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Sherlock – The Last Vow

This Sherlock finale has made me confused…not confuse about the story but about how to write a spoiler free review. From the beginning till the end, it’s full of strain of spoilers. I don’t know where to begin and how to dodge the spoiler.

So…here’s my (trying so hard not to spoil it) review.

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“Sherlock, she loves you!”
“Yes like I said, human error.”

I am not going to say that Sherlock 3 is the best series of all because the others are also equally great, however I can say that Series 3 is the most complicated and most beautiful of all. Complicated because you can’t turn your attention away and then expected to still understand the story afterward, you have to follow the whole story to understand it, to understand the case to be precised. Beautiful because this series really shows everyone’s feeling toward the others. We can clearly see that Sherlock truly loves John and the cold Mycroft really cares about her little brother. There’s so much love here.

In His Last Vow, for the first time in Sherlock (BBC) we get to see the addict Sherlock, the Sherlock who uses drug. I LOVE the villain, I love him far more than Moriarty…to be honest, I always imagine Moriarty to be like him (NOT like the one we saw in Series 1 and 2). Charles Augustus Magnussen (played brilliantly by Lars Mikkelsen) is one of the most powerful men in the western world. He is powerful because he knows every little secret of important people. He uses his knowledge to blackmail them and because of that no one dares to stand against him…except for one man!

Sherlock is asked by Lady Smallwood (Lindsay Duncan) to help her out of the blackmail. The case grows broader, it’s no longer related to Lady Smallwood.

I have to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Charles Augustus Magnussen. He is the true match for Sherlock’s intelligent. To be honest, he is the best thing in this episode (of course apart from Sherlock and John). Magnussen is an amazing villain, so manipulative, arrogant, cool and classy. He is amazing. Lars Mikkelsen plays the character so brilliantly. He is by far the best villain in the entire Sherlock series.

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Charles Augustus Magnussen

If you haven’t seen this episode, I ADVICE you to look away, close this page…ignore it because here’s come the spoiler!! It’s nothing but spoiler from here on. Continue reading “Sherlock – The Last Vow”

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Sherlock – The Sign of Three

Just when I thought Sherlock couldn’t be more interesting and I couldn’t love Sherlock more…I was totally wrong!

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“They are right about you. You’re a bloody psychopath.”
“High functioning sociopath…with your number.”

The Sign of Three is a bittersweet episode. It’s a beautiful episode because we can truly see Sherlock’s feeling toward John. It’s the best episode EVER it terms of unconditional friendship. This episode has made me love the series even more. This is an episode where we actually see that Sherlock is also human 😉

It’s another funny episode but with a lot of heart in it. Of course it’s easy to guess that Sherlock will instantly be John’s best man…but I have to give two thumbs up to the scriptwriter (all three Sherlock’s writers are joining force to write this episode) for creating the best man scene. It was funny and clearly Sherlockish…I mean I have no problem imagining that that’s how Sherlock would react. The scene is one of my favorite scenes in this episode.

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Sherlock – The Empty Hearse

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Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…Sherlock!!! Finally!!

Does the waiting worth? Yes….bloody freakin YES!!!

No matter how many TV Series I have watched in 2013…none can compete to Sherlock. It is still my number 2 most favorite TV Series! Sherlock has totally beat all the series that came up between Sherlock 2 to Sherlock 3.

First of all, for those who haven’t seen Sherlock series 2…I urge you to close this page because this review is a MAJOR spoiler to what happened in the closing of series 2.

Second, this is a spoiler free review but I do have hidden spoilers and don’t be tempted to see it because it’s better to watch the first episode of series 3 without knowing anything.

Do watch this mini-episode before you start reading 🙂

The Empty Hearse is BRILLIANT!! It’s witty, it’s funny, and it’s emotional. Continue reading “Sherlock – The Empty Hearse”

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Most Anticipated Viewing of 2013 (second half) and 2014

When Tim @ Tim’s Film Review asked me, which one I look forward to see in 2015, my mind immediately went to what I am waiting for for the second half of 2013 and the upcoming 2014. I have no plan yet for 2015.

Why I write VIEWING not MOVIE?

Because what I am waiting and dying to see is not only movie…it’s also TV Show!

So… Here are the shows and movies I can’t wait to see!

Sherlock Series 3

How can I and other Sherlockian not be excited? We have been waiting for this for a couple of year!! We have made many assumption of how Sherlock faked his death. We have been biting our nails in anticipation.

…and…BBC made the waiting worst by sharing the teaser.

