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³The Catcher in the Rye´ is a book I recently finished. It left deep resonance in my brain, that¶s
how I would describe the impact. I still could hear Holden Caulfield says stuff like ³swell´ or ³it
kills me´ even days after I finished reading it.

It¶s easy to make something nice, it¶s hard to make something good, and only genius can create
something that touch your heart, deep down there after layers of intelligence, knowledge and
ego.




  ± quoted from Cutting Edge Advertising book.

An elbow touched me indeed tonight when I decided to watch 
  

, the movie, all by
myself, on a day when everyone left early in order to welcoming the upcoming Lebaran break.

I haven¶t read the book, and I don¶t want to spend like so many of lines explaining about the
story and the plot and the craft and what¶s so good about it like in any other movie reviews. All
you need to do is type Laskar Pelangi in google and you¶ll find lots of stuff regarding to the
movies itself. Like here, or here for example.

Instead, I want to share about how it made me feel, since not everyday I get a chance to see stuff
that really moves me.

Indonesian children¶s lack of education (especially in rural areas) is not something new, but it
always feel fresh because it¶s still one of major problem which still running up until this moment
you are reading this blog. But carrying a message that can reach wide demographic range of
audience in order to make them re-think about this problem, is a hard thing to do.
 Laskar Pelangi told a story from a point of
view of a boy who lived in Belitung Island, a small island in Indonesia. The irony was in the fact
the the island was one of the richest island which produce timber, yet the majority of the people
were poor. The ³O´ point of view was from one of the poor boy who could only go to school if
the school had enough people (10 kids) to start the class.

It¶s a simple story, about the struggle of having a dream no matter how poor you are. But again,
it¶s  you tell the story that matters.

I was carried away, and I don¶t want to waste anymore crap on how good and natural the casting
was, how brilliant the talent directing was and blah blah blah. I was there sitting in the dark
cinema as an audience who was carried away by the movie, and boy how I cried several times
(and I am not that easily touched by cliche, believe me!). Some scenes were able to touch my
heart as hard as an elbow could in a simplest, most honest and humble manner.

There are a lot of good people these days that creates things   and makes you go ³ah, that¶s
nice´, but when was the last time you see something so good it touches you deep and beyond,
makes you see a movie with your heart beyond your intelligence?

Go see this one. You might want to end up doing something good to others, and it¶s probably
what the world need most now.