Review Film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Review Film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Daydreaming. Activities of the human consciousness that can lead us to forget for a moment about the reality and bring us to another limit world as we wish. That’s happened to Mitty in the middle of her already messy life. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’s latest film Ben Stiller is also directed by him. This film is adaptation from classic short story.

Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) is a worker in LIFE magazine. He is the compiler of photos for the cover of LIFE magazine. Until one day, the magazine where he works should be closed and ended by making one cover edition. And the problem is, the photo number 25 cliché that will be the cover of the magazine is not found in the package sent by Sean O ‘Connell.

For that reason he always being chased by Ted as his boss and also who is being the leader for this last project. Mitty was confused and had to chase Sean who was in Greenland. With the help of Cheryl, Mitty was eager to find Sean and fight his daydreaming habits at important moments.

This beautiful movie is a movie that can have a connection with the audience. Connection happens because the audience has experienced the incident. Who does not daydream? To imagine a better life, to imagine more beautiful things, or to imagine the impossible to do. Obviously, everybody imagined that. And that is, the connection that will make this movie personal for the audience. A simple movie is as simple as the poster of a person’s struggle that can only wish to finally do something impossible to do. When a quote from LIFE magazine which is practically a guide in all series of stories is presented in a way that is so unique in every scene. The more quote gets an increasingly important portion, the intensity of its appearance will be more frequent and with a unique approach.

The Secret of Waltter Mitty teaches a lot to us. Teach us about a great hope if we have a great will. Teaches us not only to delight in wonders but also to make what we imagine to be something real. Not that the average person does not have the usual experience, does it? Make something big and big change  come into your life. Because like the older people saying that “Experience is the greatest teacher” and we can’t buy an experience but we can live with that experience.

REVIEW FILM "500 DAYS OF SUMMER"

Review Film “500 Days of Summer”

What would you do if there was something beautiful being over you? Will you continue to smile for a whole day? Are you going to do something you don’t like passionately? Or will you sing all day long? This statement will be the same according to the feelings of the characters in this film, when he finally gets a happy feeling, the whole world seemed to be smiling at him, and practically everything seemed so sweet and refreshing for his life.

500 days of summer, this film tells the story of a young man who must pass 500 days when his life the arrival of a beautiful woman who gave everything good and bad for him. It looks like the director of this movie want to tell you that not all the couples in the films will always end up happy. But unfortunately, for the eyes of the audience, this movie really has amazing. There are a lot moments that can be spelled out is a love story itself, which is so romantic and interesting.

In this film tells of a relationship that doesn’t break even men and women. The story centers is on 500 days when Tom Hansen and Summer Finn fell in love, got in touch, and split up all of a sudden. They first met at a meeting. Tom works as a writer at a greeting card company, where Summer is recruited as Tom’s new boss’s assistant. After the karaoke show, where Tom sweetly sang here comes your man pixies, a drunken co-worker told Summer that Tom was interested in her. Summer surprisingly admits that she is also interested in Tom. The next few months, the relationship is getting closer. However, in the midst of this positive development, Summer confirms to Tom that he is not and is not intent on finding a boyfriend.

In fact Tom simply misrepresents his intimacy with Summer as a bond, yet intimacy is nothing more than an illusion. Summer is Tom’s type, and Tom is Summer’s type. Tom is looking for a woman who can match his musical tastes, while Summer is looking for a man who can spawn his damaged sense of humor. When they meet, they can’t possibly not connect. The problem was that Tom misinterpreted Summer’s openness as an act of surrender. Tom didn’t quite understand the depth of Summer motivation. For Tom intimacy is a step toward a more stable relationship, while for Summer intimacy just a playground that can be abandoned anytime.

Therefore separated they both became a very emotional moment for Tom. Everyday he alone analyzed what ever happened in his relationship, what was wrong, what did not, and so on. This self defeating process happened long enough that Tom forgot the real problem in his relationship with Summer. He can only remember sweet memories with Summer. Until heart to heart talk with friends and relatives, Tom finally realizes that his relationship with Summer does not have a strong foundation, and can be finished anytime Summer wants. And finally on day 500 Tom came to an interview and got acquainted with a woman named autumn. Tom invite Autumn for coffee, and finally Tom start to forget Summer.

The message of this movie is love is like a journey of life only. Keep repeating and will keep repeating. After Summer there is Autumn and so on. The transfer of seasons is also inevitable. Surely there are times can’t move on, feel like we are dying and etc. but we must ready for the rainstorm we are going trough, and certainly after the rain there will be a beautiful rainbow.

