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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Too long, Too Boring.
I'm not by any means a fan of Harry Potter. I was invited by friends to go catch the sold out show at the theater for a night out. I have read the first three Harry Potter books when i was younger but gave up soon after. I have only seen the first two movies and then this one.
This movie follows the same premises as every other Harry Potter. The dark wizard is still not dead and once again looking at coming to power. Pretty much it follows the same premises of the first movie. There are many plot holes in this film that make no sense and i will leave it to the forums to explain that. The movie is quite long and very boring not much happens and at the end it turns out they knew what would happened and it all is a big waste of time.
Clearly J.K. Rowling wrote this series as a huge cash grab after the success of her first novel targeted at teens. (Much like twilight) and she follows the same premises as the first part of the story. Not much new happens and they try to make the characters more interesting by giving them girl problems etc.
The acting is so bad in this series it's not even funny. Daniel Radcliff is so bad he is the new Mark Hamill. He will never play in another movie other than Harry Potter. The editing is also terrible in this film. The only thing that remotely saves this film is the wonderful CGI, and effects. Very poor summer movie but I'm sure i will do great and the kids will love it.
Watchmen (2009)
Excellent For Most.
For me I would have to give Watchmen a 10 out of 10, because I was such a huge fan of the graphic novel, and have been waiting for watchmen ever since I saw that it was finally going to be released after over 20 years in the making. Zach Synder's version of Watchmen will not disappoint at all.
However first and foremost I must give a warning. This is not A super hero movie. I knew many people going in to see this movie think it is and have not read the graphic novel. This is the type of movie where if you have read the graphic novel then you will love the film, if not you probably won't. Also the average Joe who watches this film simply won't get it and all the ideas and topics Watchmen covers. It really is a story of absolute brilliance, Realistically this is most people in the theaters nowadays who think that spider man is deep and think movies like meet the Spartans are funny, they see the trailer for watchmen and go wow that's about superheros, they will be hugely disappointed and upset.
Watchmen is a long slow epic movie much like how the graphic novel was. Zach Synder changes very little and sticks very true to the original story using even the same dialogue that was written in the graphic novel. However some minor changes are made and some scenes were cut but honestly you don't notice them at all except for the biggest change of the film....the ending. Zach Synder had changed the ending of the film because most people who have not read the book would be puzzled as to what was happening and how something that crazy would be put into this film. However The ending is hardly changed that much at all and it works, basically it's the same as in the Novel but they changed how the city get's attacked. Honestly it works, and being a fan of the novel i did not mind at all, but I would have liked to see what the original ending would have looked like especially when Zach Synder stayed true to the Novel the whole movie.
The violence in the movie is also quite brutal like who it was in the novel. Many people in the theater had trouble watching some of it especially the women in the theater when the silk spectre was getting raped. The violence in the movie does not happen often but when it does it comes on fully force and once again Zach Synder does it with amazing style. Warning to parent's also this is not a movie for children as it contains strong graphic violence, Sexual Content/nudity , and disturbing themes and contents throughout the film and graphic novel. To conclude simply if you have read the graphic novel or are smart enough to get what Watchmen talks about then you will love this film, if not you will hate it and should go watch disaster movie and meet the Spartans again.
Saw V (2008)
A different type of saw.......But flawed on what we were promised.
Just got back from seeing the new saw tonight and i must say i was a little surprised. The Saw franchise has officially been run into the ground ever since saw 2, so you either really need to be a fan of the series or go in knowing all the saw movies and having an open mind. Knowing that this was probably just a milk the cow and grab the cash type of deal i was a little surprised. This saw film is different from all the others, it returns a little to its original roots.
Much like the first saw this time around we are given more story and little on the deaths and traps. This movie seems more of a detective thriller than a gore slash em up type of movie however that still is present. The movie also moves at a slower pace. So here is my rundown of the film.
The death traps to me seemed very unoriginal but i guess thats kind of hard when you have probably used them all, and overall that sadistic feeling is just gone now. The story continues where saw 4 left off and pretty much really stays the same nothing new really happens. The viewer may get more story but it's really unnecessary. The only new things we learn is how that detective came to work along side jigsaw. We learn nothing new about jigsaw or his past like we were promised. Also again his wife is left with nothing new other than a box with something in it that we don't get to see or hear from again...probably till saw 6. So overall the traps are kind of boring and have been done, you also get cheated out of some, the story is quite pointless, and the ending is....
The ending is well the tagline reads "You won't believe how it ends" well guess what i can believe how it ended and all i'll say was wow it is nothing excellent or twisted. Just open ended no surprise or nothing unlike the other saw films, but maybe it's just setting up for the final act so there is no need to bring in other killers or major twists like the last saw films. Overall the movie was alright not great but probably more worth watching when it comes to DVD or blu-ray. Saw fans will probably either love this or even shrug it off because of its slower pace. For people who haven't seen all the saw's will want to avoid this one because of the constant flashback's and confusing story line.
Best saw films overall: -Saw -Saw 3 -Saw 2 -Saw 4 -Saw 5