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The Avengers | Movie Review

The Avengers which features Marvel's greatest superheroes such as Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawk Eye has become one of the highest selling movies.  According to Wikipedia, the movie budget is US$ 220 million. But, at the opening alone, it managed to gather US$207.4 million, pushing the last sequel of the Harry Potter movie saga from the top of the chart.

Simply narrated, the movie follows Thor's story line. But it does not mean that you have to watch Thor before watching The Avengers. You can follow the storyline even if you have never watched Thor.


The movie tells about Loki, Thor's expelled adopted brother, who tries to invade the earth after he has made a pact with creatures from outer space. S.H.I.E.L.D Director Nick Furry then gathers earth's mightiest heroes to fight Loki back. But, his plan does not seem to be working as he has planned.There are dramas and conflicts among each hero character, that are too precious if I spoil them here.

Since its premiere, the movie has become the world's new sensational movie, including in Indonesia. In Jakarta, all schedules for the movie is always fully booked. This week, seats in countless theaters in this city are always fully booked, even at most unpleasant seats in furthest below. I am one of the unfortunate audience who got a ticket to watch The Avengers from the last three rows. I swear I will watch the movie again on a comfortable seat.

It is not a surprise as to why the movie is a sensational movie.

First and foremost, The Avengers garners positive reviews from movie critics. In the IMDB, the movie receives 8.8 stars, of 10. In the rotten tomatoes, it gains 93% positive review. Yet, rotten tomatoes is one of the websites that is stingy to give favorable movie score. It surely makes people who love movies, not only the superhero movie maniacs, wander to watch it.  My friend, who is not a fan of superhero movie, decided to watch The Avengers after seeing good reviews from both the websites.

The ratings, I can tell, are not deceiving.

Despite its simple plot, The Avengers has many other things to offer. It has witty dialogues, making audience laugh loudly when watching this movie. Besides, it also offers great special effect, showing that movie director really makes us this movie's high budget. But I can tell, the special effect is just one supportive element that makes audience satisfied watching The Avengers.

At first, I was concerned that there would be a superhero character that overshadowed other characters. It features not one single major superhero, but six! Four of them - Capt. America, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk - even have their own movies. I still remember how Wolverine takes all of credits in X-Men trilogy. He overshadows other characters. But, it does not happen in The Avengers. All of heroes are equally narrated. All heroes in this movie have the chance to showcase their power.

So that's how I am thinking of The Avengers. Therefore, it is not outrageous to give it 8.9 stars out of 10.
Now I am questioning when will Justice League be filmed? DC superheroes need to keep up :)
 

p.s.: a friend of mine, a movie critic, told me that you did not have to watch The Avengers in 3D. You can watch it in 2D because unlike Hugo, The Avengers is not filmed with 3D camera.

Musik dan Tipe

Musik dan Tipe Kepribadian Anda :

• BLUES : Percaya diri tinggi , kreatif, outgoing, gentle dan tenang
• JAZZ : Percaya diri tinggi, kreatif, outgoing dan tenang
• CLASSIC : Percaya diri tinggi, kreatif, introvert dan tenang
• RAP : Percaya diri tinggi, outgoing
• OPERA :  Percaya diri tinggi, kreatif, gentle
• COUNTRY & WESTERN : Pekerja keras, outgoing
• REGGAE : Percaya diri tinggi, kreatif, bukan pekerja keras, outgoing,  gentle dan tenang
• DANCE : Kreatif, outgoing, tidak gentle
• INDIE :   Percaya diri rendah, kreatif, bukan pekerja keras, tidak gentle
• BOLLYWOOD : Kreatif, outgoing
• ROCK/HEAVY METAL : Percaya diri rendah, kreatif, bukan pekerjakeras, tidak outgoing, gentle, tenang
• POP : Percaya diri tinggi, tidak kreatif, pekerja keras, outgoing, gentle, tidak tenang
• SOUL : Percaya diri tinggi, kreatif, outgoing, gentle, tenang.

Fenomena Cuaca Teraneh Dunia

1. Moonbow/Pelangi Bulan

Pelangi terbentuk oleh pembiasan sinar matahari oleh titik-titik air. Pelangi bulan sama saja. Akan tetapi, bukan sinar matahari yang dibiaskan, melainkan sinar bulan. Pelangi bulan dapat dilihat pada saat bulan purnama. Tempat terbaik untuk melihat pelangi bulan adalah di air terjun Cumberland di Kentucky AS.

