The Dark Knight Rises. When I watched it in the cinemas, the studio was only filled with three people. The film was an eye-opener for me as I haven't watched any old Indonesian films before (in black and white and in cinemas too). The film was well-acted and--this is important--culturally significant. To Indonesians, feel free to see it in cinemas while it's still available.Anyway that was not my main topic for this post.
This post should be titled 'How I Spent My 5-Month-Summer Vacation' to be exact.
Well, for the first two months I was quite busy with making Year-video for my school and classmates. But afterwards, here are my TV series picks (not naming my movie picks cos it would be crazily overwhelming) to battle my idleness during my (up until this point, ongoing) holiday:
In this sloppily-edited picture are (from top left going clockwise) Episodes, Game of Thrones,
The Legend of Korra, The Newsroom, Tron: Uprising, Supernatural and Homeland.
- Homeland (Season 1)
Starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, the new series is highly engaging, addictive and full of surprises and thrills. The story is about a CIA agent who suspects that an American soldier has been turned to a terrorist and planning an attack on America. The only setback is that it only has 12 episodes.
- Tron: Uprising (Season 1 - ongoing)
Tron: Uprising is everything that Tron: Legacy should be. It tells the story of a whole new character who/which is a program named Beck that has all the spirit and motivation to be The Grid's new salvation, new Tron. Voiced by top actors that include Elijah Wood and Tron himself, Bruce Boxleitner, the series is action-packed and quite intelligent. But for almost a month now, I'm still waiting for Episode 8. Oh and there was Quorra, voiced by Olivia Wilde, in one of the episodes.
- The Legend of Korra (Season 1)
The continuation of the beloved and personal favorite, Avatar: The Legend of Aang or The Last Airbender. I am proud to say that I finished the 12 episodes in such a short time. The new series is set way in the future after the events in The Last Airbender, now focused on a new Avatar named Korra. There are full of new and exciting characters and cool action too. Also the steampunk meets fantasy theme is a pleasure to watch.
- Supernatural (Season 7)
The Winchesters are back again. Now Castiel the Angel released Leviathans to the Earth and Sam & Dean must stop them before their plan to take the world succeeds. I must say Season 7 is quite boring. The series' best season is undoubtedly Season 5. Season 6 is still acceptable but Season 7 is below the sixth. I hope they make the next season more exciting and gripping to watch. After all, this is the only TV series I followed this far and I love seeing Sam & Dean (no innuendos here).
(Fyi, I stopped seeing Smallville after it was unavailable in my local channel; stopped Eureka because it was kinda boring; stopped Gossip Girl because it was a constant repetition of lies and evil plans)
- Episodes (Season 1 & Season 2)
This is a comedy series starring Matt LeBlanc of Friends playing Matt LeBlanc. The story is about a couple whose British hit series was picked up by an American network. But the hit series they once wrote has transformed into a whole new series in the States, to make things worse, it stars Matt LeBlanc. I don't find this series that funny. It was amusing to watch but apparently not good for my taste. Sorry. But I still watch Friends every weeknights. WarnerTV is replaying em from Season 1.
- Game of Thrones (Season 1 & Season 2)
I'm new to Westeros. I guess I have passed that 'not sure if Game of Thrones or porn' moment. Despite of its constant showing of nudity, Game of Thrones is very exciting and interesting to watch. Full of back-stabbing, intricacy and plans that are, to my perverse pleasure, fun to watch. My favorite characters are Lord Eddard Stark (of course) of Winterfell played by Sean Bean, Tyrion Lannister played by Peter Dinklage and Daenaerys Targaryen played by Emilia Clarke. I guess after [spoiler alert] Ned Stark died, Daenaerys Targaryen's story is the most exciting to follow, as you know, she has those, you know ;)
- The Newsroom (Season 1 - ongoing)
The title says it all, it's about people in a newsroom. Written by Emmy-winner and Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin, The Newsroom tells about a news program that decides to go for the truth and only the truth. It stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer and also Olivia Munn. The show is based on reality, which makes it even more interesting. Although I'm not that familiar with US' internal problems, like Koch Brothers and that stuff, Sorkin managed to made it interesting and not boring at all. The show is really, really interesting that I once had a dream I was talking to Mackenzie and her senior producer Jim Harper. One of the best dreams I had in August. Would make it even better to meet Olivia Munn's Sloan Sabbith in my dream though.
I also bought a couple of films lately to battle Idleness like The Tempest, Happy Feet Two and Minority Report. But in my emotional turmoil (oh save me and yourself), I found (500) Days of Summer to be the most pleasant film to sit through although I already watched it for the 77th time. Also Knocked Up turns out to be such a nice film; Katherine Heigl kinda reminds me of someone (please ignore this).
Still have a month to go with idleness :) :(
BAA.
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