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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Overall good, but way too fast
First of all, i would like to point out that i would have enjoyed this movie so much more if i had gone to see it with someone who would've liked it too. My friend dislikes everything basically, and so she hated Harry Potter too. I have to say thank you to her though, for actually trying to last through the movie. But i don't believe i enjoyed it to the full extent because a movie is hard to enjoy when the person sitting next to you is bored. I'll be glad to see it again soon and enjoy it so much more.
Anywho, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the longest of all Harry Potter books, and i can't imagine how difficult it would be to try and cut down 636 pages into a mere 3 hour and 16 minute movie.
Personally, i found the movie choppy and way too fast paced, but i know that this happened because they were trying to fit in all significant facts into the limited time period. Scenes lasted like four minutes at the most. And especially scenes such as the Quidditch cup scene would have been so much more intense and terrifying if they were longer.
With Prisoner of Azkaban, the movie was able to pace itself steadily and slowly. This movie was just bang bang bang. I couldn't feel much for characters or the things that were happening to them because everything was so short-cut. Especially with characters like Cedric, Cho and Krum. Altogether they got at the max eight minutes of screen time.
In my opinion, i wouldn't have minded if this movie went on longer. Because then the film would actually be intense and emotional. Watching this movie was like reading a fact sheet. It was just like "Harry wakes up" "Harry gets hurt" "Harry gets out of bed". There was just no space for anything too genuinely emotional. Like when Wormtail cuts off his hand, there are no screams, nothing. He just cuts it off, and walks straight over to Harry as if nothing happened. I actually recall people in the cinema not even knowing that Wormtail's hand had been cut off.
Generally it's a good movie, but it just doesn't have heart. You can't feel much for any of the new characters because you don't really get to know them. And Cedric comes out really arrogant despite the fact that he's meant to be kind. I never liked the concept of splitting the film into two different ones. I think the movie would've been fantastic if it even got like an hours more screen time. And people such as house-elves and the Dursleys should have not been cut out.
My Boss's Daughter (2003)
The aspiring director's guide to what a movie SHOULDN'T be
This movie is perfect for any aspiring screen writer, actor or director. By watching this movie you will see all the things that are wrong with the film industry as it is today. There are so many clichés that it pained me to sit through this movie. Nothing about it is original and every single line spoken has been ripped off from those clichéd movies that we all saw in the 90's. Although it does have a few cheap laughs, overall it is wrong wrong wrong. I was so immensely bored and the movie was so predictable and pathetic i actually noticed how much make-up was caked onto Tara Reid's face to hide those massive bags and wrinkles from her endless partying. Seriously, she was wearing so much foundation you could literally scrape it off and refill an entire bottle of it.
What shocked me though was that so many of the talented and popular cast would sign on for this piece of junk. And i do NOT know how i sat through that horrible screaming that Ashton Kutcher does, you know when he's like angry or something and he shouts his words in this annoying manner? Ashton's horrifying "talking", Tara's face being ten shades darker than her neck, a drugged up owl, a script that seemed like the work of a three-year-old...
Seriously, in my whole life there has been no movie that i have watched that i did not in someway enjoy no matter how bad it was. This deserves an award for being the first. BAD BAD BAD... I don't think there is a single word in the English dictionary that can possibly describe this trashy movie. Today i was trying to re-watch it but i had to turn it off like ten minutes in because i was about to cry from the overwhelming amount of clichés.
Don't even bother to rent this at your blockbuster, it's not worth a cent, as a matter of fact i am willing to pay anyone out there considering to watch this movie so they can go do something decent with their lives.
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
One word...... dull
While i admit this is definitely one of the worst movies i have ever encountered, it isn't so bad to the point where you find yourself falling asleep. (Actually the only reason i was so alert through this whole movie was because i only started watching it half way through and i was trying to figure out what the hell was going on.) This movie has one of the most intriguing plots ever, the only reason this movie is so badly rated is because yes, the movie does have a very bad script, along with some very very bad graphics and tacky props made out of the same two dollar plastic that i used for my grade five art project.
I was laughing so hard at the corny lines and the supposed seriousness the actor's were trying to put in this movie, the fact that it was a futuristic low-budget movie made in 1995 doesn't help it either.
This movie movie only proved one thing, Keanu would have made an excellent career out of being a hand mimer.