Monday, July 18, 2011

Catatan Harian Si Boy (International Title: Boy's Diary) (2011)



Genre: Drama

Country: Indonesia 


Tag Line: Nama Gue Boy, Ini Catatan Gue... (My Name is Boy, This is My Diary)


Running Time: 1 Hour 38 Minutes


Casts: Ario Bayu, Carissa Puteri, Paul Foster, Poppy Sovia
 

Directed by: Putrama Tuta
 

Produced by: Putrama Tuta

Story:
Nuke is laid sick on bed at a hospital by holding a book. Nuke's daughter Natasha (Carissa Puteri) comes back from London to meet her mother. The Doctor who takes care of her mother almost gives up and suggests Natasha to look for the book's owner, to make her mother feeling happy before it's too late. At the street, Satrio (Ario Bayu) is racing with his best friends.At one situation, they all are meet together at police office. Satrio who interests with Natasha deciding that he will help Natasha finding the book's owner, whose named Boy (Onky Alexander).
But their efforts don't go smoothly when love between three persons and the thugs appeared. Violence happens and Boy is not the same person like who he was.
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Review: 
At first, I thought this movie is a remake from the movie with same title which aired around 1980s. But, it's not. It's a sixth movie of Boy's Diary which be made after 20 years from the last one. I thought the first movie was just great at that time. It's one of the best movie in Indonesia at that time, maybe till now. The sequel is not as great as the first one but you can still call it a good production movie.
For this last installment, the setting is made 20 years after the last one. The story is not really about a man named Boy but still involving his diary (Note: He wrote this diary 20 years ago). So, you don’t have to watch the previous ‘Boy’ to understand the whole story. This movie tells more about friendship between the acts. 
Satrio (Ario Bayu) who is a car mechanic and you can call him the 21st century Boy (but don't write any diary). He does something crazy like illegal racing, he used to be born into silver spoon before he realize all the nice things he had in life was in fact a result of his father being a corruptor (cameo by senior actor, Roy Marten)
The story is quite simple, nothing extraordinary, no special effect, but still you can enjoy it. For me, I like this one since it's hard to watch good quality of Indonesia movie.  The production is on the top for this one. I like how the story develops from one side to the other side. The direction is also very good. 
I will give my credit to one of the cameo which is Joko Anwar, I think he is really good at being Boy's bodyguard. He is really cool at it. All the acts play really good in this movie especially, the one who plays character named Heri (Albert Halim). Without him, this movie will become very serious and not fun at all. He gives some entertainments to this movie, you will really enjoy this one, I am sure of it. He has a strongest character of all, he's funny and adorable, what a cute character. Also there is one character named Andi (Robertino), who is also fun to see him around. It's because he is trying to be cool but still you can laugh at him anytime you see him. He can be serious and being a jerk at one time. It's fun, right?
One of my minus point is this movie should be aired longer than it is now. 98 minutes is not enough to show the complete story. Few parts of the movie is not shown out to the audience. It's impossible for one powerful character which is Niko (Paul Forster) who is strong and cruel will tell all the truth to Natasha all the bad things he did to Satrio and his friends. He gives up so fast and it's not showed in the movie.  
Overall, it's recommended to you all, it's one of the good movie in 2011, you should watch it and enjoy it. :D

Good points: 
-   Great direction and great acts from its actor especially Albert Halim and Robertino.
-   Full of fun and humor towards the movie. It's serious but it's fun :D

Bad points:
-   Few parts of the movie are not shown to the audiences.   

Rating: 7.5/10.0

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