Note: I am so happy to know that Mary, the woman that John Watson will marry in case you never read Sherlock, is Martin Freeman’s real life Partner 😉
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Sherlock Holmes – The Valley of Fear

13578700Sherlock series three is now on recording and you all know how I love that series. Knowing that Sherlock will soon appeared again in BBC, I somehow has the urge to start rereading the books. I read it when I was still in my teen and randomly reread it as I get older but it was always in my native language. I have tried reading the English version once but the language made me a bit sleepy from time to time.

This time…I changed my way of reading 😉

I downloaded free audio book 🙂

I am very busy right now and to maintain my reading hobby, I listen to audiobook and read the book at the same time (only when I have the time to hold a book)

I am beginning to enjoy audiobook more and more…and reading and listening at the same time proved to be the best 😉 Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes – The Valley of Fear”

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My Favorite Movies and TV Series in 2012

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As I have said before in my top-5 books of 2012, the year is almost over and it’s the right time to share my favorite of 2012. I have done top-5 books few days ago…time for the movies now 🙂

I didn’t watch a lot of movie released in 2012 because I wasn’t that interested…therefore, this list consists of movies I WATCHED in 2012 without caring for its released year. There are only 2 movies released in 2012, the rest are of years far behind 2012.

First of all, here are all the movies I have seen in 2012 (excluding re-watched):

Movies I have seen and reviewed:

  1. Lock, Stock and Two smoking Barrels
  2. Burke and Hare
  3. Carrie
  4. The Woman in Black
  5. Stuart: A Life Backwards
  6. How To Train Your Dragon 
  7. I Bought a Zoo
  8. The Prestige
  9. Thor
  10. The Dark Knight Rises
  11. Being John Malkovich
  12. Fish Story
  13. Red Lights
  14. The Machinist
  15. Insidious
  16. The Grey
  17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  18. War Horse
  19. Starter for 10
  20. Billy Elliot
  21. Submarine
  22. The Decoy Bride
  23. Once, Little Shop of Horror, & Beloved.
  24. The Hobbit
Movies I didn’t review:

  1. The Art of Getting By
  2. Good
  3. Haywire
  4. Firewall
  5. Son of Rambow

World Cinema Series which I hope will be held again next year:

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  1. Låt den rätte komma in – Let The Right One In (Sweden)
  2. 十三人の刺客 – 13 Assassins (Japan)
  3. Amazing Grace  (England)
  4. The Wind That Shakes The Barley & Perrier’s Bounty (Ireland)
  5. The Raid : Redemption (Indonesia)
  6. Prometheus (US)
  7. Pintu Terlarang (Indonesia)
  8. Napola – Elite für den Führer (Germany)

I can’t pick 5 movies because I am really pleased with most of the movies I watched throughout 2012…I like them a lot and decided to make a top-10 list with no particular order. The number you see in front of the movie title is merely the order of which I saw first. Continue reading “My Favorite Movies and TV Series in 2012”

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The Reichenbach Fall – The final episode of SHERLOCK’s 2nd Series

John: I am here because …
Psychiatrist: What happened John?
John: Sherlock, my friend…
Psychiatrist: You need to get it out
John: Sherlock, my best friend, Sherlock Holmes is dead.

NO I DIDN’T JUST GIVE YOU SPOILER!!! That was the opening of The Reichenbach Fall. (use your mouse to read the above quote)

Clearly, if you have read Sherlock Holmes, no matter how ages ago it was…you would remember what happened in this story. The Reichenbach Fall was the climax of Sherlock-Moriarty rivalry.

Well…let’s just begin with a bit of the story….Don’t worry, no spoiler will be given in the first page…however, if you have watched this final episode, please take a look at PAGE 2. I want you to share your opinion on it. That part is perfect for a discussion 😉 Continue reading “The Reichenbach Fall – The final episode of SHERLOCK’s 2nd Series”

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Sherlock – The Hounds of Baskerville

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This second episode is not as strong as the first one (A Scandal in Belgravia), kinda similar with the first series where The Blind Banker was not as good as A Study in Pink…but The Hounds of Baskerville is still better than The Blind Banker.

The story might not as great as A Scandal in Belgravia but it still has great dialogue. One of the things that I love so much about this series is the dialogue. I have never seen a series with so many interesting dialogues to quote. It’s great how the writers could keep writing such amazing dialogue since the first episode of first series.

I am going to share some interesting dialogues here …but of course it won’t spoil the story 😉

The story began with the memory of Henry Knight who witnessed her father’s death. He remembered that his father was attacked by a beast. Sherlock who was bored with no case to solve and no cigarette to smoke accepted the case just because Henry said something that clicked to his head. Henry claimed that there was a gigantic hound and that hound killed his father 20 years ago.

