Referensi Film "Inglourious Basterds", Colonel SS yang Pintar, Wibawa dan Kharismatik

Satu lagi pelem usaha pembunuhan Hitler.. Tapi kali ini ngga gagal, a.k.a berhasil.. Pelem ini dibintangi Brad Pitt 'n Christoph Walts.. Pelem ini menegangkan, tapi jga unsur humor-na daped.. Itu yg ngebuad gw ngga bosen2 nnton ni pelem.. Coz gw terkesima 'n salut banged sma Colonel SS yg nama-na Hans Landa yg diperanin sma Christoph Waltz (SS=pasukan khusus Hitler yg paling ditakuti pas perang dunia II).. Disini dia bisa 3 bahasa (Jerman, Inggris, Itali), mungkin lebiih.. Dia juga pinter buad nyelidikin orang yg berusaha buad nyembunyiin orang Yahudi 'n yg berusaha buad ngebunuh Hitler.. Tapi pada akhir pelem ini, dia jga yg menyukseskan usaha pembunuhan Hitler.. Atas kerjasama dengan si Colonel SS Landa inilaah prajurit Amerika yg bergabung dengan prajurit khusus Brad Pitt (prajurit Amerika setengah Yahudi) 'n 1 cewe Yahudi yg berhasil lolos dari pembantaian seluruh keluarga-na, berhasil ngebunuhin semua anggota/jenderal2 Gestapo Jerman termasuk Hitler disebuah gedung bioskop.. Ni resensi-na..


Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Diane Krüger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells the story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish Allied soldiers led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt).

Development on Inglourious Basterds began in 1998, when Tarantino wrote the script for the film. Tarantino struggled with the ending and chose to hold off filming and moved on to direct the two-part movie Kill Bill. After directing Death Proof in 2007 (as part of the double feature Grindhouse), Tarantino returned to work on Inglourious Basterds. The film went into production in October 2008 and was filmed in Germany with a production budget of $70 million. Inglourious Basterds premiered on May 20, 2009 at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the prestigious Palme d'Or. It was widely released in theaters in the United States and Europe in August 2009 by The Weinstein Company and Universal Studios.

The film was successful at the box office, grossing $320,351,773 in theaters worldwide, making it Tarantino's highest-grossing film to date. It has received multiple awards and nominations, including eight Academy Award nominations. For his portrayal of Hans Landa, Christoph Waltz won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.


Plot

In 1941, SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) arrives at a dairy farm in France to interrogate Perrier LaPadite (Denis Menochet) about rumors he is hiding the Jewish Dreyfus family. Landa persuades the farmer to confess to hiding the family underneath his floor. Landa then orders the SS soldiers into the house to shoot the floorboards where they are hiding. The entire family is killed, except the teenage Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent), whom Landa allows to escape.

In the spring of 1944, Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) recruits a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers in Italy for a mission to get behind enemy lines and bring fear to all German servicemen. He tells the soldiers that they each owe him a hundred Nazi scalps. They operate with a "take no prisoners" attitude and come to be known as the 'Basterds'. One survivor of an attack by the 'Basterds', Private Butz (Sönke Möhring), is interviewed by Adolf Hitler (Martin Wuttke). Butz's account of the attack is shown in flashback: his squad was ambushed and his Sergeant was beaten to death with a baseball bat by Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), known by the Germans as "The Bear Jew". Butz then reveals that Lee carved a swastika onto his forehead with a knife.

In June 1944, Shosanna has assumed a new identity as 'Emmanuelle Mimieux' and is operating a cinema in Paris. She meets Frederick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), a German sniper whose exploits are to be celebrated in a Nazi propaganda film, Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride). Zoller is attracted to Shosanna and convinces Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) to hold the premiere of his film at Shosanna's cinema. Shosanna realizes that the presence of several high-ranking Nazi officials provides an opportunity for revenge and resolves to burn down the cinema during the premiere by using a large quantity of extremely flammable nitrate film. The British also learn of the premiere and dispatch Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) to infiltrate the event aided by the 'Basterds' and German film actress and double agent, Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger). Hicox and two of the 'Basterds' meet with von Hammersmark at a tavern where a SS Major (August Diehl) notices Hicox's odd accent and that he gives the wrong (non-German) three-fingered order for drinks. The resulting standoff erupts into a firefight, leaving everyone dead except von Hammersmark. Raine interrogates von Hammersmark, and upon learning that Hitler will be attending the premiere, devises a plan where he, along with Donny and Omar (Omar Doom), will pose as von Hammersmark's Italian escorts at the premiere. Landa later investigates the tavern, retrieving von Hammersmark's shoe and an autographed napkin.

At the premiere, Lee asks to see von Hammersmark privately, where he makes her try on the shoe. After proving that she is in league with the 'Basterds', he strangles her to death. He then orders Lee and Private Utivich (B. J. Novak) to be arrested. Lee makes a deal with Kjersten's commanding officer to be granted a full military pension and American citizenship, in exchange for allowing Donny and Omar—still seated in the cinema—to kill the Nazi high command. During the film, Zoller goes to the projection room to see Shosanna and confronts her angrily due to multiple rejections of his advances from the beginning. When his back is turned, she shoots him multiple times, but he manages to shoot her dead before succumbing to his wounds. The film is then interrupted by an inserted close-up of Shosanna informing the audience that they are going to be killed by a Jew. At the same time, Shosanna's employee and lover, Marcel (Jacky Ido), who has locked and bolted all the exits of the cinema, ignites the nitrate film stacked behind the screen. Omar and Donowitz begin to shoot the Nazis until the timers on their bombs go off and destroy the cinema, killing everyone inside.

Landa and his radio operator drive Raine and Utivich to the American lines, and according to the deal, surrenders to Raine and hands over his weapons, allowing Utivich to handcuff him. To Landa's dismay Raine then shoots the radio operator and orders Utivich to scalp the dead man. Raine then carves a swastika into Landa's forehead, proclaiming that "this just might be my masterpiece".


Pelem ni keren menurut gw..
So pasti.. yg gw masukkin ke blog udah pasti yg keren2 menurut gw..
ahaha..
Gw ampe nnton 3x.. pokok-na, yg udah pada nnton ni pelem pasti ngerti kenapa gw nge-fans banged sma Colonel SS Hans Landa yg ternyata pemeran-na (Christoph Walts) daped penghargaan atas peran-na di Inglourious Basterds ini..
You must watch it, guys..

Referensi Film "Valkyrie", Usaha untuk Membunuh Hitler yang Gagal

Pelem perang lagi, pelem perang lagi.. hha..
Maklum.. Abis gw demen sma pelem2 perang..
Ntah knapa gw langsung semangad klo tw ada pelem perang, apalagi yg bagus..
Ni dipelemin dari kisah nyata usaha pembunuhan Hitler, yaitu Operation Valkyrie..
Saiiank banged, walaupun rencana-na udah mateng 'n ampir berhasil, ternyata ada aja yg ngalangin usaha buad ngebunuh Hitler..hmm..
Tapi teteup aja, orang2 ini jadi pahlawan karena udah berniat 'n usaha buad ngebunuh Hitler..
Patut diacungin jempol..
Di pelem ini juga, pemeran utama-na si Tom Cruise.. ngga bakalan rugi nnton ni pelem..
Trust me! It works! ahahahahahaha..
Ni resensi-na.. in english please.. hha..



Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. Valkyrie was directed by Bryan Singer under the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson also feature.

Cruise's casting caused controversy among German politicians and members of the von Stauffenberg family because of the actor's practice of Scientology, which is viewed with suspicion in the country. Because of this, the filmmakers initially had difficulty setting up filming locations in Germany, but they were later given leeway to film in locations pertaining to the film's story, such as Berlin's historic Bendlerblock. German newspapers and filmmakers supported the film and its attempt to spread global awareness of von Stauffenberg's plot.

The film changed release dates several times, from as early as June 27, 2008 to as late as February 14, 2009. The changing calendar and poor response to United Artists' initial marketing campaign drew criticism about the studio's viability. After a positive test screening, Valkyrie's release in North America was ultimately changed to December 25, 2008. United Artists renewed its marketing campaign to reduce its focus on Cruise and to highlight Singer's credentials. The film has received mixed reviews in the United States. It opened commercially in Germany on January 22, 2009, where reports were mixed about the German reception of the film. To date, Valkyrie has grossed a total of over $200 million worldwide.


Plot

During World War II, Wehrmacht Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) is severely wounded during an RAF air raid in Tunisia, and is evacuated home to Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, Major General Henning von Tresckow (Branagh) attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler by smuggling a bomb aboard the Führer's personal airplane. The bomb, however, fails to detonate and Tresckow safely retrieves it to conceal his intentions. After learning that the Gestapo has arrested Major Hans Oster, he orders General Olbricht (Nighy) to find a replacement. After recruiting von Stauffenberg into the German Resistance, Olbricht delivers von Stauffenberg to a meeting of the secret committee which has coordinated previous attempts on Hitler's life. The members include General Ludwig Beck (Stamp), Dr. Carl Goerdeler (McNally), and Erwin von Witzleben (Schofield). The Colonel is stunned to learn that no plans exist for after Hitler's assassination.

After a bombing raid on Berlin, he lights upon using the plan Operation Valkyrie, which involves the deployment of the Reserve Army to maintain order in the event of a national emergency. The plotters carefully redraft the plan so that they can dismantle the Nazi regime after assassinating Hitler. Realizing that only General Fromm (Wilkinson), the head of the Reserve Army, can initiate Valkyrie, they offer him a position as head of the Wehrmacht in a Post-Nazi Germany and acquire his support. With the rewritten plan needing to be signed off by Hitler (Bamber), von Stauffenberg visits the Führer at his Berghof estate in Bavaria. In the presence of his inner circle, Hitler praises von Stauffenberg's heroism in North Africa and signs off on the plan without fully examining the modifications.

