Celine:
---Wellesley College, 1950s---
Katherine Watson: Since your wedding, you've missed six classes, a paper and your midterm.
Betty Warren: I was on my honeymoon and then I had to set up house. What does she expect?
Katherine Watson: Attendance.
Connie Baker: [timidly] Most of the faculty turn their heads when the married students miss a class or two.
Katherine Watson: Well then why not get married as freshman? That way you could graduate without actually ever stepping foot on campus.
Betty Warren: Don't disregard our traditions just because you're subversive.
Katherine Watson: Don't disrespect this class just because you're married.
Betty Warren: Don't disrespect me just because you're not.
Katherine Watson: Come to class, do the work, or I'll fail you.
Betty Warren: If you fail me, there will be consequences.
Katherine Watson: Are you threatening me?
Betty Warren: I'm educating you.
Katherine Watson: That's *my* job.
Celine:
I hate that the media, you know, they are trying to control our minds.
Jesse:
The media?
Celine:
Yeah, the media. You know it‘s very subtle, but you know, it‘s a new form of fascism.
(Before Sunrise, 1995)
Katherine of Aragon: (to Anne and Mary)
"I am Katherine, Queen of England, the King's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people, and beloved of a King you have bewitched."
Katherine of Aragon: (to Anne)
"Let me tell you this. You want me to lie before God, and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well, it was not. You want me to retire, and withdraw my daughter's claim as sole rightful heir to the throne? Well, I shall not. Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me within an inch of my life. So, I hope you have the belly for a fight, Anne Boleyn, because I'll fight you, every inch of the way."
Her Life
Catherine of Aragon was born into a family of kings and queens and was destined to become one herself. She was betrothed since she was about four years old to the future king of England. She fulfilled this destiny, but became victim of Henry VIII's inability to produce a male heir. For this reason, she was removed from her throne and her marriage annulled. Although, maybe not the most memorable of Henry VIII's wives, she certainly had left a mark on history.
Catherine of Aragon had anything but a typical childhood. Catherine of Aragon was born on December 16, 1485 in Alcala de Henares, Spain. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella of Castile and mighty King Ferdinand of Aragon. Catherine was the youngest of five children, the others being Isabella, Juan, Juana, and Maria. Catherine's childhood experiences were quite fascinating. She witnessed the surrender of the Moors in Granada and Columbus' first voyage to the New World. Also Catherine was able to choose her own badge, which consisted of a pomegranate. This ends up being quite appropriate, because the fruit is hard on the outside, which symbolized Catherine's tough attitude and was soft on the inside, which symbolized fertility.
Catherine received an education typical of women in the fifteenth century. She was taught religion, housewife skills, and literacy in Spanish and Latin. She was a well-read child and she watched her parents deal with diplomatic and militaristic issues. In 1489, arrangements were made between Spain and England that betrothed Catherine of Aragon to Arthur, Prince of Wales, who was next in line to receive the English crown. This betrothal was made in order to keep the peace between two of the most powerful nations of Europe.
Tragedy struck the family in 1498 when Catherine's sister, Isabella, Queen of Portugal, died in childbirth. Although this tragedy hurt the royal family of Spain, in 1501, Catherine left Spain for England to marry Prince Arthur. They were married on November 14, 1501. The marriage was short because Arthur had died on April 2, 1502.
Her first marriage created much debate on whether or not it was consummated, because Catherine agreed to a second marriage to Arthur's brother, Henry VIII. Financial matters dealing with Catherine's dowry and King Henry VII kept the two from marrying until the king's death on April 21, 1509. Catherine and Henry VIII were married on June 11th, 1509. Henry was then crowned on June 24th, which made Catherine, Queen of England.
Catherine was very much an ideal queen. She was supportive of her husband, and like him, she enjoyed music and dance. As queen, Catherine managed the royal household, cared for Henry's linen and wardrobe, ran her own estates, and often supervised in royal business. She also took time and effort to provide the poor with money, clothes, food, and fuel in the winter. She was the only person Henry could confide to in the first few years of their marriage. For the first five years of their marriage, Catherine acted as the Spanish ambassador to England quite successfully on her own. She held off a Scottish rebellion in England while King Henry was off to war in France.
