MY WATCHED MOVIES LIST

One of my favorite hobbies is watching movies. From the comedy one, romantic, horror, detective, science fiction, up to documentary. Sorry I don't like action, for an exception, simply because I hate seeing people slap or hit each other.I don't know why I feel not comfortable whenever I hear pistol and bomb sounds.

From films, we can get many things like:
1. Knowledge - from health and medical issues, politics, computer science, up to history of nations.
2. Comprehensive understandings - about human psychology. You know, when a person's being mean it might be caused by tragedies he/she experienced before.
3. Opportunity to enhance our listening ability of foreign languages - that's because I always watch movies without subtitle. Well, sometimes I use an English one, when the movie is way too complicated and complex to comprehend.


Okay, although I don't really remember all films that I've watched, this is my list:

1. Becoming Jane
A story of Jane Austen's life. PS: You might not marry someone you love. You might not know what direction life would lead you.
2. Pride and Prejudice
A story by Jane Austen. Love changes people. What you've said sometimes don't properly describe what your heart said.
3. Emma
A story by Jane Austen. Classic.
4. The Social Networks
A really cool movie. I adore Mark Zuckerberg's style: how he speaks so fast and brief like he knows everything, every possibility. I just can't stand it, because the setting takes place at Harvard University. It's really my thing.
5. The Queen
A story of Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair when Princess Diana died. How they dealt with all media and paparazzi. I love it, because the setting takes place in Buckingham Palace. Very private point of view, I suppose.
6. William and Kate
A story of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. How they met each other, back at University of St. Andrews.
7. Princess Diaries
Adapted from Meg Cabot's books: Princess Diaries. Really girly, I must admit.
8. Wild Child
A story about a California girl who transferred to a boarding school in England. She had to dealt with everything: school rules, room mates, and-also, enemy.
9. The Devil Wears Prada
A story about fashion industry where a no-feelings woman exists. Where appearance-thin like models and fabulous look, means everything.
10. Northanger Abbey
From Jane Austen's novel. I think it's ridiculous, I must say.
11. Sense and Sensibility
From Jane Austen's novel. It's a little bit complicated, as always Jane did.
12. Grown Ups 1
An Adam Sandler's family movie. I love how families are going together and doing fun things. But it's average.
13. Grown Ups 2
An Adam Sandler's family movie. I don't really like it, since so many big guys with tattoos and muscles there.
14. Warm Bodies
I love the idea how zombies can change back to human when they still have memories of affections.
15. Confessions (Japanese)
It's really a good cinematography. The film runs in slow motion so that we, as viewer, tensed up.
16. Orphan
I love the idea how a well-mannered and angelic little girl turned out to be a serial killer. As the truth revealed that she has hypopituitarism, a hormone disorder that stunted her physical growth.
17. Einstein and Eddington
A story about Einstein when he first published general theory of relativity which was supported by an astrophysicist Arthur Eddington.
18. The Heirs (Korean drama)
I love it because its fashion. I admire all the settings and properties, like: interior design of the house, school, and apartments, hair style of all casts, and also the wardrobe. The casts are f(x) Krystal, CNBlue Minhyuk, Lee Minho, and Kim Woobin: they are my favorites!
19. Queen Elizabeth I (documentary)
This is one of the early documentary I watched. I knew nothing about British history before watching this.
20. Amadeus
A biography film about one of genius pianists in this century.
21. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (documentary)
22. Inside the Body of Henry VIII (documentary)
23. Beethoven (documentary)
24. Anne Boleyn (documentary)
25. Queen Elizabeth II: A Fascinating Life (documentary)
26. Black Swan
27. Babysitters
28. The Amityville Horror
29. Medical Top Team (Korean drama)
30. Bread, Love, and Dreams (Korean drama)
31. Jewel in the Palace (Korean drama)
32. King Henry VIII (documentary)
33. Kings and Queens of England: The Tudors (documentary)
34. The Diamond Queen (documentary)
35. The Inconvenient Truth (documentary)
36. The Queen's Wedding (documentary)
37. Valentine's Day
38. The Glass House
39. Bridge of Terabithia
40. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
41. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
42. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
43. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
44. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
45. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
46. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
47. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
48. Sherlock Holmes
49. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
50. The Ugly Truth
51. Jumanji
52. Zattura
53. Lion King (animation)
54. Brother Bear 2 (animation)
55. Monsters University (animation)
56. Wreck It Ralph (animation)
57. Lucy
58. Love. Wedding, Marriage
59. Jessabelle
60. Annabelle
61. The Conjuring
62. Insidious
63. Insidious 2
64. Sorority Row
65. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
66. In Time
67. A Cinderella Story
68. Nanny McPhee
69. Home Alone 1
70. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
71. Home Alone 3
72. Bride Wars
73. Sorority Wars
74. Another (Japanese)
75. One Litter of Tears (Japanese)
76. Pasta (Korean drama)
77. Obstetric and Gynecology (Korean drama)
78. White Christmas (Korean drama)
79. Wedding Dress (Korean)
80. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
81. Frozen (animation)
82. Despicable Me 2 (animation)
83. Megamind (animation)
84. Confessions of A Shopaholic
85. Les Miserable
86. Karate Kid
87. Glass House: The Good Mother
88. Avatar
89. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
90. Finding Nemo
91. The Da Vinci Code
92. Ice Age: The Melt Down
93. Ratatouille
94. The Day After Tomorrow
95. Slumdog Millionaire
96. Reply 1994 (Korean drama)
97. Hide and Seek
98. 27 Dresses
100. Nodame (Japanese drama)
101. The Parent Trap II
102. 16 Wishes
103. High School Musical 1
104. High School Musical 2
105. High School Musical 3
106. Princess Protection Program
107. The Notebook
108. Secrets of the Virgin Queen (documentary)
109. 500 Days of Summer
110. Every Child is Special
111. The Young Victoria
112. Coco Before Chanel
113. A Beautiful Mind
114. Mozart's Sister
115. The Duchess
116. Marie Antoinette
117. The Imitation Game
118. Bridesmaids
119. The Fault in Our Stars
120. Divergent
121. Hunger Games