At Goerdeler's insistence, von Stauffenberg is ordered to assassinate both Hitler and SS head Himmler at the Führer's command bunker, Wolf's Lair. At a final briefing, Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim (Berkel) instructs the committee members in how to use pencil detonators. Von Stauffenberg also persuades General Fellgiebel (Izzard), who controls all communications at Wolf's Lair, to cut off communications after the bomb blast. On July 15, 1944, von Stauffenberg attends a strategy meeting at Wolf's Lair with the bomb in his briefcase, but with Himmler not present at the meeting, von Stauffenberg does not get the go-ahead from the committee leaders until the meeting is over. Meanwhile, the Reserve Army is mobilized by Olbricht, unbeknownst to Fromm, to stand by. With no action taken, von Stauffenberg safely extracts himself and the bomb from the bunker, and the Reserve Army is ordered to stand down, believing that the mobilization was training. Enraged, von Stauffenberg goes to the committee to protest the indecisiveness and blames the bungling of Goerdeler, who has been selected to be chancellor after the coup. When Goerdeler demands that von Stauffenberg be relieved, Beck informs him that the SS is searching for him and implores him to leave the country immediately.

On July 20, 1944, von Stauffenberg and his adjutant Lieutenant Haeften (Parker) return to Wolf's Lair. To von Stauffenberg's dismay, he discovers that the conference is being held in an open-window summer barrack, whereas the plotters had intended to detonate the bomb within the walls of the bunker for maximum damage. While his adjuntant waits with a getaway car, von Stauffenberg leaves the briefcase at the meeting. With the bomb armed, von Stauffenberg leaves the barrack for the getaway car. When the bomb explodes, von Stauffenberg is certain that Hitler is dead and flees Wolf's Lair. Before shutting down communications, Fellgiebel calls Mertz about the explosion but cannot clearly convey whether or not the Führer is dead.

As von Stauffenberg flies back to Berlin, Olbricht refuses to mobilize the Reserve Army until he knows without a doubt that Hitler is dead. Behind Olbricht's back, Mertz forges his signature and issues the orders anyway. With Operation Valkyrie underway, von Stauffenberg and his fellow plotters order the arrest of Nazi party leaders and SS officers and begin to take control of Berlin's government quarter, which will allow them to command the entire Reich. Rumors reach Berlin that Hitler survived the blast, but von Stauffenberg dismisses them as SS propaganda. Meanwhile, Fromm learns from Field Marshal Keitel that Hitler is still alive. The General refuses to join the plotters, resulting in his arrest. When Hitler reaches the Reserve Army by telephone through Goebbels, the SS officers are released and the plotters in turn are besieged inside the Bendlerblock. The headquarters staff flees, but the ringleaders are arrested. In an effort to save himself, General Fromm convenes an impromptu court martial and sentences the conspirators to death. That night the ringleaders are shot one by one with Von Stauffenberg shouting "Long live sacred Germany!" before being executed by a firing squad.

A brief epilogue informs that the plot of July 20, 1944 was the last of 15 known assassination attempts on Hitler by Germans, and remarks on Hitler's suicide nine months later and that Nina von Stauffenberg and her children survived the war.


A must for you to watch this movie!!

Referensi Film "Black Hawk Down", The Battle of Mogadishu

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the book of the same title by Mark Bowden that depicts the Battle of Mogadishu, a raid integral to the United States' effort to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

The movie features Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Piven, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Jason Isaacs, Glenn Morshower and Orlando Bloom. The film won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Sound in 2001.


Plot

In a raid, a task force of Delta Force soldiers, Army Rangers, and Special Operations Aviation Regiment attempt to capture two of Mohamed Farah Aidid's senior subordinates in the Bakaara Market neighborhood of Mogadishu. The mission is led by Major General William F. Garrison and is supposed to take no more than half an hour. The extraction by the Delta team is successful, but the Somali militia, armed with RPGs, shoot down two Black Hawk helicopters, and the resulting rescue extends the mission to over 18 hours.

The film follows many characters through the build-up, assault and rescue. It shows how Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann is placed in charge of Ranger Chalk Four, before portraying the raid and successful extraction of the wanted persons, and shows the first injury, as PFC Todd Blackburn falls from a helicopter as it maneuvers to avoid an RPG. This is the beginning of the indication that the troops are overwhelmed by the volume of enemy militia, and builds up to the two helicopter crashes: Super Six-One piloted by Cliff "Elvis" Wolcott, and Super Six-Four piloted by Mike Durant. Durant is taken prisoner after the two Delta snipers who requested to be inserted near the crash site of Super Six-Four (Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon) are killed while defending him.

The film also follows two Chalk Four machine gunners who are supposed to return with the extraction team, but miss the humvees as they leave, and get lost. One of them is deafened by machine-gun fire, but they eventually make their way back to Eversmann. Cpl Jamie Smith attempts to rescue one of them whose flashbang grenade was shot and exploded, but Smith is shot as well, and eventually bleeds to death as the Rangers attempt to give him medical care.

The film approaches its conclusion as the U.S. forces regain control with strafing runs by Little Bird helicopters, and a convoy of troops from the 10th Mountain Division, along with other United Nations forces (Pakistan Army and Malaysian Army), arrives to extract the wounded. Back at the base, Norm "Hoot" Hooten begins to restock on ammunition, preparing to go back out to rescue downed soldiers, and Eversmann tells dead Jamie Smith that he will fulfill his dying wish.

The film ends with text informing the viewer that "1000 Somalis died and 19 Americans lost their lives in the conflict (the 19 soldiers and officers who died are then listed by name and rank). Mike Durant was released after 11 days of captivity. On August 2, 1996, warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid was killed in Mogadishu. General Garrison retired the following day."


Ni pelem juga salah satu rekomendasi pelem yg harus ditonton..
Buad gw yg slalu suka pelem perang, ni termasuk one of the best war movie..
Apalagi ada the one and only one, Josh Hartnett!! So fresh, so young.. love yaaa..
Kapan yyaa gw bisa jadi istri-na?? ahahaha.. moron.. :P

Referensi Film "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Gw demen banged sma ni pelem.. Ni pelem versi thriller-na Edward Scissorhands..yg pemeran utama-na sama2 dibintangi Johnny Depp (oh God.. i love this guy.. haha!) Tapi disini nama-na Sweeney Todd.. 'n ni semacam drama musical jga.. tapi nyeremin..ehe.. Sperti biasa, ni kisah tentang tukang pangkas yg bertangan gunting di London.. Tapi disini, dia ngegunain gunting itu buad bales dendam, ngegorok leher2 para pelanggan-na 'n daging-na dijadiin pie.. hoaaaa!! sereeemm.. Tapi dia jadi gitu juga gara2 pas masa lalu-na dia didzalimi.. ciaelaah.. Istri-na diambil paksa sma orang yg berkuasa waktu itu (yg cinta sma istri-na pasti-na) 'n dia difitnah.. Naah pas dia balik lagi ke London, ternyata dia udah berubah, anak istri-na udah ngga tw lagi gimana nasib-na.. Dia berubah jadi pribadi yg lain.. yg pengen "revenge" sma orang yg udah misahin dia sma anak istri-na waktu itu.. Dimulai laah kisah-na dalem mencari orang yg waktu itu misahin dia sma anak istri-na.. Pokok-na top margotop dah.. ehehehe.. Ni dia resensi-na..


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical thriller horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical thriller. It re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies. Having been struck by the cinematic qualities of Sondheim's musical while still a student, Burton had entertained the notion of a film version since the early 1980s. However, it was not until 2006 that he had the opportunity to realize this ambition, when DreamWorks announced his appointment as replacement for director Sam Mendes, who had been working on such an adaptation. Sondheim, although not directly involved, was extensively consulted during the film's production. It stars Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett. Depp, not known for his singing, took lessons in preparation for his role, which producer Richard D. Zanuck acknowledged was something of a gamble. However, Depp's vocal performance, despite being criticized as lacking certain musical qualities, was generally thought by critics to suit the part (see Music section below).

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in the United States on December 21, 2007, and in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2008, to largely enthusiastic reviews. However, Warner Bros.'s decision not to advertise the film as a musical led to complaints from some cinema-goers, who felt they had been deliberately misled. The film won a number of awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Johnny Depp was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Although not an outstanding financial success in the U.S., it performed well worldwide, and has spawned a soundtrack album and various DVD releases.



Plot

Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), a skilled barber, is falsely charged and sentenced to a life of hard labor in Australia by the corrupt Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), who lusts after Barker's wife Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly). Now under the assumed name "Sweeney Todd", Barker returns to London with sailor Anthony Hope (Jamie Campbell Bower). At his old Fleet Street lodgings above Mrs. Nellie Lovett's (Helena Bonham Carter) pie shop, he is told that Lucy was raped by Turpin and poisoned herself with arsenic. Todd's teenage daughter Johanna (Jayne Wisener) is now Turpin's ward, and like her mother before her is the object of Turpin's unwanted affections. Todd vows revenge, reopening his barber shop in the upstairs flat after his old razors are shown to him by Mrs. Lovett.

While roaming London, Anthony spots Johanna in an upstairs room of a large house singing to her birds , and a beggar woman tells him Johanna's name. Anthony is instantly smitten with her, but is ejected from the Judge's house by Turpin and his associate, Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall). Not discouraged, the sailor becomes determined that the pair will elope. During a visit to the marketplace, Todd denounces a fraudulent hair tonic by faux-Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli (Sacha Baron Cohen), and humiliates him in a public shaving contest. Todd becomes impatient while waiting for Beadle Bamford to arrive at his shop; Mrs. Lovett consoles him when Pirelli and his boy assistant Tobias Ragg (Ed Sanders) arrive. Mrs. Lovett keeps Toby occupied downstairs, while in the parlor Pirelli reveals himself to be Todd's former assistant and attempts to blackmail him, demanding half of Todd's earnings or he will reveal his true identity. Instead of giving Pirelli a payoff, Todd beats him with a boiling kettle. He then stuffs Pirelli in a trunk, later slitting his throat upon realizing that he is still alive.

