Saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 today. Definitely one of the better Potter movies, if not the best. (hard to judge before I've seen it a few more times)

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Just finished watching the Back to the Future trilogy for the first time in I don't even know how long. All I know is we used to have all three on a single VHS cassette and I haven't seen the movies since VHS became obsolete.

So I got the DVD box and watched 'em with my sisters. :3 My youngest sister had never seen 'em before either, so I think it was high time she did.


For the record, I blame everything on Telltale Games. They're really good at reeling me in by offering free downloads of the first episode of a multi-part game, and this time it was the BTTF adventure game. =/ So I had to buy the movies and the rest of the game.

In other news, I've been painting for my exhibition in August and I hurt my right index finger yesterday, which is making life surprisingly hard.

Since I've been on a Sherlock Holmes kick lately, I decided to see the 2009 movie, which was good enough a movie, I guess, but just didn't feel like a Sherlock Holmes movie to me. :( Don't get me wrong, I didn't mind the plot or the action scenes, but the massive property damage felt out of place.

I've no issue with Watson's portrayal, and although I don't appreciate making Irene Adler into a career criminal, I have to admit that she kind of kicked ass too. Despite being made into a love interest. Again. The special effects were neat enough, too even though the animation of some CGI objects was a bit off to my eye, and even though lot of the showy explosions and whatnot felt gratuitous.

But the real problem for me was Holmes himself. Now, Downey acted well, but there's only so much he could do about a script that didn't do the character justice. And then there was his appearance. Holmes in the books has his eccentrities, but I just can't buy a Holmes who makes no effort to look presentable. Watson and Holmes in the film often seemed roughly equal in intellect, too, which just should not happen. Now, Watson's not the idiot he is commonly portrayed as, so his level of intellect in the film seemed appropriate enough; It was Holmes who seemed to have been dumbed down. Holmes is a kind of a Marty Stu. He's supposed to be so far above mere mortals in his mental capacity that anyone capable of outwitting him is quite extraordinary in their own right. It's the very core of his character. Not so here. He is outwitted entirely too frequently - granted, often by characters who are supposed to be his match, but even then with laughably simple methods.

Now, I admit, I've been watching the Granada series with Jeremy Brett recently, so it was virtually impossible for any other Holmes to meet my expectations with Brett's portrayal (and such portrayal!) so fresh in my mind, but given the limits placed upon him for this film, Downey could not have outdone the foggy recollection I have of Basil Rathbone's version.

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brb lolling forever. I keep forgetting that the blond guy with the beard is supposed to be Bryan. Also, someone American identify his accent (1:30) for me. From what I understand he sounded Texan in T5, but this one doesn't sound the same to me.


Also, this other one is totally fan-made and much more impressive, especially considering that there are about six different actors total in it.

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I saw Prince of Egypt for the first time today, and it was amazing. Great animation, poweful scenes and amazing everything.

And I was reminded again that I want to watch every high-quality animated movie ever made. BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT INTO ANIMATION. I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't get into that school next year.
Okay, no, I know I'll be headed for the Kajak Game Development Lab, because I need to specialize, and if I can't do animation, I'll do video games, dammit!

Sometimes living in the middle of nowhere kind of sucks.

Finding out that there isn't a theatre within a 50km radius of me that's showing Year One is one of those times.

The same thing happened with Watchmen.

And I never had any illusions of getting to see the Tekken movie (if it ever freaking gets released at all) in a theatre, either.

Took my baby sister to see Ice Age 3 today.

Usually the third movie is where things start to go downhill, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was actually funny. I think it was largely thanks to Buck that it turned ot to be so enjoyable. Amazing crazy weasel.

Just saw Shaun of the Dead for the first time in my life. Now there's a zombie movie worth seeing.

Although I did get a bit distracted by Bill Nighy at times. Never put Bill Nighy in a scene if you want me to pay attention to anything besides him.

Anyway, great movie. You should all see it if you haven't already.

Saw Mamma Mia! yesterday. It was... a bizarre experience.

It is really not an intelligent movie, and I respect that it was probably never meant to be. The plot was flimsy and the characters were two-dimensional at best. Forced drama, improbable behaviour... basically a terrible story.

Some of that was made up for with the ABBA songs (I love ABBA) and a couple of genuinely funny moments. Made the movie bearable, though I'll be in no hurry to see it again.

So, in short: Not a ride you want to bring your brain along to, but not nearly as bad as it would've been without the musical aspect.

It must really suck to be a prosecutor in Phoenix Wright's town. The guy ruins perfect records like nobody's business.

Though to be fair it's because he's always representing an innocent person.

In other words: OMFG I'M ALMOST THROUGH THIS GAME WHERE CAN I GET MOAR?

Also, my computer mouse is apparently about to click the bucket. The cursor keeps stopping at inopportune moments and it's probably only a matter of time before it ceases to function for good. I've all but given up WoW and Sims 2 as a result. It's probably just as well that I have a shiny new DS and PW and Pokémon to keep me occupied.

Plus, I'm going to see Dark Knight tomorrow. Excitement!

Oh, yeah, and I need to make a sketchpost sometime soon.