Love Me If You Dare

"Hold me close and hold me fast..
The magic spell you cast..."

La Vie En Rose - Louise Armstrong
La Vie En Rose - Zazie

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Hottie Heaven : Actors ARE Hot Sometimes....

The last fortnight, I spent it either reading my tattered chemistry book (which I never really get to finish) or watching movies in moi bedroom, all alone. Nothing to wild. Keh. I didn't really leave the house except for going to Surabaya, for moi exam. Heck, I didn't even hang at the beach (my fave summer getaway).

Whatev. Don't feel like talking about my sucked-till-dry life.

Where was I?
Oh, right. Movies.

17 Again.

Quite frankly, I thought Zac has lost his magic.
The too cute and too gorgeous thing don't really work for me anymore.
Too High School Musical? Or maybe just too high school?
My, was it wrong.
Hot is not enough to describe him in 17 Again.
My fave scene is the one when he got the makeover from his fake daddy, white tee, black leather jacket, and sunglasses (oh, and the coolest car ever!!!!!), and he stepped out of his car toward the school. Totally screams "Let's go to school, baby!". I don't miond going back to high school to get some of that fine hotness.
The movie is not that mediocre tho not exactly my type.
At least there's Zac, and except for the pretty gross armpit hair, it's totally worth it!
those abs... ooh... I can wash on that abs!



PUSH


A rougher, way hotter Chris Evan. Even better than the cocky Fantastic Four (not that I'm such big of a fan like Astrid).
You tell me.
I always like a guy who got that "I didn't shave today so screw you, I'm going out" look.
With just the right amount of facial hair.
Like Shia Le Beouf in GQ Magz Cover.
Now that, is SUPER-DUPER HOT!




Adventureland


Ever thought of seeing another version of Michael Cera?
A cuter, sweeter Michael Cera?
Hmmm... decision, decision....
Screw it, of course we do, right, girlies?
Try go see Adventureland right this exact minute.
Since this entry are about the guys, I'm not gonna go VCB on you (Galih said my review is so friggin long and complicated, yeah coz i tend to analyze everything, what's wrong with that really?).
Anyway, I'm not entirely impressed with the movie.
Again, not exactly my type.
But the guy acted well. and there's Kirsten Stewart (who I'm totally channeling).
I was like gaping like a caveman when I saw him.
He looked like Michael Cera cuter younger brother.The same eyes. Same Build. Hair. Nose. Expression.
Not that awkward tho, this Jesse Eissenberg.
Yep, that's his name.
Hmm... Cuter than ol' Michael? Tough one.

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Factory Girl

Okay, so lately I'm so into wikipedia and I just love browsing people.
Just yesterday I re-read Andy Warhol as in the Pop Art Pope and one of his girls, Edie Sedgwick.
She was a sort of famous model/socialite but she was mostly known as Andy Warhol's "Superstar".
Though she didn't bask in her fame for long coz she died pretty young.



Y know how I love biographical movie?
Like Bobby, JFK, and La Vie En Rose?
Edie Sedgwick's life's also made into a brilliant movie : Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller.
And later on Sienna really do fall in love with the model's unique style (she had a very iconic yet unusual fashion sense with black leotards, chandelier earrings, and mini dresses) and adopted it.

First thing first, the setting is just fabulous!
I mean, I just love the 60'es.
Tres glamorous! Oh, and very art-ish.
The story was moving and very emotional for me, you fell deeply and instantly into this girl spiraled life and all her mess.
We can say that the movie was sad and depressing but the real story behind the movie is even more haunting (you'll be intrigued to googole the real Edie after watching the movie, and Hayden Christensen played an imitation of Bob Dylan who is said to have a destructive relationship with the model) .

My fave scene has to be the Edie's transformation into a Factory girl (the one when Edie chopped her hair on the stairwell of the Factory, and did a photoshoot for Vogue, and danced jazzily).
Oh, and the part where she ran out of the cab (after realizing how messed up her life is).

See the trailer here.



P.S. There was indeed Mary-Kate Olsen in the movie, appearing as a fab cameo.

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A Walking Contradiction

So... there's this movie that I've been wanting to talk about for so long (in which I found some interesting things). Vicky Cristina Barcelona.



so you guys probably knew or even watched it.