After receiving some advice from the Beadle, Turpin, intending to propose to Johanna, pays a visit to Todd's parlor to groom himself. Recognizing him, Todd relaxes and shaves Turpin while preparing to slit his throat. Before he can do so, they are interrupted by Anthony, who bursts in and reveals his plan to elope with Johanna before he realizes Turpin is there. Turpin leaves enraged, vowing to never return. His chance at revenge missed, Todd has an epiphany, and decides that all of humanity, instead of just Turpin, deserves death, and vents his murderous rage upon his customers while waiting for another chance to kill the judge. He is indiscriminate about his killings, believing that he is punishing the corrupt aristocracy for their exploitation of those below them, while saving the lower classes from their misery. Mrs. Lovett becomes his willing accomplice, suggesting they dispose of the bodies by baking them into pies to improve her business. Todd rigs his barber's chair with a pedal-operated mechanism, which deposits his victims through a trap door into Lovett's bakehouse. As the weeks pass, Todd's murders accumulate (although he is shown sparing a man who brings his wife and daughter). Meanwhile, Anthony begins to search for Johanna, who was sent by Turpin to Fogg's insane asylum as punishment for her refusal to marry him.

The barbering and pie-making business prospers financially, and Lovett takes in Pirelli's young servant boy Toby. With both of the shops being such a success, Mrs. Lovett informs Todd of her plans to move to the seaside. Anthony finally discovers Johanna's whereabouts, and under advice from Todd, he poses as a wig-maker's apprentice, allowing him access to the asylum. Todd comes up with a new plan to lure Turpin back, and has Toby deliver a letter to him telling him where Johanna will be brought when Anthony frees her. Toby has become wary of Todd and tells Mrs. Lovett, unaware of her role in the crimes: he promises to protect her, loving her as a surrogate mother. Beadle Bamford arrives at the barber shop, informing them that neighbors complain of the stink coming out of the chimney. He is murdered by Todd, and Mrs. Lovett informs Todd of Toby's suspicions. The pair search for Toby, whom Mrs. Lovett has locked in the basement bakehouse to keep him out of the way. Toby is nowhere to be found, having hidden in the sewers after seeing the Beadle's body drop into the room from the trap door above, as well as finding fingers in a pie. Meanwhile, Anthony frees Johanna and brings her to the shop in disguise, where she hides herself in a trunk in a corner of the room while Anthony finds a coach.

An insane beggar woman who has been pestering Todd, Lovett and Anthony throughout the film makes her way into the shop. As Todd enters, she claims that she recognizes him. Just then, Turpin's voice is heard. Todd quickly slits the beggar woman's throat and deposits her body through the trap door. As Turpin enters, Todd explains to him that Johanna had repented, and offers a free shave. Todd reveals his true identity to Turpin and stabs him in the neck numerous times before finally slitting his throat and dropping him through the trap door. As Johanna peeks out of the trunk, Todd spots her and prepares to slit her throat as well, not recognizing her as his daughter. A scream from Lovett diverts him to the basement, where she tells him that Turpin had still been alive and tried to grab at her dress before bleeding to death. Viewing the corpses in the light of the bakehouse fire, Todd discovers that the beggar woman was his wife Lucy, whom he had believed to be dead based on Lovett's account of the poisoning. Todd realizes that Lovett knew Lucy was alive, and she attempts to convince Sweeney that she misled him for his own good, confessing she loves him and would be a better wife than Lucy ever was. Todd pretends to forgive her, waltzing maniacally with her around the bakehouse before hurling her into the open furnace and locking her in. He returns to Lucy and cradles her dead body as Toby emerges from the sewer and picks up the discarded razor. Todd appears to hear him and raises his head, allowing Toby to slit his throat. As Toby walks away, Todd bleeds to death over his dead wife, leaving Johanna presumably clear to steal away with Anthony.


It's the movie time!!

Referensi Film "Sherlock Holmes" Release 2009

Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 action mystery film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. The screenplay by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg was developed from a story by Lionel Wigram and Michael Robert Johnson. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. Holmes investigates a series of murders, apparently connected to occult rituals. Lord Blackwood is the mysterious villain. The story culminates with a confrontation on top of Tower Bridge, still under construction.

The film went on general release in the United States on December 25, 2009, and on December 26, 2009, in the UK, Ireland, and the Pacific. The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Art Direction, which it lost to Up and Avatar, respectively.


Plot

In 1891 London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to prevent the ritual murder of a girl by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who has killed five other people similarly. They are able to stop the murder just in time before Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and the police arrive to make the arrest. Three months later, Blackwood is sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, who visits him in prison. He warns Holmes of three more impending deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is hanged and pronounced dead by Dr. Watson.

Holmes receives a surprise visit at 221B Baker Street from Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), a professional thief and his former lover, who asks him to find a missing man named Reordan. After her departure, Holmes discreetly follows her as she meets with a man, her secret employer, hidden in the shadows of a carriage. The concealed man states that Reordan is the key to Blackwood's plans.

Three days later, Blackwood's tomb is destroyed from the inside out. Reordan is found dead inside Blackwood's coffin. A groundskeeper claims to have seen Blackwood walking from the tomb. Following a series of clues from the body, Holmes and Watson find Reordan's home and discover experiments attempting to merge science with magic. Later, Holmes is taken to the Temple of the Four Orders, an occult-dabbling secret society. The leaders, Sir Thomas (James Fox) and Home Secretary Lord Coward (Hans Matheson), ask Holmes to stop Blackwood, a former member of the Order. Sir Thomas and another senior member of the group are later killed through apparently supernatural means by Blackwood, allowing him to assume control. He plans to push for Britain to retake the United States, weakened by civil war. Lord Coward, who was in league with Blackwood all along, issues a warrant for Holmes' arrest.
The finale is on the unfinished Tower Bridge.

When Holmes learns he is wanted by the police he goes into hiding and studies Blackwood's rituals, concluding the next target is British Parliament. Holmes tricks Lord Coward into revealing that the plan is to wipe out the House of Lords and then rejoins Adler and Watson. The three sneak into the sewers beneath Parliament and discover a machine, based on Reordan's experiments, designed to release a cyanide derivative into the Parliament chambers. They fight off Blackwood's men, and remove the cyanide containers from the machine. Adler grabs the cylinders and races away, pursued by Holmes. Blackwood and Coward realise their plan has failed. Coward is captured but Blackwood manages to escape.

Holmes confronts Adler on top of the incomplete Tower Bridge but is interrupted by Blackwood. Holmes tricks him into becoming entangled in the ropes and chains, hanging over the Thames while Holmes recounts the technical trickery behind all of Blackwood's supposed magic. A loose beam falls off the rafter supports, causing Blackwood to fall and unintentionally hang himself.

Adler explains that her employer is Professor Moriarty, warning that Moriarty is every bit as intelligent as Holmes but far more devious. Later, the police report to Holmes and Watson that a dead officer was found near Blackwood's device. Professor Moriarty used the confrontations with Adler and Blackwood as a diversion while he took a key component from the machine. This prompts Holmes to accept the new case whilst refusing an offer to name his own fee.

Sumber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_%282009_film%29

Gw suka banged sama ni pelem..
Buad gw melek trus, padahal gw nnton-na malem2..
Tapi gw yakin yg udah nnton pasti banyak..
Tapi gw masi pengen nnton-na berkali2.. hha..
Ni pelem termasuk daftar pelem yg wajib ditonton..
Coz alur-na susah ditebak.. 'n ni pelem dikemas serius tapi kesan humor-na jga daped..
Ini yg ngebuad orang2 pasti ngga bakal bosen nnton pelem ni..
Nnton lagi yuuu! hha..
xD

Referensi Film "The Godfather", Italian American Gangster Family

Kali ni gw kasi referensi pelem yg ngga ada mati-na ampe skarang..
Eng ing eng! "THE GODFATHER"..pasti dah pada tw ni pelem..
Mulai dari part I, II, ampe III..
Kisah-na tentang Corleone family yg notabene keluarga gangster..
Ni pelem jadul siih, tapi teteup kudu harus ditonton looh..
Apalagi ada Al Pacino yg jadi salah satu pemeran utama-na, yaitu Michael Corleone.. ehe..
Ni gw kasi aja dikid info-na tentang ni pelem..




The Godfather is a 1972 American gangster film based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne (uncredited). It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton, and features John Cazale, Talia Shire, Al Martino, and Abe Vigoda. The story spans ten years from 1945 to 1955 and chronicles the fictional Italian American Corleone crime family. Two sequels followed: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990.

The Godfather received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In addition, it is ranked as the second greatest film in American cinematic history, behind Citizen Kane, on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list by the American Film Institute.


Plot

In September 1945, as the movie opens, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) hear requests for favors during the Don's daughter Connie's wedding reception. Singer Johnny Fontane (Al Martino), Corleone's godson, asks for help in landing a movie role that will revitalize his flagging career. Hagen is dispatched to California to meet with studio head Jack Woltz (John Marley). After initially refusing to cast Fontane, Woltz caves in when he finds the severed head of his prized racehorse "Khartoum" in his bed the next morning.

Upon Hagen's return, the family leadership meets with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo (Al Lettieri), who asks Don Corleone to protect the rival Tattaglia family's planned heroin business. Don Vito disapproves of drug trafficking and feels his political influence could be jeopardized and he rejects the potentially lucrative proposal. He then sends his primary enforcer, Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana), to infiltrate Sollozzo's organization, but Brasi is stabbed in the hand by Sollozzo and garroted to death by Bruno Tattaglia.

