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Your courses sound awesome, Idrelle! Have fun!

This week I start registering for classes for the first time in two years. I'm really looking forward to it. Having money for school is awesome!

I haven't been too enthused about this summer's movies, either. But that's okay, because I don't usually feel like watching movies in the summer anyway. BBQs are where it's at.

 

Mmm, BBQs

Congrats on going back to school!!

 

THIS.

The only things good in DH2 were the scenes with Snape (Alan Rickman has outdone himself) and the escape from Gringotts. Everything else was pretty much meh. And it's almost ironic how much dialogue was lifted straight from the book, while so many important things were changed for no reason whatsoever. There was no payoff, I hardly felt any emotion for the characters (they completely ruined Neville's badass moment when he killed Nagini), but what's worst, there was no atmosphere. I don't mind changes as long as they make sense within the film and are consistent. LOTR had many changes, but it felt like Middle-earth (and even changes like Faramir's character made sense within the internal logic of the films). The only HP film that felt like the books was POA and maybe PS (if you ignore all the saccharine).

 

Yeah, LOTR did have some drastic changes, but I think it was the talented actors that really made it feel like Middle Earth. The Harry Potter film series really didn't have such talented actors baring one or two, but then again, I think the HP series was geared for children, not adults. The other thing, personally, through the HP movies that really ticked me off was that it felt like they were stealing material right from the pages of the Chronicles of Narnia. I remember one of the movies, I nearly stood up and shouted "thief!" Sorry, but the fact of the matter is, the Chronicles of Narnia came before Harry Potter. Narnia was born about in the forties. It drives me batty, when people were watching The narnia films and say that they stole it off of HP! I'm like, "Uh, it's the other way around people!" C.S. Lewis wrote it the same time J.R.R. Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings. Heck, the two of them were close friends and collaborated with each other. They would go to the pub and drink beer together.

Actually, the best movie adapations from novels, that I have ever seen so far has been the Chronicles of Narnia. The first film was extremely close to the original sorce; well, at least once they stepped foot into narnia. The scenes in the real world at the very beginning were changed a little. So far, just like LOTR, the entire series has kept very close to the the spirit of the series. HP, probably, not so much.

Well, this weekend, hoping Captain America will not be another disapointing move of the year. I've had enough of being dissapointed this year.

Movies that have met or exceeded my expectations:
1. Pirates of the Carabean: On Stranger Tides
2. Kung-Fu Panda 2
3. X-Men: First Class
4. Fast Five

Movies that have been a sore dissapointment in order from the worst offender to the least.
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
2. Cars 2 (uggg! That was the first movie Pixar utter disspointed me in. Too flooded with political propeganda)
3. The Hangover 2
4. Green Lantern
5. Transformers 3
6. Super 8
7. Thor

Movies to come that I am still excited about seeing:
1. Sherlock Holms 2
2. Captain America
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Mission Impossible 4

Movies I expect to be put dissapointed in:
1. Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked
2. Cowboys and Aliens
3. Real Steel

Movies that I wont even bother with
1. Twilight: Breaking dawn
2. Smurfs
3. The Three Musketeers
4. Spy Kids 4
5. The Muppets
6. The Adventures of Tin Tin


So to say, this year has been horrible so far, and is not really looking any better.

 

Thanks, NYC!

 

Feel free to call me Nat

The movie I'm most looking forward to right now is Friends with Benefits.

 

Saw the first trailer for the new Spider-Man film next year. Sorry again, but this is one movie I am going to skip. They've turned Spider-man into another Twilight wannabe. The effects looked horrible, the costumn in terrible, the acting in the few clips shown was frightening. To me, it looks the action scsenese were as bad as The Last Airbender and the drama is at bad as Twilight. All of you Twilight junkies out there can have this film! For me, I am content in sulking that they've ruined one my childhood superheroes. LOL!

Please, let Star Trek 2 come quickly!

Oh, and Lord of the Rings looks Awesome in High Def! I'm glad they've finally gotten around to releasing the extended editions to Blu-Ray. I skiped the theaters version to wait for these editions. After watching the three films in extended format, you just don't want to go back to the originals. The extended scenes really adds to the movies, and you really miss them when they're not there.

My movie list was not comprehensive, just a list of big movies. Soul Surfer was a fantastic movie. Friends with Benefits will be something I see when a big movie is not being released. Next weekend will be Cowboys and Aliens, The week after that will be Rise of the Planet of the Apes. If Friends with Benefits is still out after then, I might check it out. I'm not against romance comedies in the least.

 

I think it was just released, so i'm sure it'll still be around in a couple of weeks.

I think rebooting Spiderman again this quickly is silly.

 

LOL! Stan Lee made a cameo on Eureka tonight, and quoted the Incredible Hulk! This show can be so crazy at times! It's the best Syfy television series ever!

 

Holy cow! I never knew they brought back Inuyasha to finally conclude the series! I hated how the series finally left nothing solved. Now, when is it coming out in English?

 

Harrison Ford's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel was awesome! I loved the skit when he's arguing with Chewie! "I'm done with that Star Wars cr**! Craig Daniels is my wookie ***** now!"

Then later at the end. "You slept with my wife...and she's still spitting up hairballs!"

LOL! Harrioson had me cracking up so hard! He still has that fire!

 

Yeah, I saw that the other day. Pretty good stuff!

Does anyone have fun plans for the weekend?

 

Nope. None here. You?

 

Seeing Captain America. And writing.

 

Captain America was awesome! It was the first really great summer movie of the year, and easily the best superhero film of the year. I loved the Avengers trailer that appeared after the credits where we got to see some of the heroes together for the first time.

 

I just saw "Cowboys and Aliens." It was awesome! A lot of fun.

 

I'm staying home this weekend; I got sick this week No movies for me, unfortunately; I'm glad there are some good ones this summer!

 

Sitting at home, writting, and watching The Incredibles on Blu-Ray. An idea is forming for a fan fic. What would happen if a Superhero went through a super-sized mid life crises?

 

Harrison Ford strikes again! He kills Papa Smurf on TV! Good for him!

 

Have you seen Megamind? If you haven't, you need to

Aww, poor Papa Smurf I'm actually kind of excited about the Smurfs movie, even though it looks like a crossover with Enchanted

 

That was hilarious! His entire appearance on "Conan" last night was great.

 

He was on Conan! Aww, man, I missed it! (I love Conan.)

 

Harrison has really been on fire as of late. He can be quite funny! First he does a skit where he basically tells Chewbacca that Daniel Greg is his partner now, and then he goes after Papa Smurf. I wonder if what he said was true and his wife did actually take their child to see Smurfs instead of his movie.

Megamind was pretty good. I've never really liked Will Farrel(spelling ?), but this wasn't too bad.

UPDATE: Sorry, went to bed realizing that I got Daniel Greg's name backwards.

 

He's my fav! Anchorman FTW

Yeah, it's nice to see him around; I haven't heard of him in anything except Indy IV. How old is the kid and what's CvA rated?

 

Cowboy & Aliens is PG-13 with no swearing, no sex, but brief nudity and lots of violence. It had a lot less camp and cheese than I'd expected and was definitely worth watching.