Tsk, tsk, tsk . . . such a handsome villain! I’m sure by now it isn’t considered a spoiler to reveal that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the movie in which Lord Voldemort, the ultimate Harry Potter bad guy, returns to a normal state. For him.

Though he’s completely bald and has serpentine nostrils as described in the book, his eyes are normal and he doesn’t wear robes like the Death Eaters (similar to Darth Vader’s, I might add). No way—the costume designer did a brilliant job with Voldemort’s outfit whether she designed it or procured it, I don’t know, but he’s sporting a black, custom-tailored designer-looking suit and shirt. Very Pradaesque. Anyway, this is Ralph Fiennes, we’re talking about, so how could he not be a handsome villain?

Students from other wizarding schools coming to compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament was also a nice touch—well, it was the main plot, after all. The second best scene (next to Voldemort’s rebirth) was Hermione’s (Emma Watson’s) entrance to the Yule Ball, though I they could have played that up more, as Rowling did in the book, especially the way Ron (Rupert Grint) realizes at the last minute that she’s “a girl.”

Still, I’m getting a bit tired of the good guys, and I’m thinking that the Dark Mark on the Death Eaters’ left arms would make and awesome tattoo!

Cheesy title, I know, but what the hell? Doug Liman, who directed Identity, is the executive producer for this one, and Paul Greengrass (interesting name) directed Supreme. I haven’t bothered to look up why the change in directorship, though, but clearly Greenglass knew what to do with the film.

On one of the DVD’s bonus features, Greenglass attempted to get things in one take, or at least not rehearse scenes before shooting them—the one he was referring to was when Bourne was running from one of the snipers (Karl Urban). Matt Damon said something to the effect that Greenglass encouraged the actors to do what they felt would make his/her scene real, sort of gave them license to “direct” their own acting. Obviously, it worked!

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I was highly disappointed that Marie died in the beginning of the movie, but . . . that’s the nature of being on the run. Um, I think. :P

Never read any of Ludlum’s works, and I’ve actually seen this before. Definitely strikes me as a movie that’s way better than the book!

I never wrote a review of the first movie, but I loved it, certainly compared to the second one (see review of that one here). Though I do like Christopher Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón took the Hogwarts series in a different direction.

Yes, I’m still re-reading the book, but what I loved about Azkaban is the fact that most of the story was told through the amazing cinematography; imagery. Notice all of the clockworks, clocks, the pendulum in front of the huge oak doors that lead out of the castle, none of which were in the other movies, or if they were, none of which were emphasized. Cuarón skillfully uses falling leaves and flight (of birds and/or the hippogriff) to smoothly change from one scene or season to another, a unique way to signify time changes within the movie.

Absolutely brilliant.

Meh. Just didn’t seem that great this time around for some reason. The beginning especially ddddrrrrraaagggggeeeeeddddd. It could have used more Quidditch matches. Maybe that’s it.

It also reminded me of our leaky kitchen and bathroom faucets that the maintenance was supposed to have fixed.

Possible spoiler.

According to font of wisdom that’s the Prima Kotor II Guide, the third time you play through the game, you get extra dialogue with Atton (if you’re character’s female) or the Handmaiden (if you’re character’s male). I finished playing DS and have started playing LS again a few days ago, thinking it’s my third go. Then I realized that the first time I ever played was on the 360, so that game doesn’t count, which means I have to play another game after my current one yet again! How annoying.

I’ve been consuming this for quite awhile, actually. How else am I supposed to finish that danged KotOR II without missing one single quest? ;)

I had to start over because the last time I played, I couldn’t remember how far I had gotten and what I’d accomplished. But now, the game sometimes freezes when I try saving it, even in a new slot. Or it’ll freeze when it’s automatically loading a new section or whatever. The sound is also very staticky.

So last night, I started over yet again, but on the regular Xbox, not the 360. Haven’t had any trouble so far, but we’ll see. It would really piss me off if there’s something wrong with the 360 because I finally got the second version of Star Wars LEGO, which I obviously won’t be able to play if there’s something wrong with the stupid machine.

Anyone else have this problem, or know where I could get my 360 fixed? Or maybe it would cost less to just buy a new one than have it repaired? I can’t believe our regular Xbox has outlasted the 360!

We’ve owned this DVD for a few years now, which we received as a present, and watched it for the first time last night. I don’t know why we waited so long. It was such a fun movie, that included action, adventure, comedy, romance – so many different genres in one movie.

And who would’ve figured that baby-faced Johnny Depp from 21 Jump Street (yes, I used to love that show when it first came out) would not only “grow up” to be an excellent actor, but an excellent character actor as well. I figured this out years ago, so just sayin’.

We haven’t watched movies much lately, but we’re planning to get the sequel today and watch it this evening, then see Pirates 3 at the movies. I still LOVE Chow Yun-Fat, even though he sold out to Hollywood. Heehee.

Woohoo! The 5th out of 9 volumes of the Legacy of the Force series just came out, and I never would have known if I hadn’t gone to Borders today to get Photoshop for Dummies.