Coward's Corner
*repost from 09/09/2008 with updated review of part 6. Someday Ill watch the movies.
I had never read any Harry Potter books or seen there movies. Many times people ask me about them and I cannot comment. I finally had to see what the big deal was. So this last weekend I sat down and go caught up on harry potter movies. there are 7 books, 5 are movies out to rent pt 6 the half blood prince will be released next July and the final book pt 7 the deathly hallows will be milked for all its worth making 2 movies out of it pt 1 and 2 will be released in 2010. Most people say the books are better and things were changed. This happens to all movies why should potter be any different.All I care about is are they good movies and how is the series.Well I'm ready for pt 6 since the bar was raised in pt 5 and the same director David Yates will finish out the series I'm pretty excited. I will do this review on the whole series then break down each movie on its own.
So we enter a fantasy world of wizards and witches. In this fantasy world wizards and witches all start out young and go to school. this fantasy world is governed by the ministry of magic and they try to keep a peace and safe world. Well years ago a evil wizard Voltamore and his followers led a rebellion and killed a few wizards and witches in his killing spree he killed a husband and wife team and tried to kill there baby. But the baby was not killed and Voltamore vanished. The baby is smuggled out of fantasy world and put in his uncles house to live till he is 11. At 11 he is allowed to come to wizard school to begin his training. Since he survived the attack as a baby he is all ready famous and thought to be this great wizard. Wizards are not made overnight. In fact these movies cover one year of Harrys life as he learns his form. This Is what makes the series.You See harry grow and have to accept who he is. Sometimes I missed the little kid harry just learning. As he gets older things get worse and more adult. You grow up with him and got through the same challenges he does.AS pt 5 ended I was ready for 6 I guess the series did its job.
Pt1 The Sorcerers Stone directed by Chris Columbus
To start off a franchise is risky if the first one does do well there can be no more so who do they get to direct. A safe comedy director. Chris Columbus has done such masterpieces as home alone, home alone 2 Mrs Doubtfire.This really scared me what he would do to it. Well as it turned out he was the right choice the first movie is a beginning tale about a 11 yr old boy.His first year of school buying wizard supplies like wands and broomsticks.Meeting new friends and learning about the teachers. The movie ended I wanted to know more about what harry would become.
Pt 2 The Chamber of Secrets directed by Chris Columbus
Now that everyone is introduced we start to get a mystery, this will be in every movie. Something is happening and harry and his friends have to solve it. With more effects and more magic you can see CC has more money.Overall I was kinda bored and it felt to family kiddie
Pt 3 Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuaron
So now the stories are getting a little more dark and adult. So out with CC. I do not know how they chose AC but until this film he had did great expectations and the spanish hit "y tu mama tambien". The bar is now raised as AC shows us that its not all Disney and cotton candy. The story is a mystery but with a nice twist at the end. We also are introduced to Gary Oldman "who can do no wrong in my book" as a welcome co star to the series. With the effects out shining the previous 2 this one left me wanting more.
Pt 4 The Goblet of Fire directed by Mike Newell
Mikes last 3 movies were Pushing Tin, Mona Lisa Smile and Donnie Brasco. So nothing too impressive here. Well this story is the weakest one, IM not sure what they changed from the book but Im sure it hurt. I was bored until the end, even with dragons and evil mermaids could not help it.The ending is a cliffhanger with a friend of Harrys dying and Harry going one one with Voltamore. Worst of the series so far.
Pt 5 Order of the Phoenix directed by David Yates
Now harry is becoming a man and possibly going to the dark side, he has to make a choice. Finally we get wizard battles, the last 30 min had me cheering and wanting Harry to whip some ass. Special appearance by Helena Bonham Carter makes the ending even better.My order pt3 and 5 are tied for first, then prt 1,2,4
Pt 6. Harry potter and the half blood Prince
Damn I was wanting this to be good. The last movie order of the phoenix which I really liked left me wanting more. The same director David Yates returns and will finish out the series. After watching the last 5, I went and read the last 2 books and was blown away. So here we are with 2 movies left now, part 7 will be in 2 parts. Some people say it's for the money but I think to truly tell the final book it needs to be 2 parts or a 4 hour movie. Anyway on to this one. Of course like all the books they add and delete many things. This one they went too far. The scenes they added made no sense and they left out really important scenes especially the ending. This is the last one were Hogwarts is featured and they let that slide. No more
ghost or moving pictures, it's like they had no money to invest into it. Shit had not hit the fan yet so things still should have been normal. I think maybe the director was trying to copy Alfonso Curran from pt 3. I'm hoping he does not cheap out or change everything on the last 2 movies. I"m worried now since he messed this one up. The more I think about it the more disappointed I am. You have to see finish the series but do not get in a hurry to.
