Zodiac - The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in California for ten months in the late 1960s. His identity remains unknown. I had read about the Zodiac Killer in a book about serial killers but I guess killers like Gacy and Wuornos are much more famous. The director obviously beleived that God is in the details because God! the movie was detailed - 3 hours of painstaking detail.. The only good thing was we saw it for 75 bucks - IMT style!
The Grudge 2 - quite scary in comparison to the first movie. I mean I only leapt out of my seat twice last time.. This time, I shut my eyes for a lot of scenes! The good part was I went with a friend instead of boyfriend and we spent most of my time making fun of each for being such scaredy-cats.. Also, we kept asking why the girl / little boy / schoolkids would go into a haunted house or open meant-to-be-shut doors.. What are they stupid or something? And why hang around when all the creaking noises happen?? Me - I would run a mile.
Moral of the story - take boyfriend along for scary movies and girlpal for deep movies
Monday, July 30, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Movie versus Book
One of the most debated question is always whether a movie adaptation will live up to its source book. I find this a singularly silly question as the two are too (sic) different for any objective comparison. After all, a movie can show in seconds a scene it might take an author 3 paragraphs or 3 pages (go read a Clancy) to build up. While a book is never constricted by the 3 hour format (go watch Zodiac!) and can ramble on for 12 volumes (go read Wheel of Time!). I guess the other reason I find this a silly question also because I can never make up my mind. I always find a movie unable to live up to its book - but LOTR is my favourite exception to this rule and so its much easier to rubbish the question!
But that's not the point - HARRY POTTER!
First I watched the movie - OoTP - Order of the Phoenix for the un-Pottered people. Disappointment galore but it was to be expected I guess since this was my least favourite book. But was it my imagination or did every seem to be a little too calm.. I mean - hello, Dark Wizard loose! Harry seemed a little distracted... But the Department of Mysteries scene was fabulous.. The never-ending walls of prophecies! The Voldy-Dumby battle!! This is where a movie scores...
Then I waited and waited for the last book. Unlike some insane people (PP and I!), I didn't pre-book and arrive at the shop at 5:30 am! I did stick to tradition and get my brother to buy it for me. I was in office when it arrived and I grabbed it and went striaght home to read it in about 4 hours - man I'm losing my touch! No real surprises in the book but JK Rowling has neatly ties up all loose ends and if one of the last chapters resembles a scene from The Matrix, we won't dwell on it!
But that's not the point - HARRY POTTER!
First I watched the movie - OoTP - Order of the Phoenix for the un-Pottered people. Disappointment galore but it was to be expected I guess since this was my least favourite book. But was it my imagination or did every seem to be a little too calm.. I mean - hello, Dark Wizard loose! Harry seemed a little distracted... But the Department of Mysteries scene was fabulous.. The never-ending walls of prophecies! The Voldy-Dumby battle!! This is where a movie scores...
Then I waited and waited for the last book. Unlike some insane people (PP and I!), I didn't pre-book and arrive at the shop at 5:30 am! I did stick to tradition and get my brother to buy it for me. I was in office when it arrived and I grabbed it and went striaght home to read it in about 4 hours - man I'm losing my touch! No real surprises in the book but JK Rowling has neatly ties up all loose ends and if one of the last chapters resembles a scene from The Matrix, we won't dwell on it!
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