Queen Catherine bore six children, only one of whom had survived. This was Princess Mary, who would later become Queen Mary I of England also known as "Bloody Mary". The birth of her daughter, was a time of joy for Catherine, but her father, King Ferdinand of Spain had passed soon after. Henry was obsessed with producing a male heir to the throne in order to continue the Tudor dynasty. It became evident to Henry that Catherine would not be able to give him a son. Consequently, Henry tried to secure an annulment of his marriage with Catherine from Pope Clement VII. Catherine was initially given the opportunity to leave Henry VIII peacefully by living out her years in a nunnery. She chose to fight it out in the courts, which ruled against her. Had Catherine acted differently, the religious reformation would have been delayed or might not have come to England at all. The pope would not agree to the annulment so Henry decided to resolve his dilemma by having the archbishop of Canterbury declare his marriage with Catherine null and void on March 30, 1534. Henry then took Anne Boleyn as his new queen. Henry VIII had split away from the Catholic Church and formed the Church of England, and put himself as the head of the church.
Catherine lived out her life at Kimbolton, secluded from Henry and her daughter, Mary. Catherine died on January 7, 1536, at the age of fifty.
Catherine of Aragon had changed the course of history. Had it not been for her, the Protestant Reformation might not have occurred in England. Although, many might think that it was unfortunate for Catherine that Henry had their marriage annulled, it was lucky for her that she did not suffer the same fate as Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. And her daughter Mary, did become Queen of England.
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Landon: Jamie, I'm trying here, OK? Maybe... maybe I miss spending time with you. Maybe you inspire me.
Jamie: Sounds like bull.
Landon: Which part?
Jamie: All of it.
Landon: Well it's not!
Jamie: Prove it.
Jamie: [after she and Landon keep switching the radio station] Forty-two.
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Jamie: Forty-two is "Befriend somebody I don't like". It's a to-do list I have.
Landon: What, like getting a new personality?
Jamie: Spend a year in the Peace Corps, make a medical discovery...
Landon: That's ambitious.
Jamie: ...Be in two places at once, get a tattoo.
Landon: What's number one?
Jamie: I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Jamie: You’re acting like a crazy person, what's going on?
Landon: Right now, you're straddling the state line.
Jamie: OK...
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Akhirnya, gue menonton juga Angels & Demons setelah berencana untuk menahannya hingga gue selese UAS. Tapi sungguh ku tak bisa...
Well, gue ngga membaca bukunya, sama seperti ketidakmampuan gue untuk membaca buku dengan level of imagination yang terlalu tinggi untuk orang-orang seperti gue. Iya, orang-orang yang lebih menikmati buku romantis dan historis semacam Nicholas Sparks atau Jane Austen punya. Gue sama sekali tidak bisa membaca buku karya orang-orang jenius semacam JK Rowling, Stephanie Meyer, atau Dan Brown. Bahkan penulis sekaliber Indonesia Andrea Hirata pun ngga pernah gue baca! Hahaha. Yeah, whatever it'll be said, I enjoy it.
Jadi gue lebih memilih untuk menonton filmnya, walau orang-orang selalu beranggapan apa yg digambarkan sebuah film yang diangkat dari sebuah buku sangatlah jauh hasilnya, seperti gue yg lebih suka versi bukunya A Walk to Remember ketimbang filmnya, tapi buktinya saking tergila-gilanya sama tuh buku, gue nonton sampe belasan kali tuh filmnya.
Tadi gue nonton sama Kak Galuh, gara-gara gue ngajak dia nonton setelah kita ngobrol tentang Freemason. Yang ingin gue pertanyakan di sini adalah, siapa sih Dan Brown? Tadinya gue kagum dengan karakter fiktif Robert Langdon, tapi ternyata gue lebih kagum dengan penciptanya, Dan Brown. Mengapa ia sejenius itu? Hahaha sama seperti reaksi gue kalo abis nonton film-filmnya Harry Potter. Mengapa JK Rowling sejenius itu? Well, gue ingin membuka sebuah kejujuran dari lubuk hati yang terdalam, Anda boleh tertawa, boleh jungkir balik, maupun kayang atau lilin. Karena gue belum pernah nonton Twilight! Huahahahahahaha. Tertawalah, karena menurut gue itu hal yang wajar kalo gue belum nonton, tapi setiap gue bilang gitu sama orang, kenapa orang-orang selalu tertawa? Cih. Hahahaha.
