Are You A Philistine?
I was going to buy The Machinist DVD, unfortunately the attendant couldn’t find it. Then my eyes were directed to DVD titled The Squid and The Whale”. I remember one of Josh Hartnett movie’s related to something with “Whale” so I grab the DVD and there’s no name of my fav actor added to it. Wrong DVD! Anyway, I bought it because Roeper & Ebert said “Two Thumbs Up!!” :) Beside, this movie won Golden Globe Award.Thing make me interesting about this movie is one quote that sound cool:
“Are You A Philistine?”
According to this movie, a Philistine is described as a guy who doesn't care about books or interesting films.
I never imagine two hobbies that seem unrelated each other apparently lead to one direction which is culture. And they create a term for people who don’t have/like this hobbies combination. So it must be bunch of people out there that we can include them as culture or uncultured man by knowing his/her hobby.
Maybe we can make a quiz:
Quizzer : “Do you like to watch movie?”
Victim : Nope!
Quizzer : “Do you like to read book?”
Victim : Nope!
Quizzer : “OK,You’re a barbarian.”
As far as I can see, ...I seldom go to the Cinema (cineplex 21) when a box office movie is
released. My budget just reaches for DVD level :). I don’t have thousands of DVDs collection. But I do realize movie is a great amusement in a way. Lots of thing you can learn from movie.
I feel excited to scrap of plastic wrapper of book I just bought from book store then feel how beautiful the cover design (it will enrich the color of my book pile). I feel excited to read the first page that would plunge you into a certain imagination. Though, I don’t finish reading some of the books. I guess because of wrong book choosing.
posted by Adee at
12:13 AM
8 Comments:
Gw philistine :)
Gw gak tertarik baca buku, apalagi yang non-teknis.
Gw gak tertarik nonton film (terutama yang bukan film animasio 3d.... itupun bukan karena caeritanya, tapi karena pengen liat special efek terbaru doang).
Brokeback mountain pernah nonton sekali di bioskop.... dan gw pengen nuntut pengeloila bioskop untuk balikin duit gw.. :) soalnya ngebosenin... ceritanya cuma 2 cowok, di hutan, terus jatuh cinta, terus pisah, terus ketemu lagi... so what gitu loh???? :)
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Anonymous, at July 09, 2006 9:34 AM
Gua engga philistine..
Gua suka nonton film, dan pasti ke bioskop klo worth buat ke bioskop, kayak LOTR dan Harry Potter. Tapi untuk film kategori menyek menyek ya DVD ajaah
Gua juga suka baca buku sepanjang buku itu bukan buku kuliahan dan yang berat2.., favorit gua seh buku menyek menyek jugaa :)
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tantri, at July 09, 2006 2:12 PM
gw bukan kali ye?
Nonton movie kayaknya bagian dari hidup gw selain menikah dan bekerja.. *cuihh..banget ngga seh?*
Baca buku, banget-banget.....john grisham addicted.
Selera, pokoknya yang pakai mikir, nebak...dan endingnya kecele..macam lucky number slevin.
The machinist kayaknya lu musti nonton dee. Ending dan alur cerita gampang ditebak, just like another *sick mind* movies. Tapi...yg lucu, dari awal nonton gw nungguin si christian bale keluar, dan di tengah movie gw masih bertanya-tanya...mana sih si christian kok ngga keluar2.
Payah dee....sedari awal ya si christian udah keluar melulu, tapi gw ngga ngenalin kalo itu character tuh si christian bale. Hihihihi. Itu sih terkecohnya. Rada shock liat perubahan dia dari batman ke machinist. Lumayan main total dia...sampai rela begitu.
So...gw tunggu yeee reportase lu ttg the machinist..hiihih.
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Ully, at July 10, 2006 1:26 PM
To Don Raka:
Masak seh? Ngga perlu liat kamarmu juga ketauan bukunya banyak (nggak peduli ya fiksi non-fiksi). Jauh-jauh kerja ke ujung dunia jadi top java programmer emang nggak baca buku sedikitpun, even when you're in college? Atau kepaksa? :)
Tipikal cowok memang..., sukanya cuman nonton film yg ada special efect doank. Coba deh nonton "Berbagi Suami". Judulnya aja sudah buat kebahagiaan cowok.
Aku nggak bisa comment buat Brokeback. Setiap orang punya penilaian yang berbeda. Cuman.... itu kan bukan film special effect... tapi kamu bela-belain nonton di bioskop padahal kamu kan philistine?? :P
Gimana kalo dua cowok di Brokeback diganti sama Angelina Jolie dan Scarlett Johanson, pasti menyenangkan kali ye...
To Tantri:
Aku juga ke bioskop hanya untuk film yang memang lebih bagus ditonton di bioskop. Sekarang lagi suka baca novel, Tan. Cuman kalo bisa yang ada International best seller. Biar nggak kecewa-kecewa amat kalo ternyata isinya kurang bagus. Sudah baca "PERFUME"-nya Patrick Suskind? Fiction-suspense novel. Baru baca setengahnya dan bagus emang. Kalo kamu punya penciuman diatas rata-rata, begitu banyak hal yg bisa dilakukan asal jangan sampe bunuh orang :)
To Ully:
Ul.. kalo kamu sih udah tau banget film sama buku tidak terpisahkan.
Ha ha ha.. ya ampun Ul...sampe nggak terdeteksi si Christian Bale yang mana. Justru aku pengen nonton film ini karena dia bela-belain ngurusin badan biar bisa sperti orang insomnia beneran. Berdedikasi banget jadi artis. Dia memang suka maen film gelap kayak "Psycho". Pertama kali nonton dia di "Empire of the Son". Filmnya waktu kecil dulu. Cute banget tapi setelah gede kok agak jelek-an dikit...
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Adee, at July 14, 2006 4:57 PM
I have not seen Brokeback Mountain! Maybe I should read the story.
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Laura-Marie, at July 16, 2006 12:04 AM
Yes, You should read the story.
It's more imaginative then the movie. Somehow i feel a different emotional between reading the story and watch the movie :)
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Adee, at July 16, 2006 2:25 PM
Looks nice! Awesome content. Good job guys.
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