Don Corleone is shot five times in the back at a fruit stand in an assassination attempt. Sollozzo abducts Hagen and persuades him to offer Corleone's eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), the deal previously offered to the Don. The youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), whom the other Mafia families consider a "civilian" uninvolved in mob business, averts a second murder attempt at the hospital where his father is being treated, but his jaw is broken by corrupt Irish American police Captain McCluskey (Sterling Hayden). Sonny retaliates by having Bruno Tattaglia, son of Tattaglia family Don Phillp Tattaglia, killed.

Sollozzo and McCluskey meet with Michael at a local Italian restaurant in an attempt to settle the dispute. Michael pretends he needs to use the bathroom, and following a plan he initiated, retrieves a gun hidden there. Michael returns to the table and kills both Sollozzo and McCluskey. He leaves the country and takes refuge in Sicily, where he soon marries a young local woman named Apollonia Vitelli (Simonetta Stefanelli). The third Corleone brother, Fredo (John Cazale), is sent to Las Vegas where he is sheltered by casino operators the Corleones financially back. Open warfare soon erupts between the Corleones and the other members of the Five Families, while the police and other authorities begin to clamp down on Mafia activity. Don Vito is particularly distressed when he learns of Michael's involvement, since he had planned for Michael to remain uninvolved in the "family business."

When Sonny impulsively leaves the guarded family compound to confront his sister Connie's husband, Carlo (Gianni Russo) who has been abusing Connie (Talia Shire). Sonny threatens to kill Carlo if he ever touches Connie again and publicly beats Carlo. A few days later Carlo beats Connie again, and upon getting her phone call, Sonny leaves the compound again. En route to her home he is brutally ambushed and killed at a toll booth. Meanwhile, Michael narrowly escapes death in Sicily when his wife is killed by a car bomb.

Don Vito meets with the other Five Family dons and settles their dispute, withdrawing his opposition to the Tattaglia's heroin business. He deduces from the negotiations that the Tattaglias were acting on behalf of the more powerful Don Barzini (Richard Conte). With his safety now guaranteed, Michael returns home. More than a year later, he marries his long time American girlfriend, Kay Adams (Diane Keaton). As his father withdraws from active control of the Corleone family, and as middle brother Fredo is seen as incapable of shouldering the Don's responsibilities, Michael takes control of the family and its business. He promises Kay he will legitimize its businesses within five years.

Biding his time, Michael allows rival families to pressure Corleone enterprises and eat away at their revenues, disturbing several of his caporegimes. He directs them not to retaliate, disclosing plans to move family operations to Nevada while spinning off New York operations to family members who stay behind. Michael chooses Carlo to go to Vegas and replaces Hagen with a new consigliere; Vito explains to the upset Hagen that he and Michael have longer-range plans for him and for the family.

Michael travels to Las Vegas, intending to buy out their casino partner, Moe Greene (Alex Rocco). Greene angrily rejects the proposal, deriding the Corleones as a failing organization. Michael is particularly angered when Fredo, under the sway of Greene and his associates, warns his brother that Greene is too important to be treated in that fashion.

Vito Corleone collapses and dies while playing with his young grandson Anthony in his tomato garden. At the burial, caporegime Tessio (Abe Vigoda) arranges a meeting between Michael and Don Barzini, now seen as the dominant figure in the New York families. As Vito had warned Michael, Tessio's involvement signals his shift of allegiance to the Barzini family; the planned meeting is intended to result in Michael's execution. The meeting is set for the same day as the christening of Connie and Carlo's son, where Michael will stand as his godfather.

As the christening proceeds, Corleone assassins murder each of the Dons heading the other New York families and Moe Greene in Las Vegas. After the christening, Tessio learns that Michael is aware of his betrayal, and is taken off to his death. Michael confronts Carlo over his suspected involvement in setting up Sonny's killing, promising him safety; after Carlo confesses, he is garotted at Michael's direction.

Later that day, Connie accuses Michael of murdering the vanished Carlo as Kay watches. When Kay confronts him privately, he denies the accusation to her, an answer she appears to accept. As the film ends, Kay sees Michael receiving gestures of respect from other mafiosi, paralleling the treatment given his father, just before the door to his office is closed.


Udah liad kan bahasan-na..
Buad yg ngga ngerti bahasa inggris, harap di buka kamus-na..hha..
Ni pelem keren, nyabet banyak penghargaan..
Kita bisa ngerti jalan pikiran gangster2 zaman dulu itu gimana, 'n konflik-na mantebs laah pokok-na..
Gw aja udah nnton ampe 2x.. tapi masi aja suka rada lupa, coz 3 part bo'.. udah gitu panjang lagi pelem-na.. klo mw nnton yg sabar yyaa.. haha..
So, what are you waiting for??
Ayoo buruan nnton! ehehe..

Bunuh Diri di Mall? Kuk Mau?

Ini data diambil dari VIVAnews..
Baca aja yuuu..


VIVAnews - Warga Jakarta kemarin, Senin, 30 November 2009 sore dikagetkan peristiwa jatuhnya seorang perempuan, Ice Juniar yang jatuh dari lantai lima Grand Indonesia. Wanita malang ini jatuh pada pukul 16.00 WIB.

Belum juga usai pemberitaan perempuan malang ini, warga Jakarta kembali dikejutkan kembali dikejutkan dengan jatuhnya seorang pria bernama Reno. Dia terjatuh dari lantai lima pada 20.30 WIB.

Banyak spekulasi bermunculan atas cerita jatuhnya kedua orang ini. Mulai dari bunuh diri, faktor keamanan mal, kelalaian dari pengelola mal, atau pasangan bunuh diri seperti dalam cerita Romeo dan Juliet karya William Shakespeare.

Namun spekulasi terakhir dibantah polisi. "Itu tidak ada hubungannya. Yang pasti, semua masih dalam penyelidikan," kata Kepala Satuan Reserse dan Kriminal Polres Jakarta Pusat Komisaris Polisi Suwondo Nainggolan saat dihubungi VIVAnews.

Meski belum dapat menyimpulkan penyebab tewasnya dua orang dalam satu malam dengan waktu yang hampir berdekatan itu, namun polisi meyakinkan keduanya tidak mengenal dan tidak memiliki hubungan apapun.

"Yang satu orang Palembang, satu lagi Jakarta," ujar dia. Ice Juniar, adalah wanita asal Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, yang jatuh dari lantai 5 pusat perbelanjaan Grand Indonesia sekitar pukul 16.12 WIB.

Ice Juniar diduga kuat bunuh diri itu tewas di hadapan orang tua dan kerabat, yang sedang jalan bersama di mall itu.

Sedangkan Reno, pria berusia 25 tahun yang tewas di Senayan City itu merupakan warga setempat. Reno tinggal di Patal Senayan, Jakarta Selatan tewas setelah badannya terjerembab di lantai 1 sekitar pukul 21.10.

Reno bahkan masih hidup saat akan dievakuasi petugas. Tetapi, dalam perjalanan menuju RS Pelni, Reno tidak dapat diselamatkan. "Sebetulnya, kejadian keduanya itu dalam waktu yang hampir bersamaan," kata Inspektur Satu Sutrisno, Kanit Reskrim Polsek Tanah Abang.

Khusus kematian Reno, meski ada saksi yang melihat dia melompat, namun polisi belum berani menyebutkan sebagai peristiwa bunuh diri."Ada saksi yang melihat, korban lompat," kata Suwondo.

Namun beberapa bukti yang diterima polisi kedua korban seakan sengaja menuju kematian. Pada kejadian pertama, korban Ice Juniar, warga Jalan Sudirman No 578 H, RT 16 RW 6, Palembang, Sumatera Selatan dari hasil rekaman CCTV, terlihat memanjat pembatas di lantai lima. Korban diduga kuat bunuh diri di hadapan orangtua dan kerabat, yang sedang jalan bersama di mal itu.

Korban kedua, Reno Fadillan Hakim, warga Kompleks Patal Senayan 4 No 2, Jakarta Selatan, berdasarkan keterangan saksi, korban juga melompat dari lantai lima sekitar pukul 21.10 WIB.

Sumber: http://metro.vivanews.com/news/read/110162-_bunuh_diri__di_dua_mal_mewah_jakarta

Gw ngga abis pikir yyaa..
Zaman skarang kuk bunuh diri di Mall siih?
Udah gitu di Mall2 mewah lagi.. ckck..
Sebener-na siih kita ngga bisa nge-judge orang2 tsb, tpi knapa harus di Mall mewah?
Sampe skarang penyebab2-na blon begitu jelas..
Ada yg bilang karena sakid ngga sembuh2 jadi milih bunuh diri laah, apa laah, itu laah..
Tapi apa pun penyebab-na, jangan pernah berfikiran pendek buad ngakhirin idup..
Coz idup mati itu di atas yg ngatur..
Kita sebagai manusia, jangan nambah2in dosa lebiih lagi dee..
Moga2 gw juga ngga nekat kaya mreka2 itu..
Amien!

Gw salut dee sma yg brani bunuh diri dengan loncat dari lantai atas Mall2 mewah itu..
Daredevil banged kan yyaa?
Ahahahahahahahaha..
xD

Rokok Sangat Berbahaya

Please, STOP SMOKING!!
Ni gw liadin sama loe2 smua yg ngerokok, bahaya ngerokok itu apa..

RACUN DALAM ASAP ROKOK

MEROKOK MEMBAWA PENYAKIT

Tembakau merupakan faktor risiko untuk sekurang-kurangnya 25 jenis penyakit

1. Kanker pundi kencing
2. Kanker perut
3. Kanker usus dan rahim
4. Kanker mulut
5. Kanker Esofagus
6. Kanker tekak
7. Kanker pankreas
8. Kanker payudara
9. Kanker paru-paru
10. Penyakit saluran pernafasan kronik
11. Stroke
12. Osteoporosis
13. Penyakit jantung
14. Kemandulan
15. Putus haid awal
16. Melahirkan bayi yang cacat
17. Keguguran bayi
18. Bronkitis
19. Batuk
20. Emfisima
21. Otot lemah
22. Penyakit gusi
23. Kerusakan mata

MEROKOK SECARA PASIF

Walaupun anda tidak merokok, anda masih bisa menyedot asap rokok daripada perokok. Ini disebut merokok secara pasif ('passive smoking').

