My opinions, my experiences, my thoughts... My story
My favorite fruits of all time are:
Persimmon
Banana
Golden kiwi
Watermelon
Coconut
Orange
Pear
Apple
Passionfruit
Mangosteen
Mango
Durian
Pineapple
Honeydew
Grape
Cherry
Strawberry
Blueberry
Jackfruit
Longan
Plum(wine)
And I can never pick a number one. How do some of you people hate fruits? It's the best thing ever (after cheese, of course).
YIn the spirit of the soon-to-be-showing-up Avengers: Age Of Ultron, I would like to weigh in some opinions about the two ultimate rivals of superheroes sources - DC and Marvel.
I know millions of people have expressed their opinions about this on their tweets or on Youtube's comment sections in every recent superhero's movie trailer an d my two cents won't be affecting much.
But this is my blog. Which is why I'm writing this unimportant stuff right now. Wowimsuchanerd
Anyways..
So I don't read those superheroes comic books, but I do read mangas. And I wikipedia stuff a lot so I know bits about DC and Marvel. And I happen to love both of them. I mean I watch Smallville and not just a few episodes - I watched all ten seasons. So yeah, it proves my point.
But I also enjoy all of Marvel's movies. And when Marvel started their vision to create a cinematic universe it sounded so spectacular I wonder why people in the industry never thought of that before! After The Avengers I was hooked so deep I was so close of buying all the comic books. Though I did a research and comic books are expensive and some of their storylines are so weird and unacceptable so no.
Back to my point, I also watched Superman Return and as much as I love a Tom Welling version of Clark Kent, I must admit Brandon Routh ruined Superman's image and franchise badly. And to cast whatshername as Lois!
You see, if only DC has the same vision as Marvel. They started out a little bit too late. I mean you've got multiverse instead of one universe and while it can be satisfying for a while, it won't when you started your Justice League project. I mean I've seen enough Superman movies. (I also have enough Spiderman movies though somehow I wouldn't mind watching MCU's reboot)
Apparently DC's attempt in creating a cinematic universe has started way back in 1994. I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD! Which means they should've thought about it before they're making Smallville!! I'd be thrilled to see Tom Welling being the superman instead of the blur (ugh). And to have Erica Durance as Lois Lane!!
Well I haven't watched Arrow nor The Flash but I heard they're good and I'm watching them after Agents of SHIELD. And Agent Carter. And Daredevil.
The thing is, what makes MCU so successful and what fails DC? They're both actually good and both don't make any sense at all. Even with all the science explanation of Marvel's superheroes.
MCU started with Iron Man and it worked greatly. DCCU started with Green Lantern and it bombed at the box office.
I'd usually say that would be because of the director (I'd say these people were the ones who made movies like Twilight and FSoG bad, not the actors - no offense). But I also think that casting is important.
Casting Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man? He's the perfect Tony Stark! Chris Evans as Captain America? Yess! Chris Hemsworth as Thor? He fits being a god. Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff? She's like the most gorgeous woman in Hollywood!! And Mark Ruffalo replacing Ed Norton as The Hulk?? Couldn't be better.
However. DC.
First you're making a great solid movie of Batman and didn't use it as the start of your cinematic universe and opted for a much more inferior Green Lantern. And having Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern?? He's hot but I still dislike him because of what happened with Scarlett.
And when I watched Man of Steel, I felt like I had somehow a glimpse of hope of what the franchise could have offered. And then they started a sequel. And put Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. What. The. Heck.
I know I shouldn't be judging at all especially when the movie isn't even coming out yet, but I just don't get it. It's like they're repeating the whole Brandon Routh mistake. Gal Gadot is pretty and all but she's not the right one. Well sometimes when I say things like this the universe will somehow works its way and the opposite of my judgment would happen, so I do hope so Gal Gadot could prove me wrong.
I mean Christian Bale as Batman and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Joseph-Gordon Levitt as Robin is legit. But they insisted on a reebot and I just don't see it.
I really don't want DCCU to bomb. But I guess I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work.
What do you think?
Before I begin I just want to mention the fact that my recent post got deleted accidentally (again!) So I'm giving up re-typing or attempting to repost its content (the point is, I think Begin Again is a 3.75/5 stars movie).
Anyways...