Sherlock: I’ll take the case.
John: Sorry, what?
Sherlock: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It’s very promising.
John: No no no. Sorry, what? A minute ago footprints were boring, and now they’re promising?
Sherlock: It has nothing to do with the footprints. As ever, John, you weren’t listening.

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Sherlock – A Scandal in Belgravia

I don’t know how to write this review without spoiling the fun…I honestly don’t know!!

But I can say that Steven Moffat didn’t let us, fans of Sherlock Holmes, feels disappointed on how he portrayed the relationship between Sherlock and The Woman, Irene Adler.

On the last episode, The Great Game, we were left with a tight condition between Sherlock, John and Jim Moriarty. The matter was solved. I don’t want to say how, I will try hard not to give any major spoiler here.

I think anyone who had read A Scandal in Bohemia knew how the story goes. Sherlock met his match and it was a woman named Irene Adler. The only woman he referred to as ‘the woman’. The first half of the story was quite the same with the book but the other half was different. Moffat was trying to fit the situation with our modern life. Irene was more seductive than the Irene in the 19th century. Lara Pulver is not a very beautiful woman but she manages to deliver a smart and seductive woman very well. Continue reading “Sherlock – A Scandal in Belgravia”

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Hawking (2004) – One of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Best Acts

This is the story of a search for the beginning of  time.

That was the tag line of the movie, my tagline for this movie is this:

Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Hawking has made me admire him more.

I think I am beginning to drift farther and farther away from all the blockbuster movie actors as the small scale actors show more awing performances than those famous Hollywood actors. I love underrated actors more and more each day.

I thought Benedict as Sherlock was already his masterpiece performance, but he shows another amazing performance as Stephen Hawking. It’s a pity that his role in Creation was not challenging at all.I hope he has better role in Tinker, Soldier Spy (Still waiting for it to be played here)

Before I talk more about Benedict, let’s talk about the movie first.

Summary taken from Divxcentral.com

Hawking stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the young Stephen Hawking who, as a bright and ambitious 21-year-old PhD student at Cambridge University, is diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease and given two years to live. Against the odds, he goes on to achieve scientific success and worldwide acclaim, in particular with his best-selling book A Brief History Of Time.

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Top 5 Book Characters in Movies

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I love book, be it as graphic novel or thick novel. I also love movies. I have special feeling toward movies based on books…it’s either I like it or hate it. The problem with movie is the characters often not as we expected.

 There are some actors that can live up to my imagination and there are also some who can’t seem to get it right. I said How I hate Tatsuya Fujiwara in my previous Top-5 post about Actors I Don’t find Appealing, he totally ruin my favorite character in Death Note. When I read Harry Potter 2, I have clear image how Hugh Grant will be perfect as Gilderoy Lockhart because of his annoying smile…but the movie had Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy. I like Kenneth more than Grant but I still think Grant is more perfect as Gilderoy than Branagh. Branagh is a great actor so he can pull it off quite well…not perfect but well enough.

If I want to write about characters that are off the mark, it would be more than 5…therefore, I am here to talk about characters that fit perfectly into my imagination. They are almost flawless. Continue reading “Top 5 Book Characters in Movies”

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Monday Movies : 1 Zombie, 1 Rewatch and 2 War Movies

Since I bought new DVD player (to replace the broken one), I have been on movie spree. I watched at least 3movies a week. Because of the unfortunate case in my country (Read: Bye Bye Imported Movies), I have no other means to watch movies but DVD. I really hope the problem will be solved really soon.

I decided to make a button for this post because I know that as long as I keep on blogging I will continue writing Monday Movies to wrap up movies I have watched recently. The button is my dearest nephew holding the TV remote….it is really difficult to take the remote away from him 😉

Let’s move on with the movies!

Last week, I watched 4 movies; 1 zombie movie,1 re-watch movie, 1 animation movie and 1 war movie. I don’t want to write long introduction, here are my thought on each movie I saw last week.

28 Weeks Later (2007)

Director : Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Staring : Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, Idris Elba.

I have this movie  since last year but I couldn’t make myself watching it till last week. The reason is quite simple, I am not a zombie person and I tend to compare movies.

After watching it, at first, I wanted to make a battle movie between 28 Weeks Later with 28 days later (just like what I did with Shaun of the Dead VS Zombieland)…but I changed my mind. Continue reading “Monday Movies : 1 Zombie, 1 Rewatch and 2 War Movies”

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