Berbanding dengan asap yg dihisap perokok, asap yang keluar dari puntung rokok ('mainstream smoke') mengandung :

* 2 kali lebih banyak nikotin
* 5 kali lebih banyak karbon monoksida
* 50 kali lebih banyak kimia
* 3 kali lebih banyak tar

KESAN-KESAN MEROKOK SECARA PASIF

* Meningkatkan resiko kanker paru-paru dan penyakit jantung
* Masalah pernafasan termasuk radang paru-paru dan bronkitis
* Sakit atau pedih mata
* Bersin dan batuk-batuk
* Sakit kerongkongan
* Sakit kepala

PEROKOK PASIF DAN RISIKO PENYAKIT

Dibandingkan dengan perokok aktif, perokok pasif mempunyai risiko yang lebih tinggi untuk mengidap berbagai jenis penyakit, yaitu:

* Penyakit jantung - 30%
* Kanker - 25%

KESAN ASAP ROKOK PASIF KEPADA IBU HAMIL DAN JANIN YANG DIKANDUNG

* Keguguran janin
* Kematian janin dalam kandungan
* Pendarahan dari uri (abruption placenta)
* Kurang berat badan - 20 hingga 30%

Sumber: http://members.tripod.com/aim_5887/page7.htm

Wew.. serem ni buad si perokok aktif, tapi lebih serem lagi yg perokok pasif..
Maka-na, dari dulu gw slalu kontra sma orang2 yg ngerokok di tempat sembarangan, a.k.a di tempat2 umum/di dalam ruangan sempit, ber-AC pula..
Coz ngga smua orang ngerokok, 'n lebih parah orang2 yg bahkan ngga ngerokok sma skali, tapi ngga sengaja nyedot asap rokok..
Lebih parah kan resiko-na.. mending ngerokok dee dripada ngga ngerokok sma skali tapi gara2 nyedot asap-na, gw kena kanker + sakid jantung.. ckck..
Tapi ngga laah..ehe..
Cuma ngga capek2-na gw bilang, NO ROKOK PLEASE!!

Referensi Film "Confession of Shopaholic"

Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 film adaptation of the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. It is directed by P. J. Hogan and stars Isla Fisher as the central character, Rebecca Bloomwood, the shopaholic journalist.


Plot

Rebecca is having a memory about how she became a shopaholic. It includes shoes and a credit card.

Now, Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher), living with her best friend Suze(Krysten Ritter), has moved to Manhattan to get involved in the New York City magazine world. She has several credit cards, and a shopping addiction. She's a journalist for a gardening magazine but her dream is to join the fashion magazine Alette. On the way to her interview for "Alette" when she sees a green scarf and decides to buy it.Her credit card is declined and sale items cant be hed, so Rebecca races to the nearest hot dog stand offering to buy all the hot dogs if the seller gives her back change in cash. Rebecca lies, saying it's a gift for her sick aunt. Finally a man offers her $20. When Rebecca gets to the interview she's told that someone has got the position, but by joining another magazine owned by the company she might make it all the way to Alette. The receptionist tells her there is a position in the magazine "Successful Savings".

When she interviews with Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), the editor of Successful Savings, she realises he is the man from who loaned her $20. Whilst he talks on the phone, she hides her scarf in a cubicle outside his office. The interview doesn't go well and when he asks her a question related to the job she doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. She tries to distract him without any success. Luke's assistant comes into the room and tells Rebecca that she dropped her scarf. Rebecca knows her game is up and leaves the interview.

Frustrated by her lack of success, she and Suze write drunken letters to Alette and Successful Saving, but she posts each to the wrong magazine. Nevertheless, Luke Brandon hires her. Then, rather than completing a work assignment, she goes to a clothing sale where she ends up by buying a lot of costly stuff. While examining some expensive cashmere gloves she realizes that the gloves are only 5% cashmere and 95% acrylic, it gives her inspiration for her column, calling herself "the Girl in the Green Scarf." The column is an instant success worldwide and even impresses the owner of the magazine company. Meanwhile Rebecca tells everyone in the office that her credit collector, Derek Smeath is actually her stalker when he attempts to reach her throughout the film. Luke invites her to a conference in Miami and an important ball. In the conference in Miami, she impresses a couple of CEOs of major companies who promises to give advertisement contracts to Successful Savings. At a restaurant Alicia (Leslie Bibb), asks Luke to the ball, leaving Rebecca feeling dejected.

Rebecca returns home to confrontations with Derek Smeath, a bill collector, so her roommate Suze makes her join Shopaholics Anonymous. The class leader, Miss Korch (Wendie Malick), forces her to donate all the clothes she just bought, including her maid of honor dress for Suze's wedding and a dress she purchased for a TV show interview for her now famous columns as "The Girl in the Green Scarf". She offers to buy back both dresses from the charity store she was forced to donate to, but can only afford one, and chooses the TV interview dress. During her live TV interview, Rebecca is publicly outed and accused of not paying her debts by Smeath, and consequently loses her job. Suze is also angry when she finds out that Rebecca sold her bridesmaid dress, and doesn't let her back into the apartment.

Rebecca is then back at her parents house when Alette herself appears to offer her a position at the fashion magazine as a new columnist, writing about bargain sales. While this had been Rebecca's initial plan, she says that she'd be making another mistake by influencing women to keep shopping for high-end clothes. She rejects the offer, and then decides to make things for her right by selling most of her wardrobe in an auction-style format to pay off her debts. Meanwhile Luke was offered a new magazine by the owner of Dantay-West but he rejects the offer to open his new company Brandon Communication which he opens by taking a bank loan.

Rebecca sells all her clothes in the sale, but hesitates over the green scarf during the auction. A blond woman and a telephone bidder begin a bidding war over the scarf. The auction is a success, making it possible for her to repay all of her debts. Rebecca then gives her payment to her credit collector Derek Smeath, paying it all in pennies by leaving hundreds of jars in his office. Rebecca then attends Suze's wedding, after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress from the homeless woman who had subsequently gotten it from the charity store. Suze forgives her and lets her be the maid of honour again. Rebecca and Luke meet again, and Luke returns the green scarf after revealing that he was the person behind both bidders at the auction. Rebecca ends up working for Luke's new magazine, writing her first column titled "Confessions of a Shopaholic.", and ends up in a relationship with him.


Cast

* Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood
* Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon
* Krysten Ritter as Suze Cleath-Stuart
* John Goodman as Graham Bloomwood
* Joan Cusack as Jane Bloomwood
* John Lithgow as Edgar West
* Kristin Scott Thomas as Alette Naylor
* Leslie Bibb as Alicia Billington
* Robert Stanton as Derek Smeathe
* Lynn Redgrave as a Drunken Lady at Party
* Julie Hagerty as Haley
* Nick Cornish as Tarquin Cleath-Stuart
* Fred Armisen as Ryan Koenig
* Wendie Malick as Miss Korch
* John Salley as a D. Freak

Pelem yg ini, mnurut gw lumayan laah..
Poko-na menceritakan tentang orang yg shopaholic..
Jadi kerjaan-na belanja mulu, sampe kartu kredit-na nunggak.. hmm.. kasian..ehe..
Ada hubungan-na sma psikologi siih, tpi yasud laah..
Ditonton aja dee..cocok buad cewe2 yg suka pelem comedy romance..
:)

TV Miniseries "Band of Brothers" Tentang Perang Dunia II

Band of Brothers adalah miniseri televisi mengenai Perang Dunia II, ditayangkan oleh HBO pada 2001 dengan produser Steven Spielberg dan Tom Hanks. Menceritakan pengalaman Company E ("Easy Company") dari 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States 101st Airborne Division dari saat berlatih, pendaratan di Normandy, Operation Market Garden, Pertempuran Bastogne, sampai akhir perang, miniseri ini didasarkan pada buku dengan judul sama tulisan ahli sejarah Stephen Ambrose.

Seri ini dinominasikan untuk 19 Emmy Award, dan memenangkan enam, termasuk untuk "Outstanding miniseries", "Outstanding Casting for a miniseries, Movie, or a Special", dan "Outstanding Directing for a miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special". Selain itu juga memenangkan Golden Globe untuk "Best miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television", American Film Institute, Peabody Award. Episode 6 (Bastogne) memenangkan 2003 Writers Guild Award (Television, Adapted Long Form).


Episode

1. "Currahee"
2. "Day of Days"
3. "Carentan"
4. "Replacements"
5. "Crossroads"
6. "Bastogne"
7. "The Breaking Point"
8. "The Last Patrol"
9. "Why We Fight"
10. "Points"


Judul

Judul seri ini diambil dari lakon Henry V; Act IV, Scene 3 oleh William Shakespeare:
“ And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
”

Pemeran

* Damian Lewis
* Ron Livingston
* Matthew Settle
* David Schwimmer
* Rick Warden
* Neal McDonough
* Donnie Wahlberg
* Ross McCall
* Frank John Hughes
* Scott Grimes

Sumpah ini pelem miniseries keren banged..
Walopun ini dibuad klo ngga salah taon 2000-2001, tapi ampir ngga ada cacat-na ni pelem..plus ngebuad gw susah berenti buad nnton-na.. dag-dig-dug bo'..
Abis dari episode 1, langsung lanjud, sampe episode 3 dalem satu hari.. hha..
Poko-na 2 thumbs up dee buad ni pelem.. klo perlu jadi 4 thumbs up tambah jempol kaki..
haha..
Dan wajib nnton dee bagi penggemar pelem historical/perang..
Dijamin anteng dee nnton-na lama2.. ehe..