Why I wanna talk about this particular movie? Not because it's one of my favourite or anything. It doesn't even make my top twenty. Not that it's not any good. It's enchanting, I guess. I can't really tell, actually. I'd never watched any Woody Allen movie before this one so it's not like I can compare it with his other movies. I used to hear a lot about Woody Allen (but barely noticing), his movies about woman, and that he draws heavily on philosophy, literature, sexuality, and stuff. VCB is my first.

At first I thought, okay another big cliche, you went through a vacation that changed your life. I wasn't excited, but watched it anyways. A few scenes went, and okay, the setting is marvelous. Barcelona is breathtaking. The shots showed a lot of impressive parts of Spain, like the Gaudi's architecture, of course. And hearing the Spanish guitar (the soundtrack) made me feel like I was there having an enchanting holiday, breathing the fresh air of Barcelona. I was so in love already with the setting I barely noticed the storyline. Well, it pretty much tells a story about two different girls. Vicky, the practical one with her traditional in her approach to love and commitment (and is engaged to a reliable but unromantic guy). And Cristina, the spontaneous and adventurous one who doesn't know what she wants of life or love, only what she doesn't want (which, of course, what Vicky dreams about). And both their lives were rocked when this grumpy (but they think he's brooding and sexy) artist who's been trough a messy divorce with his wife whom he loves to distraction but never seems to get along with.

vicky's hold on reality starts to shake. she keeps wondering if what she tought she wants (marriage, a guy who appreciate the beauty of commitment, a crystal clear future), is not what her heart actually desire (an unpredictable love). And Cristina who finally moves in with juan antonio and his ex wife (and had sex with both of them, out of love;yeah pretty weird), thinks she's happy, but in the end, find out that that life also what she doesn't want and decided to leave. In the end, after all they've been through, they both come home to America, back to their former selves. No dramatic change direction, no nothing. Just one hell of a summer that will be forgotten (or not).

yeah, overall, it's pretty twisted. Satirical even. the humor is that, satirical, not everyone can get it instantly (like there's this scene where Juan Antonio said that his dad, who's a brilliant poet doesn't publish his work because he hates people in general, and punish them by not publishing his work).

And the part about the polyamorous relationship between Cristina, Juan Antonio, and maria Elena. Both Juan Antonio and maria Elena love each other so much, but it never work, and they claim that their relationship somehow missing a special ingredient to make it work, which is Cristina. Their relationship, from what I see, is not at all disturbing for me (towards the end). It just made sense, somehow. That there is love, so intense and whole, which can't get along (between Juan Antonio and Maria Elena). The hunger just to love and beloved in return (the way the three of them love each other). You know, just to love. It's enough (not for cristina, in the end).

And the marriage between Judy and Mark, her infidelity. I totally understand that. that after a while, love is not enough to keep you going, and all of s sudden you realise that you're in a rut. Trapped in a flat (without so much as passion) marriage. Of course it will come to that. Right? People get bored and sick of each other. Huh.

I guess the part where it reminded me of myself is the main characters traits, both Cristina and Vicky. I think I see myself as both of them. Seeing the movie is like some ah-ah ephypany that I've been waiting.

Once, back in the days when I still wore jeans and tee and love physic, Giov told me that I'm a walking contradiction. Of course my english not as good as it is now, I never fully understand what he meant back then. But I think I do now.

I can see myself just as practical as Vicky. I want that life. I want a man who can appreciate the beauty of commitment (doesn't everyone?). I have a future planned in mind. I'm sensible. No-nonsense.

But I think I can be Cristina too. I have the same spontaneous, adventurous side. But of course, I know what I want of life and love.

(not that I, unlike Galih and Beyonce, claim to have split personality. it's just who i am. sorta.)

(though of course, I'm a lil bit scared of what comes in the future. If I choose a life like Vicky, will I be like Judy? Trapped in a rut?

Otherwise, like Cristina, I'll never stop searching for something that's actually in front of my eyes, but just never seem to really look at it?)

Like the way I know life sucks, reality bites, no happily ever after, and all that bollocks; but still I never stop searching for the joy in life, still trying to enjoy the day like it's the last, that I keep on being happy despite what I've got to go trough.

The way I doubt true love and mariage, but nonetheless, still hoping.

That's just some part of me I guess.

there's a lot but I don't feel like talking more about myself, haha.
So there's that.

Overall, I enjoy that movie. For you, woman esp, try to watch it. maybe you'll get some ah-ah epiphany or some kind of revelation that you're waiting for. At least, there's something to take in.

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