Archive for December, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Not a bad movie, but I wouldn’t consider it great, either. I prefer movies (even in a series) that are enjoyable in their own right. Outside of the primaries, there wasn’t a whole lot of character development here. Many of the characters feel like they’ve been added (or better put, spared from the axe) as [...]

King Kong

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Wow. Totally dug this one. It’s a healthy 3+ hours long, but I wouldn’t trade that time back at all. I’d make more comments, but I’ve gotta go bite the tongue out of a T-Rex.

Narnia

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

I liked it. Reminded a lot of the animated version from ages ago. I felt that the pacing was off on a few points in the story (not enough build-up for some characters and events, too much for others). Effects were generally top-notch… although I thought the ears on the fauns and centaurs were a [...]

Aeon Flux

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

Surprisingly not all that bad. The acting is a bit flat, but most of the dialog from the original animated series had a flat delivery as well (although some scenes in the movie had badly written dialog that no amount of strong acting would help). The story really carried the bulk of the movie here. [...]