Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Harry Potter 6 trailer

Well, somehow, we finally have the trailer we’ve waited months for. It is available here.

So, I’m both excited and annoyed. It starts off with a shot of the Hogwarts Express, and then we see Dumbledore taking out the memories for the pensive and Harry goes in. From there on, it’s just the scene where Dumbledore finds Riddle in the orphanage and we see how “evil the kid is” and stuff. It just seems dark and overly dramatic. It doesn’t make me interested in seeing it. I feel like “Ok, well now it seems like its a dull copy of the book” and it doesn’t contain anything that makes me go “ooh, that looks pretty neat.” All of the other trailers atleast had a nice magical atmosphere. This was just …blah. I hope they can come out with something more interesting. No doubt it’ll be horrible, but there’s always SOMETHING interesting in each movie to make it worth watching.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Blogger Note and The Dark Knight

Note to Blogger bloggers: Well I was finally able to log back in. I don't know why but this site doesn't save my password and won't let me log in half the time and I keep having to create new passwords..*sigh* Ok, well. I'm back, for now, and so here's the latest.



Well, I saw The Dark Knight. Did it live up to its hype? Well sort of. I have a pro con list along with a rating and some comments.

Pros:

  • Brilliant acting, well not on Bale’s part, but all the raving about Ledger was true.
  • Excellent pacing
  • The creation of Two Face was an unsuspected yet welcomed turn
  • Great action and explosions

Cons:

  • It was ridiculously long. I thought it was going end like, twice.
  • The plot was rough. I kept getting lost.
  • Confusing effects and camera shots. The camera just spun around and there were scenes where you couldn’t tell what was going on because of all the digital effects.

So basically, this movie is about Bruce Wayne wanting someone to be inspired by him and change the city. His wish is granted by Harvey Dent, whom comic fans know as Two Face. The movie follows Bruce as he tries to stop the Joker from wreaking havoc and help Harvey clean up the city. It all goes awry in the end when Harvey claims he’s Batman, and he and Rachel end up captive and Rachel dies and Harvey gets half his face burned off in an explosion. Then the Joker continues to cause trouble while Two Face runs amok. I couldn’t follow the story half the time, but other then that it was a really good movie.

I give it 4 bats out of 5.