Binge Eating Disorder

Disini, gw bakal bahas tentang Binge Eating Disorder (BED)..
Yyaa ini termasuk salah satu gangguan makan..
So, baca aja dee yyaa.. ehehe..

Pengertian

Binge eating disorder (BED) adalah gangguan makan paling biasa di Amerika Serikat, mempengaruhi 3,5% perempuan dan 2% laki-laki dan secara umum lebih dari 30% dari mereka mencari pengobatan untuk mengurangi berat badan. Walaupun ini belum juga diklasifikasikan sebagai sebuah gangguan makan yang terpisah/tersendiri, ini pertama kali diuraikan tahun 1959 oleh psikiater dan peneliti Albert Stunkert sebagai “Night Eating Syndrome” (NES), dan istilah “Binge Eating Disorder” diciptakan untuk menguraikan perilaku makan tipe “binging” yang sama tanpa komponen nocturnal (malam hari). BED biasanya mengarah ke obesitas walaupun ini dapat terjadi dalam berat normal individual. Mungkin ada faktor warisan genetik yang terlibat dalam berdiri sendirinya BED dari resiko-resiko obesitas lainnya dan ada juga insiden yang lebih tinggi dari psychiatric comorbidity (comorbidity: kehadiran simultan dari dua kondisi medis, seperti seseorang dengan schizophrenia dan penyalahgunaan obat-obatan), dengan persentase dari individual-individual dengan BED dan sebuah “Axis I Comorbid” gangguan psychiatric menjadi 78,9% dan untuk mereka dengan subklinikal BED, 63,6%.


Ciri-ciri

• Kadangkala tidak latihan mengontrol konsumsi makanan berlebihan.
• Makan seporsi makanan yang tidak wajar (sangat banyak) pada satu waktu, lebih banyak daripada yang akan dimakan oleh orang normal pada waktu yang sama.
• Waktu makan Binge lebih cepat daripada waktu makan orang normal.
• Makan sampai secara fisik tidak merasa nyaman dan muak pada banyaknya makanan yang baru dikonsumsi.
• Makan ketika depresi atau bosan.
• Makan dalam jumlah yang banyak bahkan ketika tidak begitu lapar.
• Biasanya makan sendiri selama masa binge, dalam tujuan untuk menghindari penemuan gangguan itu.
• Seringkali makan sendirian selama waktu makan normal, berhutang pada perasaan malu tentang makanan.
• Merasa menjijikan, depresi, atau berdosa setelah makan binge (binge eating).
• Secara cepat naik berat badan, dan/atau onset tiba-tiba dari obesitas.



Hubungan dengan gangguan makan lainnya

Gejala-gejala makan binge juga ada dalam bulimia nervosa. Kriteria diagnosis formalnya serupa dalam subjek itu, keharusan binge paling sedikit dua kali seminggu untuk periode minimum dari 3 bulan. Tidak seperti dalam bulimia, mereka penderita BED tidak memuntahkan kembali makanannya, cepat, atau melakukan olahraga berat setelah binge eating. Tambahan, tipikal berat normal penderita bulimia, adalah dibawah berat badan (yang seharusnya) tapi telah berberat badan lebih sebelumnya. Mereka penderita gangguan makan binge lebih seperti kelebihan berat badan atau obese.
Gangguan makan binge serupa, tapi berbeda dari kelebihan makan kompulsif. Mereka penderita BED tidak memiliki keharusan untuk makan berlebih dan tidak menghabiskan waktu banyak berfantasi tentang makanan. Kebalikannya, beberapa orang dengan gangguan makan binge memiliki perasaan negatif yang besar tentang makanan. Sama dengan gangguan makan lainnya, binge eating adalah sebuah “gangguan ekspresif”--sebuah gangguan yang merupakan sebuah ekspresi dari masalah psikologis yang lebih dalam. Beberapa peneliti percaya BED adalah bentuk yang lebih halus dari bulimia nervosa, sementara lainnya membantahnya bahwa ini adalah gangguan yang berbeda sendiri. Sekarang, DSM-IV mengkategorisasikan ini dibawah Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS), sebuah indikasi bahwa diperlukannya lebih banyak penelitian.


Peristiwa dan faktor resiko

Banyak orang dengan masalah ini adalah berberat badan lebih atau obese, tapi orang dari berat badan normal juga dapat memiliki gangguan ini.
Sekitar dua persen dari seluruh orang dewasa di Amerika Serikat (sama banyaknya dengan 4juta orang Amerika) memiliki gangguan makan binge. Sekitar sepuluh sampai lima belas persen orang yang agak obese atau mencoba untuk menurunkan berat badan sendirian atau melalui program komersial untuk menurunkan berat badan memiliki gangguan makan binge. Gangguan ini bahkan lebih lazim pada orang yang sama sekali obese.
Gangguan makan binge dua kali sama biasanya diantara perempuan juga antara laki-laki. Gangguan ini ditemukan dalam seluruh kebudayaan-etnis dan populasi rasial. Orang yang obese dan memiliki gangguan makan binge sering menjadi kelebihan berat badan pada usia lebih muda daripada mereka yang tanpa gangguan ini. Mereka mungkin juga kehilangan dan menaikkan kembali berat badan lebih sering, atau menjadi paranoid tentang menaikkan berat badan.


Penyebab

Tidak ada yang tahu dengan pasti apa yang menyebabkan gangguan makan binge. Sama banyak dengan setengah dari seluruh orang dengan gangguan makan binge telah depresi dalam masa lalunya. Apakah depresi yang menyebabkan gangguan makan binge, apakah gangguan makan binge yang menyebabkan depresi, atau apakah keduanya memiliki sebuah hubungan sebab-akibat, tidak diketahui pasti.
Point pemicu bisa jadi emosi seperti kebahagiaan, kemarahan, kesedihan atau kebosanan. Perilaku impulsif dan beberaoa masalah emosi lainnya dapat menjadi lebih biasa pada orang denga gangguan makan binge. Bagaimanapun, banyak orang juga mengklaim bahwa bingeing terjadi tanpa menghiraukan mood mereka. Ini juga tidak jelas apakah dieting dan binge eating berhubungan. Beberapa studi menunjukkan bahwa sekitar setengah dari seluruh orang dengan gangguan makan binge memiliki episode binge sebelum mereka mulai untuk diet.
Para peneliti juga mengatakan bahwa gangguan makan binge lebih biasa ditemukan antara atlet yang kompetitif seperti perenang atau pesenam yang bentuk badannya secara tetap menjadi contoh bagi publik/diperhatikan publik. Atlet-atlet yang terpengaruh dalam olahraga ini cenderung untuk membandingkan badan mereka sendiri dalam cara yang negatif dengan mereka yang merupakan teman satu timnya. Ada sebuah penelitian tentang bagaimana bahan kimia otak dan metabolism mempengaruhi gangguan makan binge, tapi studi ini adalah dalam tingkat lebih awalnya sendiri.


Komplikasi

Sementara orang cenderung untuk makan berlebih dari waktu ke waktu, kebiasaan konsisten dari konsumsi yang sering dari jumlah besar makanan dalam periode singkat dari waktu biasanya mengarah pada naiknya berat badan dan obesitas. Konsekuensi kesehatan problematis yang paling menonjol dari tipe gangguan makan ini dibawa oleh hasil kenaikan berat badan dari episode bingeing.
Orang dengan gangguan makan binge mungkin jadi sakit hak untuk sebuah kekurangan nutrisi yang pantas. Episode-episode bingeing biasanya memasukkan makanan yang tinggi lemak, gula, dan/atau garam, tapi rendah vitamin dan mineral. Individual biasanya sangat sedih tentang binge eating mereka dan mungkin jadi depresi. Mereka yang obese dan juga memiliki gangguan makan binge dalam esiko untuk diabetes tipe 2, tekanan darah tinggi (hypertension), tingkat kolesterol darah tinggi (hypercholesterolemia), penyakit kandung empedu, penyakit jantung, dan beberapa tipe dari kanker.
Banyak orang dengan gangguan makan binge telah mencoba untuk mengontrolnya sendiri, tapi tidak mampu untuk mengontrolnya dalam waktu lama. Beberapa orang melewatkan kerja, sekolah, atau kegiatan sosial untuk binge eat. Orang obese dengan gangguan makan binge sering merasa buruk tentang diri mereka dan mungkin menghindari pertemuan sosial. Mereka yang binge eat, apakah obese atau tidak, merasa malu, dan menyadari dengan baik gangguan pola makan mereka, dan mencoba untuk menyembunyikan masalah mereka. Seringkali mereka menjadi sangat baik dalam menyembunyikannya, bahkan teman dekat dan anggota keluarganya tidak menyadari bahwa mereka binge eat. Beberapa dari gejala yang biasa terjadi adalah:
• Makan makanan dalam jumlah besar, bahkan ketika secata fisik tidak lapar.
• Makan sampai merasa kekenyangan dan tidak nyaman.
• Makan sendirian keluar dari rasa malu pada kuantitas makanan yang sedang dimakan.
• Merasa menjijikkan, depresi, atau berdosa setelah makan.


Dieting

Orang yang tidak kelebihan berat badan harus menghindari dieting, karena ini kadang-kadang membuat binge eating mereka jadi lebih buruk. Dieting disini berarti melewatkan makan, makan tidak cukup kalori setiap hari, atau menghindari beberapa macam dari makanan, seperti karbohidrat atau lemak. Banyak orang dengan gangguan makan binge obese dan memiliki masalah kesehatan karena berat mereka. Orang dengan gangguan makan binge yang obese mungkin menemukan ini lebih susah untuk tetap dalam sebuah program menurunkan berat badan. Mereka juga mungkin kehilangan berat badan daripada orang lain, dan mungkin menaikkan berat badan lebih cepat dalam usaha untuk memperlambat metabolism. (ini bisa jadi lebih buruk ketika mereka juga memiliki masalah seperti depresi, kesulitan mengontrol perilaku mereka, dan masalah berhubungan dengan orang lain.) orang ini mungkin membutuhkan treatment (pengobatan) untuk gangguan makan binge sebelum mereka mencoba menurunkan berat badan. Dieting biasanya tidak berhasil untuk mereka dengan BED, mereka biasanya akan menaikkan kembali semua berat badan yang hilang, dan kadang-kadang lebih. Mereka dengan BED memiliki kesulitan yang lebih mengikuti treatment menurunkan berat badan tradisional.


