REVIEW DILAN 1990 MOVIE

“Jangan rindu, berat kamu nggak akan kuat. Biar aku saja.” That’s one of the popular quotes in Dilan 1990 movie. Dilan 1990 is a romance movie from Indonesia, it produces by Falcon Pictures and Maxima Pictures. The director is Fajar Bustomi, who became Get Married 5 (2015) director also. This movie is based on the novel Dilanku 1990 by Pidi Baiq. It is belong to best-selling Indonesian movie in 2018. The main characters of this movie are Iqbal Ramadhan or popular with Iqbal Coboy Junior as Dilan and Vanesha Prescilla or people know her as the sister of Sissy Priscillia (an Indonesian Actress also), she plays as Milea. The target of this movie are the youngest and adults. People are very interesting with this movie, that is why this movie has been watched almost 7,000,000 only in three months.

This movie is talking about the story of love in a senior high school. The boy named Dilan met the new student who moved from Jakarta to Bandung. That student named Milea, a beautiful girl from 2 Biology 3 class. Their meeting is actually unique and different from a usual love story generally. This movie shows characterization of Dilan as same as in the novel version. Dilan and Milea met at the street before they go to school. In short, they just falling in love each other, even Milea has a boyfriend in Jakarta. There are some parts that make the movie suitable to become a good movie, even in the prolog, climax and the ending.

Actually, we have many characters in this movie, such as Brandon Salim as Beni, Zulfa Maharani as Rani, Yuriko Angeline as Watu, Steffi Zamora as Susiana, Omar as Pian, Refal Hady as Kang Adi, Giulio Parengkuan as Anhar, Gusti Rayhan as Akew, Debo Adryos Aryanto as Nandan, and etc. As we know that this movie brings the new atmosphere from Indonesian filmic, because we can find many characters that play by a new actor and actress there. Their acting in this movie totally good and get the best respond from the viewer. Although they include the newest actor and actress, they can apply the characterization into a good performance.

Their performance is good and totally nice because many aspects. First, their casting is totally perfect. Second, they can improve the characterization of the character from novel version into a movie version. Third, their costume is totally matching and appropriate to their characters in this movie. It is because this movie is talking about the love story in a senior high school, so the costume is only a uniform of that school. Meanwhile, there is something unique in this movie. Dilan used a denim jacket in informal scene, it shows the character of Dilan as same as in the novel version. Then, the part that makes this movie perfect is about the story of Dilan 1990. It shows by the acting of the main character is well. In the beginning, Iqbal represents Dilan as professional as how Pidi Baiq tells in his novel. It looks from his body language, the way he looks Milea. Also, in the fight scene; even Iqbal or Vanesha, their acting is totally perfect.

After that, we move in background music. The soundtrack of this movie is Dulu Kita Masih SMA by Pidi Baiq. Literally, I have ever covered this song around two months ago. This song is literally shows that Pidi Baiq really missing the Dilan and Milea atmosphere on his novel. The other songs are Rindu Sendiri, Kemudian Ini, Kaulah Ahlinya Bagiku, Itu Akan Selalu, and etc. Special for this movie, Iqbal Ramadhan records his voice to Rindu Sendiri. As we know that Iqbal is one of Coboy Junior member. The atmosphere from this movie is good depends on this soundtracks.

Meanwhile, there is something that literally makes this movie less perfect. There are differences between the movie and novel version. In the novel version the story of Dilan explains more details than the Movie version. There are some parts that are available in novel, but in the movie are not available. Such as, in the novel version, in chapter 17 (Kang Adi), there is a little conversation between Kang Adi and Milea, but we can't find in the movie version. Also, there are different settings between the movie and the novel version. Such as, in the scene when Dilan comes to Milea's house at dinner time. In the novel version, Milea continues to eating in her room, but in the movie version Milea is still eating in her dining room. Meanwhile, it does not make the movie is bad, it may becomes a correction to this movie.

So, that is why this movie is recommended for youngest people who love the classic romance movie. From one until five stars, I will give 3 stars for this movie. This movie also introduces the Sunda language, it shows that this movie cares so much about the Indonesian culture. Once again, so proud of Indonesian movies, always support them. That’s all from me. Thank you 