Uh oh...classes start up again in 2 weeks.
This is the time where I try to figure out what I've been doing all summer...
Monday, August 15, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Research Research Research
Sometimes I really wonder why I went into Sociology when I really don't care for research. I've never cared for it. Sometimes you find out things that may be interesting, but doing research just isn't a pleasant experience for me.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
X-men: More First Class than Harry Potter
There were two movies that I was looking forward to more than anything else that came out this summer: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" and "X-men: First Class".
Overall, Harry Potter was very good. I really enjoyed going with my two best friends to see it at midnight when I was home in California. But I'd be less than honest if I didn't admit that I was a little disappointed. It wasn't because of changes from the book, though there was one change in particular that I think would have made people who paid attention but didn't read the book ask some questions about what happened with "x". They could have dropped nothing and just added 30 seconds or a minute to the film time to solve that. The reason was that there were multiple parts when I thought, "Really? That's the best you could do? I've seen you do better." These were emphasized by the fact that there were multiple other parts in the movie where I was blown away because they did such a good job. Why didn't they do that for the whole movie? I don't know. But it was still generally good.
But X-Men: First Class...that was amazing. I LOVED it. I know there were many things that were changed from the comics and from the cartoons, but still. I was very impressed. Good visuals, interesting plot (just ignore the historical alterations), great dialogue, an excellent villain, and overall a good background story for several of the characters, which I think will shed a different light upon reviewing X-men 1-3. It was my favorite live-action film that has been released in quite a while. If you haven't seen it yet, you should.
Overall, Harry Potter was very good. I really enjoyed going with my two best friends to see it at midnight when I was home in California. But I'd be less than honest if I didn't admit that I was a little disappointed. It wasn't because of changes from the book, though there was one change in particular that I think would have made people who paid attention but didn't read the book ask some questions about what happened with "x". They could have dropped nothing and just added 30 seconds or a minute to the film time to solve that. The reason was that there were multiple parts when I thought, "Really? That's the best you could do? I've seen you do better." These were emphasized by the fact that there were multiple other parts in the movie where I was blown away because they did such a good job. Why didn't they do that for the whole movie? I don't know. But it was still generally good.
But X-Men: First Class...that was amazing. I LOVED it. I know there were many things that were changed from the comics and from the cartoons, but still. I was very impressed. Good visuals, interesting plot (just ignore the historical alterations), great dialogue, an excellent villain, and overall a good background story for several of the characters, which I think will shed a different light upon reviewing X-men 1-3. It was my favorite live-action film that has been released in quite a while. If you haven't seen it yet, you should.
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