Alasan kenapa gue tidak memberanikan diri untuk menonton Twilight adalah, karena gue tau, ujung-ujungnya gue bakal addicted dan tergila-gila dengan karakter Edward Cullen! Hahahaha, tattuuuuuutttt. Jadi hingga sekarang gue tidak mau menonton itu, cukup sudah gue tergila-gila dengan karakter Landon Carter yang awalnya menyebalkan tapi ujung-ujungnya gue kagum karena kesetiaannya. Apalagi Edward Cullen yang behavior-nya sangat membuat setiap wanita jatuh hati saking tulusnya ia dengan Bella Swan. Dan untungnya, gue sama sekali tidak penasaran dengan Twilight. Tapi, mendengar si Dakota Fanning bakal main di yg New Moon, membuat penasaran gue muncul supaya nonton. Akh!
Oh iya mengenai Angels & Demons the movie, memang jauh beda ya dengan Da Vinci Code yang sangat kelihatan menentang Gereja. Kalau di sini, terlihat sekali pro-Gereja nya. Dan gue sangat kagum dengan apa yang dikatakan oleh si Pemimpin Rapat bahwa "Setiap agama memiliki kekurangan." WOW!
Yah, yang gue dapatkan adalah, tujuan awal dari para Illuminati sebenarnya memang untuk kebaikan, di mana ilmu pengetahuan itu ada dan akan terus ada walaupun tidak selalu berjalan berdampingan dengan agama. Karena ilmu pengetahuan bekerja untuk selalu mendapatkan akar dari mana segala sesuatu di dunia ini tercipta, namun agama lebih mengajak kita semua untuk menghargai apa yang telah tercipta. Dan hal ini menyebabkan masalah yang akhirnya berlarut-larut hingga sekarang dikarenakan kondisi pada saat itu yang memaksa ilmu pengetahuan dianggap sebagai sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan agama. Kita tidak memungkiri bahwa seorang Galileo, menemukan teori heliosentris tentu untuk kebaikan akan kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan. Namun karena bertentangan dengan apa yang selama ini telah didoktrin oleh Gereja, maka semua yang berhubungan dengan sains pada saat itu dilarang. Dan itulah yang menyebabkan para Illuminati memberontak dan sekarang, mencoba untuk membalas dendamnya. Patrick (McGregor) benar-benar seorang illmunati yang menunjukkan bahwa kejahatan tidak selamanya harus ditunjukkan dengan kekerasan. Well, mungkin itu yang ingin disampaikan oleh seorang Dan Brown.
Gue pertama kali mendengar Illuminati dari internet, di mana gue mendapat email dari entah siapa yang mengirimkan info mengenai Freemason. Awalnya gue pikir itu cuma hoax atau apalah itu namanya yang kaskus punya. Karena gue tidak terlalu mengikuti kaskus, jadi gue cuma baca-baca hal yang menarik-menarik aja. Dan sungguh hal itu masih membuat gue percaya tidak percaya mengenai Freemason masa kini. Karena ternyata banyak orang-orang hebat dari masa lampau yang berjasa membuat dunia ini berjalan lebih baik merupakan duta Freemason. Termasuk Catherine the Great, wow. Lalu gue pun mencari-cari info, dan makin lama hal ini mengaitkan kita mengenai masalah yang tidak pernah kunjung selesai, Yahudi dan Islam.
Hoahm. Gue ngantuk, kita lanjutin kapan-kapan aja ya pembahasannya. Haha
Other movie of one of my-totally-actress besides Dakota Fanning, Scarlett Johansson.
Gue sangat suka dengan sejarah, meskipun gue tidak pernah bisa berhasil dengan sukses dalam menghafal, seperti di saat masa-masa intensif IPS yang lalu, gue selalu gagal dalam sejarah karena tidak bisa menghafal. Tapi entah kenapa gue suka aja sesuatu yang kontroversial, yang sensasional (contoh, berita Dewi Persik), sehingga dengan hebatnya sesuatu itu bisa dimasukkan ke dalam daftar sejarah. Apalagi kakak bimbel gue yang ngajar sejarah kalo udah cerita kayak "Hei, kalian tau ngga, gue-lah pelaku sejarahnya."
Cerita di film ini sebenernya biasa, berbicara mengenai nalurinya seorang raja untuk memperistrikan wanita supaya melahirkan, menghasilkan anak laki-laki yang bisa diturunkan kembali takhtanya ke anaknya itu. Klasik, tapi dihiasi dengan berbagai macam pelik serta lika-liku mengenai pengkhianatan, hubungan saudara, ambisi sebuah keluarga terhadap kekuasaan, kesetiaan, kekuatan wanita yang setia, insting seorang ibu, kekeraskepalaan dari seorang wanita yang pintar, dan lain-lain yang banyak banget pelajarannya. Biasa kan, tapi kalo udah jadi bagian dari sejarah waaaaah asik tuh.