Ive been trying to write a story - a novel, you might say - or a beta version of a novel. I used to write short stories with my sisters, gathered them all and made a cover for our compilation of stories so it looked like a magazine. There was also a time back in primary school and in junior high where I wrote a quite long story (one story in each period of time) but both ended up in trash can before I finished them. I kind of regretting throwing them all away but I tore all of them, pages by pages so it was impossible to restore.
I always wrote in Bahasa Indonesia for my stories during my productive moments so it felt a little bit awkward for me to start writing a story in English. And difficult. It is extremely difficult, even though I've been writing hundreds (is it?) of posts in English.
The thing is, writing a story is totally different with writing a post. I have no idea where to start. I don't know whether to start writing in first person POV or third person POV or if I'd do it chapter by chapter or start from the middle. It is all so confusing. I've been making some drafts for my stories but sometimes ideas - different ideas - pouring down in one moment that I was either overwhelmed or end up forgetting them.
And sometimes my mind just goes blank I couldn't type anything. I'd just stare at the blank document, wondering when this brainfart would go away. Sometimes it didn't and I'd just closed the document and did something else instead.
I didn't know writing would be this hard. I always thought it would be as easy as rain falling down from the sky.
I tried so hard yesterday and I got to write two (only two!!) pages - 900ish words. And I spent hours to get there. I'd never underestimate writers. You all rock! I'll never know if I ever get to finish this story - or how far it'll get - but I'm going to try my best and maybe, just maybe, I'll have the courage to let people read it.
:)
Life of Pi tells a story about a boy who believes in God - in fact he is a Christian, Muslim and Hindu altogether.
It has been a while since the last time I read a book so compelling and mesmerizing - the other books that amazed me deeply are Flowers for Algernon and Master of The Game. I am filled with inspiration and questions and amazement from the first 20 pages and I simply could not stop reading this book, even when I was in a middle of handling my sister's engagement preparation.
So in between the engagement's preparation, taking care of my nieces and meeting the big family I nestled my eyes on the book pages upon pages to find out how Pi's adventure ends. What can I say? I think Yann Martel is on the same level as J. K. Rowling in terms of creativity but he's on an even higher level in terms of philosophy. I'm not sure if it's because most books that I read are limited to chick-lit and romance genre, but Life of Pi surprises my mind within every two or three pages. I mean I'm almost convinced it's a true story and in finding out the story to be fiction, a little part in me died with the cold truth. And I don't think I will ever be able to recover from this disappointment. But that's how good the book is.
It doesn't only entertain you as a reader, but it triggers you to think, to be surprised, to feel the struggles that Pi was going through, and to learn a lot about life from a boy who's only 16 years old.
Great as it is, I did not read the book immediately. I bought the book two to three months after the movie was released and the sole reason of the purchase was because everybody said it was based on a wonderful book. From the first page I kind of realised Martel's skill in writing but I was still sceptical somehow. I put away the book after 2 pages to read The Sacred Search by Gary Thomas (totally a different genre) and it was foolish of me to delay myself of reading such an amazing book. The saying don't judge a book by its cover is true.
Now I don't want to give away too many spoilers about the story and I think most people have watched the movie as well. But as we all know by now, movie adaptation rarely succeed in capturing the essence of the story. So I encourage you to read this book before watching it if you haven't. But if you've watched the movie, I bet you'll love the book version more.
To put it in a most casual no-spoilers way, Pi's life has got me thinking that if only there are more people who have the level of tolerance and passion as much as Pi, world peace would be possible. I mean his patience, his imperfect religiousness, his life philosophy, his creativity, his toughness in surviving 227 days on a boat with hyena, zebra, orang-utan, and Bengal tiger have really gotten into me. Well I'm not saying that we all now should hold three religions and be merry-go-round all the time, what I'm saying is we all should learn about humanity, unselfishness, and respect. You only need to hold onto one belief, and you don't have to mock other beliefs to prove yours is the best. People can judge and they have the right to choose what they want to believe.
Here are my top three favorite lines from the book:
3. Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.
2. It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then you can let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.
And the winner is this:
1. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
I'll definitely recommend this book to anyone. It is a story about courage, compassion, humanity and moral. It is one hell of a ride - and it's a great one.
PS. But if somehow you don't feel the same about the book then it's ok.
Enjoy!
:)
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