Rant: Dragonforce haters
I remember about 7 years ago or so I first heard the metal band Dragonforce. I loved it, the tight rhythms, awesome solos and great production. I told people about it and called it speed metal on crack.I always wondered though could they do it live? Well years later we know the answer. I have never seen them live but have read many reviews and seen many videos of them. The answer is no they cannot play this well or fast live. Because of this they are now on many peoples hit list. I see people in the internet community all the time trashing these guys all because they cannot play live. Watch any video on you tube and most of the comments will be negative saying there not a live band. I find myself having to defend them many times. As a metal community we have to understand that many people think bands like slipknot and disturbed are metal. We have to unify and show people what real metal is. Yeah they cant do it live but they have to do it in the studio. They show real skill and talent more than most so called metal bands. In fact most of the posers that rag on them do not know shit about guitar or how to do a solo. We should support the true metal bands and not tear them down. SO for you all you Dragonforce haters go plug in your guitar hero lock the door and shut the fuck up.
Rant: Paul WS Anderson
Earlier on this site a rant was made on Bryan Singer. I agree with it.there is one more director that I have to discuss, for he is about to rape my childhood. I remember when I first saw the commercial for Death Race. I thought wow this looks like a Paul Anderson movie and low and behold it was. Most of the time when I say this looked like a "blank movie" its normally a good thing. Many master directors have perfected there craft and you can tell from the style of the movie that it is them. For Paul though his style is crap so if it looks like crap, smells like crap it must be crap. Lets look at Pauls history of movies before death race, AVP resident evil, soldier, event horizon, mortal kombat. Every one of these movies was a good rental. SO why is he not making straight to video movies?Well most of those movies made good cash for the studio so they ask him to come back. This happens many times in Hollywood make the studio money first have no talent second. Paul's next movie is spy hunter which I could care less about. But he is writing and producing the adaption of one of my favorite video games ever Castlevania. A early review on the script from aicn proved I was right. My childhood is about to be raped by some talentless hack. Please stop supporting this scrub and send a message to the studio by boycotting all of Pauls movies.
I had never read any Harry Potter books or seen there movies. Many times people ask me about them and I cannot comment. I finally had to see what the big deal was. So this last weekend I sat down and go caught up on harry potter movies. there are 7 books, 5 are movies out to rent pt 6 the half blood prince will be released next July and the final book pt 7 the deathly hallows will be milked for all its worth making 2 movies out of it pt 1 and 2 will be released in 2010. Most people say the books are better and things were changed. This happens to all movies why should potter be any different.All I care about is are they good movies and how is the series.Well I'm ready for pt 6 since the bar was raised in pt 5 and the same director David Yates will finish out the series I'm pretty excited. I will do this review on the whole series then break down each movie on its own.
So we enter a fantasy world of wizards and witches. In this fantasy world wizards and witches all start out young and go to school. this fantasy world is governed by the ministry of magic and they try to keep a peace and safe world. Well years ago a evil wizard Voltamore and his followers led a rebellion and killed a few wizards and witches in his killing spree he killed a husband and wife team and tried to kill there baby. But the baby was not killed and Voltamore vanished. The baby is smuggled out of fantasy world and put in his uncles house to live till he is 11. At 11 he is allowed to come to wizard school to begin his training. Since he survived the attack as a baby he is all ready famous and thought to be this great wizard. Wizards are not made overnight. In fact these movies cover one year of Harrys life as he learns his form. This Is what makes the series.You See harry grow and have to accept who he is. Sometimes I missed the little kid harry just learning. As he gets older things get worse and more adult. You grow up with him and got through the same challenges he does.AS pt 5 ended I was ready for 6 I guess the series did its job.
Pt1 The Sorcerers Stone directed by Chris Columbus
To start off a franchise is risky if the first one does do well there can be no more so who do they get to direct. A safe comedy director. Chris Columbus has done such masterpieces as home alone, home alone 2 Mrs Doubtfire.This really scared me what he would do to it. Well as it turned out he was the right choice the first movie is a beginning tale about a 11 yr old boy.His first year of school buying wizard supplies like wands and broomsticks.Meeting new friends and learning about the teachers. The movie ended I wanted to know more about what harry would become.
