Two movie reviews and 1 life
Movie critique / Review / whatever:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: First, I haven't read the books and have no intention to read the books. Personally, I believe Rowling is very good at writing entertaining books, but that doesn't mean they're good. Its called being concise. Luckily, movies force one to write for a specific amount of time, and this movie is able to focus on a major storyline and run with it. Unlike the 4th movie, Order of the Phoenix storyline is obvious and the entire movie is paced amazingly well. The editing was amazing, while the cinematography just followed suit of the old movies. Everything in the movie was necessary, other than perhaps 1 character (Gworp?), whose role was just a catalyst for later events. Also, the graphics of this movie are amazing, and I loved the ending. Oh yeah, and plenty of cinematic symbolism.
Breach came out on DVD recently. Wow, RL really does copy the movies. This is an FBI thriller about the 2001 breach of security in which a wannabe FBI agent is hired to watch over his new 'boss.' I restrained from choosing the end of the movie because I thought that since it was based on RL events it wouldn't revert to the formula. Strangely, the over-all storyline and even the ending did occur in RL. Crazy. Beyond the predictability, everything was good. The acting was damn good, IMO. Oh, this is a slow paced movie, its not a Secret Agent Bourne / Bond movie with lots of action.
As for life...going well. Spanish 2 and "The Environment and Humankind" taking up my time now. The second class is really interesting and fun. Had to re-read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, for the class, which is never complaint worthy. Unfortunately, it is a lot of work which is stressful. If I had a job, I'd be screwed, but luckily no-one found me worthy to hire! (Yay minus the broke part).
Oh, I'll be back in Eugene at the end of August. Looking forward to that, as well as coming home and moving to a new apartment. This entire 45mins from school thing is kind of shitty.
Anyways,
Adios.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: First, I haven't read the books and have no intention to read the books. Personally, I believe Rowling is very good at writing entertaining books, but that doesn't mean they're good. Its called being concise. Luckily, movies force one to write for a specific amount of time, and this movie is able to focus on a major storyline and run with it. Unlike the 4th movie, Order of the Phoenix storyline is obvious and the entire movie is paced amazingly well. The editing was amazing, while the cinematography just followed suit of the old movies. Everything in the movie was necessary, other than perhaps 1 character (Gworp?), whose role was just a catalyst for later events. Also, the graphics of this movie are amazing, and I loved the ending. Oh yeah, and plenty of cinematic symbolism.
Breach came out on DVD recently. Wow, RL really does copy the movies. This is an FBI thriller about the 2001 breach of security in which a wannabe FBI agent is hired to watch over his new 'boss.' I restrained from choosing the end of the movie because I thought that since it was based on RL events it wouldn't revert to the formula. Strangely, the over-all storyline and even the ending did occur in RL. Crazy. Beyond the predictability, everything was good. The acting was damn good, IMO. Oh, this is a slow paced movie, its not a Secret Agent Bourne / Bond movie with lots of action.
As for life...going well. Spanish 2 and "The Environment and Humankind" taking up my time now. The second class is really interesting and fun. Had to re-read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, for the class, which is never complaint worthy. Unfortunately, it is a lot of work which is stressful. If I had a job, I'd be screwed, but luckily no-one found me worthy to hire! (Yay minus the broke part).
Oh, I'll be back in Eugene at the end of August. Looking forward to that, as well as coming home and moving to a new apartment. This entire 45mins from school thing is kind of shitty.
Anyways,
Adios.