Watchmen

yesterday i decided to pick the Watchmen on blu-ray. i must say this movie was pretty amazing. [spoiler alert] i was really impressed at how zack snyder captured the comic so well (i don't give a crap if you call it a 'graphic novel', thats like saying a research journal is a thin text book). i think i was a little taken back by how dark this was. i knew it wasn't you typical comic book story but HOLY CRAP. the overall story was pretty good i guess even though i think like over half the movie it was just the characters talking about their past. yeah thats interesting and all but i was more interested in the fighting. i keep trying to think of things that are wrong with it but i can't really think of any amazingly. the fighting is epic, silk silhouette is HOT. mr. manhattan did have a little too much wang showing going and the sex scene b/t nite owl and silk silhouette was like a porn scene. i cant wait til my new tv comes so i can get the 60hz (cuz 120hz is too shaky) and 1080p going on

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

after being forced to wait an extra 8-9 months for this movie to come out. i was quite excited to finally see the next installment in the harry potter series. as i remember, the 6th book wasnt the greatest, it added a lot of mystery to the whole saga and set up the 7th book. sadly, this movie failed to do that. [spoiler alert] the whole point of the book was 3 things: 1 - to find out who is the half blood prince, 2 - to find out what draco malfoy is doing, and 3 - learning more about voldemort while he was at hogwarts and before he came to power. the movie focused on two things, first was finding out what malfoy was up to and second was all the love triangles forming. it was like a teen romance in the wizarding world. the director changed and left out a lot of things that i'm sure a lot of the audience wanted to see. for instance finding about marvolo's ring and how tom riddle got his name! how can they leave out the entire gaunt family?!?! also they never showed another memory of how tom riddle wanted the defense against the dark arts job. and lastly i was very unhappy with the ending, there was supposed to be a big battle between the death eaters that entered the castle and the rest of the students. but they completely cut that part out and it seemed like the death eaters were in there for nothing except to kill dumbledore. overall id say the movie was just ok at best. the most fun part was probably the quidditch but they didnt chant 'weasley is our king' which ticked me off again. sigh... damn these directors.

Transformers 2

so a few nights ago I watched Tranformers 2 despite all the bad reviews and you know what, i'm kinda indifferent. People who say that there is too much action is ridiculous because action is what this move is about. no one goes to listen to a compelling story which moves us. we go to watch giant robots duke it out. i do wish that the camera would pull back so we can actually see whats going on but i'm assuming that kind of cinematography is done because if it was just shown in its entirety itd be pretty dull. plus i think it adds a sense of urgency and danger to make the audience like they're in the fight almost. i know there couldve been compromise between the two but oh well. the story itself was interesting but could there BE more plot holes? is it really that freaking hard to write a story where anyone with a high school education could see more than half of the concepts are just absolutely ridiculous [spoiler alert] such as how megatron can be revived by the piece of all spark but optimus cannot for some reason and instead needs the matrix. that is just one of the many things i found wrong with the story. if you are in debate to go watch this movie, i suggest on making sure WHY you are going. if you are going to expect something epic then dont go. if you are expecting for some crazy story plot, dont go. however if you just want to see a lot of transformers battling it out then go see it