Love, Hope and Dream - My corny thoughts regarding Comrades : Almost a Love Story (tián mì mì)

08.17.00



Suatu ketika seseorang pernah mengatakan hal yang menurut saya "corny" or should i say it's the most cheesy pick up line ever!. Dia bilang : "Nao itu orangnya ceria banget ya, senyum terus. Enak gitu dilihatnya". Orang lain yang mendengar hal yang sama mungkin akan mengeryitkan dahi, lalu akan berkata dalam hati "WTF are u trying to do man?!", dan lalu hening, absurd, salting. Karena entah kenapa kadang manusia salah menangkap sinyal, sehingga otak salah interpretasi dan salah mengerti. Apalagi kalau hati juga ikut bicara, kadang logika ikut salah sangka.

Namun, saya berani mengklaim kalau saya berbeda. Terus terang saya pribadi yang cukup optimis (berguna banget lowh di CV :D). I simply take what the man said as a damn compliment, beside.. he was a tall good looking guy. Saya balas pujian mas tadi dengan senyum paling manis yang bisa saya produksi saat itu juga, sambil berkata : "Masak sih mas?, anyway.. makasih ya :)". Dipuji pria ganteng kalau gak senyum kan kelewatan, hehe.

Kejadian tadi membawa pikiran saya melanglang buana ke film Comrades : Almost a Love Story (tián mì mì). Bagaimana nasib (sesuatu yang masih terjadi, masih akan terjadi, masih berjalan, dan masih menyimpan banyak kemungkinan) dan takdir (sesuatu yang sudah terjadi, juga sesuatu yang ditetapkan Tuhan kepada setiap makhluk-Nya) pada akhirnya mempertemukan kembali dan mempersatukan Li Qiao dan Li Xiao-Jun. Comrades merupakan film Hong Kong Second Wave besutan Peter Chan yang rilis pada tahun 1996, menceritakan tentang dua orang warga negara Cina Daratan yang bermigrasi ke Hong Kong untuk mengadu nasib. Li Qiao yang oportunis memanfaatkan Li Xiao-Jun yang naif untuk membantu Qiao mengerjakan pekerjaan serabutannya, dari mulai mengirim bunga, berjualan kaset Teresa Teng di malam tahun baru hingga jual beli saham. Konflik mulai muncul ketika Qiao dan Xiao memutuskan untuk menghabiskan waktu bersama pada malam tahun baru. 

There's always something (interesting) to talk about love. How people can have a very different opinion on how love or other things but similar to love occurs. Love, passion, lust, compassion, bla bla bla.. serupa tapi tak sama. 

I define love as a spark between two people, a tiny but strong chemistry, which will give you goosebumps. Although it could twisted our minds and feelings (like how Qiao insisted to keep the comrades-state when she actually starting to have feelings for Xiao, or how Lotus in the end went away together with Wu Long in The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus-1989, or how Wan kept his obsession for Li-zhen in 2046-2004, and Wah's affair with his cousin, Ngor in As Tears Go By-1988), somehow it's addictive and we couldn't resist to keep going back, looking for another juice of love. It's a power of hope and one of among other things which keeps us to move forward. And i have to admit where there's love, there will be also commitments. How you decide to make your love work, how you put any effort to sustain your love.. that's called commitments. 

Berkali-kali Qiao dipisahkan dari Xiao. Berkali-kali juga saya berharap film ini menemukan akhirnya. Comrades membuat perasaan saya bercampur aduk, bahagia, sedih, bahagia lagi, sedih lagi. Alurnya persis drama Korea dan drama Indonesia yang ratusan episode, semua serba kebetulan dan pihak yang saling mencinta tidak mau mengatakan perasaan yang sesungguhnya kepada orang yang mereka cintai. Untungnya film berakhir bahagia, saya pun lega :D.  

As someone who's optimistic and believes in dreams, i can really relate with Qiao. There's nothing wrong with having goals dreams anyway, as long as of course if your dreams are followed by your continuing hard work :). 

And for my story, perhaps I was destined to meet the tall handsome guy for some good reason, to find comrades, to find love, to fulfill my hope or probably he's my dream guy :). 

Who knows what will happen next, but I'll continue my journey for sure (berlalu santai sambil dengerin lagunya Teresa Teng - Tián mì mì).




Footnote:
Images are taken form various websites:

  1. 2046 (2004) movie poster is taken from 411posters
  2. The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989) movie poster is taken from hkfilm
  3. Comrades : Almost a Love Story (tián mì mì, 1996) movie poster is taken from subscene
  4. As Tears Go By (1988) movie poster is taken from apposteraffair



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