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View all search resultsAda Apa Dengan Cinta? (Courtesy of Miles Productions)Indonesian film studios are trying to charm moviegoers through nostalgia, with movie spin-offs and remakes
Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (Courtesy of Miles Productions)
Indonesian film studios are trying to charm moviegoers through nostalgia, with movie spin-offs and remakes. In the end, however, most people will judge films based solely on quality.
Ferry Yawanata remembered the first time he watched the highly acclaimed drama Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (AADC?, What’s up with Cinta?) in 2002. He was still single and had just graduated from college.
In 2016, Ferry went to the cinema with his wife to watch the sequel AADC2?, and just recently he watched Milly & Mamet, a movie spin-off centering on the supporting characters in AADC? with Sissy Precillia and Dennis Adishwara in the respective title roles.
Just like Ferry, the characters of Milly and Mamet have grown up. The nerdy student Mamet is now married to his high school sweetheart, Milly, and has a toddler named Sakti. The movie follows the couple as they juggle their married life and professional careers.
Ferry enjoyed the drama and comedy offered by Milly & Mamet, but he felt the movie missed one important
ingredient.
“The connection between Milly & Mamet and AADC? was largely gone,” Ferry said. “So I didn’t really feel the nostalgia,” the father-of-two said.
Cinematic nostalgia is what Ferry, and perhaps many moviegoers, looked for when they bought tickets for Milly & Mamet, directed and written by Ernest Prakasa. But this is not the case for some other moviegoers, like Puntadewa Rahadi.
“Before deciding to watch a movie, I usually read its synopsis, watch the trailer, find out the movie’s director and producer,” the 23-year-old said. “I’m not interested in watching only spin-off or remakes.”
Judging Milly & Mamet as a standalone cinematic work, Puntadewa applauded the movie for its interesting family-centered story.
In the last few years, movie remakes, spin-offs as well as movie adaptations of TV series have dominated the Indonesian movie industry.
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