We saw Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last Saturday. Quick review: Good. Go see it. Excellent scenery and CGI graphics. It didn’t depart very much from the book, which we appreciated (although there were a few supporting characters that were entirely new). Good flick. However, this post concerns accents and …
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Aeon Flux
Another week, another movie. This time it was Aeon Flux, starring Charlize Theron and other people I’ve never heard of. What to say… If you want to see Charlize Theron strutting around in a tight body suit, two thumbs up. If you want to see nifty neato futuristic stuff, one thumb plus a digit. If …
Pride & Prejudice
We went to see Pride and Prejudice last Saturday. Unfortunately it was at the local theater that makes my legs hurt! I wish the theater with the good seats would start getting the movies I want to see. Harry Potter, Star Wars, they’ve all been at the other theater. Argh. I need to write a …
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Movie
SPOILERS We saw Goblet of Fire last Friday night. My rating is B+. I thought that the first half of the movie was spectacular, and the last half of the movie was good. I found this movie somewhat different from the previous Harry Potter movies because I knew going into the theater that they were …
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Gross Irregularity in Harry Potter Film II
SPOILER WARNING Well, I must confess that I made a slight error in my post Gross Irregularity in Harry Potter Film. I believe that the names on the tombstone (in the Book) are Tom Riddle, a.k.a. Voldemort’s father, and Tom Riddle’s elderly parents. This does not materially change my complaints posted earlier concerning the movie, …
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Gross Irregularity in Harry Potter Film
Seven days until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hits the theaters. I was poking around in the internet movie database and discovered a shocking irregularity. Spoilers follow! In this studio still from the filming, you will see the names on the tombstone where Harry is used to bring Volemort back to his mortal …
Missed Pop-Cult Opportunity
I realized today that I missed an opportunity to declare a Jumped the Shark moment. This depresses me because I don’t get to, with little thought, entwine myself deeper into the industrio-tv culture. Maybe next time. To that end, referencing previous Blog entries regarding how much Lost sucks now, and how much it should have …
LOST is Crap, Tripe, Shit
You will note from my earlier post about Lost of one week ago that I was not particularly happy with the second episode of this Lost season. J. J. Abrams has proved to me, like he did with Alias, that he can take a good thing and absolutely ruin it. The first season of Lost …
LOST = Arrrrggh!
Raise your hand with me if last night’s episode of LOST pissed you off beyond all comprehension! “Tune in tonigh to find out the fates of all the castaways,” was the byline (paraphrased) for last night’s episode. What we found out was “squat” to use the technical term. They didn’t even resolve the cliff hanger …
Disappointment at the Fox
Jenn and I went to see The Phantom of the Opera last night at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA. My overal rating was “eh.” The show itself was good, with good renditions and strong vocals. The sound quality was a bit muddy, but we were way over on the left side of the orchestra …