Review Text

Purpose :

to critique or evaluate an art work or event for a public audience such as movies, books, novels, concert, exhibition, etc.

Generic  Structure :

Orientation : places the work in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or through an analog with a non–art object or event. (menempatkan karya yang ditinjau pada konteks umum ataupun khusus, biasanya dengan membandingkan dengan karya lain yang sejenis atau melalui analogi obyek yang bukan karya seni.)

Interpretive Recount : summarize the plot and/or providers an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work came into being.(meringkas alur cerita "jika mereview buku" bagaimana cara penyampaian karya tersebut)

Evaluation : provides an evaluation of the work and/or its performance or production; is usually recursive.(memberikan sebuah evaluari karya ataupun penampilan, produksi; evaluasi ini biasanya berulang-ulang).

Dominant Language Features :

1. Focus on specific participants
2. Using adjectives
3. Using long and complex clauses
4. Using metaphor

Example :

‘Laskar Pelangi’ : The Audacity of Hope

                                This is a movie adapted from a best-selling Indonesian novel. It took 40 days of filming on Belitung Island, Bangka Belitung province. Involving 12 local actors, it reportedly cost rp. 8 billion. With all the offerts of transforming Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warrior) into a moving picture, will it satisfy readers’ imaginations?

                                Laskar Pelangi, the novel, was written by Andrea Hirata in 2005, based on his own experiences. It is about an inspiring teacher and her 10 students in the poverty-stricken Kampung Gantong in Belitung. The poor condition of their school building does not dampen their high spirits and hopes for a better future.

                                Two years later, thenovel became a phenomenon in Indonesian literature. With its humanistic touch, Laskar Pelangi has sold more than 500.000 copies and has won the position of Must-Read Novel in every corner of the nation’s bookshops and media review pages. It has finally overcome the domination of teen-lit, chick-litand even religious novels, the popular theme of today.

                                Andrea entrusted the filming of the story to the respected figures in the film industry, Mira Lesmana and Riza, as producer and film director. In July 2007, Mira and Riri started the pre-production, which took a year to finish. Together with the scriptwriter Salman Aristo tyey decided to create a different scenario for the film.

Difficult Words

Filming                   : perfilman

Involving                : meliputi

Efforts                    : usaha

Poverty-stricken     : terserang  kemiskinan

Dampen                 : mengurangi

Entrusted               : mempercayakan

Scriptwriter            : penulis cerita