Yang paling membuat kagum adalah ketika melihat Catherine of Aragon, si istri pertama Henry berbicara dengan tegas terhadap Anne Boleyn, dan hal itu pun masih dilakukan secara terhormat sebagai seorang wanita (wow!). Serta kelancarannya ia dalam hal berani membuktikan di pengadilan terhadap segala kenyataan yang memang terjadi apa adanya.
Yang paling bikin sedih, pas Anne berbicara di pengadilan mengenai rasa kasih yang ia alami terhadap saudaranya sendiri si Jim Sturgess (jadi inget Accross The Universe) yang jadi George Boleyn, seharusnya dia bisa tidak berbicara seperti itu, dan seharusnya dia mengatakan yang sebenarnya......dodol. Sedih deh si George dipenggal.
Emang deh yah, orang yang tadinya bego terus akhirnya belajar dan jadi pinter banget bisa jadi bego banget akibat kepintaran dan kekeraskepalaannya. Makanya, jadi orang jangan pinter-pinter, heheheeeeee.
Gue juga kagum sm Mary, yang lain dan tak bukan adalah si Scarlett, sosok pemberani walaupun harus berkorban akan masa depannya tapi buktinya, dia satu-satunya yang bisa bertahan. Berkat ajarannya Elizabeth nih, ibunya, emang deh instingnya seorang ibu tuh kuat banget sama anak-anaknya.
Di bagian akhir menyimpulkan bahwa siapa bilang seorang raja tidak bisa hidup tanpa anak laki-lakinya, justru di Inggris membuktikan bahwa wanita juga bisa memimpin sebuah negara, Elizabeth, yang memimpin selama 45 tahun, si anak dari Anne dan Henry yang keturunannya masih bertahan sampe sekarang.
Yesterday I was just had a time to watched movie with my sisters. And we got Awake for that time. Well I had a big expectation because in the poster noted that it was a thriller. But my expectation helped by the way of the stars played. Not the scariest but how they operated Clayton tickled me. Damn I just fooled by Sam and Jack who were acted clearly. Never imagined that they were bad at first, right. They got it and it's a good movie. Hayden looks like a child, handsomeeeee(everyone admits it) but his face is mamababes hadoh2. And the silly was what my sister said about this movie, she told me when we were going out of studio.
"Well, one thing that I got, listen to your Mom..." she smiled while talked to me and my other sister.
I laughed and replied, "Oh God, You just had realized?" (actually I laughed at her).
Next I'm waiting for Blueberry Nights. No no not only because its story but I want to see how Norah Jones plays at the movie. Ggrooooooookk. One day a looooong time ago when I was a child and started learn how to see the way people live, she ever got minus in my eyes because her attitude. It was in the mass media yaa. That's why I want to know about her deeply.
Tak kenal maka tak sayang toh heheee.
Woohoooo, I got it finished! Hehe, finally this Pride & Prejudice closing all the books to be read at the holiday. A little bit relieve because I was so anxious of it, afraid that this would not be finished until the end of the holiday. But I also excited of the ending. Woooooooo even it's really easy to be guess, but to know that this will be come true is need a looooooooong time. Hehe. You know, I love Darcy. Yea, I guess everybody will be fascinated with Bingley than Darcy right. But I do not know I just not too interested with him. He seems too perfect and he got the perfect one, Jane, so not challenging hehe. Darcy looks terrible at the first time because people judge him from the outside about his pride, we do not know the truth about him. And Elizabeth even though her prejudice always makes her into troubles but see, in a row of the age, maturity will comes out by itself. Can not wait to watch the movie, hehe padahal filmnya udah lama bgt beredar. Be anxious to find out the hilarious Bennet Family. Yauweslah yo, see you
Gue mulai dengan pendapat gue tentang film ini. Film yg klasik dan era tahun 90an ini membuat gue berfikir untuk menjadikan film ini sebagai film favorit kedua gue setelah A Walk to Remember yang bikin gue terinspirasi sedari dulu. Persamaannya, film ini sama-sama ngambil dari novel yang ditulis oleh Nicholas Sparks. One of my favourite authors. Menurut gue
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