Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts

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.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

The Wisdom of the Wizard: Albus Dumbledore

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - What do we choose in life? What do we pursue? What do we want, and how do we show that to those around us? What do we choose?

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." - How have we changed since we were small? Have we become better people? Have we grown into ourselves, or grown away from ourselves? Who are we now?

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Are we living life? Do we brood over dreams or unfulfilled wishes? Do we go out to conquer the world or wait for it to hand us our desires? How do we live?