Pengobatan (Treatment)

Orang dengan BED, apakah atau tidak mereka ingin untuk menurunkan berat badan, harus mencari pertolongan dari professional kesehatan termasuk tabib/dokter, nutrisionis, psikiater, psikolog, pekerja sosial klinis atau dengan menghadiri pertemuan 12-langkah Overeaters Anonymous. Bahkan mereka yang tidak kelebihan berat badan biasanya sedih dengan binge eating mereka, dan treatment bisa menolong mereka.
Walaupun profesional kesehatan mental mungkin jadi membiasakan diri pada ciri-ciri BED, banyak tabib/.dokter tidak mengangkat pertanyaan, apakah karena mereka tidak diinformasikan tentang kondisinya atau terlalu malu untuk bertanya tentang hal ini. Karena ini adalah gangguan psychiatric yang tidak diketahui di DSM-IV, ini susah untuk memperoleh insurance reimbursement untuk pengobatan.
Ada beberapa cara berbeda untuk memperlakukan BED. Cognitive-behavioral therapy mengajarkan orang bagaimana untuk menjaga pola makan mereka dan mengganti kebiasaan makan tidak sehat mereka. Ini juga mengajarkan mereka bagaimana untuk mengubah cara mereka berperan dalam situasi sulit. Interpersonal psychotherapy membantu orang untuk melihat hubungan mereka dengan teman dan keluarga dan membuat perubahan dalam area masalah. Drug therapy, seperti antidepressants, mungkin bisa berguna bagi beberapa orang.
Para peneliti tetap mencoba untuk menemukan pengobatan yang paling membantu atau berguna dalam mengontrol BED. Metode-metode yang disebutkan disini kelihatan sama bergunanya. Untuk orang yang kelebihan berat badan, sebuah program penurunan berat badan untuk meningkatkan kesehatan dan untuk membangun self-esteem, sama baiknya dengan konseling, menunjukkan dengan tepat akar dari masalah psikologis yang memicu episode binge mereka, mungkin menjadi pilihan terbaik.

Sumber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_Eating_Disorder

Perilaku yang Ingin Saya Bentuk (Teori Behavioristik Skinner)

BAB I. Perilaku yang Ingin Dibentuk/Dihilangkan

Perilaku yang ingin saya bentuk adalah perilaku yang tidak suka menunda-nunda sholat dan perilaku saya untuk tidak meninggalkannya. Dari segi agama yang saya anut, telah disebutkan bahwa sholatlah diawal waktu. Tetapi saya sering menundanya sehingga terkadang saya lupa waktu dan secara otomatis tidak menjalankan sholat tersebut. Berkali-kali saya dimarahi oleh kedua orang tua saya terutama Ayah saya. Karena beliau adalah orang yang sangat religius, maka mengharuskan semua anaknya untuk benar-benar menjalankan ibadah. Saya sendiri terkadang terfikir untuk menghilangkan perilaku menunda-nunda sholat ini yang lama-kelamaan menjadi kebiasaan ini dan ingin membentuknya menjadi lebih rajin dalam menjalankan sholat. Tetapi memang sangat susah untuk membentuk perilaku seperti ini.
Saya berharap dengan diadakannya rancangan pada BAB selanjutnya ini, perilaku saya ini bisa dibentuk atau setidaknya mengurangi perilaku saya yang suka menunda-nunda dan meninggalkan sholat ini. Agar saya menjadi anak yang lebih baik kedepannya bagi orang tua saya dan bagi agama.

BAB II. Rancangan

Rancangan yang dilakukan untuk mengatasi perilaku saya yang suka menunda sholat dan yang terkadang meninggalkan sholat, yaitu:
• Selalu berfikiran bahwa sholat itu adalah hal yang sangat mungkin dilakukan dibandingkan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang lain yang tidak wajib.
• Menguatkan niat untuk mengerjakan sholat 5 waktu.
• Mencoba selalu mendahulukan sholat diatas keperluan-keperluan lain selama kondisi memungkinkan.
• Mengurangi waktu untuk bermalas-malasan.
• Langsung mengerjakan sholat ketika diingatkan oleh orang lain atau anggota keluarga.
• Melihat dan membandingkan diri saya dengan anggota keluarga saya yang lain yang lebih rajin dari saya dan menjadikannya acuan supaya saya tidak menunda sholat dan tidak meninggalkan sholat.
• Dilakukan dalam waktu 3 bulan. Diusahakan dalam waktu 3 bulan itu untuk mengerjakan sholat tanpa ditunda-tunda.

BAB III. Hasil

Rancangan tersebut dijalankan dan diterapkan. Hasilnya, saya sudah lumayan rajin dan langsung mengerjakan sholat begitu diingatkan oleh Ayah saya. Walaupun terkadang perilaku menunda-nunda dan meninggalkan sholat itu masih sering muncul ketika Ayah saya sedang tidak ada didekat saya, karena Ayah dan Ibu saya tinggal di Medan dan saya disini bersama kedua abang saya. Tetapi, saya sudah tergolong jauh lebih baik daripada saya yang dulu. Sekarang saya sudah membudidayakan bahwa sholat itu penting dan sesuatu yang wajib, dosa bila tidak dikerjakan dan apabila tidak mengerjakannya sama saja dengan membolehkan orang tua saya menghukum saya karena tidak menjalankan perintah agama yang sudah seharusnya itu.
Diri saya yang dulu yang suka berbohong pada Ayah saya bahwa saya sudah mengerjakan sholat dan sering merasa kesal bila diingatkan dan sering sekali sengaja meninggalkannya dan bisa dibilang hanya sholat maghrib yang tidak pernah tinggal setiap harinya, dan sholat shubuh yang kadang-kadang saya kerjakan. Sedangkan diri saya yang sekarang jauh lebih rajin daripada diri saya yang dulu tersebut. Saya sudah mulai menjalankan sholat tanpa harus diingatkan dan terkadang saya merasa puas akan hal itu.

BAB IV. Pembahasan

Seperti yang diketahui pada BAB-BAB sebelumnya bahwa perilaku yang ingin saya bentuk adalah sholat di awal waktu (tidak menunda-nunda sholat) dan rajin sholat 5 waktu (tidak meninggalkan sholat). Saya menggunakan teori Burrhus Frederic Skinner untuk membentuk perilaku saya tersebut. Sesuai dengan teori Skinner, tentang operants (Operant adalah sesuatu yang dihasilkan, dalam arti organisme melakukan sesuatu untuk menghilangkan stimulus yang mendorong langsung) dan respondents (Respondent adalah sesuatu yang dimunculkan, dimana organisme menghasilkan sebuah respondent sebagai hasil langsung dari stimulus spesifik). Oleh karena itu, saya akan coba membahas proses pembentukan perilaku yang ingin saya bentuk tersebut pada BAB ini.
Sejak kecil, dalam keluarga saya, orang tua saya mengajarkan bahwa agama dan pendidikan adalah yang paling penting. Yang memegang peranan penting dalam keluarga saya adalah Ayah saya selaku pemimpin dalam keluarga. Beliau selalu mengingatkan untuk sholat diawal waktu dan menjalankan sholat 5 waktu. Tetapi pada saat itu dikarenakan saya yang masih kecil dan memiliki tanggung jawab yang minim, Ayah saya masih membiarkan saya jika saya meninggalkan dan menunda-nunda sholat.
Ketika saya berumur 8 tahun, jika saya sholat, Ayah saya memberikan pujian dan menghadiahi saya makanan kesukaan saya, maka saya jadi menyenangi kegiatan sholat saya tersebut dengan mengerjakannya dan agar dilihat oleh orang tua saya sehingga saya diberikan makanan-makanan tersebut (dihubungkan dengan teori Skinner tentang penguatan atau reinforcement: Positive reinforcement, yaitu penyajian stimulus yang meningkatkan probabilitas suatu respon. Penguatan positif sebagai stimulus, dapat meningkatkan terjadinya pengulangan tingkah laku itu sedangkan penguatan negatif dapat mengakibatkan perilaku berkurang atau menghilang. Bentuk-bentuk penguatan positif adalah berupa hadiah (permen, kado, makanan, dll), perilaku (senyum, menganggukkan kepala untuk menyetujui, bertepuk tangan, mengacungkan jempol), atau penghargaan (nilai A, Juara 1 dan sebagainya).
Tetapi setelah saya beranjak besar sekitar umur 12 tahun, dan sudah mulai mengerti akan yang namanya agama, pola asuh orang tua saya mulai berubah. Ayah saya mulai memberikan hukuman kepada saya jika saya tidak mengerjakan sholat dengan memukul kaki saya dengan tangan atau dengan ancaman kaki saya akan dicambuk dengan tali pinggang (dihubungkan dengan teori Skinner tentang salah satu jenis stimulusnya: Hukuman, yaitu pemberian stimulus yang tidak menyenangkan misalnya : “Contradiction or reprimand”). Dengan adanya hukuman tersebut, saya jadi merasa takut dan secara langsung memberikan efek terhadap pembentukan perilaku saya tersebut. Saya jadi mulai mengerjakan sholat ketika diingatkan oleh orang tua saya, atau ketika orang tua saya sedang berada dirumah dan tidak memiliki keberanian untuk mencari alasan menundanya.
Ketika saya mulai jauh dari orang tua saya terutama Ayah saya, ternyata perilaku saya yang sudah agak terbentuk itu pelan-pelan menghilang lagi. Saya mulai berbohong untuk menghindari hukuman-hukuman yang diberikan oleh Ayah saya tersebut. Saya berbohong telah mengerjakan sholat, padahal sebenarnya saya tidak mengerjakannya (dihubungkan dengan teori Skinner tentang salah satu konsep Operant Conditioning: Extention, ialah proses penghentian kegiatan sebagai akibat dari ditiadakannya penguatan.). Hal itu sempat memberikan efek kemunduran bagi saya. Tetapi, begitu Ayah saya berada di dekat saya, dan mulai memarahi saya ketika saya ketahuan berbohong, maka saya pun kembali mengerjakan sholat dan mengerjakannya di awal waktu, saya mengalami kemajuan lagi pada perilaku yang ingin saya bentuk itu.
Akhirnya, sekarang, setelah saya mulai memiliki wawasan lebih luas tentang agama, dan Ayah saya sudah tidak memberikan pola asuh yang sama dengan yang dulu (ketika saya berumur 12 tahun), Ayah saya mulai menanamkan bahwa saya sudah besar dan bisa menentukan mana yang baik dan yang benar, dan memberikan penguatan positif (sesuai teori Skinner) dengan memberikan saya pujian jika sudah mengerjakan sholat di awal waktu dan mengingatkan sholat dengan cara-cara yang bisa diterima oleh saya yang sudah besar ini (tidak dengan memberikan hukuman lagi), perilaku sholat di awal waktu (tidak menunda-nunda sholat) dan rajin sholat 5 waktu (tidak meninggalkan sholat), itu lambat laun mulai bisa saya dekati (dihubungkan dengan teori Skinner tentang salah satu konsep Operant Conditioning: Shaping, ialah proses pembentukan tingkah laku yang makin mendekati tingkah laku yang diharapkan.). Saya merasa jauh lebih baik dengan perilaku saya yang sekarang dibandingkan dengan perilaku saya yang dulu. Walaupun perilaku yang ingin dibentuk tersebut belum berhasil, setidaknya saya sudah sampai pada tahap “Shaping” dalam teori Skinner.

