pictureplay Reviews

Aggretsuko (2018–2023)

AGGRETSUKO IS AN EXCELLENT SHOW & SO RELATABLE TO US

[10/10 · 19 December 2021]

As I'm binge-watching Aggretsuko, the more I realize that this anime series demonstrates how anime is as an art form: having the ability to utilize vivid imagination to tell profound stories.

Aggretsuko taps into something very human, stories that everyone with normal ordinary life experiences every day: wake up, commute, got to work, deal with work, have to handle the stress of work, have to deal with our co-workers, have to socialize, etc.

Humans have a tenacity for sticking to a pattern, that's why we need a mechanisms to recharge and reset from mundane ( Bahasa Jaksel: self healing)

Aggretsuko reaffirms that having a little rage mingle with being at peace isn't something bad.

It reminds us that we have to get mad to pursue what we want, but also to find the life that we seek.

With that being said, Aggretsuko is very relatable to us - men, women- for telling stories that happen to lot of people, but it doesn't preach us what to do, but letting us to absorb them instead.

One thing that makes Aggretsuko EXCEPTIONAL AND EXCELLENT is its sense of togetherness, the feeling of being a part of a society. People come in a lot of shape and personalities, friends can come in from unexpected places and events. We might get mad sometimes, but at the same time, we have to make peace at it.

If we chose to have that mindset, pursuing the life we want may not such be a difficult pursuit.

Thanks Aggretsuko.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

I Admire The Decision To Assimilate "Memory" with Big Mantra "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibilities" & " Second Chance"

[8/10 · 17 December 2021]

Just finished watching & It's strange to see Spider-man: No Way Home, for all the spectacles & conversations and the buzz surrounding the superhero world, is a movie about......

MEMORY

Memories can evoke a whole host of feelings, including joy, pleasure, fear or grief.

Our memories serve a function as a "tool" to ignite our "emotional core" upon forced recall of specific events.

With that's being said, Our memory helps us remember past experiences, previous learned facts, habit and skills. Memory is comparable to but distinct from learning in which is the process by which we acquire knowledge of the world. Our learning process and how we become someone we are today in life depends on how we "manage" our memory. We can use it to make ourselves better,...or worse.

The events in No Way Home are started with Peter Parker tries to erase other people's memory about him. An effort that leads to big consequences & great responsibilities.

Villains become villains triggered by their memories. Other Spider-Men become wiser because they've been learning so much from their memories.

In film, Eternal Sunset of the Spotless Minds, Dr. Howard Mierzwaik uses a procedure called "reconsolidation" to eliminate or destroy the memory, preventing it from future recall. But what happens next? People loses their identity, their "emotional core". What at first is seen as the most logical way to reinvent one's self, losing memory is the cause of bigger catastrophe.

The term "second chance" in No Way Home means trying to be better persons by embracing memories: mistakes and other things we've been through in the past. I admire the decision from the screenwriters to assimilate "second chance" with memory and how we should not erase the memory, but rather to deal and to manage it for something better. No Way Home also manages to reconcile the DNA of this franchise by continuing the mantra spelled by Sam Raimi, "With great power, comes great responsibilities" & uses "memory" to cement that.

With great power and the ability to manage our memory, we can bear the brunt of great responsibilities.

Our memories of people close to us; our memories of people that are meaningful to us, shaping our identity, to become the better version of ourselves.

Peter might ask Doctor Strange to eradicate the most painful events in his life in order to move on. But no, he lives with the memories of people he loves the most. To start a new life, embracing his memories to be better.

No Way Home underlines what we love about the grounded and friendly neighborhood superhero.

It doesn't matter what other people's memory about him; he doesn't need to be remembered as big hero. What really matters to him is the memory of people he loves about him.

Ooh what a way to use memory to start the new chapter of another trilogy (I assume) of Spider-Man.

Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss Part 1 (2016)

This film is supposed to be a tribute to the best era of Warkop DKI movies in 80's. But turned out to be like their downward era in 90's instead.

[4/10 · 10 September 2016]

This film is supposed to be a tribute to the best era of Warkop DKI movies in the 80s. But turned out to be like their downward era in 90's instead. The problem is with the directing. (2 out of 5) The good comedy is always about the right timing, balancing between humor and dramatic craft. Not the kind of films that give you over- abundance humor. The director of Warkop Reborn : Jangkrik Boss! Part 1 sadly doesn't know how to stop with his show-off kind of directing. The director is known for his tendency to use a gimmick over and over until yo get tired of it.

But this movie has some effective humor and the tribute.

Complete review in Bahasa Indonesia

http://bit.ly/2ciD0ab