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that night was the greatest night…

he have hated, and now he’s back in love…
not because that they’re back together…
but he had realized that he is too to be blamed…
and he had realized that he is too who ignores..

that night was the greatest night…

not because of what had happened…
although it was full of warmth and sweetness…
but it was with resurrection and restart…
not to get back, but to get forward and better…

that night was the greatest night…

he’s in love once again, and so is she…
that love may be different, may be not as before…
together just as friends, and maybe that’s the best…
together and resume to care for one another, and clearly that’s what they need…

that night was the greatest night…

he have to live with all of this…
he have to accept the capacity that is left for him…
he may have to suppress all jealousy that might be there…
and all that matters are for her to keep on smiling…

and that night was the greatest night…

…dari kekuranganmu, hingga lebihmu…

…he may be a man who can’t help, but he’s just a human who needs help…

…he may be a man who can’t guide, but he’s just a human who needs guidance…

…he may be a man who can’t give, but he’s just a human that needs to be accepted…

…he may be a man who aren’t perfect, but he’s just a human that needs no insult…

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…he may be a man who aren’t and can’t in everything, but he’s just like every other human who needs no lies..

…and he may be a man who will not know everything, but still he’s just a human who keeps on asking;

…how long had she been lied to him?

…does she ever love him, before?

…does she ever mean all the words that have been laid onto him all this time?

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…he knew all this time, how high and how low he is…

…he knew all this time, how high he sees her…

…he knew all this time, how crazy he has been because of her…

…only that he does not know at all, that everything from her, was just lies and acts…

……………………………

…he is just a piece of ordinary…

…a piece of branch for her to hold onto before she can found another…

…a fucking bus stop for her to wait for a bus to pick her up…

…a short commercial break before her favorite movie resumes…

……………………………

…she may be a beautiful flower, which glooms attracting everyone that stares…

…but she’s just like any other roses, which thorns piercing him wide and deep…

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…he despise liar, and that she is…

…he despises himself, and he is no different…

the heats were burning, and now they are freezing..

the sounds were deafening, and now they are silencing..

the colors were brightening, and now they are darkening…

everything that were appearing, are fading…

everything that were here, become the antonyms…

he’s trembling and shaking. he’s afraid of losing.

“love don’t leave me, please”…

…people’s judgments are inevitable…

…ignore ‘em, or live with ‘em..

Before, I would call myself a music lover. I’m so universal I can get into every single genre of music out there, never mind it’s 70s, 80s, rock, boy-band, R&B, jazz, trance and the list goes on an on.

As a music lover as I called myself, I would also call myself a movies lover. As the endless music list, so with the genres of movies; action, sci-fi, documentary, thriller, and drama, except musical. Yes, I’m not into musical movies.

The Soloist is not a musical movie. It’s an adaptation from a book inspired by a true story, and the story is about music. It’s like an autobiography movie, to be exact.

The story centers on Steve Lopez (a Los Angeles Times writer) and Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Junior (a homeless guy who plays a two-string violin). This guy Lopez is searching for an idea or topic for his article, and somehow ended up in a park hearing someone playing a violin. It’s no ordinary someone, that someone is a homeless guy. And it’s no ordinary violin, that violin is a two-string violin.

The story is building up from here. From how Lopez studies Ayers and Ayers’ passion on music, to the relationship being built between these two very different guys. The story does somehow in times felt a little bit messy, but this isn’t a reason for not saying that the story, the plot, and the characters are heart-warming.

Lopez played by Downey Jr, and he portrays the character so adorably charming. There is one scene when he laughed after hearing a homeless old woman telling a story, and I know that he actually laughed for real. I loved that scene.

Ayers played by Foxx, which as usual portrayed the character with full of heart. He looked, and sounds definitely like a homeless guy. The scene where the cameras followed a dove flying around the city when the character Ayers playing his new cello (given by one of Lopez’ reader), was a definite refreshing.

As a music lover, I’m ashamed of not opened up myself hearing the Beethoven before. This movie introduced me the harmony of the Beethoven music, and I’m truly grateful for that.

There is so much in the movie for me to admire. To write it down here, for me, is an understatement. But still, I have to conclude; as beautiful and magical music is, so is this movie to me. Two thumbs up.

to ask for forgiveness? that is all he’s been doing…

to make a new promise, again? that is all left for him to offer…

everything that were here, were built by trust.

and he, had destroyed that trust…

what’s left for him to ponder? pity, and that is all…

it’s decisive, that this is my decision… 

it’s decisive, that this is my direction…

i know that in your eyes, it’s unclear, it’s blurry, and everything in between…

you are my decision, and indeed you are my direction…

..he have tried his best, and maybe that’s just not enough…

..he have spoken all the beautiful words, and maybe those words aren’t convincing enough…

..he have done all that he thinks were good enough, and clearly they weren’t…

..he is just a guy, a very small digusting person, in a very huge gigantic world…

..he is indeed a rotten stinking flesh, who’s trying to have the very best, and maybe the best is just not for him…

………..

..he is just a guy who is trying..and everything is just not enough…

..he is just a guy who is hoping…for she at least to not hating him…

I would never fancy the title. Hearing or reading the title alone made me not attracted to watch this movie. For me, the title of this movie is just cheap. I’ve watched its trailers, and from them I was wondering what those praises are are all about. Its documentary-style cinematography didn’t appeal much to me either, as I was seeing it as a mere copycat from Cloverfield, which its (Cloverfield’s) shaking camera pleased so many (including me) for its intense feeling of the film was actually a documented real event (and I know it is not).

I ran to a video store, searching for titles for me to watch with my family, and I ended up buying this cheaply titled movie. I have no idea why I bought it. But buying it changes every single thing I’ve felt about this movie (before watching it).

It started with no single starting credits, and not even an animated production company’s logo. It’s from Paramount Pictures? Where are the flying stars up on a hill?

The film doesn’t start with any introduction, but throughout the first minutes of the movie, you’ll figure out for yourself why in the hell Micah bought that big video camera.

I love the script of this movie. It felt so convincing to make me feel that this is just like a real video. Who are the actors? Katie and Micah? This is their debut feature film, and clearly I have no idea who they are. But still they gave outstanding acting performances.

You wouldn’t find or see any ghosts in this movie. But instead this movie manipulated the ears of the viewers to give them the extravagant scary feeling. You would never know how this ghost look like, but you’ll know that this ghost have a very creepy growling sound. You’ll hear its footsteps frequently throughout this movie. There are even some loud thumping sounds. All these sounds work effectively to raise hairs behind your neck. It casts shadows on the bedroom’s door, it leaves footprints when Micah poured some talc/powders on the floor. That’s it, and that is all. But believe me, hearing things are much more creepier than seeing them.

I remembered this very same feeling when watching Shyamalan’s The Signs. The sounds alone make the movie works, and so with Paranormal Activity.

I would rate this movie as the best horror movie I’ve ever watched, and it clearly surpasses my all-time favorite Kairo.