3 Hari Untuk Selamanya

Riri Riza's '3 Hari untuk Selamanya' is a road movie that could use a tighter itinerary, and yet throughout it has lovely, and occasional powerful, moments. The screenplay is minimalistic, but every dialogue is chosen with careful precision so that the subtext can always be felt. The acting is note perfect across the board with the chemistry between Nicolas Saputra and Adinia Wirasti shining through.

I saw this movie and it's great and all. Making a trip that causes the characters to break tradition, culture, and other rules, etc., etc. But here's the thing. As I watched it and gathered all the details, one movie popped into my head. Y Tu Mama Tambien that won international raves not so long ago with Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna starring and directed by the great Alfonso Cuaron. Two men making a trip from Guadalajara to Oaxaca with a slightly older and more experienced lady. All the incidents during this trip caused them to break so many moral and ethic codes that are held by religious Mexicans. Very, very deep. This movie does the same. Good performance by both but I'm kind of bummed by this movie because it seems that this movie is a result of plagiarism from an original, indie, Mexican movie. I think Indonesian entertainment should do better and be more creative and ORIGINAL instead of just being copycats. We have the talent, why not try to think harder and make something of our own?

This movie succeeded in conforming international quality standards. This movie has a really nice cinematography, this movie offer some great views of Java Island. Great acting performances by both main casts, unique storyline, and also great soundtracks. The dialogs are real enough and not exaggerating, so it could really resembles about what is going on in our social life right now. U can see the gap between old tradition with current modern lifestyle, and the irony that most of Indonesian are trapped in both situation. You can see that irony are all over the place, inconsistencies about values in life. So you will also find many black humor in this movie. But still, the main idea of the story would be hard to be followed, and with so much controversy in the story, i got a bit confused with what are the writer and director trying to say with this movie.