2. Fire Rainbow/pelangi api

Fire Rainbow terbentuk ketika sinar matahari terbiaskan oleh awan cirrus yang banyak mengandung kristal es.

3. Pyrocumulus cloud/Awan Pyrocumulus

Awan ini masuk keluarga cumulus, yaitu awan yang bentuknya seperti kembang kol. Awan Pyrocumulus adalah awan yang terbentuk oleh erupsi gunung berapi atau bom nuklir. Biasanya berwarna abu-abu.

4. Belt of Venus

The Venus Belt / Sabuk Venus adalah fenomena yang muncul pada saat senja yang berdebu ketika sekumpulan langit kemerahan dan kecoklatan muncul diantara langit dan cakrawala.

5. Fire whirls/Pusaran api

Fire whirls/Pusaran api adalah angin puting beliung yang terlalu dekat dengan kebakaran hutan. Dapat juga karena puting beliung yang terlalu banyak panas.

6.Green flash

Green flash adalah fenomena optik yang terjadi segera setelah matahari terbenam atau sebelum matahari terbit, ketika sebuah titik hijau terlihat, biasanya tidak lebih dari satu atau dua detik, di atas matahari, atau mungkin menyerupai sinar hijau melesat dari titik matahari terbenam.


 

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The Hunger Game (Movie Review)

Addressing concerns of violence, and Battle Royale.

Addressing the concerns of violence in The Hunger Games movie: The acts of compassion outshine the acts of violence. Also, the message of persevering through something so tragic, and being the spark of hope that eventually surpasses fear, is a great message for kids -- as well as, good verses evil. If you talk to your children about life and how cruel people can be, and to try and be a good role model for compassion, they will understand this movie. As the old cliché goes "the book is better than the movie." -- not so in all cases, but in this, it's true. I have to say, they did a good job with this one -- being that it was written in a first person narration, it was pretty close to the novel, and truly captured the essence of the tragic tale. As usual, with every novel that has been adapted into a screenplay, there will be some changes and some things left out in the making of the film. But, overall I was pleased with this movie. Before anyone critiques it, they should see it, as well as read the books. This movie has been criticized for its violent content -- but, kids today are actually exposed to much worse through TV, movies, video games, music, etc...as well as the DAMAGING doses of sex being slipped into every form of entertainment we're exposed to in our society. We should educate our children with the knowledge of how blessed they are to be living in a free nation such as ours -- instead of places like the Sudan, where people are suppressed, terrorized, starved, and slaughtered, everyday. There is a huge difference in trying to keep your child's innocence intact, compared with keeping them naive to the cruelties of mankind. Also, if you've ever read the famous works of The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other greats, you'll know that many stories written have exposed children to such good and evil of this world...providing many with a moral to the story. Movies such as Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, etc...have their share of battles that contain a measure of violence as well -- as so with The Hunger Games, they too, were forced to fight what was evil. I believe, if at all possible, in taking the negative and turning into a positive. The heroin in this story, was able to do that -- as she's a much better role model than most kids have on TV.

Also, there are those who're comparing The Hunger Games to a 1999 Japanese novel, Battle Royale. Both novels are great reads in their own right -- don't knock either one of them until you read them both. The stories are completely different as with the characters. The only similarity is the tragic tale of kids being forced to fight to the death with only one survivor aloud to live -- all for the totalitarian purpose of terrorizing and suppressing the nation's populous with its life threatening methods of control, fear-mongering, and propaganda. In Battle Royale: The kids are all of the same age (9Th grade), they are gassed on a bus during a school field trip, kidnapped, and then taken to an island "School" as part of a military research project called the "Program". These students, from a single class, are isolated and are required to fight the other members from their class to the death, allowing only one survivor to live. In The Hunger Games: The Dictator, President Snow, demands a National "Reaping" of two kids, one boy and one girl, between the ages of 12 and 18, taken from their home districts to the Capital and calling them "Tributes", then forcing them to fight to the death in an unknown arena with only one survivor aloud to live. Two completely different plots, but two very good reads. I could go further into detail about each book, but I'm sure you get the gist of it. I highly recommend that both are read with an open mind, especially for those who are so critical without reading them first.

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