Although not everything was a loss, as I was in the arcade beforehand, and being skillfully skillful at the skilltester I retrieved a Chimchar; one of three starter pokemon in the Diamond/Pearl/PLatinum games and a Sid the sloth, promoting the Ice Age 3 movie. A little boy watched in awe as I retrieved one toy after another. He commented on how he wanted the sloth, and brandished a plush Diego, the sarcastic sabre toothed tiger. I offered a trade, after all, it didn't bother me, and why not make a little boy smile?
And boy, did that boy smile, he danced around expressing his thanks in vivid hand motions and enthusiastic banter. I always enjoy making a kid smile. I saw him again during the Harry Potter movie, and gave him a friendly wave.
And boy, did that boy smile, he danced around expressing his thanks in vivid hand motions and enthusiastic banter. I always enjoy making a kid smile. I saw him again during the Harry Potter movie, and gave him a friendly wave.
Now, onto the namesake of this blog, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The movie starts off with the mundane Warner Brothers Logo, amidst smokey clouds, it zooms in and then proceeds to cut to Harry, our delightfully heroic protagonist reading a Wizards newspaper in a 'muggle' diner. Now to me, this is just plain idiocy, but hey, I'm just the viewer.
The movie continues to lightly skim the depth that the book goes into as it progresses, and nearing the end, it comes to the part that quite frankly, had me in hysterics. Now if you haven't read the 6th book in the series or have yet to see the movie and are living under a rock wondering what is happening then I implore you not to read what I have to say in the next paragraph.
Yes, it is a spoiler.
The movie continues to lightly skim the depth that the book goes into as it progresses, and nearing the end, it comes to the part that quite frankly, had me in hysterics. Now if you haven't read the 6th book in the series or have yet to see the movie and are living under a rock wondering what is happening then I implore you not to read what I have to say in the next paragraph.
Yes, it is a spoiler.
Dumbledore, inevitably dies in this movie. It was meant to be portrayed as a sad affiar of betrayal, heartbreak and loss. Yet as he died, Dumbledore fell. How did he fall? some magic here and there and standing on a tall tower. He threw his feeble hands up high over his head and had an overdramatic slow motion fall.
It's been done, over and over. Even in the series of Harry Potter moviies the 'slow motion fall' has been overally used. Really now, should they not give us viewers a little more razzle dazzle?
Overall it was a good movie, despite the insane plot holes that can only be filled by reading the actual top heavy book.
Now I have recently aquired the Sims 3, so off I go to play that, and perhaps I shall blog about it in my next post.
It's been done, over and over. Even in the series of Harry Potter moviies the 'slow motion fall' has been overally used. Really now, should they not give us viewers a little more razzle dazzle?
Overall it was a good movie, despite the insane plot holes that can only be filled by reading the actual top heavy book.
Now I have recently aquired the Sims 3, so off I go to play that, and perhaps I shall blog about it in my next post.