PASSIVE SENTENCE

What Is a Passive Sentence? (with Examples)

In a passive sentence, the subject does not perform the action in the sentence. In fact, the action is performed on it.

More Examples of Passive Sentences

Here are some more examples of passive sentences:

Anita was driven to the theatre. (In this example, Anita did not perform the action of the verb to drive. The action was done to her. She was the recipient of the action.)

  Nowadays, black kites are protected. (The action is being done to the subject, black kites.)

  The olives are stoned and crushed in this room. (The action is being done to the subject, The olives.)

With a Passive Sentence, Use By to Show the Actor

In a passive sentence, the person or thing doing the action (the actor) is usually preceded by the word by. For example:

• Anita was driven to the theatre by Carla.
• Nowadays, black kites are protected by law.
• The olives are stoned and crushed in this room by my son.

The opposite of a passive sentence is an active sentence, in which the subject does perform the action of the verb.

Passive Sentences

Subject	Predicate	Agent	Adverb	Meaning
Berita itu	sudah didengar	oleh Anwar	kemarin.	The news was heard by him yesterday.
Uang	bisa dipinjam	olehnya	dari Bank.	Money can be borrowed by him from the bank.

Passive sentences are also called object-focus sentences, because the object is the focus of the attention. They are commonly used especially in newspaper headlines.

Passive Sentences For The First and Second Person

Some grammarians argue that the rules for transforming active sentences into passive sentences are not applicable for the first(saya, aku) or second person(kamu, kau, engkau, Anda). It only applies if the subject or doer is the third person.

Examples

Active Sentences	Passive Sentences(1)	Passive Sentences(2)
Saya menulis buku itu. Aku menulis buku itu. I wrote the book. Kamu menerima bungkusan itu kemarin. Kau menerima bungkusan itu. You received the packaged yesterday.	Buku itu ditulis oleh saya. Buku itu ditulis oleh aku. The book was written by me. Bungkusan itu diterima olehmu(oleh kamu) kemarin. Bungkusan itu diterima oleh engkau kemarin.(never said this way) The packaged was received by you yesterday	Buku itu saya tulis. Buku itu kutulis. The book was written by me. Bungkusan itu kamu terima kemarin. Bungkusan itu kauterima kemarin. The packaged was received by you yesterday

When the first and the second pronoun happen to be aku(I) and engkau, kau(you), the clitic form ‘ku’ and ‘kau’ is used and is joined together with the verbs.

Most grammarians think the correct passive form is Passive Sentences(2). The only grammarians who accept both Passive Sentences(1) and (2) are Dr. Gorys Keraf, R. Ross Macdonald and Prof. Dr. Soenjono Darjowidjojo.

Non-agentive Passive Sentences

Newspaper headlines are full of non-agentive passive sentences where doers are omitted because they are understood or not important.

Tiga pejabat baru dilantik. Dua polisi ditindak. Supaya mudah dibaca, tulislah besar-besar.

Three new officers were appointed. Two policemen were disciplined. To make it easy for people to read, please write in big letters.

 

Passive Sentences With Prefix ter-

The prefix ter- is also used to express the passive voice but the prefix ter- implies that the action is accidentally done.(see prefix ter- chapter)

Penumpang itu dilempar ke luar. Penumpang itu terlempar ke laut. Kaki orang itu diinjak oleh Ahmad. Kaki orang itu terinjak oleh Ahmad. Rumahnya dibakar tadi malam. Rumahnya terbakar tadi malam.

The passenger was thrown outside. The passenger was accidentally thrown outside. The man’s foot was trampled on by Ahmad. The man’s foot was accidentally trampled on by Ahmad. The house was burned down last night. The house was burned down by accident last night.

 

Passive Sentences With Affix ke-an

The affix ke-an has a passive tone also.

Saya kedinginan karena AC. Mereka kehujanan kemarin. Soal itu ketahuan oleh orangtuanya. Saya kehabisan uang. Tadi malam saya kecurian dompet.

I suffered from the cold because of the air conditioner. They were caught in the rain(yesterday). The matter was found out by his parents. I ran out of money. Last night my wallet was stolen.

 

Passive Sentences With The Word ‘Kena‘

Saya ditipu oleh orang itu. Uangnya dicuri. Kami didenda polisi. Anak itu dihukum bapaknya.

Saya kena tipu orang itu. Uangnya kena curi. Kami kena denda polisi. Anak itu kena hukum bapaknya.

I was cheated by that person. His money was stolen. We were fined by the police. That boy was punished by his father.