Pt 2 The Chamber of Secrets directed by Chris Columbus
Now that everyone is introduced we start to get a mystery, this will be in every movie. Something is happening and harry and his friends have to solve it. With more effects and more magic you can see CC has more money.Overall I was kinda bored and it felt to family kiddie
Pt 3 Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuaron
So now the stories are getting a little more dark and adult. So out with CC. I do not know how they chose AC but until this film he had did great expectations and the spanish hit "y tu mama tambien". The bar is now raised as AC shows us that its not all Disney and cotton candy. The story is a mystery but with a nice twist at the end. We also are introduced to Gary Oldman "who can do no wrong in my book" as a welcome co star to the series. With the effects out shining the previous 2 this one left me wanting more.
Pt 4 The Goblet of Fire directed by Mike Newell
Mikes last 3 movies were Pushing Tin, Mona Lisa Smile and Donnie Brasco. So nothing too impressive here. Well this story is the weakest one, IM not sure what they changed from the book but Im sure it hurt. I was bored until the end, even with dragons and evil mermaids could not help it.The ending is a cliffhanger with a friend of Harrys dying and Harry going one one with Voltamore. Worst of the series so far.
Pt 5 Order of the Phoenix directed by David Yates
Now harry is becoming a man and possibly going to the dark side, he has to make a choice. Finally we get wizard battles, the last 30 min had me cheering and wanting Harry to whip some ass. Special appearance by Helena Bonham Carter makes the ending even better.My order pt3 and 5 are tied for first, then prt 1,2,4
Pt 6. Harry potter and the half blood Prince
Damn I was wanting this to be good. The last movie order of the phoenix which I really liked left me wanting more. The same director David Yates returns and will finish out the series. After watching the last 5, I went and read the last 2 books and was blown away. So here we are with 2 movies left now, part 7 will be in 2 parts. Some people say it's for the money but I think to truly tell the final book it needs to be 2 parts or a 4 hour movie. Anyway on to this one. Of course like all the books they add and delete many things. This one they went too far. The scenes they added made no sense and they left out really important scenes especially the ending. This is the last one were Hogwarts is featured and they let that slide. No more
ghost or moving pictures, it's like they had no money to invest into it. Shit had not hit the fan yet so things still should have been normal. I think maybe the director was trying to copy Alfonso Curran from pt 3. I'm hoping he does not cheap out or change everything on the last 2 movies. I"m worried now since he messed this one up. The more I think about it the more disappointed I am. You have to see finish the series but do not get in a hurry to.
Rant: Dragonforce haters
I remember about 7 years ago or so I first heard the metal band Dragonforce. I loved it, the tight rhythms, awesome solos and great production. I told people about it and called it speed metal on crack.I always wondered though could they do it live? Well years later we know the answer. I have never seen them live but have read many reviews and seen many videos of them. The answer is no they cannot play this well or fast live. Because of this they are now on many peoples hit list. I see people in the internet community all the time trashing these guys all because they cannot play live. Watch any video on you tube and most of the comments will be negative saying there not a live band. I find myself having to defend them many times. As a metal community we have to understand that many people think bands like slipknot and disturbed are metal. We have to unify and show people what real metal is. Yeah they cant do it live but they have to do it in the studio. They show real skill and talent more than most so called metal bands. In fact most of the posers that rag on them do not know shit about guitar or how to do a solo. We should support the true metal bands and not tear them down. SO for you all you Dragonforce haters go plug in your guitar hero lock the door and shut the fuck up.
Rant: Paul WS Anderson
Earlier on this site a rant was made on Bryan Singer. I agree with it.there is one more director that I have to discuss, for he is about to rape my childhood. I remember when I first saw the commercial for Death Race. I thought wow this looks like a Paul Anderson movie and low and behold it was. Most of the time when I say this looked like a "blank movie" its normally a good thing. Many master directors have perfected there craft and you can tell from the style of the movie that it is them. For Paul though his style is crap so if it looks like crap, smells like crap it must be crap. Lets look at Pauls history of movies before death race, AVP resident evil, soldier, event horizon, mortal kombat. Every one of these movies was a good rental. SO why is he not making straight to video movies?Well most of those movies made good cash for the studio so they ask him to come back. This happens many times in Hollywood make the studio money first have no talent second. Paul's next movie is spy hunter which I could care less about. But he is writing and producing the adaption of one of my favorite video games ever Castlevania. A early review on the script from aicn proved I was right. My childhood is about to be raped by some talentless hack. Please stop supporting this scrub and send a message to the studio by boycotting all of Pauls movies.
1 comment:
Good reviews. I thought the new one had too much comedy crap in it. Here hoping he doesnt fuck up the last two.
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