Review Of Gita Cinta Dari SMA, Nostalgia Era 80s Yang Sukses

GITA Cinta from high school (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The film Gita Cinta from high school by director Monty Tiwa which revives the love story of teenagers Galih and Ratna in the 80s was able to make the audience dissolve in nostalgia.

In fact, this film is a remake of the legendary old film of the same name which was released in 1979. In that era, the film Gita Cinta from high school starred Rano Karno as Galih and Yessy Gusman as Ratna.

While director Monty Tiwa's version in 2023, the role of Ratna was played by Prilly Latuconsina and the character Galih played by Abraham.

Several actresses, such as Chantiq Schagerl, Abun Sungkar, Putri Ayudya, Dwi Sasono, Unique Priscilla, also enlivened this film.

Maybe many people are familiar with the figure of Galih and Ratna who are quite popular in Indonesian pop culture. The love story of these two teenagers has also become the title of the legendary song Galih and Ratna sung by the late Chrisye.

Quoted from ANTARA, the film Gita Cinta from high school tells the story of a woman named Ratna Suminar who moves to a new school. At the school, Ratna met a man named Galih Rakasiwi.

It didn't take long, Ratna immediately fell in love with Galih, a mysterious teenage boy who was quiet and didn't talk much. He is also quite popular at his school.

Ratna, who was fascinated, then tried to talk to Galih at that time. However, because of the cold attitude, Galih made it difficult for Ratna to approach him.

Even so, Ratna did not stop trying to get Galih's heart. With the help of his friends, Ratna finally managed to get close to Galih.

However, their love relationship did not go smoothly. Ratna's father (Dwi Sasono) apparently did not approve of the relationship between the two because he did not like the Galih who came from underprivileged families.

Ratna's strong father character also often opposes Ratna in contact with Galih, even limiting her girl's social life.

From the description that is indeed the redevelopment version, of course there is no significant change for the storyline to all the conflicts that occur in this 2023 version with the original version.

This work makes the storyline from Gita Cinta from high school feel a little flat, especially for those who have watched the original version of the film before.

The storyline is also quite easy to guess considering that currently there are quite a lot of films about teenage love stories with similar conflicts, both domestically and in other Asian films.

The interesting 1980s-age background The interesting thing about this film is the background of the time presented. Under the direction of Monty Tiwa, this film was able to magic the city of Bandung back in the 80s.

Starting from costumes, hairstyles, buildings, music, to old objects, such as vehicles to walkmans shown in this film, the audience dissolves in nostalgia.

It will be interesting if it is witnessed again in 2023 because of the differences in era and time, where when witnessed in ancient times this era of difference will not appear and it does not feel special.

The new version of the new version of the Gita Cinta film from high school also uses the standard language for the pronunciation of dialogue from all of its characters.

Monty Tiwa told Antara, some time ago, that the use of this standard language was important to mark an era where at that time there was no slang language used by today's young people.

"In addition, the standard use of Indonesian will sound more familiar and romantic," he said.

Agreeing with Monty Tiwa's statement this time, the use of the standard Indonesian language makes the dialogue of each character like a position and feels more deeply meaningful.

However, some of the dialogues in the new version of the Gita Cinta from high school film feel stiff. Either because the dialogue script is too poetic or the character of the cast is not natural.

The role of teenagers in this film seems to be not used to speaking in standard language. However, it feels natural to the players who play adult characters.

Apart from that, this film was successful in bringing back the nuances of the 1980s era through its production designs, such as vehicles, settings, hair models, and the dress style of its characters.

The most eye-catching thing is when the scene celebrating Ratna's best friend's birthday. It was clearly seen the nuances of the 80s party there, from the property to the fashion style of the characters.

This version of Gita Cinta from high school also brings back a number of iconic soundtracks from their original films involving new singers and different arrangements.

This film can be said to have succeeded in presenting a nostalgic feel in the 1980s, especially for those who had watched the original version of Gita Cinta from high school.

The re-arrest version of Gita Cinta from high school who is loyal to the original film remains relevant today. The legendary story of Galih and Ratna was able to be revived by bringing a love story with various social conflicts that were not restrained by the times.

This film deserves to be seen, apart from making feelings go up and down, this version of Gita Cinta from high school is able to bring reminiscent audiences with love stories in the 80s.