The Roommate (2011)
Directed by: Christian E. Christiansen
The full movie review will be coming soon! *Spoiler alert* if you don't enjoy movies where kittens are placed in dryers please refrain from reading the review! Thanks
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Directed by: David Yates
Today I’m reviewing the latest Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows. I went down to the Galaxy last Sunday night to catch the 10:00PM show. It was easily one of the iciest days I’ve ever seen, which resulted in the spinning tires and fishtailing, but we took our time and eventually arrived. The idea was to go to East Side Mario’s for their movie deal ($20 dinner and a movie), but they were closed. So we settled for McDonalds, enjoyed a few free coffees… and then slid our way over to the Galaxy (at 6km/h).
Directed by: David Yates
Today I’m reviewing the latest Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows. I went down to the Galaxy last Sunday night to catch the 10:00PM show. It was easily one of the iciest days I’ve ever seen, which resulted in the spinning tires and fishtailing, but we took our time and eventually arrived. The idea was to go to East Side Mario’s for their movie deal ($20 dinner and a movie), but they were closed. So we settled for McDonalds, enjoyed a few free coffees… and then slid our way over to the Galaxy (at 6km/h).
To start, I’ve read a few of the Harry Potter books back in public school and remember not being able to put them down. I’ve also seen a few of the movies and thought they were pretty well done, and as the story progresses the movies become more directed at a mature audience. I know this franchise has a large following from people of all ages, so it’ll be a blockbuster regardless of how good it actually is.
Once I found a good seat near the middle, I demolished a pack of mini-eggs and was good to go. To my surprise there was only ONE preview… what a rip! As soon as that Harry Potter theme kicked in the theatre when silent and Harry had our full attention.
From what I gathered, everyone wants Harry Potter dead. Throughout the movie Harry is being stalked, and a few of his friends get injured or killed trying to protect him. All of Harry’s friends disguise themselves as him which was pretty hilarious. And when Harry is trying to get into some high security locations they use other people’s bodies... again hilarious. The movie is filled with some amazing CG fight scenes and even emotion (yes, there was a few tears shed on Sunday night).
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| Harry Potter's Owl. |
*This movie was also leaked to the internet before the premier, but it is doing just fine in the box office.
Overall, for any Harry Potter fan this is definitely a great movie. I’m not going to lie, I didn't understand some of it, or know characters names but it didn’t really matter. There was a pretty epic part in the movie that definitely had the theatre choked up SPOILER ALERT highlight text Dobby dies by getting a dagger through his body at the end. Also, Harry's Bird dies..
I did however find a lot of similarities between this Harry Potter movie and Lord of the Rings. Just a few to note are:
I did however find a lot of similarities between this Harry Potter movie and Lord of the Rings. Just a few to note are:
1. Dobby= Gollum
2. Ron and Harry fight, Ron leaves= Frodo and Sam fight, Frodo leaves
3. Ron wears necklace and turns into a jerk= Frodo wears the ring on his neck and also turns into jerk
4. Dumbledore=Gandalf
Overall I’ll have to give Harry Potter 4.5 dead Dobby’s out of 5.
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Frozen (2010)Directed by: Adam Green
Review Date: Nov 15, 2010
Posted: Monday, November 15, 2010 @ 12:17PM
I’m not going to lie; here I am reviewing another D-List movie. And I actually watched it before Titantic 2, but Sundays are my football/movie days so don’t judge me. I ended up getting my hands on a copy on the 2010 blockbuster* Frozen. Another low budget movie brought to you by Adam Green, the guy who wrote/directed Hatchet (yeah, I never saw it either so don’t worry).
The movie actually had the slightest bit of potential. I mean isn’t it everyone’s biggest fear to get trapped on a chair lift …or to fall out of one? The movie starts off with a guy, his best friend, and his girlfriend riding the lift for their last run of the night. Little did they know that this would be the last run for most of them! lol
Just like the DVD case implies they do in fact get trapped on a chair lift. C’mon who ever said never judge a movie by its cover? The main character decides after hours of freezing on the chair lift that he’s going to take the 50ft drop and ride down the hill. SNAP goes his legs, and this is followed by a pack of wolves eating him (while his girlfriend and best friend watch from above in shock). The second guy decides he’s going to climb across the chairlift wire back to one of the support poles and then climb the ladder down. But by doing this he is also eaten by a pack of wolves.
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| Girl: survivor, Middle Guy: first to jump/die, Right Guy: Climbs on wire and dies |
Here’s where the movie gets weird. The girl is left stranded on the lift by herself. As she begins to weep, the sad music rolls in, and I KID YOU NOT she begins to urinate all over herself (actually made no sense). From here she somehow maneuvers herself safely to the ground, but the chairlift falls on her and busts her legs. She crawls to the road (past a pack of wolves) and gets picked up by a guy in a van. [Credits role]
blockbuster*- The term blockbuster comes from the movie Jaws, fans were literally lined up around the block during the theatrical release of this cult classic.
I give this movie 1 busted chairlift out of 5
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Directed by: who cares
Review Date: Nov 14, 2010
Posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 10:17PM
Well let me start by saying that I'm a bit of an avid movie watcher. Whether I’m heading down the Galaxy to catch the latest 3D movie, using Netflix, or streaming off the web, I watch a lot of movies. But I’m also a sucker for bad movies. You know when you’re walking through Blockbuster and you think to yourself “who would ever watch that movie?” Well I’m that person. And more recently I picked up a copy of Titanic 2, and it definitely wasn’t directed by James Cameron.
It starts off with some computer generated scenes that might have been acceptable in 1957, which leads me to tell you that this movie was a disaster. The fact that a movie has a budget equivalent to what I spend on paper clips in a year, it definitely never had a chance. The caption on the DVD cover (yes, DVD... I don’t think it’s hitting Blu-ray anytime soon) reads “100 years later, lightning strikes twice” which is a dead giveaway of the plot.
Here’s the plot in a nutshell: The “Titanic 2” is built 100 years later and ends up sinking on the exact same day, from colliding with an iceberg. Just about everyone dies (all 20 extras they had on set) including the main character that has many similarities to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Character in the original. I’m pretty sure the girl main character lived, but don’t really care one way or the other. The end.
Believe it or not the movie wasn’t a total waste of time. I had my share of laughs and even re-watched scenes that just made absolutely no sense. Best line of the movie:
[Context: Old man speaking to his daughter on the phone as she leaves to go work on the Titanic 2]
“I don’t want you going on that boat. I heard it was a rushed job and that it barely passed the safety test”
I give this movie ½ ice cubes out of 5.
I give this movie ½ ice cubes out of 5.
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