I see you all are taking my grading of films...

Nov 21, 2005 09:27


Of course, I could care less whether you do or not. I think it's neat you all have sort of taken up my trend, which I actually got from Entertainment Weekly.

It's amazing how stubborn I can truly be. For instance, I have a testing math test tomorrow. A test on stuff I don't understand all that well. While, I should go to Dr. Stohr, I choose not to. Instead, I am going to the library tonight, and am going to try to teach myself. You see, my real problem is I don't remember all the different ways a problem can be done. I only do one way and then just leave it. Not very smart. So tonight, I am going to try to teach myself all the different possible ways to do these problems.

Walk the Line -- A Comments: If you read Entertainment Weekly at all, do not listen to Owen Gleiberman's review. He is telling it from the perspective of what he wanted the movie to be and what it came out to be. In other words, an unfair bias. I loved this movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are absolutely brilliant. Jamie Foxx, in Ray, was very good. However, unlike Phoenix, he did not sing. Both Phoenix and Witherspoon sing in this film, giving it even more of an edge. They are the ones who keep the film on top and they do it wonderfully.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- B+ Comments: Despite what some of you may think, I really liked this adaptation of the book. And I can't decide whether I like this one more or the third one more. They are much too different. I liked that this one is funnier (to make up for the darkness). Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson become better with every film. Rupert Grint was always pretty good. Mike Newell definitely brought his experience with comedy to this film, which he did well. I did not like that while they took out a bunch of stuff, they added unnecassary things to the three tasks. For example, the maze. What the fuck is all that wind stuff about? I like the idea, I just don't understand what exactly it is. However, even if all these things were added to the tasks, they worked well enough. Everything leading up the Yule Ball is fantastic, if only for its comedy. The Yule Ball is good because the teenage hormones running on high. All in all, a good film (especially with Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody), even with the unecassary additions, no Dobby or Winky, and the fact that, and even I must admit this, Voldemort was cute before he went into his full form.

P.S. Barty Crouch, Jr. was hot.
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