Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors)

Just back from watching "laskar pelangi" (rainbow warriors). The story is about a bunch (+/- 10) kids in rural area of Belitung/Belitong, an island in Indonesia, famous for it's tin mine. The story sets back in 70s. This is a must see for every indonesian. It's a very good movie, it has almost everything needed, it got lessons without feel teached, fun without slapsticks, some moments of happiness, some moment of grief and loss, even puppy love :). I won't spoil the story here. What interest me is also the audience, who keeps coming back, it's been shown in theatres for almost a month now, and the ticket is still sold out. Today I have to sit on the second row of the seats (yeah, it's suck, but the movie is way too good to complain just for the seat). Also I listened to some comments made by some kids around, their curiousity about habit of that era. I heard someone ask "what is "teplok"? (local says refferring to oil lamp). Also I read somewhere else that someone asking about why the batteries are exposed to the sun (somehow this ellongated battery life, however don't do this because now we know that used battery are dangerously poisonous, and not to be re-used). Of course this movie is not without flaw, i could feel the cut here and there, perhaps it'll be explained better in the book. However for someone who never read the book (shame on me, normally I'll finish the book if possible) I think the flaw is still negligible. I hope in the future this will be a new production standard in Indonesian movies. One special fact I learn from this movie is all the children main characters (10+2) are native from belitong island, and have no prior experience in acting, which I think it's a huge plus. Go and see this movie, you won't regret it.