Gary
Author Comments aka Comic News
Movies movies movies...
Sorry for the recent lack of comments on things. I'll go back and add them, hopefully soon. I've been working over the weekend lately, and I'm starting to build a projector.
So, this weekend I made it out to see Transformers and the new Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix. Both were good, but not amazing in my opinion. Both were rather long, and yet there were things I wanted to see in more depth. Now in order for me to explain what I mean, I would have to do spoilers, so I'm breaking that into another page. I suggest you watch the movies before reading these. (Not yet live) Transformers Potter.
Now both movies were enjoyable. The humor in Transformers was great. It was delivered in a very non-forced manner. The dialog, for the most part, flowed very nicely. Visually, it's effects were stunning, a bit busy, but very cool. Unfortunately, who ever story boarded it, or did the camera work, sucked. I know the "new" thing is to make things a little shaky, and then zoom in during action scenes so you can't see anything, but that is getting very very old for me. Just once I'd like to actually see the scene and not just flailing body parts, or robot gears. Perhaps someday. Best part of Transformers.. Optimus Prime's voice. It sounded a lot like the original, to me.
Harry Potter was well shot like all the previous ones. Gorgeous flying scenes and backgrounds. The acting is better in this one than previous ones, probably because the cast is getting older and learning more. The story was definitely fun. There are also some of the best wizardry fights I've seen in a movie so far. Unfortunately, I never tried reading the books, so I can't know how it's going to end for another 2 years, but I have my theories. Once all the movies are over, I'll most likely try to read the series. Right now, I'm reading book 2 of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. It's a great book. I highly recommend this series to people out there.
OK, time for me to stop typing. I should have some photos of my projector project with my next post.
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