For me,

when I read Qur'an, it's like singing. So comforting.
when I read a book, it's like diving. Fresh and amazed.
when I read a novel, it's like flying high with all my imagination.
when I observe the nature, it's like being a little kid who lost.
when I listen to classical music, it's like dancing. Like water, like wind. Over flowing.
when I watch movies, it's like being a detective who asks: Why? Who? How? What? Where? constructing motives and alibies to reach the conclusion.

From everything.

I believe that books are not the only source of knowledge. It's true that: A book is the window of the world.

But hey, I guess when you build the house of knowledge, it might consist of windows, doors, and also the chimney. There might be newspapers, dictionaries, movies, musics, articles on the internet, or even by just looking to the nature.
To make the house more bold, more colorful, and more beautiful for what it stands, then you need to paint the walls. You can discuss with people override their race, religion, or political preferences.

So now, have you got what I mean?

Learn from everything. Furthermore, you will be led into the deepest of wisdom.

Coming and Falling Slowly

As the story began ..

“Saat itu rintik turun. Dan hangat menyelimuti kita.
Dari kepulan asap mangkukmu dan mangkukku.

Yang memecah hening adalah hanya mereka,
Tetesan hujan.
Dan hisapan kuah bakso yang menari menggoda.

Dan kamu,
Yang bertanya: Sudah siapkah engkau? Jika ada seseorang yang mengetuk pintu?

Aku mendongak dari santapanku dan tertegun: Apa?”

Aku mungkin tidak akan pernah percaya akan ada orang yang akan menikahiku tanpa sebelumnya pernah bertemu atau berinteraksi lebih dulu. Meski Ummi dan Abi adalah salah satu bukti nyatanya, aku mungkin tidak akan pernah percaya.

It might happen to them, but might not to me.

Tidak. Sampai Allah menegurku lewat kejadian malam itu. Ketika rintik memainkan melodinya.
Dan aku justru jatuh hati pada caranya. Yang benar-benar menjaga. Hatiku dan hatinya.
Dan aku justru jatuh hati pada orang yang aku tidak ketahui sosoknya. Tetapi ia menggetarkan hatiku lewat cara santunnya.
Dan aku justru jatuh hati pada orang yang aku tidak ketahui namanya. Namun ia begitu mengesankan. Dari caranya memperlakukan rasa suka.
Bukan ia yang ditundukkan. Tetapi ia yang menundukkan suka.
Hingga suka justru malu padanya.

Seperti Nabi yang pemalu. Lebih malu dari gadis pingitan.
Seperti itulah kesanku terhadapnya.
Dan aku suka. Suka pribadinya. Tanpa tahu sosoknya.

"I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won." - Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova



.. dan rintik malam itu seolah tertawa melihatku. Begitulah Allah mengajarkan untuk jatuh dengan perlahan.