Daftar Pustaka

V, Arya.2008.Teori Burrhus Frederic Skinner. http://aryaverdiramadhani.blogspot.com/2008/02/vj23ii2008-teori-burhuss-skinner.html.diakses 12April2010
R, Bambang.2009.Teori Asosiasi: Thondike dan Penguatan: Skinner. http://bambangriyantomath.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/teori-asosiasi-thondike-dan-penguatan-skinner/.diakses 12April2010

Blind Eye

Ini ni, novel yg bikin gw tergerak hati-na buad ngebeli..
Seumur2, gw paling males sma novel, apalagi baca-na..
Tapi yg ini beda.. gw ampe beli 'n ngebaca bener2 ampe abis..
Ahahaha.. kocak dah..
Ngasi bocoran aja ni, ni tentang dokter pencabut nyawa (psychopat)..
Kisah nyata pula.. Nama "Michael Swango" Pasti udah ngga asing lagi di Amerika sono..


Yaudah ni liad aja resensi buku-na..
http://www.bukukita.com/Non-Fiksi-Lainnya/Kisah-Nyata/54478-Blind-Eye.html

Tapi kapan difilm-in yyaa? hmm.. klo di film-in pasti gw tonton..

24 Kepribadian Billy

Sebagai anak psikologi (ciaelaah.. hha!) diwajibkan buad baca ni buku..
Gila, udah tw gw paling males klo disuruh baca novel..
Tpi demi title gw yg anak psikologi gw bela2in dah.. hha..

Ni buad referensi buku-na, bisa diklik di link ini..
http://www.bukukita.com/infodetailbuku.php?idBook=740

Selamat membacaaa...

"Front of the Class"

Itu judul-na..
Film yg menurut gw bagus banged ini, ngebuad gw ngerasa beruntung klo gw masi idup normal 'n masi bisa ngejalanin idup gw sehari2 tanpa harus ngerasa terpuruk..
Film ini diambil dari kisah nyata 'n ada novel-na jga looh..
So, langsung aja gw kasi informasi-na yyaa..
In english pasti-na.. coz jga mungut dari wikipedia..ehe..

Brad Cohen

Brad Cohen is an American motivational speaker and an award-winning teacher and author who has severe Tourette syndrome (TS). Cohen described his experiences growing up with the condition in his book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky. The book has been made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie titled Front of the Class.

During his childhood, Cohen was accused of being a troublemaker in school and was punished by his teachers for the tics and noises caused by TS. He decided to "become the teacher that he never had". After he graduated and received his teaching certificate, 24 elementary schools rejected him before he was hired at Mountain View Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia. As a new teacher, he was named Georgia's First Class Teacher of the Year.

Early life

Cohen grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, in a Jewish family. His parents divorced during his early childhood. Cohen barked and twitched constantly during his waking hours, and would knock his knee against the inside of the car door. Someone asked his mother once if she had considered an exorcist. His mother was compassionate, but his father did not understand why his son did the things he did, often getting frustrated and punishing him for making noises or other physical tics.

Doctors initially told Cohen's mother that his tics were an emotional reaction to his parents' divorce. Teachers did not understand Cohen; they thought he was mischievous, due to the noises (tics) caused by his TS. His fifth-grade teacher forced him to walk to the front of the classroom to apologize for the noises he made and promise that he would never make them again. He felt humiliated and decided that he would become the teacher he never had, saying: "I always felt like the kid in the corner. I really needed support and acceptance from my teacher and didn't get it. From then on, I knew that I wanted to be that teacher—one who would offer support and acceptance and really be there for each kid." When Cohen was 12 years old, his mother identified his behavior as TS from her own research. She took him to a Tourette syndrome support group meeting, where Cohen realized that other attendees "seemed resigned to a life of defeat" and was "inspired to triumph over the disorder".

In the beginning of his eighth grade year, after Cohen appeared on the Sally Jessy Raphaël show, his middle-school principal decided to let Cohen speak to the school about his Tourette syndrome. Cohen continued to educate people about TS, increasing his confidence and speaking skills.

Cohen graduated from Parkway Central High School in 1992, and was president of the St. Louis Council of Aleph Zadik Aleph.


College and later life

Cohen attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, majoring in elementary education. During his first week at school he was kicked out of a local fast food restaurant when an employee thought Cohen was drunk and threatened to call the police, even as Cohen and his friends were trying to explain about his vocal tics and TS. Within hours, fellow students began to organize a boycott of the restaurant; the manager phoned Cohen and asked him to come back to the restaurant so he could apologize in person.

After graduating cum laude with many academic honors, Cohen moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1990s to seek employment, applying to numerous elementary schools for a teaching position. He interviewed with administrators, but his interviews were always punctuated by his tics. He was rejected 24 times before Mountain View Elementary School hired him to teach the second and third grades. Cohen, who taught about his Tourette syndrome at the beginning of each year, was popular with students; one parent requested his child be removed from his class, but asked to have the child moved back only weeks later. He was awarded the Sallie Mae First Class Teacher of the Year in 1997. Cohen later taught second grade at Tritt Elementary School in suburban Atlanta, before leaving the classroom on the path to becoming a school administrator, supervising other teachers.

Cohen was less lucky in romance, saying, "We called it second-date syndrome: I couldn't get past the first date." Cohen met Nancy Lazarus of Charleston, South Carolina, through an Internet dating service and they married in June 2006.


Accomplishments

Cohen's book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-written with Lisa Wysocky, was published in 2005. It won the Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Education Book for that year. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the book is "well worth reading, giv[ing] insight into what it is like to live with Tourette's—such as when Brad's noises disturbed other people at restaurants, sports bars, golf courses and movie theaters, and when Brad could get a first date with a woman but never a second".

He continued to act as a spokesman for the condition, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 26, 2006. He has been featured in a public service announcement for the national Tourette Syndrome Association, and he serves as the vice president for the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia. He was a chairman of Relay for Life, a Little League coach, a Major League Baseball mascot, and has received recognition and several awards for volunteerism and community involvement.


Hallmark Hall of Fame movie

The book was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie starring newcomer Jimmy Wolk—a 2007 University of Michigan graduate—and featuring Treat Williams and Emmy Award-winning actress Patricia Heaton as Cohen's parents; the movie aired on CBS on December 7, 2008. Dominic Scott Kay portrays Cohen as a child.

Following his 2006 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in 2007 Cohen spoke at a conference after Timothy Shriver of the Special Olympics. According to Shriver, "The audience 'was laughing, then crying, then laughing, then crying, then cheering, and at the end, they gave him a huge standing ovation.'" Shriver suggested the movie to Cohen, and became the executive producer one year later. Cohen was concerned that the movie should stay truthful and avoid sensationalizing Tourette syndrome. He was pleased with the overall result, although he noted some dates in his life were sped up for effect (for example, the date of his wedding."

To portray Cohen's tics accurately, Wolk and Kay viewed videotapes and worked with a dialect coach, describing their preparation as a "Tourette's boot camp". Cohen said the portrayal of his tics is "very, very authentic". Heaton, the mother of four children, was attracted to the script because she related to the strong mother: "Finally, she went to the library herself—as mothers will do to fight for the end for their kids and find out what's wrong—and realized he had Tourettes," Heaton explained.

Although tics steadily decline for most children as they pass through adolescence, Cohen still has frequent and loud vocal tics and barking. He joked: "I'm hoping I don't get kicked out of my own movie."

Sumber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Cohen


Hmm.. keren gila ni kisah nyata..
Poko'-na wajib nnton dah! atw baca novel-na jga boleeh..
Dijamin memberikan pencerahan.. hha..